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maltatoday, THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017 News 8 CONTINUES FROM PAGE 1 The leaders' strategy was evident: Muscat opted for proposals; Cassola called out the PN and PL on a number of issues; Farrugia spoke of how the PL had betrayed its 2013 pledges; Battistino insisted that "ex- cessive liberalism" was lead- ing to family breakdowns; whilst Busuttil insisted that the allegations of corruption endangered jobs. "You are worse than each other. Both of you [PL and PN] appropriated everything, from the sports associations, to the hospitals to the banks," Cassola said, adding that this could have changed with the constitutional convention – which the PN boycotted due to government's decision to appoint former PN MP Fran- co Debono to head it. He thanked the Malta Uni- versity Debating Union and The Third Eye for inviting him to the debate: "You are the only people that allow us to confront Muscat and Bu- suttil. Another clear example of how the institutions have been taken over by the two." Holding photos of Kon- rad Mizzi, Keith Schembri, George Pullicino, Toni Bezzi- na and Ann Fenech, Cassola sought to drive home the message that there was little that differentiated the major political parties. On his party, Busuttil pledged that, if the PN were elected to power, White Rocks would not be devel- oped. As the question cropped up on at least two occasions, Bu- suttil also suggested that he would not resign if the alle- gation that Egrant belonged to Muscat turned out to be false. "I am not the one under in- vestigation," Busuttil reiter- ated. "You [Muscat] should have resigned. He appears to be convinced that the mag- istrate won't find anything. Of course you're convinced… since the evidence has al- ready been taken out of the bank!" As Muscat said it was clear that Busuttil won't resign, even if the allegation turns out to be a fabricated lie, some of the students start- ed shouting "shame on you" whilst PL student supporters shouted back. The Prime Minister reiter- ated that he would resign if the inquiry finds him guilty, in any way, of involvement in Egrant. He argued that he would resign because the in- quiry would – in that case – find that he had not declared company ownership. "I am ready to shoulder re- sponsibility; it's the opposi- tion leader who took peo- ple to the streets protesting something that will turn out to be a lie," Muscat reiterated. After a student asked Bu- suttil over Beppe Fenech Adami's links with the Capi- talOne investigation, Muscat asked the PN leader whether he would force Fenech Ad- ami's resignation if he were the one under investigation by the FIAU or the police. "Depends on whether you're the one to order that investi- gation," Busuttil replied. The Labour leader encour- aged students to participate in the democratic process, encouraging them to vote in the elections, and tell- ing them that they were the country's future. Muscat and Busuttil confront each other on resigning matters Holding photos of Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri, George Pullicino, Toni Bezzina and Ann Fenech, Cassola sought to drive home the message that there was little that differentiated the major political parties

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