Updated: Arrigo asks Speaker to act over union leader's comments - GWU reacts

J Martinelli

Mar 11th 2010, 23:43

@ Alfred Camilleri

You should add that when the LP bosses were against the EU, their supporters agreed.
When the LP made a U-turn and Joseph said that 'in hindsight' it was a good idea, the LP supporters agreed.
When the LP was against the euro, the supporters agreed.
When the euro was introduced and the LP had no option but make another U-turn, the supporters agreed.
When the LP advised the government that the lira should be devalued, the NP disagreed.
BUT the LP supporters remained silent because the NP had saved them 10% of their hard earned savings and 10% purchasing power!

Now how about that?

Will Toni and Gejtu of the GWU comment? Of course not!

Mike Magri

Mar 11th 2010, 18:54

Dear Hon. Robert Arrigo.. et all.. Here is how the `New Oxford Dictionary of English`, defines the word ``..Traitor..``...

It gives its meaning as:- ".. A person who betrays someone or something, such as a Friend, a CAUSE or a PRINCIPLE..." Any other comments are superfluous...!!

However, how can we ever pretend to forget the hardships coming shortly to our famillies` way with those savage increases in the Utility Tariffs just because the GonziPN`s Regime Stubornly voted `BILL-QALB`, and at all costs, for their implimentation...!!??!!??!! It was like telling the Maltese and Gozitan electorate that famous saying of, (politely), "..I`m alright.. Hello Jack.."...!!!

But i have to say a big Thanks to you Mr. Tony Zarb and the GhUM in general for your decision to side with us poor heavily taxed Citizens...

That`s it Honorable Member et all...

Michael Catania

Mar 11th 2010, 17:36

@Kathy Elliot
I totally agree with the sentiments stated but you have to understand as to who does not want a united Malta. Joseph Muscat has offered on a number of times for a consensus to deal with this problem but each time he was turned down and at times ridiculed by the conservative forces and its goverment. Also you don't have to go far back when Alfred Sant led a LABOUR GOVERMENT IN 96/98. HE TRIED HIS UTMOST TO RID MALTA OF THIS TRIBALISM MENTALITY, but he found obstacles from those within the public service who had conservative mentality.

Joseph Scicluna

Mar 11th 2010, 15:12

"He added that he would continue to speak for the people." (Zarb). This should read that he would continue to speak for the labour party

C.camilleri

Mar 11th 2010, 13:37

What's in a word? Traitors or no traitors the fact remains that we are still going to pay through our noses the new higher utility tariffs+the brand new sewer tax and the explosion in the price of gas not to mention also the higher road tax.
Tony Zarb was expressing the sentiment of the middle and lower classes out there.

Kathy Elliot

Mar 11th 2010, 10:16

Michael Catania

But doesn't this Mismanagement effect us all, irrelevant of what colour we fly or what party we back? Toting one colour over the other isn't going to save workers from factories downsizing or shopowners shutting up shop due to impossible charges. I can't understand why colours aren't put aside in an occasion like this, at least, which touches us all.

m. borg (slm)

Mar 10th 2010, 23:23

What a U-turn Robert.

Albert Gauci Cunningham

Mar 10th 2010, 18:59

So the new catchy 'threat"...the new claptrap is ....drumroll please....if you dont pay for the inefficiencies in Mepa (450 million debt), if you dont pay for Enemalta's interest on that debt (38 million in YOUR bill) if you dont pay pay pay then Malta will end up like GREECE. Boohoooo we have a new babaw and its called Greece!!! The problem with all those below who are parroting Net News/Gonzi claptrap fail to realise that Greece is in the situation it is because a Conservative Government hid the real financial situation from the EU. That is the truth which noone on these comments can deny. As noone here can deny that this is exactly what is happening in Malta. Does 55 million....buses and T(ransport) M(malta) ring a bell?? If not then you have only been watching NET News as of late!!

lvzammit

Mar 10th 2010, 18:46

Well done Robert. How amusing it is to see them all coming out one by one!

S Borg

Mar 10th 2010, 17:00

@A. Zahra

Most probably we are already the Greek and Portuguese way. Please do not continue to allude yourself that Malta of all countries in the world is on the right track.

S Borg

Mar 10th 2010, 16:07

@Anthony Dimech

Well said. This was and still is a second class European country and although I believe and fully support our EU accession back in 2004 I think that till now the EU membership has only been beneficial for the very few blue eyed Boys and Girls.

Alfred Camilleri

Mar 9th 2010, 20:03

Anthony Baldacchino informs us, in Maltese, that Nationalist supporters always approve whatever 'their' government does. Mr Baldacchino, whether you like it or not, the Government is not just for the Nationalists, but for all the Maltese, including you, that is, if you are Maltese.

Incidentally, are you under the illusion that there ever are Labour supporters who disagree with what the LP Opposition says or does, however ill-considered these actions may be?

J. Bonnici

Mar 9th 2010, 19:36

Sur Toni Zarb, as the president of the GWU you can speak on behalf of the union members, but surely not on behalf of all the people. And by the way did you speak against the increase in the tariffs when the MLP, your bed partner those days, increased the tariffs?

A. Borg

Mar 9th 2010, 19:30

Dear P O'Connell ,
The only problem is that although we're in the E.U. we don't have the wages of the E.U.countries! How can I with less than 1000 euro a month with two children one at MCAST and the other at the University and with my wife who has health problems cope with these increases in cost of living? I who needs most have to pay most as I'm the only breadwinner in the family and as no one else in the family works they use more energy and consume more as they spend more time at home than families who spend more time at their place of work. I used to consider myself as a middle class citizen but unfortunately I went down to the scale of poverty. I received the electricity bill that amounted to 660 euros and that was of 2009.God only knows how much I have to add with the 660 euros this year!

Charles Massa

Mar 9th 2010, 19:28

Is sur Zarb kellu dritt li jitkellem ghax ahna demokratici. Jekk Robert Arrigo kuntent ihallas il kontijoiet esagirati ta dawl u ilma allura l gvern imissu gholla l kontijiet tal lukandi u rahhas il kontijiet tal residenzjali. Wara kollox Robert Arrigo jista jghaddi iz zieda fil kontijiet lit turist li juzaw il lukandi tieghu. Il poplu ma jistax jaghmel l istess u irid iqancec mil paga tieghu

P O'Connell

Mar 9th 2010, 19:11

Why can't everyone stop bleating. Malta joined the EU, you knew once you joined all subsidies will have to stop. In France, Germany and the UK mines and steel works had to close down with no redress. In Malta the Shipbuilding was losing millions because of the stranglehold of the unions, the bus owners were given thousands of Euros to hand in there inefficient buses plus licences. Grow up and learn to tighten your belts, otherwise you will end up like Greece or worse like ICELAND (( who by the way now wants to join the EU) You are now in the same boat as many otherr countries.

Joe Vella

Mar 9th 2010, 18:28

@V. Formosa
Allow me to be more specific after Mr. Formosa point of detail:
In 303-305 emperor Diocletian persecuted the Christians.
Bishops and priests fallen away from faith during the persecution were call ''TRADITORS'' (people who handed over).
It seem history repeat itself, people still do look after their hide at the expense of others.

john Micallef

Mar 9th 2010, 18:22

Mistoqsija: Kieku l-MHRA ikolla tghati definizjoni tieghek f'dan il- vot xi tkun??

Nhalli f'idejk.

J Cilia

Mar 9th 2010, 18:05

Traitors are those who notwithstanding the expert advise received in respect of the benefits to be gained by Malta as a result of EU membership chose to ill advise their members and sided with the No to EU vote. Shame on you.

A. Zahra

Mar 9th 2010, 17:48

@ Michael Catania
Where were you in the 70s and 80s? Then we had the highest unemployment rate ever, we had labor corps where workers , who could not join a union, worked under military discipline and we had torture at the police HQ, police frame-ups and even murder. And you write that the people had a decent living. Where were you? In the Police force? In the army? Or were you not even born than? How dare you write as you did.

Andrew Cumbo

Mar 9th 2010, 17:45

@ A. Zahra

Can you assure me that we are not in the Greeks way? Or how can you tell when we have this big deficit? Don’t forget now we have no more entities for sale to make good for the deficit like Mid-Med Bank, Seamalta and others. It’s about us now to make good for this deficit with our taxes.

tony cachia

Mar 9th 2010, 17:37

Well done Robert. Let us show the people that the Government has bite.

Anthony Farrugia

Mar 9th 2010, 17:37

Mr Tony Zarb has no right to speak on behalf of the "people"; he can only speak on behalf of the members of his union. Anway he is not authorised to speak on my behalf as I am not a member of his union.

A. Zahra

Mar 9th 2010, 17:30

Traitors are those persons who advocate that the country to goes the Greek and Portugese way.
Well done all PN MPs for voting the way they did.

Why does not toni try to get himself into Parliament?

laurence schembri

Mar 9th 2010, 17:28

@ Walter Caruana
Time to check your eye-sight.

Michael Catania

Mar 9th 2010, 17:10

@Kathy Elliot
Ufortunately on this Island it is a case of them and us. A large section of the population is having its standard of living eroded by actions of this conservative and supposingly democratic goverment. All you have to look at is to the 70's and 80's and note how the standard of living then rose so that people had a decent living. This goverment and its supporters present themselves on the "smallest soapbox" as defenders of democracy but in truth its that same democracy that has been continuosly threatened. Wholesale MISMANAGEMENT is their order of the day.

walter caruana

Mar 9th 2010, 17:09

If all those who voted labour did attend , the protesters would have filled ALL REPUBLIC STREET STRAIGHT UP TO RABAT. Yet they filled ONLY 1/3 of republic street and you Mr Zarb has the nerve to claim that you are speaking in the peoples 's name. You can't be more ridiculous Mr Zarb. You know who was a traitor, the union that under the labour administrations allowed the government to get away with everything and the GWU STAYED SILENT. Learn to be honest and credible. You condemned the rubble who were insulting the members of parliament and the PM only after your ulterior attempt to distabilise the government failed miserably. If you where honest you should have gone and stopped them there they were only a few metres away from you.. I condemn all hypocrites and traitors of the maltese people who act with a hidden and not so hidden agenda . Just remember the the PN representatives were voted in by people having full trust in the nationalist party and that is where there loyalty should stand. They were not bound to tow the party line under a bond of thosands of pounds like your party did.

Lawrence Fenech

Mar 9th 2010, 16:56

PINNURI ?

Ray Buhagiar

Mar 9th 2010, 16:50

Whilst I agree with the Hon MP Arrigo, I have now learned my lesson and next time I will use my vote extremely well.
First and foremost I will have a good look at the Black Dust saga, Second I will have a good look at the energy tariffs, then I will have a look of how the MPs behaved in favour of their constituents. I would not forget the price hikes when comparing with what the Europeans are paying. Then I will cast my vote.

V. Formosa

Mar 9th 2010, 16:44

@ Joe Vella

Translators are 'tradutturi' not 'tradituri'.

S.Seychell

Mar 9th 2010, 16:44

What about a flyover at Marsa! Citizens from the south pay taxes and road licences too.

G.Debono

Mar 9th 2010, 16:42

@laurence schembri

The enemalta inefficiencies which everyone knows about and were brought about by the Labour and Nationalist parties and with the benedizzjoni of the major union which represents such inefficiencies in there, were already included in the previous price of utilities. Hence this upsurge is probably genuinely related with the international price of oil of when it was purchased and how it was purchased.

N.Farrugia

Mar 9th 2010, 16:28

@Mr.Zarb
You're speaking on behalf of the opposition! The same opposition that when in power increased tariffs when the price of oil was only $12 a barrel. At that time you ignored 'the people' and justified the hike by saying that you were preparing a report that eventually never saw the light of day! All those who are discussing with government are satisfied that they are reaching a deal for government benefits. 'The people' is also receiving benefits to make up for the increase! Including ourself!

Kathy Elliot

Mar 9th 2010, 15:59

Emmanuel Zammit:

Who is this 'WE'? There is no us and them! Why can't people realise that they can't see everything in a colour coded scheme! We're in quigmire, guys, all the way up to our ears.

Joe Borg

Mar 9th 2010, 15:57

The fact that the cost of oil has affected the cost of production for electricity is undisputed. Nothing that we could have done could ever change that.

The issue is more related to what Malta could have done to reduce its dependency on oil.
Thus let’s say that we have the capacity of generating 10% of our energy from renewable sources, such as wind and Solar, then Malta's bill would be reduced by so much!

The hitch is that by the end of this year, not only Malta would not have reached the 10% commitment agreed with the EU to generate so such energy from renewable sources, but most probably we will have to pay the fines for not reaching the target!

Further more, Malta has still not presented the EU with its plans on how to reach the 2020 target of 20%!!

A.Busuttil

Mar 9th 2010, 15:56

The Hon Robert Arrigo for me was very respectful MP,but In my opinion this is child games, few weeks ago we heard other verstions of Mr Arrigo. I pity you all, THE PM knows how to play his game

malcolm seychell

Mar 9th 2010, 15:55

Tony Zarb traditur hi dik il union li hadet eluf ta euro mill EU biex tintegra haddiema tat tielet dinja go pajjizna. dan iservi biss biex iwaqqa il pagi tal haddiem malti.

jekk hawn union go Malta li hadmet kemm kontra linteress tal pajjiz( il miljuni li ntefqu fid dockyard,) hi l GWU.

Prosit Hon Arrigo

Carmel Cilia

Mar 9th 2010, 15:50

According to Tonio Fenech the maltese people still have to pay themillions (80million maltese liri) for the building of the power station twenty years ago. Sorry mr. Fenech you have to be completely disloyal and irrisponsible not to have paid the power station after twenty years. Where did all the money from the sales of our assets gone. No one needs mention of the amount of money you hiked from what the (hamallu) labour government left you
Conveniently Mr Arrigo has forgot that just two years ago Dr. Gonzi has assured us that the Finanzi were fis sod and that together everything is possible. Tshe people even if in the minortiy believed him only to find out that what was promised could not be forthcomiing
The recession was used to justify the hefty increase in the deficit say what the government say.
Besides I am quite sure that most of our M.P.on the government side knew what was in thecoffers (nothing) and still towed their leaders line. Yes that is treason. Treason against the citizens who are continiously taken for a ride.I hope one day they have to explain and be held responsible.

emmanuel zammit

Mar 9th 2010, 15:31

Mr Arrigo should find some time and read the history of Malta .WE have members of the government that in the 70 & early 80 use to talk much more then Mr Zarb IN Public.

Anthony Baldacchino

Mar 9th 2010, 15:21

GHAL PARTITARJI NAZZJONALISTI LI JGHAMEL X`JGHAMEL IL-GVERN TAGHHOM JAQBLU MIEGHU.

Jiena wiehed min dawk in-nies li ma nahlix dawl ghalxejn. Jien bil-paga tieghi ma naffordjax inhallas dawn il-bombi ta` kontijiet. Hawn xi hadd minnkom li lest li joffri li jhallasli il-kontijiet tad-dawl hu? Kieku kien gvern laburista f`din is-sitwazzjoni, kont tghidullu biex inaqqas il-hela li qieghda issir, imma haga ta` l-iskantament, xorta ma tammettux li hawn hela sfrenata.
Min irid jibghat full address u nibghatlu il-kont biex ihallasuli.

Grazzi

J Farrugia

Mar 9th 2010, 15:15

At last an MP of guts. Letting Tony Zarb calling the people's representatives as traitors is not on. He should face justice for insulting the people's true representatives in the House. while acting as a forcina for the labour party. No sir. call his bluff and make him pay for his insults. Even the whole page advert calling the nationalist party MPs traitors of the maltese people is an insult which cannot be left unpunished. Tony Zarba and his ilk should know that with actions like these he is undermining democracy in Malta and will not be accepted. If he wants a fight so let it be. but he wont be allowed to get away scott free as if he is living in the zejtun republic. That was 1987 not 2010.

Alex Saliba

Mar 9th 2010, 15:14

First backbenchers taking the side of the people and criticizing Gonzi. When Gonzi promised them something they forgot about people's hurts and sustained Gonzi. What do backbenchers have at heart their interest or the people's???

Tony Mangion

Mar 9th 2010, 12:36

@ J.Cassar, Our Joseph had more to say than what you erroniously wrote on your comments.
He spoke above all against corruption, and referred to the way the extension of the new power station is being handled, even though the Auditor had not made public his report on the facts submitted to his attention by the Opposition. He even said that he holds those responsable for these scandalous actions and will make them pay for their actions. I do beleive that you agree to this strong statement and that you disagree that your taxes are abusively being spent.

Joseph E Briffa

Mar 9th 2010, 12:07

I am completely against the proposal of a flyover at the Kappara Junction. The project does not justify the expense and the money can be out to better use, especially in these hard times. Secondly, the project would just be a monstrosity; and thirdly we cannot afford in this little island to have flyovers all over the place. There is already talk of a flyover in the Addolorata cemetry area; another mention is the Msida flyover. Malta is very small, the size of an average city in Europe, and distances are short. The traffic density is more akin to that of a city. Do cities the size of Malta have flyovers all over the place? The Addolorata cemetery traffic flow is well catered for by the existing traffic lights arrangement. The same goes for the Kappara area, IF drivers are educated and adopt traffic roundabouts rules. But the typical Maltese driver is not alert and is endowed with a confused mind; it is these types of drivers that create confusion and slow down traffic. A great help would be the presence of SMART traffic cops/wardens who DIRECT not WATCH traffic during the rush hours as is done at Msida.

Joseph Cauchi

Mar 9th 2010, 11:46

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The Hon. Robert Arrigo is correct in asking the Hon. Speaker of the House to look into the matter of the G.W.U.’s Tony Zarb verbal abuse as a breach of privilege.

I wonder if all those who are arguing against Robert Arrigo, in these columns, would have done the same, had it been the other way round, i.e. to the Leader of the Opposition and his members!

When are we going to grow up and leave partisan politics aside, for a change?

"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose".

JC.

H Dempster

Mar 9th 2010, 11:30

I am pretty sure that not only Tony Zarb was unique who uttered the word Traitor. This word was definitly uttered by the thousand of families who are struck by the higher tariffs. Obviously these parliamentarians will not be popular any more and they can come knocking at our homes , but would not be welcomed , and they resta assure that our doors will be slammed in their faces.
I just wonder what did Gonzi promise the angry back benchers , maybe they will be handed out the so called vouchers benefitting from the system .

joanna farrugia

Mar 9th 2010, 11:06

so mr robert arrigo whom we shall ask to invesitigate your dear gov he wrecked alot of families and jobs.seems all this is a show as if he never said one thing and done another.honestly these ppl think us are so stupid.

Charles Busuttil

Mar 9th 2010, 11:05

If a flyover were to be set up at Kappara, 'residents would practically be able to shake hands with drivers from their balconies'. This brings to mind what would happen to people in Birzebbuga because of the extension to the Free Port. They, at Birzebbuga, will be shaking hands with the captains sitting at the bridge of their freighters.
On the other hand I totally agree with Carmel Garcia about setting up a flyover near the Addolorata Cemetry, the only traffic artery leading from North to South and vice versa.

j. cassar

Mar 9th 2010, 11:01

Mr. Tony Mangion the increase in the utility bills is due 99% to the increase in oil prices, even your leader Joseph has confirmed this, and said that the price of electricity will depend on the price of oil, and has never said that he will reduce the bills, then why are you hoping for a new government if everything will remain the same. If you want to beleive the GWU and Joseph than continue to be deceived by them.

Joe Vella

Mar 9th 2010, 10:54

Sir,
The word 'TRADITUR' has been around since the early time of Christianity, around the year 360AD. It was used when Bishops who worked as 'TRADITURI' (translators) of the Bible from Greek to Latin gave the names of their 'Fellow Members' to the Romans to save their skin, in turn the Christians named by the 'tradituri' had a very bad time.
Those Christians that managed to survive referred to those ''DOUBLE CROSSER'' as those ''TRADITURI''.
I wonder if there is a coincidence to what happened lately as referred by the GWU, has any similarity?

g.c.Forte

Mar 9th 2010, 10:31

@ M.P. Robert Arrigo..............Can you tell us who wrote this quotation " What`s the point of having a King and Queen in a castle,surrounded by few people,without the support of the majority of the CITIZENS " You became one of the few...............Hadt ghalik ghax Toni Zarb qallek hekk, kemm ghadna niehdu ghalina meta tara nies bhalek iduru izjed min cippitatu.

Michael Catania

Mar 9th 2010, 10:21

Maybe self guilt is getting to Mr.Arrigo AND HE IS TRYING TO REDEEM HIMSELF by raising this petty subject.Mr Zarb spoke out at what a great number of people felt about these conservative wowsers, who get on the stage professing to defend the people they represent but like a weak bush wilt at the first sign of a breeze.

D. Scerri

Mar 9th 2010, 10:19

Arrigo,

Do your job and represent your constituents' views, not Gonzi's whim.

Two districts. Two faces. Fitting.

Anthony Mizzi

Mar 9th 2010, 09:57

Maybe "betraying the electorate's trust and not being the People's voice " sounds more pleasing to the ears or putting the Party before the People " ?

Paul Caruana

Mar 9th 2010, 09:56

Regarding the Kappara flyover, the solutions is simple enough: build high walls around it!

M Mifsud

Mar 9th 2010, 09:48

I agree 100% with Mr. Arrigo regarding Mr Zarb's comments vis-a-vis PN MP's who were doing their duty on March 1.

As regards the building of a flyover at the Kappara junction, I believe Mr Arrigo should leave that to the experts. I keep wondering how people were allowed to build so close to Regional Road, particularly near the Kappara junction, when it was clear from the start that a flyover should have been built right away.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Mar 9th 2010, 09:30

Mr Arrigo said that the PL and the GWU in their criticism of the government over the tariffs were ignoring the high international oil price and the assistance being given by the government to low income families.

So now Mr Arrigo has also forgotten all the other complainees...how convenient....

He also seems to have fogrotten how avidly he has been criticising his own party recently..I wonder why?

Tony Mangion

Mar 9th 2010, 09:28

He who says one thing outside the parliament buildings and act on the contrary when inside the same buildings, what title fits him most?. It has been confirmed that the present costs in the tariffs are not the result of the higher price in oil, which incidentally is lower than last October, but have been imposed to make good for the high deficit that we are experiencing thanks to the confused present administration. We all know that the majority of the Maltese people are praying and hoping for a change in Government. The sooner the better.

jsaliba

Mar 9th 2010, 09:13

Freedom of speech does not exclude etiquette. They go hand in hand. Moderation in one's criticism safegaurds the other's answer.

d.attard

Mar 9th 2010, 09:10

quote: criticism of the government over the tariffs were ignoring the high international oil price and the assistance being given by the government to low income families.unquote

When the present Government came to power over twenty years ago, Malta depended for it power supply on an oil-guzzling decrepit Marsa Power Station.

Now 20 years later, long after this horrible contraption should have been consigned to the scrap-heap with a small thank-you note, this excuse for a power station still provides 50% of our energy needs.

Government could have shielded the population from the significant hike in tariffs by introducing increases gently hand in hand with the now obligatory upgrade of energy-supply sources.

Instead, Government lumped all its significant inefficiencies on the economy and households at one go, and this over and above previous increases since 1998.

No amount of propoganda hype can paper over Government's handling of Malta's energy needs, that is, to my mind, abysmal.

D. Scerri

Mar 9th 2010, 09:02

Dr Gonzi that was the trick to make them see straight. Give the backbenchers something to do and they start saying all you want. Well done.

g.c.Forte

Mar 9th 2010, 08:56

I do not agree to use the word " traitors ", but there should be a word for those who goes against their believes,and do what others impose on them. Mr. Arrigo, yourself said in public that you do not like to implement something that will hurts directly.As you well know, these tariffs are going to hurt,not just the public,but all enterprises, including the hotels.So, you and others voted against your wills. I think your are happy now, because after all these years you are going to be an apprentice with a Minister. Cikku il Poplu cannot under stand, how come the government are finding and wasting OUR money on projects, that some of them are stupid, and can do without them, like " The Gonzi / Piano `s" ....The mystery of the extension of the " Power Station " ect...ect...ect...and will not find money to cover up for the inefficiency of Enemalta. Although that we are aware of the oil prices,but we know that the P.N. governments had absorbed and sold our country`s assets,and now turning on to the public.This government are doing like the octopus.........eating his own fingers.

mario gellel

Mar 9th 2010, 08:44

Mr.Arrigo and Co. can say what they like on every Citizen in parlament and gets away with it.
We as normal citizens are bound to keep our mouths shut and are called criminals if we speak out our hurts. Who are these members of parlament that sees themselves as Gods??
God says== If you hurt somebody, you are to get hurt yourself.

George Debono

Mar 9th 2010, 08:14

Kien minghalija li s-Sur Arrigo kien wiehed mill-backbenchers dizilluzi fil-Grupp Parlamentari ta' Gonzi-PN. Ma nafx b'nies li jbiddlu l-opinjoni taghhom daqshekk malajr jekk ma jkunx hemm skopijiet ulterjuri!
Il-fatt li Gonzi 'irranga' ma' dawk li kienu qeghdin jikkritikawh ma jfissirx li hu xi strument tal-paci. Iktar ifakkarni fi bniedem rikattat li ma kienx kapaci jzomm mal-principji tieghu u fl-interess nazzjonali jsejjah elezzjoni generali ghax jaf li jekk issir issa, il-PN igarrab l-akbar disfatta elettorali fl-istorja politika ta' pajjizna... niftakru x'kien gara fl-1998 meta partit fil-gvern sejjah elezzjoni bikrija... madankollu, din kienet l-ahjar ghazla li kellu pajjizna dakinhar - l-istess bhalma hemm bzonn illum!!

laurence schembri

Mar 9th 2010, 08:12

Let me say that, I like Robert Arrigo, his sober, straight to the point and that in any position in a Parliament he will adhere to his duties intelligently and fair, as a man he stands out.
He is within his right to ask the speaker to investigate contempt of Parliament, but in all honesty I think it should stop there.
As far as the tarrifs go, he knows the hike was not because of the price of oil, his Finance Minister spelt it out many a time in recent debates, that public taxes have to make good for the inefficiencies at Enemalta and above all, tarrifs have to subsidise the building of the extension to the Power Station. Facts are facts, this Robert can not negate.

Carmel Garcia

Mar 9th 2010, 08:03

Regard the flyover at Kappara Junction, when is the Government be considering doing a flyover near the Adolorata Cemetery in Marsa/Paola? All that hassle to arrive at your post of work in the morning and in the evening while ruturning home. Are we of the third world here in the south? Mr GonziPN consider this please.