The Prime Minister was not accepting the people’s message in this month’s elections and was trying to turn it around, PL leader Joseph Muscat said.

Speaking to supporters this morning, Dr Muscat said that whereas Dr Gonzi last week said he would see what the people had to say following the EP election results, the way he was talking now showed he was not really listening.

This was a big problem, especially since the people had screamed their message, he said.

The Prime Minister was not realising that his government was falling to pieces and was in denial. The government was losing support and its attitude was detrimental to the people because the country needed a strong government that could see to reality.

He referred to recent GDP reports saying these showed that this had decreased by three percent in the first three months of this year.

The government was not doing anything about this saying it would be tackling this in the next budget. But this was five months away. The government should bring the social partners together and tackle it now.

Moreover, the government was also considering the €14 million used for early retirement schemes to former shipyard employees as economic growth.

In reality, this sum should have been deducted. This would have seen a GDP drop of 4.6 percent, the highest decrease in Malta’s recent economic history.