Muscat pledges ‘unconditional support’ to next PL leader 

Outgoing Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Sunday pledged “unconditional support” to his eventual successor. 

Addressing supporters during a farewell tour in Gozo accompanied by his wife Michelle, Dr Muscat said he was comfortable offering his loyalty upfront as he knew the qualities of both men vying to take over the Labour leadership. 

Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and Cabinet consultant Robert Abela have both thrown their hat in the ring. 

Dr Muscat said he was confident whoever won the leadership contest would correct past mistakes and keep the Labour movement moving ahead. 

He appealed to all those eligible to vote in the leadership contest to cast their ballot to send a strong political message about the strength of Labour’s internal democratic processes. 

In a snipe at the Nationalist Party, Dr Muscat said that while others had been irreparably divided by leadership contests, the Labour Party would emerge united from its own. 

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Dr Muscat boasted about leaving the next Labour leader and prime minister a strong economic base. 

He said his own journey as prime minister started off by inheriting deficits and...