Labour leader Alfred Sant said yesterday evening, he had absolutely no regrets about upholding his political honour throughout the years and always saying the truth, as opposed to GonziPN, which was taking people for a ride with its lies.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Dr Sant are bandying about the latest buzz words "no regrets", following the latter's remarks in his interview with The Sunday Times.
"I am accused of being hard-headed and inflexible, but I have no regrets about telling the truth, even when people have found it hard to grasp," he told those gathered in Paola's main square.
A huge crowd filled the square as the election countdown kicks in and people's mood reaches fever pitch - families turned out in full force, waving red scarves and hooting air horns.
Dr Sant took the opportunity to condemn the "intolerable" attack on the house of Alternattiva Demokratika's chairman Harry Vassallo, and expressed solidarity with his family.
"We condemn any form of violence and I call on the police to find the culprits and dish out the deserved punishment... We want a democracy that is free from threats, corruption and provocation," he stressed. Dr Sant once again broached the overtime issue, adding that he had looked into the reports, which accused Super One of paying its employees overtime at a normal rate.
He admitted that this had been the situation adopted until the company could get its finances back on track, but he stopped short of saying whether this practice had been changed.
Instead, he attacked Education Minister Louis Galea for an even worse situation at the station Education 22, where instead of being paid overtime, employees were asked to take time off in lieu. "Why don't they look in the mirror, before accusing us?" Dr Sant asked, pledging to get the country out of the alleyways, which it had been driven into by the present administration.
Labour spokesman for justice, Anġlu Farrugia, also addressed the crowd, and keeping corruption as his main topic, he said he had passed on a list of people who had paid between €3,000 to €5,000 to get a job at the Freeport. He stopped short, however, of saying who he had passed the list to.
He also insinuated suspicious dealings were happening at Castille, because last Friday a crane was spotted heaving a huge safe from the back of the Office of the Prime Minister at 6.30 a.m.
Meanwhile, deputy leader Michael Falzon took to reiterating his call for the "lions of change" to reign, just as a YouTube video of him rousing the crowd during Sunday's mass meeting, was yesterday making the rounds.
"We're Labour United, a party who's not embarrassed to show off his team, unlike the government's one-man band.
"While they use lies as weapons, we fight back with truth. We are the lions of change," he said, to rapturous applause.