Whip insists MPs do not have blank cheque to do what they like
CONSTANTLY UPDATED - MPs do not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they like, and they must by loyal to the government and their party, while making their contribution, David Agius, the whip of the PN parliamentary group said this morning.
He was opening the last sitting of the no confidence debate.
Mr Agius said the PN was a party of values and this motion should not be approved because the party was true to its values.
Among them was the value of work, and this was the government which was creating jobs, giving the people dignity, fulfilment and peace of mind. For this alone, the government did not deserve to be defeated.
It was right that MPs had a clash of ideas. All MPs should be heard, like the people should also be heard. But criticism had to be timely, appropriate and with the best method because it should be criticism inspired by love.
He would as whip continue to work for all MPs to make their voice heard in the interest of the common good. MPs were important when their voice was heard by the collective group. The value of loyalty was key in such communication. Loyalty should be a unifying factor.
In terms of democracy, everyone had a right to his opinion and to try to influence others, but decisions had to be taken collectively and it was the prime minister who was responsible for the leadership of the government.
This government had not shirked from taking tough decisions in the national interest. This government had even nominated a President from the labour camp.
The government needed to correct what was wrong within it, rather than demolish everything.
An MP without a party would not be elected. Neither would the party without its MPs. The two, therefore, had to work together to ensure that the will of the people was implemented. The will of the people was supreme.
MPs had to be heard, and they had a duty to serve the people while being loyal to their party. MPs did not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they wished and they had to at within parameters set by the party and the government. One could discuss how to extend those parameters without violating loyalty to the people and the party, but loyalty had to be observed, Mr Agius said.
Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici, a frequent target of Franco Debono, said that the Opposition had moved this no-confidence motion because it was hungry for power. It was ironic that Malta was managing to weather the economic storm which had brought so many countries to their knees. This was a certificate for the government.
And yet the governemnt here was facing a no-confidence motion.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said the governemnt was continuing to work for the common good, and a long list of Bills was pending before the House.
OPPOSITION IN FAIRYLAND
The Opposition was acting like it was in fairyland, ignoring the turmoil all around Malta and instead seeking to bring down the government.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said he was of no doubt that Lawrence Gonzi was the best prime minister for Malta in such critical times. Thanks to his abilities, Malta had managed to move forward while others had gone backwards.
Indeed, the fact that the Opposition had not given any reasons for its no confidence motion actual proved this. And the people could more easily compare how the government and the opposition were acting and who had the interests of the country at heart, Dr Mifsud Bonnici said.
Foreign Minister Tonio Borg compared the no confidence motion to a bill of indictment and said the charges had to be proved. But the opposition was failing to do so. Indeed, so far only Joseph Muscat had spoken in this debate, and he had spoken about procedure, not the substance of the debate.
Dr Borg noted how in his opening speech, Dr Muscat had spoken on procedure and implied that whatever the outcome, he would win, claiming that even if the motion was defeated, there would be instability. This was a case of heads I win, tails you lose!
STIPENDS UNDER THREAT
It was a disgrace, he said, that the Opposition had not allowed its MPs to speak in this debate. That government MPs had spoken on the government's achievements because that was what the people expected and what was their duty.
They were justly proud of job creation, of the e-government achievements, of the records in tourism despite the tough times, of the fact that Malta's shipping register was now the biggest in Europe, of the high rate of healthy life expectancy, and how education had improved in leaps and bounds.
People still remembered how the last Labour government had removed student stipends and the current would-be Labour finance minister had said, some years ago, that the stipends scheme was unsustainable and was unproductive use of scarce resources.
Turning to foreign affairs, Dr Borg said it was ironic that while the Opposition wanted parliament to declare no confidence in the governemnt, foreign dignitaries, one after the other, were coming to Malta to thank its government for its actions during the Libyan crisis, possibly one of the most serious foreign crises that Malta faced in recent years. The government had not sat on the fence but sided with whoeever was right.
Referring to a point raised yesterday by Franco Debono on a Constitutional Court decision that mandatory arbitration breached human rights, Dr Borg noted that there were actually two court decisions, which were contradictory.
He also highlighted increased rights given by this governemnt to arrested persons, including the need war a warrant of arrest issued by a magistrate, particularly in the case of searchers.
Indeed, he said, no one came near the PN where it came to legislation on human rights.
The government would face this vote in a serene manner, whatever the outcome. The people's mandate was for a five-year term and whoever moved this motion should shoulder responsibility for letting his hunger for power take the better of him.
Dr Borg was followed by the prime minister, who is being reported separately.
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A.M. Galea
Jan 28th, 09:16
Hon.David Agius , Halli nfakkrek ftit fil-gurament li inti hadt meta sirt deputat tal-parlament . Dan kien jghid hekk . " Jiena David Agius sollenament nahlef li nkun tassew fidil u leali lejn ir-Repubblika ta' Malta u l-Kostituzzjoni taghha , b'hekk Alla jghini ". Bhall ma qed tara Sur Agius , int hlift li il-lealta' tieghek ghanda tkun lejn ir-Repubblika ta' Malta u il-Kostituzzjoni taghha u mhux lejn il-partit Nazzjonalista . Ghallhekk meta inti ghamilt dan , il-lealta' tieghek giex ixxiftjata lejn direzzjoni ohra u ma baqhetx limitata lejn il-partit . Sa fejn naf jien , ebda membru tal-partit ma jiehu gurament ta' lealta meta jsir membru ta' dak il-partit ?
A.M. Galea
Jan 27th, 20:09
Where was the Hon. David Agius when Dr.Gonzi voted against the wish of the people after the divorce referendum ? Did he had a blank cheque then ? Why didn't you brought this to Dr.Gonzi attention . Or is it a case of two weights two measures ?
Mr leo attard
Jan 26th, 20:06
sorry, mr whip, the MP should be loyal to the people who elected him and not to a party --- you talk about loyalty to the govt. who is the govt? isn't it the people who put you in power? haven't you ever heard of the greatest democratic words ever spoken -- a govt OF the people, BY the people, and FOR the people ---- why dont you speak about the government's (hence the elected party's) responsibility to the people? for example you can start by keeping electoral promises!!!
Edgar Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 20:06
quote MPs do not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they like, and they must by loyal to the government and their party, while making their contribution, David Agius, the whip of the PN parliamentary group said this morning. unquote.
Where did you copy this from, David??
Charles Sammut
Jan 26th, 22:22
is'nt it obvious ??!??...from GOOGLE....LOL...LOL
Henry S Pace
Jan 26th, 16:26
' MPs do not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they like, and they must by loyal to the government and their party '
Can the Whip give us a lecture what LOYALTY means , plaese? I am sorry to say that today's Political breed from both parties have no loyalty but only concerns themselves. That is called RELATIVISIM at it best.
Henry S Pace
Jan 26th, 16:20
' MPs do not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they like, and they must by loyal to the government and their party '
Can the Whip give us a lecture what LOYALTY means , plaese? I am sorry to say that today's Political breed from both parties have no loyalty but only concerns themselves. That is called RELATIVISIM at it best.
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 26th, 14:51
Mr. Agius, does this hold also for topics like, for example, divorce?
David Vella
Jan 26th, 14:26
"Mr Agius said the PN was a party of values" - let's talk about family values dear Mr Agius, is DIVORCE included???? Don't mention values as a whole, then!!!!
Henry Samut
Jan 27th, 08:18
Welcome to the real world and to last century..... all of the EU legislated divorce, perhaps before our parents were even born. Get real!
I think asking who is going to pay for the unnecessary costs incurred in this week's parliamentary debate is a more relevant question which is in relation to and in connection with the real world!
Roland Wadge
Jan 26th, 14:17
What does franco get with an abstention? He gets a few more months in power holding goverrnment like s puppet on a string. He gets a chance to ( believe it or not ) re present himself as a candidate. He gets the chance to say i was right. Well he will lose at the end since the pm will call an early election anyway. Some reforms might be implemented but not all. He is wrong about the people trying to understand the motives of all this. He has alienated the intelligentsia of both parties whilst appealing to those parts if society who are "against the system" be they nationalists and gleeful labourites. Does he have a politicial career? Hardly. Will anything come out of this? Yes. Increased scrutiny of candidates for the next election and an increasing interest in form 2 results.
carmel muscat
Jan 26th, 13:32
prosit franco debono avukat bhallek go malta ma hawnx li jaf il ligi daqs kemm tafa inti u dan meta inti adek biss 38 sena u diga andek avukatti ohra jahdmu ghalik sinjal ta ekemm inti bniedem kapacci
j brincat
Jan 26th, 12:52
"Whip insists MPs do not have blank cheque to do what they like"
So, with Dr Debono abstaining he has once again proved him wrong!
(jb)
Paul Micallef
Jan 26th, 12:50
EXAT BHAL MINTOFF: Ma jimxux mal principji tad demokrazija bejnithom, ahseb u ara mal POPLU TAT TRIQ.
Martin Borg
Jan 26th, 11:42
@Joe Galea
'You can keep ad eternum trying to blame everyone else except yourselves for the mess the country is in. '
If this country is in a mess then long may it last. I much rather prefer this mess to the unknown.
R. Cilia
Jan 26th, 16:20
Miskin!
Robert Agius
Jan 26th, 11:37
ps. But the PM can do what he likes....We know - Teatru bla saqaf, parliament gdid....
Robert Agius
Jan 26th, 11:34
So basically they just vote for fun...
Mr Marcel Dingli
Jan 26th, 11:08
The people have felt the cat of nine tails for far too long.
A. Mizzi
Jan 26th, 10:50
They seem to have, David Agius did set some bad exampls in other times , caught copying some three times, not setting an example during sports events and he is still there and with the perception that an apology solves everything....and all this when he was already a GONIPN M.P.!
WHAT A ROLE MODEL DAVID AGIUS HAS SET OUT TO BE !
Victor Vella
Jan 26th, 11:53
This is one of the issues that Franco Debono is fighting for, Politicians like Agius in democratic countries have to or forced to resign. These scandals are unacceptable in a democratic country. We have to legislate to have codified the culture of resignations and accountability.
David Triganza
Jan 26th, 10:50
issa nifhem kif il membri tal gvern kollha marru out of subject . dawn lanqas min qed imxxeijom ma jaf xinhu jghid ahseb u ara dawk li suppost qed jappogjawh x ha jaghmlu .
J D
Jan 26th, 10:30
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Mr. David Agius you just lost my vote with that statement!! I want and expect my MPs to speak out, and act, when they feel that something is not right!!
I have a feeling that if more people were like Franco Debono the country would be in a much better shape. And yes, I want to see who is financing both parties. And yes, I expect all government officials starting from ministers, to be held responsible for their performance.
And shame on the ministers NOT present yesterday in Parliament! Can these people explain why they were not present for such an important debate?? Isn't that why they are elected?
Franco, no matter how you vote, you have earned my respect, and I sincerely hope, that of many other Maltese.
My dear politicians, please remember that talk is cheap, the people expect actions and tangible results.
Guido Farrugia
Jan 26th, 10:18
So, according to Hon. Agius the government is creating jobs. Ok, fine. According to the Times 25.01.2012......here goes.
There were 6,587 people registering for work in December, 19 less than in the same month in 2010.
Some €500 wage increase to creat 19 jobs. Come off it Hon Agius.
M Farrugia
Jan 26th, 11:57
Victor dak li qed tghid ma ireggix ghax dak sar bi ftehim ben iz-zewg nahat. Mela kemm kienet aktar demokritkali isir dibattitu f'1.5 hours bisskif riedet l-opposizzjoni.
victor caruana
Jan 26th, 10:10
That is how the PN appreciate democracy - 1.5 hour for the PL and 9 hours for them....nice
John Scerri
Jan 26th, 10:45
there was an agreement on this ...dont twist facts . Dr,Muscat said that MLP only needed 1.5hours....obviously they had nothing of substance to put forward .
Carmel Zammit
Jan 26th, 11:21
Mr. John Scerri,
Facts are that the initial agreement was for the time allotment to discuss the motion of confidence in government presented by Dr. Gonzi in November to 3 hours equally divided by both sides of the house. Why should this motion which is complimentary to the one presented by Dr. Gonzi in November be allotted different discussion times? What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Christopher Grech
Jan 26th, 10:09
Parliamentarians should be first loyal to God, and then to the people. Loyalty to the party comes third!
If an aspiring politicians knocks my door and shows undenying loyalty to the party, then the elite at the top do what they want and corruption seeps in, and they would then be not accounted for.
Concentration of power at the top is always very bad for the people.
Democracy is by the people, for the people with the people.
Today it seems that politicians are redefining this to look more like Democracy:- "By the party, for the party and with the people" (so far).
Victor Vella
Jan 26th, 10:07
Loyalty must be given to the people that have left part of themselves to others in the hope that those representing them do the best to offer a good quality of life, Justice and democracy. The government and the party are only instruments used by the people that through democratic means when people lost trust in their representatives they go to the polls to vote for those people whom they think could better their quality of life and live in peace. The PN lost the majority and trust of the people. Whatever Debono does is immaterially to the great uncertainties created by a Regime of evil oligarchy that the majority of the people lost trust and only the people with their sacred vote can let God speaks. God is divine but any Regime or government says that It is divine as this Gonzi PN Regime is trying to project itself that it is coming from God and nobody is divine but the Regime while the people are a herd of cattle.
susan matrenza
Jan 26th, 10:06
Dan diskors ta prim ministru ?
Issa nistghu nifhmu kif iharsu lejna il gganti tal ewropa . Diskors frivolu u mimli duhhan . U sabiha hi li hemm xi erbgha ministri li hadu iz zieda li joqoghdu jahbtu fuq il bank biex juruna kemm huma maqghudin warajh .
M Grima
Jan 26th, 10:05
To all nationalists here is a famous Gandhi quote which sums up what they really stand for in their internal struggle they have with Franco Debono.
'First they ignore you
then they laugh at you
than they fight you
and then you win'
Maria Debono
Jan 26th, 10:27
Idont' think I agree with mr Grima. dr Debono is the loser in this saga. he can say goodbye to politics. who is going to trust him now? the PL I don't think so
Robert Agius
Jan 26th, 11:46
Honest people will trust him Maria. So you are very right when you say he can say bye to politics!! Loser - the people; as usual.
Charles Bayliss
Jan 26th, 10:04
MPs might not have blank cheque to do what they want but NEITHER DOES THE GOVERNMENT. a government is not brought to power to go against the people's will and to enslave the people. DAVID AGIUS please tell your leader about this.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 10:03
" ... Then why do we need 69MPs? In that case we only need 2. How hypocritical of them! ..." (Adriano Spiteri, 26 Jan at 09:42)
Evidently Franco Debono would be one of your choices. May we know the other one, please, so that we won't by hypocrites - only plain idiots?
Mr Marcel Dingli
Jan 26th, 10:30
instant ones Dr Saliba.
Joe Grech
Jan 26th, 10:37
@Francis Saliba M.D.
Yes indeed we do not need to have 69M.P.s Tell that to your chums at P.N. perhaps they will reduce the number of parliamentarians. As if - they're having a field day earning big salaries and pensions!
Please consider putting a stop to your biased comments. If you're really an M.D. (Medical Doctor??) please go about doing your rounds.....But take off your Politically Biased Blinkers before you do!
Robert Agius
Jan 26th, 11:52
Evidently Franco would NOT be one of your choice. That is why there should be 69 unbiased ones ideally. I know, wishful thinking, especially in a island split in blue and red
Alex Falzon
Jan 26th, 10:01
Only Franco can implement all proposals mentioned.... If he abstains or vote against his proposals will go in vain. If he votes with the government I am sure that when the time comes for an election the PN will be much stronger with more ideas and values.
Joe Grech
Jan 26th, 10:01
''Whip David Agius insists MPs do not have blank cheque to do what they like''. But then neither has the P.M. or his Cabinet a blank cheque to do what THEY like either. Voters want M.P. who stand by the people's interests not the party's. But then David Agius won't appreciate that because he's just a yes-man M.P. who owes his parliamentary seat to the party so he has to play deaf and dumb to what goes on around him. How shameful he knew about the scandal in the Justice sector but chose to look the other way....as the entire cabinet did! How can I ever vote for the P.N.? I know from bitter experience what goes on in a number of law courts!!!!
ronald ciscaldi
Jan 26th, 09:58
NO MORE GONZIPN PLEASE - ghax dak insult ghall membri tal partit nazzjonalista .
u dan qallu ministru min tal partit tal PN stess . Mhux lilna trid tghid sur CASSAR ghax dak tal bank ta quddiemek ried jippopa sidhru bih u jaghmel kampanja totali
Peter Murray
Jan 26th, 09:49
Government of values-really but what values?As this government knows the price of everything -but the value of nothing!
kirsty quattromani
Jan 26th, 09:47
how can they welcome back Franco Debono within their circles . This guy together with the opposition is simply stating what the people in the street are feeling . Power simply got up to their brains . They became simply untouchables and worst than that the inner circles of their groups became worst than them .
Maria Debono
Jan 26th, 10:00
what alot of nonsense you are spouting Kirsty. what about your power hungry party?. your leader keeps on harping that HE (and ony He) is raedy to govern. Did he mention any policies? He only said that he is going to lower water and electricity. How? by giving soft loans to students instead of stipends? by making us pay for hospital visits? by giving part raise to pensionners. Please do tell us how, you might make me vote labour during my nightmare
Joe E Galea
Jan 26th, 10:15
@Mario Debono: There is a big problem stuck up with you Nationalists,. You try to distort the truth in a lie to favour yourselves. Since when telling the truth and speaking in favour of the country has become a power hungry bla bla bla.
You keep on mention mistakes done in the past for which the PL has severly suffered and learned its lessons very well. Again the PN here it has another problem. They never learn from their mistakes, they think that they have the Divine right to govern.
Then you started saying the following crap: "How? by giving soft loans to students instead of stipends? by making us pay for hospital visits? by giving part raise to pensionners. "
The stipends issue I already expalined to you. The payment to hospital visits, if I am not mistaken, the PN government has a white paper in the drawer to make the health system against payment. Pensionners have a pension thanks to the PL.
So please stop with your nonsense and stop parrotting what NET NEWS try to brainwash you with. Deep down you know that this government is in a big crisis and have failed on many fronts. Finally you had someone who uncovered all the wrongdoings done by this government.
You can keep ad eternum trying to blame everyone else except yourselves for the mess the country is in.
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 26th, 10:16
@Maria Debono
Mohhok f stipendju, FYI JOSEPH QAL LI MHUX HA JMISSHOM SO SHUT UP U MOVE ON ....KEMM TOBDU LIL GONZIPN, MOHHKHOM BIEX TITFU BLAME FUQ IL-PL, NO MY DEAR MARIA, GONZIPN IS TO BLAME SO POINT UR FINGER AT HIM.
Ramon Casha
Jan 26th, 09:43
"MPs do not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they like, and they must by loyal to the government and their party"
Your place is not in a democracy David Agius. We elect representatives and therefore their first loyalty should be to the people of Malta, not the party.
"But criticism had to be timely, appropriate and with the best method because it should be criticism inspired by love."
Criticism should be immediate, and should be inspired by a government not functioning as it should. Indeed, criticism has been ongoing but it's been ages since this government has listened to it.
"decisions had to be taken collectively and it was the prime minister who was responsible for the leadership of the government."
Only as long as he has the support of the majority of the house, no longer seems to be the case. That's what today's vote is meant to find out.
"The two, therefore, had to work together to ensure that the will of the people was implemented. The will of the people was supreme."
Does "work together" mean that some MPs should sit quietly and do what they're told while others ("more equal than others") dictate how everyone else should vote and act?
"One could discuss how to extend those parameters without violating loyalty to the people and the party, but loyalty had to be observed, Mr Agius said."
Try saying that with a North Korean accent.
"Foreign Minister Tonio Borg compared the no confidence motion to a bill of indictment and said the charges had to be proved."
The charge is that the prime minister has lost the support of the majority.
Adriano Spiteri
Jan 26th, 09:42
This is it
69 MPs - half for LP and half for PN
If they all have to 'toe their party line' as suggested by EFA and David Agius
Then why do we need 69MPs? In that case we only need 2
How hypocritical of them!
GonziPN please note:
Sooner or later you are contesting an election
And you will suffer the most humiliating electoral defeat ever
Deservedly so
'PN' can indeed win the next eelection if it rids itself of Dr Gonzi
Edgar Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 09:41
But they did have a blank cheque when they helped themselves to an Increase of Euro 500 per week from OUR bank account., did they not Mr Agius.
Rita Smith
Jan 26th, 09:41
Dawn il-hafna laburisti li jiktbu fill-blogs li kollox negattiv u li ddejqu b'dan il-gvern mhux genwini ghaliex iddejqu mhux ghax ma hawnx gid fil-pajjixz izda ghax iddejqu bill-partit taghhom fl-oppozizzjoni u jridu johorgu fit-toroq jiccelebraw. Din maturita u foresight kif jghidu l-inglizi.
Rita Smith
Edgar Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 09:39
But they did see to have a blank cheque
Joe E Galea
Jan 26th, 10:15
The check was not blank, it showed 500 Eur/week.
A. Borg
Jan 26th, 09:36
L-ewwel ma nafx kemm il-aggettiv tawh u issa qed jippruvaw jimshuh!
joseph francalanza
Jan 26th, 09:31
Ghax dan huwa partit demokratiku . Li qed jinsew li Franco mghadux fil partit taghhom so david qed jghid il min hu fil grupp tieghu u mghandux dritt jindahal il min mghadux parti minnhom . Jew issa anke lil ta kontrijom irriedu jindahlu x ha jaghmlu ?
John Attard
Jan 26th, 09:29
From the comments posted it is clear that only Laubourites are enticing Franco to vote against the govenment. They are all yelling at him "Urina kemm int ragel!, waqqa l-Gvern". "U li ma tasalx!"
At the end of the day it will be the government and Franco who will be the real casualties, if Franco votes against his own party.
Franco, Labour is the only party which will benefit out of all this. Do not fall for their cheap tactics.
Yeaterday you made your point very clear and your message will not be forgotten. Franco you love your party, it is in your heart, so do not vote against. You already made your point.
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 26th, 09:47
quote ''At the end of the day it will be the government and Franco who will be the real casualties, if Franco votes against his own party''.
Franco has been a casuality from day one, and all this crap about ''this country'' from the pn Cabinet, all they are interested is to cling to power as much as possible so as to continue riding the gravy train.
M Grima
Jan 26th, 10:19
I do not think that Franco needs your advice or for that matter mine either. He is man enough to decide whether he has been taken for a ride during the past three and a half years by Gonzi who is surrounded by the elite clique of mini prime ministers or as he likes to call it the clique of evil. This is gross coming from the nationalists, first they use you and then they throw you away just like they did with Franco. If there is anyone who would benefit if Franco votes in favour of the no confidence motion it is the the people of this small nation, including yourself, from the grips of corruption, favouritism, 'hbieb tal-hbieb', political incorrectness, inefficiency and squandering of our taxes.
No single labourite can be singled out for being the reason why Franco is acting in this manner, a man who has the balls to call a spade a spade. Why are you making it appear as if labour was all behind the PN's fracas. Where were you when the same happened to Alfred Sant, did you utter the same nonsense? I guess not?
Franco may have made his point but will one single nationalist ever absolve his actions? You and those of your ilk have been boot-licking the guy for these past two weeks only to demonise him after today's vote.
Franco there is only one avenue for your future 'be the change you wish to see in this world' - Mahatma Gandhi, and rid yourself and us of these parasites and hypocrites.
Peter Murray
Jan 26th, 09:27
Loyalty is a two-way street and must first be demonstarted to the people who elected an MP in the first instance!
Joseph Portelli
Jan 26th, 09:25
Prosit David - Awguri lil Franco biex illum jivvota mal-gvern - zgur li l-messagg tieghek wasal Franco. Kuragg biex inkomplu nahdmu ghall-gid ta' Malta - allahares f'dan il-mumenti ikollna lil Joseph Muscat Prim Ministru. Inhegguk Franco biex f'nofsinhar tivvota mal-gvern u zgur li l-affarijiet se jkunu ferm ahjar u tkun int li instigajt biex il-partit u l-pajjiz jinbidel. Awguri
Rita Smith
Jan 26th, 09:37
Proset Joseph tal-kumment. Jien ukoll nghid lil Dr.Debono jahsibha ghax ghandu punti tajbin izda ma jistax isir kollox f'daqqa. Jekk jivvota mal-Gverm ghad ikollu pozizzjoni tajba. Daqxejn ta goodwill minn naha tieghu.
Rita Smith
Mr Charles Falzon
Jan 26th, 09:51
@ Rita Smith & Joseph Portelli......ghal li jista jkum ma kontux Marsaxlokk tghajtu viva Austin u Franco TRADITUR hux????
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 26th, 09:55
@ Joseph Portelli & Rita Smith
U halluna. ISSA Qedin izzelu bih ghax bezzanin li titilfu il vot, tahsbu intom li l-ewwel taghmlu LI TRIDU u tiqbqu ghaddejin tirummblaw fuq kullhadd umbad tigu b'hafna xema. Tahsbu intom in-nies imginnen jew.
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 26th, 10:12
@Rita Smith
U haga ohra ara naqra x'ghadek kemm ktibt int xi nofsija illu fil TOM f'rokna ohra
''Dan Dr. Franco Debono ma nafx kemm hu biex jghid li l-Prim Ministru ma jimpurtah minn xejn. Dik jien insejhilha 'grudge" . Ghandu ghalih personali u jekk tkun politikant fi hdan partit ma tistax ikollok ghejra ghall-Prim Ministru. Allura irrizenja. Dan mohhu one way, Courts, Courts etc. Il-Gvern ma jistax jieqaf fuq problema wahda.''
L-ewwel tghidlu li mhux f'sessieh u issa tigi u tejdlu biex jahsiba ghax ghandu punti tajbin. Ehhh!! hekk sewwa.
David Caruana
Jan 26th, 09:24
"MPs did not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they wished "
True, but also...
PMs did not have a blank cheque by the people to do what they wished