Opposition leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday morning that Prime Minister Robert Abela can tell right from wrong and that he is conscious of the "wrong decisions" he has been taking.

During a phone interview on NET TV's programme "ANALIŻI," the leader of the Nationalist Party was asked why he thinks the Prime Minister has been making controversial decisions over recent weeks and months.

Grech commented that the Prime Minister, through his teams within the government and his own personal judgement, knows what solutions the country requires.

"Let's not kid ourselves that [Abela] doesn't know that he is taking bad decisions - he is conscious of it," Grech said.

In this regard, the Opposition leader said that this is why the PN needs to be in power, "because it is clear that Robert Abela is not interested in working in the best interests of the country."

The PN leader noted that the Prime Minister is not implementing recommendations proposed to him by the Standards Commissioner, questioning "what is he scared of?" Grech described PM Abela as being an "entangled" leader before adding that the country needs to free itself through "free leadership."

"The Prime Minister is not free, he is taking decisions to drop the level of governance in the country. This is why we need a new government," Grech said.

The Opposition leader recounted that despite the government's highest officials hearing the same proposals that PN is hearing and coming up with, "they are not implementing them." He noted that a separating factor between the two major parties is that the PN is not caught up in other matters that may hinder them from taking good decisions.

Grech remarked that the Maltese and Gozitan people can see that a change in administration is needed and added that only the Nationalist Party can provide this change.

Promoting his own party, Bernard Grech observed that the PN is ready to lead the people forward, while the Labour Party contrastingly "wants to do the opposite and take the country for itself." He said that the PL wishes to prioritize itself over citizen rights, as demonstrated through the ongoing magisterial inquiry reform.

Grech also said that instead of putting the people first and altering the country's economic model to provide residents with more wealth and better quality of life, the government chooses to retain the present economic model which focuses on importing non-EU foreign workers.

"The Nationalist Party wants to propel the country forwards, the Labour Party is being stubborn and wants to take the country back," he said.

Grech concluded the interview by appealing for all people to attend PN's protest next week on Sunday, 9 March, in front of the Parliament building in Valletta at 15:00.

He invited PN supporters, Labour Party supporters, NGO members, as well as those who align with other parties or simply do not care about politics to join this protest and share their voice to show the government that it matters.

Grech told viewers that the government wishes to silence their voices, as was observed earlier this week in Parliament by the Prime Minister rejecting PN's motion to have an urgent debate on last weekend's 226kg cannabis drug heist.

The Opposition leader said that when this motion was rejected by the Prime Minister, Abela only wanted himself to speak via a statement, rejecting a debate and silencing the people as a result.

"By rejecting the motion to answer questions, he was silencing questions from Maltese and Gozitan people," he said.

Grech also said that the government is trying to silence citizen voices through the proposed magisterial inquiry reform, especially in regards to corruption cases.