Azzjoni Nazzjonali deputy leader Angelo Xuereb yesterday accused the Prime Minister of arrogance. He was referring to a news conference carried on TVM in which Lawrence Gonzi claimed that people who did not vote or opted to vote for parties other than the PN would in fact be voting for the Labour Party.

“This is the epitomy of an arrogant party that has become so enamoured with power that it now deludes itself that it has some divine right to rule,” Mr Xuereb argued.

“In one breath,” he added, “Dr Gonzi boasts that he has faith in the intelligence of the Maltese people; in another he feels the need to revert to desperate statements in an attempt to stop them from exercising their intelligence.”