Valerie Borg, Valletta
Country above party interests (4)
The government of Lawrence Gonzi has lost the majority because Franco Debono abstained. As yet Dr Gonzi is still governing, something unheard of when one considers he so clearly lost the majority held so close to his heart.
What if the Labour Party had done something like this? I bet the Gonzi clan would have behaved as if the sky had fallen in!
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Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 2nd, 15:47
The ONLY reason for the agitation for premature elections is the existence of two selfish and immature politicians, from opposite political camps, who are both unable to curb their present political ambitions, an ancient personal rivalry dating from their "schoolboy" days.
The real needs of the nation, beset by a world-wide economic crisis, lie elsewhere.
Joseph Scicluna
Feb 1st, 16:52
Better go back to your work and do something fruitful than talking about what Dr. Gonzi did.
Joseph John Camilleri
Feb 1st, 15:32
Ms Borg, it was MuscatPL who lost the motion because of Franco Debono's abstention, in short "qatghalhom l-ghatx ghall-poter bil-perzuta".
Tommy Vella
Feb 1st, 14:20
"As yet Dr Gonzi is still governing, something unheard of when one considers he so clearly lost the majority held so close to his heart."
Dear Ms Borg, maybe your memory is leaving you, but this something unheard of did happen and here in Malta.
"What if the Labour Party had done something like this? I bet the Gonzi clan would have behaved as if the sky had fallen in!"
Yes the LP (then MLP) did it, and very often, not so very long ago, during the first half of 1998, surviving through the vote of the speaker. Only the PN was decent enough that time round, not to call a vote of no confidence.
Etienne Bonanno
Feb 1st, 12:26
Ms. Borg. In a constitutional sense the government did not lose the majority because the speaker is considered a member of parliament as much as any other in our constitution. Very obviously Franco Debono did not want the government to go to the polls, otherwise he would have voted with the opposition. Hence Dr. Gonzi not only was not obliged to go to the polls legally, he was not even obliged to do so morally.
Nicholas Borg
Feb 1st, 09:38
The Labour Party ruled Malta for a disastrous 6 year period between 1981 and 1987 when it was totally clear that the majority of voters had rejected it. How can any PL supporter have the cheek to expect the government to resign simply because one of its members, for his own reasons, abstained in a no confidence vote is totally beyond me.