Good governance has to be introduced at the Sliema council this year to lay the foundation for the next council election in a year's time, PL leader Joseph Muscat said this morning.

Speaking during a visit to the locality as part of the PL's council elections campaign, Dr Muscat said the situation at the Sliema council was an example of the GonziPN system, with the PN losing five instead of one seat. The PL had the opportunity to join forces with independent councillors to create more trouble in the locality but it chose to act responsibly.

Sliema, Dr Muscat said, had long been the playground for various ministers to come up with projects which, although the PN was benefitting from, were only intended for political gain.

The reason behind the election was because the council as it was had been unable to carry out such projects. This election, he said, would will to voter fatigue.

It was a farce and simply intended for some more votes to be swayed towards the PN in these elections.

This PL was this year seeking as a chance to clear the air and do some basic work that was needed.

Asked who should assume responsibility in the transport bribery issue and why, seeing that this had been exposed, Dr Muscat said this was not the first case of bribery in the authority. It had happened many times and clearly there was something wrong with the system.

TM was the dominium of the GonziPN system and it was not enough to just take action after the act.

Such cases, he said, were the result of not having enough checks and a lack of good governance.

Ministers, Dr Muscat noted, had not even shown responsibility for cases which fell directly under their responsibility, such as the Finance Minister following the Borg Hedley case.

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