Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was busy being grilled by the PAC; but his Facebook account kept being constantly updated with posts about his previous accomplishments.

As Muscat was being interviewed by the Public Accounts Committee regarding the Electrogas contract a barrage of posts portraying that period of administration in a positive light blasted on his social media account every few minutes.

“Was there a discussion with Electrogas before the new power station? I categorically deny that ever happened,” ran one post.

At the same time, in another post, he said that a government led by himself operated as a team, “We are one government”.

“Someone mentioned that Enemalta pays the Electrogas Excise Tax. The agreement heavily favoured them. In fact, Electrogas provided us with an advance payment of 30 million so that we could settle the electricity bills before the power station started operating,” ran another.

Plenty of people applauded and liked his posts.

“I will not play the game of comparing whether the power station is better than the interconnector, or vice versa. Both are needed to complement each other in order to function properly.”

Muscat is one of the most high-profile witnesses among a string of the inner circle of power that propped his administration when he was prime minister and the contract was awarded. Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri, Paul Apap Bologna, and Yorgen Fenech have also been called to testify previously, amongst others.

It has been alleged that Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated because of her revelations and possible knowledge of the said contract. This has created a huge amount of interest in these proceedings and other witnesses have been mostly reticent about their involvement in the decision-making process.

Muscat, on the other hand, was more forthcoming, although careful not to incriminate himself.

“It was not only the Auditor General who scrutinised this project. The European Commission also conducted an 18-month examination of it.”