Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday remained tight-lipped about election day but he did urge Nationalist Party supporters at a political activity in Senglea to attend an election rally that would be held on the evening the date is announced.

The Sunday Times reported yesterday that Dr Gonzi would be calling on the President this morning, asking him to dissolve Parliament and so set the mechanism in motion for an election on March 8.

After seeing the President, Dr Gonzi is expected to attend a Cabinet meeting and then meet the PN Parliamentary Group.

The Sunday Times also reported that the PN is planning to hold a rally this evening, officially kicking off a five-week election campaign.

The Labour Party media were yesterday critical of the fact that Dr Gonzi was still refusing to speak of the election day even in the face of widespread media reports about a March 8 election.

MLP leader Alfred Sant defended his party's proposals saying it was not promising to make miracles. What it proposed was a strategy that recognised challenges, tackled priorities and rooted out corruption.

Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Harry Vassallo insisted that discussions about a coalition government should start now.

For the leader of Azzjoni Nazzjonali, former Nationalist MP Josie Muscat, the pledges made by the big political parties are unattainable.