PM denies that initiatives are the result of looming election
The Prime Minister this morning denied that various initiatives announced by the government in the past few days were prompted by a possible general election in the near future.
"It is only logical, in the fourth year of the legislature, moving to the fifth, that a number of projects are coming to fruition," Dr Gonzi said.
For example, the government had been working on a revamp of the censorship laws for the past two years, he said.
Asked if an electoral campaign had already started, Dr Gonzi replied in the negative.
The no confidence debate would be held next week. The vote would be held on Thursday, and then one would see, he said.
Asked if he was calling for Franco Debono's resignation, Dr Gonzi referred to the statements issued by the PN executive and its parliamentary group and said those statements were made on the basis of declarations to date.
Dr Gonzi was speaking as he visited the offices in Qormi of FTIAS Ltd, a subsidiary of tourist services company FTI.
The company carries out back office work for its parent company, the former Frosch Turistik, and employs 130 people. It is also involved in a language school in Malta.
Dr Gonzi was accompanied on his tour by Tourism Minister Mario de Marco.
In comments to the employees, Dr Gonzi praised the company and its staff, and said that its success mirrored that of the economy.
The economy, he said, grew faster than the EU average last year and unemployment figures were among the lowest in Europe, thanks to government action to protect vulnerable sectors. Malta, he said, had managed to ride the storm because it had diversified its economy and invested in human resources.
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Joe Fenech
Jan 20th, 23:35
Just shut up once and for all, Gonz!!!!!!!!!!!!! How much more can you subject yourself to ridicule?
Robert Agius
Jan 19th, 19:42
'No, they actually started a year earlier than expected... due to unforeseen circumstances you see.' - what he actually thought.
cesco di luigi
Jan 19th, 18:32
And I deny that Malta is a tiny island in the Mediterranean!!!!!
Mr Angelo Abela
Jan 19th, 18:27
Il-bdil fl onoraria ma tantx dam biex sar. Ma kienx hemm bzonn nistennew l ahhar terz tal legizlatura.
Ivan Esposito
Jan 19th, 17:12
Could I propose that we have an election every year? That way we'll discover oil every year, we get laws through parliament in 24 hrs, roads are patched up, parks opened, jobs galore, tax amnesties, no problem with permits, heaven on earth!
The election in 2008 left a deficit of around 80,000,000 euros in the last quarter, how much will these promises cost us the tax payers?
Are people still so blinkered that they take these people seriously. I would like a government that produces throughout its tenure, this administration does not have the excuse of being new. It's been in office for nearly 25 yrs. So no excuses that " it is natural for a government in it's fourth year to start delivering".
Enough is enough!
Thomas Vella
Jan 19th, 17:12
It's ok PM, we all know that a good politician never tells the truth and you're the best at it
victor caruana
Jan 19th, 17:06
Imma kemm jahsbu li n-nies cwiec
m. borg (slm)
Jan 19th, 17:02
Last Sunday the PM said that the present splinter in his small finger would be reolved by to-day thursday 19th Jan 2012 yet it turns out it will be one week late.
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No present initiatives are not electoral gimmicks. Yea ....... right........ whatever.............
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 20th, 09:04
@Borg.
You got the wrong area for the splinter!
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 19th, 17:02
In my honest opinion Dear Dr. Gonzi you were not born to do the politician.
m. borg (slm)
Jan 19th, 16:58
The fact that PM denies that initiatives are pre-electoral bait only confirms that they are.
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If I do a good deed why do I have to explain to those who do not believe it is a good deed.
Andre Cilia
Jan 19th, 17:04
maybe because a journalist asked? just saying...
Carmel Cilia
Jan 19th, 16:50
Mhux ha nemnek sur prime ministru l-ewwel qlajtuli qalbi biex xtrajt ic cens ta fejn noqghod ( hallast il-lawdemiu darbtejn u ghandi l-ircevuti)u wehilt iktar min 1000 euro avukat u issa f'daqqa wahda se tiftah idejk. Hemm nies li ilhom 10 snin u aktar gejjin u sejrin mil-joint office kull darba jispiccaw il-customer care quddiem tfajla u cuc jidhlu u aktar johorgu. Ara tillegalizzawx il-kmamar ta l-armier imbaghad ghid li mhix electoral gimmick. Cwiec taghmluna izda mahniex.
carmel muscat
Jan 19th, 16:40
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Jan 19th, 16:32
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Henry S Pace
Jan 19th, 16:19
' Asked if an electoral campaign had already started '
Electoral campaign commences only when the Prime Minister calls on the President of Malta to give him the Election Date.
G Cilia
Jan 19th, 16:04
Pinocchio !!
Noel Mifsud
Jan 19th, 15:41
Ma nafx ta Sur Gonzi imma int tahseb li hawn xi hadd f sensih li jemmnek. Smajtek b widnejja thgid li 3 4 t ijiem ohra nehilsa din tal vot u wara 6 t ijiem tkun ghada lanqas bdiet. Ma nafx kif tibqa tahseb li hawn xi hadd mhux ghajnejh blue ghax dak jemmen kollox, li hu floater u jista jemmnek. Inkreddibli.
Mr Ernest Vella
Jan 19th, 15:34
intom tal-lejber tistghagbu bix-xejn...ilkom 25 sena oppozizzjoni tistennew!!! ax Gonzi ha jibda jirranka qed tinkwetaw...kemm tinsew!!!
Mr Angelo Abela
Jan 19th, 18:26
Tajjeb li qed tghidha int li il-PN ilhom 25 sena fil-gvern ghax Dr. Gonzi donnu irid itina l impressjoni li hu u il-ministri ta mieghu bdew jahdmu l ewwel darba bhala gvern ftit iktar minn tlitt snin ilu.
R Axisa
Jan 19th, 19:05
Wow ...... ilhom 25 sena fil-gvern ........ u ghadu ha jibda jirranka! dik efficjenza!!!!!!!!
C Muscat
Jan 19th, 15:07
Jekk ghandek il-bzar roxxu gonz....ghalhekk ftemu ma franki biex ma jtukx cans troxx? Grazzi frank ghax il-bzar ser jitqassam f daqqa....Prosit Gonz...
Tony Busuttil
Jan 19th, 14:48
Mr Prim Minister it is a bit too late, how we can forget the harm your goverment did to my family because I am a Labour supporter? How can we forget that you had a long run after me since 1998? may be it was not you but I wrote to you more than 11 Letters giving you details such as dates time, and people involved. Do expect that my wife three Childrean who were brought up as Nationalists , will vote for your party? Last 2 elections and both referendums they did not vote , but now they eager to vote for Joseph Muscat and his Party. Like Dolores my wife cried but not because she lost some from her empire she cried because your party was running fast to squash me. Dr Gonzi we are nearly twins, its time to retire, dont dare to write memoires it will be a flopp I suggest fishing is much more relaxing, I meant fishing for real fish not people. I am hurt Dr Gonzi and I always respected your office and that of Dr Fenech Adami, but its time to go.
Wally Vella-Zarb
Jan 19th, 14:44
I am considering suing the government for damages.
My leg has been pulled so many times that I am now finding it very difficult remain standing...
Joseph Camilleri
Jan 19th, 14:30
Get real GonziPN. If I supported your party, I'd be embarrassed.
Charles Massa
Jan 19th, 14:21
Imma kemm hasibna bhahen il prim ministru. Allura ghal fejn Saliba issa ghandu ufficju l kwartieri tal PN u ghal fejn qal lil Austin Gatt biex jiehu hsieb il kampanja eletorali? U hallina prim!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stephen Spiteri
Jan 19th, 14:49
Dear Mr. Massa, the answer is very simple. Because the current PN secretary general is not even capable of sending a decent email without sending it to so many unintended recipients, let alone manage an electoral campaign. Joe Saliba and Austin Gatt are seasoned campaigners and if they can't avoid a defeat, perhaps at least avoid a humiliating whitewash.
Mark Borg
Jan 19th, 14:10
What election? All that is popping up from nowhere is pure coincidence. Pull the next one Lorry!
pat muscat
Jan 19th, 14:03
Dr Gonzi is trying to put a brave face in this latest setback, To stave off the humiliation of being kicked out of Government. Dr Gonzi is making a few concessions to Franco Debono; the Drugs Court, the Family Court, the revision of the Censorship laws all in one week! No electioneering he said; then it is not just Dolores Christina that is living in a surreal world!
Charles Micallef
Jan 19th, 13:53
PM denies that initiatives are the result of looming election,,,
,PULL THE OTHER ONE ITS GOT BELLS ON!
j brincat
Jan 19th, 13:43
We have a mind of our own and we can come to our own conclusion without any spoon feeding from anyone, not even the PM's.
(jb)
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Jan 19th, 13:43
It is crystal clear and without any doubt that the initiatives announced during these past three days by GonziPartitNegattiv were announced because the general election is round the corner.
We have another prove and another example how much GonziPartitNegattiv is a very negativ administration when the PM stated that, "...the government had been working on a revamp of the censorship laws for the past two years." How can one believe such a statement by the PM that it took GonziPartitNegattiv TWO YEARS just to revamp the censorship laws. Then we really have a very 'SLOW BOAT TO CHINA' administration. How right is Dr Franco Debono MP in his criticism to GonziPN!!
What the PM did not said was that the EU Commission had FORCED his government to cut €40 million from the budget that was approved in Parliament. This clearly means without any doubt that the 2012 Budget was not approved by the EU Commission. It was approved ONLY AFTER GonziPartitNegattiv CUT THE €40 MILLIONS.
The PM did not mentioned that to run the country GonziPartitNegattiv increased by millions various taxes, increased month after month the Public Debt, and that such debt is the main cause for the crisis in the Eurozone. That according to the EU the number of Maltese close to poverty is increasing year after year, that ALL public entities have millions of euros debt and no one is self-sufficient, that a great number of workers are being paid less than the National Wage, decreased the workers' holidays and increased the retirement age.
That is why the majority of the floating voters and thousands of moderate Nationalists voters are feed-up with GonziPartitNegattiv!!!!!!
J Busuttil
Jan 19th, 14:56
@Vincent Williams
" That is why the majority of the floating voters and thousands of moderate Nationalists voters are feed-up with GonziPartitNegattiv!!!!!! "
Are you really convinced, have you been following the polls and trends.
Speaking about floaters they decide on many issues and the certain issue that they will be looking at, if an early election is called is who of the two parties can guarantee stability in our economy. Floaters watch and hear all local stations together with the foreign ones and no one fools the.
You see red I see blue but they see neutral.
Time will tell.
raymond scicluna
Jan 19th, 15:34
By any chance are you implying to yesterday s project against flood in certain areas too? cause if you are following yesterday s correspondents suit you are too biased. The project as mentioned on TVM and other medias and unlike the times of malta will cost 65million euro of which 85% co funded by EU. By any chance do you think that MR Pullicino the minister in charge was granted the funds overnight!!U got to be kidding me friend. At least there was the Zebbug mayor (PL) Mr Alfred Grixti who upon questioned by the journalist praised the Central Government for giving such importance to his village on such a high concern matter. Man are deemed gentleman when they recognise other s efforts without being biased by any political party, race, creed ,,,,,,
Paul Micallef
Jan 20th, 08:16
J Busuttil: Ohlom li Gonzipn jiggarantixxi stabbilita, anzi suppost indunajt li d dejn dejjem tiela! Ara biex ha z zieda hu ma jimpurtax! Ahjar tara kemm tara blu int sur busuttil u kemm qed tghix fil holm! Huma jaraw tinkwetax, jafu kemm ibaghtu biex ilahhqu mal hajja tinkwetax! Raymond Scicluna: Bid differenza li qabel konna nitilfuhom il funds (ez Dolores Christina u hafna ohrajn li ma qalulniex bihom!) U issa f daqqa wahda sirna 'efficjenti' U hallina!
raymond scicluna
Jan 19th, 13:38
@ Willie Grech Skuzani dhaltlek fl ghalqa mas sinjorina/sinjura Daniela Camilleri pero ma stajtx nibqa halqi maghluq meta ghidtilha biex ticcekja mal genituri taghha fuq is servizzi tas sahha b xejn. Le vera b xejn kienu nixhdu jien pero ghidilha li fl istorja ta malta gie rrekordjat l aktar strajk twil minn 1979 san 1987 tat tobba u ghalhekk jien li kont diehel u hiereg l isptar Karen Grech (li zgur ma kienx state of the art ghajr ghal ftit disney characters mizbuwin mal hajt).Mela Sur Grech mur gibek thalli il pakistani tobba jergaw jinvistawk xi tghid!!jew igibulek l ikel kiesah silg b puzati li jaqbdek ir remettar!!kollha hodor ghaliex lanqas stainless steel ma kienu u t te bomba.Thermos borma lest minn kollox u n nurse tqajmek fil hamsa ta fil ghodu biex tibla l pilloli idahhalek it tazza tal plastic minn gol borma u ttik lila. Tv wiehed iswed fis sala konna naraw TVM mis sitta ta fil ghaxija l quddiem u Rai uno robin hood jew xi loghba tennis bejn bjorn borg vs connors.Inhalers tal Azma lanqas konna nafu x inhuma!!u bil haqq meta gejt discharged in nurse tajtu n numru tat telefon biex javzaw lil ommi halli tkun tista ggibli l hwejjeg ghax qabel il prassi kienet li l hwejjeg kif tigi admitted johduwomlok il qraba li ma tmurx taharbilom u n numru ma kienx tieghi jew tal gara imma tat tabib tar rahal ghax f rahal twelidi tlieta kien hemm It tabib, il kappillan u bazuzlu. Ovvja ma qabditux qaltli issa jmur tat telegramma javzaha lil ommok, avzajtiex int sur Willie daqshekk iehor mar bit telegramma.Anqas tirrikonoxxu li s servizzi tas sahha huma l hames l aqwa fid dinja issa ccekja forsi ssib kif kienu fi zmien is sebghinijiet. Sahha u ahjar nieqfu hawn Grazzi
J. Scicluna
Jan 19th, 14:58
Sahha u ahjar nieqfu hawn Grazzi
You ARE right....BUT! can you answer as to WHY there was a strike for so long and who instigated it?
The strike was because Mintoff was trying to introduce FREE health as a section did NOT want it!
Remember what else happened!?
Remember Karen Grech?
Yes, you are right in stopping there.
R. Cilia
Jan 19th, 18:50
Sur R. Scicluna, ma tiflahx taqa' izjed ghac-cajt milli waqajt bil kummenti li gibt. L-isptar Karin Grech inbena fl- 1981 u mhux kif qed tinsinwa int! Jaqaw ilek ma tmur l-isptar ghax mhux talli hemm tobba Pakistani imma wkoll nurses.Jekk ma kellkomx telefon fl-1981 kienet ghazla taghkom ghax il-maggoranza tal-familji kellhom.Fuq il-hwejjeg ghax tahirbilhom jew le mhux se nahli hin inwiegbek ghax bla sens.Tinsiex wahda habib, li kien Mintoff li tak is-servizz ta'sptar B'XEJN
raymond scicluna
Jan 19th, 19:26
@ J Scicluna Dear Mr Scicluna a strike which lasted so many years is never justified!! especially when it concerned the health sector which should be at heart to the government of the day. You might tell me thousand reasons who instigate it but there is only one truth and one fact. When such strike lasted so much that means that the government was not willingly to negotiate with the doctors. Mintoff used to bully everyone not just doctors but farmers, bus owners and many alike and strikes were the order of the day so that is one of his trade mark apart from the so called cheap free to all health services. As for Ms Karen Grech, yes she will always enjoy my compassion but that should have instigated more goodwill and intentions to the government of the day to ameliorate or better settle the dispute with the doctors but again the labourites today blame Gonzi for being hard headed and they forget Mintoff. I don t know what will happen if today we have a health sector pestered and dragged by a doctor s strike. To conclude too, i remember early 90 s when Dr EFA invited and managed to convince Mr Fenech and Mr Manche to come back to Malta to start working here and started performing the heart operations here in Malta in lieu of UK.Guess what L Orizzont of that day did not find anything better but shouted scandal for the high remuneration compounded with tax free income!! but today quite a chunk of the maltese are very grateful to this cardiologists and others who followed. YEs Mintoff started something but today we managed to offer the 5th health services in the world you like it or not.
raymond scicluna
Jan 20th, 11:23
@ R Cilia. Jien imkien ma atlek li dhalt Karen Grech fil 1981. Kont xbajt niehu kura minn 1971 ghal informazzjoni tieghek ghax l azma mit twelid!Issa jien atlek li niftakar sa mil ewwel gurnata kif kien KGH u kif kienet il kommunikazzjoni tat telefon. Issa nghaddu ghat telefons jien atlek li go rahal tweliedi kulma kien hemm fin 1981 tlieta Kappillan, Tabib u bazuzlu mela issa l verita qeda fin nofs jew mintoff insiena lilna allavolja kelna nies jixalulu x xemgha fis salott anke waqt il vjatkju jew giddieb jien ghax int ghidt li kulhadd kellu. Hu pacenzja Sur Cilia iccekjalu fuq il web kemm kien hawn settijiet ta telefons fin 1981 u mbad inkun vera waqajt ghac cajt. Jien ghixt kollox u m intix ser tmerini la int u lanqas hadd Grazzi habib
Paul Portelli
Jan 19th, 13:32
today he said no next week he will say what?
im surprised he didn't say he found oil hahahahahha
Victor Vella
Jan 19th, 13:32
Gonzi mur aqdi dmierek. Jekk il-partit tieghek ghandu fit-totalita tieghu l-appogg tieghek kompli li fadalek. Jekk le trid u ma tridx ikollok issejjah elezjoni minghajr tkaxkir tas-saqajn. U ahjar kelma nieqsa milli zejda.
Joe E Galea
Jan 19th, 13:27
Yes of course dear Gonzi. We believe you....whatever you say is true...you are our world leader. Now from PM you became Father Christmas.
I have a wishlist where can I send it please?
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 19th, 13:23
Asked if an electoral campaign had already started, Dr Gonzi replied in the negative.
Are you sure Dr.Gonzi???? If you are , can you please explain the iron for billboard in our roads.?
Mr David Ganado
Jan 19th, 14:29
Could they not belong to the PL? Or is it only the PN who place billboards on the roads?
Paul Micallef
Jan 19th, 13:21
Ha ha ha, eh well where do i start, if there is money to SQUANDER now, how come 40 million will be SLASHED from the buget???? Does GONZi an co realy think that the people will belive that this is not a pre election ploy to WIN votes???? Why not give away free fridges? free food?? free cars?? And you want me to belive that you are not HOLDING ON TO POWER AT ALL COSTS?? A lot of promisies have been promised in the past and i think that GONZI and co will adhere to such tactics, but the PL must take note, if the econmy is in a bad shape THIS GOVERMENT should not promise what it cannot deliver, dont forget the EU.
Joseph is not stupid, he will know how to handle such tactics, PL this time is united and ready to govern to move this nation foward.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 13:26
Don't you know that the budget passed?
Paul Micallef
Jan 19th, 14:51
@Aquilina
Are you reading in between the lines????
joe vella
Jan 19th, 15:17
joseph aquilina,
keep on pumping, you seem to be a well nurtured PN apologist and no matter what they are always right!
emmm the budget needs the final approval o f the implementation bill and this is a money bill and there is a certain franco debono who might have other ideas
incidentally have you put your signature to the petition?
Victor Laiviera
Jan 19th, 15:56
@ Joseph Aquilina
Yes, the budget was approved. But AFTER the approval, the Government cut €40 million from the funds voted - so I have my doubts if that approval is still valid.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 19th, 18:40
Mr. Aquilina: true the budget 'passed'. But the way things are going the budget is going to be messed up big time because GonziPN is going on a spending spree (until 22nd April, the date of the election). Then whoever comes into Govt has to sort out the financial disaster made by GonziPN trying to cling to power. U ahna nisfnu fin-nofs!
Karl Consiglio
Jan 19th, 13:18
This government is famous for its "coincidences". One recalls the trouble Cyrus Engerer and his family had to go through just after Cyrus crossed the floor.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 13:27
I only remeber how Joseph Muscat accepted Cyrus Engerer thinking of winning some votes and then find out the problems Cyrus ALREADY HAD with justice afterwards!!
david borda
Jan 19th, 14:32
Could be. Is it a 'coincidence' that you are elected on PN ticket for Pembroke hamlet?
david borda
Jan 19th, 15:24
is it a 'coincidence' that you were elected on PN ticket for Pembroke hamlet?
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 13:14
@PL Supporters talking about Gonzi track record ...
Don't worry, now Joseph will come, he will give tax refund on cars bought before 2008, He will reduce patrol at the pump, he will reduce the price of gas, electricity and water? He will reduce our taxes? He will make the power station work with gas, save air malta, and make everyone employed!!
... where did someone see the pigs flying?? 1 year like that and Malta will be in the same situation as Greece!! But hey PL supporters will have what they want ... a victory!!
R Falzon
Jan 19th, 14:20
One thing that Dr Muscat for sure will not do, take the €500 increase in his salary behind our backs. Give him a chance.
carmel callus
Jan 19th, 14:37
@R Falzon who told you so...Muscat said that he wpould appoint a commitee to decide by how much their ministerial salary would increase!
J Busuttil
Jan 19th, 15:00
@ R.Falzon
What I know for sure is that Dr. Muscat will do as he said last weekend that of increasing the ministers ( to please all and not having a FD issue within his party ) and decrease the Water and electricity rates.
Paul Micallef
Jan 19th, 15:02
@Aquilina
Tax refuned on cars was promised and he will deliver, dont forget that GONZI PN stole the registration tax from people who bought cars, and dont forgot it was because of Joseph that the people who owned satilite dishes got refunded. GONZI SHOULD REDUCE PETROL,AS WHEN OIL GOES DOWN THE PRIZES STAY HIGH. He has never said that he will reduce TAXES, BUT YOUR BELOVED GONZ DIDI. AS for the power station it would be a cleaner and better option, not the heavy oil one. AIR MALTA WAS DOMMED ONCE IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY SOMEONE THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE PN.
Everyone employe?, You must live in KATTAY, he never promised tha,t your GONZI did
As for being like GREECE, it was a CONSERVATIVE GOVERMENT THAT BROUGHT THE COUNTRY TO ITS KNEES.
PN supporters will like that. Hekk biss tixtiqu , DENNI BISS
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 16:30
@Paul Micallef
"He has never said that he will reduce TAXES"
Guess now its clear from where he will refund the VAT, how he will redice electricity and water bills, from where he will save air malta will be saved ... more taxes! it is the solution used by any socialist government so far!!
Joe Grech
Jan 19th, 13:01
''The Prime Minister this morning denied that various initiatives announced by the government in the past few days were prompted by a possible general election in the near future.''
I personally do not believe Dr. Gonzi's protestations in this regard. He had been told that the situation, for example, at the Lae Courts, is impossibly problematic and causing hardship for people. Yet he did not do anything about that....
This inaction alone justifies a change in government.
C. Borg
Jan 19th, 12:54
Thanks to Franco something is moving finally.
But it's really a shame that most of the main projects move just before an election.
But I'm still waiting for the income tax promise which was one of the winning promises of 4 years ago!
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 13:07
How naive can some people be!! These things take time to do!! Ok, maybe now they are ending things in a hurry, but the bulk of the work was done long time ago! This - unless you watch too much super one - should be obvious to everyone!!
Wenzu Vella
Jan 19th, 13:20
I hope you do not be too old before you get your wish Mr Borg
C. Borg
Jan 19th, 14:32
@ Joseph Aquilina
You're mentioning work that was done long time ago....which one? The Cirkewwa Terminal? Or perhaps the Ta' Qali crafts village? Or the BWSC power station with heavy fuel oil?
I voted for both parties in the past and I'm not eye blinkered like some people below for both parties but what's I'm saying is true and what is true, let it remain like that.
I never said that Dr. Gonzi never did positive things neither but there are many problems with the present government and that's why I said that it had to be Franco to move something forward.
PS. No actually I don't watch a lot of local TV...neither station, so sorry, your comment was superfluous.
Dominic Fenech
Jan 19th, 12:46
The lady doth protest too much.
fred fellon
Jan 19th, 12:33
Sur Gonzi, please stop dragging your feet and do your country a favor, leave when the going is go and dont let the door hit your behind and please do take your henchmen with you. I have never voted, but I can not wait .
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 12:53
Some people use the word democracy only when they feel its on their side. What PN is doing (and PL has now agreed) is part of the democratic process!!
joe vella
Jan 19th, 12:29
mr prime minister pse stop taking us for a ride-do you think we are still the backward dumbheaded fools of the last century?
all of a sudden everybody is spurting into life and action - we have had, george pullicino, chris said, joe cassar, mario demarco, tonio fenech, and yourself flooding the TV channels over the last couple of days
today we already have jason out and whose next? I wonder what dolores and giovanna are concoting, maybe right now they are having their facials before going in front of the lenses?!
x'ghamiltilhom franco kif gennithom!!--panic stations
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 12:37
Is what they are doing good for Malta? Then why complain?
joe vella
Jan 19th, 13:10
mr aquilina
politicians have always worked for the good of the country and its citizens - under their own terms
after all that is what they are elected for and what they get very well paid for as well - reminder-- honoria saga
but try to take the blinkers off joseph and think
example have you realised that you might be getting a home visit or two in recent days? do you recall when the last home visit was? let me help your memory, some four years ago perhaps? ( and I am not referring to the kappillan mind you!)
be honest with yourself before you key in a reply and think, think clearly though
Joe E Galea
Jan 19th, 13:32
@ Joe Aquilina: Yes after years of deep sleep and ransacking the country dry and making their pockets fatter, now by coincidence GonziPN is offering everything for everyone. Yes keep it coming Gonz but we know that this is just surreal and an electoral gimmick since you were forced to reduce government spending by 40 million. From where are you getting the money now?
G. Cachia
Jan 19th, 13:35
Prosit Joe Vella ghax jekk Franco genninhom daqstant iehor jista jgennen lil Malta kollha u dan hu stess jafu sewwa.
Franco, jista jsib it-triq it-tajba? Iva billi jiehu post il-Prim Ministru. Franco ilu jgennen lill-PM ghal dawn l-ahhar 8 snin u mhux kemm ilu fil-Parlament. Ghalhekk meta naghmlu ghazla f'kandidat ghandna naghmluha tajba.
Paul Micallef
Jan 19th, 12:29
Ghal dawk li qalu li ghandu track record tajjeb: ejja nurihom il fatti ta kemm hu tajjeb:
Arriva
Smart City (Ghost City now!!!)
High taxes
Waiting lists still sky high
Bad hospital service you actually have to pay a private doctor to get your right of health checks etc
No more health centres
500 euro rise for themselver per week and we only 1.16!
high achiever indeed!
Karl Consiglio
Jan 19th, 12:22
"To deny" comes from the word "denial", meaning, not willing to admit the fact.
david borda
Jan 19th, 16:00
A councillor disagreeing with his leader!
andre buhagiar
Jan 19th, 12:20
Jiena ma nafx kif ma jisthix dan ir-ragel ha nghidlek. Jekk ma bdietx il-kampanja, ghalxiex Joe Saliba qed ikun il-kwartieri mela. L-irjus il-kbar kollha tal-Pieta qedin ikunu. U il-boards ma rajtuhomx possibli. Jekk f'kaz li ma bdietx il-kampanja, ha tibda llejla fuq Bondi Plus wara l-BA tat l-awtorita li Gvern jitkellem jerga kontra Franco Debono. Issa ha jsibu z-zejt. Iz-zejt ga hem qieghed imma f'uhud mill-Ministri li hemm fil-Kabinett
Maurizio Psaila
Jan 19th, 12:14
And now we have bloggers questioning whether the Government's positive trackrecord is maturing now because of Franco Debono... Please...
Who of us all thinks that political results are achieved hekk... 'kif gieb u lahaq'... than I would suggest him or her to think again.
To start reaping slowly some results, in an economic climate which is in disarray, in the 4th year of the legislature you need to be competent, cautious... and yes... unpopular.
You may wish to blame Gonzi for that!...
Johann Polidano
Jan 19th, 12:13
Is this the sequel to the movie TRUE LIES? Let's start our prayers........in the name of Gonzi, Franco, Austin Gatt ... Amen
S Farrugia
Jan 19th, 12:12
Yeah right!!!! And pigs are flying!!
Joseph Mizzi
Jan 19th, 12:10
What's happening to Dr Gonzi's nose? Am I imagining things, or is it truly growing bigger and longer? Watch out, dear Prime Minister, be very careful not to finish up being transformed into an ass, just like Pinocchio was.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 19th, 12:57
"I imagining things"
An example of a side effect when watching too much super one!! "imagining things" ... Now confirmed!!
carmel callus
Jan 19th, 14:40
Mur gibek tikteb xi haga simili dwar Joseph Muscat...ara kemm jinsulentawk, jattakkawk u jghiruk!
C Galea
Jan 19th, 12:07
What about future predictions??
We will soon hear that the government has struck oil.
We have learned our lesson and we shall be judging by what has been done Dr Gonzi
Daniela Camilleri
Jan 19th, 12:00
Gonzi's trackrecord:
4th lowest unemployment rate in the EU
Record in tourism arrivals
Excellent education system
Free health care
2nd lowest inflation rate in the EU
Michael Mercieca
Jan 19th, 12:14
well said
Joseph Borg
Jan 19th, 12:18
You forgot to mention that the level of PM2.5 in Marsaxlokk and Birzebbuga is 500% over the EU target value. You forgot to mention that. Or the "free health care", that if I recall correctly is not something that the PN introduced, will cater for the serious health issues as a result of this?
ALBERT FENECH
Jan 19th, 12:23
Great, so let's take them one by one:
(1) 4th lowest unemployment rate in Europe but amongst the highest rate of non-employed females in the EU, amongst the highest when taken on a population ratio, has to come under scrutiny to distinguish the numbers of part-timers and short definite contract employees;
(2) Record in tourist arrivals, but do the figures include all those who fled Libya and Tunisia in 2011 who were certainly not "tourists" and based on what nightly stays and how much was injected into Malta's economy as a result of the "quality" of tourists;
(3) excellent education system but always based on the more-than-excellent education record of various Labour Governments including the original pioneering of technical education;
(4) Free health care based purely on Labour's pioneering record of free health care;
(5) 2nd lowest inflation rate in Europe - based on Maltese wages/salaries as compared to what in Europe, perhaps the lowest of the scale and does this include amongst the highest utility bills in Europe in ratio to income return, as well as high cost-of-living compared to income ratios.
What about the National Debt, the per capita debt and the ONLY Government in Europe to increase their own salaries when all other EU countries were reducing theirs?
Not such a rosy record after all.
ALBERT FENECH
Paul Micallef
Jan 19th, 12:25
Nara kummenti bhal dawn nibda niddubita kemm dawn in nies (bhal daniela camilleri) qeghdin jghixu f dinja jew inkella hux joholmu!
Willie Grech
Jan 19th, 12:30
@ Daniela Camilleri.
Records in tourism arrivals. which ones are you refer to please? illegal immigrants, the arrivals of people from Libya who came because of the war? or the students who come to study and run havoc in the Swieqi area?
Excellent education system? You the one that was stopped by the EU because of bad management?
Free health care? are you serious? we had this thanks to the MLP/Mintoff administration way back in the 70s. if you was not born then, please ask your parents.
2nd lowest inflation rate in the EU? why, because of the 500 euros per week increase to themselves?
Hope you care to explain!
mario gellel
Jan 19th, 12:35
4th lowest unemployment rate in the EU>>>>thousands working as part time or on 3months contract.
Record in tourism arravals>>>> Crouse liners that walk to Valletta to piss.
Ecellent Education system>>> saqsi lit-Teachers u l-istudenti bil NEW EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ???
Free health care>>>> pazjenti fil-kuruturi, medicina bahh.
2nd lowest inflation rate in the EU>>>>> din nahseb ghidta b'cajta, hux ??????
Jeffrey Mallia
Jan 19th, 12:37
Plus 5 BILLION euro Debt........which accounts to 2 million euro interest per day .....Greece in the making.
Gordon Farrugia
Jan 19th, 12:39
you can add:
alarming deficit now totallling EUR5,000,000,000
rampant alarming increases in cost of basic utility bills such as fuel, electricity, gas and water.
rampant corruption everywhere led by government departments!!
ARRIVA scandal.
MEPA scandals giving building permits everywhere and ruining the little landscape we still retain.
Heavy oil power station.
Arrogance and unaccountability shown by many government leading ministers culming to giving themselves a EUR500 weekly salary rise!
To answer your boasts:
Record in tourism arrivals -> tell that to the dozen of hotels that have closed down.
Excellent education system -> you must be joking - this culmed when our EU budget for education was withdrawn due to lack of transparency.
Free health care -> yes but try availing yourself of it. I made an appointment for a blood test and had to wait 30 days for the actual test - hmmmmmm!!!!!!
2nd lowest inflation rate in the EU -> are you living in Malta? I'm living here and am feeling heavy inflation and deterioration to my disposable income.
Mr John Borg
Jan 19th, 12:46
@ Albert Fenech
1. Highest rate of non-employed femals :: Have you ever thought that this might be a choice taken by females on the basis that the prefer giving children a proper upbringing with a mother in their lives?
2. Even if they were people fleeing from Libya... we made the headlines worldwide. How's that for marketing Malta? Gonzi also handled the situation very well during that real crisis.
3. Labour might have started....but if in Government today...will they be able to continue financing it and building on the momentum? I doubt.
4. Then again, stop looking in the past will you?! The question is the future. Will labour govt manage to sustain free healthcare in the future???
5. Cost of living Mr Fenech? Do you pay rental rates as in London? Do you pay a monthly council tax? Do you pay for you garbage to be colllected as in Dublin?
I think you should look a bit around you and sstart realising that the grass is not always greener on the other side.
Gordon Farrugia
Jan 19th, 12:59
@ Mr John Borg
"but if in Government today...will they be able to continue financing it and building on the momentum? I doubt"
This is the scare tactic this administration is trying to use. This government has spending totally out of control with EUR5,000,000,000 - if they continue like this we will soon be another Greece and then we definitely won't have funds to support our education sector.
As for living in the past - hehe have you forgotten Nationalists mentioning the lack of 'chocolates' in Mintoff days. - as if we depended on chocolates for our quality of life!!!!!!!!! Nationalists simply love mentioning the past so this goes both ways I'm afraid - having said I agree that we need to look at the future and I don't see a future with this lame inept governance.
C. Borg
Jan 19th, 13:02
I can say that Gonzi did good things....and I hope so after 25 years in government.
But whoever is mentioning the unemployment rate, do these figure include the precarious jobs that exist?
With the Education system we can't forget the fiasco of some months ago that the EU funds where suspended for months for those who want to travel abroad and this is because incompetence.
We can't forget the national dept of almost 5BN euros...too much extra spending for things that are not a priority for this country at the moment...a roofless theathre and a new parliament, not to mention the euro 500 ministers took and the many foreign consultants that are paid very and very well.
This is not the way forward anymore and that's why I'm looking for a change after this election.
Jack Attard
Jan 19th, 13:04
What a joke sweetheart!
ALBERT FENECH
Jan 19th, 13:11
Why not let the readers judge Mr. Borg? However, "marketing the Libya crisis" when we are on their doorstep - we could hardly fail even if we didn't try! It is noticeable too that when this Government concocts some figure that looks good it always boasts of "bettering" Europe, when the figures are not so good we point at all the disadvantages of other European countries. Mr. Borg you can't run with the hare and simultaneously hunt with the hounds.
ALBERT FENECH
Rita Smith
Jan 19th, 13:25
Daniela hafna mill-blggers ghandom il-blinkers. Hafna huma laburisti li jistiequ jaraw il-partit taghhom fil-gver. Ma naghtihoms tort. wara dawn il-hafna snin fl-oppozizzjoni izda kollox f'Malta doom and gloom turi x'injuranza hawn f'dan il-pajjiz. Hadd mhu qed ihares madwaru u dalwaqt nitilfu l-gid li hawn madwarna. Is-suppost future Minister of Finance diga qal 'Malta should have its own austerity. Fejn ha naslu? Hadd mhu qed jinduna.
Rita Smith
Joe E Galea
Jan 19th, 13:38
Our good Education system was done by the PL in the 70's. The PN is just ruining it...if you follow exactly what is going on.
Free Health Care?...It was alwways like that ...actually the PL introduced this social welfare.
National debt - soaring sky high
Then:
ARRIVA - failed
Hospital waiting lists - failed
Roads - failed
Stability - failed (not even stability within his own party)
etc etc
Joe E Galea
Jan 19th, 13:46
@ Rita Smith: Heqq austerity measures se jkollhom jiddahhlu minghand min ikun fil-gvern la dan il-Gvern falla l-pajjiz u d-dejn telgha ghal-5 biljun Euro (taf kemm jigu? taf kemm jigu f'interessi li rridu nhallsu kuljum?) Barra minn hekk il-GonziPN diga beda bl-austerity measures ghax kellu jnaqqas l-infiq tal-gvern b'40 miljun fuq il-budget li ghadu kif ghamel. Fejn ha naslu? Hadd mhu qed jinduna :)
Mario Scicluna
Jan 19th, 12:00
U pumping station li tellfet 5,000 job gdid ma tnehhitx Sur Gonzi!! Dik ma kelliex tiehu precedenza jew??? Issa nistennew xi bizibilju fjuri fir roundabouts eh!
J. Scicluna
Jan 19th, 12:00
Yeah...sure....
GonziPN credibility has gone to to dogs long ago.
"You can fool some people most of the time,
You can fool most people some time, but
You cannot fool everyone all the time"
Maria Mangion
Jan 19th, 12:30
Dawn in nies ma jinbidlux, smajt diversi kelliema fosthom Edwin Vassallo ,Dr Marthese Portelli u Simon Busuttil li il PN fin 1998 hallew jahdmu lil PL ghal 8 xhur shah jahdem bla ma sejhu ghal vot ta' sfiducja. Jien fost diversi qari li ghamilt sibt ghartiklu fit Times li jghid xi haga hekk.
MARCH 1998
Mr Mintoff abstains in an opposition motion against the government’s foreign policy but helps defeat an opposition motion of no confidence in the government. Then PN general secretary Lawrence Gonzi says this created a “grave and serious” situation of uncertainty. Dr Fenech Adami calls for Dr Sant’s resignation and says this is a constitutional crisis: “A Prime Minister should never stay in office if Parliament votes against its major policy.”
Dawn possibli jahsbu li jistghu jibqqghu jidhku bil poplu ghal dejjem.
Rachel Borg
Jan 19th, 11:55
Malta has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU; we have had succesive records in tourism - but here we are wasting precious time because franco debono did not become minister
W Cassar
Jan 19th, 12:09
Please remember that keeping the low unemployment rate comes at a cost... low wages and Government subsidies to private sector.
Joseph Borg
Jan 19th, 12:12
We are wasting precious time with this government who just does not want to accept the fact that it is now a non functional dead entity. We wasted our time watching MPs gaining 500 euros per week whilst we are trying to make ends meet. We wasted our time watching scandal after scandal, sometimes affecting our health, such as the bwsc one. Stop living in a dream.
Paul Micallef
Jan 19th, 12:26
Kollox rubini ms borg! Hallina! Mur ara fil verita kif qeghdin u tibqax tghix fil qamar!
sefora borg
Jan 19th, 11:49
kieku ma kienx franco debono kollox gol kexxun kien jibqa mr gonzi
Tony Dimech
Jan 19th, 12:28
Jekk tahseb li inizzjattivi bhal dawn isehhu mil-lum ghal ghada, nifhem ghaliex tirraguna b'dan il-mod u tivvota lil PL!!
Xbajtu tpoggu l-interess taghkom u tal-Partit taghkom qabel kollox!!
edward ciantar
Jan 19th, 13:19
@ Mr Dimech you are convincing nobody.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 19th, 11:48
Another porky by our PM - just like the one he told us recently that the cabinet reschuffle and his giving up the €500 weekly raise were not made because of pressure from FD. Imma possibli dan jahsibna daqshekk stupidi?
fred fellon
Jan 19th, 12:29
Mr Camilleri you forgot to mention the 6000 euro raise they gave each other in 2008
Mark Fleri
Jan 19th, 11:46
Pull the other one Gonzi. Gonzi in 2008 you promised us 353 electoral promises. How many of those have been fulfilled?
Here are some of the things you promised to do:
1. to wipe out hospital waiting lists
2. abolish the annual €16.31 (Lm7) levy on credit cards
3. abolish the annual TV license of €34.94
4. promising touch measures on crime through the introduction of a sexual offenders and pedophile register
5. electronic tagging for defendants facing serious criminal charges in court
6. pledge to completely eliminate the inheritance tax on property
7. on the issue of transparency, the PN is pledging that all appointments to governmental boards are only done after a public call for applications from prospective candidates.
Those are just tiny number of the promises you made, how many have you kept?
How many false promises are you going to make this time around to try and win people to vote to keep you and your blue eyed puppets in power?
Your looking weak and tired Gonzi in that video almost as if you know you are coming to a tragic end. If you are voted back into power which I pray to God your not we will see higher electric and water bills, higher fuel costs and with another 5 years in power it wont be too long before you award yourselves another 500+ euros a week pay rise.
Curt Spiteri
Jan 19th, 12:05
looool before you talk, I suggest to check if these has been accomplished or not :p ... The PL in 2008 has made a whole electoral campaign saying that if PN is elected the hospital would charge money to the patients. Now who's pinnochio with a long nosee?? lool... PL in two years managed many things... they managed to increase taxes greater than nowadayss... they abolished stipends, they introduced a tax for drainage use (even if you had a garage with no drainage system, you had to pay that tax), introduced SISA which was worse than VAT, etc... Practically the PL back then, everything that mintoff has worked for, they abolished!!
lool 1+1=2
godwin difesa
Jan 19th, 12:10
I thing you are not living in Malta may be you was in the moon? One promise he had not kept for sure was to lower the coast of utility bills when the oil was 12 usd a barrel that was and then he raised them for more than double.Do not worry hope PL have at this moment is less than they had in 2008 and still they lost. Do not count the chickens before time will tell if the Maltese are puppets or not.
Curt Spiteri
Jan 19th, 16:42
Mr Godwin, I THINK that you need English lessons ASAP lool... Gonzi is no superman to lower the COAST lool and neither to lower the Cost of utility bills... well If I live in the moon you must live in pluto, which means I'm more closer to know what's happening to europe. I guess you have not noticed, but only a dumb person would not notice that Europe is in great despair and how lucky you are to have social benefits, free health, free education and apart from education being free the, government PAYS YOU to Study, and many more...
And while europe is in this great crisis and almost every country is putting austerity measures, there comes the PL whom I'd like to call superman and wants to decrease the utility bills loool...
Hmmm but I ask at what cost??? and the response I get from a labour MP is "Ir rigenerazzjoni tal-belt valletta u il projett ta tisbieh gewwa bormla huma flus fil-helaa!!"
Joseph Borg
Jan 19th, 11:45
I am amused. In four years some people have made a fortune at our expense and now this? The censorship law is a way to portrait the pn as a modern government after the divorce law flop, how pathetic.
A. Mizzi
Jan 19th, 11:43
Min qieghed jithaq b'min?
Mario Scicluna
Jan 19th, 12:01
spot on!
E Cilia
Jan 19th, 11:32
Hilarious but true. The statement by the PM can be interpreted to mean -Government does nothing in the first 4 years of a 5 year legislature to pepper the electorate eyes in the fifth. OR It takes Government 4 years of planning for one year of doing. (hopefully).
Alternatively we can all forget that the party in Government now has been there for 25 years.
Take your pick.
F. Aquilina
Jan 19th, 11:48
These projects don't just happen. There's a lot of planning involved before they can actually implement their plans.
PN has been in the government for THIRTEEN years... not 25!! You keep forgetting the TWO years PL where in government. You are either bad at Maths or you know that those two years were so bad for Malta, that you keep trying to forget they ever happened.
K'Alla jrid wasal iz-zmien li n-nies jibdew iparlaw fil-vojt.
William Calleja
Jan 19th, 12:02
@F. Aquilina - It is because of blue flag waving fanatics that the government constantly drags its feet to do things, Fanatics that deny the obvious truth in front of them that constantly remind those in charge that no matter what they do there will always be a flock od mindless drones to vote for them. A government is granted 5 years of power to take action, action has either not been taken or taken in correctly. The people involved were not only not sacked but granted votes of confidence by their peers.
Mr Michael Galea
Jan 19th, 12:08
@ F.Aquilina
except for 1year8months(1996-1998) the PN has been in power since 1987 that is more than 13 years !!!
Victor Vella
Jan 19th, 11:32
Well done for the photographer who took such a photo. It speaks for itself without any comment. Thanks to the Times of Malta for the sublime photographs that is producing that are good to be venerated in our churches` altars on the tables of sacrifice.
Victor Calleja
Jan 19th, 11:32
San Guzepp ta Kopertino
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 19th, 11:30
Pull the other one.
Ms Mari Bor
Jan 19th, 11:27
Xi tridu jghid?! "ehe qieghdin naghmluhom habba li daqt l-elezzjoni. ghamilnihom sabiex ikollna biex niftahru minn fuq il-podium waqt il-meetings" X'kull wahda ukoll!
William Calleja
Jan 19th, 11:38
We would like him to say "I'm sorry for dragging my feet for four whole years and providing you with the service you VOTED for only now that it is convenient for me"
"I'm also sorry that all the decisions you wanted implemented will be implemented poorly and hastily to ensure that my ministers get as much air time on TV"
That would be nice to hear, right after his resignation and the resignation of a TON of other people in power in this country.
Ms Mari Bor
Jan 19th, 11:53
amen to that William!
Mr Eric Gahn
Jan 19th, 11:21
We believe you.
lilly vella
Jan 19th, 11:21
missejtli qalbi bis sincerita loll.
Joseph Portelli
Jan 19th, 11:21
ahna sew!!! jekk il-gvern ma jaghmel xejn, ghax m'ghamel xejn - jekk jaghmel nikkritikawh ghax jaghmel!! Kemm ahna qeghdin tajjeb! Bhalikieku l-gvern qaghad 4 snin rieqed. Mela ma nafux kif il-Gvern Nazzjonalista bidel lil Malta f'25 sena! Insemmi biss l-edukazzjoni u s-sahha - no more other comments!
W Cassar
Jan 19th, 11:18
Now I know you ain't being honest Gonz!
How can anyone continue to believe this man when he can't even tell the truth on the most trivial of things. The movements are there for everyone to see, even the PN Billboard stands used in the last election are been moved around at Maghtab!!!!!
George Azzopardi
Jan 19th, 11:18
tghid nemnuh .. ;)
Alan Xuereb
Jan 19th, 11:28
Le, lil muscat nemmen l-aktar minn meta kien jaqra l-gazzetti fil-ghodu u jinterpreta x'irid hu, 100% kontra l-ewropa u kemm m'hix tajba ghal maltin kollha, imbghad l-ewwel wiehed li kien membru parlamentari! Hallina!!
Mr Darren Galea
Jan 19th, 11:16
Ghandu ghalfejn jisthi min jghid li dan il-gvern ma ghamel xejn f'din il-legislatura. Progetti kbar ilhom ghaddejjin is-snin twal u mela ghax gejja l-elezzjoni u dan ix-xol jista jarah kulhadd mux tidhol il-blue u l-ahmar!
Victor Laiviera
Jan 19th, 11:44
I hope you are not including the Gateless Gate, the Roofless Theater and the Parliament on Stilts among the "great projects".
Mr Darren Galea
Jan 19th, 11:50
negattivita biss, gharukaza!!
A Cuschieri
Jan 19th, 11:54
Victor
A theatre CAN be roofless, city gate is how it's know, in reality its the Valletta Entrance (no gate mentioned), Parliament building - well, if the PL did the same thing you'd be happy about them.
I'm more worried of having a party aspiring to lead the country (i.e. the PL) without vision, clear proposals and ideas. That's what you should be worried about!
Rita Smith
Jan 19th, 13:43
Dawn il-bloggers il-bicca l-kbira taghhom kollha laburisti u allura x'kummenti intelligenti jista jkun hemm. Il-gvern nazzjolanlista qatt m'ghamel xejn skont huma. Kienux ukoll imorru sqallija jistru ic-cikkulata ghax il-gvern taghhom ma hallilnix ghazla. minn jaf kemm kienu jgergru ghax ma kontx tista tixtri TV's li trid etc. Il-gvern Nazzjonalista gab il-liberizzazzjoni. Bhall li kieku progetti jsiru mill-lejl ghan-nhar. Kemm intuzaw flus Mill-Ewropa biex naghmlu l-progetti u jkollna pajjiz ta nies. Intom smajtuh jitkellem lill-Sciberass Trigona? Xi stilla fih, hux. Ghadu jghix 25 snini ilu. B'dawn in-nies irridu li Malta titghabba? inkunu qedin sew! Viva l-Labour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rita Smith
Tonio Micallef
Jan 19th, 11:16
Irid imeri s-sewwa maghruf. Ghalfejn harguhom il-billboards mill-Maghtab dalghodu? Kredibilita' ta' Gonzi zero! Mhu ha jibqa' jemmnu hadd. Ahjar qal "no comment"!
William Calleja
Jan 19th, 11:12
It is so sad that so many people in this country are comfortable with electing a government for 5 years and yet they receive 4 years of feet dragging and then one year of hastily implemented poor decisions whose only aim is to win quick votes.
Victor Laiviera
Jan 19th, 11:10
How can Lawrence Gonzi stand there and say things that anybody can clearly see are not true? Doesn't he realise that this will continue to chip away at his already badly-damaged credibility?
Where are his advisers?
Jay Oatmon
Jan 19th, 11:20
I agree - Malta's politicians think the public will swallow any old rubbish they spout because the public is uninformed.
I really don't think the politicians in Malta understand that we now live in a fully connected world where the public knows almost everything, and is fully aware. It is not like it was twenty years ago - now everyone can search out facts on the home computer and challenge the short sighted plans and daft statements and oddball schemes of the politicians.
r spiteri
Jan 19th, 11:20
Sur Laiviera, you spend your days blogging and hoping that one day you ll see your dear Joseph Muscat waving from Castille window....will that mean that you'll stop blogging then? Will you start working to help this country continue to create employment, face difficulties and buy oil at cheaper prices?
A Cuschieri
Jan 19th, 11:25
@ Victor Laiviera
The PL has been saying that there's going to be an election for the past 3 years. So with your reasoning, EVERY project that was announced (and there were quite a few although some tend to ignore them) were because of the election.
Focus on what's the PL is doing after all you only want the PL to be in Government - whatever the PN does is wrong.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 19th, 11:31
Victor, what credibility?
A Galea
Jan 19th, 11:32
@Jay Oatman
I agree - Malta's politicians think the public will swallow any old rubbish they spout because the public is uninformed.----------> It is a fact that the biggest majority of the Maltese will gulp whatever their party throws at them.
It is only thanks to a small percentage of open minded people that elections are decided. And those are the floating voters.