In response to what it calls the most recent “outraged onslaught” from Ms Hassan Nahon, the Government said: "It is becoming clear that Ms Hassan Nahon considers every statement she makes a justified and proper exercise in opposition politics yet every response she receives a 'vile' and 'unjustified' attack.

“It will not be lost on people that Ms Hassan Nahon dishes out attack after attack and finds it difficult to understand that her vilification of the Government will draw a response.”