While Robert Abela and his allies use it to serve their own interests and strip you of the right to request investigations into their actions, because they have something to hide, the Nationalist goes to Parliament with motions aimed at easing your burdens, PN leader Bernard Grech said.

On Wednesday, the PN voted in Parliament in favour of proposals that support the people by reducing the financial strain caused by the cost-of-living crisis. Labour, on the other hand, voted against the Opposition's motion on this crisis, he said.

Meanwhile, Robert Abela and his allies attended Parliament to rid themselves of the burden of potential investigations into their own shortcomings, voting in favour of legal changes that restrict citizens' rights to request a magisterial inquiry. The Nationalist Opposition voted against the removal of these rights.

At a press conference outside Parliament following these votes in the House of Representatives this evening, Grech explained that the difference between the two parties could not be clearer.

Robert Abela's actions continue to push Malta further down the corruption index, where the country has already fallen ten places.

With this law, which weakens the tools used to fight corruption, the Government is further tarnishing Malta's reputation.

Addressing the press conference in the presence of the Nationalist Parliamentary Group and PN administration, Bernard Grech reiterated that the PN stands firmly on the side of what is right because it stands with the people. Furthermore, the PN is not alone in opposing this law.

Many voices have joined the Partit Nazzjonalista in this call. A full list of individuals and organisations have spoken out clearly against this reform.

Because the PN believes in its position against this reform, almost the entire PN's parliamentary group participated in the Second Reading stage in Parliament; 28 PN MPs spoke, compared to only 15 Labour MPs.

Since the very beginning, the PN, through its Members of Parliament, has resisted this reform and will continue to do so in the next stage of the parliamentary process: scrutiny before the Committee on Bills.

Grech said the Labour Government has no electoral mandate to introduce this law. It is only doing so to protect corrupt politicians and their accomplices. It is acting this way because it knows that inquiries into 17 Black, Vitals and Steward, the Panama Papers, and Electrogas would never have taken place if these legal changes had been in effect.

The PN expects the Committee on Bills to allow public participation, giving every citizen and voluntary organisation the opportunity to contribute to discussions on the proposed law. It urges all those who care about truth, justice, and democracy to do what is necessary to prevent this law from coming into effect, especially those who hold positions of responsibility in the country.

A new Nationalist Government, truly committed to the people, would repeal this law while retaining any provisions that grant new rights to victims, and instead introduce other laws to strengthen those rights, such as revising procedural laws to ensure that victims can participate at every stage of court proceedings, including during jury trials.

While the Government went to Parliament to take from the people, the PN presented a full list of measures to give back to them; measures aimed at reducing the burdens that so many are carrying, but not those in Government, who are living a completely different reality.

It is clear that the Labour Party is in Parliament to restrict citizens' rights, while the Partit Nazzjonalista is there to protect and strengthen them.

The people deserve a government that is there to address their problems and support them, not one that seeks only to protect itself and corrupt politicians.

While Robert Abela and his allies are only interested in solving their own problems, the PN is working for you, Grech said.