“Joseph Muscat, Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri are criminals, not politicians” – Salvu Mallia

“I wouldn’t call it a marriage of convenience, because it sounds a bit, you know… I believe that there is no alternative whatsoever. Anything else you do would play into the hands of Joseph Muscat.

“I consider Alternattiva Demokratika an ally of Joseph Muscat in the coming election. Marlene Farrugia is an ally of Joseph Muscat. Even if they say they dislike his way of doing things. They are helping Joseph Muscat.

“I believe the best thing you can do at the moment is to create a front against a person who has already hijacked his party.

“Joseph Muscat is an evil man. He and his two other cronies [Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi] are evil. They are not politicians. I would classify them as criminals because this was a planned takeover using all the weaknesses of democracy and the stupidity of the people, including mine and of Labour’s own supporters.”

– Salvu Mallia, explaining his decision to stand for election on the Nationalist Party ticket, in an interview today.