Muscat stepped down for the sake of unity: The Headlines – The Independent

The Independent covers the opening of the PL Congress on Friday in which outgoing leader Joseph Muscat delivered his final speech. He said he made the decision to resign to allow ‘unity to win over hatred’.

A second story reports that Infrastructure Malta has put the application to build the Pembroke tunnel network on hold to conduct further studies. The roads agency denied that the project was stopped because of complaints, insisting that it ‘cannot be scrapped’.