The EPP group has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the recent decision to arraign shadow minister Jason Azzopardi for comments he had made on former police commissioner Peter Paul Zammit Group chairman Manfred Weber said: "This is simply not on. As an EU member state, there are limits as to how far this Maltese Labour government can go in its insatiable quest for power with complete disregard to human rights. "In a fully fledged democracy, dragging the shadow minister of justice to court for something he had said in his capacity as shadow minister is unheard of. Lines will be drawn and Malta will not be allowed to continue sliding down the authoritarian route. "We will stick our necks for the Maltese citizens against this increasingly erratic government. "Since when has a shadow justice minister been tried in Europe for something he said with a jail term of up to three months hanging over his head? And let's not fool ourselves, this is indeed the Maltese government acting behind its hendchman. "We will not be fooled and we will not surrender. "Against the backdrop of the looming Maltese Presidency of the EU Council, we take note of how the Labour Prime Minister has...
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