A few days after its electoral victory, it seems the PN is still in election mode and repeating a lie about AD chairperson Harry Vassallo, AD deputy chairperson Stephen Cachia said.

He pointed out that on the programme Newsroom , transmitted on NET TV on 17 March, PN general secretary Joe Saliba repeated the lie that Harry Vassallo had collected VAT from customers and not passed the money to the VAT department.

This is completely false, and the notorious case which was mounted by NET TV journalists at the end of the electoral campaign revolves around the fact that VAT returns for a defunct company were not filled in. On no occasion did this company collect money and not return it to the VAT department.

“Even in victory Joe Saliba has no sense of morality and no respect for the truth. Just a few days after the Prime Minister promised an inclusive and humble government, Joe Saliba is continuing to show all the signs of political arrogance by repeating a blatant lie,” said Mr Cachia. “Joe Saliba should apologise immediately to Harry Vassallo for the smear campaign he started at the end of the electoral campaign, and which, it seems, he wants to continue even now that the campaign is over.”