Update 2: JPO agrees an election is way forward - Mugliett not sure government can last
Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando has declared that he agrees with the conclusion of the editorial of The Times that 'there now seems to be only one way forward: an election as soon as possible'.
In an entry on his facebook wall in which he speaks about Franco Debono's abstention on the vote of no confidence in the government yesterday, Dr Pullicino Orlando, who has declared he will not be contesting the next election, wrote:
"Hon. Debono refused to support government in Parliament for the third time in the space of two years yesterday. An abstention in a no-confidence vote carries a lot of weight.
"He has asked for the resignation of the Prime Minister. He has asked for the resignation of a number of ministers.
"He has declared that he feels that the Prime Minister is controlled by a 'web of evil' and that we are living in an oligarchy and not a democracy... that is why I agree with the conclusions of today's 'Times' editorial. This country needs stability."
In its editorial The Times said:
"There now seems to be only one way forward: an election as soon as possible. After all, a car with a punctured tyre cannot go very far.
"Admittedly, going to the polls at this stage may be against the wishes of the two main parties. They would have certainly preferred having more time to prepare themselves better before facing an election.
"The Labour Party might well expect that, with the government having made so many glaring mistakes, Castille is theirs for the taking.
"On the other hand, though the Nationalists may have shot themselves in the foot far too often, they are not likely to give up the possibility of regaining power, even though the odds may not be in their favour.
"This being a functioning democracy, it is up to the sovereign electorate to make the choice. Given what happened in Parliament yesterday, the sooner electors are called to pronounce their verdict the better for all."
Speaking on Affari Taghna later tonight, Dr Pullicino Orlando said that one had to be an ostrich with his head stuck in the sand to insist that there is stability.
He said that Dr Debono had made valid points and serious points, upon which he had insisted. He agreed with some of them but not with his methods since there were other avenues he could have taken.
It was a shame that because of the methodology used by Dr Debono, issues of utmost importance he had raised - such as the need for legislation on party financing and better libel laws, would not be addressed, Dr Pullicino Orlando said.
Dr Debono's statements, Dr Pullicino Orlando said, could not be ignored because "they could return to haunt you".
Replying to questions, Dr Pullicino Orlando said that had he been the coach of the parliamentary group he would have ensured that everyone was included. Some players, he said, would have been better placed in defence rather than in attack.
"Could we have used people such as Louis Galea and John Dalli better, for exampe? Could certain ministers who had performed miracles in previous legislatures not been discarded through an SMS? Could people have not been used better? Could we have not listed to Dr Debono more so that the situation would not have got to get to the point it is now in?" Dr Pullicino Orlando asked.
Pointing out again that he did not agree with Dr Debono's methods, Dr Pullicino asked also if it was that when Dr Debono was appointed parliamentary assistant he had been thrown into an office and given nothing to do.
He said that it hurt, for example,that the PN parliamentary group learnt that George Abela was being appointed President from The Sunday Times.
The government, he said, should move the pending money bill in Parliament for debate as soon as possible to see if a possible coalition between the government and Dr Debono existed and if it did not, there would be no other option for the country but for an election to be held as soon as possible.
PN executive council president Marthese Portelli said during the programme that although Dr Debono had submitted several resignation letters to the party, following his last he attended party activities so through his actions he had withdrawn such resignation.
MUGLIETT HAS DOUBTS
Meanwhile, another Nationalist MP, Jesmond Mugliett said he was not sure that the situation was stable enough for the governent to continue for the whole of this legislature and one had to see the outcome of various votes due in Parliament and whether the Speaker's casting vote would be required, he told One News.
Nationalist whip David Agius, speaking on Ghandi xi nghid on Radio Malta, said the prime minister had emerged stronger than before after Thursday's vote. He said he still considered Franco Debono as a member of the PN family.
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Joe Fenech
Jan 28th, 21:59
You can't have your cake and eat it ! JPO and FD, if you really thought that an anticipated election was really the way forward, then you should have had the guts to do the necessary last Thursday. No one needs 2 puppets posing as some national heroes. All you really are are weaklings. Just shut up and don't make a fool of yourselves more than you already have.
Jeffrey Mallia
Jan 28th, 20:19
I bet if JPO and Jes mugliette vouch to vote against the Govt in parlament t the coming days, most of the PN appologists down below, would kiss their butts and pray for them :)
m farrugia
Jan 28th, 19:21
ha naghmluha cara la louis galea u lanqas john dalli ma marru hazin. mill inqas it tnejn qed jaqilghu id doppju jew it triplu tal paga ta gonzi u ma jahdmux it terz tieghu
hawn hafna jixtiequ li jitwarrbu b dan il mod zgur.
mhux ahjar nifthu ftit mohhna.
m farrugia
Jan 28th, 19:18
mugliett, bir rispett kollu, jekk iwassal sa lahhar tal legislatura il gvern, zgur mhux bhila tieghek imma ta prim ministru li ma jaqta qalbu minn xejn. u ghalissa inti ibqa aghti l interivist lil one news ha jkollhom biex jimlewh u halli il pajjiz jimxi ghax bizzejjed hlejna zmien
John Attard
Jan 28th, 19:08
I do not agree with an early election so that the government will finish his mandate programme, and when elecyion time come next year we all have our minds and see if this government deserves to continue to lead this country. But one person for sure must resign KARM MIFSUD BONNICI .Hemm wisq dewmin il qorti biex tinqata sentenza u meta taghmel complaine jwahhlu fil magistrat ghalhekk li ghandu wisq x jaghmel jew ma jiflahx ghal dawn l-ahhar snin, ghalhekk trid tibqa tistenna u titama.
j brincat
Jan 28th, 18:42
@A. Xuereb
"David Agius: 'The PM has emerged stronger than befor after Thursday s vote'"
The joke of the century!!!. But then to save face they say what comes to their mouth.
A government which has just lost the majority emerging stronger. Imagine how strong it would have been had Franco voted against the motion instead of abstaining!.
Incredible but true in this island called Malta!
I wonder how the PM can next Monday face his counterparts in the EU summit!
(jb)
mark borg
Jan 28th, 18:24
10,9, 8,7 , 6.5.4....... the GonziPn Clikka is about to.....IMPLODE :)
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 19:10
3, 2, 1, 0 u Franco se jibqa b’xiber imnieher.
carmel muscat
Jan 28th, 17:14
jien cert li dawk id deputati tal PN li mumhiex jaqblu ma partit qedin jaghmlu hekk ghax ma lahqux l enghba allura ghaliex ma vutawx favur il mozjoni ta JOSEPH MUSCAT insaqsi jien ghax kiku ghamlu hekk konna imorru ghal l elezjoni
Mr Mario Bonnici
Jan 28th, 17:00
Tal-Partit Nazzjonalista qed jiehdu pjacir iqabblu lill-pajjizna mal-aghar tal-Ewropa. U l-pajjizi l-ohra li sejrin ahjar minnha??!!
Ta' GonziPN bilkemm ma jridux jghidulna li hawn genna tal-art. Kollox fuq ir-rubini u l-ebda protesti.
Mela nsejtu l-protesti li ghamlu l-haddiema tat-tarzna, ix-xufiera tal-linja, il-haddiema tal-AirMalta, is-sajjieda...? U l-protesta li ghamlu l-unions kollha (minbarra l-UHM) insejniha wkoll? Ghax ma tghidux li f'pajjizna kull min ipprotesta qala' salt theddid mill-PN.
U l-fatt li l-istatistika turi li l-faqar qieghed dejjem jgholli rasu f'pajjizna? U rigward ix-xoghol ghax ma tqabblux il-kundizzjonijiet prekarji li gahndhom certi haddiema hawn Malta? U t-tip ta' pagi li ghandhom?
Ejja nkunu onesti mal-poplu gahx kieku verament l-affarijiet sejrin tajjeb kif tghidu tal-PN kieku m'ghandkomx ghalfejn tinkwetaw mill-elezzjoni.
Tonio Farrugia
Jan 28th, 18:06
sur bonnici, in-nies jipprotestaw ghax ghandhom dritt jiprotestaw, mhux bhal qabel. U jekk ma jaqblux ma dak li qed jigri sewwa jghamlu.
issa jekk ma ahniex kapaci inkun oggettivi u napprezzaw li minkejja l-problema kbar li qed jahkmu l-Ewropa, Malta baqat ghaddeja jwazi normali, allura ghalxejn qedin hawn.
dan ma ifissirx li ma hawnx problemi. anzi. izda ahna ghanda d-difett li ghalina l-politika qisu support tal-futbal jew tal-festa. hekk ma naslu mkien.
lllum jew ghada l-elezjoni tigi, u min haqqu jerbah, jerbah. Dan wara kollox ciklu naturali, pero dan il-hafna genn li ghandna li qisu jekk ma nghamlux elezjoni l-bierah ha taqa d-dinja qed tghamel hafna hafna hsara lill-pajjizna.
ejja ma nhallu lill-hadd imexxina kif jaqbillu.
GEORGE CUTAJAR
Jan 28th, 18:39
X'ridt Sur Bonnici li nibghu inhallsu t-taxxi u jintefghu fid-Dockyard, jew f'Tal-Linja. Xi trid li ahna inkomplu nissusidjaw kollox u ta' kullhadd. Veru li ittiehdu decizjonijiet li bihom wegghu in-nies - jien inkluz - imma almenu uliedna jistghu jistudjaw kemm iridu minnghajr hlas, anzi jithallsu, il-kumpaniji taghna ghadhom joperaw waqt li dawk tal-girien taghna qed jaghlqu u jfallu, l-isptar taghna ghadu b'xwjn u joffri l-aqwa kura li tistgha ssib, id-dejn li ghandu l-gvern huwa mal-maltin stess, il-banek taghna ghadhom b'sahhithom u ma fallewx,, opportunitajiet ghall min irid jahdem hawn u dana kollu ghax il-Gvernijiet Nazzjonalisti dejjem kienu bil-ghaqal u gabu l-inteess tal-pajjiz l-ewwel.
Issa jekk jitla il-PL nohorgu fit-trieq niccelebraw u maghna niehdu il-meters tad-dawl u l-ilma ghax skond wahda mill- 51 buzzieqa tal-arja dawn ser jorhsu mill-ewwel.
U mhux hekk nibghu sur Bonnici nibdlu karozza li forsi ghandha puncture ma wahda li l-anqas makna m'ghandha.
Michael Gatt
Jan 28th, 16:46
To start with ist even better for the Pn if you will call it a day and leave
Alfred Fenech
Jan 28th, 18:35
Elec tion is needed. Gonzi should become a backbencher for a change. That is if , a big if he manages to climb aboard the band wagon. Kemm ghandu qalbe tajba !!!!!
Victor Calleja
Jan 28th, 16:31
These two are another two patches in the PN tyre. Mr Arrigo please note.
GEORGE CUTAJAR
Jan 28th, 19:31
No problem. Better a puncture than a car with no engine.
Lara Vella
Jan 29th, 14:55
oqghod ikkuntenta bil punctures mela sur cutajar!! jien kieku niipreferi gvern li joffri stabbilta, u kif qieghdin l affarjiet bhalissa, li l PN qed joffri huwa wisq boghod minn stabbilta!
charles caruana
Jan 28th, 16:12
Three political stooges that are waving a last thin straw in the air, trying desperately to get a last scrap of attention, before they sink into pulbic invisibilty and political oblivion forever. The worst fate for disgruntled narcissists. Pathetic.
Carmel Grima
Jan 28th, 16:12
Dr.JPO tidher li qed taqbez ta' sikwit ghal Dr. Louis Galea. Mela ma qrajtx l-Inkjesta Tonio Azzoppardi fuq l-ghajbien ta 3 miljun lira fi zmien Dr. Galea li ghax tant sema gideb mix-xhieda ma setax jaghalaqha sal-lum. Mela ma rajtx kemm gie iggrilljat Dr. Galea fuq il-kondotta tieghu u li kieku ma kienx ghal Dr,
. Joseph Muscat ma kienx jghaddi mit-test tal-Board of auditors ta' Brussels. [minghalija Dr. Muscat kien qal li kienu miftiehmin biex l-MEP Socjalisti ma jfittxux f'Dr Galea u l-MEP Popolari ma jfittxxux f'Fule' tac -Cekoslovakkja. Hekk sar Awditor Dr. Galea: hokkli daharek u jien inhokk tieghek!
David Bezzina
Jan 28th, 15:56
JPO AND MUGLIETT HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT CARRY ON LIMPING TO THE END OF ITS TERM.
THE SITUATION IS WHAT IT IS AND GONZI HAS TO MAKE A REALITY CHECK.THE PM DOES NOT HAVE THE BACKING OF THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Fran Abela
Jan 28th, 16:50
David Bezzina - but why do you have to keep on shouting ? JPO and Mugliett are no longer going to stand for elections, so what do they have to lose ?
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 17:33
Their partners are activists in the PL David.
Tonio Farrugia
Jan 28th, 18:07
Amen Mr. Schembri, Amen
Philip Hili
Jan 30th, 00:54
@ John Schembri
If what you have stated is true, no wonder why these two gentlemen are the two disloyal Nationalists MPs !!!
John Schembri
Jan 30th, 18:40
@ Hili: Karen Mugliette and Carmen (???) are very active in the PL , I wouldn’t be surprised that they will contest the next general election, and try to swing the “personal votes’ of their partners from the PN.
Maria Zammit
Jan 28th, 15:54
It is my considered opinion that going to election with Laurence Gonzi as head of the PN isn't going to change anything if the disgruntlement shown by various MP's in the current legislature is anything to go by.
It is my consideered opinion that the ONLY way forward at this point in time is for Laurence Gonzi to be replaced immediately. It seems that the management style is not acceptable to a number of MP's and the sooner this style is changed the better chance of stability.
Although only Franco Debono is being mentioned at the moment as causing problems for Laurence Gonzi, it isn't right to assume that he is the only unhappy back-bencher.
I don't know what Laurence Gonzi is waiting for.. he should have resigned the moment he was called to resign by Franco Debono because for FD to act the way he did, he means business and these past unhappy days in government could have been avoided if there was a change in leadership.
Isn't there anyone capable of replacing Laurence Gonzi... or is this what the delay is for... buying time until the PN General Meeting on the 30th January?
I don't know what happens during a PN General Meeting but I believe, democracy dictates that a secret ballot is taken for the leadership position.
We the Maltese deserve to be treated much better then political parties treat us... we are not gullible fools and it doesn't take JPO to tell us that this is not a sustainable government, even a 5 year old can see that!
J Busuttil
Jan 28th, 16:17
Hallina Maria so what you are suggesting is that because Joseph has already made a bad move this week besides the many he has already done ( such as to imitate Cyprus, Sargas , the Eu etc etc ) than the the bast way forward is to replace him right now not to cause much more harm in the future.
Victor Calleja
Jan 28th, 16:35
If Gonzi stays, it is much better for the PL. Now he is finished, what is he waiting for to resign.
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 15:54
mark borg
Today, 10:00
Dan l-interess kollu ghal-ismijiet x’ghandek bzonnu?
Jien mghandi l-ebda interess sur jihn schembri ...sempliciment qed insaqsi ghala tlett kwarti li jidefendu li gvern ghandhom nofs isimhom biss jidher !!!!!
Rigward il-hames ismejiet different issa kun ragel u semijomlna ha naraw ....QED NISTENNEWK
debbie voss,mary mifsud, cesco di luigi, lilly vella, dejjem jiktbu l-istess stil u nikkonkludi li huma l-istess persuna.
Il-hames isem se nzommu ghalija ghax hu il-veru isem ta’ min jikteb f’isimhom.
Insejt insemmi lil Kenneth Williams , mark borg.
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 17:32
Hellooo, is there anyone out there??
mark borg
Jan 28th, 18:22
I replied to your moronic comments ...but apparently I was censored....will not waste my time repeating with either someone riding the gravy train or else brainwashed beyond reasoning .
mark borg
Jan 28th, 18:32
lol... tassew ghandek x'tghamel f'hajtek e Johnny Schembri,biex toqod tifli daqsekk bir reqqa dawn il kummenta ta dawn in nies.......mela qed tgharaf il-kitba ?nispera li mghandex acess ta certu affarijiet !...tisiex il-dritt tal kunfidenzjalita e :)
Il-konkluzzjoni tieghi (ha nghamel ftit analzi jien issa) li int wara xi skrivani f xi pozizzjoni tajba u fuq xi zewgt boardijiet tal gvern biex ghandek dal hin kollhu fuq idejk.
Mr C Busuttil
Jan 28th, 19:04
Sur Schembri
Ha nirrispondik jien u jien Nazzjonalist aktar milli qatt kont int jew tista tkun !!! Billi tghid li int John Schembri ma jfisser xejn hawn mijiet b'dak l-isem. Kemm hawn nazzjonalisti llum fil-berah ghax ahna fil-gvern imma meta kont tigi bzonnhom l-istess nies daqs 30sena ilu kienu jsibu elf skuza tipo ghax ghandi familja bhalikieku dawk li kienu johorgu ghonqhom kellhom animali d-dar. Din dejjem hekk kienet, n-nazzjonalisti meta jaqbilhom nazzjonalisti staqsi lil dawk li baqaw nazzjoanlisti fil-gwerra kemm sabu bibien maluqin minn dawk li kienu suppost nazzjonalisti. Naf ghax il-familja tieghi ghaddiet minnha!!!!!
Jista jkun hemm diversi ragunijiet ghalfejn ma jgiebux isimhom n-nies fosthom minhabba vendikazzjonijiet mhux mill-ministri ghax dawk hafna minnhom nies sewwa imma min ta' madwarhom iva jaslu, jekk mhux lilek li ta' madwrek. Anke ma' nies ta' l-istess partit taghhom !!!!! U din dejjem hekk kienet l-istorja kemm taht l-ahmar u kemm taht il-blu. Semplicement ghax ma jaccettawx kritika anke dik genwina.
F'posts ohra semmejt li ngawdu minn progetti li ghandu miftuhin il-gvern ? liema tat-teatru bla saqaf filwaqt li l-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma qeghdin ikissru l-kulhadd !!! Jien dejjem outspoken kont u nghid il-verita anke jekk twegga ghax mill-verita biss tista tohrog x'haga tajba. Ghalxejn tghid li l-gvern stabbli ghax mhux vera, irbhana l-ahhar elezzjoni mhux fuq mertu imma minhabba is-Sant factor u ghalhekk hemm maggoranza ta' 1600 vot. From day one bdejna bit-tahwid ghax fil-verita qatt ma konna qed nistennew li ha nirbhu. Biex tkun onest mieghek innifsek trid thares fil-vera u tammetti dak li qed tara.
L-arroganza tieghek hija xhieda ta' kemm ahna n-nazzjonalisti spiccajna maqtuha mir-realta u b'dik l-arroganza ma taghmilx gid lil partit anzi aktar nies jitilqu qeghdin. Ma tistax iddawwar il-fatti ma tistax tghid li gvern ghandu maggoranza meta gvern biex jirbah hemm bzonn ta' l-ispeaker li mhux elett mill-poplu. Bl-istess ragjunar li qed taghmlu qed tghidu li mintoff kellhu ragun fl-81. Ara naqa spiccajt ghal darba naqbel mal-laburisti!!!!!!!! Qed tara x'jgieb li ma tghidux il-verita.
Id-dnub ta' Debono huwa li kellhu l-kuragg johrog fil-berah il-problemi u ara thaseb li mhemmx nazzjonalisti li mhux jaqblu mieghu, r-risposta tehduha fl-elezzjoni ghax bhali hemm hafna li sejrin ma jivvotawx u jistaw jigu l-qaddisin kollha wara l-bieb ghax ghalxejn. U la ghandi bzonn pjaciri u l-anqas favuri imma nixtieq nara l-partit tieghi onest mieghu stess u mall-poplu. Ghax imkellha l-Partit ha jghaddi minn zmien iebes hafna, ghalija mhemm xejn dramatiku jekk nispiccaw fl-oppozzizjoni anzi jkun ta' gid kemm ghall-partit kif ukoll ghad-demokrazija fil-pajjiz. Tkun dramatika ghal minn qieghed jgawdi minn wara l-kwinti !!!!
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 19:06
Ma’ qtajtx “mark” jien l-anqas biss membru ta’ partit jew nahdem mal-gvern.
Jekk tghodd il-kummenti tieghek u tqabbilhom ma’ tieghi zgur li tizboqni .
Haga wahda hi fi zgur li int avukat .
U sargu xih b’gamblu jinten jinqabad.
U jekk jien m’ghandix x’naghmel , int x’ghandek x’taghmel meta ‘osservajt’ li in-nazzjonalisti qed jiktbu minn ghajr ma’ jsemmu x'jisimhom? Tahseb li n-nies boloh ? Jien u naqra l-kummenti fuq din il-gazzetta ‘osservajt’ bhalek u naqra esperjenza waslitni ghal din il-konkluzjoni.
Ma tridx tkun xi Franco Debono biex tasal ghal din il-haga hekk elementari.
Toqghodx tinhela mieghi ta hi.
John Schembri
Jan 29th, 08:47
Lil C Busuttil , jien imkien ma oggezzjonajt li hemm xi partitarji politici partikulari li ma jikxfux isimhom., dak affarijhom u sew jghamlu. Dak l-argument kitbu Mark Borg , u jien ghax naqra dawn il-comments board speci ghidtlu”minn tant nies int qed titkellem?” Ghax mhux sewwa li persuni li jkollom agenda mhux sinciera li jiktbu taht sitt ismijiet differenti biex attaparsi juru kemm hemm popolarita lejn certi persuni li jkunu kulltant huma stess!
Issa jien dwar id-dawl u l-ilma kull ma nghidlek li ma nhobbx inhallas il-kontijiet bhalek , imma jekk dak hu l-prezz ma’ rridx sussidju fuqu. Bis-sussidju inkun qed inhallas ghad dawl ta’ min jahli , at the end of the day mit-taxxi tieghi u tieghek iridu jithallsu.
Jien htaft l-offerti tal gvern ghal-PV’s u solar water heaters , hrigt il-flus minn buti u qed nghin lili nnifsi u nghin l-ambjent u ‘l-pajjiz, dawk zgur mhux money down the drain ghal-gvern!
L-argument tieghi huwa wiehed , il-Partit Nazzjonalista tela’ b’1,700 vot fuq l-ghajta ta’ Gonzi PN , il-maggoranza li kellu kwazi kienet intilfet minhabba l-iskandlu tal-Mistra mhux minhabba is-Sant factor.Il-gvern ittella mill-elettorat mhux mill fantazmi, u il-hamsa w sittin deputat parlamentari qieghedin hemm mhux biex jirraprezentaw l-interessi taghhom imma biex iwettqu dak li xtaq min tellaghhom.
Semmejt l-1984, hemmek kienet rebhet il-maggoranza elettorali u issa ERGAJNA spiccajna inhambqu fuq il-maggoranza parlamentari.
F’posts ohra semmejt li ghandna nhallu dan il-Gvern iwettaq dak li beda, jigifieri ma nieqfux f’b’nofs it-toroq maqlughin per ezempju. Dwar il-progett ta’ Piano kull ma nghidlek hu li fil-kampanja elettorali ta erba snin ilu kien hemm Sant li kien qed jipproponi monstrosita ta progett ghal-belt Valletta fejn kien hemm inkluz li jithaffer il-foss ta taht Bieb il-Belt biex jghaddu il-lanec!
Id-dnub ta’ Debono hu li jahseb li l-affarijiet TAJBIN li qal ghandhom isiru qabel kull hag’ohra li forsi deputati ohra riedu imma ma tpastsux kif ghamel hu.
Jekk trid tkun taf jekk haga hux se tirnexxi l-ewwel trid li thalli lil-dak li jkun jahdem biex ilestiha ta’ l-inqas, mhux minn flok tghinu tfixklu.
Inhallu lil min tela’ fil-gvern iwettaq il-programm tieghu.
Jien nigi nitmellah mill-partiti ,dawk qieghedin hemm biex iservu lil-poplu.
Hadt ghalija li ghidtli ‘arroganti’. Dik kelma zejda kienet u turi certu rabja fik.
Fran Abela
Jan 28th, 15:45
There goes another one - Mugliett - who does not appear to be standing for the next elections, so what has he to lose now ?
Anthony Castillo
Jan 28th, 15:25
Din hija Grazzi ta kemm il mahbub taghna il Priministru DEFENDA ghal hafna drabi l- AKKUZI li opozizjoni ghamlet u dejjem hareg rebieh ghax bhala ezmpju jien nemmen li hekk ghandu jaghmel kap ta familja lejn uliedu kif fil fatt ghamel il priministru ma kull deputatu ghalhekk ghndu jiggi RISPETAT min kull DEPUTAT MOD SPECJALI,kullhadd jaf dak l- irrid nfiser HBIEB.
M.Dolores Vassallo
Jan 28th, 15:55
Jigiefiri inti qieghed tejd biex jkompli bil-hnizrijiet u fallimenti li saru f'certu Ministeri u jhallihom ghaddejien bhal ma ghamel fil passat u hadd ma jitkellem? Prosit ghall fedelta tal-gurament.
Mr C Busuttil
Jan 28th, 15:59
Int bis-serjeta ? hareg rebbieh ? b'draw ? li fil-politika tfisser tlift il-maggoranza ghax l-ispeaker mhux elett mill-poplu. Dan zball ohxon li qed jaghmel il-partit li tant habbejt ghad jigi zmien fejn dan il-precedent ghad jigi uzatt kontra il-PN. Dan gvern li qed jghix gurnata b'gurnata ghax ma jafx x'ha jsib quddiemu fil-parlament ?
Mhux ta' xejn qed nitilfu hafna nies meta tara dawn il-pantomini u pudini li kont nahseb kienu x'haga tal-MLP biss. Debono bid-difetti kollha tieghu ghamel bosta punti validi u li huma tal-misthija ghall-gvern u meta nara hekk inkompli nghid li sewwa naghmel li elezzjoni ohra ma nmurx nivvota, Labour qatt imma l-anqas dan il-gvern ma haqqu l-vot tieghi u dan nghidu bla tlatliq u elf skuza biex niddefendi l-partit. Jien Nazzjonalist li gej minn familja li tista tghid ilha nazzjonalista sa mit-twaqqif tal-partit, generazzjonijiet shah ta' nazzjonalisti, imma l-iswed ma tistax tghidlu abjad. Pull the plug ghax l-agonija tal-gvern ha tkisser il-pajjiz u l-partit ja jispicca snin twal fl-oppozzizjoni jekk mhux jinqasam ukoll.
chanelle vassallo
Jan 28th, 16:22
ta l arriva mhux akkuza imma falliment kbir sihbi.
cesco di luigi
Jan 28th, 15:08
The attitude of the PM and the PN, you make big mistakes and you don't resign, unfortunately it's very common even in the civil service where meritocracy is non existent.
John Briffa
Jan 28th, 14:34
If someone has a bit of common sense, including MP's, at the moment we all agree that the car is running with a slow puncture. It will not last long like that. You have 2 options. Either inflate the tyre or else change the tyre. Perhaps these are the 2 solutions PM is currently looking at. Nobody goes to change the car because a tyre is flat or nearly !!! What PL is saying is equivalent to change the car.
Fran Abela
Jan 28th, 14:06
These are the comments of back-benchers who are not standing for elections next time round. Very loyal and patriotic of you all !
John Camilleri Baron
Jan 28th, 13:57
@ John Buhagiar
You're so right. Thank you for your video suggestions. In the meantime here's another one for all to enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-YonysjumM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Good weekend to all... Keep calm
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Jan 28th, 13:41
Both Nationalists MPs are stating the obvious. For the red headed Nationalist supporters it is a grievous pill to swollow. But for the moderate Nationalists it is the truth and nothing but the whole truth. If GonziPN wants to dig further its head like an ostrich. Than GonziPartitNegattiv should shoulder its responsability and say....'mea culpa' if the result of the coming election will be a great landslide for the Labour Party. Both Nationalsits MPs are showing the way in which GonziPN cornered himself with the way he run the Country and Party.
Which way will GonziPN goes after the PN's General Council on Sunday depend only on the Councillers. Time will tell and time goes by very fast. Months will pass and than it is usless to cry for it will be............ 'appa l-habel skappa'.
godwin difesa
Jan 28th, 13:38
Yes he is right JPO there is a lot of instability in this country.Many students are protesting on the streets because they have to pay 3 times as much for university forget the stipends because that only Malta and Denmark give them. A lot of workers are loosing jobs, pensioners are loosing money ,hospital without no
nurses ,and medicine,all foreign companies who invested in Malta are shifting the operation in other countries,credit ratings are lowering the rates every month,and big ciaos in the banks.Yes he is right they should call an early election as soon as possible so his party PN will not have the cans to finish all these
projects during this year so they can easily win the next election without him.YES YOU ARE RIGHT JPO.
GEORGE CUTAJAR
Jan 28th, 13:28
So now Mr. Mugliet has joined the fray of wannabe ministers or prattikament ministers calling on the PM to call an election.
If these disgruntled MP's have decided to call it a day. well they need to realise that in 2008 the PN was elected with a very clear mandate to govern for the full term. They were all part of that team and if they have now decided that it's game over for them they should bow out and resign letting the PN government go about with it's business, Drawing blood for personal vendetta is not part of politics as we know it.
A. Xuereb
Jan 28th, 13:25
David Agius: 'The PM has emerged stronger than befor after Thursday s vote'. How did he cone to that conclusion? If anything the PM entered parliament on 2 legs and came out hobbling one 1.
Michael Gatt
Jan 28th, 13:17
Dear Mr.Joseph Scicluna you are very right that we are the best country but only in corruption and bad palning of priorities
Joseph Scicluna
Jan 28th, 16:54
Who said that there is no corruption or bad planning? But to say that we are the best in these catagories is dishonest.
As for corruption I have been thaught that even Jesus had a corrupt one amongst the chosen. Same as we had some big heads who used to come to Malta in their yachts with undeclared goods.
But still(after living and working overseas for some time) with our imperfections I am proud to be Maltese and living in Malta.
James Tyrrell
Jan 28th, 13:11
The best thing JPO can do is shut up. He's only mouthing his opinion now to get his name in the papers as it hasn't been there for a while. If he believes that an election is the way forward then why did he vote for Gonzi on Thursday? You are no better than any of the rest of the gang Jeffrey, just another ball less wonder.
Kenneth Williams
Jan 28th, 13:01
Kemm ilhom li rrangaw li stamperija u ghamluha tal hgieg, kollox qed jidher min barra...u tal PL qed jarawhom mic centru ftit il fuq.
Mary Ann Borg
Jan 28th, 12:40
What JPO and Joseph (,'ghandniex ghaggla ghall elezzjoni!) are saying when comparing the '81 events to the present one is gross, and that is putting it mildly. In 1981 the people of Malta voted PN in their majority and it was MLP that governed for the whole 5 1/2 horrendous years. The present situation is, if anything, precisely the opposite. The people of Malta voted PN (again) in 2008 for another five years and it's Labour that is trying to cut short the mandate given by the people of Malta.
Readers here ought to remember that even if one compares what happened in 1998 and what has happened last Thursday are two very different things. In 1998 it was Alfred Sant that hard-headedly (even against the council of his deputy George Abela) pushed for a confidence vote. Perhaps he realised he could not govern after all the mess he created with his Switzerland in the Med, removal of VAT and the resignation of his finance minister Lino Spiteri. At that time in 1998 Eddie and the whole PN kept telling Labour that it had the mandate to govern and not to go for a head-on collision with Mintoff. It was not PN that pushed for the confidence vote in 1998. This is in stark contrast to what Lejber is doing now. Bright Joseph (m'ghandniex ghaggla ghall elezzjoni - tarax?) thought he could bring PN down not because of its policies but because of Franco. The whole episode exploded back in his face because Franco is a Nationalist and he surely make his class-mate Joseph to wait as long as possible to enter the race for premiership.
j brincat
Jan 28th, 12:40
But still GonziNM lingers on and on and on...........
They are just power hungry and there's nothing more to say!
Meanwhile, we are lumped with the weakest government in the annals of local history which is causing havoc to our economy.
Who would have guessed that the 'Par idejn sodi' would morph into such a pitiful and shameful state!
Come on, call it a day, not for your sake but democracy's!
(jb)
Ronald Bowman
Jan 28th, 12:39
The Hon. Robert Arrigo was right when he compared the Government to a car with a tyre with a slow puncture. A slow puncturee can be very easily repaired by a patch. As a result the car can be driven smoothly without any problems. Similarly, differences with the Hon. Dr. Franco Debono can be patched up. All that is needed is mutual respect and good will on both sides. As a result it would be business as usual..
rita Farrugia
Jan 28th, 12:39
JPO qed idoqq id-diska tal-labour ghax il-partner tieghu kandidata mal-labour. Opportunist zgur, kellu ragun Alfred Sant.
Lawrence Camilleri
Jan 28th, 12:24
U l-borma fuq tlieta toqghod - Debono, Mugliett, Pullicino Orlando (ordni alfabetika). Bi tlieta nahseb wiehed jaghmel kuragg jifforma partit li joqghod ikeskes iz-zewg partiti stabbiliti u jxaqleb fejn jaqbillu. F'hames snin ikollna elezzjoni wahda imma hames gvernijiet kuluriti. Il-Mistra imbaghad taghmel kuragg terga' tipprova d-diska tad-diskoteka u ikbar minn ta erba' snin ilu.
r spiteri
Jan 28th, 13:57
Mela nsejtu lil Robert Musumeci siehbi? Debono uzawh Mugliett, JPO u Musumeci?
G Mangion
Jan 28th, 11:46
@ Simon Micallef
Dr Lawrence Gonzi il P.M ta Malta ghandu il - Licenzja tal - inqas [ Il - Vot tal Poplu ] !!
jm la il - Licenzja ma ghandu u Aqas il - Vot tal Poplu lol !! Kilba ghall poer ghandu kemm Trid .....
2013 ......
G. Mangion.
Victor Calleja
Jan 28th, 16:39
Gonzi tieghek gab anqas min 50% flahhar elezzjoni parolu.
M camilleri
Jan 28th, 11:29
Laqwa li issa qed jiskurja ir Referee....
Kull poplu ghandu gvern li jixraqlu ..
Simon Micallef
Jan 28th, 09:51
Il problema mhux it tyre , l anqas il karozza imma x XUFIER. Dan ix xufier ma jwasalx. Faqa pajjiz bid dejn, progetti mhux f'hinhom, ohrajn ma jitlestew qatt u jiswew d doppju, kontijiet tad dawl u ilma l ghola fl Ewropa, power station b heavy fuel oil, weghdi mhux imwetqa ma hafna haddiema, Euro 500 u hafna aktar. Jiftahar li hemm laqgha importanti fl ewropa, qiesu ha jsalva l Ewro u Ewropa hu. Lanqas hu capaci li jmexxi l grupp parlamentari ahseb u ara l Malta taghna . U bdw x xufier jismu Lawrence Gonzi!!
Joseph Scicluna
Jan 28th, 11:54
Ahna wiehed mill l-aqwa pajjizi fl-ewropa. U int u l-partit tighek? ZERO.
R Bonello
Jan 28th, 13:38
imma tichadhom dawn l-affarijiet sur scicluna ?
godwin difesa
Jan 28th, 16:16
Inti taf TISTHI ? Jew qed tex fil QAMAR
raymond scicluna
Jan 28th, 17:21
@ Mr Micallef. jekk int wiehed milli tibla dak kollhu li jghidlek il partit laburista keep it up. It tgergir li qed issir mil back benchers ghandu gherq minn fejn gie ghax ghal kuntrarju ta kabinetti ohra huwa wiehed mil izghar li qatt kelna f pajjizna. Mela l cabinet kien beda b ghaxar ministeri u sitt segretarji parlamentari. Issa kkoreggini jekk jien zbaljat ghanha 14 il ministru u 6 segretarji parlamentari li jfisser ghandha 19 il back bencher fosthom ex ministri bhal mugliett, deguara, censu galea, ninu zammit, frans agius, francis zammit dimech u ex segretarju parlamentari edwin vassallo. Xi jfisser dan kollhu!! li gonzi biex jibza ghal kaxxa ta malta u (akkost li ma jkollux kritika mis super one li kieku dahhal lil mugliett u JPO) baqa b kabinet zghir. Issa nigu ghal hames mitt euro fil gimgha. Jekk int ghandek informazzjoni li dr muscat behsiebu jzommu l cabinet b sittax il deputat inkun l ewwel wiehed li nnehhilu l kappell pero milli diga qed nara fuq il finanzi diga hemm tlieta jitkellmu Karmenu Vella, MAngion u Scicluna. Xi jfisser dan kollhu li jekk Dr Muscat izid ministru jew tnejn addio il hames mitt euro fil gimgha li minghalih qed jiffrankalna!! Ghaliex ghax paga ta ministru hija ta 40000 euro umbad inzidu segretarji personali, xufiera, karozzi, staff, petrol, telefon, dawl ilma etcc......Mela meta il one news isemmi il 500 euro ftakar f din grazzi
Mr jason mallia
Jan 28th, 09:48
It Tajba hi li l membri parlamentari li jkunu bla Ministeru johorgu jattakkaw u ma jaqblux mal partit/gvern. Ovjament ghax ma jkunux lahqu l iskop taghhom , allura nfixklu u nsabtu saqajna .
john vella
Jan 28th, 09:30
Will the real JPO please stand up!
One day he loose memory of details on his property; another day gives us a show how to cry; again JPO champion a fight for a good cause to stop two projects that of St. John's square and a cement factory that did not make sense to function near villages; again champion the divorce campaign.
Will the real JPO finally decide what he want, is it because this time round the spin is JPO is more at home with the New Progressive? If so I think Joseph with open arms will gladly add to his list of NP deserters.
mark borg
Jan 28th, 09:18
@ Wilfed Camilleri
Appuntu the name they registered with ....mhux OVVJA ghalhekk gabu nofs l-isem IVA ghax jew jibzu jew JISTHU .....Jigifieri l-argument tieghek huwa BAZWI bhal partit maqsum li qed tidefendi fil vojt.
Darren Vassallo
Jan 28th, 09:15
HEHE WHY THE PN ARE SO AFRAID OF THE ELECTION NOW?
SOW THE PN IS TELING US THAT NEXT YEAR THE ECONOMY WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN THIS YEAR
OR WHAT? COME ON WAKE UP PM AND CALL AN ELECTION,IF NOT YOU WILL HAVE A BIGGER DEFEAT
NEXT YEAR!!
Angus Black
Jan 28th, 14:21
Ikteb bil-Malti jekk taf, ghax l-Ingliz farraktu!
Ronnie Axisa
Jan 28th, 09:08
After all, a car with a punctured tyre cannot go very far.
Yes, Dr. Pullicino Orlando let's change the whole car just beacuse of a flat tyre.
Charles Vella
Jan 28th, 09:03
...an election IS the way forward... in a years time, when it's scheduled!
Simon Micallef
Jan 28th, 08:48
Kemm huma helwin in nazzjonalisti, sakemm l affarijiet jibqaw mohbijin fl istamperija kollox sew, imma ghax ghall ewwel darba hareg il hazin li ilu jsir fil berah, jattakaw lil kullhadd. Imbasta biex jitilghu juzaw lill kullhadd,bhal tal Mistra, l biza mill PL, d divorzju u elf haga ohra. Kemm uzaw lil George Abela , lill Lino Spiteri u hafna ohrajn l aqwa lil kontra il Pl, imma kontra il PN le ghax dawn ghandom dritt sagrosant ghall dejjem li jibqaw huma fil gvern. MALTA qeghda ahjar mill pajjizi li jsemmu il hin kollu tal PN , ghax Malta l banek kienu bil ghaqal fis self taghom u l poplu Malti ma johrogx fit toroq jipprotesta, b daqshekk ma jfissirx li qeghdin l aqwa u tibqawx tqabbluna ma l pajjizi falluti qabluna mal kumplament tal pajjizi tal Ewropa. il poplu ghejja bl istess diskors u jekk qeghdin tant sew aqtghwa u morru ghall elezzjoni u tigi l istabilita.
J Busuttil
Jan 28th, 15:53
@ Simon Micallef.
You will get your answer wit PL in government , I will not given them even nine months in trying to keep the economy stable.
Andrew Siad
Jan 28th, 08:48
il bloggers nazzjonalisti kollha kontra l elezjoni generali bikrija ax jibzghu ax jafu x jigri kiku alekk ma jriduhiex lol
jekk intom certi tant mil leader l ghandna li ghamel tant gid skond intom il ala dil biza kolla mil elezjoni bikrija!!!
mux al li jista jkun x hin taddi sena ohra tridu tigu tghidu li l pajjiz ma jridx elezzjoni anqas hux ax zminijit difficli!!! kos qed nghid aktar ma jghaddi z zmin aktar ha jinkixfu borom fi hdan l partit nazzjonalista u l kbir ghaddu gej. iftahlu emm!!
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 09:47
L-elezzjoni ghandha issir meta il-gvern jikkonkludi il-progetti li ghandu miftuha u nibdew ingawdu minnhom.
B’halissa it-toroq ta’ Malta huma imqallbin ta’ taht fuq ,hadd ma jiehu pjacir fi-traffic jam , meta nibdew ghaddejjin mit-toroq mibnija mill gdid u suret in-nies nindunaw xi jkun ghamel il-gvern.
Jekk hemm xi hadd irid minghalih jiftah xi borma , l-ewwel haga irid ikun emmnut li jkun fetah il-borma.
Hadd ma emmen lil-Debono meta dahhal lil Louis Galea ma' Schiavone fuq il-bicca tal-ittra anonima. Jien m’emmintx li Schiavone issuspetta f’Louis .
j brincat
Jan 28th, 08:39
Dr Debono was really the proverbial straw that broke GonziPN's back.
Trouble has been a brewing from day one because Dr Gonzi was unabale to keep his whole team on board. One of the essentials of good management is effective communication. How can you advise your ministers of their demotion by means of an SMS? How were certain ministers chosen from others? What were their credentials? The end result clearly shows that the choice was not the best one! And who is to blame for all this? This government has failed and the only way out is an early election. How can a government run
a country with a coalition with Mr Speaker (according to new theory thrown in yesterday)?
(jb)
Rocco Camilleri
Jan 28th, 10:44
100% what you are saying. Dr.Gonzi lacked proper management. He took the Ministers fouls on his shoulder instead of asking them for their Accountability. How come that Ministers are not Accountable and then pretend us to be Accountable on our work.????? This is the result that Malta or most of it has lost it's moral values, which is leading / has led to a lot of corruption in a lot of issues / Departments.
raymond scicluna
Jan 28th, 08:24
U zgurrrrrrrrr biex issa li ddikjara li mhux ser jikkontesta l elezzjoni fi hdan il partit nazzjonalista filwaqt li NAQAS li jiddikjara li l mahbuba tieghu MS Ciantar ser tikkontesta l elezzjoni fi hdan il partit laburista. Xejn u zgurr ghax fil gvern fadallu jnaqqar sena u mbaghad jibda jibla minn naha l ohra ghal hames snin li gejjin. JPO hallik mil elezzjoni kun ragel, il biki tal kukudrill ghadda u ntesa issa rrizenja warrab mur fejn trid u tindahalx x jaghmel il PN u wisq anqas il pajjiz. Ara vera ma tisthix!!!
JL Deguara
Jan 28th, 13:43
Il-voti li gab ghall-PN fl-elezzjoni li ghaddiet tapprezzhom imma hux!!! ;)
Salvino Demanuele
Jan 28th, 08:17
Jien adni ma nistax nifem fdal pajiz xinhu jigri filli haga u filli ohra amlu bhal america 10 yrs gvern maximum u daqsek u nsolvu l problema kolha mar tajjeb jew hazin ax inutli nibqaw sejrijn hekk dejjem listess erna politikanti miz zewg nahat tal kamra jiqalaw il parolli
m borg
Jan 28th, 08:00
Joker
Victor Baldacchino
Jan 28th, 07:46
Jekk isir elezzjoni tant ahjar halli ghalinqas ikun it tmiem ta JPO mal Partit .Forsi ftit zmien ohra narawh wiehed mill leaders tal Partit Liberali gdid.
HENRY FENECH AZZOPARDI
Jan 28th, 07:33
The instability is being created by us with all the blogs and media coverage of PN internal problems. From day one DR.Gonzi said this is a matter of a party problem, which has to be dealth with within the party's DAR CENTRALI. There was no reason to go to Parliament and everyone tries to implement issues beyond the control of the Party organisation.
We now have a voting result which gives no indication as to how the matter has to be solved. An election is defintely no way forward. What guarantees do we have that the PL will perform in their governing to give any where near the good results achieved by the PN?
It is now up to the PN to find a formula that takes the present administration to the end of this legislation. This proves how correct was Dr. Gonzi when he said that the Debono issue is a Party matter.
Never in the history of Malta did we have so many people working and investment recorded. The success of a country is not measured by the temperament of an individual. The PL should be honest enough to declare whether he has the ability to achieve the same results being recorded by the European Union. It is unacceptable that the party tries to take advantage of a PN internal issue to pressure himself to Castille.
I am convinced that some how the PN will weather the internal storm and end up as always stronger out of this impasse.
A. Xuereb
Jan 28th, 10:08
'never in the history of Malta.......' .......parrot talk, even Joe the grocer talks like you.....Please substantiate your arguments with facts and figures, don't forget to include the workers who have or about to lose their job or be put on a four day week! You are allowed to include the thousands of workers at Smart City and the White Rocks complex.
As for your comment 'the PN will end up as always stronger..', now everybody knows the truth about what goes on behind closed doors, and it s not a pretty picture!
A. Xuereb
Jan 28th, 13:31
give us sone solid statistics please.don't forget to include:
The thousands employed at Smart city
The thousands employed at White Rocks
The employees who have either lost their job or who are about to be put on a four day week
JL Deguara
Jan 28th, 14:11
"Never in the history of Malta did we have so many people working and investment recorded".
I just hope all this work and investment materializes for the good of Maltese families, in reality it is not. Why? Speaking with people in general, it seems they're fed up with the current situation, the "feel good factor" is negative, polls speak in favor of PL, and the PN is imploding. What a foul smelling recipe for the untouchables!! Well, after all, you must admit we need a change - a change of fresh ideas, more inclusion, and ....DA DA DA... most importantly - Meritocracy!
I wonder why with all this work and investment, Nationalists themselves are convinced they'll lose coming election? booq
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 20:05
Dear Henry Fench Azzopardi, some people are happy when they are being flogged...especially during spring...capish
Romina Grech
Jan 28th, 07:24
L-agir ta' nies normali hu li meta jiehdu puncture f'karozza jibdlu it-tyre mifqugh u mhux jibdlu l-karozza kollha.
JL Deguara
Jan 28th, 13:40
Ghandek ragun 100%. Fil-fatt persuna normali tbiddel t-tyre ghal darba, tnejn, tlieta u wara tara kif taghmel biex issemma lehinha bil-vot f'elezzjoni biex tizgura li t-toroq ta' Malta u Ghawdex ikunu f'kundizzjoni ahjar - weghda ohra tal-gvern li ma titwettaq qatt (dawk li saru diga' mimlijin konsenturi)! B'hekk tnaqqas ic-cans ta' punctures fil-futur! hehehe
JL Deguara
Jan 28th, 13:40
Ghandek ragun 100%. Fil-fatt persuna normali tbiddel t-tyre ghal darba, tnejn, tlieta u wara tara kif taghmel biex issemma lehinha bil-vot f'elezzjoni biex tizgura li t-toroq ta' Malta u Ghawdex ikunu f'kundizzjoni ahjar - weghda ohra tal-gvern li ma titwettaq qatt (dawk li saru diga' mimlijin konsenturi)! B'hekk tnaqqas ic-cans ta' punctures fil-futur! hehehe
John Schembri
Jan 28th, 07:17
mark borg
Yesterday, 20:41
Jhekk tinutaw tliet kwarti tan nies li jappogaw lil regime ta gonzi li jiktbu hawnhekk...lanqas kapaci jnizzlu isimhom shih
jew 1. Jibzghu
jew 2. JISTHU......
Int bis-serjeta qed tikteb???.
“Mark”jien ilni ninnota haga aghar milli qed tinnota int; hawnhekk hawn hafna nies li jiktbu il-kummenti taghhom taht iktar minn hames ismijiet differenti biex fost hafna affarijiet jimbuttaw l-agenda taghhom.
1)Jew ghax jibzghu.
2)Jew ghax jafu li m’ghandhomx ragun.
3) Jew ghandhom skop malinn f’rashom.
Dan l-interess kollu ghal-ismijiet x’ghandek bzonnu?
mark borg
Jan 28th, 10:00
Dan l-interess kollu ghal-ismijiet x’ghandek bzonnu?
Jien mghandi l-ebda interess sur jihn schembri ...sempliciment qed insaqsi ghala tlett kwarti li jidefendu li gvern ghandhom nofs isimhom biss jidher !!!!!
Rigward il-hames ismejiet different issa kun ragel u semijomlna ha naraw ....QED NISTENNEWK
Mr Marcel Dingli
Jan 28th, 07:06
Look who is talking Chinese now. That is how the R is pronounced there.
John Mifsud
Jan 28th, 06:42
The no-confidence vote was only taken a few hours ago, and here comes the first splinter in Dr Gonzi's finger. A PN MP calling for an election as soon as possible, a same feeling that the majority think that the PM should call in the immediate future.
The Prime Minister amazes me. His body-language speaks miles. He looks uncomfortable, and I personally think that he should call it a day and let the people, who are sovereign, decide for themselves.
There seems to be no stability in the PN Parliamentary group, therefore the probability is that there really is no stability in the running of the country.
Does a 'web of evil' really exists in the corridors of power?
Are we really living in an OLIGARCHY and not in a DEMOCRACY?
ASK THE ELECTORATE..............................................
Dennis Zammit
Jan 28th, 06:41
On which side is JPO?
If he has had enough of politics, and he confirmed that he will not contest the next elections, why not call it a day FROM TODAY!!!
You can't join a club with its rules, being good or bad, and then expect the rest to start playing to your music or be that free to criticize on everything.
mark borg
Jan 28th, 10:08
On Which side is JPO ?
Definately not within the Gonzi Clikka........ sur Zammit .
andrew spiteri
Jan 28th, 02:06
i agree withJPO there should be a election after the vote. the prim minidter is a sitting duck and have to worry about what debone is going to vote on every thing he is going to try to pass
C. Borg
Jan 28th, 02:04
Its a matter of months till we have the election accrding to the costitutional law, so why don't Dr.gonzi and the PN call an early election now and solve all the hassle and instability? after all the longer they drag, the more damage they will doing to themselves, Dr. Debono got nothing to loose, the PL gains time for more electoral campaign and our country will be the winner in a loose - loose situation.
R. Gauci
Jan 28th, 01:46
Fil-PN donnu hemm qasma bejn min hu moderat u zaghzugh u l-ohrajn tal-klikka li ilhom hemmekk snin u li mqabbdin sewwa. Trid tkun mazetta biex ma tindunax b'dan kollu.
Clint Zammit
Jan 28th, 15:03
Il qasma mux ta kif qed tghid int qeda , hemm min xtaqu li jsiru ministri u ghax ma sarux ghamlu 4 snin ifixxklu lil gvern u jirrikattawh ghax jafu li ghandu maggoranza ta siggu wihed. Meta jghidu li qed jitkellmu fisem il poplu iqabduni id dahk. Dan bhal meta bniedem ma jinqediex u jkun partitarju ta partit u kif tasal l elezjoni ma jkunx irrid jivvota. U ghalkemm mux kullhadd jametti konvint illi il maggoranza tal poplu jahsbuwa hekk.
Clint Zammit
Jan 28th, 00:37
Min ikollu puncture jibdel it tyre u mux il karozza , biex jinbidel il puncture int lewwel wihed JPO ghandek tirrezenja la mux jghogbok kif qed jimxi il gvern halli jkun jista jimxi ahjar bla skossi. Issa Jew se tigbed listess habel mal gvern inkella irrezenja halli ma tfixkilx lil gvern
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 28th, 00:31
Put bluntly, PN parliamentarians are seeing the writing on the wall. What some of them are doing, implicitly, is to distance themselves from GonziPN.
Ms.D. Galea
Jan 28th, 00:28
Tutto fumo, niente arrosto.
Mary Ann Borg
Jan 28th, 00:24
JPO lanqas jibda hdejn Franco Debono. JPO l-ewwel gie jibki quddiem it-TV, umbghad ressaq din tad-divorzju (jien qbilt imma mhux mal mod kif ipprova jidher ta' eroj) u issa ghax ma jiflahx jarah jaqla tkaxkira minn Nazzjonalisti veri li tellugh fil-Parlament iddikjara li mhux se johrog. Issa ahjar jekk joqghod kwiet ghax hadd mhu qed jiehdu bis-serjeta. L-elezzjoni tigi meta jidhirlu l-PM u mhux ghax hekk jidhrilu is-Sur JPO.
Mr Emanuel Farrugia
Jan 28th, 00:20
"Speaking on Affari Taghna later tonight, Dr Pullicino Orlando said that one had to be an ostrich with his head stuck in the sand to insist that there is stability. He said that Dr Debono had made valid points and serious points, upon which he had insisted. He agreed with some of them but not with his methods since there were other avenues he could have taken".
Qieghed jidher tajjeb, illi Dr. Franco Debono ghandi direzzjoni cara tal-politika nadifa u ta' x'inhi verament id-demokrazija f'dan il-pajjiz. Deher tajjeb f'Affari Taghna, illi GONZIPN qieghed fit-triq 'l hazina u m'hemmx 'teamwork' fil-partit tieghu. Importanti li wiehed jghid, illi 'teamwork' qieghed isir biss ma' dawk in-nies tal-klikka li huma hbieb sew ma' GONZIPN, imma minn qieghed jghid is-sewwa u jimxi bid-demokrazija dawn le, dawn jigu mwarrba. Nafu sew cittadini li s-socjologija u 'l filosofija li qieghed juza GONZIPN, hija, ghal poter li qieghed imwahhal mieghu. Hemm bzonn nies bhal Franco Debono b'vizzjonijiet ta' demokrazija cara. L-importanti huwa wkoll, li c-cittadini jigu ikkalkulati u narawhom bl-enti cara u mhux mudlama, u nuru rispett lejhom dejjem u mhux nafuhom biss, ma' tibda toqrob l-elezzjoni generali. Il-verita twegga cittadini.
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
C Briffa
Jan 28th, 14:06
tantx isemmi il-klikka ghax meta kont segretarju klikek biss kien hemm l-mtarfa imma qatt ma ktibt kontriha int uzgurrrrrr ghax kienu tal pl
DAVID D. PACE
Jan 28th, 00:18
the only logical way out of this political mess is calling an ELECTION as soon as possible!! The Gonzi regime can run and run but it won't be able to hide!
george grech
Jan 28th, 00:08
sfortunatament Gonzi kien too good u soft fil konfront ta certu nies.jpo wiehed minnhom.smajtu jitkellem illejla. anke lil bundy smajt.bye bye principji.....money talks.
jew nilghab jew inhassar. hekk jirragunaw dawn l ghorrief. u bilhaqq mela issa qed joghgobhom l editorjal tat times....fejn jaqbillhom!!!
ir red card urewha lilhom innifishom. il proud nibqghu ahna.
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Jan 27th, 23:43
Who cares what JPO thinks?
JC.
D Cutajar
Jan 27th, 23:31
Nibqa nistageb kif certu nies fdan il pajjiz ghadom jemmnu l gideb tal PN! Do you really believe that our country's situation is better than that of other eu countries??!!
The only reason we are still afloat is that our country's debts are internal debts, ghax kieku we would have already drowned!
Lawrence Gonzi, Austin Gatt u lbqijja tal klikka serqu kemm felhu u issa sippost kuntenti, Issa warbu min nofs u hallu l kbar imexxu!!
Stephen Grech
Jan 27th, 23:29
Sur JPO, meta tghidilna din ibki ftit halli nemmnuk, forsi...Hallina trid!!!
Matthew Tanti
Jan 27th, 23:29
Deputat iehor tal-PN esprima l-opinjpni tieghu. Ha jaghti kasu l-PM?
GEORGE CUTAJAR
Jan 27th, 23:12
And I thought that this guy has decided to give up on politics. Since he declared that he is calling it a day why does he still persist in causing harm to the Party which he says he loves so much? Is this his way of getting back at the PM for not having been elevated to a ministerial post after the Mistra Miniestra?
He should join Debono and resign now leaving the Government to do what it was elected to do.
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 27th, 23:07
@ Willie Grech
There is no point in keep beating around the bush. Last Thursday's vote was not a VOTE OF CONFIDENCE in the government raised by Dr. Lawrence Gonzi but a VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE in the government raised by JM. So JM HAD TO OBTAIN a majority of votes in parliamnet, something that JM failed yet again miserably.
A. Xuereb
Jan 28th, 10:22
true, however the PM walked in with 35 MPs and walked out with 34.So in keeping in line with your argument, the PM failed (yet again) to convince FD to toe the party line.Something which is proving to be a mammoth task with the ever increasing number of dissenters in the PN.
You can fix something that is broken but it will never be whole again. The only way forward is an election where the PN voters can decide who they can trust to remain loyal towards the party fir the whole 5 years.
michael scicluna
Jan 27th, 22:58
All of you that disagree that the only way out of this instability is an election only disagree because you are scared stiff of it! its that plain and simple!
Ruben Hili
Jan 27th, 22:50
Ergaw dahhlu dawk il bnadar gol kexxun tal-lejber.....sorry :) haha!!!
A. Xuereb
Jan 28th, 13:33
tghaggilx....
Wayne Borg
Jan 27th, 22:48
I read the comments submitted before me and smile :) When someone speaks what he thinks, people want him crucified! It is people like Franco Debono & Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando that are needed in parlament. Without JPO sticking his head out, after people wanted him dead for being in favour of a civil right, we wouldn't have had divorce in Malta. Franco uncovered the corruption the goverment has, they wanted him to resign, then yesterday they were applauding him and yelling "Nazzjonalisti, Nazzjonalisti...!!" Celebrating and worshiping a Goverment without majority! The country needs stability, get over it, we need an election as soon as possible if the Prime Minister doesn't solve his issues with Franco. Let's face it, we are a small country, we can't compete with bigger and stronger countries, but if there's a chance of business being made and losing it because of stability, that's stupid in my opinion. We need stability, and if it's an election the only way, so be it.
J Busuttil
Jan 28th, 15:50
An early election does not get stability it is good governance that does and it is a know fact by all with a right mind and not a fanatic that Labour is not.
Anthony Castillo
Jan 27th, 22:47
JPO I expect way better from you especially this time of whats going on. I hope that this is coming completly from you and no body is behind all this. All I can say about you is that your loyalty to the primeminister and the party is very good and I am sure it will stay till the end of the 5years.The people who elects they elect you for 5 years and I think that they expect your help given to them for 5years and also the result of the No ConfidenceVote was lost by JOSEPH MUSCAT and won by LAWRENCE GONZI , this is what the CONSTITUTION says which I believe that we all have to obey my friend.
A Dimech
Jan 27th, 22:43
ONE WAY - ELECTION!
the more Gonzi drags on, the worse it is for the country
Schembri Ray
Jan 27th, 22:41
Yes an election will solve this situation. I think June 9th will be enough for parties to prepare themselves and give us a proper electoral program.
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Jan 27th, 22:30
Can I kindly ask what The Times agenda in all this is?
Why does it have to continue to stoke the fire?
Is a face-book comment so such news worthy?
JC.
Anthony Mizzi
Jan 27th, 22:17
Another splinter in someone's thumb!
Whose next?
Take a ticket and join the queue!
C Muscat
Jan 27th, 22:12
Jien illum inhossni indipendenti pero ma nistax nifhem kif dawn il- hicups kollha u l-pajjiz miexi bi progress daws l-aqwa pajjizi anke ta l-ewropa.
R. Gauci
Jan 28th, 01:43
Ghax l-UE ghadha ma nvestigatx il-finanzi tal-pajjiz sew ghax kieku maghhom qeghdin. Illum minbarra 80 miljun ghall-progett ta` Piano li ma jidhru mkien sirt naf b'21 miljun ohra li ghandhom jiehdu l-importaturi tal-medicini ... KOLLHU DEJN MOHBI!!
Charlene Bonnici
Jan 28th, 06:56
Min jaf x'hemm taht it-tapit!!!!
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:34
progress? for who?
1. Gonz & pals - €500 plus per week!!! (renounced after a shameful exosure and prior to confidence vote)
2. Bahrija farmhouse of gonz pal
3. Most of the GDP is artificial due to govt expenditure...that means our taxes?
4. Incompetent minsters like agostino pio (arriva), dolores cristina (eu funding blunder), joe cassar ( new hospital rubbish service...my grandmum an eldery aged 86 waiting @ emergency for 48 hrs without a bed)
daws l-aqwa pajjiz anke ta l-ewropa?
Compare our GDP, unemployment, inflation, female partcipation rate, with Germany, UK, France, we only compare with eastern block...
mark borg
Jan 28th, 08:51
U il-pajjiz miexi bi progress ? mur ghida lil min qed jahdem ghal 800 euro fix xhar jew naqra aktar,bil loan u jircievi il-kontijiet tal lum kemm miexi bi progress.....jien ma nifurmax parti min dil kategorija u forsi int lanqas min kliemek, pero min dawn hawn percentagg sostanzjali...jigifieri saqsi lilhom kemm sejrin sew.
Xi haga ohra int ma tafx xi djun il-pajjiz u hela hawn ,ghax b'sistemma ditatorjali, kollox mistur min dan ir regim mafjuz. Barra minhekk hawn pajjiz ta 124 sd km bi 350000 ruh (ma nghodx l-eluf ta klandestini li hallew il malta tintela bihom irregime gonzipn) ...jigifieri facli tikontrolla iz zewgt banek principali u tisusidja l-erba negozi kbar li-hawn...jigifiri tqabilx il-problemi kbar ta pajjizi kbar mal problemi zghar ta pajjiz bicca blata.
G Hoare
Jan 27th, 21:57
Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, SHAME ON YOU ,I NEVER LIKED YOU AND THANK GOD YOU WILL NOT BE CONTESTING , Not that you would be getting much votes,
michael scicluna
Jan 27th, 23:10
the few onest and loyal to malta MP's are not contesting and you thank god!! i hope you keep Gonzi when you loose next election hahahaha
Angus Black
Jan 28th, 01:42
Not that the NP would let him contest, you should add...
In a way, I wish this circus would leave town and leave the animals at the nearest zoo. Perhaps somewhere in Italy?
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:23
seems that pn supporters don't like anyone who places the cards on the table and calls a spade a spade and a shove a shovel....
won't it be nicer to have every one on mute and yes continuespreading the lies...lies such as the ones fed to hunters & trappers, to the workers (tax cuts), public transport drivers, dry docks workers, etc...
I may agree that the above was needed...but it would have been tons better tosay the truth and let the peole decide rather than give false promises...the pn have only been after one thing...power...all the elections they won were won on false manifestos...the only reason they won was that the opposition was weak...now its a different ball game...
G Hoare
Jan 28th, 11:38
Michael scicluna
,what i see and what you see are 2 diffrent things ,I was disgusted when he contested the FOR the last election AND the fact that GONZI ALLOWED HIM TO CARRY on.
JOHNNY XERRI
Being a PN supporter or not it is not a problem I dont like the fact when people try and manipulate peoples mind and point fingersi do call a spade a spade alot people who knows me can verifi it ,I dont beat round the bush ,JPO was init for his ownback he was never a true politican,and the Reson JPO IS coming out with all this because he knows he will not get anywhere.
THE PROBLEM IN MALTA IS ONE,We allow Politicans carry on with thier bussiness as usual and have thier bussiness florish .To me that is Conflict of intrest and it allways happened in Malta for what irememeber these last 50years , MALTA ALLWAYS BEING AND ALLWAYS STAY THE SAME NOTHING WILLCHANGE GONZI or JOSEPH We still have to go to work any life goes on we moan and they laughing behind our backs and drinking the best coffee or champane,POLITICS IS DIRTY EVERYWHERE YOU GO
Mario J Spiteri
Jan 27th, 21:49
By the way, if we go for election next year, the same are going to say "Malta does not need election" ?
For sure now an election is needed because we are going to feel repercussions by the instable government.
I don't mind for Italy & Spain, we are living in Malta.
The story is that the government is saved by the speakers vote not by the majority & that' made the govt. instable & instability to the country.
Peter Zahra
Jan 28th, 09:10
If you don’t care what’s happening in Italy & Spain etc so what’s all the fuss on stability?
This is hypocrisy at its best from a labour supporter with a selfish attitude just for the sake to see his party in Government at all costs. Do you know that in Spain the unemployment increased with another 400,000 people since the election was held? The total unemployment now exceeds 5 million!!!
Elections should be held when due and your typical selfish reasoning will lead Malta into the financial problems, which other neighboring countries have. I bet, that if elections are held and Joseph Muscat will be elected, (God forbid that such a scenario would happen in Malta), all the bad consequences will be then attributed to Lawrence Gonzi.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 27th, 21:45
Here we go about. The PN is a house divided. Most political political are a 'broad church', attracting people with different points of view who manage to work together under some guiding principle. The PN appears to be more of a church than a broad church, led by conservative political families. I continue to be amazed how the PN gets elected.
Joe Fenech
Jan 28th, 01:44
The perversely, nostalgic, bigot Gahan Malti wanted to relive the terrible 50s so he appointed nephew-Gonzi as PM. No one should be surprised that Malta is in a shambolic state. You got what you deserved, GAHAN !
L. Aquilina
Jan 27th, 21:42
Sewwa mela wara li ha li ried is -sur JPO uza il vot tal - poplu biex ikun jista jiprezenta 'private member bill' u dahal il -divorzju xi haga li ma kienetx fil -programm elettorjali tal -PARTIT NAZZJONALISTA. Issa idikjara ukoll illi mhux ser jerga jikkontesta u qed jghid illi l-ahjar ghal Malta hu li issir elezjoni . Mur u hallina sur JPO
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:27
Mr Aquilina banning trapping and hunting was not on the electoral manefesto of PN...actaully it was the contrary and we were promised the continuence of hunting and trapping...and yet....so don't come upto heavy on JPO forintroducing divorce....for actually it was the poeple who introduced divorce...
if you don't want a divorce don't have one....but don't bloody deny others from what they want...or maybe thats one thing PN & their supporters want to retain from others....free will
K.J. Sammut
Jan 27th, 21:31
I would like JPO to tell me what he would do if he found himself with a knife in his hand and being asked at gunpoint to commit suicide. Would he stab himself. Debono has to shoulder the responsibility of this situation he cannot abstain as otherwise he is putting the PM in the situation I described above.
Joseph Borg
Jan 27th, 22:55
But sorry what kind of people like you do we have in this country to dictate what a person should do.
The time that everyone has to be a yes man have been abolished long time ago now. I personally prefer to have 69 like Debono in parliament so that might give some breadth to our country. Every body know that we are one of the most corrupted country in eu. Malta belong to all the maltese people and not to a corrupted clique.
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:39
wrong Gonzi was given another choice to avoid the 'suicide'you mention...the choice of saving himself by removing the ministers who committed grave political blunders...he had a choice but he defended the lossers...so he is an even bigger losser
Alfred Grech
Jan 27th, 21:24
Not sure if some politicans are crazy or hypocrites. If JPO knows we need an election, why didn't he support the motion? Same applies to Franco Debono. Why all this nonsense talk afterwards when you both had a chance and didn't take it? How can anyone take you guys seriously?
M Borg
Jan 27th, 20:46
An election at this time will only mean trouble for all of us. Fitch today has just downgraded Italy and Spain. We are lucky we have not been downgraded..............
Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Italy and Spain as well as Belgium, Cyprus Slovenia, indicating there is a 1-in-2 chance of further downgrades in the next two years.
In its statement, Fitch said these countries have near-term vulnerability to monetary and financial shocks.
"Consequently, these sovereigns do not, in Fitch's view, accrue the full benefits of the euro's reserve currency status," Fitch said.
Fitch cut Italy's rating to A-minus from A-plus; Spain to A from double-A minus; Belgium to double-A from double-A plus; Slovenia to A from double-A minus and Cyprus to triple-B minus from triple-B, leaving that island nation just one notch above junk status.
we have not been downgraded.
pat muscat
Jan 27th, 20:54
Yes, you have been downgraded by Dr Franco Debono and by the Times editorial!
J. Mifsud
Jan 27th, 21:01
To my knowledge Lybia under "Gaddafi was not downgraded by Finch - This does not mean to say that the Libyans should never have removed Gaddafi because he had not been downgraded.
T Gauci
Jan 27th, 21:03
Makes me wonder why Fitch did not downgrade France it might the fact that Fitch is French
A. Agius
Jan 27th, 21:11
"We are lucky we have not been downgraded..."
Dear M Borg, first of all may I remind you that although we were not downgraded by Fitch, a couple of weeks ago we were downgraded by S&P ... unfortunately.
Secondly, these agencies do not take into consideration just the party in government, but also consider the political environment within a country. If we are lucky not to be downgraded it could be also a fact that such agencies see no threat in whoever might be running office in this country... let's be realistic and cut the boogieman tactics once and for all (not necessarily referring to you M Borg).
Carmel Cilia
Jan 28th, 09:01
M.Borg you should have said' we have not been downgraded again', In the last three months or so we have been downgraded from double A to -A and you seem to be taking comfort out of this situation. Some say it is because of international economic circumstances. However countries like Estonia which country has become a democratic nation a mere twenty years ago has weather this crises very well. We on the other hand have over 5billion in euros in debt and do not forget that my friend. No we are not doing that good say whatever the finance minister says. this week the Treasury has again issued 150 million euros in stocks. When are we going to start decreasing this infesting wound, when?
C Galea
Jan 27th, 20:45
JPO and Franco you had the chance yesterday Mate and blew it
Emmanuel Caruana
Jan 27th, 20:57
Ma Tarax !!!!!!!!!
K. Vella
Jan 27th, 20:41
JPO...hahahah....he is getting jealous, the attention was all turned on Franco.....
JPO pls. do not speculate and try to be a purist from the whole bunch.....
Did you forget your time, when u made us beleive of the insomnia moment of Mistra?!?
mark borg
Jan 27th, 20:41
Jhekk tinutaw tliet kwarti tan nies li jappogaw lil regime ta gonzi li jiktbu hawnhekk...lanqas kapaci jnizzlu isimhom shih
jew 1. Jibzghu
jew 2. JISTHU......
Wilfred Camilleri
Jan 27th, 22:27
Mark Borg: Shows how little you know Mark Borg. The name that appears on the blog is the neame that people registered with when they opened the account and not because they are afraid. Before you speak about something you don't know about, which seems to be a lot, do some research.
Steve Zammit
Jan 27th, 23:07
u ghax ktibt Mark Borg ifisser hafna? ismek huwa wiehed mill-iktar ismijeit KOMUNI hawn Malta u anke BORG x'qed tghid...LOL
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:42
but why did they register with no full name? samein hunting...we get the C Cassar, J Borg, M Mallia, whay not a full name?
G Tonna
Jan 27th, 20:40
JPO you have already made a mockery of parliament by presenting a motion in favour of divorce when the party was against it.
Please keep your mouth shut or resign. There is a strong consensus amongst nationalist voters against your candidacy.
J. Mifsud
Jan 27th, 20:51
We don't care if the party was for or against Divorce, the government is for the whole nation and NOT for the party. The majority of the Maltese Nation wanted to legalize Divorce good for JPO for introducing that private member's Bill.
Good for Franco Debono, who is trying to cleanse the PN. Remove the REGIME, before it is too late.
Philip Hili
Jan 28th, 00:19
@ G. Tonna
Yes. I agree with all you have stated in your comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C. Borg
Jan 28th, 02:18
how democratic is to say keep your mouth shut or resign???? a few months ago we were following conflicts in our neighbour arab countries with the citizens fighting for their rights, one of them the freedom of speech, are we going back to that state where who does not agree with who rules and sounds his voice will be stoned to keep a minority enjoying the power???
G Tonna
Jan 28th, 06:43
Malta is a success story with or without these mediocre backbenchers and notwithstanding a poor and useless opposition which is not up to purpose.
A Nationalist regime in government is the only healthy way forward for this island.
People at large are afraid of labour, afraid its miserable past in office may come to haunt us again.
Afterall the Mintoff legacy is all labour's inheritance.
Malta does not dererve it.
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:46
mhux ovja darling...he went against the party and the people supported him through a referendum...showing disagreement with the party...
same situation with hunting...the PN had guaranteed that hunting and trapping would not be banned and would only improve...but then when banned we see no PN supporter who says ....hey wait you had no mandate to do that and actually had a mandate to do the opposite....
but then PN onl wnat their way...or no way
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 19:54
G Tonna,
what is healthy about PN?
The arriva blunder?
The honoraria blunder?
The lies told to hunters and the eventual deceit?
The ghost smart city?
The failure to solve the crisis at airmalta?
The (Dolores Cristina) EU funds blunder?
The drugs in prison?
The number of people who won an appeal because they had no legal aid during interogation?
The tax cut promise that never materialised?
Need I say more?
Only some blue eyed brain washed fool still believes PN is perfect...or maybe someone on the gravy train
D Bald
Jan 27th, 20:40
CHICKEN AND PEA SOUP
Charles Sammut. (NY)
Jan 27th, 20:39
Which district was the Speaker elected from and how many votes did he get?
Joe Fenech
Jan 28th, 01:47
He was appointed because 'telgha mill-hama tal-partit'. He's there to serve the Gonzi regime.
mark borg
Jan 27th, 20:38
@A.Trapani
Mela tisthi igib ismek kollhu???
A Trapani
Jan 28th, 00:03
le ma nisthix, pero kunjomi mhux semplici bhal ismek u kunjomok. Isthi int li taghjjar lil Prim ministru dittatur habib.
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 27th, 20:38
You see dear pn bloggers the dust from yesterday vote have not even yet settled and already you are back to square one. Won the confidant vote my foot. It’s a slow, slow puncture all along. Veru?
M Borg
Jan 27th, 20:36
If JPO is so unhappy with the situation he can always resign. That way Dr Gonzi can go on doing what he is doing . Now is not the time for an election.
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:48
why because of the financial crisis...so if the international financial crisis is not over in 2013 will we have a dictator who will say that given that it is not time for an election we will skip it for the common good....
uzgur not time...they need to hold on to power for at least the next 14 months...
Owen Farrugia
Jan 28th, 09:19
Only the PN is saying that we do not need an early election. The PL, Alternattiva Demokratika and the majority of the opinion leaders are saying we next step is a general election (even JPO). Gonzi knows this but he is acting like everything is normal.
W Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 20:28
Dear JPO you make me sick.
Edgar Gatt
Jan 27th, 20:19
Whatever this politician says, nobody is taking him seriously. I am afraid that he lost his political credibility a very long time ago.
R. Balzan
Jan 27th, 20:26
That's not exactly true Mr Gatt. Normally renegades and dissidents tend to speak more sense than the yes-men conformists. Simply because they have nothing or very little to lose and are not bound by any gags or blinkers. Unlike the rest.
Philip Hili
Jan 28th, 00:21
@ P R O S I T. P R O S I T!!!!!!!!
AGREE 10000000%
Joseph Sammut
Jan 28th, 07:44
@ R. Balzan: granted, but that doesn't mean that their agenda is straight. And no matter if they have anything to loose or not, they still enjoy low credibility.
J. Mizzi
Jan 27th, 20:19
Dan kollu paroli fil-vojt. Jekk ridt elezzjoni, ilbieraħ imessek astjenejt bħal sieħbek!
r spiteri
Jan 27th, 20:12
jpo will not recontest elections....robert musumeci will not recontest elections....and they have partners who were never pn candidates....that explains it all.
Jeffrey Mallia
Jan 27th, 20:26
Why do we always have to "personally" attack people ??? It's simply pathetic R Spiteri.
R. Balzan
Jan 27th, 21:23
Bringing in third parties who are not even involved in politics shows a lack of maturity - or to put it more bluntly - outright stupidity.
Simon Spiteri
Jan 27th, 20:09
Dear JPO if you are in such a hurry of leaving your seat in parliament there is a simple solution RESIGN
A Dimech
Jan 27th, 20:09
it is obvious that an election is needed.
I cannot believe that PN finished in such a state to drag their feet so much and continue to act in such an undemocratic way.
They don't have majority in parliament anymore - and they cling on to power!
G Hoare
Jan 27th, 22:22
unless you know when it's a hung parlament the party is in goverment will carry on running the country,
lilly vella
Jan 27th, 20:08
bla bla bla
Manuel Camilleri
Jan 27th, 20:01
This does not come as a surprise from JPO
Jesmond Farrugia
Jan 27th, 20:01
To his credit, Franco abstained because he understood that the economy (and possibly sections of the social fabric) may have crumbled under the added and untimely burden of the electoral albatross. This is not a good time for an election. It is the time rather, for both parties to reflect quietly -- and to reform. There should be room for conservatives as well as reformers in parliament.
Johnny Xerri
Jan 28th, 08:53
Jesmond and if in a years time we will still have financial crisis looming ahead...(after all we have ben having this international monster since 2007-2008) what will happen? No election again? A benevolent dictator who will not go for election because it is not the right time?
2012,2013 the international financial situation will not be much different so election in 2012 or 2013 is not muc different...the only difference is that PN are likely to lose so they want to hang on to the milking cow for as long as possible...
Joseph Borg
Jan 27th, 19:58
Jekk jitla il PL fil gvern lill Peppi ser jaghmluh coach nazzjonali ta Ghawdex
A Stafrace
Jan 27th, 20:02
ta kemmuna jew ahjar ta filfla!
John Attard
Jan 27th, 20:26
Le please ta zommuh Malta ghalikom!! Coach bhal dak :):) Ma ghandniex bzonnu Gozo ta lol:):)
John Borg
Jan 27th, 19:58
We really appreciate your honesty JPO. You are as honest as you were when you shed crocodile tears.
J Busuttil
Jan 27th, 19:55
Par Idejn Sodi Prosit PN.
Fitch cuts rating of five eurozone countries - Malta untouched
mark borg
Jan 27th, 20:37
ghaddilek min rasek u in nuccali blue li liebes li dawk il pajjizi Malta izghar mil izghar belt li ghandhom ? Kif tista tqabbel pajjizi bi problemi giganteski ma blata bi ftit nies bhal tghana ?? uzggggggggggggurrrrr bis sahha ta gonzi kielna illejla tarax ...arem ha nitfi il-laptop ghax min jaf x'kont se jitla did darba...bye goodnight sweet dream of your out going gonzipn regime !
J Busuttil
Jan 27th, 20:50
Mark I pity you. No comment.
Aaron Vella
Jan 28th, 00:44
Mark
You are the typical labour voter. Qas tifhem f'xejn u tridha tal-ekonomista. Mur orqod siehbi u oqghod ahseb fuq il-proposti ta' Joseph Muscat. Jekk jirnexxilek issib proposta li mhux vaga (il-labour safe al business a case in point) erga ejja tkellem u ghidilna x'inhi flok tahli l-hin tikteb kummenti bla sens.
Andy Farrugia
Jan 27th, 19:51
Ah! Ironically, there is something over which I agree with this character. Yes, the sooner there is an election the better; come what may, the sooner the Nationalist Party cleanses itself of your likes and others, the quicker the healing process.
A. Xuereb
Jan 27th, 19:48
JPO has it good either way.His partner is a prospective PL candidate.
bryan sullivan
Jan 27th, 19:40
it would be a laughing matter had it not been so sad to read about JPO preaching on what should be or not be done ! how can he preaches ethics after his debacle in the 'mistra' affair. if there should have been an election it should have been a bye election to fill the seat which he should have vacated long time ago. and what did the Editor of ' The Times' expect when he interviewed this upright gentleman? his agreement with anything criticizing the PN was guaranteed. and yes of course the PN have made glaring mistakes notably the awarding of the 500 euro increase . it would have been more credible had it also mentioned the good done as well as the bad.
Mr Kevin Zammit
Jan 27th, 19:36
JPO ... ghalik l aqwa li hadt li ridt int personali hux? Mela toqodx tparla fil vojt u tinheba wara l onesta ta hadd iehor biex tghid dak li trid int.
Dr. Debono ma ha xejn personali milli ghamel ... inti iva imma taf!
A. Xuereb
Jan 27th, 19:43
Dr Debono ma ha xejn.......nistennew u naraw:-)
G Tonna
Jan 28th, 13:07
JPOs capricious divorce motion costed the country millions in referendum costs. And all this expense for just over 200 divorce applications including his.
What an expensive useless backbencher acting like a prima donna.
mark borg
Jan 27th, 19:34
Gonzi the ultimate....dictator.
A Trapani
Jan 27th, 20:08
lol... you're hilarious
Steve Zammit
Jan 27th, 23:07
yeah right !! LOL
G Mangion
Jan 27th, 19:33
JPO
il vera thobb lil pajjizek,, Tista ma tkomlix titfa tiben fin - nar ! jew ghandek xi agenda mohbija !
G. Mangion.
marco caruana
Jan 27th, 19:31
issa hareg bic car li kemm Franco Debono u kemm JPO huma l aktar zewg politikanti bluff u li jhobbu jidhru , nahseb at the end of the day Gonzi kellu ragun 100% ma jaghmilomx ministri ax mohhom biss fil glorja personali ! JPO u Franco issiru kredibli meta tivvotaw kontra , il bqija in nies issa jafu xintkom ...
zewg puppaturi A1 !
John Borg
Jan 27th, 19:30
Labour must say if it will investigate JPO and the Mistra case if elected.If not it will only mean that all the talk before the last election was pure rhetoric, like the rhetoric we are hearing now from Labour, JPO and the rest.....
George Cauchi
Jan 27th, 19:30
The Nationalist Party had a lot of time to sort out their internal affairs and persuade their leader to change course but did nothing to that effect. It is only their fault we are in this situation because they spent too much time looking after themsleves and ignored the writings on the wall.
c. saliba
Jan 27th, 19:24
Mela mhux bhal ministru l-gdid chris said ghax il-bierah waqt bondi+ qal li l-gambetti lil gvern il-pl taghomlu. kemm hsibt hu cuc il-poplu? mela hsibt lil poplu kollu cuc bhal dawn il-nazzjonalisti li jigu jcapcpu qishom l-anglu tal-festa bil-musmar f's....... u jkantaw il-glorja. prosit dr pullicino orlando hekk ikunu l-irgiel meta jitkellmu l-verita.
John Buhagiar
Jan 27th, 19:23
Pity JPO didn't also agree with that editorial where The Times had asked for his resignation. Now that he seems to be comfortable in bed with Labour, of course he agrees with a snap election. Some seem to have no sense of shame.
I would like to wish you all a great weekend by suggesting these 2 short video clips currently doing the rounds on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-YonysjumM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdE0FqzVhmM
A. Xuereb
Jan 27th, 19:42
Franco, the king of abstentations and u turns:-) ara jafdawhx b xi ministeru.
Kenneth Williams
Jan 27th, 19:23
Bla Bla Bla....Elezzjoni issa ma tal kunsilli jigu ffrankati l flus...mhux ghal kapricc tal PM ghax jaqbel lilu jghamilha aktar tard matul s sena bi spejjez doppji. Nispera li jidhol naqra sens komun u naqra rispett lejn it taxxi li nhallsu.
Mark Spiteri
Jan 27th, 19:57
iva ma l-elezzjoni tal-kunsilli tas-sena d-diehla
John Borg
Jan 27th, 19:22
Xi tridu jiddiskuti Xarabank, il-mozzjoni li m'ghaddietx? il-kilba ta Joseph ghall-poter?
JPO mhux ahjar jara xi froga kien se jaghmel fil mistra u qaghad jibki. Dahhaqna naqra int issa JPO forsi jitla l-lejber. Jaqaw weghduk il-permess tal-mistra bhal ma weghdu hafna permessi ohra?
Andrew Siad
Jan 28th, 08:55
alekk ma kinx l ewwel wihed li tela sparat u elett mil kandidati kolla nazzjonalisti wara l kaz tal mistra. min jaf kemm capcaptlu gann!!
o ei oei oei oei nazzjonalisti nazzjonalisti!!! lol
Charles Massa
Jan 27th, 19:21
Issa kellem lil Gonzi halli jmur ghal elezzjoni
J Craig
Jan 27th, 19:20
JPO if you're fed up in Parliament just resign and go home and leave others do the work.
Emmanuel Caruana
Jan 27th, 19:19
JPO sit down,shut up and let the good times roll.
mark borg
Jan 27th, 19:29
Take it easy my friend and do not attack JPO ....dak jonqsu jibda jastjenilkhom issa ! Ghax daqt jibda jivvota l-ispeaker u gonzi biss sa l ahhar tad dittatura .
Willie Grech
Jan 27th, 19:30
Why? Does the truth hurt that much?
Kenneth Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 19:31
Where are the good times rolling????????????????????????
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 27th, 19:32
How democratic of you Sir, is this freedom of speech or what?
Guido Farrugia
Jan 27th, 19:36
Is that all you have to tell him? He should have followed Dr. Debono's footsteps, period.
R Axisa
Jan 27th, 19:45
Telling people to shut up - and then speak about democracy!!!! And what good times are you talking about???
mario piscopo
Jan 27th, 19:16
UNBELIEVABLE - dawn min papru ghall iehor
Dawn qishom klieb tal but ghax dawk biex jarawom joqoghdu jinbhu . Minflok dawn wiehed wara liehor joqghodu jgorru u jsabtu saqjom peress li lprimnistru ma jikkalkulomx . Umbad meta jigu ghas SI u ghan NO
they chicken out
JEFFREY . JESMOND , FRANCO , ROBERT , JEANPIRRE ghamlu pjacir lil malta kollha aqtawa u poggu bil qeghda fpostkom u ghalqu halqkom ghax qazziztu pajjiz . Jekk tridu taf xandkom taghmlu imma jekk ha toqoghdu taghmlu hekk biex tbikku pajjiz please shut up and sit dwon
R Axisa
Jan 27th, 19:13
U l-aqwa li Xarabank il-lejla fuq il-Eurovision! Ara li kieku l-istorja kienet differenti, kemm kien jigri jibdel is-suggett il-coach!
Andrew Siad
Jan 27th, 19:27
peppi>!! ghax ma stidienx lil ghaziz tieghu Gonzi llum ha jsaqsih ghandux maggoranza!!
T Gauci
Jan 27th, 19:35
Jien smajt li ir real madrid iriduh minflok mourinho
mark borg
Jan 27th, 19:38
Veru pero diga beda jilghaq il JM lately (fil-programm li stieden lil-Franco u l-iehor li hobb imiss l-idejn u jilghaq) ghax qed ixomm il-bidla......Peppi opportunist tal -prima classi.
Xeba jrewwah lil-PN fiz zmien bi programmi li jdardruk bil probaganda fuq is suppost stazzjon ta l-istat.
Alfred Grech
Jan 27th, 19:10
So why didn't JPO vote in favor of the motion? Politicians = paroli fil-vojt.
John Borg
Jan 27th, 19:08
If an election is held and labour wins, I hope that they will investigate the Mistra case well and that we shall see justice committed with the real perpetrator.
As things stand, we have three scapegoats who will hopefully be acquitted. Or maybe there is a deal forged with labour to protect JPO. Joseph Muscat should enlighten us what he will do about the Mistra scandal that was one of labour's main topics four years ago.
Kenneth Williams
Jan 27th, 19:26
Mr Borg re li skandlu tal mistra nahseb li veru kien hemm skandlu ghax kieku f erba snin kien johroglu l permess...ma nafx kemm tippretendu minghand joseph muscat
Arsenio Ellul
Jan 27th, 19:31
So after almost 4years of PN administration you will be waiting for PL to investigate? Why don't you ask your beloved Government to investigate?
r spiteri
Jan 27th, 19:07
All this in the space of an hour or so......So Karl Stagno Navarra interviews Joseph Muscat on Super 1 Radio. At the same time Robert Musumeci uplaods on his facebook page what Muscat is preaching to listeners of Super 1 radio. Few minutes after, JPO uploads this on his facebook page. Was that a pure co-incidence?
Noel Gatt
Jan 27th, 19:44
Ghala le? Forsi JPO u Musumeci m ghandhomx dritt jghamlu bhal Dr.D.Schembri , Dr.Manuel Mallia u hafna ohrajn u jibdew jappogjaw ix-xewqat ta Joseph Muscat?
Aaron Vella
Jan 27th, 19:05
Why JPO? So that your leader Joseph becomes a PM? Thanks but no thanks.
Mr C Camilleri
Jan 27th, 19:18
Sa fejn naf jien JPO taht PN jaqa. Ara veru inthom in-nazzjonalisti kollox mghawweg favurikom taraw. Bhall Gonzi tieghek li ghadu jara l-pajjiz ghaddej fuq ir-rubini.
Qedin sew !!!
mark borg
Jan 27th, 19:26
Aaron ...you are just another number (like everyone else) you could be perhaps riding the gravyPN Train,or for part of the notorious and infamous GONZINU CLUB KLIKKA OF Hbieb......but you are still just a number so to be frank...no one asked for your irrelevant opinion....
Willie Grech
Jan 27th, 19:28
So, JPO is also with Labour? No wonder the PN has lost its majority!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul Giordimaina
Jan 27th, 19:31
We should do everything to govern all our mandate and no oneJPO included is going to tell the government what to do.JPO whats your problem you are not going to contest it so dont open your mouth biex tikuntentijom.