Adrian Delia must call a vote of confidence in his leadership - Marlene Farrugia

Marlene Farrugia says the Opposition has to be more focussed than ever before but to do so Adrian Delia must call a vote of confidence in his leadership.

The outgoing Democratic Party leader said in a Facebook post that the government had to be exposed for what it was and the people had to have a credible alternative government.

"The leader of the Opposition needs to call a vote of confidence in his leadership as soon as possible. The country needs the Opposition to be compact, united and focussed more than ever before," she said.

Farrugia is one of two PD MPs - the other being her partner Godfrey Farrugia - elected in the last election on the Nationalist Party ticket.

Her comment comes after MaltaToday revealed that PN MPs were considering asking for a vote of no confidence against Delia, a situation that could see him being stripped of his constitutional role as Opposition leader.

Godfrey Farrugia this morning told Parliament he was disheartened by the behaviour of certain MPs and hinted at his retirement from politics. He said he did not trust the Prime Minister and the Opposition leader. After the speech he was seen being consoled by former PN leader Simon Busuttil.

Delia was elected PN leader last September with the vote of party members. During the summer months it was revealed that more than a decade ago in his capacity as a lawyer, Delia held an offshore account on behalf of his clients, who owned a property in London that was used for prostition purposes.

Delia was at the centre of harsh criticism by journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia for his links with the prostitution ring. The PN leader had filed five libel cases against Caruana Galizia but his linkage to the story was cause for concern among PN MPs and functionaries who had been outright critical when Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri were discovered to have opened companies in Panama just after the 2013 election.