The Government was forced to withdraw the Corinthia deal by sheer force of those opposing the project, Leader of the Opposition Adrian Delia.
Speaking at a press conference, Adrian Delia insisted that by retracting the St George's Bay deal, the Government admitted that the deal it was championing was not in the public interest.
"Government's retraction is in itself an admission that it was a rotten deal."
He was referring to the news that the Parliamentary resolution which would have passed on public land for private development was retracted.
Touching on Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's words from last Sunday, Delia said that Muscat went from billing this project as necessary for Malta's economic development, to having to admit the deal was wrong and scrapping it.
"Within hours of it being announced last December - purposely close to the Christmas period - the PN signaled that it was going to oppose the deal.
"The PN will continue with its opposition against all deals that go against public interest including the Vitals deal which saw three public hospitals being sold for the price of one euro to a company with no experience in the health sector."