“This will be a hands-on, public friendly authority.”

Former Labour CEO James Piscopo after it emerged that he would become the new CEO at Transport Malta.

“It is obvious that the Church will not agree with this and I understand their position – but our mandate is very clear and we will carry that out.”

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on his intention to legalise civil unions for gay couples.

“In Gozo, thousands of people do this”.

Newly elected MP Claudio Grech on the practice of voters registering their ID cards on addresses of their choice.

“To me the IOC incident is irrelevant... what is relevant to me, as Ombudsman, is the effect that this had on the public and their perception of the judiciary.”

Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino defends himself in court during a libel case brought against him by Malta Olympic Committee president Lino Farrugia Sacco, stemming from an investigation into the sale of Olympic Games tickets.

“Why does somebody have to die for them to take action?”

The woman who was the intended target of a bomb in Żejtun in 2005 tells the court that she had reported threats against her life to the police many times.