PBO: Muscat must withdraw candidature after admitting 'mistake'

Nationalist Party general secretary Paul Borg Olivier insisted this morning that Joseph Muscat must withdraw his election candidature after admitting with The Sunday Times he was mistaken to not report an alleged drug trafficking case at Safi Labour Club. Speaking at Mgarr this morning, Dr Borg Olivier noted that Dr Muscat had told the newspaper that his deputy, Toni Abela, had also made mistakes in this case and were he an election candidate, he would be expected to withdraw. Since Dr Muscat had also known of this case, by his own yardstick, he should do the honourable thing and withdraw his election candidature, Dr Borg Olivier said. This was an extremely serious case involving drugs. How could Dr Muscat expect to get away as if nothing has happened? "The Labour leader throws mud at others, but he had now fallen into a puddle of mud and cannot expect to come out of it clean," Dr Borg Olivier said. He had had a political, ethical, and moral responsibility to act, and he had not.  "Shame on you, shame on you," Dr Borg Olivier said to a standing ovation. This, he said, was the true red face of Dr Muscat.  Dr Borg Olivier also said he would not be intimidated by Labour candidate...