A PN spokesperson has said that it is not true that the Prime Minister is waiting for the PN Leader's answer regarding the posts of Ombudsman and Parliamentary Secretary for Standards in Public Life, as no common position between the two has yet been found.

Prime Minister Robert Abela has said that the government had put a renewed proposal to fill the post of Ombudsman and of Parliamentary Standards Commissioner on the table, and that he is waiting for an answer from the Opposition leader. "What I can say is that last week I met the Opposition leader [Bernard Grech] and there is a sensible proposal on the table which I am waiting for him to get back to me on," Abela said.

A PN spokesperson, however, said that the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader met last week but they did not agree on a common position, although there were improvements. The spokesperson said that they agreed to continue discussions this week, and said that it is not true that the PM is waiting for the PN Leader's position. The PN Leader is waiting for the discussions to continue, the spokesman said.