Leader of the Nationalist Party Bernard Grech said he has sent a letter to the government and the Speaker of the House requesting an urgent parliamentary session on Saturday morning to discuss the frequent and long power cuts.

Grech was addressing the nation on NetTV and said that he is calling this plenary session as people deserve the know the truth.

“Robert Abela and Miriam Dalli are only interested in making excuses,” Grech said.

It has been a nightmare of a week for Enemalta, as for four nights in a row multiple power faults were reported across the country.

Nine power faults were reported on Wednesday night and eight were reported on Thursday night.

Enemalta said that the current heat wave affecting all of the Mediterranean is the main cause of the power cuts.  The Met Office is forecasting temperatures to remain above 40 degrees Celsius until at least the middle of next week.