PL claims road works discrimination
The Labour Party said today that residents of Ta' Giorni housing estate were discriminiated against in road surfacing decisions taken by the Mayor of St Julians.
Stefan Buontempo, party spokesman on local government, said that decisions on road works under a public-private partnership scheme had been taken by the Mayor on his own.
Despite the evident need for road works at Ta' Giorni estate, none of the streets there were in the list drawn up by the Mayor.
Dr Buontempo noted that the majority of residents at Ta' Giorni were Labour supporters. He called on the Mayor to explain.
Roderick Galdes, party spokesman on social housing, said that the state of the roads at Ta Giorni estate was unacceptable.
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A. Vassallo
Oct 8th 2010, 09:16
"Dr Buontempo noted that the majority of residents at Ta' Giorni were Labour supporters" How did this come to happen Dr. Bountempo?
Simple. It is because of the "diskriminazzjoni papali" during successive MLP Governments between 1971 and 1987( Freedom Year) when social housing was only for the "lajburisti". Ta' Giorni was built during those years and that is why a lot of them live there. It is what is called a fortizza "lajburista"
jcassar
Oct 8th 2010, 08:07
How does Mr. Buontempo knows that the majority are labour supporters, is he now admitting that during the dark years of Mintoff and KMB all housing units and plots distributed by the then regime were given only to labour supporters, this is the real discrimination, at last one of the labour officials is admitting corruption and discrimination with the use of public property. I an confirm this since I suffered this discrimination since I had a blue label on my back. Grow up Mr. Buontempo.
A.Vella
Oct 7th 2010, 20:56
Majority of housing estate are Labour supporters... tghid kien hemm xi diskriminazzjoni meta tqassmu dawn il-postijiet mill gvern ta dak iz-zmien? jew b'kumbinazzjoni?, u halluna...
Dennis Zammit
Oct 7th 2010, 20:26
Sur Farrugia li kien executive secretary tal-Kunsill Imtarfa You still haven't told all those asking why you are not anymore employed by the Mtarfa Local Council as their Executive Secretary and why you are so proud of being the former ...
Emanuel Farrugia
Oct 7th 2010, 20:39
Sur Zammit, jien m'ghandi l-ebda kantunieri. Jien ma' noqghodtx ninhabb mal-politikanti u ma' l-ipokriti membri tal-Kunsill Lokali 'non professional' OK. Il-verita twegga habib.
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
Tony Caruana
Oct 7th 2010, 20:14
For the last 20 years, twice a year workers come to Ta Giorni dig up the holes in the roads and then patch them up with Tarmac. Come the rains and the Holes and Bumps reappear and lo and behold workers from a private company turn up to patch them up again. When i asked an ex counciillor would'nt it be cheaper to just tarmac the whole street properly ? He told me there was money involved . Properly Tarmaced roads do not need to be redone twice a year.
Dennis Zammit
Oct 7th 2010, 19:07
@ Emanuel Farrugia Could you tell us why you are so proud to be 'the former Executive Secretary of Mtarfa Local Council'?
Emanuel Farrugia
Oct 7th 2010, 19:35
Sur Zammit, rajt kif ikunu n-nies ipokriti fil-Kunsilli Lokali.
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
Emanuel Farrugia
Oct 7th 2010, 18:11
Qeghdin taraw x' membri u Sindki hawn fil-Kunsilli Lokali. Veru titpaxxa taqra l-artikli fuq il-Kunsilli Lokali. Hemm tara kemm hawn membri u Sindki minghajr ebda motivazzjoni u direzzjoni. L-importanti huwa illi jaghmlu dak kollu li jghid il-partit taghhom. Nies ipokriti. Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
m.farrugia
Oct 7th 2010, 17:56
Dr. Bountempo il-proverbju Malti jghid li kieku il-gemel jara hotobtu jaqa u imut zoptu. Put your house in order first where local councils are concerned and then speak. Il-kumment tieghek kien biss sabiex dawk li gibdu l-attenzjoni tghidulhom ahna tkellimna imma ma tawx kaz.
J Farrugia
Oct 7th 2010, 17:27
Dear PL spokemen - Discrimination!! the political discrimination used between 1971-1987? The political discrimination between 1996-1998? What discrimination? At least they admit that it is the road which are being discriminated and not people. How about Labour councils. Are there really no discriminations being undertaken? Get a life for a bit of free publicity.
Ernest Vella
Oct 7th 2010, 17:16
U dan Buontempo ma jisthix???? Qabel ma jparla ahjar jara x'jaghmlu shabu f'kunsilli ohra....u kif tkun taf jekk hux diskriminazzjoni politika jew le. Minghajr ma jiena nghid li hemm diskriminazzjoni politika...allahares ikun hekk fl-2010....allura l-Kunsill ta Haz-Zebbug b'maggoranza Laburista ghax ha jaghmel xoghol go Hal-Mula fejn hemm maggoranza kbira Laburista qed jaghmel diskriminazzjoni maz-Zebbugin l-ohra forsi fejn hemm iktar Nazzjonalisti joqghodu....u ddahaknix...jiena noqghod fi triq fejn l-ebda kunisllier laburist ma jersaq u meta nirrapurtaw qatt m'ghamlu xejn u qatt ma gew...lanqas fl-elezzjoni...forsi ghax jafu li fi t-triq taghna jew ma jaghtux kaz mill-politika partigjana jew huma nazzjonalisti. Imissna nisthu dan il-pajjiz...tghajjat b'diskriminazzjoni meta m'hemmx u jinsa zmien iehor fejn anke ghal telefon ridt tmur ghand ministru .
Rupert Cefai
Oct 7th 2010, 16:53
What Ta' Giorni Industrial Estate? Ta Giorni is a Housing Estate! People live there.
Mike Farrugia
Oct 7th 2010, 16:45
Ta Giorni is a housing estate not an industrial estate.