Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil this morning said that nobody dictates what agenda is followed by the Nationalist Party, and so “I will not allow the Labour Party to drive a wedge between me and (deputy leader) Mario de Marco.

Speaking on the PN radio station this morning, Dr Busuttil said that the PN is focused on “a problem named Joseph Muscat”and Malta’s most corrupt government in history.

Some are trying to speak about division in the PN, but this division does not exist. He added he was pleased to note Dr de Marco’s apology to those whom he might have hurt because of his involvement, on a professional level, in the ITS land saga. Dr de Marco chose the party before his professional interests, and therefore any conflict of interest ceased to exist the moment his legal firm renounced the db Group brief.

Dr Busuttil said he was not afraid to take the ITS land issued before the Auditor General, in spite of the party having received donations from the company involved. He said he also went one step further by appointed an independent inquiry to draw up proposals on how the political system could be changed, including how political parties are financed.

He said the PN will be proposing an alternative to public transport which will take passengers to their destination on time. “Today, public transport is not efficient and people are not using the service. We are working on an alternative system that will be efficient,” he said. This will be in the form of a light railway.

He also spoke about the PN’s proposals on traffic, the environment, the economy and good governance, adding that the PN plans to cut down income tax for the first €50,000 profit for small businesses to 10%.