Marlene Farrugia calls Joseph Muscat a coward
The leader of the Democratic Party, Marlene Farrugia, has called Prime Minister Joseph Muscat a coward, saying that he is afraid to debate one of the people’s leaders.
Marlene Farrugia had challenged the Prime Minister to a public debate but Muscat, instead of giving a direct answer, chose to insult the PN-PD coalition.
During a political event in Gozo, the Prime Minister called the Forza Nazzjonali a “coalition of confusion,” that does not know who is leading it. “Dr Busuttil invited me to debate Marlene Farrugia,” he said. “I debate the leader of the party. If he decides to resign and let Dr Farrugia take over, then I will debate her, no problem. They should do us a favour and decide who is leading by the time of a debate,” he continued.
Dr Farrugia was asked for her reaction to the Prime Minister’s response to her challenge.
“The Forza Nazzjonali is led by representatives of the people, and not the protectors of the Panama gang. Do you fear debating the people’s leaders? Both Simon Busuttil and myself are leaders not just of our respective parties, but of a Forza Nazzjonali that wants to see Malta take the path of decency, dignity and good governance.”
On the issue of PM Muscat debating the party leader, she said: “So you respect parties more than the Maltese people? Dr Muscat is even confused here, as he hasn’t realised that I am a party leader.”
She said that she and Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil were both representing the interests of the people, “unlike Dr Muscat, who represents the interests of four people in Castille and their acolytes. When given the choice between Malta and the Panama gang and the scandals, he did not choose the people. He drove Malta into an early election in the middle of the EU Presidency as part of his choice of the corrupt persons he is protecting.”
As for the PM Muscat’s comments that the Forza Nazzjonali is in confusion, she retorted that it is the PL that is in confusion “as one of their MPs has left, their whip has left, and they had to call an early election because they were unable to bring order to the disorder of corruption built by their government.”