Watch: Alex Borg questioned on Il-Każin x Times of Malta, Abela opts out
Viewers questioned on 'Who should be Malta's next prime minister?
Updated 9.20pm
Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg faced questions on Il-Każin x Times of Malta, despite Labour leader Robert Abela having declined the invitation.
The special edition of the monthly debate show was jointly hosted by Jon Mallia and Mark Laurence Zammit and came days before the nation votes on May 30.
Watch the event in the video below.
Both Borg and Abela were invited to face questions and debate one another in a presidential debate-style format.
Borg agreed to be questioned on the show. Abela declined the invitation to take part in the debate.
Mallia and Zammit read out some of the questions they would have asked Abela had he attended. Viewers participated in the event through real-time voting on the question: 'Who should be Malta's next prime minister?'
Il-KAŻIN x Times of Malta is a live monthly debate centred on Malta’s most urgent national issues. Viewers are encouraged to be part of the debate through voting in real time, directly influencing the direction of the debate.