PN claims silent people will 'speak with their vote' against Labour
The PN has insisted that a "lot of silent people" will speak with their votes against Labour in the next election despite polls showing they are on course to win by a large majority.
In a news conference on Tuesday, the Nationalist Party reiterated their claim that Prime Minister Robert Abela has lost control of the government and must sack Education Minister Justyne Caruana immediately.
The PN said that in just one day on Monday, Ian Castaldi Paris announced he will not run for the next election and Silvio Grixti resigned from parliament, while Caruana remains in post.
"This shows that Robert Abela's government is collapsing," insisted candidates Justin Schembri, Charles Azzopardi and Rebecca Cilia.
They argued that the government is inconsistent in the way it treats its MPs.
"Some resign, others are fired; some just resign from their ministry, but not from parliament; others, like Castaldi Paris, decide not to run again, pretending that everything is fine; and some don't even resign at all," Azzopardi said.
"Robert Abela made Rosianne Cutajar resign before the Hyzler report was concluded, but is reluctant to fire Caruana, even after the report has been finished and...