Speaking at the beginning of the Independence celebrations that are being held in Valletta, Dr Busuttil spoke on honest politics by referencing the previous speaker, Dr Cutajar's previous remarks. 

He stated that the need to talk about honesty in politics in the first place is due to the blatant lack of it under the current administration. He went on to say that under normal circumstances we take honesty for granted, however when one is faced with the level of secrecy and dishonesty that the population is experiencing now, this is no longer taken for granted.

Dr Busuttil cited various examples of flagrant dishonesty and secrecy, stating that the current administration's dishonesty was apparent before the last general election took place.

He said that the way in which promises were made to everyone prior to the election, the way in which obligations were entered into and the blatant pandering to various sections of society in order to garner votes was absolutely dishonest.

Turning to the issue of institutionalised corruption, Dr Busuttil said that it is rife within the government because of the way the administration is fundamentally run. He went on to say that the administration was dishonest about the most basic of things, and that the amount of scandals and level of corruption experienced after just two and a half years in power is unacceptable. 

He stated that if we are already seeing this level of institutionalised corruption, what can we expect to see if the Labour Party wins yet another general election?

Dr Busuttil gave special mention to parliamentary secretary Michael Falzon, stating that it is completely unacceptable that Dr Falzon still holds his position after the part he played in the Gaffarena scandal.

He also said that Dr Falzon retaining his position flies in the face of accountability. Dr Busuttil said that if he were to be prime minister, Dr Falzon would have been promptly removed from his position, and that the government does not carry political responsibility in the way in which it was promised.

Dr Busuttil spoke about how Prime Minister Muscat’s government claimed that they would not punish those individuals who do not agree with the Labour party, however as in the case of Nationalist MP Albert Fenech this is clearly not the case. Dr Fenech was recently forced to resign from his position as a surgeon at Mater Dei Hospital.

The lack of transparency, as well as abundant dishonesty requires an alternative from the Nationalist Party, said Dr Busuttil, which translates into “clean politics and transparency,” as well as treating people in a mature and respectful way.  He went on to say that the PN “has to do what is right by the people,” that honesty is the PN’s key, so that “justice can prevail”.

Meritocracy was also another issue that was covered, where Dr Busuttil spoke of the number of employees in various government departments that have been appointed on the basis of who they know rather than their levels of competence.

On the issue of secrecy, Dr Busuttil said that it is unacceptable that the government is entering into public contracts without publishing those contracts, especially when certain deals [making reference to ElectroGas] are being guaranteed by the taxpayer's money. He stated categorically that if he was prime minister, all public contracts signed would be made available to the public. This was said with reference to the to the government’s agreement with Jordanian firm Sadeen to take land at Zonqor for the construction of a private university, without publishing the details of the agreement.