Labourites see red over post for Bondi

Some of Labour’s rank and file are up in arms over Joseph Muscat’s decision to include TV presenter Lou Bondi in an 11-member committee tasked with preparing national celebrations of important anniversaries. As many staunch Labour activists, including high ranking party officials, expressed their outrage, particularly through social media, Prime Minister Muscat yesterday defended the appointment, seeking to put his supporters’ minds at rest that he knows what he’s doing. He acknowledged the brewing anger but said during an interview on Labour’s radio station that while he understood the response, it was important that people of different shades were involved in the organisation of national festivities. He assured his audience that there would be other nominations to come from the Labour camp, adding: “I know what I am doing like I knew five years ago,” with reference to his election as Labour leader when he promised an earthquake in the party. “If there is anyone who would be justified in being pigheaded about his (Bondi’s) appointment it would be me because I was the subject of personal attacks,” Dr Muscat argued. But even as he spoke, social media was carrying angry comments by...