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Karl Schembri
Josie Muscat, the 60-year-old doctor from Marsascala, does nothing to quell rumours about his possible return to politics. He actually seems to enjoy them.
Last Sunday, Labour newspaper KullHadd reported about “persistent rumours” that Muscat, who was a Nationalist MP for 15 years since 1966, was about to enter the political fray again as an independent candidate for the local council together with others, allegedly triggered by the waste recycling plant controversy.
Contacted by MaltaToday, Muscat said the newspaper “blew up the story a bit” but declined to be categorical when asked whether he ruled out contesting local elections.
“I had just expressed an idea,” Muscat said. “There is nothing concrete yet.”
The St James Hospital owner and founder of the Eden Foundation for disabled people fell out with the PN in the 80s because of his militant stand against Labour policies through his movement Front Freedom Fighters and his stand on including the Neutrality clause in the Constitution.
In an interview with MaltaToday in 2001, Muscat’s reply to a question of whether he would consider contesting the elections again was: “Never say never.”
Also the owner of a fertility clinic, last year he took a strong stand against the anti-IVF campaign, denouncing what he called “unfounded and false” statements made by the Children’s Commissioner and St Luke’s Hospital officials.
kschembri@mediatoday.com.mt
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