There is a need for a compact, credible PN-PD Opposition that rebuilds trust in politics, the Partit Demokratiku said in a statement today.

“If the PN embarks on the road of honest reform, led by a credible and wise leader, with a clear agenda that the new Nationalist Party would be everything that the Labour Movement of 2013 was supposed to be, and also be everything that the PN was in 1987, then there is hope,” Marlene Farrugia said.

A stronger Parliamentary Opposition will be better able to scrutinise the Government’s actions. We have a government that is burdened with conflicts of interest, irregularities, clientelism, corruption, lack of transparency, and, worse still, does not distinguish between government and party, and between government and state,” stated Hon. Godfrey Farrugia. “We have a government that thinks it is above the law,” he continued.

PD noted that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s Government has been hijacked by big business and the circle of friends of friends.

Our country is in our hearts. The PD Opposition will continue to ensure that the common good and the national interest prevail. PD is open to ideas that strengthen democracy and good governance, PD said.