Gonzi launches initiatives to put the PN back at the heart of society
PM says leadership contest brought him closer to people's everyday realities
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi in a frank, even contrite, speech at the PN council meeting this morning said the leadership contest experience of the past four weeks brought him closer to the people's everyday realities and the need for him and the government to be more sensitive to the people's problems - including the impact of gas prices in winter.
He announced initiatives meant to put himself, ministers and the PN back at the heart of society and said the PN was determined to hear, share and deal with the people's problems, challenges and opportunities.
At the beginning of his address, which was interrupted with applause several times, Dr Gonzi said that as he did eight years ago, he was promising to use all his energy to serve the party and through it, to help the country and its people.
He thanked all those who had participated in yesterday's democratic exercise and said he was also thanking those who voted against him or opted not to vote. All in all, he said, the exercise showed how the PN was one, united family.
All needed to remember that despite their sometimes contrasting views, they were all pulling at the same rope and they all wanted the best for the country and its people.
"Let us ensure that what we have done over the past few weeks will not be a wasted opportunity. This is a golden opportunity, the exercise of democracy has united us to look to the future, not the past".
This, Dr Gonzi, had been an experience where they had shown, as always, that they could understand each other. The party was formed of human beings and all needed to understand the ambitions and aspiration of the people, as well as their problems.
The PN was ready and willing to serve all the people. "We are here for you, you are the reason why the PN exists" Dr Gonzi said. Beyond the numbers, the real result achieved yesterday was that the party existed for the people, he said.
The party was continuing to build on its policies, based around the welfare of the people with a strong sense of solidarity to ensure that none fell back. This was the party which believed that truth always triumphed.
This was a party which wanted young people to be ambitious in their career paths and offering them the opportunities to succeed. It was the party which wanted the elderly to find just reward for their work and to continue to be at the heart of the community.
More than everything, this was the party which wanted to keep the family at the heart of all of its activities.
Dr Gonzi said he believed passionately that Malta had a good future and it was for that reason that he had sought a secret ballot on his leadership.
He said he had needed, in conscience, to have the serenity given to him in 2004 when he was appointed party leader He was pleased that, eight years on, the support of the delegates had actually increased.
CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE
The outcome of the leadership contest was the messages which had been conveyed by the delegates to him during their various meetings. This was an exercise which brought him closer to the people and given him an even deeper insight into the people's everyday reality.
He had met councillors and others in clubs and in homes, and had rediscovered the experience of everyday politics. One could speak on how Malta had performed, in, say, the Libyan crisis, but the past four weeks reminded him that there was more to politics. He was better able to appreciate that it was the party which had to seek the confidence of the people. It was not Gonzi who won the last election, but the party as a whole.
It was not enough to be head of government, one had to be a head of government who was close to the people and its everyday needs all the time.
It was good to control the deficit, to attract investment and to be respected internationally, but one also had to understand the impact of gas prices in winter. A prime minister had to understand the impact of such things as well.
Amid the government's investment in education and elsewhere, he had heard the plea of those parents worried for the future of their children, who lacked academic achievement, Dr Gonzi said.
He had met a person who congratulated him for the health service and for bringing down medicine prices, but he and other people also added complaints about medicines being out of stock.
He also spoke to a man who led him to understand better than before, how people had precarious jobs where they did not know whether they would have a job in the near future. Thus, while the government boasted of job creation, people like him could not borrow to set up their home, because they had no job security.
He had met another person who received two letters, one confirming that he was entitled to a social benefit , and another saying that he was not entitled to the same benefit. This man had asked him how this was possible.
Dr Gonzi said that while the government could not be blamed for everything, there were problems which needed to be tackled. Many people spoke of arrogance within government departments where people were treated as numbers not individuals, something which also should not be tolerated, Dr Gonzi said.
All these things, Dr Gonzi said, were a reality check.
It was unfortunate that pressure sometimes distracted him to the big picture of moving the country forward, but it had been necessary to go through this exercise where the clear message was - do not cut yourself off, and come back into the streets. The big picture was a mosaic made of many small parts and the PN needed to home in on those small parts, Dr Gonzi said, to applause.
The PN had to win the people's confidence in order to then form the government. It was the party, not the government, which won the people's confidence. The people expected from him and his colleagues to do their duty as prime minister and ministers but they also expected them to be politicians close to and in the service of the people.
The PN was not clinging to the seat of power, but to the confidence of the people, Dr Gonzi said, to applause.
NEW MEASURES AND INITIATIVES
On the basis of what he had learnt over the past four weeks, Dr Gonzi said, he had decided to put more energy and focus on placing the PN at the heart of the people and in the service of the people.
Therefore, he was appointing Simon Busuttil as his Special Delegate (standing ovation) to immediately, through Azad, organise meetings between him and every sector of the country - from youth workers to workers in the various sectors, industry, contractors and even individuals - so that he could hear about the challenges, problems and opportunities which existed and how the future of the country could be mapped out. The people would also be invited to apply to meet him to discuss the future of various sectors.
"I want to be at the heart of our society and I want the PN to be with me," Dr Gonzi said to more applause.
"We have to make sure that everyone can find his natural place within the PN, the party which welcomes everyone who wants to genuinely work in the interests of the country," Dr Gonzi added.
He said that PN General Secretary Paul Borg Olivier would also draw up a plan of meetings by ministers with society. "We want to come to you, we want to hear you in the squares in your homes, we want to share your wishes, your pains, your wishes..." Dr Gonzi said amid applause.
"Let us hear exactly what the people are saying, let us hear it directly from the people, not necessary from the blogs or elsewhere," Dr Gonzi said.
"Go to the people's homes, it is such a wonderful experience to go into the kitchen to discuss what they are going through," Dr Gonzi said.
The prime minister the PN was also making very good progress in the working groups it had appointed to draw up its policies for the future, with an eye also on the electoral programme and said all those wishing to participate were being invited to do so. Indeed, he was very encouraged by the response so far.
Dr Gonzi said these initiatives would renew the PN's links with the people, including those who had strayed away from the party, through the fault of the party, not their own.
The people who intended to vote for the PL after voting PN at the last election needed to be sought out. One needed to understand what the PL was offering, because the PL was not coming out with new policies.
People had also moved away because they expected something which was not given to them. In such cases, it needed to be explained why some requests could not be met. But when people had a right for what they expected then it should be given to them, and this was not charity, Dr Gonzi said.
'THE PN IS NOT A CLIQUE'
Referring to the election, Dr Gonzi said the PN would not promise what could not be delivered. He would work to ensure that the election would be held on its due date, he said. He would work to find solutions, to open doors, to welcome all, in the interests of the country, he said (applause).
No one should feel excluded from the party. Everyone had a contribution to give and should be able to do so. The PN was not a clique and he would show it was a coalition of people with different views and from different sectors, with the common aim of serving the people to the best of their abilities.
Yesterday, Dr Gonzi said, he had won the confidence of the delegates, but hard work had to be put in for the party to win the confidence of the people. Society had changed since 2008 and the people had to be shown how it was better to trust their future under a PN government than the unknown which was the PL.
It was the PN which forged a country where people could work in serenity, where they were assured of high quality education and healthcare, free of charge.
The people, Dr Gonzi said, also wanted a government which sought out and fought corruption, and that was what was being done, as the events of the past few days showed.
Internationally, under the PN, Malta was now a respected country and an active member of the EU.
His government, Dr Gonzi, had been able to safeguard jobs in difficult times while strengthening the social net. People's eyes lit up as a school was opened every year, and more was in store as the new Mcast campus and more facilities at the university were opened.
He was conscious, Dr Gonzi said, that more could have been done. What use was it to say that medicines were free, if they were out of stock?
He did not blame elderly people who complained that, despite pension rises, they could not keep up with costs.
True, Malta was doing better than other countries, but that counted only so much for the individual families who had to pay their bills. A mother pushing her pushchair in muddy streets in Mosta was justified in thinking that the situation in Greece was secondary for her, Dr Gonzi added.
The government, he said, would redouble its efforts to achieve the people's expectations. The government was determined to achieve everything that was promised in the electoral programme. The government still had the energy and ideas to raise the people's living standards. Putting the people at the heart of its actions was the government's biggest project, Dr Gonzi said.
"We will be the government of the people, your government, more than ever before, and in so doing, we will regain the people's confidence," Dr Gonzi said.
He promised, however, that there would be no gimmicks and the people would be told the situation as it stood. The gimmicks were made by those who tried to copy the PN - ties and all, he said.
Somebody else was trying to win the election by pretending that he was like the PN. But when one scratched the surface, one found that he was surrounded by the same people, and attitudes, which people rejected in the past. The gimmicks were made by Joseph Muscat, who claimed that the PL was the underdog, when surveys put his party nine points ahead of the PN, or when he accepted within the PL people who stood accused of corruption, as in the case of Sliema.
For the PL, it was clear that the overriding priority was to win elections, and what happened later was secondary. What happened in Mosta was just one example.
"We know where we are heading, others do not. If we communicate well with the people, the people will recognise the difference from the Labour Party," Dr Gonzi said.
Concluding Dr Gonzi thanked candidates for the local council elections. They had an uphill task, he said. But the PN would promise that it was the party of the people which was determined to stay close to the people.
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Jonathan Camilleri
Feb 28th 2012, 07:35
Are the salaries going to be adequate someday? What about self-employed persons? What about social security benefits?
Anthony Pace Gouder
Feb 27th 2012, 19:48
Tista tibda TISMA u TISTMA dak li jrid il-POPLU ., meta' twaqqaf il-progett ta' Bieb-il-Belt (City-gate) li fieh tant temmen INT , u ma tajtx l-icken kas jew l-ebda rispett u kunsiderrazzjoni ta' dak li qalulek , . Dnub li ma dahlitx xi ras kbira biex FORSI jbiddilek fehmtek , bhall kif gara' fil-kas tal-Progett tal-Konkatedrall ta' San Gwann !
Webbist rasek u bqajt ghaddej FUQ kullhadd, minkejja li kont taf li l-opinjoni pubblika, persuni koncernati direttament mal-kultura u l-ambjent, li kienu, ghadhom u se jibqaw kontrieh u ghallhekk kontra fehmtek !
Edward Curmi
Feb 28th 2012, 09:44
Ghaziz Sur Gouder il gvernijiet kollha kaxxkru saqqajhom fuq il progett ta bieb il belt..Gonzi ghamel xi haga wara dan iz zmien kollu..int stenna sa kemm jitlesta u imbghad ikkumenta!!
George Azzopardi
Feb 27th 2012, 18:47
Alla jbierek .. irid jersaq lejn il-poplu qal .. ara vera jahseb li l-poplu daqsek tuba li ma jindunax li din mossa tas-soltu ta GonziPN ta qabel l-elezzjoni.
mario scerri
Feb 27th 2012, 08:32
Dan huwa l-istess Gonzipn li fl-2009 ftahar li se jivvota bil-qalb kontra mozzjoni ta l-oppozizzjoni Laburista biex jorhsu l-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma. Bl-skuza tal-prezz internazzjonali taz-zejt
Mbad biex jaghmel teatru bla saqaf, 80 miljun palament, 500 ewro zieda lilu innifsu w il-klikka tieghu sab flus w addio krizi u prezz taz-zejt. Dan apparti li ma tax kaz ir-rieda tal-poplu dwar id-divorzju.
Issa jigi jghidilna li jrid jisma lin-nies biex jisraqlek il-vot b hafna kliem sabih taparsi qed jaghti kazek.
Anthony Pace Gouder
Feb 27th 2012, 18:46
Issa , 'troppo tardi' ghall-Gonzi u l-PN. Il fiducja lahqet il-'point-of-no-return' ma mijiet ta -nies ! l-uniku wens huma il-kunsillieri li kienu kostretti jivvutawlu biex jaghtu 'dehra' li l-partit maqghud wara l-Gonzi-pn.
Edward Curmi
Feb 28th 2012, 09:46
Ghaziz Sur Scerri..ara il prezz taz zejt illum..int vera tahseb li Jm jista jghamel xi magija u jrahhas il kontijiet fejn f'pajjizzi ohra aktar sinjuri minna dan ghola kwazi id doppju !! Tibqghux tghixu fis shab!!
Carmel Grima
Feb 27th 2012, 08:21
Let us hear what people are saying not necessary from blogs: Jigiifieri ilni daqshekk niktiblek ittri u nikteb fuq blogging int qatt ma urewk [ ghax dejjem okkupat bit-tmexxija tal-pajjiz] il-korrispondenza tieghi? Issa allura irrid nikteb biex ninghataw kumpens talli il-gvern [ PN bi shab mal-PL] iffrejmjaw lill-Misieri Karm Grima ,dak li wehel bil-vjolenza tal-15/10/1979], u Dr.Fenech Adami ghamel l-Inkjesta Muscat Azzoppardi li sabitu innocenti pero hbija u zammha sigrieta, biex wara hatafha Dr. Sant u tilifha {mislaid} , iva allura irrid nerga nibda nikteb lil Dr. Simon Busuttil? Lil Dr. Grech, lil PPBusuttil, LIL Gaffarena dlonk tghajtuhom kumpens mela ghaliex lilna ma ttiniex bla ma noqoghdu nifthu kotba u skeletri.
A. MICALLEF
Feb 27th 2012, 07:33
Sejjer tisma lin-nies bhal ma smajt fil-ligi ta divorzju Sur Prim Ministru???? Il-mod tieghek kif
tisma lin-nies huwa meta il-maggoranza tal-Poplu jivvota sabiex tidhol ligi tad-divorzju
u inti tisfida lil-poplu u tghidlu LE u tipprova flimkien ma klikka fil-PN sabiex ma tghaddix
il-ligi ?? TAHSEB SUR PRIMM MINISTRU LI XI HADD SER JERGA JEMMNGHEK U
JERGA JAFDGHAK meta issa ergajt gejt u qieghed tghid li trid tisma lil-poplu ???
A. MICALLEF
Feb 27th 2012, 07:28
Sejjer tisma lin-nies bhal ma smajt fil-ligi ta divorzju Sur Prim Ministru???? Il-mod tieghek kif
tisma lin-nies huwa meta il-maggoranza tal-Poplu jivvota sabiex tidhol ligi tad-divorzju
u inti tisfida lil-poplu u tghidlu LE u tipprova flimkien ma klikka fil-PN sabiex ma tghaddix
il-ligi ?? TAHSEB SUR PRIMM MINISTRU LI XI HADD SER JERGA JEMMNGHEK U
JERGA JAFDGHAK meta issa ergajt gejt u qieghed tghid li trid tisma lil-poplu ???
M. Attard
Feb 27th 2012, 06:06
A self centered Prime Minister trying to say that IN THE FUTURE we will be on the peoples side. Who are the people? maybe those that had a 500 euros wage increase??? Maybe the afflicted ones that keep on increasing below the poverty line because of his leadership? just to mention the smallest things of them all as the lost goes on and on. He promised no gimmicks though the best of all gimmicks is that he is still governing Malta. What a shame!
Robert Agius
Feb 27th 2012, 05:28
Yawn! more political hogwash...
Saviour Cachia
Feb 27th 2012, 00:58
"when he accepted within the PL people who stood accused of corruption, as in the case of Sliema." So now we are forgetting the fact that a person is innocent until proved guilty. But let us put this aside, and let the persons referred to, to answer if they find themselves slandered.
My point is one. So the Roman Catholic Church did a big miss when it accepted in its fold St. Paul's, the Apostle of the Gentiles. He was a leader in the onslaught against those who followed Jesus Christ. But then, he was blinded, and when his eyes opened saw that the only true direction was to follow Jesus Christ's teaching. Does Gonzi a no. 1 Catholic does not recognize the virtue of conversion? All that Gonzi recognizes was the way of favours (pjaciri) and try to appease the disgruntled till the day of the general elections?. That seems to be the strategy, to get back near the people, after he wholeheartedly voted in favour of the enormous rise in utility bills. And now that winter is over, how much will the consumer benefit from the reductions of the price of a gas cylinder.
Yet, I admit that the PL has a lot to learn from Gonzi speech and it must be ensured that the heart of the people and lost sheep be won by credible and practical strategy. I am not saying that the PL should reveal as from now what he will be doing once gaining power, but yes should keep near the people and understand their complaints and heartaches and convince them that it time for a change. Oh by the way, yesterday was Franco's Debono conversion day...viva Gonzi.
Mr Tony Barbaro Sant
Feb 26th 2012, 23:28
Prime Minister, understanding the impact of gas prices in Winter is not enough. How about doing something about it, like giving subsidies to pensioners and the elderly on gas and electricity during the Winter months? And how about doing it RIGHT NOW?
Mr M Spiteri
Feb 26th 2012, 22:55
Election is getting close and the prime minister is sweet talking again. What a double face.
In my opinion the worst times that this counrty went through were the sixties due to the acts of Mikiel Gonzi and these last yeras due to the acts of Lawrence Gonzi. Those are the 'zminijiet id-dlam'.
Matthew Tanti
Feb 26th 2012, 22:40
il pm kultant zmien jghid li jrid jisma l wegghat tal poplu. Rega qalha. Imma nistghu nemmnuh illum bit trak record tieghu ta dawn l ahhar 4 snin? Iggudikaw mhux b dak li nghidu imma b dak li naghmlu! Meta vvota bil qalb favur it tariffi tad dawl u l ilma. Ivvota kontra r rieda tal poplu fir referendu tad divorzju. Iddefenda b shha u sakemm hallewh iz zieda ta 500 ewro fil gimgha li ta lilu u lil shabu filwaqt li lilna tana 1.16c
il pm, anzi gonzipn qatt ma ta kaz lil poplu f dawn l 4 snin. Some things never change. Gonzipn is one of them!
Ramon Cassaro
Feb 26th 2012, 22:32
Dr.Gonzi said that "he was promising to use all his energy to serve the party ",and at the same time he also said that ,"All needed to remember that despite their sometimes contrasting views, they were all pulling at the same rope and they all wanted the best for the country and its people", So if I understood right Dr.Gonzi wants to serve the party while the others wants what`s best for the country and it`s people,which they are doing the right thing because the people voted for them at the first time and again they are going to ask the same people to vote for them again very soon,and for sure that me and the rest of my family are not going to make the same mistakes,YOU cheat me once Shame on YOU,YOU cheat me twice SHAME on ME. All my family including me used to pay the PN tessera,not anymore,never again.
K CASSAR
Feb 26th 2012, 22:21
So he won. Big deal when you're on your own! And so moving. Crocodile tears are for those who beg. But that's probably the only way to save face for Gonzi PN. I heard nothing about the interest of the country, nothing to make up for years of abuse. I wonder what Gonzi PN could ever have to offer to the real people, those that have to pay for his double standard way of doing politics. Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G Falzon
Feb 26th 2012, 21:20
Hear! Hear!
One of the greatest speeches of our Prime Minister.
Now acclaimed thus also by Hon. Franco Debono.
Prosit indeed!
John Zammit
Feb 26th 2012, 21:19
From to-day speech The Prime minister had Shown that he is only playing for time to help the party recover. As far as I know all Ministers form the Government so what is he going to do to erase all the wrong doings they committed.The only way out is going to be the power of Incumbency.Let The EU make rules then we see after.The prime Minister thinks that people are Going to forget that while secretly the Ministers got a €600 increase (later reduced to €500)people are going to forget the Rise in energy Bill, opposition to divorce law even though it was passed through a Referendum,the issue of the scandals tender of the power station,the scandal at the vat department, the TM ....the list is too long to continue
Robert Calafato
Feb 26th 2012, 20:58
It takes at least two to Tango,.....and to have a Contest!
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 26th 2012, 20:49
It is crystal clear that GonziPartitNegattiv is going to repeat what it did during the 2008 election campaign. That is, will run after those electors who are disappointed with GonziPartitNegattiv because they did not had what they wanted personally. It want be a surprise that during the house visiting the PN representatives will seek who are these electors so that there personal request will bear fruit. This diabolic political tactics is based on what really happened in 2008. For example when Mepa permits which where hold because such permits where against the law, were authorised.
Ramon Mangion
Feb 26th 2012, 20:30
Mela x sar f'dawn l-ahhar 25 sena ? PN kien il-boghod min-nies ? IVA
Edward Curmi
Feb 28th 2012, 09:48
Issa serrah rasek li il PL se jaghtik li trid bin nies li fl-80's hallew kollox ghaddej!!
Jeanette Abdilla
Feb 26th 2012, 20:11
Kif qatt tista temnu lil dan il Prim ministru, issa weghdna li se jisma il wegat tan nies ( about time ) mela diga nsejna li meta l poplu malti ivvota favur id divorzju, gonzi laqas irrispetta id decizjoni taghna u meta mar fil parlament ivvota kontra, din il buzullotta ma tigri fl ebda pajjiz iehor fid dinja. Mela kif qed nipretendu li jisma l ilmenti taghna meta laqas biss kien kapaci jirrispetta l opinjoni taghna.
A Trapani
Feb 27th 2012, 01:15
... Jeanette, tidher li ghadek ma tafx x'inhi kuxjenza (nistiednek tamel recerka u tkun taf xi tfisser). Minbarra hekk, il PM irrispetta id decizjoni fuq id divorzju u qal mil ewwel li ha tigi irrispettata ir rieda ta l-elettorat igifieri... get your facts right and stop repeating what fellow LP followers tell you. A differenza, Alfred Sant kien tilef ir referendum u qal li rebhu u Joseph Muscat tilef il mozzjoni ta sfiducja fil gvern u ghadu s'issa qed ipingiha qisu rebah. Lil min ha nemmnu allura ?
Teresa Pace
Feb 26th 2012, 19:20
Bir-rispett kollu se nitkellem Dr Gonzi. Mill-esperjenza tieghi ta dawn l-ahhar hames snin. Kienu iebsin wisq...kontijiet mghola s-sema, il-hajja gholiet u mbaghad il-pagi tista' tghid baqghu l-istess. Ma nisthix nghid li lanqas qeghdin inlahqu mal-hajja. Bhala ikel - ikel baziku addieu lahmijiet u frott. Inkiser tv hemm baqa miksur u mhux xi flat screen. Nohorgu nieklu jew xi safra jew imqar xi weekend break - lanqas biss noholmuha. Inhossu l bard, u kienet xitwa qalila, lanqas nixghelu heater la tal gas u lanqas ta l-eletriku. Ahseb u ara dawk il maltin li ghal xi raguni jew ohra inqatghalhom id-dawl - ghax ma setghux ihalsuh kemm baghtew aktar. Haga wahda ammirajt fik u nibqa nammira - il-moralita kristjana gholja li ghandek, u ghalhekk biss darbohra... Nispera verament li taqra dan il-kumment u tiehdu bis serjeta ghax trid tmiss mat-tbaghtija biex tkun taf xi tfisser....grazzi hafna Teresa
Jeanette Abdilla
Feb 26th 2012, 21:39
Jien naqbel mieghek perfettament f dak kollu li ktibt fil bidu,imma li tghid li tammira lil Dr. Gonzi ghax ghandu moralita kristjana gholja ma qbiltx mieghek, mela kieku veru ghandu moralita kristjana gholja jaghti zieda ta ewro u sittax il centezmu lilna, u hu jiehu hames mitt ewro zieda fil gimgha.
Michael Magri
Feb 26th 2012, 18:58
If one realy and thoroughly goes through how GonziPN governed in the last 3 years or so, you must only conclude that Dr. Gonzi, with his today`s speech and promissed doings, is only trying to make us forget all of his political blunders and financial preasures put on all of us, and in turn be a bunch of FOOLS and enter into his `new` political TRAP, the way he fooled Air Malta employees, and the rest. Dr Gonzi is only confessing his political `sins`, by shedding a lot of Crocodile Tears NOW.. ,in the eve of a propable general election..., and which by now they just don`t mean a hoot....
Sorry Dr. Gonzi.... IT`S TOO LATE IN THE GAME NOW.....!! Your Political Credibility is ZERO...!!
Michael borg
Feb 26th 2012, 18:56
The prime minister must consider the fact that now in about a few months time there will be the general election and should be cautious about it . things in most sectors aren't as stable as they look and must do something about it
Michael borg
Feb 26th 2012, 18:56
The prime minister must consider the fact that now in about a few months time there will be the general election and should be cautious about it . things in most sectors aren't as stable as they look and must do something about it
Pippo DeMarco
Feb 26th 2012, 18:47
And the award for best foot shooting goes to ................. Dr Lawrence Gonzi.
If Dr Gonzi felt that he had lost touch with 'the people' then this speech clearly demonstrated that he has.
PN members missed a golden opportunity to reform the party, change public perception and ensure their own re-election, but retaining Gonzi as party leader has simply gifted power to an undeserving Joseph Muscat. - Might as well vote AD.
Noel Damato
Feb 26th 2012, 18:33
Issa lill Gonzi drajnih ghax mhux l-ewwel darba li Gonzi beka u ra kif sab l-iskuzi kollha bi dmuh tal-kukkudrilli. Ftakru li dan dejjem irrepeta dawn il mossi ghax kellu bzonn il-vot tieghek u imbaghad jinsik u jarmik. Mela issa spicca l-interess nazzjonali issa qieghed jitkellem dwar kif ser jigbor il voti ghal partit tieghu.
David Magro
Feb 26th 2012, 18:27
Good morning GonziPN...wara 4 snin issa stembaht....Il-kitba fuq il-hitan ilha tant issa ndunajt li nqatjt int u shabek minn mal-poplu. Issa tipprova tiehu hsieb il tal qalba, ta gewwa u tal-qalba biss. Tergax twieghed u wara ma zzomx dak li tkun weghedt.
M Saliba
Feb 26th 2012, 18:07
L-aħwa l-elezzjonijiet qegħdin wara l-kantuniera. Għalissa addio l-ħamis mitt ewro żieda fil-ġimgħa. Issa widnejna mal-art ħalli nisimgħu. Waqt li pajjiżi oħra qed jegħrqu Malta kollox sejjer sew allavolja bil-pagi baxxi u ffriżati. Ir-ratings ta' Standard and Poors niżlu żewġ skaluni l-isfel imma xorta nibqgħu ngħidu li kollox miexi fuq ir-rubini. L-anqas biss nammettu l-problemi aħseb u ara kemm ser insolvuhom.
Issa l-waqt li nwegħdu kollox lil kullħadd, inroxxu l-bżar fl-għajnejn.L-aqwa li nġibu ħafna voti. Imbaghad ...
mark borg
Feb 26th 2012, 18:01
imma kif ghad baqalu il wicc ???? POSI - XENI u tlablib fil vojt !!!! wara li kixfulek nisek stess tat tahwid u klikka li hemm gol partit u gvern , jigi juri wiccu quddim in nies u jpengi dir redikolagni bhala xi rebha !!!!!!! Minbarra it tazza ta l aktar prim li ghamel affarijiet kontroversjali u bla sens fosthom il 500 ewro zieda fil gimgha li ta lilu in nifsu ,zgur tirbah dik tal wicc tost u ma jafx xinhi misthija u dekor !!!!!!
I. Mercieca
Feb 26th 2012, 19:33
Kemm tidher mugghuh siehbi !!!!!
tghamilx hekk habib tikber u tinsa
Rocco Camilleri
Feb 26th 2012, 20:39
@ Mark Borg.
Biex inkompli nzid mieghek Sur.Borg kif qatt nistghu nemnuh dan il-bniedem meta ghamel tellieqa wahdu !!!! fejn la tista tghid gejtx l-ewwel jew l-ahhar ghax tellieqa bejn tnejn jew izjed trid issir sa' fejn naf jien. Barra dan it-tellieqa ghamilha b'ferita, fejn issa spicca b'ferret tant kbir li ghandu bzonn ta' operazzjoni mminenti. Issa aktar dehru ix-xquq (barra Franco Debono) li ghandu fil-Parlament u mhux il-partit kif qed jghid hu li ghandu fiducja shiha fih. Taf x'naf ukoll, li meta kien hemm wiehed qallilna miljun lira l-hawn u miljun l-hemm ma' jghamilx daqshekk differenza. U veru ghax dan ta' lok ghall abbuz fit-tenders fejn dejjem ix-xoghol jispicca aktar milli jkunu fthemu ( qatt inqas alla jbierek). Dan rajnih dan l-ahhar fil-kuntratt ta' toroq - fuq ghoxrin progett qlieh zejjed ta' aktar minn nofs miljun euro aktar u minn jaf f'kemm progetti ohra li ma' nafhux bihom. Sew qallilna Franco Debono li ghandna partit tal-klikek u miskien iz-zghir li jhallas sa' lanqas centezmu VAT u taxxa. X'serjeta ta' tmexxija hi din!!!!! fejn qiesu mhu qed jigri xejn. Fejn hi l-Kuxjenza Morali u l-Accountability fix-xoghol, ( imbad dawn trid tarahom il-quddies kuljum jekk mhux ukoll jitqarbnu). Veru tal-misthija li jittrattana hekk dan il-Gvern, jghaddina biz-zmien qiesu qed jodd il-kulhadd Cucc kif darba qal wiehed minnhom ghat-tmexxija fl-Air Malta meta dawn l-istess nies tahom dik il-puzzizjoni hu stess. Dr.Gonzi please show us credibilty and give example to the future generation, because a lot are losing conscience when seeing all this.
Peppi Borg
Feb 26th 2012, 18:00
Speaking about national interest is all gone, now we are speaking about saving PN. Do you expect us to shed tears, Dr.Gonzi after this reported speech? Perhaps time is approaching when you need our vote? Here I smell the power of incumbency in this (un)official launch of the electoral campaign by gonzipn. Dear Gonzi how are you going to make up for the rise in utility bills, for going against the democratic decision of the people during the divorce issue, for clinging to power when you lost majority in parliament???? Yesterday you had another loss when two of your team players didn't even collect their vote.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 26th 2012, 17:54
@Dr J.Brincat,
Din kienet manifestazzjoni ta'demokrazija, ta kif kap ta' partit verament demokratiku jipprattika l-valuri ċivili u demokratiċi!
U mhux bħal ma għamel xi ħadd f' Malta jew jsir dak li joħlom hu bil-lejl jew jirreżenja!
Jew dan hu il-kap u l-prim ministru ta' warajja!
Jew, Issa tridu tgħidu li triduni nibqa leader, issa by SHOW OF ĦANDS, jew nitlaq!
Nistħajlek Joe Brincat tiġik l-għira għall mod inteliġenti, diplomatiku, ċivili, u demokratiku li biħ jaħdem u jopera l-partit u l-gvern Nazzjonalista!
Imma għid il-verita, ma tgħoxix b'dan?
F'dal mument mhux sublimi biss, imma huwa providenzjali għall-Malta li dak is-siġġu tal-poter qed għall GONZI PN!
Gonzi PN huwa l-baħri tajjeb u l-kaptan għaqli fi'żmien tal-maltemp kbir Dr J. Brincat!
Mr Paul Borg
Feb 26th 2012, 17:51
RE: "I want to be at the heart of our society"
L-ahhar darba li semma l-kelma Qalb (heart) kien meta sostna li "BIL-QALB SEJJER JIVVOTA BIEX MA JORHSUX IL-KONTIJIET TAD-DAWL U TAL-ILMA"
Kompli iggranfa mas-siggu tal-poter Dr GonziPn.
Emmanuel Caruana
Feb 26th 2012, 17:40
Il-marelli x'biki, naf ghaliex, ghax il-blokki tal-konkos se jkollom jigbruhom lura u jerfawhom ghax ghad baqa ftit taz-zmien ghal elezzjoni. Buzzieqa ohra BUMMMMM.
Edward Curmi
Feb 28th 2012, 09:52
Iva tal PL malajr ghamluhom il blokkok tal konkos kullimkien!!!
Mr Albert Dimech
Feb 26th 2012, 17:38
GonziPN is trying to fool people once more!! He is descending from his ivory tower and going to hunt for votes, now after 4 years of ignoring the people as he did in the divorce issue. It is also clear that he is pushing Simon Busuttil's as his successor. One wonders what Dr DeMarco, Tonio Fenech and the rest think of this?
John Attard
Feb 26th 2012, 19:30
DrSimon Busuttil is the only automatic choice if the PN wants to move forward from the deep end, although I do think it is too late in the day. Although there is a new awakening, it is not enough to beat the by default PL coming to power. PN has left this comeback too late in the day.
History in the making, Dr Simon Busuttil will be chosen as the next PN leader. No other have the charisma or the brains in these situations. And thisis not a queation of pride. Politics is all about votes and power, nothing else. So all you other MPs who might right now feel disgusted by Gonzi s choice of special delegate, let go, cause its only Simon that can pave the way a more subdued defeat at the coming elections!
Alfred Vassallo
Feb 26th 2012, 17:25
Int bis serjeta Gonz??? Mur iddhol wahda f'djar privati ta nies umbad tara il verita.
Joseph Calleja
Feb 26th 2012, 17:21
" the leadership contest experience of the past four weeks brought him closer to the people's everyday realities" Where was he before all this happened? He has been leading this country blind for the last eight years and now all of a sudden he gives a damn about people's everyday realities? So if Franco Debono and JPO did not wake him up from his deep sleep, we will still be ignored by our government? You can always tell when a general election is approaching because that is when politicians come to life.. How pathetic.
Mary Borg
Feb 26th 2012, 16:59
Dr Gonzi, you dont really need to have anyone set meetings for you. Just go for a stroll around Sliema and speak to the disillusioned inhabitants. What was once a 'Fortizza Nazzjonalista' in the 80's has been long forgotten, left to the mercy of the developers and contractors to be directed by a mess of a local council. This is obviously in stark contrast to Valletta, where the backbone of supporters of the most arrogant minister live. Needless to point out the funds being funnelled there, keeping the voters happy and guaranteeing re-election of possibly the individual who has singlehandedly alienated the most Nationalists outside his bastions. Luckily the PN seem to have finally realized the liability and finally will sweep him aside. However this does nothing to alleviate the Sliema residents situation.
Mauro Piscopo
Feb 26th 2012, 16:58
Tidher li riesqa l-elezzjoni ghax wara 4 snin fil-poter Dr Gonzi issa qam mir-raqda u ha jibda jisma l-poplu x'inhu jghid! In-nies fatti trid mhux hafna paroli minghajr sustanza!
city busuttil
Feb 26th 2012, 16:53
Dawn il-kummenti ta' qabel juru kemm dezisti demokrazijja f'dan il-pajjizi fil-mument. Ghall-erwieh. Kemm ahna xxurtjati li nistghu nesprimu l-fema taghna.
Kimberly Farrugia
Feb 26th 2012, 16:53
this party accuses the PL of wanting power at all costs, I wonder who is really clinging to power. This whole election has been a joke and insult to the intelligence of the people.
Dr Gonzi do not insult us anymore!
Mario Piscopo
Feb 26th 2012, 16:49
Arrogance at its best. The people were reaching out to you for the past 4 years you just ignored us now it's too late. At this point your words do not mean nothing, your actions are those that count and I'm sure in the upcoming election you will be judged on that.
Many have learnt their lesson!
John Attard
Feb 26th 2012, 16:44
Gonzi PN made a good choice that of outlining Dr Simon Busutill as his special delegate. Now we will have more chance of visitng Brussels then ever before. I truly wonder how Dr Busutill can put in so much effort unless he gives up his Brussels seat.......mela dak Joseph Muscat jew, ghal Malta L-Ewwel u qabel kollx! Minn jaf time will tell, but joking apart....if Simon Busutill accepts or has accepted this position , then he needs to be closer to home very day. This is the stark reality. Gonzi admitted that the current global and European scene has kept him away from the basic roots, the people, the heart of the people.
The only way the PN can truly come back to the core is by Dr Simon Busutill staying here in Malta day in day out. Even doing it this way might be too late in the day for the PN.
Marylyn Law
Feb 26th 2012, 16:43
"The PN was not clinging to the seat of power, but to the confidence of the people, Dr Gonzi said, to applause..."
to the confidence of the people???????? seriously!!! come on, the people should be treated better than this....if you wanted the confidence of the people you should seek that through the whole population not within your party. Do not keep taking the people for a ride!
EDWARD CUSCHIERI
Feb 26th 2012, 16:38
this farce is going too far...the people want solutions and stability. Go get your majority from the parliament now......that's what a loyal democratic Prime Minister would do!
Tardare si....Scappare No!!
Joseph Portelli
Feb 26th 2012, 16:38
kemm paroli ghandhom dawn l-istess erba laburisti li qed jikbtu hawnhekk!! Hemm differenza kbira kif il-labour ittratta kwistjoni simili fil-1998! Dakinhar Alfred Sant bl-approvazzjoni ta' Joseph Muscat baqa jiggieled ma Mintoff sakemm wasal biex bilfors kellu jsejjah elezzjoni. Il-laburisti jafu kemm George Abela ippropona soluzzjoni simili ghal din ta' Lawrence Gonzi... Imma dakinhar Alfred Sant u Jospeh Muscat webbsu rashom u hargu ghal glieda ma Mintoff. X'differenza minn Lawrence Gonzi li lest jammetti l-izbalji u jirranga. Ir-ras iebsa ta' Alfred Sant u Joseph Muscat qatt ma waslithom imkien hlief go bahh - ghax li kieku kienu huma fil-poter illum fl-2012 ghadna barra mill-Ewropa u mill-ewro u min jaf f'liema sitwazzjoni ninsabu. Imma anke llum hawn min l-interess tieghu huwa biss li jqum filghodu u jghid ghandna lil Joseph Muscat Prim Ministru (kliem joe debono grech li forsi ghad ikun ministru fl-aqwa kabinett ta' malta!)
Joseph Calleja
Feb 26th 2012, 17:32
Mr Portelli, Dr Gonzi got caught with his pants down and now he has a lot of explaining to do. I don't favour any party from another but be realistic. Politicians give you ten while they take away twenty, and they do it so cunningly that we don't even see it happening. The honoraria Pay Raise, the 500 euro a week pay raise, the freebie tickets for them and their families on Air Malta etc. If Dr Gonzi was for the people he would have asked some of his cabinet to resign. Enough said. If you want to idolize Dr Gonzi it is your prerogative, but watch what you wish for.
Mario Piscopo
Feb 26th 2012, 16:36
"Referring to the election, Dr Gonzi said the PN would not promise what could not be delivered"
haha what a joke! don't keep taking us for fools.....4 years ago you did promises which you knew perfectly well they could not be delivered!
Go in parliament and get your majority!!!!!!! that's what the people want not this farce you had yesterday!
Edward Curmi
Feb 28th 2012, 09:49
How many promises were not fullfilled?? Please remind us !
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th 2012, 16:26
The Government has known about the policies and individual issues which many people find difficult to fathom. Even considering the current global situation, government's attitude has been far from understanding to individuals' plight. Dr Gonzi must be wholly transparent. Is Dr Gonzi really going to tackle the root causes being faced by Malta and its people. We shall see, but the years if not decades of the sort of attitude being demonstrated so far by this government needs to be stopped overturned and reversed in mere months. Its a tall order, but its the only way this government will stay in power.
Jay Oatmon
Feb 26th 2012, 16:14
Cleaning up and modernising the mickey mouse courts system should be a first prirority|!
James Hili
Feb 26th 2012, 16:07
OK Mr Prime Minister start by reading the attached link and start addressing our low wage structure. Thanks
http://www.corriere.it/economia/12_febbraio_26/tabella_20036ad2-6089-11e1-aa87-12427cb0d5f0.shtml
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 26th 2012, 18:52
What do you suggest? Maybe taking it up a notch and match Portugal, or maybe a little more and match Spain or even higher and match the Celtic tiger. Or maybe do as Joey told us and inspire ourselves with Cyprus. Pity all these are facing the doldrums
Tonio Micallef
Feb 26th 2012, 15:47
Issa trid tisma n-nies dr. gonzi? Insejt li tlett snin ili tlift l-elezzjoni tal-parlament ewropew bi tkaxkira ta' 35,000 vot u l-ewwel haga li ghidt kienet li se tpoggi widnejk mal-art biex tisma n-nies? Allura x'qghadt taghmel f'dawn is-snin kollha? Fejn kont, hadd ma qallek li l-medicini dejjem out of stock? Ha tkeccih lil ministru issa? Issa sirt taf li cilindru tal-gass 18-il ewro bazwar lil kulhadd? Se tkeccih lil ministru li bazwar ir-riforma tal-gass issa? Issa sirt taf li hawm ix-xoghol prekarju fil-pajjiz u li m'ghandekx biex tiftahar fil-qasam tal-impjiegi? Allura lil min se tkecci ghar responsabbilta ta' dawn il-fallimenti li kellek tammetti illum? Min se jgorr ir-responsabbilta? Ghandek problema Dr. Gonzi. Id-diskors tal-lum ga weghdtu tlett snin ilu u lil poplu ma smajtux. Issa m'hu jemmnek HADD!
Anthony Pace Gouder
Feb 26th 2012, 14:54
''We will regain the Peoples Confidence'' & '' the people will be TOLD the situation as it stood '' said Dr. Gonzi. No more gimmicks too . ' Gonzi-talk ' is his own WORST ENEMY and downfall . The less he talks the better !
Mr Paul Borg
Feb 26th 2012, 14:38
During these recent days Dr Gonzi has proved himself that he is committed to embrace himself at all cost to the symptoms of Power. And with the most insidious kind of power, that is Power-Over. This is the power of domination and control, power that seeks to rule unilaterally. Power-over is voracious. Power-over takes what's there; it makes no distinctions between right and wrong. Power-over must expand or die. Power-over fills all vacuums, crushes the weak, extends itself wherever it can.
Politicians, such as Dr Gonzi, have a passion for Power-Over. They crave the capacity to control the lives of large numbers of people. It is their job to make us believe that they are committed to helping people, or making the world a better place, or carrying out the will of his/her constituency. In fact, such politicians, as Dr Gonzi, has but one goal: acquisition of more power.
carmelo buttigieg
Feb 26th 2012, 14:19
Yesterday Dr Gonzi was given a vote of confidence from his party members, as expected. Now he has to go to parliament and obtain the majority of MPs that he lost a month ago. If he does not regain the parliament majority then the next initiative is to go to the electorate and ask them to reconfirm him as their PM, something that he will not do until he and the PN will see that the new measures and initiatives mentioned this morning are giving the required feedback!
tony abela
Feb 26th 2012, 14:17
Nice talk Mr PM. I am sure you only listened to PN Supporters. Are u ready to listen to people who do not necessarily are PN sympathisers and maybe start appointing some of them who have the necessary capabilities on Public Boards, not jobs for the blue-eyed boys only?
m. borg (slm)
Feb 26th 2012, 14:04
Put your money were your mouth is Dr Gonzi start by reducing the electricity and water bills. Return all the extra wages you and your cabinet took from behind the people's back and redujce income tax like you promised in 2008.
No ifs or buts a man is measured by his actions not his words which could only be lies.
Edward Curmi
Feb 26th 2012, 15:51
Yes reduce water and electricity and double the deficit?? Are you blind to whats happening in the rest of Europe?? With regards to the extra wages you are referring too...didnt they stop that???
m. borg (slm)
Feb 26th 2012, 17:18
The rest of Europe?
I believe according to gonzi and his cronies we are above the rest and one step away from paradise.
Money No Problem and Flimkien Kollox Possibli, except keeping his promises or better still his LIES
m. borg (slm)
Feb 26th 2012, 14:00
"PM says leadership contest brought him closer to people's everyday realities"
So Gonzi admits that he's been living in an ivory tower and now wants to make amends, what a charlatan.
""We will be the government of the people, your government, more than ever before, and in so doing, we will regain the people's confidence," Dr Gonzi said.
In 2008 you begged the people to forgive you and you managed to worm yourself back into power. Making a fool of the people once shame on you, making a fool of the people twice shame on the people.
Hypocracy with gonzipn has no limits.
j brincat
Feb 26th 2012, 13:58
"or when he accepted within the PL people who stood accused of corruption, as in the case of Sliema"
Can Dr Gonzi be a little bit more clearer and say exactly when and where did the PL accept people accused of corruption? Who was (or were) this (or these) corrupt persons? Name them please, so that we would follow your logic!
And of ALL things to talk about corruption when EU has just published a report about corruption in Malta (not just perceived, mind you)!
But people who live in crystal palaces and who gave themselves €500 WEEKLY when the people were made to bear the brunt of successive spending sprees by the PN cannot feel the pulse of the people and know what they are saying out there!
Perhaps it not too late for the citizens and there lies a brighter horizon for the honest citizens in the not too distant future!
(jb)
Edward Curmi
Feb 26th 2012, 15:53
still with the 500eur!!! nothing new to say..considering the eur500 issue has stopped????!
Paul Giordimaina
Feb 26th 2012, 17:25
jb it seems that you got nothing of some sens to say any more .
PAUL BUSUTTIL
Feb 26th 2012, 13:56
"PM says leadership contest brought him closer to people's everyday realities" You have a short time frame to listen to what the Maltese are most irked about, its the difficulties of every day life and the inefficiencies of the Government run departments and local Councils which make every day a living hell in all spheres. One needs to live like the People with the People and do what the People do in their every day lives to truly understand what is needed to have a happy People.
John Zammit
Feb 26th 2012, 16:43
He only said that because every body is indicating a landslide against him.We are going to see a bonanza from now to election no matter what the rules of the EU says
Mark Fleri
Feb 26th 2012, 13:56
"He announced initiatives meant to put himself, ministers and the PN back at the heart of society and said the PN was determined to hear, share and deal with the people's problems, challenges and opportunities"
Does this mean giving yourelves back the 500 euros a week once you have one the next election?
You can fool some people once but not twice. Enjoy what remaining time you have left in power becuase its not long.
Edward Curmi
Feb 26th 2012, 15:56
I am sure the PL will do a great job with the same people of the pre 90's era?? Please open your eyes and compare with facts not fiction!!
Victor Laiviera
Feb 26th 2012, 13:55
In 2008, the PN organised meetings for disgruntled PN supporters at Villa Arrigo. I believe (though I stand to be corrected) that they were organised by Dr Frank Portelli. There they were promised whatever it took to make them vote PN. One guess who paid for these promises after the election.
Looks like we are in for a repeat performance - with Simon Busuttil in the role Frank Portelli played in 2008.
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 26th 2012, 13:47
The Prime Minister clearly admitted how his government is out of touch with the suffering of the people. The PM also admitted, by mentioning various examples himself, how GonziPN's social and economic policies failed to deliver. No wonder the PN Government turned into GonziPartitNegattiv. The PM's speech without any doubt clearly shows how the country is in need of a change in government and most of all in policies.
Most of the PM's speech gave full credit to Labour's criticism and how right is Dr Joseph Muscat in his analyse of the gravious situation that a great number of the population and the country are in.
The PM mentioned that some Government Departments are arrogant towards the citizens. But than the PM did not address himself to the arrogance that some of his Ministers, Parliamentary Segretaries and the rest of the clique have been exercising towards the common people. The least that the PM could have done this morning is to downgrade some of the mentioned above Government's personnal. But as always the PM is strong with the weak but weak with the strong.
Regarding the Government's Parliamentary instability by which the country is suffering. The PM absolutely had not the decency to at least make just a short note. But he stated categorically that he wants to cling to power at all cost.
John Attard
Feb 26th 2012, 16:37
Correct in all your statements, the pitiful part is that PN has now noticed it was well in the deep end and its not good news at all that They have now been awakened. As for arrogance, every MInister is always arrogant, and this goes for both sides, we were not born yesterday.....its only close to polling days that Ministers try to work on a door to door basis to garnr public support and ironically some people still open the door for them!
E. Azzopardi
Feb 26th 2012, 13:45
Start with the councils as they are ignoring the people!! And it is only the beginning.
Alex Caruana
Feb 26th 2012, 13:42
I Laugh at the Face of Stupidity!!! :))
A. Mizzi
Feb 26th 2012, 13:40
wHAT HEART?
The one Gonzi and his coterie use to vote with all of it IN PARLIAMENT so surcharges on W & E tariffs are not reduced?
You have no Heart Dr. Gonzi for us out there, you just give yourself and your coterie raises in salaries and perks and just leave us to fend for ourselves with no regard at all to the hardships we are going through even in basic needs like heating our homes, lighting ou homes and mobiliy with increase in bus fare and fuel!
We have seen the difference Dr. Gonzi with your administration, A HEARTFEELT DIFFERENCE, !
Edward Curmi
Feb 26th 2012, 15:54
Considering our european counterparts I dont we are in doing so bad?? DO YOU??
John Zammit
Feb 26th 2012, 13:37
The Gonzi is always asking what labour is going to do So at last I heard Dr.Gonzi saying that through Azad the 10 people commission (now numbering 170) enacted to help on the documents that were approved By the last general Conference.I also heard him say that he is going to meet different sections of the population To help in forming the electoral program.So understand that the PN (Not GonziPN this time) is still to prepare an election manifesto
John Attard
Feb 26th 2012, 16:46
U jekk hawn xi hadd jghidli li l-Manifest tal PL lest....allura why keep it in the cupboard. U dawn il- manifesti mhux kollha xoghol ta' erba min nies habba gozz!
John Zammit
Feb 26th 2012, 21:00
' @John Attard keeping in the cupboard until time comes my friend and and ALL members will be asked to vote for it not Just the delegates According to the amendments in the statue
Mark Piscopo
Feb 26th 2012, 13:33
Id-diskors ta' Lawrence Gonzi juri bic-car l-istrategija qarrieqa li ser juza fejn jammetti li qieghed maqtugh mil-poplu bit-taxxi ingusti li ghamel u l-kundizzjonijiet dizastruzi li mpona f'dawn l-ahhar erbgha snin u issa ser jibghat in-nies tieghu fid-djar sabiex jikkonvincuna nivvutaw lil PN u nigu "ONE PARTY STATE".
L-ewwel jahslek sew u imbaghad jixxuttak ghax tkun waslet l-elezzjoni Generali. Din id-darba LE mhux ser jirnexxielek tidhak bina ghaziz Gonzi!!
Charles Micallef
Feb 26th 2012, 13:24
Gonzi launches initiatives to put the PN back at the heart of society ...
what you say,
whatever you now do,
it is far too litlle, far too late!
Edward Curmi
Feb 26th 2012, 15:56
I am sure the Pl will make your dreams come true ..Mr Micallef!
j brincat
Feb 26th 2012, 13:22
"including the impact of gas prices in winter"
What about the impact of the atronomical increase in the price of gasl cylinders ALL the year round.
And what about the price of W & E which has stunned the nation?
(jb).
John Zammit
Feb 26th 2012, 16:39
Dr Brincat be sure he will make some gimmick to lower them just in time for election
Paul Giordimaina
Feb 26th 2012, 17:29
We are going to wait for zeppi to be in power to reduce the W & E.People should put their priority right and thel be ok.
mark borg
Feb 26th 2012, 18:05
@ Paul Giordmaina
Ghal liema Zeppi qed tirreferi ??? ghal dak ta 40 mahfra presidenzjali li tah EFA ????? tal kwalitajiet tajbin u anqas tajbin ???????
j brincat
Feb 26th 2012, 13:19
"All needed to remember that despite their sometimes contrasting views, they were all pulling at the same rope"
Unbelievable!
Does he take us all for fools!
(jb)
Mary Borg
Feb 26th 2012, 13:18
To eliminate the arrogance of a couple of ministers/ministries will already go a long way.
j brincat
Feb 26th 2012, 13:17
@Nenu Aquilina
"nifraħlek Dr Gonzi tal-fiduċJA kbira li ġiet espressa fik u fit-tmexxija tiegħek mill-Partit Nazzjonalista!"
Nen, did you expect anything different from a competition where the contenders were Dr Gonzi and himself?
But does this solve anything from the current crisis which this country is facing? Did yesterday's vote of confidence from those 'within' bring about any stability?
I think it brought more problems for GonziPN than this' one man competition' attempted to solve. The rumbling from the back is now much more louder and clearer!
But the seat of power is sublime for GonziPN!
(jb)
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 26th 2012, 17:43
@Dr J.Brincat,
Din kienet manifestazzjoni ta'demokrazija, ta kif kap ta' partit verament demokratiku jipprattika l-valuri ċivili u demokratiċi!
U mhux bħal ma għamel xi ħadd f' Malta jew jsir dak li joħlom hu bil-lejl jew jirreżenja!
Jew dan hu il-kap u l-prim ministru ta' warajja!
Jew, Issa tridu tgħidu li triduni nibqa leader, issa by SHOW OF ĦANDS, jew nitlaq!
Nistħajlek Joe Brincat tiġik l-għira għall mod inteliġenti, diplomatiku, ċivili, u demokratiku li biħ jaħdem u jopera l-partit u l-gvern Nazzjonalista!
Imma għid il-verita, ma tgħoxix b'dan?
F'dal mument mhux sublimi biss, imma huwa providenzjali għall-Malta li dak is-siġġu tal-poter qed għall GONZI PN!
Gonzi PN huwa l-baħri tajjeb u l-kaptan għaqli fi'żmien tal-maltemp kbir Dr J. Brincat!
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 26th 2012, 17:52
@Dr J.Brincat,
Din kienet manifestazzjoni ta'demokrazija, ta kif kap ta' partit verament demokratiku jipprattika l-valuri ċivili u demokratiċi!
U mhux bħal ma għamel xi ħadd f' Malta jew jsir dak li joħlom hu bil-lejl jew jirreżenja!
Jew bħal meta qal.dan hu il-kap u l-prim ministru ta' warajja!
Jew, Issa tridu tgħidu li triduni nibqa leader, issa by SHOW OF ĦANDS, jew nitlaq!
Dik kienet demokrazija Joe Brincat?
Nistħajlek Joe Brincat tiġik l-għira għall mod inteliġenti, diplomatiku, ċivili, u demokratiku li biħ jaħdem u jopera l-partit u l-gvern Nazzjonalista!
Imma għid il-verita, ma tgħoxix b'dan?
F'dal mument mhux sublimi biss, imma huwa providenzjali għall-Malta li dak is-siġġu tal-poter qed għall GONZI PN!
Gonzi PN huwa l-baħri tajjeb u l-kaptan għaqli fi'żmien tal-maltemp kbir Dr J. Brincat!
Mario Vassallo
Feb 26th 2012, 13:17
Dear Peime Minister
Disseminating ideas through AZAD and collecting citizens' views through Dr Paul Borg Olivier has been done before. What is required is concrete action and the provision of solutions. This is what is missing and what the average citizen expects. The list is truly long...
R. Theuma
Feb 26th 2012, 13:14
Dan kollu hela ta hin ! Ahjar nibdew niehdu l-voti fil-parlament !
Willie Grech
Feb 26th 2012, 13:14
"All in all, he said, the exercise showed how the PN was one, united family."
One, united family? But what about the problems in parliament? How will you solve the problems you have in parliament?
Now we know that it is not only Franco Debono that is not willing to work with Lawrence Gonzi "as Prime Minister". Now we know that another two MPs are also not quite in favour of Gonzi. JPO and Jesmond Mugliette decided not to pick up their voting document for yesterday's farce - let alone vote.
Dr. Gonzi, now it is official! Out of 35 MPs, you have the support of only 32. What will you do to assure stability within parliament?
R. Balzan
Feb 26th 2012, 13:13
After almost 5 years trampling over people and doing only what's best for the privileged blue-eyed few that can help the party get re-elected, it's now too bleeding late in the day to start talking about putting back the PN at the heart of society. it's true that people normally have short memories but not this time, Dr Gonzi,....not this time.
pat muscat
Feb 26th 2012, 13:12
More of the same empty rhetoric; resurrection of 'konsultazzjoni': why doesn't he fire the clique that has distanced him from the people? Issa f'daqqa wahda, abracadabra, sab li tbieghed mill-poplu, and what is he offering besides the usual politicking? Reasonable water and electricity bills?; reasonable gas prices? Niet, nothing, he is simple for ever blowing bubbles, blowing bubbles in the air!
Wenzu Vella
Feb 26th 2012, 13:10
The PN made a real hush of the leadership vote. You are supposed to be grownups professionals yet you are getting deeper and deeper in the hole of oblivion because you not only have lost your credibility but your soul as well.
J.C. Borg
Feb 26th 2012, 13:10
I have just finished hearing a GREAT TALK by A GREATE STATESMAN, and do not regret I have heard it all.
L-akbat injorant min ma jridx jisma'.
R. Cilia
Feb 26th 2012, 13:09
"I want to be at the heart of our society and I want the PN to be with me," Dr Gonzi said
You are four years late Dr.GonziPN
j brincat
Feb 26th 2012, 13:08
Mela fl-ahhar stenbah!
Opportunism at its very best!
(jb)
Paul Giordimaina
Feb 26th 2012, 17:38
Nothing more to say.You must have took my advice.
Salvu Attard
Feb 26th 2012, 13:04
The Joke is over Dear Lawrence
Paolo stellini
Feb 26th 2012, 12:58
it is showing clearly that pn is heading to a big defeat . Seeing the priminister saying that the polls are indicating that labour is far ahead shows directly that they are preparing people to a heavy defeat .
this shows clearly that after loosing his majority in parlament gonzi is heading to loose majority amongst the common people - so labour quite frankly are right when they say you should head this country to an election .
i think you are fooling people when you say that this is not on cause all you are interested in is simply to take the last bit out of the pockets of each and everyone of us
Terry Mifsud
Feb 26th 2012, 12:46
diskors mimli smoke u duhhan .
fl ahhar il priministru qed jammetti li il poplu mhuwiex warajh lanqas ghax mar jghidilom li il polls ukoll qed jindikaw li huma favur jospeh muscat
Priministru qed taghmel ezatt bhall John Major gewwa lingilterra li qed thares fil mera u toqoghod tghid kemm int helu fejn fi rejalta taf li inti ikrah
dal polu jixraqlu ahjar .
Saviour Aquilina
Feb 26th 2012, 13:20
Are you thinking that with Joesph Muscat Malta will be in Heaven???? Sejer Zballlllllll Habib.
John Schembri
Feb 26th 2012, 14:13
Dan il-poplu jixraqlu ahjar.....minn eks gurnalist tas-Super One li hlief gimmicks ma jbieghx!
Gonzi ghamel zbalji imma ikkoregihom fejn seta u kif seta’ fic-cirkustanzi, Dr Joseph Muscat f’naqra kunsill lokali halla kollox sejjer ghal-riehu taht ghajnejh, biex minghalih ma’ jurta lil-hadd.
Marco Galea
Feb 26th 2012, 14:18
smoke u duhhan huma l-istess haga ...
Marco Galea
Feb 26th 2012, 14:19
il-PM qed jammetti li huwa fi zvantagg, ma tridx tkun gharef, min mhux jammetti huwa Joseph tieghek li miskin ghadu jibki li huwa l-'underdog' biex jithassruh!
Dennis Zammit
Feb 26th 2012, 14:35
Aren't you living in Malta?
Dan il-Poplu jixraqlu dak li ghandu . . . . PN li jimxi 'il- quddiem u mhux lura bhal granc bhal Joseph Muscat u l-antikita' li ghandu mieghu.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 26th 2012, 12:45
Onor Prim Ministru u Kap tal-Partit nazzjonalista<
Nifraħlek Dr Gonzi tal-fiduċJA kbira li ġiet espressa fik u fit-tmexxija tiegħek mill-Partit Nazzjonalista!
Issa li din il-fiduċja hekk kbira ġiet murija b'tant appoġġ, u espessa bl-aktar mod demokratiku u ċivili,aħna lkoll, mingħajr eċċezzjoni għandna l-obligu u d-dmir li nimxu warajk u nappoġġawk f'kull ħin u kull mument!
Aħna il-membri kollha tal-Partit nazzjonalista mingħajr l-ebda eċċezzjoni, mingħajr l-ebda skuża, imma bl-akbar irġulija, għandna inkunu irġiel u nirrispettaw dan il-vot massiġġ, billi flimkien niġbdu l-istess ħabel mall-Prim Ministru Gonzi, fit-tmexxija għaqlija ta' Malta Tagħna, u fit-triq glorjuża ta' rebħa oħra Nazzjonalista!
Mela ejjew ilkoll inkunu irġiel ta' veru, nifirħu u nawguraw lill-Dr Lawrence Gonzi Prim Ministru ta' Malta, l-isbaħ xewqat, mimli Saħħa u għaqal, għall aktar suċċessi u għall aktar ġid u l-barka għall-Maltin u l-Għawdxin!
Noel Abela
Feb 26th 2012, 13:03
Bikejtni siehbi, kemm taf titkellem. Il veru bikejtni........bid-dahk!!!!!!!!! Messek spiccajt il kitba tieghek b'AMEN
c. saliba
Feb 26th 2012, 13:10
Biex nawguraw lil Gonzi immissu jaghmel vot fil-parlament u aktar fl-elezzjoni generali mhux elezzjoni fazulla wahdu nenu hi
s grima
Feb 26th 2012, 13:11
kwazi qabistli dema fl ahhar 2 versi!!!!!!!!!!!! sihbi isa naraw x se jibdel fil parlament dan il vot
m. borg (slm)
Feb 26th 2012, 14:01
Sur Aquilina tistenniex xi bonus ta' l-elogju li ghadek kif ghamilt.
Tony Mangion
Feb 26th 2012, 14:17
Prosit ghalik Karm, biex tkun lejali ikollok tibla anke dawk l-affarijiet li ma taqbilx maghhom. Demolrazija gwappa.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 26th 2012, 21:04
@Noel Abela .
Minn jaf minn ser ibikkik l-aktar wara l-elezzjoni li ġejja, minn jaf ikunx ir-riżultat li jġib Joseph, b'rebħa oħra Nazzjonaloista bil-par idejn sodi ta' Gonzi PN.
@C.Saliba,
Issa jaqtgħawlek xewqtek u jagħmlulek vot fil-parlament, u taf kemm tiskanta!
@S. Grima,Ghandhek x'iddum tistenna, għax fil-Parlament fuq l-istess naħa ser tibqgħu ma nafx għall kemm il-sena oħra, ħu paċenzja ħabib!
@ M.Borġ, Jiena mhux il-bonus nistenna, imma nistenna bħal ma ilu jistenna l-poplu Malti u Għawdxi kollu, li xi darba tal-Partit Laborista jibdew biex forsi jibdew jitgħalmu xi ħaġa, biex xi darba forsi jibdew biex jinbidlu!
Il-poplu Malti għandu raġun jibża minnkom. għax għadkom l-istess nies, bl-istess ħsibijiet u ideat koroħ tas-sebgħinijiet u t-tmeninijiet, dan ikkonfermajtu u komplejt nemmen meta smajt l-Onor Debono Grech f'San Pawl il-Baħar,u kemm ċapaptulu!
Bil-biża li ħloqtu f' pajjiżna dak iż-żmien, ma għandkomx ċans ħabib tkunu fil-gvern!
U ħa ngħidlek ħabib, aħjar tibda tinvesti f'partit ieħor, bħal partit Nazzjonalista, milli tibqa taħli l-ħin u l-ħsibijiet ta' moħħok, u tgħix f’dinja skaduta fil-Partit Laborista li ma jinbidel qatt!
@Tony Manġion,
Biex tkun leali lejn xi ħadd, l-ewwell ħaġa dan ix-xi ħadd jrid ikun kredibli,onest u jirrispettak, u mhux jipprova jidħaqq bik billi jgħidlek li ser jreħħaslek id-dawl u l-ilma meta dan huwa stess jaf li ma jistax jagħmlu, u għalekk ma jridx jgħid kif ser jagħmlu!
Qed taraw Maltin u Gawdxin kif dawn il-laboristi ma għandhomx ħila jargumentaw u għalhek jaqaw fil-ħmerijiet!
Mela allura ħsibkom hemm Maltin u Għawdxin!
Issa wara dak ir-riżultat maravijuż, ejjew ningħaqdu ilkoll familja waħda wara Dr Lawrenc Gonzi għall-rebħa oħra kbira nazzjonalista, għall ġid u barka akbar għall Maltin u l-Għaw!dxin kollha!
J Busuttil
Feb 26th 2012, 12:45
Was waiting for Gonzi to speak about his grandmother but was not disappointed as thank God he did not waste his time. Joseph Muscat I hope you heard him and have at least learnt something.
D. Xerri
Feb 26th 2012, 13:19
Maybe Learn how to play Solitaire .... :~)
At Least Carnival was extended till yesterday Saturday 25th this year thanks to Gonzi :~)
m. borg (slm)
Feb 26th 2012, 14:09
Well we did hear about Bondi's aunty Olga.
Maybe Gonzi should tell us about his illustrious uncle.
Victor Laiviera
Feb 26th 2012, 12:39
" ...he was appointing Simon Busuttil as his Special Delegate (standing ovation) to immediately, through Azad, organise meetings with every sector of the country - from youth workers to workers in the various sectors, industry, contractors and even individuals - ..."
Does this mean that Simon Busittil will resign as MEP? He can hardly do both jobs, can he?
(And by bye to any Aspirations by Mario Demarco)
Saviour Aquilina
Feb 26th 2012, 13:21
Kollok Holm Victor Laiviera
A. Schembri
Feb 26th 2012, 12:38
Purely pathetic gonzi...after 4 years you are begining to understand the problems families are facing... Quite obvoius u are scared of the following elections.
Joe Fenech
Feb 26th 2012, 12:34
Obvious - that's what parties do before an election!
joseph mifsud
Feb 26th 2012, 12:30
tghid franco debono mar jisimaw id diskors li ghamel gonzi llum.sur gonzi il vot mur hudu fil parlament u ibda ghaddi il ligijiet li hemm pendenti.mhux qed tibza tmur ghall vot fil parlament.sur gonzi qed tahli il hin.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 26th 2012, 14:07
Iva hemm kien u mistghagbin kemm hassu emozzjonat u beka, ma gembu kellu lil JPO li urieh kif ghandu jibki ghal kameras.
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