PN calls on Muscat to reverse ‘vindictive’ post-election transfers

The Nationalist Party has said that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat must reverse several “vindictive” transfers of civil servants and government agency employees if he is truly committed to achieving national unity.

The PN was reacting to Muscat’s speech during a political activity on Friday, in which he admitted he was wrong to have said that his relationship with outgoing Opposition leader Simon Busuttil was unsalvageable.

“Whatever has happened, whatever we did, despite all our disagreements, while you are PN leader, I am committing myself to forget what has happened and I am willing to work with you in the interest of the country,” he said.

However, the PN in a statement said that it was pointless for Muscat to speak about national unity in public, when several government employees have been transferred vindictively since Labour’s election victory last week.

“Muscat is facing a test that will determine whether he is ready to walk the talk. If he doesn’t reverse all those vindictive transfers, then the Maltese public will know that it is untrue that ‘we are all Malta’.”  

PN MP Jason Azzopardi earlier warned that several Nationalist supporters have been vindictively transferred from their posts within Heritage Malta, the police force, Transport Malta and the Health Department.