The Nationalist parliamentary group is four square behind Lawrence Gonzi, PN whip David Agius said yesterday.
Addressing Dr Gonzi at a meeting held at the party club in Xagħra, Gozo, Mr Agius said: "In these times, we need your safe pair of hands. Keep leading us like this, the whole parliamentary group is behind you."
The whip's comments come after, in the past days, the Prime Minister held meetings with Nationalist MPs ahead of the parliamentary group meetings on Tuesday and Thursday, which are expected to discuss the Health Reform Bill which MP Jean Pierre Farrugia declared he would not support.
Mr Agius also made reference to the upcoming protest on energy tariffs, saying "no General Workers' Union protest is going to interfere with our running of the country".
He took another stab at the GWU and the opposition, boasting that "while Joseph Muscat was using the GWU for his partisan interests, the government was working things out within the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development".
He also accused Dr Muscat of failing to take definite stands so as not to step on anyone's toes.
"While Dr Gonzi is working to bring jobs to Malta, Muscat is busy with his party's new logo," Mr Agius said, in reference to Dr Muscat's recent statement that the party will be launching a new emblem.
During the same activity, Dr Gonzi himself dealt extensively with the protest over water and electricity, saying that people had the right to protest but it was more productive to discuss problems around a table.
He said his party had fought for the people's right to protest and no tear gas would be sprayed on protesters, but pointed out that the General Workers' Union, the largest member of the organisers, Għaqda Unions Maltin, had walked out of a meeting of the MCESD over the tariffs.
Dr Gonzi also highlighted the fact that €17 million had been allocated in the last budget to mitigate the effect of the increase on the people. He added that a scheme was under way to encourage small businesses to invest in energy saving measures against a 40 per cent tax reduction on their investment and 60 per cent in the case of Gozitan businesses.
"We are ready to listen, to discuss and work with everyone. What we want is to continue making a success of our country."
Reacting to Dr Gonzi's statement, the Labour party said that the Prime Minister yesterday confirmed he did not understand what consultation and dialogue entailed, so much so that, while he spoke on the need to find solutions through dialogue, the government had already taken the decisions on energy tariffs.
"Consultation and dialogue mean that the government consults before decisions are taken, and not afterwards," the party said.
"The consultation Lawrence Gonzi carried out on energy bills is the same type of consultation he carried out in issues such as the old Opera House ruins, where he went ahead and took decisions by himself, going against artistes' and public opinion," the statement concluded.