Muscat explains Bondi, Dalli appointments as former Labour minister fumes

Updated - Adds Joseph Muscat's comments on video this morning Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has again explained his position over criticism of his decision to appoint Lou Bondi' to a government committee, saying he meant it when he promised Malta Taghna lkoll and a new way of doing politics. He also replied to questions on John Dalli's appointment to head reform at Mater Dei Hospital, saying the former minister's 2008 plan for the hospital would be revisited. Times had changed, he said, but the plan could be seen as a point of departure. Earlier, former Labour Minister Joe Grima did not mince his words on the prime minister's decision to appoint Mr Bondi'.  ‘This is masochism,’ he said on facebook. Referring sarcastically to Labour’s election slogan, Malta Taghna Lkoll, and calling Mr Bondi “scrap”, he asked whose idea it had been to put the TV presenter on the national festivities foundation. “Let’s not have any illusions. This is not a new way of doing politics. This is masochism which not even Alfred Sant, who lost four times, managed to have.” Sources yesterday told Times of Malta that Mr Bondi’s appointment was made directly on the initiative of the Prime Minster after he had...