We have a Prime Minister who spends more time focusing on the problems of his party than on the problems facing families, businesses and the country. At this moment the country needs a stable government, not one undermined by internal rifts

Prime Minister Gonzi could not be trusted, he repeated, since there was no visible and plausible explanation for the ballooning deficit which reached €345 million in August.

Lawrence Gonzi is constantly taking the wrong decisions to the detriment of the Maltese and is not interested in tackling problems seriously

Gonzi criticized me because I did not go to the Police instead of speaking in Parliament, however neither he himself not Tonio Fenech or Paul Borg Olivier went to the Police Commissioner

We might not always please everyone. But our job is not to please, but take the relations between our countries to new, higher levels."

The country needs change but we also have to have the courage to acknowledge what is good," he said, insisting this was part of the mentality change the party had to undergo. "It is easy to say no; more difficult to say yes. But change is our lifeblood,"