'You can never hide the truth,' Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said about the energy billing system.

"The government had to admit that they were, are and will continue to steal from your water and electricity bills," he said.

The PN Leader was addressing a political activity in Rabat on Sunday.

Mentioning the water and electricity bills, where last week it was announced by Minister for Energy, Enterprise and sustainable development in Parliament that a new utility billing system will be introduced this month, Grech said that it is not reasonable that after nine years, the labour government is still being allowed to "steal from the whole country."

Grech mentioned how a seminar, which Ivan Bartolo held last Friday, had shed light on poverty and what needs to be done to help those suffering and having a difficult life.

He mentioned how during this event, they discussed solutions that the PN wants to implement and discussed proposals that can help reduce poverty. The introduction of the 'living wage' would allow them to discover the funds needed to live a decent life, he said.

Discussing the increased cost of living, he said that Robert Abela has a political duty not to remain on standby and take action over the price increase in necessary goods, instead of blaming it on a global problem.

Speaking about the Malta Film awards, he said he felt disappointed as many Maltese film producers lamented that they were not being financially supported enough by the government.

He also invited the public to look at the many videos and photos on social media emerging after the event as many were not following Covid regulations. He questioned whether Covid-19 rules applied to everyone.

Commenting on the PL situation in Parliament this week, he mentioned how some members are not talking to each other and how Clyde Caruana was sitting far from the Prime Minister.

"There are many problems on the inside, as the political stance taken from the PL is not based on the interest of the public, but rather on their own personal interest as they defend each other"

He mentioned how the Covid-19 measures introduced on 17 January will now be removed just a few weeks later.

Referring to the speech by PN Leader Bernard Grech in Parliament this week, PN MP Robert Cutajar said that it clearly shows that the direction that the party is taking is in the interest of the nation and the common good.

Mentioning the 12 bills which were tabled in Parliament at the beginning of this month, Cutajar said that when they came to the vote, and the government voted against it, the PN were still happy and proud with the result as although being in opposition, they were still able to come with such proposals and be on the good side of the whole picture.

Turning to the environment, Cutajar spoke of how no one put the application through for the tender for the incinerator project planned to be established in Maghtab, yet there is already a hole that has been dug up. Apart from that, with the extra rubble coming from the hole, they ended up making another unnecessary mountain at Maghtab, Cutajar added. 

He also spoke of the Central Link project. "The central link has been inaugurated four times, yet nobody talks about the many fines Infrastructure Malta was given which were forgiven, some of which were of an environmental nature," Cutajar remarked.

Positive results from the home visits he conducted have left him optimistic, as this means that regardless of the survey results, the nation understands its role in a needed political change.

Robert Arrigo, PN Deputy Leader for party affairs, who was also present, said that the PN wants to see the nation moving forward without wasting public funds.

Mentioning a calculated total of €18 million paid by the government a year for 400 new persons of trust, which he described as an extra, he said how these could have been spent wiser for a better cause like Airmalta.

He added that the same could have happened with the funds lost in the Vitals Hospitals' contract, as half of the sum would have been enough to safeguard Air Malta and the jobs of many.