Simon Busuttil calls for Prime Minister's resignation

Updated 12.29pm A national demonstration against corruption is being held by the Nationalist Party in Valletta next Sunday following fresh corruption allegations involving Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's family. The announcement follows allegations by journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia yesterday that Egrant, a secret company in Panama, is owned by Dr Muscat's wife Michelle. The Prime Minister has denied the allegations which he described as 'the biggest political lie in Malta's history'. He also asked an inquiring magistrate to investigate the claims. Read: Muscat asks inquiring magistrate to investigate Egrant claims Addressing a press conference this morning, Dr Busuttil said that once the Prime Minister was now being investigated by an inquiry he should step down. "The country is in an unprecedented political and constitutional crises and the PM should either step down or be replaced by his own colleagues." Calls for Dr Muscat's resignation were backed by former Alternattiva Demokratika leader Michael Briguglio, who in a tweet said that the Prime Minister should step aside "until his name is cleared." Dr Busuttil called on the country's institutions, particularly the police,...