MEP candidate Arnold Cassola has called for an investigation after a video emerged of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his wife and friends partying at Girgenti Palace.

Prof. Cassola, a former Alternattiva Demokratika chairman, wrote to the Electoral Commissioner and the Standards Commissioner, saying that the video constitutes "unethical behaviour".

"I urge you to open an investigation into unethical behaviour by an MP (the prime minister) and the fact that a state property is being used by a political party, something which breaches party financing laws," he said in the letter, copied to the press.

In the leaked video, Dr Muscat can be seen jumping and chanting with the crowd to the former Mintoffian tune "Ma Tagħmlu Xejn…” while his wife Michelle dances in front of him, waving a bottle of champagne.

The historic Girgenti Palace is used as the Prime Minister's summer residence. 

The undated clip also irked a number of Nationalist Party exponents, including MP Jason Azzopardi who wrote on social media: "The former Chapel of Girgenti Palace... such a suitable setting indeed."

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