Muscat says Moody's negative outlook confirms warnings to the government
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said today that the negative outlook given by Moody's to Malta last night reflected the growing need for a decisive and capable administration in Malta.
Speaking during campaign for the local council election in Vittoriosa, Dr Muscat said Malta needed a stable government which was not afraid to face votes in Parliament.
He referred to last night's downgrade by Moody's and said that while part of the reason reflected the eurozone crisis, it also raised problems of local economic management and had said that Malta had a weak debt metrics, which reflected what the PL had been saying about the past weeks on the need to reduce debt levels.
The Moody's downgrade and forecast also match concerns raised by the PL, the EU, the IMF and Standard and Poor's that economic growth would not match government projections.
Lack of economic growth would impact all the government's projects and living standards, he said. Last year's deficit targets were only achieved because the government had slashed capital spending, he said.
Dr Muscat praised Vittoriosa council for balancing the needs of the residents and the commercial community and said a Labour government would help the council on the building of a new car park.
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Mary Ann Borg
Feb 15th, 10:21
U kemm hu helu f'dar ritratt Joseph taghna. Tisthajlu qed ihares fit-tul, b'vizjoni cara, anzi carissima ta' kif Malta twarrad, tbieghed kull periklu u kollox jibda jdur fuq ir-rubini.
Umbghad tiftakar li 8 snien ilu qal li ma jaqblilnix nidhlu fl-ewropa, 4 snien ilu qalilna li ma jaqblilniex nidhlu fl-ewro, is-sena l-ohra qalilna li ghandna naghmlu bhal Cipru (li jidher li qed jisfaxxa) u hmistax ilu haseb li se jwaqqa l-gvern. U bhalissa qed jghidilna li hu m'ghandux ghaggla ghall elezzjoni u li hu 'underdog'.
Mr patrick mifsud
Feb 15th, 07:05
issa ha jimla kullimkien car parks. hallina joey - id-diska ghal elezzjoni li jmiss ha tkun ta Mina - PAROLE PAROLE PAROLE
kirsty quattromani
Feb 14th, 20:08
U Dr. Gonzi ikompli jghidilna li il-problema qeghda fil euro zone!
So, why is it that NOT all countries have been downgraded???
Why only few countries including Malta have been downraded Dr. Gonzi??
susan matrenza
Feb 14th, 20:03
Moody's downgraded only few countries which are mismanaging their economy in this crisis, and Malta is one of those FEW countries. So, its useless that Dr. Gonzi keep telling us that this is happening due the euro zone instability. Dr. Gonzi should and need to address the political instability in his government first, so that afterwards he can address the economy crisis better.
Mr Mario Farrugia
Feb 14th, 18:41
Dr Muscat, pity you are not yet the PRIM, can't wait for the election to give you my no. 1
E. Azzopardi
Feb 14th, 17:14
Let us work TOGETHER, for "The love of the country". This is what we need now and our politicians NEED to prove what they always reiterate. I have not seen any proof, from any side up till now. This is my opinion and I know I am not alone.
chris decarlo
Feb 14th, 16:02
The PN is putting forward all the time the idea that all the problems that we are facing on a local level are given due to the international and Euro crises. So how it comes Moody's downgraded only a fraction of the EU countries, not all of them?
Why is Gonzi ignoring the deficit and the internal projections aspects which the Moody's is point at?
It looks really that instability is mounting on, and PM, you cannot point at Debono or Muscat. The blame is in the administration, Gozni PN should shoulder it.
Philip Hili
Feb 15th, 01:16
@ chris decarlo
I must say that you do not follow foreign news.
If I am not mistaken, ALMOST ALL EU countries even those who are not in the Euro Zone, like Briton are being or will be affected by Moody's decisions.
Joseph E Briffa
Feb 14th, 15:40
One doesn't have to be an economist to tell you that to increase growth in the economy, one has to increase exports, bring in more tourists and attract more well-off people to settle here. But we need experts to tell us how to do it. To increase exports one has to be more competitive but again, since we rely on imports of all raw materials the price of which depends on the international markets, the only way to lower the cost of production is to lower labour costs and/or install modern plant and machinery which because of economies of scale is quite difficult for local industrialists. But freezing wages or even reducing the minimum wage - Greece is supposed to reduce the min wage to Eur600 p.m. - will only exacerbate the situation for labourers. So what to do? As for attracting more tourists, this is an uphill struggle at the moment, as the first thing anybody in financial straits would do is forego an annual holiday out of the country. Our main source of tourists are the UK, Italy, Germany and France. The British and the Italians are feeling the pinch and the French are not very far off; the Germans and the Scandinavians are so far in a better situation. So with growth forecast in the Eurozone for 2012 and 2013 in the region of 1% of GDP it is extremely difficult to achieve substantial growth in tourism. Encouraging more well-off people to settle in Malta could perhaps be relatively easier in the circumstances prevailing at the moment but here we must compete with Cyprus, Majorca, Minorca and other Mediterranean islands in property prices which are not exactly very attractive. Developers have to cut down on profits to sell property at more reasonable prices.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Feb 14th, 17:34
You seem to forget the disaster made by our Minister of Finance where just over a year ago he suddenly suspended all pending applications for foreign residents applying to settle in Malta. He left a sour taste in the applicant's mouths and I doubt how many of them did eventually settle here. Then he issued the most impossible conditions for foreign residency permits. He killed the goose that was laying some golden eggs.
Mary Ann Borg
Feb 14th, 15:34
Anyone here got even the slightest hint at how our Super Joseph plans to run the economy? Moody's report only said what is precisely the case: that Malta will have to suffer due to lower demands across the whole world. Now imagine, the only concrete promise Super Joseph ever gave us all is the lowering of the water and electricity bills. Try, just try, to marry his lower-tarifffs promise with the economic turmoil all around. It does indeed take a Super Joseph to come with a solution. A solution of course, which we know absolutely nothing about. You really think he has a solution not only to Malta's economic ills, but the whole world's ills? Because it seems that he does. And of course, we are expected to believe him too!
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 16:21
Gonzi cooked the mess and he should solve it; otherwise, se inkomplu bis-slow puncture, u bil-pot hole u bil-klikka, u b'dawk il-veritajiet li isemmi Franco Debono. Min hawwad fil-borma jaf xfiha!
J Busuttil
Feb 14th, 19:22
@ Pat Muscat
" Gonzi cooked the mess " Skond il-one News
Peter Shaw
Feb 14th, 15:25
Hail Mr Magic Wand !!!
pat muscat
Feb 15th, 08:59
Gonzi cooked the mess, spoiled the broth, and he is trying hard to gulp it down our throats!
Fran Abela
Feb 14th, 15:03
To all of you who are saying 'you have to wait until the time comes' - I translate that to be that there are no solutions right now but you will have them a few days before the elections. As to the 'powerful earthquake' we were promised that by Dr. Muscat on being elected Leader. I am certainly not going to lose any sleep waiting for the famous earthquake nor am I going to lose any sleep worry about politicians either. I will just follow closely what the three parties have to offer - concrete proposals - and then I will decide on the best team.
James Dimech
Feb 14th, 14:44
And pray how will Dr Muscat go about to restore Moody's confidence in Malta ? Any proposals ?
silvio loporto
Feb 14th, 15:27
It just happens that it is not Muscats task to restore Moody's confidence in Malta.
Are you forgetting that we still have Gonzi as P.M. so we have to leave it up to him.
Full stop, fresh line.
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 15:39
If we get rid of GonziPN and elect Dr Muscat as a leader; that's already a good beginning!
Joe Vella
Feb 14th, 16:09
what Muscat has offering so far is a receipt for disaster that will lead Mala at full speed to the same situation that Greece found it self in.in . From lowering Electrical tariffs, from promising to reimburse the car registration tax regardless what the courts decide. Joseph Muscat has promised t reduce electrical tariffs and the way he said so is by reducing the Rate of return that Enemalta fractures in its' pricing. Pretty soon Malta will not only end up like Greece, put will going back to the famous '70's and '80's and wait for the Government to tell us when we can have a shower or put on the lights.
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 17:10
WE might not be like Greece yet, but the feeling is the same; I mean with 5 billion of debt and Dr Gonzi still increasing the mountain of debt with the building of the Parliament and theater? This is a disaster in the making!
James Dimech
Feb 14th, 17:41
@ silvio loporto
it will be well Muscat's task if he wants to be elected ! and he'd better tell us how he is going to do it if he is fishing for our trust !
@ pat muscat
No it will not be a good beginning. We might actually be worse off by getting rid of a tired Gonzi to replace him with a Joseph Muscat - a man who is proving to be all image and no substance
Mario Piscopo
Feb 14th, 20:59
@ James Dimech
That is exactly what we need a fresh start and a new way of managing this country! I am sure that JM will give us concrete details on his plans once the time is right to declare his intentions..I do not believe it is his place of giving these solutions right now. On the other hand, why is it always JM that is being attacked of not giving his proposals, howcome LG is never being asked what his future plans are for this country to overcome this economic hurdle? Oh yes, I forgot that he is just interested in his petty politics with his main aim to get re-elected as leader of his party!
Our country's interest is far more important than that!
Philip Hili
Feb 15th, 01:24
@ pat muscat
On what grounds the Maltese people are going to trust and elect Dr. Emails?
Have you heard any suggestions or policies from the LP?
Why you are so sure that the Maltese are going to trust the politics of "Tom & Jerry"??? It's a pity Walt Disney passed away for the might have thought it over to come to Malta and shoot a Walt Disney production with the main actors Varist and Dr Emails.
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 14:40
The key word in the Credit Ratings Agency is trust. How can anyone trust and believe that GonziPN is going to restrain the debt that is eating us all, when the (surplus to requirements) Parliament building and the roofless theater are going to added to the GonziPN's toxic mountain of debt?
@Mr G Cutajar. I was in France last week and I followed the political debates on the French TV on the elections that will be held in about a month's time. It is only now-(including Sarkozy) that the political leaders are publishing their political programs; a month before the elections! Do you expect that the PL publishes its programs today- a year and a half before elections? Get real please.
James Dimech
Feb 14th, 17:45
Pat, you do not need to wait for an electoral programme to make proposals.
This is incredible - our PM is scared to face Parliament. And Muscat is scared to make proposals. What a farce!!
Philip Hili
Feb 15th, 12:13
@ Pat muscat
Dear Mr. Muscat,
Today, at 01.24, I ask the following questions:-
1.) On what grounds the Maltese people are going to trust and elect Dr. Emails?
2.) Have you heard any suggestions or policies from the LP?
Up to this time you haven't found the time to answer me.
Could you please do so? Otherwise, your comments are ALL RUBBISH.
Thank you.
Karl Abela
Feb 14th, 14:17
Tkellem il-profs tal-ekonomija….
And why should we believe that Muscat will do a better job?
J.C. Borg
Feb 14th, 14:54
We had no proof yet.
Lanqas terremoti fil-partit ma kien hemm, hlief ghal bidla fl'arma.
Michael Gatt
Feb 14th, 15:35
Because Dr. Muscat has not lost his credibility as has happend to Gonzi PN
Frans Aguis
Feb 14th, 17:02
Why shouldn't you?
Chris Borg
Feb 14th, 14:08
Destructive criticism at it's best. You're basically telling us that you have no solution to any of these problems.
Grow up..
Joseph Borg
Feb 14th, 12:55
The key drivers of today's rating action on Malta are:
1.) The uncertainty over the prospects for institutional reform in the euro area and the weak macroeconomic outlook across the region, which will continue to weigh on already fragile market confidence.
2.) Malta's relatively weak debt metrics compared with 'A' category peers and the country's reliance on the strength of the European economy, which will dampen its own growth prospects in the medium term and worsen its debt dynamics.
Moody's is maintaining a negative outlook on Malta's sovereign rating to reflect the potential for a further decline in economic and financing conditions as a result of a deterioration in the euro area debt crisis.
Angus Black
Feb 14th, 14:40
Mr Borg, if Moody's decreased Malta's rating 'to reflect the potential for a further decline in economic and financing conditions as a result of a deterioration in the euro area debt crisis', there is nothing the government can do to alter its opinion. If governments wait for opinions, quite often contradictory, then budgets could very well become a weekly exercise.
The fact is, confirmed by ongoing statistics, that Malta has performed above average in 2011 even if the EU, IMF et al had predicted a much more feeble performance. A good Finance Minister can feel the pulse of the economy under his watch, much better and much closer than some bureaucrat in Brussels or elsewhere. Malta's statistics are confirmed by the fifth lowest unemployment rate, the record number of fully employed, the confidence of investors consistently oversubscribing government bonds and the remarkable increase in exports. Hardly a weak performance.
If ratings are affected by weak performances in other countries, the government can do little about them other than keep a close eye and not embark on unnecessary expenditures which create deficits.
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 15:45
@Angus Black. The Maltese financial minister must have a 'solar watch' ( arlogg tax-xemx) then, as for the last three months we've had no sun! As the proverb goes' self praise is half slander'!
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Feb 14th, 17:38
@ Mrs D. Black: "a good Finance Minister can feel the pulse of the economy under his watch, much better and much closer than some bureaucrat in Brussels or elsewhere.". Yes but the bureaucrat in Brussels does not have an election or votes to win. The bureaucrat will describe things as they are without putting any spin or seeing one side of the issue only.
GEORGE CUTAJAR
Feb 14th, 12:52
Oh yes come again Dr. Muscat. Please let us know what you intend doing and where you will take this country of elected.
It would be really nice if you can let us in on your recipe for a sound economy or you can perhaps tell us what you intend doing with the education sector or the water and electricity sector. To-date we have only heard promises, buzz words but no real ideas as to how you will move this country forward if elected to lead.
Had only Malta been downgraded I would agree that there is a local problem which needs to be addressed but when one considers that other countries have suffered the same fate than I am convinced that we are suffering as a consequence of the economic storm around us.
Mr A Bonello
Feb 14th, 12:40
Dr Muscat still has no solution/plan to the problem!
A Dimech
Feb 14th, 14:34
who created the problem? by any chance, was it Gonzi?!
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 14:43
@ Mr A. Bonello. Jekk ma jkomplix izid id-dejn kif jaf jaghmel biss Dr Gonzi, Dr Muscat ikun diga qed isolvi il-problema li wekkewlna ghal hamsa u ghoxrin sean shah il-PN! ....NB Tiftakar Money no problem?
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Feb 14th, 12:37
Dear JM, if as you say that today’s negative outlook given by Moody's to Malta last night reflected the growing need for a decisive and capable administration in Malta; one thing is certain, that it is NOT you, of course!
Why does JM has always to piggy-back ride on anything that comes along, even after his recent debacle in the No Confidence motion; in order to hit back at the Government?
Grow up Guż!
Malta needs solutions and POLICIES and not RHETORICS!
JC.
Ms Maria Vella
Feb 14th, 12:22
and obviously because it is negative PL have a field day!
Mariella Galea
Feb 14th, 12:19
Ma nafx ghalxiex dejjem isaqsu lill-Joseph Muscat ghas-soluzzjonijiet. Ta' GonziPN, Bravi u Intelligentissimi tant li jafu x'inhu Interactive whiteboard, u it-tfal taghhom ta 6 snin jafu jitkellmu bl'Ingliz(oooohhhh!) qed isaqsu lill-Laburisti cwiec ghas-soluzzjonijiet?!! MIn JIFREX IS SODDA JORQOD FIHA HU!
James Dimech
Feb 14th, 14:49
Mariella, qalbi, qed nitolbuh ghas-soluzzjonijiet ghax Muscat irid il-vot taghna biex imexxi lil pajjizna. U ahna rridu lil xi hadd li jirranga s-sitwazzjoni u mhux xi zatat li mhux kapaci u li jgibna aghar milli ahna !
Mario Piscopo
Feb 14th, 21:03
James difficli mmorru ghar milli ahna, certi li kif jigi cans JM ha juri bic-car l-pjannijiet li ghandu.
Bl-istess ragunament ghax mhux qed titolbuhom lil LG dawn soluzzjonijiet wkoll? Huma qeghdin fil-gvern u hu rwol taghhom li jkunu kapaci jirrangaw u jzommu sitwazzjoni fuq livell stabbli kemm jista jkun? Sadanitanti kellna 2 downgrades ta rating fi zmien ta ftit xhur.
Joseph Borg
Feb 14th, 12:13
So far as I know till the year 1986 Malta was graded Aaa.
What happened after everybody knows.
Mary Ann Borg
Feb 14th, 15:36
Mela Sur Borg, anke AAAAA konna. Ibda mid-demokrazija, sac-cikkulata u t-tooth paste. Plus is-sistema tat-telefon u anke l-ilma li KMB importa minn Sqallija! Ezatt, Aaa konna!
Joseph Borg
Feb 14th, 16:08
@Mary Ann borg
Prosit x'argument dak. Irragunajt bhal tifla bic-cikkulata mars f'ideja.
Il verita toffendi hux.
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 17:32
@Ann Borg.And when the PN stole two elections in 1962 and 1966- when there was no freedom of conscience and when there were no free elections for those who wanted to vote labour; then the credit rating for democracy was AAA? Xi tridt tghid bic-cikkulata; ghaxar snin qabel il-golden years tal-PN jigiefieri in the late 60's, nofs Malta kient ghada bla toilet suriet in-nies u bla ilma! Tiftakarhom il-vitijiet ta l-ilma fit-triq tieghek?
Fran Abela
Feb 14th, 12:02
OK Dr. Muscat - so how are you going about to reduce the debt levels - or is this some kind of secret that you can only divulge on the eve of elections. Come on man, if you have solutions come out with them - the people will know and can judge who really provided those solutions and will vote PL accordingly.
Fran Abela
Feb 14th, 11:59
Tony Busuttil - you said 'when the time comes Dr. Muscat will give us his solutions' - well Dr. Muscat has been going on and on about early elections so I assume he does have solutions - do you really expect us to wait until Dr. Muscat deigns to favour us with his solutions to the various problems on the eve of elections. What kind of dumb idiots do you think the Maltese are ? We want to know the PL's vision for Malta's future NOW so we can evaluate and then vote the best team for the job. This is not about solutions - it is about a party's vision for Malta.
P Buħaġiar
Feb 14th, 12:27
@Fran Abela.
How much you think is stupid an opposite coach reveals HIS/HER tactics before a final game? Days before an election stay awake because the powerful Joseph Muscat's earthquake has to come. And after all, what happened from the Surplus Budget predicted from Gonzi Partit Negative days before 2008 elections?
John Zammit
Feb 14th, 12:33
As you are not an idiot you have to wait until the Prime Minister Decides to call an election.
Tony Busuttil
Feb 14th, 12:50
you have to wait till the time comes.
I regret to say yes we are dumb, because we are accepting everything which was not in the manifesto like the €500 weekly increase to the ministers
Neil Collins
Feb 14th, 11:58
For an economic overview by experts, see the comments below.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 14th, 11:55
I believe it is time for PL to ask gonzipn how they will solve the problems. Where they will be getting the money in the next 5 years or so.
.
Dr Gonzi sunday after sunday complains that Joseph is not putting foward his plans of how to solve Malta's problems, keeps deluding himself and his blind followers of how great things are yet we all now know that Malta's finances are not so rosy as gonzipn would like us to believe.
.
Dr Gonzi how will you solve the problems ? What are your plans? Questions that need an answer from the government and not the PL.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 14th, 12:29
Reverse thinking ability is great....when one is in control of the normal thinking sort. Anyways you may start looking at the budget document for some answers.
George Azzopardi
Feb 14th, 12:39
mela qed taghmetti li hawn il-problemi .. ) anzi ejja
Lucienne Dimech
Feb 14th, 11:49
Whilst fully agreeing with dr muscat that malta needs a stable political siuation, i do not think that last night's downgrade was due to our particular situation. It still remains serious being in the group of debt ridden economies is no consolation.
matthew tanti
Feb 14th, 11:47
issa la jkollna lil joey muscat prim ministru, nsiru A1!
Victor Calleja
Feb 14th, 12:37
Mr. Tanti if you think that the blunders done by this administration are to be solved in a year or two by J.Muscat you are totally out of tune.
It is very easy to demolish than to re-build. It takes time to bring our finances back to track. In the present global and local situatuon we don't need ministers emplying consultants with 6000 euro per month. The safe pair of hands are for the clique and not for the rest.
Nathalie Frendo
Feb 14th, 15:26
If only Joseph was a magician and not a politician. But still your sarcasim is uncalled for in such troubled times. This is not about politics but about serious and threatening finacnial crisis which effects us all whether we are blue, red or green.
Peter Murray
Feb 14th, 11:30
How is it that these ratings are only truly remarkable or deemed credible whenever grades or the maintaining of the status quo occurs ?I say again their credibility -and in particular MOODY's;-is undermined given that they gave a TRIPLE A credit rating to LEHMAN Bros just one month prior to their collapse.
John Caruana
Feb 14th, 12:50
I totally agree as i have asked the same question more than once. Where were these credit rating agencies in 2008? There vision is so good that they gave Lehman Bros a AAA rating a month before their collapse.
Why do we still give weight to what they say, downgrade or upgrade? All they are doing now is covering their ass. If things go as they say then they can safely say 'we told you so'. If things get better then they can say 'that their warnings prompted the right action'.
From their position it is a win win situation
walter camilleri
Feb 14th, 14:23
You are right not to care about Moody's rating perhaps, and Moody certainly don't care whether you do or don't. - because you don't really matter.
The people who matter are those who do care about Moody or other ratings - the investors who need an informed opinion to help them decide where to place their funds. GonziPN worry as well, precisely because investors listen to Moody statements, and not to Government propoganda.
It is pointless being rude (titghajjar) to Moody. They do not listen to uninformed opinions.
Walter Camilleri
Mike Abbot
Feb 14th, 11:29
Joseph Muscat: 'growing need for a decisive and capable administration in Malta'
Fair enough but this is something Labour has so far shown absolutely no indication it is capable to doing. Things could be a hell of a lot worse then they are right now so voting for a party that has little to say in terms of substance is not the answer to improving Malta's economic future. That's jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
Michael Mercieca
Feb 14th, 11:48
Very well said
Joseph Camilleri
Feb 14th, 12:02
I'll take my chances. If that fails too, than its very poor Malta for us all.
Victor Calleja
Feb 14th, 12:40
We can't be worst than we are now. So this is going to be the election buzz word in the near future.
What if J.Muscat scores better than Gonzipn? What would be your comment?
r spiteri
Feb 14th, 11:29
Dr Muscat - do you still believe that with your "Partnership" vision we would have been better off?
John Zammit
Feb 14th, 12:36
You are still living a decade ago
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 14th, 11:27
Joey has elevated his poor self to the level of EU, IMF and Standard and Poor's. Keep it coming, I just love it. - I wonder what was wrong with that infamous form 2 where he was always trailing!
joseph saliba
Feb 14th, 11:26
Riding the wind.
E Gatt
Feb 14th, 11:25
I am quite surprised that the European Union has not yet asked Dr Joseph Muscat to head a special envoy to solve the economic problems in Greece.
Michael Mercieca
Feb 14th, 11:50
while he's at it he can see to Portugal and Spain too.
Victor Calleja
Feb 14th, 12:42
Kieku paroli fil vojt ghandkhom. Allura nghid jien kif ghadhom ma bghatux ghal Lawrence meta kullhadd jghidlu bil miraklu li irnexxilu jghamel hawn Malta?
Forsi jerga jgib lura il 500 ewro fil gimgha bhala konsulent.
Joseph Mifsud
Feb 14th, 12:51
@ E. Gatt....
Since we are doing so fine with Dr Gonzi, why don't you propose the EU to put him on the helm of this special envoy.....he is like Harry Potter lately.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 14th, 13:57
Victor Calleja and Joseph Mifsud the answer to your question is obvious to the average person.
Muscat is promising to do better than Gonzi! Amongst other with Joey we will be AAA in no time and irrespective of fuel cost we will have pre 2008 utility rates – now isn’t that why you will be voting him in?
pat muscat
Feb 14th, 14:52
What we need now is a deep pocket and a sound mind something which, at present ,GONZipn cannot provide! Ara kieku il-problemi insolvihom bil-PR u bi slogans tal-finanzi fis-sod, kieku Gonzi m'hawnx bhalu!
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Feb 14th, 17:42
@ E. Gatt: actually the EU should ask Tonio Fenech. According to him, he has worked wonders with the Maltese economy in the middle of the storm ranging around us. And he is a visionary too!
John Scerri
Feb 14th, 11:09
Qam fl-ahhar ....kemm domt Dr.Joe.....we were eagerly waiting for your solutions to the problems ...but ...alas ...as usual .....dust in the wind......criticism galor ...solutions vacuum.
At Least one thing is for sure........Labour government would help the council on the building of a new car park....
Mela bhal tal Hamrun gejja din!!!
Tony Busuttil
Feb 14th, 11:23
When time comes Dr Muscat will give us his solutions. Dr Muscat is the leader of Opposition he is not bound to give solutions now, but when the time comes before election. Dr Gonzi has no solutions first he ractified ACTA and now he wants to pass laws regardin this. He has no solution for las vote which left his goverment in minority, what solutions he has on utility bills are we going to use gas or heavy fuel oil?
John Rizzo
Feb 14th, 11:04
Another slump for our economy due to lack of vision and mismanagement of GonziPN. The situation is not sustainable any more! Bureaucracy and high utility charges are making us lagging back. Dear PM you have to act because it is already late.
Saviour Aquilina
Feb 14th, 11:21
Don`t John, when J.Muscat be in power Mody`s will give us not AAA but fives AAAAA, because he have every think for every problem that we have. But remember maybe when get the power they say.....WAIT, we find a big HOFRA...LOL. a big EXCUSE, because have nothing to offer, only BLA BLA BLA
Richard Borg
Feb 14th, 11:30
Mela @ Saviou Aquilina -
(...) when J Muscat WILL be in power (...), (...) because he has everything for every problem that we have (...)
"But remember maybe when get the power they say... WAIT"
Imbaghad nifirhu ghax nonfqu miljun fuq edukazzjoni kuljum u ghandna nies li lanqas idea tal-lingwa Ingliza m'ghandhom.
Joseph Brincat
Feb 14th, 11:48
Saviour Aquilina
The first problem is Gonzi PN must
GO > GO > GO, and we will solve the first problem ,
then you just wait PATIENTLY and see my friend !!!!!!!
joseph saliba
Feb 14th, 12:04
@joseph Brincat
Recalling the tale of "The Three Wishes".
1. Go 2003,
2. Go 2008 and
3. Go 2013
Saviour Aquilina
Feb 14th, 15:42
J.Brincat, maybe you are so young that did`t remember the 70s or 80s or maybe that time you left Malta because Malta was only for Korpi . You did`t here what Helen Dalli said 8 days ago? If no sorry you are living in an other world. Can Muscat at least tell us one think of many he said how he will do it. Where are the money paid extra for Cars...Did Muscat forget it because he is not mention it any more. Not me I wait and see but one like you wait and see IF Muscat get the Power, but then TOO LATE.