President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca presided over the Oath Of Office of Cabinet Ministers at the Palace in Valletta.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced the cabinet positions, following an electoral victory last week, where the PL won with over 35,000 votes.

The cabinet includes old faces, such as Chris Fearne, Konrad Mizzi and Carmelo Abela, as well as new ones, like Julia Farrugia and Clint Camilleri.

Following the ceremony, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat gave comments to the media in which he said that this new cabinet will face very different challenges to their predecessors.

He said the focus in the first legislature was to strengthen the economy saying that his government had to face rising numbers in unemployment, high utility tariffs and economic growth which was stagnant.

Muscat said that the government also needs to look into making processes less bureaucratic and special attention to the social housing sector needs to be drawn.