“We have nothing personally against Fr Joe Borg. Let us make it clear that we also respect his right to have his own personal political leanings. We also believe that just because he is a man of the cloth he should not automatically be precluded from holding an official, public appointment.

“Having said that, however, we also firmly believe this post is a hot seat, possibly the most sensitive and delicate appointment apart from that of the chief electoral commissioner and the chairperson of PBS itself. However, to appoint a person whose political leanings are well known and who is no stranger to political controversy is asking too much.”