Sunday, 6th July 2008 - 13:25CET
Muscat lists subjects for talks with the government
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said today he will write to the Prime Minister with a number of proposals for strengthening democracy which, he said, must come before any talks on parliamentary procedure.
The government has been seeking agreement with the opposition on a pairing arrangement in Parliament.
But Dr Muscat told an MLP activity in Siggiewi that the Labour parliamentary group had unanimously agreed that strengthening democracy came first.
He said the opposition was ready to hold talks with the government on transparency in party funding, and the MLP was ready to publish all its financial records.
It also wanted talks on: regulating the activities of a caretaker government before a general election; resources available to MPs, particularly the opposition; amendments to the electoral law; justice for those people whose cases were upheld by the Ombudsman or the Tribunal for the Investigation of Injustices, and a reform in the way management and editorial appointments at PBS were made so that there could be a proper balance between political parties and civil society.
Dr Muscat said the opposition also wanted to see the government cap its revenue from duties on fuel to what they were in May/June this year, even if prices continued to rise.
The Labour leader said that with the exception of the talks on the electoral law, which would take time, the opposition was prepared to open and conclude the talks by September.
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Yoy don't have to be sorry ! anyway I don't comment on anything Blind folded at all.
the new KID is just playing with words, everybody know that J.m is already feeling the
big nightmare , of when he will not only be, a Mexxej of the mlp ( with another Kap tal oppozizjoni above him, things that only in the mlp happens in, Malta ! ) But when he j.m
will have to face Mr Gonzi in the Parlament or even at a Direct debate on T.V , But I will try not to frusturate you my Friend, I did read the article yes, so what is new in it ? j.m has already been saying the untrue , It is Facts Like Mr Gonzi the whole Maltese nation wants ! Dont You Dear ...............
I hear alarm bells ringing already.
Of course that Malta' s Prime Minister will be ready and forthcoming to discuss proposals on any subject coming from any quarter not least from the Opposition party but on condition that
the proposals put forward are serious, relevant and of substance, three conditions which are very scarce within the MLP as witnessed by its own election report.
I am sorry but once again, I have to ask you to read the article prior to write your comments. When you read it, (if you understand its content after all!!!) you are about to feel surprised with Joseph Muscat!!!!!
You know what?? He is fulfilling his role as you are expecting him, dear.
Yes, he dares to be consulted because he represents the majority of Maltese who did not vote for GonziPN, just to remind you that you do not have a majority, just a relative one. What do expect from the opposition, just agree with the government. After all you preach for democracy and if it was up to you, there will be no one that can dare and challenge the government. You spoke about privatization...go and tell the workers at the shipyards that there future is guaranteed by privatization and they will prosper...agreeing is one thing...but agreeing to lack of consultation is another, something that no Labourite will accept. Yes we were fooled and not by past mistakes but by government inability to govern and burden us with taxes and scandalous acts for the bazuzli in all spheres of life...yes that is government with a democratic view of things...vote PN only or else shut up as there is no place for anyone. What worries me are people like you that live only in the past with no vision in life...with the hope of looking in the sky and hoping to see blue only.
'Enough said' you think?
I think the less you say the better. Although like many others...I sometimes find your comments hilarious.
I'd give up the hobby of writing articles and comments if I were you, you're not good at it anyway. Perhaps you can try ballet or something...
Well dear friend, at least you did answer My comment, well done ! you are a great translator after all,lol. " maybe you didnt like My comment no ? " For your info I did not beg j.m anything
you can say what you like , Asking j.m to give a helping hand for the P.N Government in Power
It is his DUTY as a mexxej gdid, and if he do it it's you and all who gain's !!! U MELA JIMUTTEJA
BISS, SUR FRASTURAT , As J Micallef this Kid thinks he can, govern
from the Opposition !!! No Way. WITH I LOVE YOU BISS WON'T LEAD HIM NOWHERE.
cool it five more Year's waiting in the other side of midnight, is not that loooong.
It is soooo nice to watch your frustration as I read along! You seem like hungry dogs with rubber bones in your mouth. That is what your party is giving you to eat after all!! I would have felt the same if I were in your shoes! There is really NOTHING wrong, ey with Jospeh Muscat! How come there is nothing wrong about him that you could write? One ends up FRUSTRATED!!! Repeating all over the same comments even though you know you are wrong!! Well ... could you make him look arrogant if hardworking & energetic Joseph Muscat is doing what an opposition leader should do? As always: Delivering!
But ... oh ... then there is the comment from Gerard Mangion. If I understood his written English correctly, (because I had to make an effort to translate to proper English). This comment was really funny & it reaches a climax in frustration!! He is begging Dr Muscat to "at least make a step for the good of Malta" & stop calling others back within the party! Heqqhemm, Mr Mangion, did you read the article prior to start writing "nonesence" (quoting your version)?
Talking about Transperancy, one should start at home. The MLP should lead by example and file the outstanding financial statement with the appropriate Agency.
We are still waiting for proof of your famous DEMOCRACY , because all we can see from this so great PN is either their way or no way . And in every sense NO WAY . They are ready to do everything for power !!!
Everyone with some brains knows what I am talking about !!
Every time the PN was in opposition was always trying to sabotage the Government !!!
The least to help for sure and now that the Leader of the MLP is offering to help them they are telling him to shove it up !!
I don't think that this is a good model of democracy !!
Is it Plutocracy with a little dash of arrogance here and there??
with the dockyard privatisation? If not, be courageous and say it. Come forward with concrete proposals. But stop trying to fool the people. At least try to learn some lessons from the many past mistakes made by your predecessors who thought they could succeed in fooling all the people as they did fool their own supporters all along these last thirty years.Your predecessors only succeeded in fooling themselves and their followers including yourself JM by believing your own lies and ended up as the biggest losers.
It's a matter of give and take and that's what Jospeh Muscat is doing. If PM Gonzi wants the opposition's cooperation he needs to stop being arrogant and listen to what the MLP is saying.
what's wrong with dreaming for a better future? at the moment the people are too worried about how to make ends to even dream. a sorry state of affairs.
This KID is making you angry. What about the strong hands of the primeminister and JPO
That is Democracy!!! HA HA
now, A little too Late for this major f*** up the mlp Delegates Error.
Can he J.m really leads an Oppostion, No ! all he done to Date is talking nonesence at some club, in always begging for the old mlp think tank to come back. why dont J.m forget the FURJA of becomeing the new mexxej, and at least make a step for the good of Malta, The
Door is always open from the Goverment to his helping Hand .
The MISTRA Scandal and the arrogance by your cheap government reminds of me living in ZIMBABWE!! and you're always mentioning the 80's you pn supporters "l'angli tal paci" remember that? as if nothing happened in the 60's. Tell us what your government did in the 60's tell our youth Mr J Micallef ... its sickening ...... does your party know what democracy is? i don't think so!
However you should involve other parties as well - so we will not end up with a blue or a red labeled version of the outcomes.
AD did a sterling job prior to the EU referendum, and has called for Transparent Party Financing for over a decade.
what do you expect that the opposition succumbs to what everything the goernment states....grow up people...floating voter more than ever
It's not obliged to listen, though, and it certainly isn't obliged to "hold talks" with the Opposition. You'd think we had a crisis of democracy or something - but wait, according to Anglu Farrugia we do!
Enough said, I think.
Dr. Muscat, enough cheap talk, it is time to walk the line as well.
The MLP has no policy on anything under the sun, but at the same time want to rule without being elected. They want to dictate the rules of governing the country, even though they are in opposition. He is so arrogant after a few weeks as the new mexxej. We can only dread the days when he becomes PM.
Strengthening democracy!! Is he joking or what? Somebody please tell him that this is not pre 1987 Malta or present day Zimbabwe. Do the Maltese need any lessons of democracy from the kid, the famous inspector who worked with Inspector Pullicino or from the agrresive Abela. I can’t believe what I read!! Is the journalist sure that they said that?
Does the kid want to tell (i.e. impose on) the government which taxes to remove, increase, decrease or introduce? Why do we need a government in Malta after all, if the kid knows it all!!