Updated - Muscat calls for early election
Joseph Muscat this afternoon called for an early election after the outcome of the no confidence vote.
Speaking at a press conference, Dr Muscat pointed out that last Sunday Dr Gonzi had said that the outcome today had to be clear, durable to the end of the legislature, and unconditional.
He had failed those yardsticks and therefore Dr Gonzi should call a general election.
Dr Muscat said Labour was not in a hurry for a general election, but the further the current uncertainty continued, the greater the suffering for the country.
Dr Gonzi could stick to legal terms, but in reality, he had lost his majority in parliament, Dr Muscat said. He should not play for time to the detriment of the business sector in particular, Dr Muscat said.
This was a democratic deficit. The prime minister knew he had a huge problem of governability, despite what his clique was saying. He should not deceive himself. What had happened today in parliament was a massive slap on the face for the government.
The fact that Parliament would not meet while the government was away for the EU summit next Monday and Tuesday was very significant, Dr Muscat said.
The prime minister had today emerged from parliament with greater instability than when the sitting started. When a no confidence motion in a single minister was defeated in November because of the casting vote, the prime minister had sought a confidence vote to confirm stability. Now, Dr Muscat said, the situation was worse because the casting vote had been needed on a confidence motion for the whole government.
Dr Muscat defended his decision to seek the confidence vote. He said there was no agreement with Franco Debono about it, but the decision to seek the vote was valid because it showed that the governemnt did not have a parliamentary majority.
Referring to Dr Gonzi's comments after today's vote, Dr Muscat said the prime minister had had every opportunity to take initiatives within his own party. But from now on, he could not 'play' with the country in an effort to gain time.
He would not speculate what action the President could do after today's decision, but said the only way out of this crisis for the country was an early election.
Earlier today, Labour Party president Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi said the government had not been able to command a majority in Parliament and needed the Speaker's casting vote. This was something which demanded action by the Prime Minister to restore stability in the country.
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Victor Vella
Jan 28th, 00:28
@P.Hili;J.Aquilina; A cuschieri
Meta tisma` Nazzjonalisti ippatentjati bhalkhom tifhem kemm intom veru nies ippokritta u nies gidieba b`mentalita fjakka bhar-Regim Gonzi PN li tappogjaw. Tafu kemm EFA ikkolabora ma` l-oppozizjoni fl`1998? Insejtu kemm EFA ta il-hin tieghu biex jitkellem Mintoff? Insejtu kemm mortu ghalih bil-karrozza biex iggibuh fuq NET Moqziez? Insejtu kemm il-darba mortu quddiem id-dar tieghu biex taraw x`kien qed jaghmel u ma jaghmilx? Dan ftit snin qabel intom riedtu issalbuh. Lanqas tisthu minn Alla li halaqkom. Sa fejn naf jien tal-One qatt ma baghat xi driver ghal Franco Debono u qatt ma xtaquh imsallab fuq salib. Intom xtaqtuh imdendel ghax Alla biss jaf kemm kien mhedded. Kif jista` l-lejber qatt jikkopera ma gvern li qed jigi mmanipulat minn klikka ta` nies mimlija hazen. Din hija l-ikbar akkuza serja li ghamel Debono. Din hija thedida serja ghad-demokrazija ta` dan il-pajjiz. Dan il-pajjiz qed jigi iggvernat minn tip ta` Mafja perikoluza. Kif jista` l-poplu jibqa` jghix bil-kwiet meta tisma` akkuzza serja bhal din. Li kieku l-oppozizjoni tappogjakhom jew tikkolabora maghkom tkun komplici ma klikka ta` nies hazina, bla qalb,li tasal biex taghmel kollhox. Jekk intom tkossukhom komdi b`dan il-hmieg li qed nghixu fih u l-poplu qed warajkom morru ghall-elezjoni. Ghalfejn tinsabu f`paniku ta` genn u hammalgni li konna narawh fi zmien Mintoff. Dan kif kontu tghidu intom dak iz-zmien.
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 11:46
Dan it-tip ta’ diskors mill-oppozizzjoni ahseb u ara meta jkunu fil-gvern!
Mr Aaron Sammut
Jan 28th, 13:33
Well said Victor!! PN has always used SPIN to make up for their shortcomings.
We are now under a Dictatorship. No better than Tunisia under Ben Ali and Iran under Ahmadinejad which both claim to be Democratic but everyone knows the facts.
Gonzi and his Clique are now challenging the Maltese People. After suffocating Franco Debono to an extent they made him explode, now they are doing it with all the Maltese People.
There are over 20,000 families paying their utility bills by installments......these are not lazy people, we're talking about people who work but are still struggling to live.
People are being stripped off their dignity. And when you take that from a man you leave him with nothing to loose.
PN do not have a majority in Parliament but Gonzi made a dangerous statement that the result is a clear vote for him to remain in power. Polls show 9-10% disadvantage for the PN apart from a high percentage of people scared to say that they are voting PN. That's what happens under a Dictatorship....people are even scared to speak out.
Dr Gonzi you're pushing the people to the limit!!
T Pace
Jan 27th, 18:42
Had the majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion, there is no doubt that it would have been approved by the House and the PM would have had to call early elections.
As matters turned out, Franco Debono abstained and the motion did not get a majority of the votes.
The situation is therefore different and cannot by any stretch of imagination be considered as practically having the same result.
Furthermore, Franco Debono had stated that he has remained a nationalist and therefore, in spite of his differences with the PM, the Nationalist Party still has a majority.
Any further comments are superflous.
Ganni L-King
Jan 27th, 20:49
I strongly agree............
Alex Ellul
Jan 27th, 18:36
It's like laying snakes and ladders. Dr. Joe Muscat went up Franco Debono's ladder, came up to a high moral ground position. From this position he (actually Anglu Farrugia) presented a motion for a vote of confidence in the Prime Minister. Then, Franco Debono just pulled the rug from under his feet toppling Dr. Muscat down to a position lower than he was before in the political board game. Now Dr. Muscat is, at all costs, trying to avoid eating humble pie, a pie cooked by himself (or was it cooked by Anglu?).
Playing snakes and ladders is a very tricky game.
Justin Spiteri
Jan 27th, 18:25
Has lost the Majority? ... kieku m'ghadux fil gvern ... are we trying to bypass laws here?. Cowboy style? Reminds me of someone getting fined by a police for double parking and going "se taghtijieli ghal daqsekk bisss!?!?! uejjjaaa!!!!!" .... :)
P. Ciantar
Jan 27th, 12:33
Pratikament Priministru te best comment this week
B Borg
Jan 27th, 17:25
Thats why your Gonzi is afraid to call an election...
Paul Micallef
Jan 27th, 11:58
GonziPn will never go fro an early election, as he knows that ih will lose, he will PROMISE heaven on EARTH like he did in the last election. But who will suffre if he does not call an election in MARCh??? Us, as if he does call an election no money will be wasted to do the election next year. If he wins good luck, the people are happy with you and you can keep on going if not,bye bye, i dont think that he has the time to fix certain things, franco knows this, he will just be used. Well Joseph should keeps his cards to his chest,as he is dealing with people that know how to work the system, but the PEOPLE know that the time of this GOVERMENT has come.
Gti Agius
Jan 27th, 11:50
YOU ALL NEED TO CALM DOWN and accept the true facts, an early election is to be held soon, it is so obvious that even DR. Spiteri and his friends confirmed it. Franco Debono will never get back with GONZI PN's group so an election is imminent.
Issa if it is the right time or not that is not up to YOU to decide, only time will tell, accept the truth and cut it out with these stupid personal attacks, cause even if an election is to be held, both parties can win it!
patrick atkins
Jan 27th, 11:01
Relax Man what's the hurry!
Frank Gauci
Jan 27th, 10:32
'Muscat calls for early election' - why he's calling for an early election when last Sunday he said that "the best solution for PL is an election later this year" ??? Something is wrong !!!
George Abela
Jan 27th, 10:27
Nibda billi nighd li miniex xi espert fil-kostittuzjoni u l-politik in generali imma gieni dal-hsieb u ha niktbu.
Il-PN qaghad jitfa l-lixka lill Joseph biex jitfa vot ta' SFIDUCJA......bhas soltu tal-Labour raw sal-ponta ta' mniehirhom u ressqu l-mozzjoni u waqaw fin-nasba...il-bqija kullhadd jaf x'gara...
Issa nistaqsi... Ghala ma ressaqiex Gonzi l-mozzjoni ta' SFIDUCJA? Kieku gew Draw tfisser l-istess haga bhall mozzjoni ta SFIDUCJA? Ma nafx fhiemtx sew...Ilbierah ir-rizultat kien li ma hemmx SFIDUCJA fil-Gvern imma kieku kien bil-kontra (Mozzjoni ta Fiducja) kien ifisser la ma hemmx FIDUCJA fil-gvern?
Xi hadd jirrispondini pls....u xi hadd li jaf x'inhu jighd pls ...mhux is-soltu "Experts"...
Thankyou..
Philip Hili
Jan 28th, 00:35
@ George Abela
Min tridu jirrispondik, meta inti stess wasal ghar-risposta tad-domanda tieghek?
Inti ktibt hekk Sur Abela, ".bhas soltu tal-Labour raw sal-ponta ta' mniehirhom u ressqu l-mozzjoni u waqaw fin-nasba..."
Allura jekk Dr. Emails kapaci jara biss sal-ponta ta' mriehru, kif tista' tafdah biex imexxi pajjiz?????? Jien mhux "Ghala ma ressaqiex Gonzi l-mozzjoni ta' SFIDUCJA? " nistaqsi, izda, X'KIENET IR-RAGUNI LI L-MOZZJONI MA IFFERMAHIEX DR. EMAILS U MHUX "L-ANGLU U TAL-FROSTA"!!!??????
Peter Zahra
Jan 27th, 09:53
Stabilita tiela u stabilita niezla........
Saret donnha xi Buzz word ghal partit tal labour. Fil periodu bejn 1981-87 u bejn 1996-98 fejn kienet l istabilita ta dan il pajjiz ??? Jidher car li l Joseph Muscat qieghed jirkeb u jisfrutta disgiwid bejn xi deputati min fost il PN, pero fl istess hin, ma jghatix dirrezzjoni ta kif ha jmexxi l pajjiz jekk jigi elett. Inutli li jinghad kliem sabih u weghdi fierha ghax bhal mexxeja ta qablu jsir. Meta tigi is siegha tal prova jibda jghamel il famuzi qassati....!!!
G Mangion
Jan 27th, 09:35
Hu mela sewwa qed tejd jm, PERO FIZ - ZMIENA !!
G. Mangion.
pat muscat
Jan 27th, 08:59
Dr Gonzi will probably go down in history as the only Prime Minister who lost his majority , concludes
that ' it is not business as usual' and acts exactly the opposite!
This 'hung parliament' situation has to be addressed quickly, though it is only Dr Franco Debono who has the major say in this; he cannot roar like a lion and act like a lame duck! After Dalli, Mugliet,JPO, the 'hurt' Arrigo, and Franco Debono who is going to be the next 'restless' MP? How long are we supposed to wait before an other shoe drops...?.
Joseph Sciberras
Jan 27th, 08:55
Dr Gonzi PN qal lil Dr J.Muscat biex jiqaf jipretendi li sar Prim Ministru. Mela nesa meta il partit tieghu tilef l-elezzjioni imma qab il-maggoranza tal-voti. dak iz-zmien il-kostitutzjioni kienet tejt li jigverna min igib il-maggoranza taz-ziggijiet. Izda il-PN immexxi min EFA ghamel sena u nofs f dizubbidjenza civili, ma jattendiex ghal parlament u jithalsu xorta. allur dak iz zmien EFA ma kienx qied forsi jippretendi li ssir Prim Ministru?
Clifford Grech
Jan 27th, 08:33
One calls the other a liar. The other does the same. At the end of the day aren't they both liars ? Liars who play with words. They both have their good and bad...and to be frank none of them have the best interests of the country at heart. If they did - they would work together somewhat. They never did that and from what I can see they never will, if they don't undergo a major change internally ( party members, to begin with ) and even then one can not know for sure. That is politics for you - a game and they make us their pawns. I don't understand how "Nazzjonalisti" argue vs "Laburisti" like that...one should be a floater and see the entire big picture for what it really is. Why is that so hard for so many of you ?
Michael Magri
Jan 27th, 08:19
Il-pozizzjoni kif narha jiena hijja hekk:-
Qabel il-votazzjoni ta sfiducja = PN 35 - PL 34
Wara r-rizultat tal-votazzjoni = PN 34 - PL 34 - PNPL(?) 1
Hadd Ma Jista Jghid Li Ghandu l-Maggoranza Parlamentari ghax il-vot ta li Speaker ma jghoddx bhal dak ta membru parlamentari, ghax mhux imtella bil-vot tal-poplu = Allura Elezzjoni fil qrib hijja eminenti... Period..
George Abela
Jan 27th, 10:32
Jien naqbel mighek li ma hemmx carezza pero issa rridu naaw x'ha jaghmel Franco fil-voti li jmiss....Jekk jibda jivvota mal-Gvern ma narax in-necessita ta' elezzjoni pero jekk joqghod jastjeni fuq kollox, dritt ghall elezzjoni.....
Mr Aaron Sammut
Jan 27th, 11:09
From now until Dr. Gonzi calls an election, the country is under a technical DICTATORSHIP........ it's only Dr.Gonzi's choice on how long he wants to be known as a Dictator of the 21st Century in a United Europe.
It's the country that is suffering. Dr.Gonzi is just risking to be known for years to come as the infamous Dictator in a democratic Europe.
Philip Hili
Jan 27th, 11:19
@ Michael Magri
Ma kienux jafu bik min fassal l-"istanding orders" tal-Parlament!!!!
Mikiel, hu pacenzja sena u erba xhur ohra issa!!!!!!!!
Philip Hili
Jan 28th, 00:39
@ Aaron Sammut
You better get a dictionary and find the meaning of "DICTATORSHIP".
Mr. Sammut, a dictator is he who governs the country against the will of the people, something the LP did when you were still with your nappy.
Do some research before you put pen to paper and scribble your comments please.
George Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 08:00
During his speech right after the vote, Dr.Gonzi is repeatedly saying that Dr.Joseph Muscat was disappointed with the result because he expected to become Prime Minister right after the vote and then he continues that a Prime Minister is elected by the people. At least he did not mention Dr.Muscat's wife this time but this is completely unfair and NOT true. All Dr.Muscat (and the majority) are saying, is that if the vote is still unclear, with Dr.Gonzi's own reasoning, then he should go for an election. But Gonzi's words are purposely misleading in trying to picture Dr.Joseph Muscat to be so eager to replace him and become a Prime Minister without going for elections! This is the typical twisting of words which GonziPN are so used in doing.
The twisting of facts could also be seen Bondi + yesterday and one can see that the program presenter is so biased that he simply gets lost in how he trys to mislead the public in asking questions which are most of the times out of the right context and in complete favour to GonziPN.
M Borg
Jan 27th, 09:50
You all have fun or try to make fun by using GonziPN.
Now may I ask who or what party Dr Muscat is representing ? A look that the picture on top does not show any emblem or name of party ?
Are you supporting a party without any name or is there something else behind all this ?
F. Pisani
Jan 27th, 07:56
Is this related to the mentality of the partnership , i.e. who abstains is with us? Different people.....sorry let me rephrase that......some different people, same mentality!!!!!!!!
Victor Laiviera
Jan 27th, 08:35
You are right - an abstention cannot be counted with one side or another.
So nobody has a majority in the House.
Conclusion: An election is necessary to let the people decide.
Mario Borg
Jan 27th, 09:04
Dawk ma jinbiddlu qatt mill mentalita ibiddlu dembhom imma sufhom le!
Philip Hili
Jan 28th, 00:46
@ Victor Laiviera
The people had already decided and trusted the PN to govern for 5 years and the fact that Dr. Debono is acting the way he is acting does not mean that the people who elected him think on the same lines as Dr. Debono thinks. Conclusion, the number of votes (quota) which was required to get Dr. Debono in power is still there except one, Dr. Debono. Therefore, your argument does not hold.
Michael Sammut
Jan 27th, 07:42
Children, children, come now. You can stay a bit longer at the party, but you'd better be good boys or we will pack up and leave.
John Scerri
Jan 27th, 07:20
Constitutionally PN has the right to go ahead , politically and morally PN has lost the majority according to what MLP says. The elections are just over a year away.
Constitutionally MLP had the right to go ahead....politically and morally MLP had lost the popular majority by 4000 votes in 1981 and governed 5 years of terror , tear gas, intimidation, blocking of streets, violence, instability, unemployment,lack of investment, projects NIL, till the last day.....
Dr.Muscat should and has the duty to tell the truth .
Unfortunately he was very young to understand what dictatorship really meant. He may get the information from the over 50s bunch in his party KLIKKA
Dr.Muscat and those around him have no balls to tell the truth to the people and they have no balls to give an appology to what thousands of people suffered during those 5 years of MLP regim . Shame on Labour.
Never vote Labour unless they give a public apology to the relatives of those thousands who suffered , many in silence out of fear of vindictive action from the chosen mug of violent microbe level IQ thugs who for no reason were sent to the university by an MLP low level good for nothing minister to commit crimes of violence on students, intimidating PN supporters and PN workers on thier place of work
Labour wants to hide it's past ...the past is important ....from the past one learns a lot especially when those who were militant during that past are still within the MLP and aim to become porspective ministers again.
GOD FORBID .
Think well Dr.Muscat ...may your parasites around you not betray you .
R Bonello
Jan 27th, 10:50
That's what your campaign is based all about, terror and fear. Maybe you have suffered because of this, but please remember that the same things were done by the pn, maybe on a smaller scale yes, but the fact remains that the pn also did things of these sorts. Also please remember that 20 years before, you couldn't vote Labour because it was a mortal sin, and 50 years ago, the Church had triple the influence it has today.
Good day Mr Scerri.
george camilleri
Jan 27th, 02:40
meta il gvern laburista rebah l elezzjoni ta 1981 bil kostutizzjoni kif kient in nazzjonalisti hargu jejdu li ma kellux mandat il lumm kif ini il kostutizzjoni andu manat il gvern. min hu granvat mal poter min mar ghawdex u rid debutat tal gvern jinxtara li storia hadd ma i hassara
Joseph M. Grech.
Jan 26th, 23:44
"Dr Muscat said Labour was not in a hurry for a general election" ---- SOUR GRAPES!!!!!
david vella
Jan 26th, 23:23
Sur Muscat bhal ma jaf kullhadd l'elezzjoni fil qrib jien nawguralek li tixtieq qalbek u li tkun vera kapaci tohrogna mill krizi li ghedin fija kief ghied tejd ghax alla jried ikun biex nohrgu minna ghax lanqas kienu Priministru johrogna minn dil krizi ahseb hu ghara int . Insomma meta tirbah l'elezzjoni tista taghmel l franco debono president please ? jew tieh gieh republika ta malta ghax kien kapaci u bil-ba----li qalla terimot fil gvern tieghu u jalla ukoll li jkun hemm bhalu bil gazz anki fil labour party biex hadt ma tikbirlu rasu. Prosit ukoll smajtek titkellem tajjeb u prosit kont tajjeb daqs il priministru u dik namira hafna fik bniedem decisiv.
R. Gauci
Jan 26th, 22:52
L-esponenti tal-PN bhalissa qed inxebbahom ma l-esponenti tal-PL li fl-2003 kienu jippruvaw jikkonvincu lill-konvinti li l-Partnership rebah. Il-mozzjoni m'ghaddietx vera imma anqas ma jfisser li l-gvern ghandu l-maggoranza.
Matthew Tanti
Jan 26th, 22:51
Nixtieq insaqsi mistoqsija u sincirament nixtieq twegiba minn min isossni li wara l-vot tal-lum il-gvern ghandu maggoranza fil-parlament u li l-gvern jidta’ jofri stabilita’. Jekk hu hekk ghalxiex il-parlament mhux ser jitlaqqgha l-gimgha ddiehla meta l-PM ser ikun imsiefer?
L Zammit
Jan 26th, 22:36
I think Jos Muscat should resign fortwith. In a few weeks he lost two confidence votes presented against the govt. Its as simple as that!
John Baldacchino
Jan 27th, 10:44
And in a democracy like the one in Malta now one should speak any more and that's final!
L. Zammit Has spoken in the name of the Oracle as simle as that!!!
U MUR Lhemm Xbin!!!!!!!
John Schembri
Jan 26th, 21:39
Mark Vella ,int bis-serjeta?? int mid-dehra wiehed li tahseb li d-demokrazija hija meta nghoddu s-siggijiet fil-parlament bhal ma gara fl-1981. Nahseb li l-vera demokrazija hi meta tigi rispettata ir-rieda tal-poplu fil-parlament minn kull membru tal-kamra.
Id-demokrazija ma titkejjilx bil-hamsa w’sittin siggu tal-kamra u l-ispeaker , dawk qieghedin hemm bil-mandat tal-poplu biex iservuh ghal-hames snin, u mhux biex joqghodu jippruvaw juruna kemm huma kapaci jgibu ‘l-pajjiz gharkubtejh.
Il-maggoranza elettorali tizboq bil-kbir il-maggoranza parlamentari.Wara li kandidat jitla fil-parlament irid jibqa lejali lejn ix-xewqat ta’ min tellghu.
Ix-xewqt ta’ minn tella lil Franco kienu li jappoggja lil GonziPN , dak kien is-slogan u dak riedet in-nies biex jaghmel hames snin.
Nammetti li m’hix facli tkun fil-pozizzjoni ta’ Franco.
Kieku ivvota favur nahseb kien isofri ir-riperkussjonijiet fil-karriera.
Ta’ avukat li hu , halla is-soltu ventelatur minn fejn johrog.
Henry S Pace
Jan 26th, 21:39
Dr Muscat referred to the 1981 elections that legally Mintoff was y correct However, Mintoff was politically incorrect.
I do agree with what he said but allow me to ask just a simple question. Why it took so long for the PL to say so ? The then cabinet were against to step down and stayed in Office for 5 years and 5 months.
What actually prevails the Legal or the Political situation.
Alexine Mizzi
Jan 26th, 21:22
Basta qala dal hassle kollu Franco Debono, bies issa astjena.
Steve Zammit Lupi
Jan 26th, 20:53
No Confidence Motion Defeated - MPs leaving Maltese Parliament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n710upCdO6w
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 20:58
Correction:
Motion obtains equal votes - Speaker saves Government's skin.
A Dimech
Jan 26th, 20:45
Gonzi Dittaturi - dik hija l'konkluzjoni tieghi;
Dittatur bil-provi issa.
Issa joghoqod hemm biex jaghmel il-pjacir halli jergha jitla'. Ghalhekk irried jibqa hemm!
M. Zammit
Jan 26th, 21:15
Dittatur min ghal 5 snin u hames xhur baqa fil-Gvern meta l-maggoranza tal-poplu kienu ivvutaw kontrih
Alex Ellul
Jan 27th, 07:33
mahruq.... hsibtu li se jaqa l-gvern. Ghatx ghal poter imma bqajt bil-ghatx......... iktar minn qabel..
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 27th, 07:34
Kemm inti miskin!
Aaron Vella
Jan 27th, 19:24
A Dimech, you make me think that the government failed miserably in education. reading these comments shows you that the LP and his fans 1. Do not know the meaning of a dictatorship 2. Do not know the meaning of democracy 3. Just want power. But I must say, it's quite entertaining to read such redicilous comments. Issa jaghmel il-pjaciri biex jitla hux, at least unlike other dictators he's not shooting the opposition supporters.
Michael Seychell
Jan 26th, 20:43
Another confirmation that for Dr. Joe Muscat The End Justifies The Means , and since he is thinking that his Party will win an election thus he will become Prime Minister, and therefore he is insisting that this is held immediatly albeit this is not in the best interest for the country.
Michael Seychell
Tal-Pieta
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 21:00
Whop says it is not in the best interests of the country? Lawrence Gonzi, right? Naturally, a turkey would say that Christmas is not in the best interests of the country.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 27th, 06:07
Oh, Michael, are you saying that a divided party led by Gonzi is the best thing for the country? You must remove your blue glasses.
C Galea
Jan 26th, 20:43
I wonder how many PN supporters are happy with this outcome
mark borg
Jan 26th, 20:47
just one ...Gonzi himself.
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 20:53
I saw it on tv, they were hysterical shouting for Gonzi and booing all Labour MP's. How's that for respect eh??
Steve Zammit
Jan 26th, 21:56
oh please Mr. Ellul, labour supporters were also shouting out 'Labour' and booed at all PN MPs too....it worked both ways unfortunately
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 23:05
Arsenio Ellul, which station did you watch? I saw the exact opposite!
Alfred Cassar
Jan 26th, 23:06
I wonder how many LP supporters are happy with this outcome
N Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 07:42
Many.
Alex Ellul
Jan 27th, 07:42
I wonder how many PL supporters are happy with this outcome.
(I just copy-pasted your comment and just replaced the N with an L)
Matthew Tanti
Jan 26th, 20:25
Id-demokrazija tibbaza fuq principju semplici; il-maggoranza tirbah. Illum il-PM m’ghandux il-maggoranza tad-deputati eletti mill-poplu fil-parlament. F’ demokrazija serja elezjoni hi inevitalbli.
george grech
Jan 26th, 20:20
l incertezza f dan il pajjiz inholqot mhux ghax Franco ikkritika, u hekk ghandu jkun, lill gvern prezenti, IZDA malli
nholoq jew ahjar holqu l ideja li l gvern jista jaqa u AKTARX jitla l labour, b xi 20,000 vot u aktar!!!!
Ara kieku l polls qalu l kontra, li l PN se jerga jirbah,........hadd ma kien jghid xejn u ha nghidlkhom ghaliex.
Il PN huwa garanzija bid difetti kollha tieghu, u l Labour bis sweet talk tieghu u ingravajjet bluni , JWERWER in nies.
Toghgbokx jew le, din hi l verita.Ifirhu ghax illum rebhet malta KOLLHA !!!!
David Scicluna
Jan 27th, 00:27
Nithassrek!
John Baldacchino
Jan 27th, 10:52
Veru Ghandek ragun Franco Debono sahah ic-certezza ta gvern stabli Huwa Dr. Muscat li gab l'incertezza
Jimporta nistaqsik biss jekk intix min Malta jew min Mars?
Grazzi
Paul Galea
Jan 26th, 20:19
I’m posting this again because I’m waiting for a ‘progressive’ labour supporter to explain why they think that the events outlined in timeline below were acceptable in 1997 / 98 while today’s situation isn’t. Different weights and measures? Hypocrisy?
5th November 1997 - Mintoff criticises budget speech, and 5 days later votes against Sant's government.
11th November 1997 - Mintoff refuses to vote with his party, again criticising Labour's budget and politics in general.
13th November 1997 - Mintoff abstains again.
19th November 1997 - Mintoff abstains once more.
20th November 1997 - Mintoff... abstains.
21st November 1997 - Mintoff abstains twice in the same session.
22nd November 1997 - Mintoff abstains again.
25th November 1997 - Mintoff votes against Sant's government.
(4 months of "instabbilta'" - no PN motion for a vote of confidence is brought forward, Mintoff criticises Sant at every opportunity)
18th March 1998 - Mintoff again refuses to vote with the government.
May 1998 - Mintoff abstains in style by going to Libya.
8th June 1998 - Mintoff votes against the government (Cottonera Project).
7th July 1998 - Mintoff votes against Sant, after numerous landmark speeches berating the PM.
3rd August 1998 - Alfred Sant calls general elections.
THAT’S 9 MONTHS OF WHAT THEY ARE NOW DESCRIBING AS ‘BLA MAGGORANZA’.
Joe B
Jan 26th, 20:51
Allura ifisser li tajjeb?? Ghax dak iz zmien sar il hazin nghamlu hekk issa ukoll hux u il poplu jizfen. Pajjiz tad dahk li qed nghixu fih
M. Zammit
Jan 26th, 21:20
Obviously it's different weights and measures. Il-Labour mhux dejjem jitkellmu kif jaqbel lilhom. M'hawnx ipokriti aktar minnhom. It seems they never learn. Imma hekk jaqblilhom, ghax dejjem jappellaw ghall-injoranti u jiddispjacini nghid li f'dan il-pajjiz ghandna hafna minnhom
Paul Galea
Jan 26th, 21:25
Joe B, imma ghaliex qed tghid li l-poplu jizfen? Il-poplu ivvota ghal PN biex jgverna tul il-legistratura tieghu. Il-gvern ghadu qed jgverna. Meta jasal zmien li ma jistghax jgverna aktar jew meta taghlaq iz-zmien tal-legistratura tieghu jitlob lil-President li issir elezioni. Sitwazzonijiet bhal dawn graw f’hafna pajjizi ohra demokratici u dejjemm ikun hemm il-konstituzioni biex thares is-sewwa kif qed jgri hawn ukoll. Il-problema li ghandna ahna hi li hawn minn jghid hafna ghax jahsbu li jafu u ohrajn ixewxu minghajr ma jifhmu is-sitwazzjoni sew skond il-ligi.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 26th, 22:49
I believe Mintoff's decision to abstain was wrong but at least Mintoff had the guts to vote against his party. Are you seeing a similar scenario in the near future? As I see it, Sant wanted to destroy the excessive influence of the Mintoff faction. He succeeded.
James Vella
Jan 26th, 20:14
Hudu pacenzja. il-PN once again a winner, you still have to wait for at least 14 months.
robert pace
Jan 26th, 20:35
Le oghqodu hemm habib. ahna niehdu pjacir bil Gonzi/ Debono show!! Mur ara issa u 14il xahar x-inhuma jkomplu duqu il morr li zrajtu intom . Jien nitpaxxa qieghed nisma fuqkom basta kollha vergni! u triduwa ta xi angli ittiru. Halluna stay in power halli inkomplu nidhqu ......
mark borg
Jan 26th, 20:35
int bis serjeta ...din tghodda rebha ??? ara veru missejtu il-qiegh biex l-anqas telfa ma tindunaw ....il-maggoranza bye bye u aktar ma idum ma issir l-elezzjoni akbar it tkaxkira.......ibzax nistennew u nkomplu nghoxew bil qasma GONZIPN.
mark borg
Jan 26th, 20:44
Nahseb ghaqta x'takwista mir regime. gonzipn...zgur hadt il 500fil gimgha zieda a kummidjant professjonali
P Caruana
Jan 26th, 20:51
@James Vella.
X "again a winner" ?? mela nsejt it tkaxkira tal MEPs, tal kunsilli lokali, tad divorzju, x jonqos issa, l elezzjoni !!
min jidhaq lahhar, jidhaq lahjar siehbi !!
Alfred Grech
Jan 26th, 20:12
If the PM calls an election now, his party will lose - if he waits till 2013, his party will suffer a much bigger defeat.
Mr Mario Farrugia
Jan 26th, 20:29
Kliem liema profeta?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 20:10
"Keep thinking the same and finally you will start believing your own lies". (Arsenio Ellul 26 Jan at 19:29).
Don't be a chicken, Arsenio! Please Identify my "lies" and I will answer you.
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 20:41
First of all I'm no chicken and stop being disrespectful to others by calling names, secondly if I can find your comment again because I can't find it I will answer don't worry. I expected a little more respect from you!!!!
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 20:49
The speaker's casting vote transformed a 34-34 tie into a legitimate majority for the government party - whether you like it or not.
This is your lie Mr.Saliba, how can a draw be a legitimate majority, when the speaker himself was not elected to be in parliament. So in your opinion with 1500extra votes in election you get 2 seats in parliament, this is ridiculous. The government had 35 seats and Franco abstained, so how many seats does the government has?????34
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 21:00
@ Arsenio Ellul
When you submit a comment implying that I am a habitual liar who runs the risk of believing his own lies you forfeit any right to respect from me.
No sir! That the casting vote of the Speaker transformed a tie into a vote in favour of government is not a lie - it is the truth as established by the constitution. That is not my opinion and it is not my lie. The lie is yours and yours alone.
Alfred Falzon
Jan 29th, 14:17
@ Arsenio Ellul
If it's some consolation to you, he called me a "donkey" and a "Don Quixote"...
He delights in imagery, but now it's high time that he looks at himself in a mirror and bawl out: "Mirror, mirrror on the wall, who is the......of us all?"
Please, fill in the blank with an adjective pleasing to "His Honour" (with apologies to "Fiddler on the Roof"!
Alfred A. Falzon
dino galea
Jan 26th, 20:02
ieqaf eqred ghal elezzjoni joseph muscat il prim ministru jasal jiddecidi meta isejah elezzjoni meta jkun il waqt mhux meta jixtiequ tal PL
P. Ciantar
Jan 26th, 20:12
Gorg Borg Olivier kien izghar minnu u ma ghamilx il kjass bhalu ghax kien gentleman
Robert Camilleri
Jan 27th, 08:44
VOLDIERI JSEJJAH ELEZZJONI META L GONZ JAHSEB LI GHANDU L MAGGORANZA???
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 20:01
HELLO? 4Y
John Schembri
Jan 26th, 19:57
Lara Vella int mid-dehra wahda li tahseb li d-demokrazija hija meta nghoddu s-siggijiet fil-parlament bhal ma gara fl-1981. Nahseb li l-vera demokrazija hi meta tigi rispettata ir-rieda tal-poplu fil-parlament minn kull membru tal-kamra.
Id-demokrazija ma titkejjilx bil-hamsa w’sittin siggu tal-kamra u l-ispeaker , dawk qieghedin hemm bil-mandat tal-poplu biex iservuh ghal-hames snin, u mhux biex joqghodu jippruvaw juruna kemm huma kapaci jgibu ‘l-pajjiz gharkubtejh.
Il-maggoranza elettorali tizboq bil-kbir il-maggoranza parlamentari.wara li kandidat jitla fil-parlament irid jibqa lejali lejn ix-xewqat ta’ min tellghu.
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 19:54
Hi babes labour for life
Mr Mario Farrugia
Jan 26th, 20:35
Jaghmel x'jaghmel tibqa ccacaplu?? Veru ntelligenti!
carmel vella
Jan 27th, 00:12
@ Mario Farrugia
Also you seem to be very intelligent!!
Robert Camilleri
Jan 27th, 07:57
AHSEB U ARA INT SUR MARIO FARRUGIA !! GONZI JDENDILLEK IL KAROTTA U INT TIFRAH
rueben pitre
Jan 26th, 19:45
Our prime minister is trying to convince himself that he has no problems within his own party! NO majority!!!
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 20:04
helo
Charles Vella
Jan 26th, 19:43
...thanks Joseph for removing the mask... All you want is power, after your party has been in opposition for 25 years. You want an election, baring in mind that you will become Prime Minister, however with no plans of what to do while you are in government. Sorry Joseph, I cannot vote for you... Once again, Labour has today shown me that all the nice words of some days ago, even till 3 days ago, are nothing but a mask. Labour, I do not trust you. After 25 years in opposition, you still haven't changed! And no, you will not play with my country... not with my vote!
J. Mifsud
Jan 26th, 20:12
Do you trust Gonzi who once again today was proven a liar by Joseph Muscat.?
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 19:36
In the coming weeks we will see who is the real gentleman between Franco, Joseph and Lawrence?? We the common people have a duty to go voting, but these untouchables at the parliament can do whatever they like!!! Vote YES, NO, ABSTAIN or NO SHOW.
Wilfred Camilleri
Jan 26th, 19:43
"We the common people?" Who gave you permission to include everyone in your statement? At least half of the Maltese people, those you call common, do not want to be forced into and election before it is due in 2013.
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 19:50
@Wilfred Camilleri
Int taf taqra bl-Ingliz jew??? Min semma xi elezzjoni? Jien ghidt li ahna cikku l-poplu jghidulna li hu dover taghna li mmorru nivvutaw u huma l-parlamentari jistghu jaghmlu li jridu. Nispera li fhimt issa
Peter Galea
Jan 26th, 19:30
Imma dan Joseph sa tlett tijiem ilu kien ighid li ma ghand l-ebda ghagla ghal elezzjoni. Issa irid elezjoni. Ilkilba ghal poter hija kbira wisq biex ma jikxifx il maskla.
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 19:42
Din tal-kilba tal-poter issa qed issir kantaliena,nistghu inkunu naqra iktar originali?. Jekk il-kap ta' l-oppozizzjoni jemmen li kapaci jiggverna ahjar, mhux ovvju li jrid isir Prim, inkella x'ikun qed jaghmel bhala Kap tal-Oppozizzjoni? Ippruvaw kunu originali mhux kulma tisimghu fuq it-tv jew radju tigi tghiduh hawn.
Victor Vella
Jan 26th, 19:28
I am bewildered to say the least , reading comments from PL suporters saying that the Goverment should resign as it doesn't have majority in parlament anymore.Franco Debono has not crossed the floor, secondly all those insinuating that this goverment is a dictator the last I can say is take the next boat out and seek political asylum, The goverment was duly elected by the people, not as happened in 1981.Laburisti blame Joseph Muscat for your renewed diapointment as it he who raised your hopes, he tried to play with Franco Debono sentiments but the wily Franco spit the hook,lol
Mr l Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 19:27
Chinese fable called The "Monkey Master" :
A group of monkeys gather fruits every day for their cruel and tyrannical master, without ever daring to question or complain.
One day, a young monkey asks why they should all depend upon and serve the old man.
The others are suddenly enlightened and all withdraw their co-operation, leaving the old man to starve.
When people are no longer afraid, then regime is in trouble.
Matthew Tanti
Jan 26th, 19:26
Dr.Gonzi ostagg tal-klikek u Malta taghna ostagg ta’ GonziPN! Legittimament il-Maltin ta’ rieda tajba, li tassew ihobbu l-Patria taghna jinghaqdu ma’ Joseph Muscat fl-ghajta ghal elezjoni mill-aktar fis possibli.
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 26th, 19:22
@ Lara Vella
Dahhaqtna Lara!!!!!!!!!!!!
iL-Vot ta' Sfiducja tressaq mill-lejburisti, u ghalhekk il-maggoranza tad-deputati ghadha bzonnha l-Oppozozzjoni lejburista biex ikun jista` jaqgha il-gvern. Dan ma sehhx. Il-problema kienet li intom webbilltu lill-partitarji lejburisti li issa zgur ser issir l-elezzjoni, tant li George Vella sejjah lil JM bhala KWAZI prim ministru.
hehhe...as if the PN got it!
and GonziNM (No Majority) does not even have the decency to admit it!
Democratic indeed!
Josephine Borg
Jan 26th, 19:19
Prattikament Prim Ministru,,,
Good try Dr Muscat! But would you mind waiting your turn? Your hurry is indecorous to say the least. Meanwhile try to put together a better team: We would then reconsider because if Dr Gonzi's team is rather stale, yours gives those of us without loss of short term memory, the shivers
MARIO ZERAFA
Jan 26th, 19:19
It is the most absurd situation when the goverment has just lost its majority in parliament and at the same time its supporters are celebrating as if it was some sort of victory. The country is in a very critical state and now the ball is in the PM court as Franco shot him once more. I hope that no one expected Franco to vote with the opposition but it is very obvious that this situation cannot last long. Franco was loyal to the party, to his supporters and to the country by his actions which are giving time to the PM to take a decision. If the PM is unable to decide Franco should keep to his last words in parliament and do what is best for the country otherwise he would become a fool with no dignity in the way they portrated him on the net. Everyone knows he is right in his arguments and knows the sentiments of the majority of the people, but if the PM will remain hostage to the clique there is no way but to move on and get over with. The country cannot waste more time at this critical stage.
Matthew Tanti
Jan 26th, 19:17
Issa cara li PM ma jistghax imexxi fl-interess tal-poplu. Ma jistghax imexxi bla kompromessi daqqa ma dak u daqqa mal-iehor. Il-PM mizmum ostagg. Il-poplu qed jitlob stabilita’ li issa cara li tista’ biss tinkiseb wara li l-poplu jsemma lehnu f’elezjoni.
Matthew Tanti
Jan 26th, 19:09
Il-kilkka ta’ GonziPN tibqa tghaddi bhal magna taz-zrar minn fuq l-interess nazzjonali, askapitu tal-poplu. Inkomplu nhalsu ahna ghall-izbalji ta’ min qed immexxijna. F’dan il-maltemp li ghaddejjin minnu l-gimgha ddiehla l-parlament mhux se jiltaqgha ghax il-PM ha jkun imsiefer ghax m’ghandux maggoranza parlamentari. Hekk sew il-htigijiet tal-poplu jridu jistennew il-kumdita u l-konvenjenza ta’ klikka biex tibqa fil-poter. JM qed jghid is-sewwa hemm bzonn certezza u stabilita’, GonziPN hu instabli, din l-instabilita’ tista’ biss tigi solvuta b’elezjoni!
John Schembri
Jan 26th, 19:03
Lara Vella int mid-dehra wahda li tahseb li d-demokrazija hija meta nghoddu s-siggijiet fil-parlament bhal ma gara fl-1981. Nahseb li l-vera demokrazija hi meta tigi rispettata ir-rieda tal-poplu fil-parlament minn kull membru tal-kamra.
Id-demokrazija ma titkejjilx bil-hamsa w’sittin siggu tal-kamra u l-ispeaker , dawk qieghedin hemm bil-mandat tal-poplu biex iservuh ghal-hames snin, u mhux biex joqghodu jippruvaw juruna kemm huma kapaci jgibu ‘l-pajjiz gharkubtejh.
Il-maggoranza elettorali tizboq bil-kbir il-maggoranza parlamentari.wara li kandidat jitla fil-parlament irid jibqa lejali lejn ix-xewqat ta’ min tellghu.
K.J. Sammut
Jan 26th, 19:02
Does anybody expect Dr Gonzi to call an election at this point? Dr Debono had all his opportunity to bring the government down however he did not have the guts! He is asking Dr Gonzi to shoot himself at gunpoint. Anybody in the right frame of mind would not accept to commit suicide at gunpoint! Dr Gonzi is surely in the right frame of mind unlike the Leader of the Opposition!
Mark Camilleri
Jan 26th, 19:01
Joseph Muscat is now attempting his luck in causing instability on the island by trying to argue a point. The instability we are experiencing is all because of his personal thirst for power. Personally I am tired of all these pantomimes, and believe that parliament’s energies must be focused towards our economy and the global economic turmoil around us rather then clinging on petty issues as he is now doing.
Maybe it is time that he steps down, and makes way to more professional leadership like Dr Jose Herrera or Carmenu Vella since they threw George Abela out of the window.
Mr Aaron Sammut
Jan 26th, 19:01
The PM is not accepting the reality that he doesn't have anymore the Parliamentary Majority.
As from today we're officially under DICTATORSHIP!!
This is frightening to say the least.
Kleaven Maniscalco
Jan 26th, 19:12
it's frightening that you tend to conclude such things
J Mizzi
Jan 26th, 19:23
Hi Mr Sammut,
I am by far not siding with anyone, because personally I never got anything from any party.
However your comment is absurd! What dictatorship? .... by any chance did you spend your life in North Korea? ... which is very close to dictatorship?
How are you posting here .... ? If you say anything against the PN you'll be tortured and hung!!
carmel callus
Jan 26th, 19:33
Aaron, what you have just written goes to prove that we're a free country...I assure you that you would have not been able to make such a statement during the seventies and the early eighties.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Jan 26th, 19:35
Sur Aaron Sammut,
Taħt dittatorjat konna, imma fis-Sebgħinijiet u fit-tmeninijiet, u mhux illum!
Hemm verament konna taħt il-qilla tad-dittaturi, meta għamiltu dak il-fjehim militari sigriet mal-Korea Kumunista!
Meta iffriżajtu il-pagi għal-tmin snin sħaħ!
Meta ħaddimtu lill-Maltin u l-Għawdxin taħt dixxiplina Militari!
Meta ġibtu l-armi minn din il-Korea Komunista biex sparajtu bihom fuq in-Nazzjonalist, fir-Rabat ta' Malta, f' Ħaż-Żebbuġ, f' tal-Barrani!
Ima Illum, int Sur Sammut qed fl-aqwa demokrazzija, għax Malta l-PN daħħala fl- Ewropea!
Ħsiebek hemm poplu Malti u Għawdxi, isma minn dak li jgħidlek GONZI PN, u ma jiddispjaċik qatt!
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 19:35
hi mr aaronn
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 19:35
hi aron
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 19:35
awww
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Jan 26th, 19:00
Din falza stikka oħra minn Jose u l-Laboristi li ma jitgħalmu qatt!
Minn jaf kemm il-falza stikka għad iriedu jieħu biex xi darba forsi jkunu fil-gvern?
Għoqqod attent poplu Malti u Għawdxi, għax dawn ma jinbidlu qatt!
Il-Poter iriduh minn fuq ħadieħor!
Mela ħsiebek hemm poplu Malti u Għawdxi, għax terġa tagħmel xi ħmien kiefer ieħor taħt il-MADMAD tal-gvern Laborista!
Gonzi PN biss huwa s-salvazzjoni ta' Malta u Għawdex!
Dione Pace
Jan 26th, 19:08
LOL!
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 26th, 19:17
Imma ghid il verita Nen taghkom kedda pappali Debono hux vera! lanqas kont taf se taqbdu taghmlu. Veru?
U
Carmel Xuereb
Jan 26th, 19:18
Ghalik Nenu minn dejjem kien ghax lilek nahseb bil-kuccarun kien jaqliblek u lili u hafna bhal (eluf) b'quccarina zghira qisha dik li jkun hemm fl-incens tal-knisja. Ibqa' zgur Nenu illi fi zmien mhux il-boghod (gimghat) dan il-Gvern li ma tridx inti ser ikun imexxi lil din Malta taghna u ibqa' zgur ukoll li hlief gid (ghal kullhadd) mhux ser ikun hawn, imma nahseb inti se timmissja dak il-kuccarun li mdorri bih.
Anthony Castillo
Jan 26th, 19:20
Prosit Nene ftit diskors u spjegat u lghqat il musmar fuq rasu ghax veru dawn ma jinbidlu qatt u ma jistghaw jlahqu maghna QATT. Kif nighdu bl Inglis THEY ARE FAR AWAYTO HYPERERIE.
carmel debattista
Jan 26th, 19:22
kull ma kien jonqsok tikteb kien " Lawrence Gonzi santo subito "
Get a grip oldie ... and wake up from this dream .
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 26th, 19:23
Imma ghid il verita Nen taghkom kedda pappali Debono. Hux vera Nen? Lanqas kont tafu fejn ha taghtu raskom. Veru? U issa? Boqq, fejn kontu bqajtu ghax meta ihoss li ghandkom bzonn imbuttatura ohra itghilkom u hares it-tieni darba ma tqummux minna.
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 19:26
Tinkwetax mohhni hemm ha noqghod billi nivvota Labour. Min tahseb li int biex tigi tghidilna biex noqghodu mohhna hemm!!!!
joseph mifsud
Jan 26th, 19:29
mela qomt mir raqda sur nenu.issa ghandna gvern ninghajr il maggoranza fil parlament.u qed issalva bil vot ta l speaker.dawn huma il par id dejn sodi sur nenu.il prim mhux veru jhobb lil malta mma ihobb dak is siggu li ghandu fil parlament.
J B
Jan 26th, 19:40
Iva salvatur meta ta 500 euro zieda lilu u lil tal kabinett fil-gimgha, id-dizastru fit-trasport pubbliku, rema miljui t'ewro fuq dik il-bicca pastazata ta Bieb il-Belt, u l-Air Malta kulma hi sejra ghall-aghar. Imbaghad jiskantaw in-nies kif id-dejn taghna kull sena jizdied!
Gvern Laburista fiz-zmien Mintoff kienu l-ahjar zminijiet ta' pajjizna! Kieku la ghandna pensjonijiet, l-sptar ma jkunx b'xejn, u hafna affarijiet ohra li ir-Regin tan-Nazi lanqas johlom li jaghmel ghax inkella ikun qed jitnaqqaslu l-flus mil-but! Tant u hekk, li fl-1987, il- Partit Laburista halla LM 500 000 surplus fil-kaxxa ta' Malta, imbaghad gie l-gharef Fenech Adami u fiz-zmien sena diga kellna d-dejn!
U skuzi, il-PL zgur li m'ghandux kilba ghall-poter daqs il- PN, ghax jipprovaw jaghmlu kollox biex jaghlqu halq wiehed min-naha taghhom li huw ftit kontrihom, u johrog b'kull gidba biex isalva lilu n-nnifsu milli jaffacja ma wiccu elezzjoni bikrija!
Allura skond il-kumment tieghek, Gonzi ghandu jsir xi Nelson Mandela ta' Malta!! U le jahasra, fiex waqa dan il-pajjiz!
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Jan 26th, 20:56
@ Arsenio Ellul,
Jien a wieħed mill-eluf kbar ta' Maltin li doqna l-madmad tal-gvernijiet Laboristi!
Jiena dak li tajtuni transfers bl-addoċ!
Jiena dak li tajtuni transfer inuman, degredanti, u politiku, u irbaħtulkom il-każż, u mort fejn kien jixraqli naħdem, b'ordni ta' l-Ombudsman li waqqaf il-maħbub, meta kien Prim Ministru Edward Fenech Adami.
Qed taraw dawn il-Laboristi fejn jaslu!
Mela ħsiebek hemm Poplu Malti u Għawdxi.
Paul Caruana
Jan 26th, 19:00
Basically, the government will now limp along, hanging on to power for as long as possible. In his favour is that 2013 would be an election year anyway, so he just needs to grit his teeth and plod along for a few more months.
Worst case scenario for the party in government, the election might have to be brought forward to autumn 2012 instead of spring 2013.
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 20:04
hii
pat muscat
Jan 26th, 18:55
The outcome for to days vote is simply a hung Parliament which cannot function, is not desirable and untenable in a normal democratic country. Sooner or later, Dr Gonzi has to call an election. In the meantime, the instability has become official. Where is DR Gonzi going from here? He can.t go anywhere, and the sooner he tells this to his supporters and to the rest of the Maltese, the better it is for our country,.
A Dimech
Jan 26th, 18:52
I don't get it!!
PN just lost majority in Parliament and they are celebrating?!! are we living in another planet!!!
DOn't they get it anymore - they DO NOT have a majority?!!!
Andre Cilia
Jan 26th, 19:01
it is still legal...
T Gauci
Jan 26th, 18:49
U int tahseb li gonzi sejjer ghall l-elezzjoni ? lanqas jekk tigi king kong ma jicaqlaq u jien kieku ahjar tigi l-elezzjoni sena ohra ghax jekk kif gejjin l-affarijiet din sena skond gonzi inifsu int se tidher ikrah jekk tkun prim ministru.
Mr Joe Borg
Jan 26th, 18:30
Kief hareg mahruq Joseph mil-parlament. Disappuntat miskien "l-izghar primministru ta Malta".
R Bonello
Jan 26th, 19:43
ma nafx jekk m'inhiex ghami, imma jien jidhaq rajtu. pero ma nahsibx li jiena ghami.
Joseph Cini
Jan 26th, 18:29
THE PL LEADER JUST SAID THAT HE IS NOT IN A HURRY FOR AN EARLY ELECTION, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND HE SAID WE SHOULD GO FOR AN ELECTION. WHICH ONE IS RIGHT.?????
Ganni L-King
Jan 26th, 18:20
Sorry ta.... imma fuq liema bazi ghandu l-gvern isejjah elezzjoni? M ghandniex pajjiz fallut bhall- bost pajjizi ohra!!!! Kieku ghandna xeba qghad.... hekk mod iehor.
Sa fejn naf jien il-Gonzp qatt ma qal bhall Dottt Muscat li jrid jimita t-tmexxija ta nies bhall ZAPATERO ta Spanja li tant kien jiftahar bieh JOE Muscat.... kullhadd jaf fiex gaba lill-Spanja Zapatero !!!!
Gonzi qatt ma smajtu jghid li jrid jimxi fuq il-passi ta' PAPANDREU tal-Grecja. Anke hawn Dottore Muscat tant ftahar bieh.... Illum kullhadd jaf x gara u kull kumment fuq il-Grecja nhoss li zejjed....
Il-Gonz dejjem qal li jemmen biss fil-poplu Malti u qatt ma ta pariri lill-Izlandizi bhall-Dott. Muscat....
Difetti ghandu hafna imma l-pajjiz ma falliehx u min jaf kieku kellna lill-Dott. Muscat minflok lill-Gonz x' kien jigri!!!!!! forsi bhall-shabu s-socjalisti spanjoli jew griegi tghid????
Min jaf hux............. Min jaf
Fl-Oppozizzjoni parir tista tghati.... Izda jekk tiggverna ma jibqax parir.
T Gauci
Jan 26th, 19:00
Ta spanja veru imma tal Grecja kienet diga saret elezzjoni bit tama li jitranga kollox imma xorta wahda baqa sejjer hazin il pajjiz
Chris Abela
Jan 26th, 19:33
Prosit Ganni naqbel mieghek 100% fil 100% !! Li XTAQU ma HADUHX !
R Bonello
Jan 26th, 19:45
pero jekk skontok ghandu fiducja fil-poplu, zgur li mghandux fiducja fil-kabinett...tiftakar xkien qal lill-ambaxxatur jew le KING ?
Ganni L-King
Jan 26th, 20:48
@R Bonello -> Sur R Bonello, niftakar sew x'kien qal Gonz lil ambaxxaturi.. mhemx ghalfejn tghawwigli l-fatti int ! Il verita hi li kien qal li f'Malta trid tibni kabinett skond dawk elettti demokratikament mil poplu u mhux li tghazel int min jeddek bhal certu pajjizi.
Mela please ikkwota sew u tkunx mazzun u tibla' kull ma' jajdlek haddiehor idra isma u xtarr qabel titkellem.
hawn hafna bravi bhalek li jew qajla jafu jifhmu li jkunu semghaw jew qraw, inkella jghamlu dan b'malizzja jew forsi ghax jahsbu li haddiehor tista tbellalu kollox. Dak iz-zmien spicca u idrha ahseb b'mohhok.
fredu debono
Jan 26th, 18:06
HA HA HA XI gralhomk!!!!!!!!! Kif qatghalhom l-ghatx. Ho ho ho.Proset franco ejja halli narawk lura tahdem fil-partit u min jaf forsi narawk tavvanza hafna aktar
Lara Vella
Jan 26th, 18:19
jigifieri int onestament, bhala cittadin malti, kuntent bis sitwazzjoni? li malta titmexxa minn gvern li ma jgawdix maggoranza parlamentari?
pajjiz xempju tad demokrazzija!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 18:05
Elections are called by the incumbent Prime Minister and not by the leader of an opposition party that has just lost another vote of "no confidence".
Aaron Vella
Jan 26th, 18:15
He was "prattikament PM", remember?
M Grima
Jan 26th, 18:20
How the hell did you become a doctor when you interpret a 34-34 vote, a loss?
But then why should I be surprised; the forces of evil have drafted the speaker (yes, that guy who is an expert in bus ticket machines) to cast his ineligible vote.
m. borg (slm)
Jan 26th, 18:35
Is a 34-34 vote a victory?
.
gonzi does not have a majority he cannot survive with the speaker's vote every time that is abusing democracy.
Carmel Zammit
Jan 26th, 18:48
The real loser is the Prime Minister who officially lost his parliamentary majority. Dr. Muscat succeed in proving that Dr. Gonzi no longer commands the support of the majority of the elected members of parliament.
Wilfred Camilleri
Jan 26th, 18:57
M Grima & M Borg: How does Muscat and Muscat PN interpret a 34-34 vote a victory?
Gonzi can survive every time there is a tie vote if the speaker votes with the government. And FYI Mr. Grima, the speaker has the right to cast a vote in the case of a tie. That's in the constitution and is a democratic right. I know you and many like you believe in democracy only when it's convenient to you.
The one abusing democracy is the leader of the opposition who can't wait thirteen months to get a kick at the can.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 19:09
@ M Grima, and M borg (slm).
Can you get this into your thick heads?
Not even Muscat, - the eternally hopeful prospective, but not quite, prime minister - nor his intelligent but sanguine followers, are so stupid as to claim that the MLP has a majority in parliament.
The speaker's vote in this and similar cases does not become "ineligible" because an unknown quantity by the name of Grima says so. It is perfectly valid according to the Constitution and that is what matters. The speaker's casting vote transformed a 34-34 tie into a legitimate majority for the government party - whether you like it or not.
Therefore, at the time of writing, Gonzi still enjoys a majority in parliament notwithstanding Mr m borg (slm)'s contrary wishes.
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 19:29
Keep thinking the same and finally you will start believing your own lies.
G Mangion
Jan 26th, 18:00
Wara li tilef il Vot j.m ghadu jinsiti li jwaqqa l' Gvern !!
iva ghid wahda tajba ! ahjar twarrb ghal xi hadd aktar moderat bhala future P.M like
Dr jose Herrera ........
Chris Abela
Jan 26th, 19:34
Jose Herrera??? are u serious???
Henry S Pace
Jan 26th, 17:58
' Paul Galea
Today, 16:59
Labour supporters appear to have very short memories:
5th November 1997 - Mintoff criticises budget speech, and 5 days later votes against Sant's government.
11th November 1997 - Mintoff refuses to vote with his party, again criticising Labour's budget and politics in general.
13th November 1997 - Mintoff abstains again.
19th November 1997 - Mintoff abstains once more.
20th November 1997 - Mintoff... abstains.
21st November 1997 - Mintoff abstains twice in the same session.
22nd November 1997 - Mintoff abstains again.
25th November 1997 - Mintoff votes against Sant's government.
(4 months of "instabbilta'" - no PN motion for a vote of confidence is brought forward, Mintoff criticises Sant at every opportunity)
18th March 1998 - Mintoff again refuses to vote with the government.
May 1998 - Mintoff abstains in style by going to Libya.
8th June 1998 - Mintoff votes against the government (Cottonera Project).
7th July 1998 - Mintoff votes against Sant, after numerous landmark speeches berating the PM.
3rd August 1998 - Alfred Sant calls general elections.
pat muscat
Jan 26th, 17:58
GonziPn is on life support; tomorrow or today, this untenable situation has to be addressed, and the only democratic way out of this acute instability is : elections!
Joscar Camilleri
Jan 26th, 17:52
Joseph Muscat bien nies qed tidhak int.Ghax l ewwel ghidt li in mux elezjoni riedt imma ghax hsibt li franco debono ha jivvota kontra il gvern ridt il mozzjoni.Il Mozzjoni fallitlek ghallura issa xi trid aktar?ELEZZJONI?Jekk iVa qed turina kemm int vera bil ghatc ghal POTER u li vera ma jinteresakx minn hadd hlief milli issir Elezjoni
M Borg
Jan 26th, 17:42
Tal-Labour qishom l-Arriva. Gejin Gejjin Gejjin u ma jaslu qatt.
Joseph Dimech
Jan 26th, 18:15
u l-ariva progett fallut ta gonzipn. grazzi talli ammettejt li l-arriva ma tasal qatt
J Galea
Jan 26th, 18:33
looool...good one.
@ Joseph Dimech...l-Arriva was a major change to the transport system that no labour government had the guts to make it happen. Yes it started with a lot of hiccups and people went through difficulties, however things are now in control. Thank you GonziPN for yet another courageous decision.
T Gauci
Jan 26th, 18:52
@J Galea
Arriva is nowhere near as good as the old service, i ride the bus more than twice a week.
Joseph Agius
Jan 26th, 19:14
@T Gauci, you seem quite happy using Arriva for twice a week.......is it possible that you still cant note the difference? ..............may be you need to use it daily to realise
Robert Camilleri
Jan 27th, 08:46
@JOSEPH AGIUS!!
NAHSEB LI INT BIL KAROZZA PRIVATA TIVJAGGA
N Caruana
Jan 26th, 17:41
Nahseb li dan kollhu qieghed jaghmlu ghaliex wisq jixtieq ifitex jilhaq prim ministru ta Malta biex sempliciment ikun l-izghar wiehed fl-istorja ta Malta. Pero ahjar jimmatura ftit u jirraguna milli jibqa jinsisti u jkompli jaqla difficultajiet ghax wara kolox jekk irid gid lil pajjiz jiprova jaghti sehemu fil-gid u mhux biex ifixkel! Nara dan nibza nati vot lilu biex imexxi pajjiz ghax ma narax li ghandu ghaqal bizzejjed ghal din il pozizjoni li taffetwa l-hajti.
cesco di luigi
Jan 26th, 17:33
Labour made a big mistake in relying on Debono. They should have seen it coming. Tikber u titghallem they say.
N. Agius
Jan 26th, 17:29
Gonzi admitted he will not make Sant's mistake. But wait... did Sant make a mistake after all ???? Absolutely not... that is what a decent honest politician should do in these circumstances to provide stability. This means just one thing... he will cling on to power for as long as he can... no matter what! Poor us!
m. borg (slm)
Jan 26th, 18:37
Honesty is the best policy and that is the mistake (more a virtue) that Dr Sant made and that is what gonzi meant by not repeating Dr Sant's mistake.
C Muscat
Jan 26th, 17:29
Kieku hawn il-kultura tar-rizenji JM ghandu jirrizenja ghax ma setax jaqa ghac-cajt izjed. Franco waqqghu ghac-cajt meta qal li jivvota mal-oppozizzjoni u imbaghad qal li ma jistax jivvota. Mal-ewwel ghedt x ser jigri!!! Kienet cara li ma kienx ta min jiehu r-riskju jekk ma tkunx ftehmt qabel. Dejjem hekk PL bhal meta Fredu halla lil kull min sab ghax ma kienx kapaci jsib nies laburisti kapaci jmexxu u dan imtela bin-nazzjonalisti minn qabel...anzi miskina Grezz irtirat..veru thassartha...LOL
J B
Jan 26th, 19:27
Skuzi u r-Regim nazzjonalista ma jistax jieqaf jaqa ghac-cajt, bl-iskandli kollha li johorgu minnu!
C Muscat
Jan 27th, 08:13
Jaqa ghac-cajt meta qed inhallsu int u jien min suppost jiddefendina ghadu rieqed. Franco wera kemm ghandna oppozizzjoni mejta u halliet il-gvern nazzjonalista mhux biss jiddeciedi (kif suppost la hu fil-gvern) imma wkoll jonfoq minghajr l-ebda problema minn naha tal-PL.
Wiehed wahdu ghamel ferment li 34 lanqas biss bdew!!!!!
Fenech MD
Jan 26th, 17:29
Ghamel sew Dr Debono jekk hass li kellu jastjeni u ma jwaqqax il-gvern 'li ma jemminx fih'.
Illum deher car kemm hu veru meta jintqal li l-PM ghandu par idejn sodi. Irnexxilu bil-kliem 'helu' tieghu jikkonvinci lil Dr Debono jastjeni.
Quddiem il-poplu Malti, quddiem il-PM u shabu Dr Debono qed jidher bhala bniedem li jparla biss, bla azzjoni. Issa hadd aktar ma jiehdu bis-serjeta.
Nispera li issa jhalli l-Parlament jahdem bi kwietu.
Il-Karnival gie kmieni dis-sena.
E. Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 17:27
The country does not need an election now and let us be frank, most of us know that. The country needs to go on with this administration ( would have been the same if it were vice versa) and must not have a change now.
Therefore, the PM has two options. He has to persuade Dr Debono to back him permanently till the end of this term (but there must be total silence as regards Dr. Debono from the big mouths of the PN) or, if the PM is incapable of doing that, then he should step aside (for the love of the country) and let somebody else take over, so that Dr. Debono can back this new person and the majority will be established. Get on with it!!! There is no time to lose. The country and its citizens are fed up.
J B
Jan 26th, 17:25
In my opinion, the PM should dissolve parliament and call a general election for March or April. But since this is the PN we are talking about , it is unlikely that this will happen since they are fanatical about having all the power in their hands!
David Bezzina
Jan 26th, 17:19
INSTEAD OF CHILDISH JIBBERISH.....THE REALITY IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLAIMENT.THAT IS A FACT.THE PM KNOWS THIS.......THE COUNTRY IS STILL ENGULFED IN UNCERTAINTY.
pat muscat
Jan 26th, 17:16
Issa qeghdin ottu; in Parliament GonziPN is neither here nor there. Please, when you go for the summit, do not tell them that you have lost the one deputy majority that counts in our Parliament, otherwise, they will not take you seriously!
Joseph Sultana
Jan 26th, 17:12
So two months worth of bickering end up nonetheless with a laugh in the face of most people. Mr Debono why did you start arguing in the first place? Thanks for making me lose all hope in you...just when I started to admire you as being a true man.
Lawrence Camilleri
Jan 26th, 17:10
I wonder how much JM will accept the verdict of the people if he loses the next General Election. Hu pacenzja, ghadek zghir, fadallek hafna snin quddiemek sakemm timmatura u hafna iktar x'titghallem milli tghallem. Experientia docet.
Henry Jacobs
Jan 26th, 17:10
kemmm jixtieeeeeq . muscat
Lara Vella
Jan 26th, 18:22
iva jixtieq pajjiz stabbli u demokratiku.
int le?
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Jan 26th, 17:09
Since Joseph Muscat lost this vote, isn’t it proper that he should present his resignation as party leader immediately?
Joseph Muscat is probably showing that he is like his predecessors; i.e. UNELECTABLE!
JM should resign for the good of the Labour Party; no questions asked.
JC.
Matthew Psaila
Jan 26th, 17:19
Your comment is purely pathetic and nonsense! You're not even worth of a response
David Bezzina
Jan 26th, 17:26
ARE YOU SERIOUS ?
IF ANYTHING,LAWRENCE GONZI SHOULD REALIZE THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY AND CALL THE ELECTION.
AND REMEMBER,ONE OF HIS OWN MP'S CALLED FOR HIS RESIGNATION.
WHO SHOULD REALLY RESIGN MR.CAUCHI ?
pat muscat
Jan 26th, 17:27
You must be confused! It is Dr Franco Debono, ex PN member of Parliament who wants DR Gonzi to resign! Dr Debono has checkmated Gonzi; nowhere to hide, no excuses, no ifs or buts: elections now!
J B
Jan 26th, 17:29
And Gonzi should resign for the good of Malta since he no longer has a majority in parliament ; no questions asked.
Carmel Zammit
Jan 26th, 17:32
It is not Joseph Muscat who lost his vote. It is gonzipn who lost their majority in the chamber of deputies. As things stand government and opposition sides are equal. How about that for democracy???? I hope Dr. gonzipn realises that he cannot govern democratically now that he lost his majority both in the chamber of deputies and the electorate. Forcing his way is akin to dictatorship.
etienne m
Jan 26th, 18:21
with your argument GONZIPN had to give his resignation 3 year ago when there was the election for the MEP'S where there was more then 30000 vot's majority for the PL, and actually GONZI has to give his resignation because he still lost one of his MP's in the parliament of Malta, and still don't have the majority of the MP's it's just a draw.
m. borg (slm)
Jan 26th, 18:39
He who laughs last laughs best.
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 26th, 19:47
Very funny, and thanks for the advice but no thanks.
ronald ciscaldi
Jan 26th, 17:09
komplu gvernaw ek jew b hekk gol fond ta qalbkom tafu x gara
pat muscat
Jan 26th, 17:09
Issa qeghdin ottu; in Parliament GonziPN is neither here nor there. Please, when you go for the summit, do not tell them that you have lost the one deputy majority that counts in our Parliament, otherwise, they will not take you seriously!
Paul Galea
Jan 26th, 16:59
Labour supporters appear to have very short memories:
5th November 1997 - Mintoff criticises budget speech, and 5 days later votes against Sant's government.
11th November 1997 - Mintoff refuses to vote with his party, again criticising Labour's budget and politics in general.
13th November 1997 - Mintoff abstains again.
19th November 1997 - Mintoff abstains once more.
20th November 1997 - Mintoff... abstains.
21st November 1997 - Mintoff abstains twice in the same session.
22nd November 1997 - Mintoff abstains again.
25th November 1997 - Mintoff votes against Sant's government.
(4 months of "instabbilta'" - no PN motion for a vote of confidence is brought forward, Mintoff criticises Sant at every opportunity)
18th March 1998 - Mintoff again refuses to vote with the government.
May 1998 - Mintoff abstains in style by going to Libya.
8th June 1998 - Mintoff votes against the government (Cottonera Project).
7th July 1998 - Mintoff votes against Sant, after numerous landmark speeches berating the PM.
3rd August 1998 - Alfred Sant calls general elections.
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 18:07
Risposta tal-genn! Very well researched!
Anthony Castillo
Jan 26th, 16:52
We call an election when it is the right time to call it we have the MAJORITY of the MALTESE PEOPLE as always and we never govern the ISLAND with the MINORITY as MLP DID IN THE 1981 so please let us govern for the sake of the country. You Joe be patient because according the CONSTITUTION we have the right to govern and may be if they let till that time you could be a PRIMEMINISTER at the age of close to 60 years old and do not be a BAD LOOSER my friend. YOU SHOULD GIVE THE EXAMPLE TO YOUR COLLEGUES.
Kevin Scicluna
Jan 26th, 17:11
If you are so confident that you hold the MAJORITY then what is the problem to call an early election? All you like is to be governed by dictatorship. The speaker was not elected by the people so he couldn't vote.
Guza Zammit
Jan 26th, 17:42
@Kevin Scicluna. Kieku il-PN isejjah elezzjoni kull meta jghidlu l-MLP, kieku jkollna naghmlu elezzjoni fix-xahar. Ax hlief elezzjoni tielu u elezzjoni niezla ma tismax on Super 1! U kull min jisma super 1 jaf x'qed nghid!
Carmel Zammit
Jan 26th, 18:01
You may wish to recheck your records. In 2008 Gonzipn got only a relative majority i.e. less than 50 per cent of the electoral vote yet it governs thanks to amendments in the electoral law under the 1981 MLP administration. Let me remind that in 2008 Gonzipn elected less members than the LP did. Additional parliamentary seats were added to the PN so that it can govern as provided in the law mentioned above. Just as the 2008 Gonzi administration was legally installed so was the 1981 government as it satisfied the provisions of the electoral law. As someone rightly put it lately democracy is not something that you acquire and forget all about it. It needs to be guarded and nurtured all the time. We stand to see on which side of democracy Dr. Gonzi stands. He knows he lost his parliamentary majority and he is fully aware the he also lost his relative electoral majority. This should propel him to act democratically unless he chooses a perverse course of action.
victor caruana
Jan 26th, 16:34
issa ahjar....bla gvern
Joseph Calleja
Jan 26th, 16:34
"Dr Muscat said Labour was not in a hurry for a general election". If any of you believe that, you are more gullible than I thought and I will tell you that igloo I own in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Who are you trying to kid Joseph Muscat? Too bad Franco Debono sold you out.
G Cilia
Jan 26th, 16:33
Gvern bil maggoranza u minghajr , dawn nies lesti li jibqghu hemm akkost ta kollox , qas jekk jeqirdu l malta bhal ma qedin jamlu , L AQWA LI JIBQghu IMSAHHNIN MAS SIGGU !!!!!!!
Guza Zammit
Jan 26th, 17:37
Prosit!!! sewwa qed tghid... min qed igawdi se jibqa jgawdi, ghax bil-mod il-mod qed jaghqilbu mal-partit progressiv, biex meta jitla fil-gvern jibqghu igawdu!!! Veru kas ta' nies imsahhnin mas-siggu!!
C Muscat
Jan 26th, 16:32
Prosit PN well done!!!!
smajt li lil frank ser jibdlulu ismu ghal oscar!!! Well done frank!!!
Thomas Mifsud
Jan 26th, 16:31
Aqbez ghall-Maltin Dr Muscat ghax il-Priministru lest biex ikompli jqarraq binha. Mela kkonvinca lil Debono biex jastjeni, ftiehem ma xi partitarji baxxi Nazzjonalisti biex imorru jcapcpulu quddiem il-Parlament u bil-wicc tost kollu jrid jghid li l-vot huwa car meta hu m'ghandux maggoranza fil-Parlament. Ghajb ghalik Priministru jekk ma thallas quddiem il-poplu Malti, ghad thallas quddiem Alla!!
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 26th, 16:30
@ Neville Zammit
Inti tahseb li bit-tim formidabbli li ghandu madwaru JM u li minnu kien ser ikollu l-aqwa Kabinett li Malta qatt rat fl-istorja taghha, aqwa minn dawk ta' gvernijiet Laburisti u Nazzjonalisti, u kif JM irid isir Prim MInistru l-lejla qabel ghada, kien ser ihalli li jintuza l-casting vote ta' l-Ispeaker kieku mhux suppost?
Gheneb qaras jissejjah dan
@ Victor Laiviera
Let us put it the other way round. The PL has not gained the majority in Parliament. Didn't anybody tell you that?
Lara Vella
Jan 26th, 18:37
hehhe...as if the PN got it!
and GonziNM (No Majority) does not even have the decency to admit it!
Democratic indeed!
Karl Consiglio
Jan 26th, 16:29
Labour...Bad losers...as usual.
G Cilia
Jan 26th, 16:34
tasal takhom ibzax , u tindifa kbira did darba ikun hemm, spiccajtu tobzqu u tilaqu l bzieq takhom stess cowards ;)
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 26th, 16:47
Insomma il agonija ta pn se titwal ghax kif qal Arrigo stess se jiqbqu bi 'slow punture' sa l-ahhar.
Fil fatt issa Debono sa jaghmilom bhall tal hmar meta ikun irrid innigizom u huma ikollom joqomsu irrid u ma ridux.
Guza Zammit
Jan 26th, 17:49
@G.Cilia.. Dawn it-tip ta' kummenti, zgur ma jaghmlux gid lil partit. Turix li l partit ghalxejn biddel ismu u l-logo ax baqa dak li kien... partit li jghaddi bhal gaffa min fuq kulhadd basta jgawdu l-erbgha ta' gewwa!
Henry S Pace
Jan 26th, 16:28
' Baqa' bil - Gongol f'idu
Anthony Castillo
Jan 26th, 16:55
Agreed with you 100%.
rodney bone
Jan 26th, 16:25
.... Gvern bla maggoranza, Gvern (kabinett) mux maqud, Gvern bi glied intern...
Dr Gonzi sejjah elezzjoni halli tara jekk ghandekx il fiducja tal poplu warajk !!!!
Joe Shields
Jan 26th, 16:52
Who said Kabinett mhux maqud??? Joseph Muscat??? keep dreaming
Aaron Vella
Jan 26th, 16:53
M'hemmx ghalfejn, ghandu il-fiducja fil-Parlament issa. Daqshekk "prattikament" Prim ministru. Min jaf x'qatgha ha Joe x'hin Franco astjena. Min jidhak l-ahhar jidhak l-ahjar. Ghalissa stennew f' postkom, fl- Oppozizzjoni, wara kollox il-poplu ghal hames snin tellghu allura GHANDU maggoranza tal-poplu sakemm tasal elezzjoni ohra, ta' l-inqas.
Saviour Aquilina
Jan 26th, 17:12
Il maggoranza Mintoff ma kellux fil 1981, jew insejtu!!!!!! Maybe next election Joe tells wife Don`t cry...HE HE
Peppi Borg
Jan 26th, 16:20
Now we are in a situation where for every move Gonzi wants to make he must first ask Franco. The latter was yet again blindfolded by the primeminister's smoke screen
Joseph Calleja
Jan 26th, 16:40
Yes he was duped again. Poor Franco Debono cannot be trusted when it comes to politics. Very immature at best. The question still remains. What did the PM promise him if he abstains? Maybe all FD wanted was his fifteen minutes of fame but I think he got negative fame. He lost his political trust, he should have voted one way or the other, but he chose the easy road again. The question is WHY?
Joseph Sultana
Jan 26th, 17:16
@ Joseph: For 15 minutes of fame he has just blown everything. Now he can't be trusted on neither side of the parlament. He seems to me that he wants to lead a one-man army.
j Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 16:18
x'differenza hemm bejn l-mlp u fernando torres? Xejn ghax it-tnejn ma jistghux jaghmlu ballun !
T Gauci
Jan 26th, 18:23
Torres kien li ghamel il goal fil euro kontra il germanja u ta rebha lil spanja
Darren Vassallo
Jan 26th, 16:17
kif jista il gvern ikun kuntent wara il vot tal lum??
jif jista gvern jigverna minajr magoranza fil parlament??
Christian Ellul
Jan 26th, 17:33
L-anqas ma jista t'ghaddi il-mozzjoni ta' Joey Muscat meta m'ghandix maggoranza :P
J. Mifsud
Jan 26th, 16:16
We currently have a government who has neither the majority of votes, nor the majority of MPs, this is a worse scenario than the 1982 and the 1996 governments.
Christian Ellul
Jan 26th, 17:40
You are completely wrong. From which frame of mind did you conclude that the government doesn't have a majority of votes? I hope you're not ommitting Franco's votes in the 5th district as bases for your argument. Because i can assure you that if franco went for the election as an independent candidate he wouldnt have got a quater of the votes he managed to attain. People voted for Franco as part of GonziPN.
1982 was the biggest betrayal coming from a political partry. Mintoff a day after he LOST the election went to the president to form a new government. I repeat, a day after the majority of the Maltese people did not vote for Labour!! Yet you still vote Labour!
Ax hekk maghlem!
Ivan Esposito
Jan 26th, 16:10
And whilst he played the harp Rome burnt!
Does anybody in his/ her right senses sincerely think that things are back to normal?
Don't forget that the present government has actually lost four seats since it now does not represent the majority of voters. Thanks to the constitution, in 2008, the PN was given three extra seats to have a majority in patliament after poling a relative majority of votes. That majority of votes is now lost!
Another conundrum for the Constitutional experts?
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 26th, 16:15
There is only one thing I can think of that is burning at the moment!
Ivan cachia
Jan 26th, 16:22
Mr Esposito - thanks to the constitution and more than 2/3 of the MPs INCLUDING LABOUR MPs voting in favour.....YES PN was given 3 seats just like labour could have got if it were the other way round.
Il-laburisti jinxtammu minn seba mili boghod bl-injoranza li tibbrilla fijhom!!!!!!
Lara Vella
Jan 26th, 18:47
@ cachia
hekk biss kapaci tirribatti argument int...bit tghajjir? onestament ma nafx kif bil-porkerija li ktibt fl-ahhar sentenza il-kumment tieghek gie kkunsidrat mill-moderators!
il-fatt jibqa li Gonzi, ILLUM, m'ghandux maggoranza! u lanqas ghandu dicenza li jammettiha lill-poplu billi jsejjah elezzjoni! Demokrazzija at its best!
David Triganza
Jan 26th, 16:06
Jekk ma ikollokx il maggorana assoluta fil parlament .... mux elezzjoni trid issejjah Dr Gozni !
R. Gauci
Jan 26th, 16:17
iridu li draw jaqilbuh f'rebha, ma jemmnux bil-goal away jiswa doppju dawn hux?? LOL Ara f'liema farsa qieghed il-pajjiz.
Guza Zammit
Jan 26th, 16:27
Sur Gauci, gedditli l memorji ta' meta Alfred Sand hareg jghajjat Vittoria meta r-rizultat ma kienx (bhal dal-kaz) fil-parametri tal-kostituzzjoni wiehed newtrali, imma kien hemm telfa cara!
David Triganza
Jan 26th, 16:29
f xi final ta xi loghba football jintem draw ... issir l extra time .... l extra time DR GONZI hija l elezzjoni
Frank Gauci
Jan 26th, 16:30
@ R. Gauci... ghandek ragun imma ftakar biss li bi draw tkun ghadek fil-loghba u gieli ir-referee ikun mieghek ukoll :)
Andrew Cumbo
Jan 26th, 16:49
@ Guza Zammit Nahseb li nsejt is sena l-ohra il- Prim Ministru Gonzi ma rispettax lanqas id-decizjoni ta poplu rigward id-divorzju. Niskanta kemm ghandom memorja qasira certu nies.
Guza Zammit
Jan 26th, 17:34
@Andrew Cumbo... Ghaddiet jew ma ghadditx il-ligi tad-Divorzju? hareg il-Prim Ministru jiccelebra fit-toroq li r-referendum ma ghaddiex? Nahseb il konkluzjoni tasal ghaliha wahdek!
Miriam Attard
Jan 26th, 16:04
Dr. Mucat insejt meta il partit tighek igverna 5 snien shah bla maggoranza tal POPLU
R. Gauci
Jan 26th, 16:14
Il-PN fl-1971 x'kien se jaghmel Miriam? Ha nfakkrek, il-PL kellu madwar 5,000 vot maggoranza u rebah l-elezzjoni b'siggu wiehed biss, siggu decisiv fuq il-5 distrett li l-PL kien rebhu ghal 20 vot biss, hawn min jghid li kienet familja kbira Nazzjonalista li daret fl-ahhar hinijiet. U kieku taf kemm il-recount wiehed wara l-iehor mill-PN. Li sab xi zbalji ovvjament il-fatt li kien ghamel recounts wera bic-car li anke l-PN kien lest jiggverna skond il-minoranza tal-voti u maggoranza tas-siggijiet. Mela allura ghaliex dan it-tlablib, ma kien sar xejn kontra l-Kostituzzjoni, mhux hekk, 5 snin wara din giet irrangata u l-PN kien rebah.
Mr l Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 16:15
u qed tgħid li kien tajjeb jiġifieri?
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Jan 26th, 17:56
HI MS MIRIAM.
BIS-SAHHA TAD-DNUB IL-MEJJET KONTRA L-PARTITI LI KIENU KONTRA IL-PN. U META L-PN INQIEGHDA BIR-RELIGJON KATTOLIKA BIEX JIRBAH IL-POTER. IL-PN MHUX 5 SNIN IGGVERNA. MHUX 8 SNIN. IZDA 12 IL-SENA META SARU ELEZZJONIJIET XEJN DEMOKRATICI GHAL AHHAR. META L-VOT MA KIENX HIELES.
Mr Ernest Vella
Jan 26th, 15:59
Joseph, f'wiccek baqa lol
Wendy Sultana
Jan 26th, 16:44
isma Sur Nestu, mhux ahjar ma tidhaq xejn ghalissa ghax (nahseb li) l- Gvern tieghek ghadu zopp u jibqa paljazza sakemm Franco jdur :P idhaq hehehe "MIN JIDHAQ L- AHHAR JIDHAQ L- AHJAR"
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 19:28
Ehe sur nestu .. da li ghidt hawnekk ha jigi rraportat direttament lil headmaster ha naraw min jghid lol imbad.
Wendy Sultana
Jan 26th, 21:49
Proset e xi teacher dan ukoll ... imessu jisthi. jghallimx xi Politics ghal giehna jew xi History. ghalhekk jinfluwenzaw ruhhom it tfal hux !
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 26th, 15:59
@ M Grima
"perverse 34-34"
The only perverse result was when the MLP with just 49% of the votes - MINORITY - of the Maltase population governed Malta for 5 years and 5 months, between December '81 and May '87, the longest gorement in the Maltese history, and how they did grip to power. That was the time when the MLP kept gripping to power and glued themselves to the seats in Parliament against the will of the MAJORITY.
@ simon micallef stafrace (Kandidat Lejburist) @ A Dimech, @ Gti Agius
With the same yards stick that you are using, do you remember the country being governed by Madam MIriam Spiteri Debono in 1998?
@ A Dimech
BLA MAGORANZA!! Min? Il-LEJBURISTI imma.
Joe Calleja
Jan 26th, 15:57
Onorevoli Kap tal-Oppozizzjoni: Mhux ahjar tkun car INT, u lill-poplu, lill-gurnalisti u lill-imsejkna partitarji tieghek tghidilhom il-VERITA'.
Il-Prim Ministru l-Hadd li ghadda ma semmix vot. Il-Prim kien qed jitkellem fuq FTEHIM mhux vot, ftehim li m'hemmx ghalfejn nghidu ma' min. Ftehim li ghad jista' jintlahaq, u ghandu jkun car, li jtul sal-ahhar ta' din il-legislatura u minghajr ebda kundizzjonijiet. Dan, wara l-vot ta' dalghodu ghad jista' jintlahaq, u l-Prim Ministru hekk qal wara l-vot: li se jara li l-PN kollu kemm hu jappoggja l-politika tal-gvern, u ghalhekk se jiehu inizjattivi interni fil-partit biex jintlahaq dan l-iskop.
DIN hija l-verita' Dr. Muscat, u inutli tipprova ddawwarha kif jaqbillek b'tidwir u legaliżmi biex iggib l-bocca qrib il-likk.
Il-Uturn ghamiltha int meta l-ewwel kont tajt x'jifhem li ma kontx se tressaq vot ta' sfiducja fil-gvern ghax int responsabbli, mbaghad f'daqqa kellek tbiddel hsiebek. Forsi ghax ta' madwarek, il-klikek, ma qablux mieghek?
Mario Mercieca
Jan 26th, 15:54
bil-guh il-gawwi
Josanne Cassar
Jan 26th, 19:34
hello mar :)
Joe Calleja
Jan 26th, 15:53
Onorevoli Kap tal-Oppozizzjoni: Mhux ahjar tkun car INT, u lill-poplu, lill-gurnalisti u lill-imsejkna partitarji tieghek tghidilhom il-VERITA'.
Il-Prim Ministru l-Hadd li ghadda ma semmix vot. Il-Prim kien qed jitkellem fuq FTEHIM mhux vot, ftehim li m'hemmx ghalfejn nghidu ma' min. Ftehim li ghad jista' jintlahaq, u ghandu jkun car, li jtul sal-ahhar ta' din il-legislatura u minghajr ebda kundizzjonijiet. Dan, wara l-vot ta' dalghodu ghad jista' jintlahaq, u l-Prim Ministru hekk qal wara l-vot: li se jara li l-PN kollu kemm hu jappoggja l-politika tal-gvern, u ghalhekk se jiehu inizjattivi interni fil-partit biex jintlahaq dan l-iskop.
DIN hija l-verita' Dr. Muscat, u inutli tipprova ddawwarha kif jaqbillek b'tidwir u legaliżmi biex iggib l-bocca qrib il-likk.
Il-Uturn ghamiltha int meta l-ewwel kont tajt x'jifhem li ma kontx se tressaq vot ta' sfiducja fil-gvern ghax int responsabbli, mbaghad f'daqqa kellek tbiddel hsiebek. Forsi ghax ta' madwarek, il-klikek, ma qablux mieghek?
Karl Abela
Jan 26th, 15:48
In football, the term 'rebound' is used when a defending team wins the ball from an attacking team who tried to score but failed. ‘Counter attack from rebound’ takes it a step further when the defending team suddenly emerges from being under dog to get the upper hand.
Today we have seen a classic example of PN coming out of the ruins to deny Labour victory, who we all thought, had an overwhelmingly strong upper hand.
The point here is NOT praising PN, far from it.
The question here is why does Labour always have the upper hand/advantage but keeps losing out every time?
Who is really charge of Labour? Who is taking the wrong decisions everytime? Tony Abela? Anglu Farrugia?
I doubt it is Joseph Muscat’s fault.
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 15:59
You must have missed the final bit. The PN lost its majotity in Parliament. Didn't anybody tell you?
Fran Abela
Jan 26th, 16:12
'Who is taking wrong decisions every time ? - I think the problem is that they are still thinking and acting as 'old Labour'. Joseph Muscat may be at fault for keeping on the old guard whom many perceive as a not good move. He should have the guts to cut the cord and inject new blood in the party.
J. Mifsud
Jan 26th, 16:24
You can hardly say it was a counter attack, the government did not lose but it certainly did not win. We now have a government who commands neither the majority of votes not the majority of MPs - a really democratic situation I must say.
I heard both Dr Gonzi and Dr Muscat talk, Dr Muscat's speech was far better, although the powers that be decided to cut the power supply when he was getting at the most important part,
You can hardly say Dr Gonzi's speech was any good, especially since Joseph Muscat caught him out in at least one lie. Would you believe Gonzi said that last Sunday when JM was delivering a speech at the PL headquarters he was doing his duty following news about Iran - As JM told him everyone knows that Sunday Morning LG was in Zebbug watching the fireworks near the PN club.
Jes Farrugia
Jan 26th, 17:04
We now have a government who commands neither the majority of votes not the majority of MPs .
Sur Mifsud saret xi elezzjoni u ma nafx biha biex qed tghid li l-gvern m'ghandux maggoranza ta voti jew l-elezzjonijiet saru jintrebhu bil-POLLS? Fl-ahhar elezzjoni kull stharrig li sar ir-rizultati dejjem kienu jindikaw rebha laburista izda kullhadd jaf x'gara.
Karl Abela
Jan 26th, 17:25
@ Victor Laiviera
It was up to Labour to win the motion of confidence because they pushed it forward. So PN lost nothing.
@ J. Mifsud
The counter attack is not becuase Labour did not win the motion, but because Muscat is acting all sour grapes by persisting in asking for an election.
joseph francalanza
Jan 26th, 15:43
jghid x jghid dr gonzi ma solva assolutament xejn .
jekk haseb li il problemi solvijom sejjer zbaljat . L unika haga tajba li hareg min dan kollhu hi il firda tal pn u lqasma li hemm bejnitom
Dr Muscat int xogholok ghamilt fl interess tal poplu mentri hadd iehor kull ma ghamel kien hassel il hwejjeg barra daru u spicca kixxef lghawwar tieghu stess
J Busuttil
Jan 26th, 15:35
I pity the Labour supporters to be very disappointed not because I do not agree with them but because their young leader gave them very high hopes that an election will be called today. I have also been told that party had even gone a step further by preparing for a big social event outside their headquarters. Gonzi is not to blame for your disappointment but is is your inexperienced young leader who has been lead by the nose by the old timers. Joseph said that the more the PN stays in power the better so why is he calling for an early election. Very easy all these events have back fired in his face and the earlier the better as these past four/five weeks he has lost and not gained any new votes.
John Zammit
Jan 26th, 16:03
We are not disappointed with our young leader.we are Disappointed because of the instability of the Country
Joseph Brincat
Jan 26th, 16:03
TO BLIND TO SEE
NO MAJORITY , BOY !!!!!!
J. Mifsud
Jan 26th, 16:04
In what way do you agree with Labour Supporters? Is it in believing that the present government should resign as soon as possible? If so why are you so happy about today's vote.
I am no an insider and knew that the chances were that Dr Debono would either abstain or vote with the government, I was listening to ONE radio only yesterday and Toni Abela hinted that, something like this would happen, so I wouldn't really think that any big social do was planned for today.
By what Dr Debono said it is Lawrence Gonzi who is being led by the nose and not Joseph Muscat. Joseph called for an early election, because it is in the interest of the country to clear this situation as soon as possible. Jopseph Muscat is acting in the interest of Malta,, Lawrence Gonzi is acting in the interset of the Regime.
mario piscopo
Jan 26th, 15:34
illum hareg bi car kemm dan in nies huma iwweldjati ma siggu tal poter
jafu li mghandomx maggoranza u jibqghu ihanbqu li jghaddu min fuq kulhadd bhall romblu . Il partit laburista haseb li franco kien ha jisfiducja il gvern biss kull ma ghamel kien li skredita lilu in nifsu .
I problema kienet u tibqa il gvern ta lawrence gonzi fejn issa min siggu min fuq spicca indaqs ma ta faccata tieghu u issa flok ghandna priministru GONZI ghandna priministru FRANCO
issa il ballun f saqajn il prim ha jurina li kull ma qal franco issa jatwah .
Jalla il maltemp kollhu li qalilna ma jigix ghall wiccu ghax jidher li issa mhemx skuzi ghax irried isolvih kollhu hu
Ivan cachia
Jan 26th, 16:19
Sur Piscopo - Dawk marbutin mas-siggu tal-poter u Joseph 'playstation' Muscat (li prattikament Prim Ministru) ghattxan ghal poter....mela mela irid l-istabilita f'Malta.....miskin kemm hu patrijott....ghandu xorti jaf jispellija il-kelma ahseb u ara kemm jista jigi bi proposti konkreti fuq kif jista jgib l-istabilita f'Malta......tini break Sur Piscopo and wake up from that dream you are in.......
Neville Zammit
Jan 26th, 15:24
Nixtieq nistaqsi lil Dr Austin Bencini, kellu jew ma kellux drit l-ispeaker juza l-casting vote tieghu f'vot ta fiducja/sfiducja fil-gvern? Ghax sa ftit sijghat ilu jiena smajt lil Avukat Bencini jghid li f'vot simili, l-ispeaker tal-kamra ma jkunx jista juza l-casting vote!
Tony Busuttil
Jan 26th, 15:24
Franco Debono sacrifice his political carrer and his believe to savi GONZIPN and his clique
Alfred E. Zahra
Jan 26th, 15:24
"The fact that Parliament would not meet while the government was away for the EU summit next Monday and Tuesday was very significant, Dr Muscat said." Yes Muscat it is very significant because you have always refused to pair in Parliament.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 26th, 15:21
Bl ingravata blu fuq sfond blu!
B'misthija it-torca mohbija.
R. Gauci
Jan 26th, 15:39
Ninsabu fl-2012 habib, vera marbutin mal-passat inthom tal-PN, xi tkun dil-fissazzjoni???
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 26th, 15:44
@Mr.Joe Micallef
Kemm int vojt..
Graziella Delceppo
Jan 26th, 16:08
seriously jew ???????
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 26th, 16:10
Oh Xaxa I just love your name! I hope you're as nice a person - of which I have no reason to doubt.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 26th, 16:27
If interested get some books on the psychology of colour for branding and communication. It makes interesting reading.
C Briffa
Jan 26th, 15:20
Joseph nesa li hu kwazi prim ministru , ara jaghmlux vot ta sfiducja fik shabek!!!!!
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 15:38
ohlom
Peter Zahra
Jan 26th, 15:20
it tigrija sal barkun.....!!!
For next time my friends.... Next election min 7 - 1 nigu 8 - 1 !!!!
Paul Muscat
Jan 26th, 15:18
Viva l-Labour!!
Stefan Zammit
Jan 26th, 15:13
To call for an early election you need the majority, which I guess Muscat doesn't have? Did I get thris right?
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 16:35
Neither does Gonzi
Steve Zammit
Jan 26th, 15:11
Cheer up Joseph :)
A Trapani
Jan 26th, 16:06
... thought i was the only one seeing him looking a bit grumpy today Steve
Charles Zammit
Jan 26th, 15:11
No matter what is said , the PL motion was defeated as per the rules of parliament etc . Now the PN will continue till the PRIME MINISTER Gonzi and not Muscat !! Decide to call an election in approximately 16 months ??
The Stability gimmick is a waste of time , talk about time there was a time when the number 49 was bigger than the number 51 !! That bit of maths went on for approx 5 years and no talk of instability was ever sounded by the PL / MlP . The thirst and hunger for power will have to wait until the GONZIPN leadership decides END OF .
J. Mifsud
Jan 26th, 15:51
I suggest you don't mention 1982, since what is happening in this legislature is no better. Firstly Lawrence Gonzi like Mintoff does not have to full mandate of the people to govern. If the PN really wanted to do what the electorate voted for they would have given the extra seat to AD who got 3800 votes, while the PN only had 1500 extra votes, a hundered more than AN. Lawrence Gonzi should have been a minority government, and I'm sure that AD would not have supported them in many of the dirty things they did.
Gonzi would have lost the majority a long time ago. Now he has neither the majority of seats (which he had no right in the first place) nor the majority of votes. He is in the same position as Mintoff and still he remains Prime Minister. That is Democracy for you Lawrence Gonzi has as much right to govern Malta as Dom Mintoff had in 1982. The only person who acted Democratically was Alfred Sant who although having a majority of 7600 votes resigned as soon as he realized he did not always have the majority of MPs .behind him
H. Meilak
Jan 26th, 16:53
Prosit Charlie, well said! I voted for the first time in 1981 and we managed to get the majority of votes - just for nothing, or worse, watching the MLP continuing their destruction of Malta!
Joe Cassar
Jan 26th, 15:10
Halluna kollha kemm intom. Ha dumu tidhqu bil-poplu!! Ghandkom kuxjenza!! Il-Haddiem jahdem b-ilsienu barra u jhallas it-taxxi u intom tal-parlament isahnu is-siggu u taghmlu t-tijatrini minn fuq dahar il-poplu. Ahjar tpoggu fuq mejda u taraw x'tistaw tghamlu ghal pajjiz u mhux taraw min minkhom se jigverna biex jakwesta dak il-poter u mhux biex jahdem ghan-nazzjon. Pajjizi ohra fl-ewropa qed ipoggu fuq mejda biex jaraw kif se jilqaw ghal krizi li tista tahkimhom u ahna gallarija jew ahjar, fejn ma nilghabx inhassar. Issa daqt tassal l-elezzjoni u tibda tara l-Kandidata bil-crew tieghu (Il-Canvassers), dawn ukoll tghidx kemm jahdmu ghal-buthom u x'jippurthom minnhi u minnhekk!! Iv-Votalhom halli jgawdu huma u ta madwarhom u int ja poplu bahnan ghoqod halas it-taxxi ghalihom.
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 26th, 15:10
Muscat or Gonzi does not matter. What matters is the country. Are we in our senses or not? If not early elections, the PM should resign, Franco Debono rejoins the PN and the show goes on. Otherwise we have all the right to think that all this is a pre-meditated farce by GonziPN to try and attract sympathy for the Party.
Richard Caruana
Jan 26th, 15:08
Dan Joseph Muscat 'prattikament' Prim Ministru?
Wilfred Camilleri
Jan 26th, 15:07
What a looser! He is so desperate for power that he will try anything to obtain it. When he first came on the scene I thought that finally we had a politician with principles but it turns out he's just another power-hungry, power at all costs politician. How disappointing!
pat muscat
Jan 26th, 15:07
As usual another 'perverse' result interpreted as victory! F'daqqa wahda kulhadd espert kostituzzjonali! Numbers do count, but in order to count their meaning has to be clear. 34 against 34 votes is one less 35 deputies GonziPn had when he was elected. We all know he had Franco on the bandwagon, not any more, unless, that is Franco does a 360 and 'jibla kull ma qal ' for the last two months! In that case, vera li f'Malta kollox possibli, anzi inkunu OTTU, u nistenna farsa shiha go l-Istitut Kattoliku!
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Jan 26th, 15:05
@ Maltin u Għawdxin,
Issa qed taraw b'għajnejkom x'kilba għall-poter għandhom dawn il-Laboristi!
Il-Laboristi jriedu l-poter mingħajr ma jgħidulna x; ser jagħmlu!
Hsiebkpm hemm Maltin u Għawdxin, għax dawn il-Laboristi ma jinbidlu qatt!
Tixtrux hut fil-baħar tal-Laboristi, għax tiekluħ jinten!
Dawn il-Laboristi ppreparati biex jerġgħu jagħmlu preċiżament dak u kif għamlu fis-Sebgħinijiet u t-tmeniniiet!
Mela ejjew nissapportaw lill Maħbub Prim Ministru Dr Lawrence Gonzi biex verament nimxu fit-triq tal-paċi u l-progres għalina għall-pajjiżna u għall-uliedna, bil-par idejn sodi ta' Gonzi PN.
J. Mifsud
Jan 26th, 16:14
Fenech Adami tela bl-ajta ta' Fiducja u daqsekk biss. Meta kienu jsaqsuh minn fejn se jgib il flus kien dejjem jghid - "Jien ghandi fiducja fil poplu Malti'
Ahjar il-gvern jghidilna minn fejn se jnaqass dawk l-40000000 euro mil-Budjet. Mela se jaghmel JM jekk ikun fil-gvern tridu tkunu tafu. Jien il-present jinteresani. Se jzidu l-kontijiet tat-taxxi, inaqsu mil-edukazjoni, inaqasu mil-pagi jew ikomplu jidejnu? Dak li rridu nkunu nafu, ma nahsibx li se jnaqsu mil-Lussu li qed jghixu fih.
Mr Michael Debono
Jan 26th, 16:35
Nenu (jisthi jghid Carmelo, min ghandu kilba ghal poter? il P.N. li mghandux magoranza jew il-LP?Vera wiccek jaghtik Nenu.
pat muscat
Jan 26th, 17:12
Harigli id-dmugh! Tkomplix , jahasra,ghax ghajnejha se jinxfuli! Please!
Mark. Galea
Jan 26th, 15:04
Il-qattusa ghaggelija frieh ghomja jkollha!
David Smith
Jan 26th, 15:03
Joseph Muscat should do the only honourable thing in the circumstances - resign!!
Fabien Calleja
Jan 26th, 15:02
Bhal tar referendum tal-Ewropa ergajna! It-tnejn jajdu li rebhu! LOL
C. Borg
Jan 26th, 15:01
I'm seeing some stupid comments from bloggers of both parties here.
JM seems he wants an election soon. So far the government can keep going with today's vote, however I'm not sure how long will he survive if Franco keep deciding to abstain or perhaps vote against any motion brought forward by the governement.
The next vote is the budget one and this is another crucial vote.
I think Franco is creating the instability and not Joseph.
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Jan 26th, 14:57
Won’t you come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly?
…and we all know how the story ends!
This is what happened today in parliament.
JC.
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:51
"Dr Muscat said Labour was not in a hurry for a general election,"
Oh!!! no!!! please Dr. Emails, be credible please!!! Ahna ahna jew m'ahniex??
You are not in a hurry when you created such instability after the 6th of January 2012 and presented a vote of no confidence in the Government without giving a reason why you have no confidence in the government? Now that you lost the vote in parliament, during the course of your press conference you said "Labour was not in a hurry for a general elections" when at the same time you were reported to have said:- "Joseph Muscat this afternoon called for an early election after the outcome of the no confidence vote."
Can you please respect the intelligence of the readers of this column Maaaan!!!!
Mark Spiteri
Jan 26th, 14:50
If you really love your country please let the government work in peace......you are the one causing all this instability..and uncertainty to businesses.....your time will come...but for the time being please shut up!!!
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:48
ha nghaddi naqra kumment serju hawn ghax bir rispett kollhu hawn hafna li jikkumentaw b mod vera vojtt!! kull min qedt jikritika l joseph muscat x jippretendi??? li l kap ta l-oppozijoni ha joqghod kwiet u jhalli l gonzi u l klikka jaghmlu li jridu!! meta kemm franco debono u anka backbenchers ohra qalu li hemm it tahwid fil gvern!! jien nikritika l joseph kiku ma jihux il passi mehtiega!!! minn hawn nghid proset joseh muscat
John Borg
Jan 26th, 14:46
Nispera li n-nazzjonalisti le kienu qed igergru hadu taghlima sew minn din. Il-laburisti diga kienu poggew ruhhom fil gvern. din disfatta kbira ghal Joseph. il-mozzjoni tieghu m'ghaddietx. xorta jrid elezzjoni. l-unika instabilita li hawn f'pajjizna hi l-kilba tl-lejber ghall poter....
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 26th, 15:01
Int bis-serjeta???? il kilba ghal poter? issa naraw malajr min ghandu il kilba ghal poter habib, jekk hux sihbek Gonzi.....xi dwejjaq ghandkhom jaqq, tisfugaw f'Joseph qedin, jekk tasar il ministri kollha taghkhom ma sibux sugu, min jaf x genn ghandhom bhal issa...xi zigg ha naghmlu!!!!
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 15:05
Id-"disfatta" kbir sifriha l-Gvern tal-PN li ma kienx kapaċi jġib maġġoranza fil-Parlament u - għat-tieni darba fi ftit ġimgħat - kellu jserraħ fuq il-krozza tal-Ispeaker.
Spiċċajna bi gvern ta'miniranza.
Joseph Brincat
Jan 26th, 14:44
PN WHAT OUT MAJORITY !!!!!!!!
Fran Abela
Jan 26th, 14:58
My, you were in a hurry Dr. Brincat - I suppose you meant 'PN WITHOUT MAJORITY ? Sorry to disappoint you but the PN do have a majority in Parliament and that is what really counts. Please have some more patience - do not worry - a general election will be held - in 14 months' time - when it is due. Have a good day.
Wilfred Camilleri
Jan 26th, 15:08
PL without principles!
Stefan Zammit
Jan 26th, 15:14
at least learn to read and write properly before you condemn what you obviously don't know anything about :)
Tracy Farrugia
Jan 26th, 15:24
I'm sorry; what?
Mr Steve Cassar
Jan 26th, 15:36
PL without any solutions! Just nice words to attract votes only ...
After the election those nice words are only history!
A Dimech
Jan 26th, 14:43
Viva L'Ispeaker - he is the PM!!
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:50
:) l ispeaker u debono jikmandaw il pajjiz u l gonz jikkumidja fin nofs
P. Ciantar
Jan 26th, 15:01
Mela bhal spiteri debono fil 1998 jew issa differenti - basta l kilba ghal poter u bejn il kopja u l original il poplu l original jaghzel avolja l ingravati saru blu
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Jan 26th, 14:43
Since Joseph Muscat lost this vote, isn’t it proper that he should present his resignation as party leader immediately?
Joseph Muscat is probably showing that he is like his predecessors; i.e. UNELECTABLE!
JM should resign for the good of the Labour Party; no questions asked.
JC.
Bug Agius
Jan 26th, 14:47
x'ghandu x'jaqsam il-kap tal-labour? Kun af li Gonzi zam bl-ispeaker illum u mhux bil-poplu...
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 26th, 14:50
Muscat kien jitlef il vot li kieku debono ivota mal gvern, l-speaker mhux elett mil poplu u hemm dubji bkar kemm kien korret li jivota hu, imma taht Gonzipn kollox possibli hux.
Jekk Muscat ghandu jirizenja xi jmissu jaghmel gonzi jemigra jew.
Le habib b dispjacir nghidlek li Muscat hekk ghandu u hemm ha jibqa.
Joe E Galea
Jan 26th, 14:53
Int bis-serjeta'? Ara veru ma tafx x'inti tghid ta.
Wayne Criggs
Jan 26th, 15:03
You seem to have no idea of politics Mr Cauchi.
Start educating yourself: Dr Joseph Muscat became PL's leader in June 2008... 3.5 years ago.
A year later, he had a landslide victory in Malta's European Parliament Elections, beating Gonzi... by 35,600 votes. Muscat is becoming more and more popular. He was very wise in the way he faced the divorce issue. Even though PL didn't take a stand, everybody knows that it was even thanks to him that, the YES won against the NO in the Divorce Referendum, with a difference of 14,500 votes.
Being shortsighted you think that today's no confidence vote was a win for the PN and Gonzi, and a defeat for Muscat. But elections are won by floaters not by PL or PN fans. And floating voters know that officially from today, we have a government leading this country without having the majority in parliament and probably even in the streets.
L. Aquilina
Jan 26th, 15:05
Fit 80 kellna lil KMB u 2012 ghandna lil BABY JOSEPH MUSCAT
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 15:06
You must have missedsomething - it is the PN that lost the vote and was saved by the Speaker.
Neil Zammit
Jan 26th, 15:19
int nahseb mohhok mhux postu ux?
Mela kapijiet tal-partiti fl-istorja kollha jitilfu elezjoni u ma jirizenjawx... tipretendi li ghax titlef proposta jirezenja LOL do you ever follow politics??
Steve Gauci
Jan 26th, 15:20
are you for real?
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 26th, 15:25
And what about Gonzi? Just look at the things Debono (a NP MP may I remind you) accude him of. And the long list of scandals, misdeeds, etc listed by Muscat. Shouldn't Gonzi leave for the good of the counry - and the PN?
n micallef
Jan 26th, 15:27
why should Dr.Joseph Muscat has to resign????????????????????????? lol Gonzi has to do so. Gonzi ma ghandux maggoranza fil-parlament mhux Dr. Muscat
din mhux issue to Dr. Muscat... Gonzi ghandu jara x'ha jamel ta
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 15:43
Joseph Cauchi Senior grazzi talli qed tkompli tikkonfermali b'liema tip ta' nies intrebhet l-ahhar elezzjoni generali........bl-injoranti.
W Cassar
Jan 26th, 15:59
With that kind of reasoning I hope you don't drive!
n micallef
Jan 26th, 14:41
Constitutional law expert Dr Austin Bencini said that if Dr Debono makes good on his threat to vote with the Opposition in favour of a vote of no confidence, then Opposition Leader Joseph Muscat will have reached the 35-vote threshold necessary for the motion to pass.
Should, he however, decide to abstain, then the Opposition will only have 34 votes in favour of the motion – one short of the crucial house majority it needs. Article 76 (5) (a) of the Maltese Constitution is clear on this matter, stating that the President may dissolve Parliament “if the House of Representatives passes a resolution, supported by the votes of a majority of all the members thereof, that it has no confidence in the Government, and the Prime Minister does not within three days either resign from his office or advise a dissolution.”
Since a no-confidence motion requires a majority of all MPs, rather than a simple majority of those voting, the 35-vote threshold holds irrespective of the number of MPs who abstain – or fail to attend Parliament – during next Thursday’s vote.
MA NISTAX NIFHEM GHALA VVOTA L-ISPEAKER JEKK SKOND IL-KOSTITUZZJONI TA MALTA...... XI HADT JGHIDLI INTQAL DAN ID-DISKORS FUQ TIMES DIN IL-GIMGHA
W Cassar
Jan 26th, 14:41
All those pointing fingers at Muscat...
Muscat has every right to question the governments stability, that why we have an opposition! It is up to the government to prove otherwise.
Up till now..... the question still remains.
Wilfred Camilleri
Jan 26th, 15:10
Muscat is just after a power grub. The government was elected for a full term and does not have to prove anything to Muscat and his band of power hungry supporters.
W Cassar
Jan 26th, 15:48
The Government also has to prove to us above all....we will see when other motions are voted on.
...and just for the record both sides are power hungry, no one is an angel in politics they are all hypocrites with certificate!
jonathan saliba
Jan 26th, 16:17
yes we have an opposition that is doing its job,,,,,
always OPPOSING..................... JM wake up iprova ikonvinci il poplu biex jivutawlek haha
M Grima
Jan 26th, 14:38
I can just imagine the PN supporters celebrating this memorable victory when they are interpreting a perverse 34-34 result as a win or something to be ecstatic about. This they will do until the next hurdle when perhaps Franco will once again rip their hearts out with his endless 'yes,no and maybe' style of doing politics. I thought that Dr. Gonzi was man enough to challenge both Franco, who does not really put his money where his mouth is, and the opposition by calling a snap election. But, because Dr.Gonzi still needs to expand his already over-sized ego and his obsession to hang on to the power seat at all costs, he is playing the procrastination game. By his own self proclaimed yardstick this result gave a clear indication that Gonzi does not enjoy a parliamentary majority.
Hats off to Europe's greatest statesman!!
Maria Debono
Jan 26th, 14:38
Prime Minister at all costs.Don't worry Drr Muscat you lost today, you will loe again during election time. PN is a winner. Let them finish their projects in peace.
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 26th, 14:52
iva iva Joseph hi hallih ha jkun jista jaqta iz zigarelli, lol ghax ghalhekk biss baqa tajjeb gonzi, ghal pozi u zigarelli...
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 15:48
u le xi kretinagni ta' kumment, mhux ta' b'xejn qieghed fil-gvern gonzi, ghandu biex jiftahar b'nies bhalek. u haga ohra....illum la Joseph ma tilef u lanqas il-PL, tilfu biss Gonzi u l-PN, tilfu l-maggoranza ta' siggu, issa jekk trid tmerri l-verita aghmel li trid.
Mario Borg
Jan 26th, 14:38
Dejjem hekk jghamlu il PL l-ewwl jghamluwa fatta umbad jihdu disfatta! ehhh.....
Gti Agius
Jan 26th, 14:37
Tafu min et imexxi l pajjiz????
L ISPEAKER !!!!!!
Lol xej sew aw malta !!!
Mario Mifsud
Jan 26th, 15:01
Ghax ma tilhaqx int!!! Tinstem nteligentiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Mr Darren Galea
Jan 26th, 14:33
problema kbira hijja li tal-Labour jaghmlu kollox fatta min qabel u lanqas haqq il-partitarji jimtlew bl-arja.
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 14:57
jidher li mhux jien biss nahsibha hekk.
Ms Sandra Grech
Jan 26th, 14:32
Goodness, I really do sincerely hope this guy never becomes prime minister, for the good of this country please !!!
Gti Agius
Jan 26th, 14:40
You are absolutely right... otherwise he would trash all the "bad funghi GonziPNists" out of my country!!!! u l klikka tintilef ux!
Mr Mario Farrugia
Jan 26th, 14:31
Dr. Muscat playes his lottery ticket, hoping that Dr. Debono supports the motion, but failed. It's now back to the drawing board. I guess it suits the PL better, as deep down they know their policies (if any) are not good enough for today's economic challenges.
A Dimech
Jan 26th, 14:28
BLA MAGORANZA!!
B Ellul
Jan 26th, 14:28
People voted for a PN goverement for 5 (five) years and no less.... pl please wait your turn. Can't understand why you keep saying that the PN wants to remain in power when HE IS ENTITLED TO!
btw.... are the house vistis by the mpl candidates going to stop now? hehe
John Attard
Jan 26th, 14:39
and the house visits by the pn candidates going to stop now??????????:) he he
F. Maltese
Jan 26th, 14:40
Le ta ghandek zball u zball kbir !! 5 snin huma il massimu tal legislatura sakhemm partit idum ihaddan il maggoranza... Issa gonzi tieghek maggoranza m'ghadx ghandu!! Tista tifima din jew iebsa?
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:53
@johna attard
ha ha ha short and sweet wiehed mill ahjar kummenti li qrajt :)
David Aquilina
Jan 26th, 15:08
F. Maltese.... inthom m'ghamiltux 5 snin bejn l-82 u l-87 tiggvernaw bla maggoranza jewilla? dan il gvern almenu legittimu... issa tista tifhem dik?
Albert Farrugia
Jan 26th, 14:21
Wow...the governments' supporters seem to be breathing a strong, strong sigh of relief after this! Was it really that bad? For the PN has now been given a few more weeks time to mend some holes here and there, look after its supporters, and finish some projects to give some shine at least.
But governments' supporters memories are very short indeed. So, to refresh, here are the Prime Ministers' words last Sunday on the way forward: "Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi drew a firm line under any possible solution to the ongoing political impasse yesterday, saying that any such solution needed to be unconditional, long-term and in line with the government’s electoral programme." Quoted here: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120123/local/Any-solution-must-be-long-term-Gonzi.403443
After a vote of no-confidence in a government minister was defeated by the Speaker last November, Dr Gonzi promptly felt that the situation regarding his government had become weak enough that he had to call a vote of confidence, which he proceeded to clearly win with 35 votes in favour.
Now, a vote of NO confidence in the WHOLE government was opposed by only 34 votes and could only be defeated by the Speaker. And what does Dr Gonzi do? Well, only God seems to know what he will do. One sure thing he CANNOT do is keep the country guessing. If he thinks he can keep the country for one whole year jumping from one moment of crisis to another, he has another thing coming! How's that for "kilba ghal poter tal-klikka"?
Peter Borg
Jan 26th, 14:18
What a joke ! Gonzi's shenanigans are on par with Alfred Sant's after the E.U. referendum (although Sant at least had the courage to call an early election when faced with Mintoff's dissent a few years earlier ). EFA also immediately called an early election following Sant's ridiculous claims that he had won the E.U. referendum, in order to avoid instability and economic stagnation and showed that he really did put the interests of the country first and foremost. If GonziPN really cared as much abouts jobs and the economy as they always say they do they would realise that the country cannot afford the current political uncertainty and that the only way to put an end to it is to call an election as quickly as possible. Will they put the country's interest first or their own and that of their party ?
Vuur Borg
Jan 26th, 14:18
Ara vera pajjiz tal mickey mouse, Franco Debono ghadu jaghmel parti mil PN?
David Smith
Jan 26th, 14:16
Does Joseph Muscat have no shame?? First he creates instability by calling a vote of no confidence. Totally opportunistic stance which put the interests of the party before that of the nation. Following today's vote, when Government will continue with its work, the PL has started attacking Franco Debono. Political hogwash aside, let me tell you Dr. Muscat the true feelings of the people - the Nationalists in Government have made lots of mistakes, but come next election, the majority will again choose the Nationalist Party over the party of the Huge Black Void. As for Franco Debono - he has made his point - now let the Government continue its work in peace for the good of all of Malta.
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 14:57
Amen to that.
Charles J. Buttigieg
Jan 26th, 14:15
One can play around with numbers and follows the letter of the Constitution as one wants, however the spirit will always remain. Sad fact for Gonzipn in Government is that out of 69 MPs he is supported only by 33 ( 34 with his own vote) while 35 are opposing him.
A Galea
Jan 26th, 14:14
Jien ghalija Franco Debono qala dan kollu ax imissu wara dal hassle kollu ivvota kif qal li se jaghmel,wara kollox hu qal kemm il darba li l gvern qed jizbalja fuq hafna affarijiet u li m ghandux fiducja fih. U llum oriena kemm hu tifel zghir
Chris Abela
Jan 26th, 14:31
kiku ghamel hekk kien ippaxikom imma almenu m'ghamilx hekk qala kemm qala hassle :)
Chris Abela
Jan 26th, 14:13
Lanqas haqq kemm kien hawn Laburisti haduwa Leave biex kien melalijhom li se jergaw ippercu naqra il maktur! hehehe
Gti Agius
Jan 26th, 14:26
L immaturita tieghek hija mpressjonanti habib, Gonzi PN et jitnejjek bik u juzak kif irid u int tidhaqlu, haqqek monument tal kastita !!!
Bug Agius
Jan 26th, 14:33
Proset Gti Agius :) jekk pericnihx illum il-maktur, ippercuh daqt ta ghaax mhux ha jdum izomm bl-ispeaker Gonzi tieghek!
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 26th, 14:59
u Chris jahasra kemm inti tifel sew kollox f'hinu u f'waqtu, it tizbita ha tkun ikbar, u ftakar dejjem li min jithaq l-ahhar jithaq l-ahjar.
Viva Malta bi gvern bla maggoranza. Ha nsiru qisna il Libya
Charles Massa
Jan 26th, 14:13
Gonzi ma ghandux maggoranza u ghal hekk ghandu jirrizanja. Mela issa kull ligi se toqod taddi bil casting vote tal ispeaker. Fejn hi demokrazja sur Gonzi
Joe Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 14:33
Gonzi ghandu l-maggoranza tal-poplu kif muri fl-ahhar elezzjoni.
Dik hi id-demokrazija.
Bill-haqq il-PL (dak inhar MLP) kien ghadda budget shih bil-casting vote tal-ispeaker !
Il-vot ta, sfiducja ma giex meghlub bil-casting vote tal-ispeaker ghax biex tghaddi mozzjoni ta' sfiducja irid ikkollha l-maggoranza ta' voti, haga li JM ma kellux
ruth klotzer
Jan 26th, 14:37
mela gonzi qatt kien demokratiku! dak dejjem li ried ghamel!
edgar rossignaud
Jan 26th, 14:13
The Labour Party's hunger for power is disgusting! Why can't it accept that the card they played did not function according to their plan? Clearly Franco Debono realised that the country needs an election now like it needs a hole in the head, and decided to abstain. This removes nothing from the many valid points he has been making which should be taken seriously by the PN and action taken immediately to redress.
Anthony Psaila
Jan 26th, 14:10
issa toqghodx tibki Joseph
Chris Abela
Jan 26th, 14:13
Qed naqtalu il lumi jiena ;)
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:22
ma nafx ala ghandu jibki ta 34-34 gew!! jekk taf x inhu jigri l ispeaker mux suppost ivvota!!! int ma tibkiex imma ghax xi bazuzlu eh
Bug Agius
Jan 26th, 14:25
il-lumi GonziPn ghandu bzonnu ghax bl-ispeaker qed izomm
Bug Agius
Jan 26th, 14:34
Tajba Robert!!! =] 100% agree
Gti Agius
Jan 26th, 14:10
The truth is that from now on the hereunder questions will be raised everyday by GONZIPN:
Will he support the government or not? in the remaining weeks of legislation?
Now that is a real stable Government....
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:10
L-immaaturita' politika ta' Dr. Emails lehqet il-quccata taghha dalghodu!!! Ghalxejn holoq klima ta' instabilita' biex forsi jakkwista l-poter!!! Hsara lil-pajjizu ghamel avolja jghid li hu, Dr. Emails ghandu ghal qalbu "il-pajjiz"..Hallina Guz!!!!!
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 14:14
fadallek ftit iehor takkwista Hili.
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:24
jien nahseb li issa il klima lahqet il quccata ta l istabililta hallina lippu!! daw wara kollox kandidat tal pn li nerga nghid his mouth is bigger then his balls hada kontra l gonz li int tant thobb!!!
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:28
@ Deo Catania
Ghall-informazzjoni tieghek, jiena LA AKKWISTAJT u l-anqas qieghd nistenna li NAKKWISTA taht Gvern Nazzjonalista. Pjuttost tlift!! Imma jekk akkwistajt xi haga li hija ghal qalbi u ghal qalb il-familja tieghu din hija, ismahha sew Deo - IS- S E R H A H T A L - M O H H, li l-ebda gvern Laburista ma gabli.
Issa jekk inti bi gvern Laburista akkwistajt is-serhan tal-mohh, heq!! dik haga ohra u allura ghalhekk titkellem bl-akkwist!!!
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:34
@philip hili!!!
ha tqabizzli demha lip
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 15:01
Valid points indeed Mr. Hili. L-istess jien. Gvern Nazzjonalista qatt ma tani xejn materjali f'idi pero safejn naf jien qatt ma hadli xejn. Gvern laburista fin-97 nehhieli l-istipendju, gieghlni nidghi x'hin gejt biex insib xoghol dak iz-zmien. U fit-tahwid kollu li hawn fid-dinja, inhoss li ghalkemm ma nistax nghid li ahna sejrin tajjeb, imma sejrin ferm ahjar mill-girien taghna li sa ftit snin ilu konna nghiru ghalihom! B'kumbinazzjoni tghid? ma nahsibx.
A Cuschieri
Jan 26th, 15:54
Deo Catania
L-ewwel tiehu int biex takkuza lil KULL nazzjonalist li jakkwista. Probabli ghadek tifel u ma tiftakarx kif kienu jitqassmu l-plottijiet fi zmien il-labour, u kemm il persuna giet innegata x-xoghol ghax nazzjonalista biex jidhol minfloka laburist minghajr kwalifiki necessarji.
Ghamel pjacir lilek innifsek u ghoqod kwiet kultant ghax qed tkompli tikkonferma kemm il-PL, b'nies bhalek, ahjar taharbu ghax ghadu ma nbidilx.
Philip Hili
Jan 27th, 00:29
@ Robert Camilleri
Bertu, l-instabilita' holoqha Dr. Emails, ghax mghaggel ghall-poter. Mela partita nies b'hafna aspettattivi u meta gie ghall-prova waqa' ghac-cajt!!!!
Ghallijista jkun m'intix xi wiehed li qabel dal-ghodu imlejtu bix-xemgha li Franco hux u infahtu halli twaddab il-hatab? Issa qieghed tghidlu " his mouth is bigger then his balls"
Iva, nhobbu lill Dr. Gozni ghax taghni s-serhan tal-mohh, u mhux inqum kul fil-ghodu u malli niftah ghajnejja nibda nahseb x'ser jigri llum!!!! Dik il-hajja taht il-PARTIT NAZZJONALISTA.
Philip Hili
Jan 27th, 00:40
@ A Cuschieri
Ms/Mr A. Cuschieri, dak ftit li semmejtlu lil Deo. Zid dawn ukoll
1.) Meta kont tkun trid thallas Lm50 lil xi canvaser ta' xi ministru biex ikollok linja tat-telephone,
2.) Meta kont tkun trid rakkomandazzjoni minn ghand xi membru ta' kumitat tal-MLP (dak iz-zmien) biex tkun tista' tixtri TV tal-kulur halli jaraha "My Dear Philip" u jghatik permess biex TIXTRI, TIXTRI TA!!!!
3.) Meta kont tkun trid tixtri dak li jbiblek il-"kunvent" - bulk buying!!
Ma nafx jekk jiftakarhomx dawn, jiddependi kemm Deo Catania ghandu zmien!!!!
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:07
@ Mr. John Borg
Le, Le, mhux hekk, imbaghad jghidilna li ma jistax irahhas il-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma "ghax kellu l-ispiza ta' elezzjoni Generali!!!!!!
Shaun Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:07
J Muscat...YOU are NOW trying to cause instability in this country!! Now shut up and let the ball rolling!!
F. Pisani
Jan 26th, 14:07
No martini, no party. Your ridicules motion did not pass so shut up.
Kate Micallef
Jan 26th, 14:07
Yet another one bites his own dust....Maltese Politics are sooooo funny
edgar rossignaud
Jan 26th, 14:05
It is understandable for Muscat to be frustrated - his new curtains for Castille can wait! The PL is playing a verty dirty game, creating instability and then saying that we need an election because there is instability. The fact remains that the PL made a motion of no confidence in the Government which did not go as planned in the glass house of Mile-end. They have been stoking Franco Debono's fire for the past weeks which (un)fortunately blew back in their face.
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 14:04
The unpleasant fact is that we now have a minority government which cannot guarantee a reliable and consistent majority in the House. It will have to live day by day and motion by motion.
This is the worst possible scenario for the country.
Surely, Lawrence Gonzi is not so desperate to hang on to his seat that he is willing to put the country through this?
Saviour Aquilina
Jan 26th, 14:04
Now Joesph after your No Confidence Vote was lost, it is your time to RESINE, not call for an Election. And tell your wife to not Cry ....HE HE. Ipokrita.
K CASSAR
Jan 26th, 14:25
Your comment shows the maturity by which the Nationalists make their chioces. No wonder Dr. Debono wanted out.
Incidentally one writes the word as RESIGN and not as you wrote it.
For good measure I shall remind you that it is Gonzi PN who makes his cabinet cry, Dolores Cristina, Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando etc!
DAVID D. PACE
Jan 26th, 14:31
resine???? ahahaha u mean resign?? iva lanqas tiktibha ma taf ahseb u ara hemm taf x'qed tghid siehbi!!!
Saviour Aquilina
Jan 26th, 14:58
I assume that you never took a MISTAKE in writing???????? Dolores cried yes, but you too are crying now, because PN will continue for more. Remember how many cries in 1998????? Maybe you 2 was part of them.
E Vella
Jan 26th, 14:03
Dr. Muscat now you have the results, so please shut up a sit in the opposition for at least another year!
Mr Mario Farrugia
Jan 26th, 14:02
Dr. Muscat, we ALL know how hungry and impatient you are to become PRIM. Fortunatelky for most of the Maltese people, you are not (as yet!!) so, al ittle bit of advise would be to focus on what you will do when in power to build on the good that the GonziPN would have left behind, rather than wasting your time smiling in front of the cameras.
Chris Abela
Jan 26th, 14:00
Ilek Gimgha tejd li "you are not in a hurry for an election" and now you are so thirsty for an election
Raisa Marie Garcia
Jan 26th, 14:00
Kilba ghal Poter. nahseb illum kienet ta risposta bizejjed, ghalfej ha jibqaw jinsistu ghal elezzjoni? Jekk il-poplu jidecidi li jrid bidla hallu lilu jidecidi fl-elezzjoni li jmiss tkun issa jew sena ohra.
Maria Agius
Jan 26th, 14:07
whether it concerns domestic politics or international politics " politics is a struggle for power" .. therefore yes 'the kilba for power' is in the interest of both political sides and stop using this statement if you have nothing else to say.
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 14:13
x'rispost kienet din? 34-34 risposta bizzejjed ghalik? ara vera l-injoranza m'ghandhiex limitu ta.
Raisa Marie Garcia
Jan 26th, 14:14
Yepp I have loads to say... ijja mela it tnejn li huma jahdmu alekk imma hemm mod u mod kif tamila lbicca, Il-pn dejjem stenna lil poplu li jtellaw fil-gvern qatt ma ixennaq u amila daqsekk ovvja :)...la ma jamilix daqsekk ovvja niqaf jin u hafna iktar li jahsbuwa bhali :)
Raisa Marie Garcia
Jan 26th, 14:19
Deo L-ewwel u qabel kollox nixtiq niringrazzjak talli ettli injoranta, It- tieni tistaw taccetaw il-fatt li l-mozzjoni m'ghadietx. Jin ma ktibtx hawnejkk bix nitajjar anzi bix nati l-oppinjoni tieghi.
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 14:22
il-PN tant hu hanzir ghal poter li ghax jaf li l-elezzjoni li jmiss se jitlifha qed jaghmel minn kollox biex ilaqqat sa l-ahhar gurnata possibli.
Ms Maria Vella
Jan 26th, 13:58
The motion didn't pass Dr. Muscat - deal with it in a grown up manner, stop hiding your hunger for power with such attempts
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 14:24
igifieri ghalik 34-34 rizultat konvincenti? rizultat li bih nistghu inserhu rasna. vera qeda sew.
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:27
meta gara hekk fil mozzjoni ta l arriva il gonz sejjah ghal vot ta fiducja ara issa qedt jibza jsaqsi ghal vot ta fiducja!!!
fredu debono
Jan 26th, 13:58
min jaf kemm x'xtaqtu li l-ahbarijiet ma jghidx il-prim ministru lawrence gonzi. ghad baqa x'nisimghu. IL_ PRIM MINISTRU LAWRENCE GONZI>
Robert Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:58
iiillll kiku taf!!! ecitament kbir kelli biex nistenna l ahbarijiet!! MUR SIB HOBBY FRED
vincent busuttil
Jan 26th, 13:57
What a joke. One who won the ote ran away from reporters. And one wholost the ote accepted questions.
Franky Jones
Jan 26th, 13:57
We must have the most laughable opposition in all of europe
Alfred Bugeja
Jan 26th, 13:55
Dr. Muscat should go back to the constitution and check out what it says about motions of no confidence. It says squarely that such motions need a majority of all members of parliament to go through. Since only 34 out of 69 members voted in its favour, the speaker didn't even need to cast his vote because the vote was defeated without it for failing to attain 35 votes.
Dr. Muscat here is the biggest loser yet again. He should not have allowed the old guard to submit this motion. There is a political price to pay for this mistake. Crying over spilt milk will not help at this stage. Stamping of feet will not do the trick either.
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 14:00
@ Alfred Bugeja
There is the Letter of the Law and the Spirit of the Law. This government may be able to survive according to the letter of the law but not according to the spirit.
Lawrence Gonzi, if he wants to preserve a shred of credibility and self respect, should ask the people to renew his mandate.
John Williams
Jan 26th, 14:06
are you serious, Dr. Muscat said that he does not understand why The Speaker used his vote!!!!
So what would it be your solution, if this motion wasn't presented!!!
Keep listening to Franco saying the truth of this goverment!!
Charles Zerafa
Jan 26th, 14:14
Sorry to say that Dr.Gonzi now he has no majority in parlament so Dr. Muscat didn't lost anything the only thing is that now Dr. Gonzi cannot go business as usual so who lost the vote Mr. Bugeja
Mr ALAN GALEA
Jan 26th, 14:19
Sur Victor Laiviera, F' l-1981 kienet tezisti l-ispirit of the law??? Sa fejn naf jien, dan mhux gvern kontra il-maggoranza tal-poplu.
Issa meta tigi l-elezzjoni halli il-poplu jivvota kif irid.Imma ghall-issa staporti ftit, xejn xejn tilhaq tixtri bandiera u arblu ghal fuq il-bejt.
Alfred Bugeja
Jan 26th, 14:56
@ Victor Laiviera
In this case, both letter and spirit of the law say the same thing. That a vote of no confidence needs a majority to go through. So in practice there was no confidence in the no confidence vote.
@John Williams
Goes to show that Dr. Muscat has still a lot more to learn than I thought.
@ Charles Zerafa
Joseph Muscat does not have a majority either, as today's vote clearly showed.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 26th, 13:53
Muscat you have played your cards....and as expected in a very stupid manner.
A Galea
Jan 26th, 14:03
komplu ilaquh dal gvern ta, flok taqbzu ad drittijiet taghkom u ghall dak li veru hu bzonjuz al pajjizkom.Prosit,Maltin TAL ISEM
Deo Catania
Jan 26th, 14:27
A Galea ghandek ragun pero tidher ovvja li dan Joe Micallef huwa wiehed milli jakkwista ghalhekk kiteb dak l-imbarazz.
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 15:32
Deo Catania,
Jien lil JOe Micallef ma nafux, pero nahsibha bhalu. Issa, jekk trid tkun taf x'akkwistajt minnghand in-Nazzjonalisti nista nghidlek
Akkwistajt:
Id-dritt li nidhol l-universita minghajr parrini u kummiedji (ma dhaltx ta imma ghax ma ridtx jien)
Id-dritt li naqra liema gazzetta rrid minghajr ma nkun pregudikat
Id-dritt li nara diversi stazzjonijiet tat-televizjoni lokali (fosthom tal-partit tieghek) u mhux bilfors dak li jrid ixandar il-gvern
Id-dritt li nidhol go supermarket u insib ghazla vasta ta ikel differenti mhux dak li jinxtara bil-bulk
Id-dritt li insuq karozza b'liema daqs ta magna rrid (vera irrid inhallas ghaliha imma ghallinqas NISTA)
Id-dritt li insiefer lejn pajjizi girien bla problemi u hassle ta xejn
Id-dritt li inzomm ruhi aggornat b'dak li qed jigri madwari bl-uzu tal-computer (dak il-bicca apparat li l-bravu KMB kien tant kontrih)
Akkwistajt hafna iktar drittijiet li llum il-gurnata hadnihom for granted imma bhalissa m'inix niftakar aktar.
A Cuschieri
Jan 26th, 17:43
@ Reinhard
Insejt issemmi wahda. Akwistajt l-iktar dritt fundamentali - li huwa l-espressjoni tal-opinjoni tieghi liberament. Xi haga li qabel ma stajtx taghmila imma llum nies bhal Deo Debono stess jistghu jaghmlu avolja qed jikkrikikaw il-gvern.
Imma s-sur debono nahseb ghadu tfajjel, ma jafx x'kien jigri f'dawk iz-zminijiet.
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 23:13
Thanks A Cuschieri,
Ma semmejthiex apposta... biex ma joqghodux jghidu li qed nghaggibhom. Jekk Deo Debono huwa tfajjel, jien m'inix xi bniedem avvanzat (ghandi 32 sena) pero t-tmeninijiet ghadhom friski f'mohhi. In-nuqqasijiet li kien hawn u t-twissijiet minnghand il-genituri biex 'ma niftahx halqi' ghax ma nkunx naf min jista jkun qed jisma. For Christ's sakes I remember chordless telephones being illegal!!!!! Stajna naqghu aktar baxxi minn hekk?
Gti Agius
Jan 26th, 13:52
Would you just stop attack PL and Joseph Muscat... well its naturally impossible in a Gonzi PN's bible, its the only SOLUTION on how one should hide things, but saying that JM lost another chance to be a Prime Minister is babish and very idoitic for the simple reason that WE as citizens decides how sits up there and not the election candidates.
Now this strikes me odd, as we have a government sitting up there thanks to the SPEAKERS vote, which at the end of the day is elected by the government, so now speak up and tell me who is the LOSER in this country ???
No doubt GONZI PN is in its final stages!
Kleaven Maniscalco
Jan 26th, 13:50
The true colours of labour are emerging one more time
Victor Laiviera
Jan 26th, 14:01
Very true - always putting the national interest before the party interest, as the PN does.
You are so right.
Kyle Bonnici
Jan 26th, 14:58
so you believe it will be right to keep on governing Malta, if every time a vote has to be taken it will be the speaker that will save the government?
Daniel Ferriggi
Jan 26th, 13:48
now he wants the election... we are not in a hurry for the election.... looooooooooooooooooll..... this are his words yesterday... and now????? he calls for early election.... :))) well done for the 1000th U turn..... thisrty as usuall...
Mariano Camilleri
Jan 26th, 13:48
so the pm should cancel all business because of you dr muscat?so until ur prime minister the goverment should be in parliament every week and forget about business trips until the election is called as you wish...how is that stability for the country?he already cancelled 2 trips for this farse you have created just sit there and wait for your election...i think if you keep going like this you will not convince people to elect you and stay 5 more years in the opposition
K Grech
Jan 26th, 17:37
If you think this will lead the PL to remain in the opposition for another five years, why don't you keep this as a secret and let him do so? Although keeping thoughts and information in secret isn't always right, isn't it? Especially when it comes to the secretly increase of €500 by your PM.
John Borg
Jan 26th, 13:46
Listening to Dr Joseph Muscat sounds very similar to the way Alfred Sant used to argue. His motion was defeated yet he says he's won!
K CASSAR
Jan 26th, 14:16
Mr. Borg, listening to Gonzi PN say that he will continue to govern is more like what you are insinuating. I don't think that the loss of majority will permit. At least Dr. Sant had the dignity to step aside and let the electorate choose what was best!
Mr John Borg
Jan 26th, 13:44
illa joseph he....put a sock in it!!!
Craving for an election...elections cost money to run
Biex imbaghad lanqas titla u terga issaqsi ghall re-count?
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:02
@ Mr. John Borg
Le, Le, mhux hekk, imbaghad jghidilna li ma jistax irahhas il-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma "ghax kellu l-ispiza ta' elezzjoni Generali!!!!!!
A Galea
Jan 26th, 14:05
kemm hawn min hu bla sens -jikkummenta bla sens u sarkastiku bla sens
Philip Hili
Jan 27th, 00:46
@ A Galea,
Jekk qieghed/qeghdha tghid ghalija, nfakkrek li sew Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, u anke Dr. Michael Falzon )PL) qalu li ser isibu pajjiz "fallut"!! Dan xi jfisser?? Oqghod imla' mohhok!!!
Oliver Grech
Jan 26th, 13:43
Typical of Labour. Bl ghatx ghal poter. JM said he is not in a hurry but just after 5mins after the vote he calls for a general election. Incredible.
Dylan Axisa
Jan 26th, 14:06
Hahhahha! tinsiex il "Photofinish"!!! Kulhadd jista' jghid bhal ma qieghed tghid int. Jien indipendenti... u ma nafdahomx... imma xorta dak li nghid jien fuq Muscat jibqa' biss teorija. Trid tipprova biex tkun taf...
Fl-istess hin maggoranza ghall-isfiducja ma kienx hemm... izda ftakar!!! u zomm f'mohhok li maggoranza ghal fiducja ma kienx hemm lanqas!!!!
Fabien Calleja
Jan 26th, 13:43
So close yet so far Dr. Muscat1
I pity your continuous stress of the word instability.
Oh well, next year you will be given a chance to re-stabilize Malta.
We'll see how you fair then!
Daniel Ferriggi
Jan 26th, 13:43
stay where you are...... turija ta l ghatx kbir ghall poter.. unlucky...
A Vella
Jan 26th, 13:43
JM - Please shut up and stop causing this "instability" to the country.
simon micallef stafrace
Jan 26th, 13:38
The situation is clear. The Government does not have a majority in Parliament. What will happen from this day forward? Will the Government use the speaker's casting vote to pass all future legislation? If this is so then our Prime Minister is now Michael Frendo !
Reinhard Azzopardi
Jan 26th, 13:56
Have you forgotten 1998 by any chance?
Dylan Axisa
Jan 26th, 13:57
Yes! This is what truly happened!!! It's also useless to fight amongst ourselves.. (I've seen comments down below).. With all due respect to everybody.. Does anybody really want a Government who has to go crying over the speaker in order to obtain something?! It's excatly as Mr. S.M. Stafrace said.. This is unacceptable!!! BOTH parties shouyld work on THIS problem! And all Maltese people should protest!! Nobody wants a Government like this!
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:00
One cannot expect better from a prospective Labour candidate!!!
Do you remember the speaker Dr. Miriam Spiteri Debono by any chance?
John Zammit
Jan 26th, 13:37
J Muscat...YOU are trying to cause instability in this country!! sit down, shut up and stop trying to disrupt the country!
Joseph Sammut
Jan 26th, 13:45
The instability was catalysed by Franco Debono and no one else.
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Jan 26th, 13:47
@John Zammit
nstability in this country is caused by Gonzipn, in government yes, majority in Parliament NO.
Chris Mifsud
Jan 26th, 13:48
Well said. After their motion was DEFEATED, the MLP are the ones who have this illusion of instability. That is what the Labour want. They want instability so much that they are imagining it. All they want is power.
Ryan Agius
Jan 26th, 13:48
Nahseb li ghandek xi sehem f xi haga habib inti ghax li kieku ma nafx x ghadek qed tara tajjeb f din l art..... Jew int ma tirciviex kont ta dawl u ilma jew ghadek bhal zmien in nanna bix xema u tahsel l hwejjeg b idejk taf kemm hawn nies imdejqin b dawn l affarijiet hadd ma jista jaghmel zvok jekk ma tkunx xi naqra sinjur mil familja
nicolette caruana
Jan 26th, 13:55
100% agree .
Mariano Camilleri
Jan 26th, 14:00
jekk irid jibat kont tad dawl u ilma ahna inhalssuh bil qalb u hallih jibat kemm irid...viva gonzi u muscat imur jorqod ax mandux cans
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:05
@ Ryan Agius
Mhux ahna biss ma nircivux kont tad-dawl, lanqas popli ohra li jghixu f'dinja, mhux intom ta!!! ghax inthom l-anqas f'dinja mhinthom qeghdin tghixu!!!
Chris Mifsud
Jan 26th, 14:12
@ Ryan Aguis
" Jew int ma tirciviex kont ta dawl u ilma jew ghadek bhal zmien in nanna bix xema u tahsel l hwejjeg b idejk "
Why did Dr. Muscat promise you no water and electricity bills IF he becomes PM? Do you have an illusion that if MLP gets into government everything will be free?
A Galea
Jan 26th, 14:12
What are you saying? are you serious? .Its better if YOU shut up cos its not Dr muscat causing instabbility here...Its Franco Debono and Dr Gonzi who's craving for power to remain governing. Its better if you understand the facts before you tell
John Zammit
Jan 26th, 17:17
@ A Galea...put your specs on and see the truth...initially it was Franco but now its Muscat who was oh so close to getting what he wanted yet he failed! So now he keeps creating this instability. what instability is there? The fact we have the 5th lowest unemployment rate in the EU?? The fact foreign investors are basing themselves here and starting up new companies on our shores?? u hallliiinnaaa Sur Galea! If your Leo Brincat and your Anglu Farrugia have to run this country we'll end up just like Greece did! GONZI PN FTW!
John Borg
Jan 26th, 13:30
il mozzjoni ta joseph m'ghaddietx. holoq instabilita kbira ghalxejn. qabel qajjem il-mozzjoni ma kien haw xejn. nafu li franci ilu jippretendi, imma b'daqshekk ma jaqax il-gvern. issa pl, ieqaf pls. hallina ghaddejjin.
T Gauci
Jan 26th, 13:52
Instability is when a government doesn't have majority, JM reacted accordingly.
Christine Vella
Jan 26th, 14:13
Ma kin hawn xejn qabel il-mozzjoni??
Chris Abela
Jan 26th, 13:20
Dan ghax ma nqattatx ix xewqa tal PL ??! :)
Gti Agius
Jan 26th, 13:45
Min jaf chris forsi ax l gvern mandux maggioranza ukoll :P
Charles Zammit
Jan 26th, 13:18
PL Please ELUCIDATE and tell the people how stability can be got IF Muscat was to have become PM .
As for MAJORITY I wonder which is the biggest number 49 or 51 ?
Well roll on the General Election , in 16 months time !!
Joe E Galea
Jan 26th, 13:36
"PL Please ELUCIDATE and tell the people how stability can be got IF Muscat was to have become PM" - apart fromt he bad sentence structure. The stability would have been gained if JM was PM by offering a fresh stable progressive government anything which is the opposite of the incumbent one.
If you don't know which is the biggest between 49 and 51, then you must be an education failure. No wonder your posts are so empty and childlish.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 26th, 13:56
Galea calling comments by other's as empty and childish is not an option available to you.
Marc James
Jan 26th, 13:56
???? inti vera vojt!
A Cachia
Jan 26th, 13:14
No chances there Dr Muscat. You will have to wait.
Victor Vella
Jan 26th, 12:59
From now on Gonzi PN is no more the Prim-minister of Malta. The opposition cannot support a government with punctures.
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 13:33
@ Victor Vella
When the Opposition supported the government? Do you remember when prominent PL politicians said that
they are not there (in opposition) to help the government!!! This is a few weeks ago Vitor!!!!
Not even in the Libya cause although the PL is giving the impression that he stood four square with the government because their advice to the GONZI PN was to take advantage of their revolution and embark on a heavy tourism campaign to attract tourist going to that area!!
Hallina Maaannnnn!!!!!! Issa ser tfahhruh lil Franco??????
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 26th, 13:43
Did the opposition ever support the government!???
Philip Hili
Jan 26th, 14:36
@ Joseph Aquilina
Oh!!! by the way, Joseph, lets tell Victor that the opposition supported the government when the opposition agreed for the "pairing"!!!!!
Vic, x'hsibthom in-nies, partita IMBECILLI!!!!
A Cuschieri
Jan 26th, 15:56
when did the opposition ever support the government?! hahaha tajba Vic
M Farrugia
Jan 26th, 12:59
jekk il-gvern tilef il-maggoranza tieghu ifisser li int il-Prim Ministru ta Mialta kif ilek taspira. Geogre Vella, wiehed mill-ministri tal-happy days tal-L.P. li diga beda isejjahlek P.M. miskin nikkumpatuh ghax ghandu lublila li jara lil L.P fil-gvern.
I Micallef
Jan 26th, 12:53
and PL has lost the plot!
Joe E Galea
Jan 26th, 13:36
which plot? can you elaborate please and illuminate us with facts and valuable arguments?
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 26th, 13:58
Micallef try to speak in simple terms as people like Galea are easily confused, particularly if they can't find the answer on ONE TV
M Mamo
Jan 26th, 12:52
MISKIN JOSEPH ... JUST CLOSE TO PRIME MINISTER AGAIN!