Labour in ‘panic’ over amnesties – PN
Labour deviating attention from government’s blunders, the Opposition says.
The Labour Party is trying to twist Simon Busuttil's words in order to divert attention from the amnesties awarded to inmates for "illicit reasons," the PN said.
In an interview broadcast yesterday, PN leader Simon Busuttil said that the amnesties awarded to prison inmates by the Labour government, "under the watchful eye and approval of Joseph Muscat, were handed out for no other reason than to satisfy pre-electoral pledges made to win over votes."
In a statement issued today, the Opposition added that the baseless issue of such amnesties is "unethical and unmerited, and therefore amounts to the directing buying of the votes of inmates' family members."
However, the PN stressed that at no point did Busuttil declare that the majority of the 36,000 votes by which the Labour Party won the election were bought, as Labour is alleging.
"This is yet another panic reaction by Labour, in a desperate attempt to divert the attention from its blunders in Government so far, as it works to cover up actions the public is now discovering was going on behind its back," the PN said.