PN Leader Adrian Delia has pointed out the hypocrisy of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in asking former PN leader Simon Busuttil to shoulder political responsibility for the conclusions of the Egrant Inquiry, yet failing to take any action when it came to Keith Schembri, Konrad Mizzi.

Delia was invited on the programme INDEPTH, where he was interviewed by Rachel Attard, editor-in-chief, following his decision to remove Busuttil from his shadow cabinet and call for him to suspend himself from the PN Parliamentary Group after the inquiry's conclusions found that documents indicating that Michelle Muscat had been the UBO of Egrant, allegations on which Busuttil based his unsuccessful election campaign, had been falsified.

Delia's decision, backed by the party administrative council, has been met with significant backlash, with 10 PN MPs in open revolt of their leader. Delia however stressed that tough decisions need to be made despite their unpopularity, noting a significant difference between Muscat and himself, clarifying that the PM has repeatedly failed to shoulder political responsibility.

Delia also noted the irony in the Labour Party and government's call to respect the results of the independent inquiry, yet consistently seeking to delegitimise other independent reports, such as the European Banking Authorities investigation of the FIAU.

Following its investigation which began on 23 May, the EBA found "general and systematic shortcomings" in the FIAU's application of anti-money laundering directives with regard to Pilatus Bank, also finding that he FIAU itself had also breached anti-money laundering directives.

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna wrote in an opinion piece that the independent institution only acted upon political pressure from the EU Commission, pushed by MEP David Casa.

Scicluna also suggested that "tiny Malta is singled out for systemic procedural failures."

"The government shows that they have faith in independent inquiries, yet for the EBA they don't. They say it has an agenda because we are a small country. What kind of level playing field is this?" Delia asked.