Michelle Muscat, the wife of outgoing PM Joseph Muscat, said on Friday evening that "we always had the media working against us."

Speaking on One TV alongside her husband, Muscat referred to the ongoing situation, saying these are confusing times for the party with people not fully understanding what is going on.

"The media does not help. It has always worked against us. It always tries to spin things to its advantage. But don't worry, because people out there know the truth," she said, adding that she now feels she can speak more freely.

She appealed to party supporters to remain loyal to Muscat while he is party leader, and then to be loyal to his successor, "because this country deserves a Labour movement."

"When this case (Daphne's murder) happened, I would tell my husband that justice had to be done," she said, in another part of the interview. "As a person who went through a lot, I wanted justice to be done. I am very proud that Joseph kept working, kept focused and today we have results. At some point we will be able to say that this case has been solved. Other cases remain unsolved."

Michelle Muscat said the family had always planned to return back to normal life at some point. "It just came a bit sooner, there's nothing we can do. But I am serene, because the truth came out."

Joseph Muscat also said he had been planning to resign in the coming months, but things changed. "It's better that things happened like this, than being like other Prime Ministers before me, who said they knew who killed Raymond Caruana and Karin Grech but did nothing. There was a political price to be paid but we made a breakthrough in this case."

"Yes, I would have liked my political career to end on a different note. I cannot say I don't have regrets, but I did what I had to do," he continued.

Asked what advice he could give to Chris Fearne and Robert Abela - the two contenders in the Labour leadership election - Muscat said they should be positive and not fear to change what needs to be changed, even if that means changing something that he did.

Muscat said he will not be speaking much or stay at the forefront of the political arena because the new leader will need space to work. This is something he learnt from Alfred Sant, he said. "You will find me, if you want, when you want and how you want."

Asked what the future holds for him, and whether we will make a political comeback, he said one can never say never "but I think I have given all that I had to give."

"I have other projects in life.  I will try to do something else and hope I will be a success for me and my family. But as I said, instead of a captain I will be a sailor and I will be here whenever the captain calls for me."

Muscat said he had always tried to take the best decisions and has always taken full responsibility for them.