Muscat:' There is role for Anglu Farrugia, our door is always open'

Labour leader Joseph Muscat said today that he saw a major role for Anglu Farrugia in the party and the country and the door was always open to him. Dr Muscat was speaking in a recorded interview on Radio Malta with Andrew Azzopardi. Dr Muscat said his analysis of the electoral campaign so far was that it was a positive campaign from Labour's side. The PL was serene, he said. The innovative element of this campaign was that people wanted a new style of politics, a break from the past. He said the proposal which had gone down the best was the concept of accountability and good governance, including the proposal that MPs would be paid according to the number of sittings they attended. Such a measure was needed after the political class as a whole suffered in public perception when ministers gave themselves the €500 a week raise. Replying to questions on the impact of the Anglu Farrugia controversy,  Dr Muscat said he continued to have respect for Dr Farrugia and he still believed he had a major role to play in the party and the country. He looked forward to him giving this contribution. "The door is always open," he said. The Labour leader reiterated that the PL would continue to...