Franco Debono will vote for Labour motion
MP will support vote of no confidence; OPM says if 'mistress' allegation was true 'it would be completely unacceptable'.
Nationalist MP Franco Debono has declared he will not run for office, in a confirmation that his political career is over after calling on the Prime Minister to resign.
Debono, who confirmed his intention not to contest the next elections with MaltaToday, also said he will vote with Labour if the Opposition presents a motion of no-confidence.
"Every time I abstained it seems that the message did not come across," he said.
"I felt the circumstances necessitated me saying that I will not contest the next general elections," Debono said. "I have no faith in Lawrence Gonzi so I should not contest."
This week, Debono also revealed with MaltaToday that if Labour presents a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister, he would "definitely vote with the Opposition."
Debono also said the resignation he filed with the PN four months ago, has not been accepted by the party so far. But he has insisted he never withdrew it.
Franco Debono today also hit out at the mischaracterisation of him and his girlfriend in the blog of Independent columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia, by telling The Times that a government minister had employed his mistress with his ministry.
"I am not married. I have a girlfriend. So what? Should one comment about a situation where someone has his wife at home while using some ministry to employ his girlfriend?" he said.
The Office of the Prime Minister has told MaltaToday that "if this allegation were true, it would be completely unacceptable."