The Nationalist Party has published a statement condemning Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà for being "one with the Government's agenda."

The PN's statements follows a recent interview the Commissioner had on RTK 103.

The party also expressed its dissatisfaction with Gafà commenting about his relationship with the Home Affairs Minister, as well as his "political comments" about the Nationalist Party and civil society.

"The Nationalist Party believes that these are words that endanger the work and the reputation of police officers," the statement read.

The Opposition party expressed its solidarity with police officers, thanked them for their work, and appealed for them to continue to work for Maltese and Gozitans justly.

On behalf of the PN, Carabott said that in this interview, the Police Commissioner continued to sound off alarms on the state of the Police Force through his responses. The political party said that Gafà used "inappropriate political comments" to criticise the judiciary's handling of inquiries.

The Nationalist Party "cannot understand how the Police Commissioner felt comfortable passing comments to discredit the Magistrate from the Pilatus Inquiry, but then refrained from commenting on other scandals and investigations," the party stated. For the latter point, the PN referenced the social benefits racket and the allegations made against Identità.

The PN also condemned Gafà for stating that it was up to him to choose which investigations to comment on in public and which ones to exclude in this regard.

The party in Opposition concluded its statement by reiterating that there are other persons worthy of occupying Gafà's role as Police Commissioner. It remains adamant that there are many others who deserve to be named in this important role and to fulfil its important duties for the country instead of Gafà.