PN information director urges party action to get liberal voters back

Charles J. Buttigieg

Jun 8th 2011, 20:42

Enough said about JPO, he will soon go dawn as ‘a has-been’. If Gonzipn want him they may keep him. We surely do not need him or want him in our midst. Our talent scouting is for more people like Deborah Schembri, Emmanuel Mallia, Robert Abela, Lydia Abela, Rachael Tua, the wife of a Serving PN MP and other honourable candidates. We are spoiled for choice and those referred to as ‘PN liberals’ by Frank Psaila have given up hope in Gonzipn and are joining our PL by the dozens.

There is only one way to change the direction of a despotic administration and that is a massive political defeat. The cries and appeals of Frank Psaila and Co. are only whispers in the wilderness. Do you honestly thing that RCC and Peter Serracino Ingrop, and their band of brothers have got the magic formulae to pacify the likes of Jesmond Mugliette, Frank Portelli, JP Farrugia, John Dalli, Louis Galea, Joe Borg, Michael Falzon, Mananni tal grocer and her family and the cat? Fat chance. And let’s face it, if you and I were political neutral, would we be happy to see the same party in government forever?

Mr John Cassar

Jun 8th 2011, 20:39

Frankly, the recommendation is well meant, maybe a beacon of light in a sea of darkness. However I don't see the liberal voters (social liberals that is) buying it when the PN acting cast remains the same. Would I trust a party swarming with abstentions and No votes on divorce with another term in office?

For a real turn around it may have to be as dramatic as a leadership change and removal of those who still believe in the PN being the flagship of the church. It has been apparent from the very early days of the referendum that the church has turned from a formidable political asset to a major liability. It seems like Malta's Jasmine Spring has triggered a wave of secularism of tsunami proportions. A divorce from the church may help the cause.

And before anyone comes back with a lot of rot about Article 2 of our constitution, may I humbly share this with you.

"At the heart of the matter is Article Two, which states that: (1) The religion of Malta is the Roman Catholic Apostolic Religion; (2) The authorities of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church have the duty and the right to teach which principles are right and which are wrong; (3) Religious teaching of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Faith shall be provided in all State schools as part of compulsory education.”

Contrary to widespread perception, only the second of these three provisos is ‘entrenched’ – i.e., requires a two thirds majority to repeal. The first and the third may be overturned by a simple majority in the House"

No wonder there are allegations in part of the media that the church gave 250,000 Euros to the no
campaign...

Mr Marcel Dingli

Jun 8th 2011, 19:14

Well the trouble has been brewing in the PN since the late 60`s and early 70`s and its the so called christian democrats which are to blame as they are so only in name. They are neither christian nor democratic but only a brood of vipers using a flashy name. I remember Albert Borg Olivier de Puget clearly stating to members that if the party name and emblem changed , he and another group would contest elections under the old emblem and name. These have not been changed for convenience sake. There is nothing absolutely NOTHING left which is nationalist in the PN. Shame on christian democrats especially those who in other countries supported abortion legislation. Very christian indeed !!

Mr G Mangion

Jun 8th 2011, 18:39

Quote ( The Nationalist Party's Information Director has urged the party to take quick action to ensure that social liberal PN voters who felt disappointed by the party's stand on divorce, return to the fold.)

It has nothing to do with the Divorce issue.

what People Really wants in my opinnion is:

Better Wellfare State Like - Housing Dept to do there Job Seriuosly Everybody knows there are Many Hundreds Homeless waiting for Years for a roof on there Heads !!
there are too many to mention here but those more in NEED must Be Acccounted for.
It is Also Very True the way the mlp is always in Maltese ( Jaghmel il - Bsaten Fir Roti ) Which Means Hammering down his Own supporters !! What we all sure need is a Credible Opposition that works Hand i Hand with the Gov't it is only then that will bring the Voters Back from Both Sides.......!

G. Mangion.

Mr K.M Edwards

Jun 8th 2011, 18:20

Social conservatives ought to follow this development very carefully. It is very similar to what happened in Canada's federal political landscape in the late 1980s. The Conservatives basically abandoned the pro-life cause taking a 'don't care' approach towards abortion, IVF, surrogacy and gay marriage, among other things. For 20 years social conservatives have kept voting conservative thinking that they were still the only party who would support them. The same has happened in the US under many Republican administrations.

In a political climate like this, it will be easy for the PN to abandon social conservative issues and just take the soc. cons vote for granted, while pandering to social liberals.

One remedial action will be for a coalition of concerned social conservatives to publish a list of policy questions for candidates of all parties - PL, PN, Greens, AD, etc - and judge each candidate for his own soc. cons, views. IF they answer against social conservative policy or abstain from answering the questionnaire, you know where they stand. This way, no party can take social conservatives for granted, and each are accountable.

THe other remedial action is for social conservatives to get politically active in the candidate nomination process for each electoral district for both parties, PL and PN. This can help ensure that the PL and PN candidates running in each district are social conservatives. Failing that, you may have a choice between a PL social liberal and a PN social liberal, and find yourself unable in conscience to vote for either one.

A final remedial action, that can be risky to be sure, is to start a social conservative party with a platform that is clear. This could work in Malta in the next election if the social conservatives are also fiscal conservatives, with a populist sense of fiscal transparency, much like the Brits recently elected, given the current anger at the PN government's fiscal performance and the fruitlessness of the very bad idea of joining Malta to the EU in 2004.

But the net net of all this is that social conservatives need to be vigilant and give themselves options for 2013. The EU zeitgeist is socially liberal and more social liberal views will be forced upon Malta without grass roots activism in favor of Malta's traditional social values.

Christian Abela

Jun 8th 2011, 18:04

I think they should focus more on the classic liberalism voters since the country is full of them.

Roberta Sciberras

Jun 8th 2011, 17:46

I say what the Nationalist Party needs is more brave people like Mr Philip Hili who writes here. The PN doesn't need to be a liberal party. What is needed is to go back to the roots - who cares for worthless liberal ideas!

Philip Hili

Jun 8th 2011, 17:45

@D. Xerri.

You see, Mr/Ms Xerri, you all got it wrong!! But in order to criticise you do not think prior you put pen to paper.

For your information l-Istamperija as it used to be known and as it is till known even thought the proper name is "Id-Dar Centrali" is similar to a building in Brussels and not similar to "id-dar tal-hgieg".

Nispera li ma tithawwadx issa li forsi fhimt ftit......

D. Xerri

Jun 8th 2011, 17:09

Looking at this picture up here reminds me of those naming the PL headquarters Id-Dar Tal-hgieg - Im sure most of you remember - Well seems to me that this PN headquarters is too Id-Dar tal-Hgieg - Built mainly on the same procedure - Mostly Glass Everywhere :~) in the structure - like in the maltese proverb then - Min Imaqdar irid Jixtri! seeing that this other Dar Tal-Hgieg was built years after the PL headquarters imma nsomma you know what I mean.
On this urgency to get back the liberal ones - I think the matter has gone off-hand now and no matter what is said and done everyone can still to this date see that we have a Prime Minister still undecided - not able to take a decision - or afraid to say his decision - About his own vote in Parliament on this Divorce Bill or worse even a Prime Minister deciding to be undecided himself :~) Insomma Hawwadni ha Nifhmek Jew Ahjar Q

Charles J. Buttigieg

Jun 8th 2011, 17:00

Noel Barry and Erick Psaila were both my colleagues at Air Malta for many years and we had a lot of mutual respect for each other in spite of our political differences. During 1981 and 1987 they both suffered political injustices and there was one instance that even I caused them hurt during the political strike of Imnarja. For that I still feel ashamed of myself even though I made more than one public apology. After 1987 the lives of these two gentlemen and other PN activists at Air Malta returned to normal and they got nice rewards from the new PN administration. 1987 wasn’t just the year to end the injustices against the PN activists it was also the year to payback the former PL administration by way of hitting hard against its supporters at Air Malta. Dozens of us in seniour management,middle management and clerical grades were savegely discriminated against and emarginated to roam around like the untouchables of India. When that was happening Noel Barry and his friends were enjoying their newly found freedom and ignoring the sufferings of the new untouchable breed. Erick Psaila and a few more PN supporters offered us hospice for our pain and sufferings and made it a point to let everybody know that the then PN administration was committing sins not less in gravity than those committed by the previous PL administration. And that positive attitude increased my admiration for Erick Psaila and gentlemen like him.

Rennie Mercieca

Jun 8th 2011, 16:46

"Social liberal agenda"
Does this mean LOWER electricity bills?
Does this mean getting a TAX CUT? ( as promised in the last election)
Does this mean controling COST OF LIVING?
Does this mean reducing FUEL COSTS?

or does this mean trying to patch up the cracks that are evident in a desperate bid to win back Votes?

MALCOLM SEYCHELL

Jun 8th 2011, 16:17

Can Frank Psaila tell us what are the principle of today's nationalist party?

Giving everything for free to private enterprise without any accountability
Opening our country to illegal immigration
Deficit without control
Giving better tax rates for single mothers and pogguti rather than families(imbad taparsi il partit tal familja)
Being against a right like divorce
Saying always yes sir to Brussels even if this goes against our national interest
Promoting multiculturalism
Being the church's puppet
No streaming in education although these failed all over europe.

Is this the once called nationalist party?

Saviour Grech

Jun 8th 2011, 16:11

It is quite rich for the present, and I think even unethical for the incumbent PR director of the PN to give advise to what is to be done to avert a future possible debacle when he is part and parcel of a currrent shambles.

I dare say that as a paid official of an orgnanisation he has no remit to open a public discussion and suggest possible solutions. If he sees a problem in the organisation he is runing (the PN) he is duty bound to internally analyse what is happening and advise the person or persons (in this case the PN leadership) on a proper course of action. With respect Mr. Psaila's duty is to run the show and give assitance to his employers to run the show. Once he is an elected/or paid official he has no liberty to discuss in public the policies of his organisation. He can only execute/ promote the agreed policies of the PN. I opine that Mr. Psaila has shown disloyaly to the PN leadership by publicly suggesting solutions to coverf up for the referendum disaster. At this point in time it would have been better it all party officials leave the PN Headquarters and go down in the streets and try to listen to what the PN foot-soldiers (whether liberal, conservative, edwardian, demarcos, Borgoliviers, left-leanind, right leaning, centrist, demochristians, confessional etc, etc etc) are all saying. I am sure the leading motley wil be shocked with what they will hear.

As for Frank's future pseudo liberal? agenda he is proposing to procure salvation at the huntings, I wonder whether he proposes same sex unions being sanitised as marriages so that in time such unholy unions can procure children who will be brought up in a fancy topsy turvey way.

U hallina Frank! Why don't you and other of your ilk call it a day so that we may perhaps have a chance to fight another day.

Philip Hili

Jun 8th 2011, 15:55

By the way, Frank Psaila, I have a suggestion for you and it looks attractive because once you accept it, you will be the master of your own?!!
Why don't you form your own party, call it Liberal Party and than pool with you, dr. frank portelli, michale falzon, ceycurs engerer, the promoter of the divorce bill, jesmond mugliette, may be varist bartolo and others whom you think they have liberal idea similar to yours? May be you can attract more from the PL because I mentioned only one. It could be that even some of your mates in the administration might join you!! Then you will be in a better situation where you can ensure that social liberal PN voters who felt disappointed by the party's stand on divorce, return to the you, the Liberal party! Thus you part from the Nationalist Party and leave it as you have found it when you stepped for the first time at the headquarters.
Accepting my suggestion, both you who have liberal ideas and us who would like to keep the conservative pattern gain.

Mr Marcel Dingli

Jun 8th 2011, 15:33

The PN opted to win elections ( not only God knows why ) and lose its soul. Seems the urge for money and power has no limits.

Ms D Galea

Jun 8th 2011, 15:21

Has the PN officially shed its Religio Et Patria motto?

Mr Joe Micallef

Jun 8th 2011, 15:12

To me it is beyond doubt that the PN is in the irrevocable process were the leadership baton must be passed from its conservative faction to its equally important liberal faction. This need not be traumatic if the liberal faction respects the old firm as the former did until today.

It would be stupid for the liberals to think that they can do without the conservatives and as stupid of the conservatives not to read the sign of the times. Maybe it has gone unobserved that within the PN there has been a growing third body of countable “liberal conservatives” who I believe have a major role to play in this transition.

The ball is in the court of the parties executive bodies and with it the major responsibility of seeing through this transition or otherwise consign the government to the known and feared motley crew that unfortunately the PL still is!

Mr James Grech

Jun 8th 2011, 14:47

@Noel Barry
So would you be allowed to not attend work tomorrow, should the opposition says that tomorrow is a public holiday? Whatever the government of the day decides goes. What did u say when this government decided that you will not get an extra day leave if a public holiday came during the weekend? Furthermore, coming from a union who should protect people's jobs as well as maintain good relations with industry, the UHM did a very big mistake there. But yes, we blame it all on the inefficiencies of the Labour government, which I'm not contesting. Nevertheless that attitude was wrong and it put many people between a rock and a hard place. I'm not going to reply to your tug related issue, cause if I remember correctly, I saw both red and blue tugs. With regards to your comment on our accession to the EU, as much hyped this was by the PN, we now understand more fully that there are advantages and disadvantages. For those that can in fact make it to go abroad and study or earn good money well and good, but for many others, its the same. So pray do not generalise, like every other big institution, the EU was never THAT good, many countries that entered before us knew that.

Mr Alexander Pace Gouder.

Jun 8th 2011, 14:46

Liberal PN voters back? My foot. You will get these back when the MP Ministers vote not to take the Euro500 per week plus Euro 5000 per year.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando in his to-day's article in THE TIMES- Talking Point - The Salary Hikes 'Comedy of Errors' (YES but not the word Comedy but the word TRAGEDY would have sounded better,says he will vote against the opposition motion QUOTE:"becaust the Leader of the Opposition was stamping his feet because he was left without the salery HIKE." DO YOU THINK this is why you have all agreed to vote against?????????? Note the word HIKE. Come on now is the time to use the word "Conscious'. Euro5000 per year + Euro500 per week = Euro1.16 per week. Thats what I call CONSCIOUS. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWAKE -BE SENSABLE.

Alan Deidun

Jun 8th 2011, 14:36

Frank - with all due respect - it will not be a disaster for the PN to lose the next election - its much better than it selling its soul to the highest bidder - the PN should never do away with its conservative core since there's nothing to be ashamed of being conservative - Malta needs a conservative party as much as its needs liberal ones - introduce policy changes yes, but pls respect the conservatives amongst you and hence dont introduce these in one fell swoop - the PL sold its workers' party ethos long ago - I augur that the PN does not become itself soulless and devoid of any distinctive character - the PN should not be populist but stick to the principles that its founders emblazoned in its DNA

Noel Barry

Jun 8th 2011, 14:20

Dear Mr. Eric Psaila, you can support the MLP as much as you like but would like to remind you of what you have been through, thanks to the party you are now voting for. Do you remember being locked out of work becuase of the Mnarja, remember being locked out of work because you obeyed a UHM directive to go out on a 1 day strike, remember the transfer you had from shift to day duties, which cost you hundreds of Maltese liri, rememebr when labour thugs tried to attack you and your friends, remember when you couldn't read the in-Nazzjon at the office. And by the way remember that if it wasn't for the PN, who gave us EU membership, we wouldn't have had the opportunity to work and live in EU countries, like for example Ireland. Dear Eric, when you go to vote labour in 2 years time, and that is still a long way, stop for a few seconds and think about these things.

Mark Spiteri

Jun 8th 2011, 14:09

It is already too late to try to win back the lost votes. Is there any one who is going to trust PN again? We did amistake already in last election but not his time. I can say that for the first time I will vote to another party but not PN. Most of you are living in another world not Malta. Cia Cia

Mr James Farrugia

Jun 8th 2011, 14:08

In 08 i saw a different PN, i though things were going to get better.But no.
Since then we've the complete mess that is the power station, ministers going unchecked and not being brought to task, the slap in the face to the Maltese that is the new parliament,the disgust of the pay rise, come on seriously look at yourselves in the mirror if you have the guts to do so, i could go on but it gets boring.
My vote will not go to the PN for a long time to come.

Adrian Cachia

Jun 8th 2011, 13:25

Is that even possible? What is it with the PL and the PN trying to pick up every vote!! Give space to other parties and make Malta truly democratic by letting other parties get elected! End the two party system and include a percentage quota!!

Mr Eric Psaila

Jun 8th 2011, 13:18

Too late Mr Frank Psaila. Last time I did not vote. But this time it is going to be labour.
And if you have any doubt whether I was a PN supporter check your past list of members. I was one of you but not anymore. It is not just the divorce issue. The PN is arrogant and insensitive. This government sold off the country's jewels and has through its incompetence destroyed Air Malta.

Mr Joseph E Briffa

Jun 8th 2011, 13:14

Some people keep comparing the rise in MPs income with the COLA of 2011. In the first place the MPs' rise was due to a revision of salaries + honoraria which hadn't taken place for a decade, during which people's salaries and wages almost doubled. The revision brought back the MPs income in line.. Secondly, the rise happened in 2008 not in 2011, Hence the COLA, even though it has nothing to do with the MPs' revision of salaries, should at least be quoted for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 which would tot up to around Eur10 a week. This is not taking into consideration the lump sum of Eur270 given to all pensioners as one lump sum in January 2011 in addition to the Eur1.16 increase - effectively Eur6 a week. So pensioners got an extra Eur15 a week over the 2008-2011 period. Thirdly, the overall income of MPs is nothing out of this world; professionals in Malta make that much and even more: some double and triple that. Even skilled labourers make as much as MPs get.

Philip Hili

Jun 8th 2011, 13:13

Since my early days of childhood, at the age of 15 t0 20 I used to accompany my father to the "Kungress tal-Partit Nazzjonalist" in those days this used to be held at the Radio City, today, PL Headquarters.

At the opening and at the end of this congress, the party hymn was a MUST to be played. It was a glorious event for me and I used to look forward to it. Slowly, I began to understand the wording of the hymn and I used to enjoy singing and chanting with others.

Today, I am realising that some words { ta' kattolci ta' latini, Maltin veru nahilfuh} may "not fit" the mentality of some liberal people who are running the administration and I begin to realise that because of this mentality this glorious hymn is not played any more, at lease up to year ago!!

Had the late Pawlu Abdilla, Spiru Camilleri and others were still living, they could vouch for what I have written because these used to be up in arms for not playing the hymn at the beginning and at the end.

Antoine P Portelli

Jun 8th 2011, 13:05

Is it that bad within the PN that its Information Director needs to write an opinion piece on the Times of Malta to put forward his proposals ? What happened to all the party structures that dealt with strategy and planning ? Is there anyone in the glasshouse anymore ?

Carmel Xuereb

Jun 8th 2011, 12:57

NO WAY going back to the party, you didn't hear our cries whilst we are in agongy how come you will hear us another time. NO WAY. We will try another party and see how it goes. We will give them a 5 year term and if they will by like you nobody will get our votes the for ever. Till now it's BYE BYE PN.

Dr Anthony Licari

Jun 8th 2011, 12:55

Dr Psaila suggests that "the party needs to forcefully [sic] put forward its social liberal agenda and urgently take up some very important issues that need to be addressed, namely IVF legislation and cohabitation laws."
Dr Psaila does not say "including" but "namely", giving the impression that there are two urgent issues only: IVF and cohabitation. His other suggestions would also be welcome. Obviously, as soon as government's Ministry of Health starts making use of the modern IVF facilities at Mater Dei, an APB [Anti-Pipette Brigade] will be created - with billboards warnings of fire and brimstone and all. The same brigade will also attack cohabitation as an artificial marriage. Perhaps Dr Psaila could have mentioned the need to abrogate the notorious Church-State agreement on marriage which is hardly in harmony with a "social liberal agenda". At the same time, can such an agenda be "forcefully" adopted in the time left before the election?

Philip Hili

Jun 8th 2011, 12:50

"For this to happen the party needs to forcefully put forward its social liberal agenda and urgently take up some very important issues that need to be addressed, namely IVF legislation and cohabitation laws," Frank Psaila says in an opinion piece in The Times."

Frank, it sounds a bit !!! fishy, don't you think so? It seems that you are going to be the pusher, promoter of these liberal ideas you mentioned.!!
Prosit ghalina!!!

Frank, what the Nationalist Party needs are HONEST people within his ranks and files and not people whose aim is their personal agenda. Honest advisors so that they give the party a genuine advises. I and perhaps many people would like to know who was the adviser to the PM with regards to the ministers' salary!! That is what the PN needs in order to retrieve people who were disappointed with the party's recent actions and not liberal ideas such as those mentioned by you above.

"The PN is synonymous with liberty, free choice, respect for human dignity and, above all, solidarity. A healthier social liberal agenda benefits the party but above all the country. The PN needs to win back the trust of many social liberal voters and it needs to do so now," he said."

Joseph Camilleri

Jun 8th 2011, 12:49

But if we already know your true colours, what purpose would this action achieve? Its not like we can be convinced that GonziPN govt is not ultra conservative!

Philip Hili

Jun 8th 2011, 12:49

"For this to happen the party needs to forcefully put forward its social liberal agenda and urgently take up some very important issues that need to be addressed, namely IVF legislation and cohabitation laws," Frank Psaila says in an opinion piece in The Times."

Frank, it sounds a bit !!! fishy, don't you think so? It seems that you are going to be the pusher, promoter of these liberal ideas you mentioned.!!
Prosit ghalina!!!

Frank, what the Nationalist Party needs are HONEST people within his ranks and files and not people whose aim is their personal agenda. Honest advisors so that they give the party a genuine advises. I and perhaps many people would like to know who was the adviser to the PM with regards to the ministers' salary!! That is what the PN needs in order to retrieve people who were disappointed with the party's recent actions and not liberal ideas such as those mentioned by you above.

"The PN is synonymous with liberty, free choice, respect for human dignity and, above all, solidarity. A healthier social liberal agenda benefits the party but above all the country. The PN needs to win back the trust of many social liberal voters and it needs to do so now," he said." FRANK THIS IS ALL B...............

Stephen Grech

Jun 8th 2011, 12:42

Do that and end-up losing your conservative base ie. the grass-roots of the PN

Mr Charles Bayliss

Jun 8th 2011, 12:39

And how can we GAY PN supporters come back into the party fold when our leader is rejecting us our basic rights in a free Maltese society. I have served the party since 1981 but no more. At least until we have a change in leadership and a change in policy. The Conservative Party in England changed it's policies towards gay people, and I can bet that some of it's majority came from the Gay Community who voted Labour in previous elections. Stop being the slaves of the Church and open your hearts to everybody as equals.

Victor Pulis

Jun 8th 2011, 12:32

The party that loses the middle class loses the government.

Mr Charles Bayliss

Jun 8th 2011, 12:31

It is good that the party wants back the Liberal voters, but I must warn that only if there is a change of leadership will I ever vote again for PN. Sorry no resignations, no deal. We are not stupid.

Allan Gatt

Jun 8th 2011, 12:14

"The PN is synonymous with liberty, free choice, respect for human dignity and, above all, solidarity." Benny Hill music should be playing at this point.

Mr graham cassar

Jun 8th 2011, 12:03

It's already too late buddy.................the damage has been done....how can anyone trust the PN propaganda machine now??? You did not learn from the 60's, the days when the church and the PN were in bed together. Until the next episode and the PN will jump again in bed with the Church!

So please buddy learn from a famous Maltese proverb which states 'hmar taqtalu dembu hmar jibqa' and that’s what the PN is. Never will its change its true colour, never.

Mr Joseph Grima

Jun 8th 2011, 12:01

Here goes the PN again, hoodwinking people into beleiveing that the Giovernment wants to effect policies that the Givernment beleives in when, in fact, it will be all an essay in damage control piloted by the Party's own PR man. Thankyou Frank for highlighting the fact that your Governemnt is holding back on essential civil liberties, vital in ensuring a democratic Government and a democratic society. Thankyou for advising your government that " It can no longer hold back on these liberties". A stronger indictment of this dictatorial style of running a country is not even possible.

Mr Albert Farrugia

Jun 8th 2011, 12:01

"Winning back" implies that you have lost something. The Liberal appetite is now growing...l'appetito vien mangiando'..down the line, somewhere, there will also be the "a.... " word...it's inevitable. Those who believe in the tradional values of the PN should wake up and see what's going on...a fight for the take-over of the PN's soul by the liberal faction. What is needed now is a LIBERAL PARTY. Or else a CONSERVATIVE PARTY. This must be the first divorce now...the couple which has been in a marriage of convenience for 30 years at the Dar Centrali in Pieta have now quarrelled bitterly. Time for DIVORCE.

Mr carmel callus

Jun 8th 2011, 11:47

the problem is not liberal initiatives which have to be taken, but it is the way the party treats its supporters!

Mr Marcel Dingli

Jun 8th 2011, 11:38

What the Nationalist Party really needs is to go back to its origins, honour its past and be a real centre right party, verging on the far right conservative. We do not need this liberal crap. The PN won landslide victories in the past, before it betrayed its roots and moved to the left. Have we forgotten people like Guze Howard, Enrico Mizzi and Gorg Borg Olivier ??? It seems the PN has, so it has to stick in the dung it created for itself. Clear the dung , have a proper party, then PN you will be respected.

VV Bartolo

Jun 8th 2011, 11:37

cohabitation laws??

and where does yr conscience & RELIGION STAND HERE?? as for me COHABITATION IS FAR WORST THAN DIVORCE!!

Roberta Sciberras

Jun 8th 2011, 11:36

Oh! Does this mean promising everything to everybody? Sounds very familiar. As familiar as putting your ear to the ground and listening to the people's pulse. We've heard it all before!

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, three times, ad infinitum... shame on me!

Mr Tony Camilleri

Jun 8th 2011, 11:25

You will not get anyone back into the party folds.
How can you ever think that the people will forgive those who have given the people misery, destroyed their industries, made both parties work because they cannot keep up with expenses and taxes which are constantly increased, and to cap it all they are given a miserly €1.16 COLA when the Prime Minister and his Ministers are taking two salaries for the same job and a €1,000 COLA per week, €500 on each salary?

This has been stated many times and never denied.