Muscat: PN lacks political will to eradicate corruption

The Nationalist Party did not have the political will to tackle corruption and even left it out of its electoral programme, Labour leader Joseph Muscat said yesterday. The PN also failed to mention the law on party financing and the Whistleblower Act, two laws that a Labour government would enact immediately, he said. Dr Muscat commented on the fact that, though Lawrence Gonzi had said he agreed with Labour’s pledge to remove the time bar on corruption cases involving politicians, the PN did not include this in the electoral programme. Dr Muscat said there were undercurrents pushing to keep the country dependent on the purchase of oil as the PN-led government had three times refused offers for a pipeline supplying gas to the island. “Who has an interest that Malta continues purchasing €1 million worth of oil every day? There are people who have oil-stained hands and who pocket commissions on these purchases,” Dr Muscat told supporters at the Valletta Waterfront. He again asked whether the Prime Minister had published all the reports on Enemalta. Dr Muscat said the stories that were surfacing, showing that the Government lost three opportunities to introduce gas-fired generating...