Video: Angry Franco Debono says he is building a new democracy

20:48 pm Christopher Scicluna: Franco Debono rose this evening to explain his vote on the Budget and said he was voting against the Budget and the government because he was building a new democracy where no one was above the law. He asked how he could vote on the Budget after the scandals of the Fairmount contract at the dockyard, Arms, the power tariffs, public transport, buses, and the car parks privatisation scandal? To vote in favour would be telling the government to continue with this mess. There had been corruption in the maritime sector. How could he vote with the government when he had presented a motion against the acquisition of St Philip’s which angered society? How could be vote for the Budget when the country continued to slide in the corruption perception index but the government took no measures for greater transparency?. How could be vote with the government when millions were squandered in gross mismanagement, such as in Wastserv. How could he back the government when Austin Gatt was not being held to account? 20:50 pm : Austin Gatt needed to account for the high power tariffs, which stemmed from a lack of vision in the energy sector. He had to account for the...