The Nationalist Party was to continue insisting on an independent inquiry into the visa scam scandal and for the immediate suspension of Identity Malta chairman Joe Vella Bonnici.

In a statement this morning, party deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami reiterated his concern at the situation and noted that Mr Vella Bonnici was assisted by a whole gang of people who were placed at the agency not because of their capabilities but because they were PL supporters.

These included activists Ryan Spagnol, Amanda Mifsud and Jonathan Cardona and mayor Charlene Zammit.

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