No PN MP will bring government down - whip

No Nationalist MP would do anything to bring the government down, party whip David Agius says in an interview today.

"We don't agree on everything... but the idea that someone is plotting to bring the government down is a fairy tale," Mr Agius tells The Sunday Times.

Every MP on the government benches is now working enthusiastically, especially after the Prime Minister appointed a number of parliamentary assistants to give a helping hand to each of the ministries, Mr Agus says.

Mr Agius speaks in detail about the recent parliamentary squabbles, and proposes that Malta adopts the ‘door system' way of voting used in the UK's House of Commons, where MPs walk through a door according to their voting intentions, avoiding the lapsus of saying 'yes' instead of 'no' or vice versa.

LET US WATCH FOOTBALL CAMPAIGN

Mr Agius also argues that people should have unrestricted football on television, without the need to subscribe to two operators.

An exclusive agreement should not prevent a TV company which owns the rights, from selling content to its competitor, Mr Agius says. There is no justification for football fans to have to pay more than €50 a month to be able to watch both the Champions League and Italian or English domestic leagues next season.

Mr Agius will be approaching other MPs to join him in his cause and he will refer the issue to the Social Affairs Committee in Parliament.

The UK communications regulator had established that all TV operators should have the opportunity to broadcast the leagues on their platforms and ensure a level playing field for other companies which would then compete with their rivals on value for money and service and not according to sports content.

Watch excerpts of the interview by clicking the link above. Read the interview on today's edition of The Sunday Times.