Prime Minister Joseph Muscat paid homage to former Prime Minister Sir Paul Boffa on the 127th anniversary of his birth.

Sir Paul Boffa entered politics when Malta was granted self government in 1921 and joined the Labour Party in 1923. He was returned to Parliament under the Amery-Milner Constitution in 1924, 1927 and 1932. He was elected Leader of the Labour Party in 1927 and immediately began to instil in the workers the need of rightfully equal representation in government in order to have a say in their own affairs. Dr. Boffa reached the acme of his political career in November 1947 when, he became the first Labour Prime Minister. Dr. Boffa was instrumental in obtaining recognition for the Maltese Language in the law courts, and the introduction of compulsory primary education and old-age pensions.​