The Nationalist Party this evening gave its views on the first 100 days of the Labour government and said they were not a good augury for the rest of the legislature.

It recalled that the Labour Party was elected with promises of meritocracy, a new way of doing politics and  ‘Malta taghna lkoll’. But the first 100 days of the government were characterised by controversy and disappointment for many people. 

They were also characterised by transfers described as vindictive at St Vincent de Paule Home and other places.

They were 100 days which saw all those who featured of Labour's billboards get their reward. Others were given senior government posts solely because they were Labour militants. Among them were Ronnie Pellegrini; Mario Cutajar and Jason Micallef.

The permanent secretaries were replaced and the civil service was politicised.

The first 100 days also saw members of the Cabinet breach the ministerial code of ethics, with Parliamentary Secretary Franco Mercieca allowed to work in private practice, making €3,600 in a morning.

The PN said that as a result of government's decisions, Malta was placed under an Excessive Deficit Procedure.

The PN said the Opposition was being constructive. It had welcomed decisions in the education sector which built on what the former government had developed. It had also backed changes in the area of civil rights. 

This, it said, was only the beginning of a five-year legislature, but the first 100 days were not a good augury.