Nationalist Party Opposition Calls out Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to Step Down

Thousand protesters rallied in the capital city of Malta demanding the Prime Minister of the country to step down from his position. The prime minister's close allies has been named on the recent "Panama papers" leak scandal.

According to Israel National News, Maltese call out Prime Minister Joseph Muscat as they gathered Malta's capital city. It was reported, Panama Papers documents show a wider group of Maltese business figures who are regarded as allies of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat used offshore companies.

Simon Busuttil, the head of the opposition group said Muscat is shaming their country. "You have lost the moral authority to govern," Busuttil added. However, the Maltese prime minister said last Wednesday, he gather all the facts and then decide on what he will do.

The opposition group arranged the protests, out the prime minister's office in the city of Valleta, the Guardian reported. The Prime Minister has not yet responded on the said protests. The Nationalist party opposition also wants Konrad Mizzi, the health and energy minister as well as Muscat's Labour party head deputy and Keith Schembri, Muscat's chief of staff to vacate their positions.

The Panama Papers showed how Mizzi, and Schembri, set up secret holdings in Panama and linked a trust in New Zealand, Reuters reported. Both close political allies of the prime minster denied any misconduct. Mizzi also said, he made the arrangement in order to facilitate his family's asset.

On Thursday, the health and energy minister told the Labour Party that he is ready on whatever the prime minister will decide. Schembri, on the other hand has also the same case with Mizzi, in which he allegedly set up a company and a trust in Panama.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a huge leak of documents, known as the Panama Papers on Sunday. It has since became controversial as it allegedly disclosed a secret network between Russian President Vladimir Putin's associates and business ties between a member of FIFA's ethics committee and men whom were indicted by the US authorities for corruption.

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