I want your vote only if you believe I really deserve it - Gonzi
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this morning reiterated his call to party councillors to judge him by his actions in the vote of party leadership later on this month.
Speaking in Gozo this morning, Dr Gonzi said:
"The PN is not bound to power but to the people's confidence. This is the major difference between the PN and the PL.
"Judge me not by what I say but by what I do. Now is the moment of truth. I appreciate the privilege of having been given the responsibility to lead the party but because I am not bound to power I ask you to judge my leadership in secret.
"Irrelevant of whether or not others contest me, I want your vote to be an honest one, and that is why it is being taken in secret. I only want your vote if you believe I really deserve it, Dr Gonzi said, insisting that he and his colleagues had been appointed to serve the people.
Earlier, Dr Gonzi said that Labour leader Joseph Muscat was being influenced to take bad decisions by the extremists within his party.
Dr Muscat had initially said he did not want to call for a guillotine motion, something which dated back to the years of extreme socialism. And although Dr Muscat now admitted that 1981 government was morally wrong, he still defended the people who militated within the party at the time, including Marie Louise Coleiro, Leo Brincat, Karmenu Vella and Alex Sciberras Trigona.
As it had done with the EU referendum vote, the PL lost the vote on its no confidence motion in Parliament but Dr Muscat came out saying he won.
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Mr Aaron Sammut
Feb 6th, 22:03
So touching!!
Victor Vella
Feb 6th, 08:58
A poor speech coming from a weary head of a party who wants to live in the past. To attack his adversaries with nonsense arguments Gonzi is just digging his grave.That grave that he is already inside. It could have been better to tell his audience at tal-Pieta that the skalda zghira is still beneath the dead flesh of his little finger than vomiting his venom on Joseph Muscat et al who have nothing to do with the craters that he has in his regime where he is always portraying himself as the divine creator of hell- Oh sorry- heaven on earth.
Nicholas Grech
Feb 6th, 08:49
NOT BOUND TO POWER?
1. he has remained prime minister.
2. he is running against himself.
3. he introduced the election to buy himself a whole month.
Who on earth does he think he is fooling?
John L Galea
Feb 6th, 07:33
"Judge me not by what I say but by what I do." - Hehe nothing of what you say or do is right, one blunder after the other. However, I want to congratulate you on the way you make your lies believable.
D Sandman
Feb 5th, 22:23
First he secretly gives himself and the cabinet a 600Euro per week raise, then he votes against the will of the people in the divorce vote and now he's asking his most faithful party official for a secret vote of confidence...and who is to blame for all this? Joseph, Marie Louise, Karmenu, and Alex .
Robert Agius
Feb 5th, 20:47
Why don't you ask the people that, rather than your close friends?
Tony Agius
Feb 5th, 21:33
That was done , if you remember ? and as a result of that Dr. Gonzi was given 5 YEARS in Government and the 5 YEARS are not over yet , and still doing the good work for Malta and the Maltese People .
Michael Magri
Feb 6th, 09:45
Sorry Mr. Agius.. I don`t agree with you at all.. I am sure that you know very well that inspite of the election political `gifts, promises & favours` by GonziPN prior and on the eve of the 2008 general elections, GonziPN did NOT.. I repeat.. DID NOT even get the Majority votes of the Valid Votes, but some 49.3%.. A far cry from all the eligible voters, i say...!!! In other words he is there, thanks to the amendmends of our Constitution.
But having said all that, and if Dr. Gonzi feels so `sure` of himself as a Prime Minister, and NOT only as a PN Leader, WHY DOESN`T HE GO, (AS HE SHOULD), TO BEING JUDGED BY THE WHOLE PEOPLE OF MALTA AND GOZO INSTEAD....?????!!!!!!!!!
Robert Agius
Feb 6th, 10:58
clearly things are shaky...he can hang on for a few more months, he is on his way out anyway.
Conveniently, your memory seems to last only 5 years or so...
Good work? giving you pocket money is he? or living on another planet?
Salvu Attard
Feb 5th, 19:40
Jien mhux se ntik il-vot tieghi ghax tlift il-fiducja fik u minix coward ghalhekk qed naghmilha publika.
Michael Magri
Feb 5th, 18:43
"The PN is not bound to power but to the people's confidence. This is the major difference between the PN and the PL."
The people`s confidence you said ehh...!! What `PEOPLE`...!!
You must be joking Mr Prime Minister, as you make it sound as if the few hundreds of the PN`s councillors eligible to vote for you are ALL... i repeat ALL, the people of Malta and Gozo..!!
IF you want to be REALY CREDIBLE and TRULY Politicaly JUDGED, then put that test to THE WHOLE People of Malta and Gozo, u mela to the chosen few...!!! As what you are going to do is nothing else BUT making a farse of yourself and the PN in general with this political comedy of the century... Otherwise STOP calling it `the people`s confidence`, but clarify it as the `PN`s Councillors Confidence` ONLY..!! Mhux Hekk Prim...!!
Will wait and see...!!
Joe Grech
Feb 5th, 18:39
Mickey Mouse antics. Shame!
Mr Hans Borg
Feb 5th, 18:34
GonziPN must be joking. As if this well rehearsed act will NOT give him the vote of confidence. Does he really think that everybody is stupid ???
Bernard Storace
Feb 5th, 18:26
"Judge me not by what I say but by what I do. Now is the moment of truth". Unfortunately we have seen what you can do and it is hard to say which of the two...the good or the bad....outweighs the other. It is also unfortunate that it has happened that what you have said will be done has not been done. However, and in all fairness in spite of your failings you have kept this little Island on the right course.....but we have not arrived yet.
Victor Vella
Feb 5th, 18:25
Siehbi taf x`qed tghid int? Xi tridu jtik il-lejber. Ta tak xejn il-gvern tieghek ahseb u ara tal-lejber. Ghandek ragun bil-gambetti. Jekk lilek ma takx gambetti il-poplu kollu barra int u dawk il-qatta` sankizuki tal-partit tieghek ma hadtux gambetti billl-166c fix-xahar li hadilna u l-600€16 fil-gimgha li hadulna mill-but tal-regim Gonzi tieghek.Gabuna qisna tal-funtana Triton li kissirtu.
M. Cachia
Feb 5th, 18:11
Dr. Gonzi, how can I trust you any longer especially when I see the letter you sent me just before the last general election, even though you knew quite well then than KM was already well in dire straits? Give me Dr. Joseph Muscat anytime! Labour is the only way forward for this country! And BTW............... the stipend system is not sustainable any longer!! Any economist worth his salt will tell you that! Time will tell.
G Mangion
Feb 5th, 17:36
Bil - ghatx ghall Poter il - Gawwi x' Jeqirdu tal lejper.
Kif jista jkun ma jisthoqlox li Tkun il Kap tal P.N u tal PN Fil gvern Sur Prim Ministru !
Bil weghdi Bahhhhh ta Jm ? li anke laktar lejburist die hard jistab Imhawwad ghall kollox bic - cejca li l' mlp qed jiprova jitma lil elletorat. ara l, mlp ma tistax tafdah ghax ma ghamel xejn mill oppozijoni hlief jaghti gambetta wara lohra lil Gvern u il Poplu Malti kollu, hlief it - tariffi tad - dawl ma jsemmix, kif sa jigborom min TAXXA Ohra bhall tal - VAT jaqaw insejtu People ? Min Jinsa li Nar Jahraq ............Jinharaq !!
G . Mangion
lilly vella
Feb 5th, 19:11
Gonzi vot ta' fiducja fil-parlament ghandu bzonn. Dak ghadu ma gabux. Vot ta' fiducja fil-partit huwa biss dahk fil-wicc. Ghax m'ghamilx il-vot tal-parlament b'mod sigriet ? Jaqaw kien jaf li kien ikollu rizultat ferm aktar gravi ? babawwwwwwwwww sur mangion
Rachel Borg
Feb 5th, 16:33
Lawrence Gonzi took a very courageous decision by putting his leadership on the line. This is what substance is all about
Joe Grech
Feb 5th, 18:44
@Rachel Borg - Are you aware that Dr. Gonzi used taxpayer money to shut up his grumbling backbenchers He gave them 10,000 euros annually as Part-Time remuneration and sent them to work in the Ministries! In my opinion he should never have done that. He abused his position.
Just like he abused his position by giving ex-Ministers about Lm20,000 each when he dropped them from his new Cabinet.
Dr. Gonzi is certainly not the saint he would have us believe he is. I once had a high opinion of him. I no longer do. The national interest should come before the personal, and the party interest. With Dr. Gonzi it's the other way round Madam!
John L Galea
Feb 6th, 07:38
"Lawrence Gonzi took a very courageous decision by putting his leadership on the line." - which line? ...the party line?...the party is not the country, so there is no substance at all.
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 5th, 16:21
Is this one condition of the no condition by Gonzi ,is he forgeting the one man race to nowhere.
M. Cachia
Feb 5th, 18:14
Dilettant kbir tat-tirijiet taz-zwiemel, din il-gimgha qalli li l-Marsa meta jkun hemm tigrija bejn 3 zwiemel biss, din tithassar ahseb u ara meta jkun hemm ziemel wiehed biss! OIM
George Cauchi
Feb 5th, 16:17
Mirror Mirror on the wall who's the Leader of them all !!!!
Joseph Brincat
Feb 5th, 15:59
Gonzi PN
Judge me not by WHAT I say but by WHAT I do.
Well he said to the AIR MALTA employees that they will not loose their JOB,
and what YOU did is,500 lost their job , this is what you wonted to say ??????
Tonio Bone
Feb 5th, 17:56
Guze, party leaders always make promises and some of them they will not be able to keep. Whether they know this from the word go I cannot say.
A party leader needs to 'sell' his party and policies to the electorate and like all salesmen not whatever is said to you is true! You always find those conditions written in the small lettering......!
Air Malta is a case in point. How can you promise anything when you don't know what the future holds. How can you promise the staff of an airline they will not loose their jobs when major airlines are either merging or falling from the radar (excuse the pun)! In the same way you cannot promise you will reduce water and electricity bills when you don't know if the price of oil will sky rocket in the future!
Buying their product is one thing, it's if they can offer the promised after sales service that counts!
M Borg
Feb 5th, 18:41
Well at least " 500 lost their job " the others still have it. Other airlines are just closing down with all jobs lost.
Be thankful that ours is still working.
Clifford Grech
Feb 6th, 10:52
A Party Leader is no leader at all I believe. A true leader should be honest, practical and realistic. His visions must be rooted in substance and hard ground. If he wants to sell his party then at least he should make use of good marketing - promising what he can do, and GIVING more than he promises, that is if he truly cares about the nation and not his own narrow minded and self-serving interest. A leader should understand what projects entail and have some knowledge not build visions that are unachievable at all.
A true leader shows that what he says - he can do, and this also cascades down HIS competence at choosing the suitable managers ( let us say ministers ) for the job/s. That is how long-term trust is built. That is how from words we move on to action...and productive projects that boost the position of the country...given the external ( worldwide ) situational constraints.
Joe Fenech
Feb 5th, 15:42
That's emotional blackmail !
Victor Vella
Feb 5th, 15:41
Whatever Gonzi says Malta has two Prime Ministers because the PN lost the majority of the House of the Representatives. So, look What a Farce. The constitution says who gets the the majority(50%+1) rules. Gonzi 34 seats, Muscat 34 seats.So nobody holds the majority. If nobody is a looser, then both of them are winners. So Malta has two PMs. Well done. For tal-Pieta Gonzi is the PM, For Tal-Hamrun Muscat is the PM. Hurray. Let`s begin to sing- Karnival, karnival........u ghalhekk il-parlament waqalghu s-saqaf ghax.........Karnival.....
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Feb 5th, 15:41
A real nationalist can never give the vote to Gonzi. He must leave so the party will be re built
Joseph Calleja
Feb 5th, 15:27
Sometimes I wonder if Politicians, including the PM are playing a political game at the expense of the people? How long are Dr Franco Debono and Dr Gonzi going to keep up this charade? It takes me back to the sixties when PM Dom Mintoff battled Archbishop Michael Gonzi. I hope we are not going down that road again.
Michael Gatt
Feb 5th, 15:11
The LP lost the vote but go on saying that you lost the parlamentary majority
Steve Sant
Feb 5th, 14:52
Why can't we vote.
Tonio Bone
Feb 5th, 14:58
You will dear friend, come election day, you will! :-)
Wally Vella-Zarb
Feb 5th, 15:13
Yes, Mr Bone, eventually we WILL vote. And how!
Tonio Bone
Feb 5th, 17:19
Yes, so will I. Objectively and without wearing sunshades!
Joseph Busuttil
Feb 7th, 07:45
By your answers you have. them on
Tonio Bone
Feb 5th, 14:48
I register a sense of frustration from many who saw an election just around the corner, hence some of the comments that have preceded mine.
Dr Gonzi is not clinging to power as such, he just wants to finish a legislature for which he has the vote of the majority, albeit being minimal. He has played for time to let everything simmer down and now the eventually of an early election is becoming consistently remote.
Personally I don't know who's initiative or thought it was to come up with a 'leadership contest' within the PN. If anything, Dr Gonzi should have put one question to the party and put it to a secret vote: do you want me as your leader or not! No one will challenge him for this position. He may be not as charismatic as Dr Fenech Adami, but at this moment in time he is the undisputed leader of the party!
There is an electoral program to try and complete and there are also two major projects to unveil: the City Gate/Parliament/Opera House project and the Oncology Department at Mater Dei!
So for those who thought it was all done and dusted and that Dr Muscat might be given a fast-track ticket to the hot-seat, think again!
Joseph Camilleri
Feb 5th, 16:03
Elections are round the corner. Whether in two, three or twelve months, they are round the corner!
Why do I get the feeling that those against sooner elections, perceive March 2003 elections as if they were light years away?
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 5th, 17:13
In the Democratic system when ever a government will not continue to have the backing of every MP in the government side. And so that government will no longer has a majority. Practice is that, that government call an election.
Such cases happened in Malta to various governments, including PN governments, in 1950,1951, 1953, 1954 and in 1998. Recently in various countries in the EU there where a number of elections held and also technocratic governments replaced other government who were elected by votes, because of the eurozone crisis.
In all the case mentioned above every government did not argue as GonziPN is arguing at the moment. That is, that, " he just wants to finish a legislature for which he has the vote of the majority" or that "he has played for time to let everything simmer down" or that "there is an electoral programme to try and complete" or that "there are also two major projects to unveil."
Parliamentary Democracy does not work that way. Many are surprised how GonziPN is arguing in such a banal way when Malta is in the EU. And that is way GonziPN is being correctly attacked that he wants to cling to power at all cost.
GonziPN before the 'no confidence vote' motioned by the Opposition and after, is so sure that he has no majority. That GonziPN did not montioned a 'confidence vote' in Parliament as he is sure that would have lost such a vote. GonziPN is arrogant, prepotence, without any credibility but surely he can counts one plus one in politics. And that is way at all cost up to the present time he did not motioned a 'vote of confidence' in Parliament. Because such a negative result will harm GonziPN more than the lost of the 'no confidence vote' by the Opposition.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 5th, 17:20
He may be the undisputed leader of the party but his problem is with the country.
.
Tonio Bone
Feb 5th, 17:20
Only 12 months away Joseph. If Dr Muscat deserves to be the next Prim Minister so be it! Whoever goes to or remains in power, I still have to grind through work monday to friday!
m. borg (slm)
Feb 6th, 13:20
@J Camilleri that is because 2003 is in the past................. hehehehe
Charles Micallef
Feb 5th, 14:43
........ and who else would dare speak out and commit suicide within the PN...?
Armando D`amico
Feb 5th, 15:08
that's why its called a secret vote...to have a democratic party,and a democratically elected leader.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 5th, 17:22
Do you really believe in a secret ballot on this occassion?
. Just as secret as Dr Gonzi's statement that he has a limited pool of talent to choose from.
M. Grech
Feb 5th, 14:43
The PN are so good in maneuvering in this kind of thing that nobody will come even close to match them. It could be that all this we have experienced lately was just a storm in a teacup, a storm which the PN handled very well and won against all odds, as usual.
J. Scicluna
Feb 5th, 14:40
The PM should be asking the PEOPLE for their vote not the Nationalist Party!
So many people will remember the personalised letters they recieved from you, come next election!
There are 500 families dependant on Air Malta who will DEFINATELY remember your promise, Dr. Gonzi! The Press and GonziPN are saying that these 500 have applied for VOLUNTARY redundancy schemes but the truth of the matter is that a large number of these 500 were "advised" that they do NOT have a future at Air Malta and were "advised" to "take the money and run" before being made redundant!
GonziPN started with 49.3% of the votes in 2008 and this legislature was doomed to failure from the word "GO". Salvage what scaps of honour you think you still have and call for a General Election now.
If, as you think (and dream) that Malta still wants YOU, then you will be re-elected and you can continue where you left off.
Pick up the gauntlet if you are so sure of your "track record"!
But, in all honesty, I cannot imagine this happening and your Party will suffer the greatest electoral defeat in PN history (Austin Gatt's words, not mine). THAT is the only result that counts and not the standing ovations from your "faithfuls" at Pieta'!
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 5th, 14:24
Facts clearly show that it is not true that the PN is not bound to power but to the people's confidence as stated by the Prime Minister.
Because if it was so the PM would have motioned a 'vote of confidence' in Parliament after the many threats and serious accusations by one of his MPs against the way the PM is running the country. But the PM knew that if he motioned a 'vote of confidence' not all his MPs would have backed him. That situation would have been more worst and disastrious to GonziPN than loosing a 'no vote of confidence' by the Opposition.
If the PM has really at heart the confidence of the people. And is sure from getting the confidence of the people. Without any doubt the PM would have already called a General Election in view of the instability of the country. But most of all in view how the system works in a Democratic country which is part of the EU and when a government has no more the full backing of his MPs.
It is no use that the Leader of the PN has 100 per cent the backing of the Nationalists Councillors to continue to run the Party. When as PM he has not the full backing of his MPs to run the country. More and more when every opinion poll is stating that the popolarity of GonziPN is loosing votes day by day. AT THE MOMENT MALTA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE EU THAT ITS' GOVERNMENT HAS NOT THE BACKING OF ALL THE GOVERNMENT'S MPs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which means that the government lost its' Parliamentary majority at the moment.
This is a soar pill for every GonziPN staunch supporter but that is the truth.
The PM insisted that he and his colleagues had been appointed to serve the people.
Even Dr Alfred Sant and his colleagues in 1998 had been appointed to serve the people. Even Dr Paul Boffa in 1949 and his colleagues had been appointed to serve the people. Even Dr Gorg Borg Olivier (in 1950, in 1951 and in 1954) and his colleagues had been appointed to serve the people. BUT in all the cases mentioned when they lost the backing of their all MPs in Parliament they ALL called a General Election. Without delaying the time as GonziPN is doing.
The PM invented a political gimmick when he mentioned the 'extremists in the Labour Party' in regards of the decision taken by Joseph Muscat as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament regarding the 'no confidence vote'.
First of all the Opposition had to montioned a 'no confidence vote' because it was clear for all that GonziPN was not going to montion a 'confidence vote' because the government knew well that at that moment he had not all the MPs behind him.
Secondly the 'extremists' are amongst GonziPN and these are represented in the arrogrance, prepotence and no accountability for so many cases of bad administration. Such 'extremists' are the main reason that many ex-PN's members left GonziPartitNegattiv for good.
Jonathan Scerri
Feb 5th, 14:12
You should ask the public whether you deserve their vote, not staunch supporters.
Would you deserve it for "City Gap" or the "Topless Theatre"?
Would you deserve it for having a wake hike of 500 euros a week?
Would you deserve it for doing a fiasco of the public transport system?
Would you deserve it for the hundreds of "working poor" in the security and cleaners' sectors?
carlos ellul
Feb 5th, 14:11
If he is bound to people's confidence then call for an early general elections and let the people decide.
E. Azzopardi
Feb 5th, 14:10
In my opinion this is not the way to do it. First and foremost, there should be a secret vote of confidence in the PM, and to really and truely confirm that the party wants him, he should say that he will only stay if he gets 95% of the votes. Then, if he does get that number, there is no need for any contests. But first this should take place.
pat muscat
Feb 5th, 14:05
'I want your vote'. Arrogance at its worst!
Karl Consiglio
Feb 5th, 16:05
You don't know how to read the full sentence?
Karl Consiglio
Feb 5th, 16:41
Honesty at its best
m borg
Feb 5th, 14:04
What a joke asking the same crowd lol ... he should ask the electorate and than he'll get the answer. Have you ever heard that interview with the crowd in Pieta when this old man said ''gonzi gave us 300 eu'' !!! As far as I know I got nothing but bills like any citizen. What are these 300 eu given for? Are they paying the crowd to vote for them and go infront of the cameras to scream. Just Curious.
Mr D.S. Scott
Feb 5th, 13:58
Pity the Labour Party don't have Dr. George Abela as leader- he would have been a unifying force.
Joseph Muscat, politically, is still a greenhorn.
Mr Joe Borg
Feb 5th, 16:14
Agree. PL had a one time opportunity to start over and they blew it.
It's a pity for the PL and for our Country.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 5th, 17:18
I beg your pardon but it is gonzipn that has unifying problems not PL.
.
Unbelievable to what lenghts some apologists go to.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 5th, 13:49
"And although Dr Muscat now admitted that 1981 government was morally wrong, he still defended the people who militated within the party at the time, including Marie Louise Coleiro, Leo Brincat, Karmenu Vella and Alex Sciberras Trigona"
It would be interesting to know what gonzi thinks of Zeppi il-Hafi and the three presidential pardons EFA gave him, pardons that ,I believe,can still be retractede, as Zeppi did not stick to the conditions that EFA had set him, namely that he would be believed in a court of law. Why hasn't gonzi retracted these pardons?
Simon Bonello
Feb 5th, 13:47
you want an answer?............ call an election and you'll get it !
m. borg (slm)
Feb 5th, 13:46
" I only want your vote if you believe I really deserve it....." Gonzi knows he does not deserve and he knows that he will still get the votes because all those voting have much to lose if they did not , both on a personal basis and as a party.
Dr gonzi stop pulling the wool over the people's eyes you might fool your councillors but not the rest of Malta.
Wally Vella-Zarb
Feb 5th, 13:36
The Eurovision song contest - which I didn't watch - was probably more honest, credible and interesting than this farce. Let the electorate decide whether you are worth keeping or not; the longer you wait, the deeper will be the hole out of which you are trying to dig yourself.
Joe Busuttil
Feb 5th, 13:23
Your councillors can vote for you till they are blue (lovely pun that) in the face. What you need to stayed glued to your Parliamentary chair (and start getting the hefty increase in your and your cabinet's wages) is the people's vote,those same people whom you promised heaven on earth before the election and then delivered nil.
ALBERT FENECH
Feb 5th, 13:18
Let's face it Dr Lawrence, you are basically a nice and decent chap, the type I would cherish as a personal friend. However, you are a victim of cruel circumstances. You have a boatload full of sharks (tipo Dr Austin Gatt), a load of wet blankets (tipo messrs Tonio Borg and Fenech), a lot of banana skins (your backbenchers) and a lot of side-snipers (like Demarco and Beppe). You never really stood a chance. You realised this from the onset i.e. you were destined to lead a bunch of losers, and you created the GonziPN as a bypass, but this has backfired too. You should bow out when the going is still good and retain your good standing and credibility. Your so-called "colleagues" are just cumbersome millstones around your neck.
ALBERT FENECH
Joseph Spiteri
Feb 5th, 13:17
A good slogan for the next general elections would be: B'GONZI FIT-TMUN .... PROBLEMA KULJUM
vella m
Feb 5th, 13:14
Can anybody imagine those people who are living on the minimum wage?they are suffering the cold because of the price of gas.Mr Prime minister please help,forsi xi darba nerghu nibdew niehdu banju flok showers.
Patrick Zammit
Feb 5th, 13:14
Pass me the bag!
John Zammit
Feb 5th, 13:10
To judge you do not ask the councillors but the man in the street though a General Election.It will be madness for anyone to contest you at the moment
Frans Bugeja
Feb 5th, 13:44
Because he is so HONEST and Democratic
John Zammit
Feb 5th, 18:20
@Frans Bugeja If he is democratic and honest he should ask the people in the street not the councillors
Martin Micallef
Feb 5th, 13:09
Ideally Gonzi should resign from post as a PN Leader, even Paul Borg Oliver should resign (he has been the worst general secretary in the PN history, i dont know how he got elected, i never saw not even good as a Mayor for Valletta, he does not have the capabilities for the job, I hope he resign before the election)...the pn have never had been in this mess before...I agree in what Franco has said in the Parlament that certain people have to go or to be changed.
Why all the good PN people are leaving the PN?...something is wrong and I hope that it will be solved and the people that are harming the party should resign but I doubt if they resign...if they resign it will be good for the party...
The person that I would like to take the post is Joe Borg (the ex EU Commissioner), I think he will do good as a PN and Malta, because he had done a very well as a EU Commissioner...If he comes forward, it will be good at the moment...
The way Gonzi informed the Joe Borg as he’s not going to be anymore as EU Commissioner wasn’t nice seems that he has no respect to high profile people, I dont think it is way to inform the person that he will not serving the post anymore... How Gonzi can respect the normal people...
Mr. Gonzi, please make way for other people to serve instead of you...
John Zammit
Feb 5th, 13:24
Gonzi was not elected because of his merits but because EFA wanted him.About PBO don't forget the family Name made an impact
j brincat
Feb 5th, 13:09
"Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this morning reiterated his call to party councillors to judge him by his actions in the vote of party leadership later on this month"
U ajma! If you are going to be the ONLY contender what could the PN do? Go to the elections without a leader?. How can they vote you out NOW? That would come afterwards, don't worry!
(jb)
Frans Bugeja
Feb 5th, 13:42
I voted for Dr Gonzi for the leadership,and I am going to vote for him NOW irrispective who contest him,and the only reason is that I know for sure that his actions are guided by the PRINCIPLES which he cherish
R. Balzan
Feb 5th, 13:09
Dr Gonzi: You should ask all the Maltese people whether you deserve their vote, not just your blinkered die-hard party councillors. And even if you do get their 100% support - which you will undoubtedly get - I'm sure you won't get the same support after an election landslide defeat. So enjoy the last few months before you vanish into oblivion.
Victor Boyde
Feb 5th, 13:52
The calling of I.O.Us will only last until the next general election. No one will be challenging a leadership on the downward slide!!
Alfred Fenech
Feb 5th, 13:08
Forget it, you should the people how arrogant you are !!! 500 euros pocketed, new parliament
No shelter yheatre, etc, etc
Martin Micallef
Feb 5th, 12:53
Ideally Gonzi should resign from post as a PN Leader, even Paul Borg Oliver should resign (he has been the worst general secretary in the PN history, i dont know how he got elected, i never saw not even good as a Mayor for Valletta, he does not have the capabilities for the job, I hope he resign before the election)...the pn have never had been in this mess before...I agree in what Franco has said in the Parlament that certain people have to go or to be changed.
Why all the good PN people are leaving the PN?...something is wrong and I hope that it will be solved and the people that are harming the party should resign but I doubt if they resign...if they resign it will be good for the party...
The person that I would like to take the post is Joe Borg (the ex EU Commissioner), I think he will do good as a PN and Malta, because he had done a very well as a EU Commissioner...If he comes forward, it will be good at the moment...
The way Gonzi informed the Joe Borg as he’s not going to be anymore as EU Commissioner wasn’t nice seems that he has no respect to high profile people, I dont think it is way to inform the person that he will not serving the post anymore... How Gonzi can respect the normal people...
Please may way to other people to serve instead of you....
s grima
Feb 5th, 12:47
mela il prim ministru qed jajdilkom ivutawlu fuq il 500 fil gimgha zieda li ta lilu inifsu u lil shabu, fuq il power station li tahdem b iktar zejt li jhameg,fuq kemm il biljun ewro li idejnu f dawn 4 snin, fuq il kontijit tad dawl u l ilma u il fjuils li kellom jorhsu meta jorhos iz zejt izda minflok baqaw jolew, fuq li wedkom li se jrahas l income tax, u hafna affarijiet ohra!!! ivutawlu fuq dak li ghamel
Kenneth Williams
Feb 5th, 12:45
Imma who will judge you ...the nation or your general council??????? Whish referendum you are talkink about???? The divorce referendum,which Franco Debono told you a lot about....ipprova Sur Prim Ministru tidhakx bin nies izjed ghax izjed ma titkellem izjed m intiex titwemmwn
James Grech
Feb 5th, 12:42
Dr. Gonzi, people judge you by what you say AND by what you do. Saying one thing and doing another is synonymous to the unstable track record that this government has shown over the years. Who can believe what you say if the minute you say it, you change your mind and do something else? The question people out there are asking, and have been asking for many months now is, where do we stand with GonziPN?
Joselle Camilleri
Feb 5th, 12:36
I'm positive Lawrence Gonzi will be reconfirmed... yet suppose just remotely that 50%+1 abstain or invalidate their vote, what will the PN and its leader do? I'm curious.
David Farrugia
Feb 5th, 13:03
he needs 2/3rd of the vote, according to party rules. but then again, party rules dictate that there has to be a VACANT leadership position.
This is going to be a one horse race. And the horse is already trotting.
So much for warped democracy.
Jeremy Lanfranco
Feb 5th, 13:05
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but party leadership must be confirmed with 2/3 rds of delegates.
Joselle Camilleri
Feb 5th, 13:54
yes, it is two-thirds, but if 51% don't vote for you... I wonder what a person contesting for leadership would say to that.
j brincat
Feb 5th, 12:33
"The PN is not bound to power but to the people's confidence"
Really? - but then you did not show where the difference lies!
A survey carried out in another English newspapers shows that the majority of the people are after a general election. Will you listen to their please? There is a big divide between words and actions. Do you really think that the people are that gullible as not to know who is the real power hanger?
Quote: "As it had done with the EU referendum vote, the PL lost the vote on its no confidence motion in Parliament but Dr Muscat came out saying he won"
As always blasts from the past. So the PL did not win the motion BUT on that dreadful day (to the PN) you lost your only one seat majority in Parliament - which worse for an incumbent PM!
(jb)
lilly vella
Feb 5th, 12:27
fejnhom il proposti , kif se jitnaqqsu l 40 miljun??? fejnhom il haddiema tal air malta fi kliemek , fejnhom il familji ?? . maqtuh wahda sew u l poplu jpattijielek li nsejtu.
Mark Fenech
Feb 5th, 13:02
U l-proposti tal PL fejnom? Ghax min jigi jghid li Muscat ta l- PROPOSTI ghandu bzonn jinduna li FRAZI MHIX PROPOSTA. Kulhadd kapaci jghid l-idejal imma meta tigi affacjat bil-problema - frazi mhi ser twasslek imkien ta. Mod u pjan ghandek bzonn!
m. borg (slm)
Feb 5th, 13:52
Mod u pjan ghandek bzonn, Affarijiet li gonzi maghandux.
victor caruana
Feb 5th, 12:22
'I want your vote only if you believe I really deserve it'
ASK THAT TO THE ELECTORATE NOT TO THE NATIONALIST lil'elves
Tommy Vella
Feb 5th, 12:54
He will, when the mandate given to him expires, and don't take it too much for granted that it will not be given to him.
Victor Vella
Feb 5th, 13:10
Agree 100%. At tal-Pieta` they are all mercenaries.