Video: Anglu Farrugia, Toni Abela elected MLP deputy leaders

PJ Mifsud

Jun 19th 2008, 12:08

@ Shaun Camill

Part 2. You attempted to ridicule two valid, hardworking Ministers, Austin Gatt and John Dalli, by implying they're not living saints. I don't know of any among my acquaintances, including myself. Are you one by any chance ? Judging by fees charged by certain professionals (?) (Medical specialists, decorators, masons etc), workers who don't give an honest day's work in return for their wages and risible income tax returns submitted by certain self-employed workers, local living saints are a dying breed.

You also implied that the Government swept the dust underneath the carpet as regards the JPO Mistra case. Please be reminded that Dr Gonzi immediately instructed the MEPA auditor to conduct an internal enquiry as soon as details emerged in the Press. The report was subsequently handed to the Police Commissioner to investigate whether grounds existed to press criminal charges. The Police have cleared JPO from facing criminal proceedings but indicted three others. JPO MAY be guilty of political irresponsibility as an MP but that is another matter. The whole case has been conducted and investigated in a serious, open and transparent manner. Should the results not suit your politically-slanted opinions, that is your problem.

PJ Mifsud

Jun 18th 2008, 13:02

@ Shaun Camill

Part 1.

Having lived your life under PN Administrations you are not at fault for not knowing that violence was the order of the day during the decadent 70s and 80s Socialist era. Some labourites harboured cemeteries of skeletons in their closet (not closed) then. The PN did not impose mortal sin on those voting Labour. The local Church Authorities did. They must have had their valid reasons for doing so. You should consult a history book for that period and update yourself.

Children's allowances, the minimum wage and contributory pensions were introduced by Labour Administrations but were vastly improved by successive PN Governments. Children's allowance was never removed, as alleged, by EFA. It was always available and increased for the needy and low wage earners. Annual joint income earners above LM 10,000 were deprived of this benefit for a time. I think you're exposing yourself to libel by declaring that Nationalists hand bribes to accommodate acquiescent labourites. Have you any tangible proof?

Shaun Camill

Jun 15th 2008, 22:08

@ Mark Pisani

Yes unfortunately I have lived all my life under PN govt and I'm sick of the same story going round over and over again. And for the love of god cut the Violence out. Everyone has skeletons hidden in his closed. How about being a grave sin to vote labour? And coming to think of it it was labour who gave penisions, childrens allowances (which your beloved EFA removed) and minimum wages!

And yes I will sustain my point....for as long as I have followed politics I have always heard and seen nationalists putting dark shadows on anyone in the MLP (obviously anyone who won't take bribes).

Shaun Camill

Jun 15th 2008, 22:07

2/2

And as for Albert.....maybe now.....that JM is still early in his post...YOU are still trying to find out what he is to offer.....but I am so sure that within 5 years you will Surely be against anything he comes up with....That is not [constructive] criticism.....innit??

And coming to think of it....looking at our current ministers.....Austin Gatt and John Dalli.....they're not really living saints either...are they......and ohhhh JPO....ohhh but he
s innocent now...just sweep all the dust underneath the carpet and make sure our grandchildren will never hear about him. We'll keep repeating the stories of the mintoff era...the ones which were told to us by our great great granddads right?

JOHN SCERRI

Jun 15th 2008, 18:55

A comment below classifies Joseph Muscat as being the best in diplomacy and the two deputies as the best lawyers in our law courts, and also classified MLP as now having the winning trio.
This is purely the commentator's opinion which I respect.

What Malta really needs are the BEST Politicians.
Persons who know what it means for the man in the street to live day by day striving to make ends meet,
Persons who will be able in creating policies needed for no one to be left behind in the poverty line.
Lets hope the newly elected MLP winning trio develop into becoming the best in politics of life and contributing , starting from the opposition benches to make it happen.

Denis Catania

Jun 15th 2008, 17:41

What is a deputy's duty? Why wasn't Sants deputy automatically appointed?Why are you people(MLP) taking the limelite away from JOSEPH?Shift the limelite back to the captain.Altough he's already started, he has a lot of work to do. PN keeps wining without any deputies. Too many jockeys in the MLP.

Francis Attard

Jun 15th 2008, 11:12

Dr.Muscat has the best diplomatic credentials in the socialist group within the european parliament and the best economist in circulation. Dr.Abela and Dr.Farrugia are the best lawyers at our law courts.

Joe Vella

Jun 15th 2008, 10:16

@ Francis Attard

You write; "Now the citizens of our country can put their minds at rest for they have the brightest future ever ahead"

You must be kidding. people like you really take the rest of us as fools. Are you serious.

We have an unknown as leader and Chich and Chong of Maltese politics in Anglu Farrugia and Toni Abela.

Give us a break, please.

Francis Attard

Jun 15th 2008, 07:24

Losing the elections served the Malta Labour Party good, because now we have a winning trio. It seems, as if there was a long planned strategy so that this dream will come true. Now the citizens of our country can put their minds at rest for they have the brightest future ever ahead. A Heaven on Earth.

michael catania

Jun 15th 2008, 00:24

@mark pisani
if you were young in the eighties you must have profited somehow from all the policies introduced by an MLP Govt.and OPPOSED by the the conservative opposition. But as usual the likes of you always bite the hand that feeds you.
As to hating the conservatives I do not have any hate, only pity because they make a mockery of Christ teaching and as their true religion is MONEY, where as the Socialist s are more likely to think about those who are less fortunate then themselves.

Edward Borg Bonello

Jun 14th 2008, 20:36

These blue eyed guys never let go do they?....: they always think that all labour has to do is to take their advice or else labour is doomed ... as if they ever cared for Labour.......First they said that Joseph is still a kid to challenge their mighty Goliath and now they are over the moon thinking that Toni and Anglu are walkovers...... If for one moment George, Gavin and Chris got elected I am sure they would have said : one is "kannol bla sugu,", the other is second hand and the third is also just a kid......well these modern Farisei are in for a new shock cos David WILL be more than a hard nut to crach this time.....

Good luck Joseph....... we are all geared up to support you .........

Mark Pisani

Jun 14th 2008, 20:31

Mr Catania - I was young but remember the 80s...

Do you agree with S Camilleri who says he hates nationalists?

JOHN SCERRI

Jun 14th 2008, 20:08

I must say Dr.Joseph Muscat is, up to now the ONLY New Inspiration for MLP.
May he be permitted to succeed in his challenging job without......... Internal interference.

All brother and sister delegates could have done a little bit better.

Anyway..... as long as 'Love is in the air' we can 'Let it be', and... 'Give peace a chance', because there will be.......... 'All kinds of everything',

I hope Joseph will not find any 'Hot stuff ' which will be.......... 'Too hot to handle'.

Joseph.... always keep in mind when faced with a difficult individual that "He ain't heavy ..he's my brother''.

Joseph "Please don't stop the music' because if you do it will be 'Time to say goodbye'.

Albert Gauci Cunningham

Jun 14th 2008, 19:29

"x'gharukaza Gonzi wahdu"...."Gonzi jinjora lill-Ministri u jidher jindirizza il-meeting wahdu"......"personal cult"....."GonziPN will be the word which leads to the PN downfall"......."Da Gonzi x'jahseb li telghet ix-xemx mieghu??"........."Issa m'ghadux PN issa GonziPN"...................."I am ex PN (hahahaha) and I think its not good how Gonzi seems to have become the party, where is Eddie?/ I'm voting MLP...bla bla bla" ".....ghax issa m'ghadhomx Nazzjonalisti issa GoooonziPN ghax jisthu mill-ministri"

.........these are but a few comments from MLP stalwarts before the election..........I'm very happy to note that some of you here are saying that the Leader is the one and only and pushing a kind of "MuscatMLP" idea.............infact the posters on the Kazini show JM alone not with his deputies................Welcome to to the world of GonziPN....you're a few months late though!!!!!!!! Too little too late maybe???

michael catania

Jun 14th 2008, 18:22

Isee that the conservatives are "overjoyed" with Anglu Farrugia and Toni Abela being elected Deputy Leaders of the MLP. I am really pleased with the results as the trio will make a formidable teamto finally kick the conservatives into oblivion (their rightful place). With this team the ordinary person will be confident of his wellbeing will be looked after.
@ Mark Pisani Your comments about violence are way off the mark. Maybe you were still a twinkle in your father's eyes but the world did not start in the 1980's. I can go farther at a time when an assasination attempt on Mintoff's life was foiled. Go back to the thirties when when your leaders imitated fascists leaders in Italy.

M. Buhagiar

Jun 14th 2008, 18:00

All this fuss about the Deputies is simply non sense . Its the LEADER that counts . The last PN electoral campaign says it all .

Crossing from Hamrun to Pieta to take a look at the other side , as far as I know the Deputy to Gonzi is Tonio Borg.
Does he carry any weight in the Party he rapresents ?
I seriously doubt it sinse his presence in politics is practically NULL .

Joseph you are our MAN !!

Keep it up !!

M. Camilleri

Jun 14th 2008, 16:32

I have to agree with Silvan Cutajar and Adrian Camilleri on this one.

Though i still firmly believe that JM is going to carry a presidential style of leadership till the 2013 election. he surprised many till now. Why not surprise us some more regarding his leadership together with these deputies?

The problem are the troglodyte delegates who hopefully till the next election will have literally expired

D Fenech

Jun 14th 2008, 15:35

@ Ben Grech
and they certainly need the Joseph detergent now!!!
The point is........ was it necessary to corner JM and MAKE him do the washing!!!!!!!
Hope the sun shines on all and the laundry smells great!!!!

Alex Ellul

Jun 14th 2008, 15:07

What's this we're seeing: old new Labour, new old Labour or just plain old old Labour?

Pauline Barbara

Jun 14th 2008, 14:42

@ all PN supporters seeing eternal victories because of AF & TA appointments. One thing is for sure and that is PN media will milk this to its core with or without reason - but don't count your chickens before they hatch! I have a feeling PN will be doing a 5 year campaign to undermine the Labour Party, with the subtle (sometimes not so subtle) help of the 'Independent media'.
Don't forget that the last PN campaign garnered just 1,500 more votes then MLP - so PN are far from being unfallible.
It's not going to be easy for Labour but it never was, but what is for sure is that with JM we are working towards a stronger unity and utilising all our resources to lead the party into the next gen. election. JM will be running the party with the help of all those around him - even if AF hadn't become DL he would have still been in the party and had a right to voice his opinion.

David Gatt

Jun 14th 2008, 14:08

@Silvan Cutajar

I think you make a mistake if you take anybody for granted

@J.Aquilina

Good one. We all know its typical of the PN media to start inventing stories and trying to make them a reality. Actually todayy NET TV is getting much similar to Cartoon Network.

martin attard

Jun 14th 2008, 13:56

Dear all. don't rush to conclusions. Some time ago most of the PN sympathisers on this paper where saying that Joseph wasn't his own man and he would not attract floaters etc etc. Now the same people are saying that the deputies are already flawed even though they haven't even started.

PLEASE let the MLP leadership work in peace and cut the crap that you want a strong opposition to beat your party. Each one in the Labour leadership has got his strong and weak points like everyone else. You better focus on the rift within your party and the undemocratic and secret ways you elect your leadership and key persons!

Silvan Cutajar

Jun 14th 2008, 13:35

@ Esthel Abela - Well I just hope your father will manage to control himself. It is no longer acceptable he goes on a TV program and shouts like a 1970 activist. Actually it is probably better that no one except JM attends TV and such events. Just as Gonzi does it.

m.vassallo

Jun 14th 2008, 13:32

Well done Toni and Anglu.Together with our Leader you form a strong labour party.Thank you delagates for your smart choice.From now on we can start our agenda and slowly slowly destroy once and for all the present corrupt,outdated,hypocrite and communist pn goverment.

J.Aquilina

Jun 14th 2008, 12:28

Oh how accurate was the PN media stating that the 'Magna tal-Partit Laburista' was working for Gulia and Cardona. The thing that came in mind was that the person who gave that information to the PN media made fool of them... by giving them a wrong information ...lol The new MLP is a mixed with new and old ideas now, and with Joseph in helm they are a great team

Ben grech

Jun 14th 2008, 11:39

@ D Fenech. Oil can form a solution of sorts in water if a surfactant is used (that is a detergent). In this case the detergent is Joseph Muscat. He ll unite the party towards a common goal.

Mark Pisani

Jun 14th 2008, 11:10

Profile of a modern laborite:
Name: S Camilleri
Age: 21 yrs old
Political belief: Delegates know best who to choose (ie - his own opinion worthless)
Special characteristics: Can't stand the nationalists,

Wow out future is safe in the hands of such great thinkers!

Mark
Ps. You are lucky that you spent all 21 yrs of your life under the PN - you never had to worry about political violence!

James Debono

Jun 14th 2008, 10:58

As a PN supporter i'd like to spread some love over here.... Thank you sooo muchhh Labour delegates :D

Silvan Cutajar

Jun 14th 2008, 10:51

@ David Gatt. Anglu attracts hardcore voters? Dont they vote labour just the same? Anyway I totally disagree with Anglu's appointment.

A.Gauci Cunningham

Jun 14th 2008, 10:34

SHAUN CAmilleri-----many bloggers showing dissent are not staunch Nationalist but MLP supporters or floaters( like Silvan Cutajar & Adrian Camilleri for example) ..............and by the way your blog has gone a long way in showing us your impeccable democratic credentials "Shut Up....Shut UP..." is Shaun's answer to criticism!!!!!!

..................can you feel it?? The Earthquake I mean!!!!!!!!.............

azzopardi e

Jun 14th 2008, 10:12

why is jason not good now?

Ray Bartolo

Jun 14th 2008, 10:10

Toni: a very funny person. Sometimes I like to watch his TV programs, especially when he invites interesting people such as Lowell.Hope he is more toned than his predecessor in case he likes to sing during meetings

Anglu: a fairy, angel-look MP. Very outspoken. I doubt how many people are still interested in his preachings. Anglu needs to update himself. Definately he is going to be the main consequence in the next Labour defeat.

As a Nationalist fan I am exceptionally satisfied with the delegates choice!

c.busuttil

Jun 14th 2008, 10:02

Dear Dr. Muscat,

I feel so sorry. You must be dismayed.

Before you had a mammoth task in front of you, now that task has become monstrous. You have to do it Gonzi style - shout 'flimkien kollox possibly' and control the government and your own party, alone, single handedly (hang on to Jesus alone)!! I don't want to be one hair on your head but I believe if any man can do it, you can!

Truly a case of the good, the bad and the ugly!

Estelle Abela

Jun 14th 2008, 09:34

Well, my dad: Toni Abela has made it.. and no one can ever comment on how much he has given this his bloody best and his precious time. To all those, who have the guts to say such things.. think twice, since, a new Labour is on the way. I am proud, so proud of my father because he has made it, with all the wit and whatever it entails. Well done! Make us proud.

Gerald Gatt

Jun 14th 2008, 09:33

I'm surprised there's been no PN carcade last night!

M.Borg

Jun 14th 2008, 09:33

toni and anglu should compliment muscat well. They diffirent to muscat and they are both intelligent, very honest and clean politicians. As for the champange drinking pn strategists they should start thinking about their new secretary general now...

Ben Grech

Jun 14th 2008, 08:56

Not the best of choices in my opinion, but still its the leader that really matters as we ve seen in the last election. I mean take a good look at the people surrounding the prime minister and you ll find far worse than the Anglu and Toni. Muscat MLP anyone?

Steve Grech

Jun 14th 2008, 08:53

Viva il-labour! Il-vapur partit laburista se jbahhar ouch. loll

Christian Camenzuli

Jun 14th 2008, 08:41

I'm not an expert but i guess the labour delegates are very confused!

first they choose Dr Muscat, a young politician that is trying to start a fresh page in local politics and then they choose two people who are well anchored to the bad old past of the party and who are willing and able to keep on doing the same old politics (even from this video this is evident). this doesn't seem to me as a strong leadership as a group! too many different interests! but who am i to judge?!
one thing is for sure... we shall see many echoes of AS in these two deputies!

Andrew Falzon

Jun 14th 2008, 08:31

@ j abela. How do you call Toni Abela faithful to the party when he was one who left for several years to start another party? I am truly disappointed. O had high hopes but they've all gone down the drain

F.Cauchi

Jun 14th 2008, 08:20

A hero turned zero and back to hero who will turn the MLP to zero.

Joey Muscat wasn't a bad choice, but Toni Abela - come on guys!

Francis Attard

Jun 14th 2008, 08:18

Dr.Abela, you asked us to put our problems on your shoulders. Well, here is the first one and it doesn't only concerns myself but many, many others. I paid Lm50 (116 Euros), when you were president of the MLP, to get a colour TV, can you please tell me in whose pockets these Lm50 ended so that I might get them back from that (or those) Thief?

John Attard

Jun 14th 2008, 08:07

Isn't it better for all to wait and see? For all the 'would be' labourites to let labour do his own. After all a week ago everyone was saying what a bad choice Joe Muscat was. The criticism being lodged against these gentlemen is that they are too loud, or that they may be too rough. Well everyone has his own way of working. Please do not speak of the MLP as alternative to PN. The PN are difficult to find alternatives to ... they run Malta so well ... just look at what could young couples do way back under the labour and what they afforded, and look at them now ! Yes they could not buy a Mars bar (which was wrong), but many of them bought their own house! Just look at the state of our roads .. just perfect .. just look at the way the Health System is tun .. 'scandalous' queues for operations. Just look at the country finances .. they are so good before the elections and suddenly there are problems after the elections.

Maria Pace

Jun 14th 2008, 07:59

Adrian Camilleri, I have to agree with you 100%. The delegates just don't understand. It could have been much better had the leader been able to choose them himself without the delegates voting...after all, they've got no clue on how to vote rationally and logically.
The only thing that consoles me is that we've got one hell of a leader,Joseph, who is capable enough to work hard as leader and deputies. I'm still hoping they'll prove me wrong, but the delegates have disappointed the man in the street yesterday. They took such a good decision last week and they crumbled everything this week.

martin borg

Jun 14th 2008, 07:52

So much for 'earthquakes of change' .

Just as soon as the MLP takesthe first faltering step towards re electability it shoot sitself in the foot for the umpteenth time with its choices of deputy leaders.

A big thank you from the PN to the far sighted (sic) MLP delegates for their choice.

What with AF's attributing his party's loss to 'corrupt practices' and TA's PT Barnum style politics JM has his work cut out to deliver on his mission to attract the floating vote.

All that's needed now is for JM to retain his seat as MLP general secretary in order to consign the MLP to an eternity in opposition.

'To err is human. To persist in error is diabolical'

Joseph Caruana

Jun 14th 2008, 07:02

haha,
a fresh face with two old faces.
this is the new labour?
viva the pn media recalling back the 70s and 80s before an election.

D Fenech

Jun 14th 2008, 05:40

Simple! Can three men with big egos.......three very ambitious men..........three men with very different visions..........three men with very different baggages work as a team and deliver?
Can oil and water ever unite?
Quite frankly I feel sorry for Joseph Muscat now. They used him by plonking him in a VERY challenging position. They have heaved BIG responsibilities on the shoulders of this very young father. Then these same delegates produce further cogs in his wheel.
Both men are valid but not as deputies!
From the perception of the ordinary citizen this decision has burst the bubble!

David Gatt

Jun 14th 2008, 03:27

@Silvan Cutajar

If I were in Gonzi's place with a relative majority and a one seat advantage in parliament, I'd think twice before drinking champagne.

MLP now has a leadership with a mix. JM is the moderate man, who appeals mostly to young and new voters. AF tends to attract more hardcore Labour voters, and I must say that the party also needs these people. TA's appointment is a sign that Labour is truly a democratic party. As we all know TA hasn't always favored Labour, but the party, contrary to PN's practice, can accept valid people who decide to reunite with their roots. Chris and Gavin would have been good too... I got nothing against them. Now this matter is settled once and for all.

I'm glad with the team and I look forward to a bright future for Labour.

Matthew Borg

Jun 14th 2008, 00:54

@ J Aquilina

I don't know what's funnier, your post's exceptional grammatical standard or your claim that "Dr. A. Farrugia... never speak without knowing what he is saying."(!!)

(Since when did Anglu Farrugia ever think before he talked? - HINT: Falsifcation of electoral result... especially when, as a lawyer, he should know that this is constitutionally impossible!)

Silvan Cutajar

Jun 14th 2008, 00:39

I cannot but fully agree with Adrian Camilleri. Choosing the laughing stock over someone decent is ridicolous. I can probably live with both of them. To an extent I can live with Toni more than Anglu. But thinking of George Abela, Evarist, Gavin, Chris, Michael Falzon, Louise, Stefan Zrinzo and so many more valid persons I just cant believe it. What next dear 58 year old delegate? Why not Manuel Cuschieri instead of Stefan Zrinzo then? Just to be sure we ruin Joseph's clean sheet!

Shaun Camilleri

Jun 14th 2008, 00:33

Ohh I can't stand you anymore all of you staunch nationalists. Would you ever SHUT UP and take a good look in the mirror. I'm just 21 years old and I all have known you to do is grumble about and criticize Sant, the minute he turned down all your cannons turned against Jason, and now the deputies. And for the love of god you accused Sant of Mudslinging. How about putting bad names on each and every Labour Politician who could do you harm when the country goes to the polls...with your rhetoric tactics. Then your leaders tells the nation to judge him by his doings.....lets see how much you're gonna criticize when the budget arrives....oh yeah the oil crisis is in perfect timing right.

So why don't you all do everybody a favour and mind your own business, and let the delegates choose whoever they want. They will surely (like they have already) learn from their own mistakes.

Adrian Camilleri

Jun 14th 2008, 00:28

Well said @Silvan.

Now to make matters worse, just confirm the various Jason Micallef, Ray Azzopardi, Joe Mifsud etc. etc. in their respective posts, and I will write an open letter to Joseph to change the name of our party.

Kamikaze Malta Party.

These delegates after all, the majority of them over 55 years old, don't deserve a better administration, with all due respect. And with Toni and Anglu, from Labour United we're going to Rahhalas United.

I'm only sorry for Joseph and for all the people like me whom deserve much better. I hope that I'm wrong, but I have a really bad feeling.

Edward Zammit

Jun 14th 2008, 00:28

Labour is going crazy. Another 5 years for Pn.

N.Sciberras

Jun 14th 2008, 00:26

OMG !!! I just cannot understand how they could really believe that Anglu and Toni could really attract floaters ( I am one of them ) and disgruntled PN supporters towards Labour......Did it take much to realize that Chris and Gavin were BY FAR the best options???.....What next ???.....Are they going to confirm Jason ???......Is this New Labour ???.....NO...it is very much OLD LABOUR.
Dear delegates, you just showed me that you will never learn or change....You managed to choose the two leadership contenders staunch Nationalists wanted to be elected......Sorry, but Anglu and Toni just send shivers down my spine.

Silvan Cutajar

Jun 14th 2008, 00:18

@ David Gatt - PN strategists are drinking champagne tonight. @ the rest who genuinely want a strong labour, all we can hope is that Joseph can act as GonziPn. After all PN has Austin and others (quite similar to Anglu). But as for delegates I am honestly no longer in favour of a delegated system of decision making. Its about time we find a better system.

Adrian Camilleri

Jun 14th 2008, 00:17

Two outspoken deputy leaders...............I really hope that they don't do any harm to the party and our beloved Leader.

I opted for Cardona and Gulia and I have to admit that the delegates didn't understood the pattern when the majority of them have chosen JM just 7 days ago.

Cardona and Gulia (especially Cardona) were the perfect tandem with JM.

Abela and Farrugia won't attract any undecided voters with their harsh, partisan tones.

Especially Anglu (see recent corruption claims)...............and even Abela (with his radio programme in the last 2 years and please don't tell me, as I haven't missed many of his (below-par) programes).

I just don't understand, especially the mentality of our delegates, because it doesn't make any sense to me, that a week from electing a man with a vision, the same people chose AF and TB to flank a true man like JM. They just DON'T understand in politics. 3/4 of them are delegates because of the akward system.

Call me bitter, but I can't swallow it. All the enthusiasm I had, it was turned off in just 1 week.

It's a sad, sad night for me.

Joseph Grech-Attard

Jun 14th 2008, 00:12

Well done both of you. To borrow for just one time the gonziPN slogan "FLIMKIEN KOLLOX POSSIBBLI."

C.Agius

Jun 13th 2008, 23:59

My congratulations to the newly elected deputy leaders. I admit that
they were not my first preference but time will tell if Labour has
made a wise choice. their voice in this last week was all over the
media thanks to Joseph Muscat's newly outspoken political syle. I
hope that this three man team can become a strong oppostion to the
government and will keep true to social democratic principles which
Labour adheres to.

David Gatt

Jun 13th 2008, 23:53

Welcome Anglu and Toni. Good luck for your future work.

PN supporters would better go worry who's gonna be their next general secretary.

Christopher Briffa

Jun 13th 2008, 23:52

The Labour Party delegates should ask themselves one simple question, by electing these two hard liners as deputies, have they made the Labour Party more attractive to floaters and moderate disgruntled Nationalists? I think that we all know the answer to this question, the powers at the Dar Centrali in Pieta must have surely popped some champagne tonight. This is another demonstration of the Labour delegates misguided judgement, these people are certainly out of touch with the current trends and only vote for their own personal interests.

Silvan Cutajar

Jun 13th 2008, 23:45

@ C Camilleri - you must be kidding. If we needed a veteran, at least choose an Evarist or a Karmenu Vella il-guy. Not someone who tarnishes the image of Joseph! Anyway I expect them to not take a front position and burden in any way Joe's great work. As for delegates I have had it with this system. How can an average aged 58 year old without o levels keep deciding my future?

Ray Muscat

Jun 13th 2008, 23:43

Bernard Baruch-An American businessman and statestam said, "A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't, he's no longer a political leader."

Now that the leadership posts are no longer vacant, the powers-to-be at Hamrun should get down to business, look over their shoulder and in order to ensure that the boys are still there, appoint a Party Secretary General who can seriously back up the Winning Generation.

j.abela

Jun 13th 2008, 23:40

Well done dr.toni abela keep it up,you are faithful and clean for M.L.P.

Albert Gauci Cunningham

Jun 13th 2008, 23:35

As I've said in another blog while I do not question the validity of a democratic process which led to these two becoming Deputy Leaders it is utterly unbelievable how the same Delegates who voted for Joseph Muscat , the man of "love", "earthquake of change", "Stagun Politiku Gdid" and "TeamMalta" could vote for a person who a few weeks ago promised to make the PN's life MISERABLE and that no pairing whatsoever will be given.........what is Anglu going to say when Muscat offers a helping hand in issues like ST, Public Finances etc, etc......???

.........and Toni???? The guy who floated the idea of an MLP Supermarket and wrote an article about the "LOKI" ?? How many floaters is toni going to attract???

As hard as it sounds I'm not too sure the MLP delegates deserve J.Muscat.....because this was a big slap in his face and in the face of those who want an MLP for moderates!!!

I very much suspect that the earthquake is going to be in Burmarrad not in hamrun as it is going to be the Party which changes Muscat not vice versa!!!

................aaaaaa someone in Pieta must be sooooooo happy!!

J.Aquilina

Jun 13th 2008, 23:29

That's democracy. Welcome back with a bang Dr Toni Abela. Today the delegates showed that yes EVERYBODY is welcome to the labour party. Even he was dismissed from the party years ago, he was so welcome back in a leading position. I want to congratulate also Dr. A. Farrugia cause he never speak without knowing what he is saying. Good luck and with Joseph they make a good team

a mangion

Jun 13th 2008, 23:27

A clear example that all the fuss about the 'magna' is bull. Labour needs a magna. Get rid of Jason.

Amanda Mallia

Jun 13th 2008, 23:27

Oh what a circus, oh what a show ... Labour has really gone to town

Francis Attard

Jun 13th 2008, 23:26

I realy cannot understand, why Sharon Ellul Bonici was not accepted to contest for the European Parliament, because her position with regards the EU and a person who formed part of the CNI ended up as deputy leader of the MLP.
If this world becomes any more confused than it is now, don't be suprised to see monkeys tossing peanuts to people.

C.Camilleri

Jun 13th 2008, 23:22

Well done both of you. I really believe that they were the best choice for the party. Joseph is young and therefore two experienced lawyers as deputies is good. Labour should also attract hard core labourers and old people. With Joseph as leader, and these as deputies, we got the right mix for success

O Gauci

Jun 13th 2008, 23:04

What the ****! Wished much this was a misprint (even if these are not the real words for electronical media). However, at this point, don't know why delagates did not choose G Abela last week, or Varist, or Marie Louise.

Bidu gdid! . . . .

Gavin and Chris are perfect spokesmen, never losing it-tempra, hope the D/leaders do follow this.

Come on labour, even if the delegates chose for me (against my desicion).

F. Zammit

Jun 13th 2008, 23:01

Toni Abela instead of Gavin ! Labour is going crazy !

Mario Gauci

Jun 13th 2008, 22:57

Last week we all thought MLP is on its way to seriously becoming an alternative party in government.

This evening it has relegated itself to the Opposition benches. R.I.P