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Jeffrey Pullicino takes credit for the Nationalist Party’s wafer-thin 2008 election victory in his new memoirs, recalling the Mistra scandal which took centre stage just days before the country went to the polls.
Pullicino Orlando, then an up-and-coming PN MP with green credentials, had rented his land in Mistra for an open-air disco, sparking a political storm with polls showing the two parties running neck and neck.
In his memoirs titled With All Due Respect launched on Wednesday night, the former Nationalist MP writes about the day he confronted then Labour leader Alfred Sant in a bizarre press conference, where he was given a press card to represent the PN media.
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Joseph Muscat has played down reports highlighting his €120,000 severance package as prime minister, noting that his payout was in line with those given to
Prime Minister Robert Abela has accused the Nationalist Party of being in cahoots with criminals to push claims linking minister Carmelo Abela to a bank heist.
Fielding questions during a press conference, Abela claimed there was a “coordinated strategy” between the PN and unnamed criminals.
Minister Abela was questioned on Wednesday after Daphne Caruana Galizia murder suspect Alfred Degiorgio mentioned his name to the police in connection with the failed 2010 HSBC heist.
The prime minister said he would not hesitate to take action if any credible proof were to emerge.
Abela expressed bewilderment at how people accused of complicity in assassinating Daphne Caruana Galizia are now being given credibility.