PL to present model for country's development

C.Spiteri

Feb 27th 2010, 13:17

@ Marco Cremona

Can you please tell me if you agree on a strategy based on the wrong figures and facts and that most probably will not have any concrete actions that would hurt a large number of persons.

At present the country needs actions that shall hurt - your recommendations on plas for water and energy (that are very commendable) are fine coming from an academic and environmentalist, but would never see the light of the day as they would hurt people where it hurts the most i.e. in their pockets. And that is something that hno politician would want to do especially the PL that is trying to attract as many persons as possible with all sorts of promises and carrots.

I would expect you to be more inquisitive and really see below the surface of such utterings!

Marco Cremona

Feb 27th 2010, 09:36

It's refreshing to see a politician talking about strategy for once. This country has no strategic outlook.... no long term policies on anything that is of importance... tourism, water and energy, transport (though there has been some work in this regard), industry. research and innmovation, education, environment etc.

Are there any targets we have set for ourselves other than those imposed by the EU (the latter not necessarily being the best for the country)?

We are reactive rather proactive. We have an abstract Vision for 2015 but concretely where is this country heading? What's the plan, if there is one?

Muscat. Pat

Feb 27th 2010, 09:34

@Gianninu Saliba.
Joseph speech to Malta Institute of Management is about our future, and the progress we need to go through in order to restore prosperity and to rekindle the Maltese' s enthusiasm in the economy. Malta's citizens are not interested in the bickering going through Gonzi's cabinet; they've had enough. Indeed, GonziPN mid-life crises is contributing heavily to general economic ills, higher unemployment and a deep decline in the Maltese standard of living. And, as for prosperity, young Maltese are find it far less assured than it was for their parents; the first time such thing is perceived since the 1970's.
In reality, the choice that the Maltese are facing are clear ones; choice between regression and progress,reform and revival or decline and decay.

E.cini

Feb 27th 2010, 08:07

certain people criticize joseph muscat for not bringing up ideas and when he does they just criticize as well sometimes i wonder whats next

Joe Micallef

Feb 27th 2010, 06:28

I will wait for the severely belated substance to the void that has so far characterised the PL. But if what is reported is the opening salvo to what we should expect, well then, I brace myself to more of the same!

One advice Joseph! Who ever is writing your scripts....get him do something else!

S Keys

Feb 27th 2010, 04:57

@J Cardona

'Joseph Muscat has got the courage to put his ideas for public evaluation'. So this doesnt include his ideas for divorce? Wont bring the subject up now but will when he is PM? Its not either in the manifesto. He could show some courage now and prove to us what type of leader he is. But he wont!

martin saliba

Feb 26th 2010, 21:07

Please allow another saliba to butt in ( No relation to the other two ).
@ Gianninu Saliba. A Modle is something that you can build. Unlike a prediction by your gonzi pn when he said that we will have a suplus and ended up raising elec & water tariffs so as to try an stop the deficit from getting out of his " par idejn sodi " again.

Gianninu Saliba

Feb 26th 2010, 20:50

Why are Labour referring to it a model? Everyone knows that this will be nothing more than a sand castle. This nothing more than a pie in the sky, identical to the daydream of immature, incompetent, inexperienced and inefficient Joseph being Prime Minister when Malta holds the EU presidency in 2017. Yes, Joseph pigs fly.

jsaliba

Feb 26th 2010, 20:50

We are all waiting for the pl presentation. We must all have an open mind so that we can evaluate the pn gov. vs the pl alternative on ideas, projections, methods, achievements and initiatives in progress. Some will have to answer the riddle whether the past does/does not guarantee the future. I tend to believe that at the end of the day it all boils down to credibility. Please keep it clean so that we can understand better.

J Cardona

Feb 26th 2010, 20:10

Rather than complaining, whining, and criticising the proposals being made, try to come up with real solutions. Joseph Muscat has got the corouge to put his ideas for public evaluation.

R. Caruana

Feb 26th 2010, 20:04

Somehow, things Dr Muscat says do not make real sense.

That is, unless he would be planning to raise the retirement age to something between 70 and 73!

D.Galea

Feb 26th 2010, 19:35

Dr Muscat said that Malta’s case was somewhat different because its fertility and population rate would peak in 20 years’ time.

Careful, as much as I can respect Joseph Muscats this could turn out a big gaff, on what basis is this being stated?! Malta is already helplessly suffering from an overpopulation crisis, with by far the highest population density in the EU, our age pyramid is doesn't promise anything good (http://www.nationmaster.com/country/mt-malta/Age-_distribution), this coupled with having the eldest age of consent in the EU are enough to point to the exact opposite of this statement... so again please, careful because nowadays many crosscheck such data.

C.Spiteri

Feb 26th 2010, 18:52

Fertility rate would peak in 10 years time - is this so?

Birth rates have been falling at a very fast rate - basically from around 8000 in 1989 to around 3500 in 2009 - so basically fertility rate has peaked ages ago.

Population wise we shall peak in around 20 years time but the largest chunk of the population woudl be over 60 - not really the right age for development!