Adrian Vassallo in scathing criticism of 'dictatorial' Joseph Muscat
Labour MP Adrian Vassallo made scathing criticism of Labour leader Joseph Muscat tonight, saying he viewed an attack on him after the divorce vote in parliament as 'dictatorial'.
He also said he no longer attends meetings of the parliamentary group because the group is simply a 'rubber stamp' of what the leader wants, although he admitted that his disenchantment started when then Labour leader Alfred Sant did not appoint him to a party committee discussing the policy against drugs.
Dr Vassallo, who has announced he will not stand for the forthcoming election, said that Dr Muscat has still not spoken to him since he informed him in writing on March 25 that he would not seek re-election.
"He does not even look at me in Parliament," Dr Vassallo told interviewer Lou Bondi on Bondi +
Dr Vassallo said there had been several occasions, even before other elections, when he considered bowing out because he did not consider Parliament conducive of his attitude of plain talking, but people eventually managed to convince him stand.
This time, he said, he was led to decide against seeking re-election because of the divorce issue.
Dr Vassallo sneered at the claim that the PL had no position in favour of divorce and said one only needed to see how the party acted in practice, especially how its station presented the news with Evarist Bartolo (one of the leaders of the Divorce Movement) also the head of news.
He complained of a campaign against him as soon as he declared his opposition to divorce. The only time he was invited to a PL television programme, he said, he was booed by a hall full of Labourites who then applauded Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, in what he viewed as a stage managed event.
He recalled that after the 'Yes' camp won the referendum Dr Muscat had said that MPs could abstain or vote in favour (of divorce). Just before the vote in parliament, Dr Vassallo said, he had asked deputy leader Anglu Farrugia whether they really had a free vote, because he intended to vote against anyway. Dr Farrugia could not give him an answer, but consulted Dr Muscat and came back to tell him he had a free vote.
He had then voted against.
Immediately after that, Dr Muscat, publically in front of the media, declared that that he had to 'face the consequences'.
Dr Vassallo said supporters interpreted this as meaning that he had acted against the party and they, therefore should not vote for him.
He said he had never expected that sort of attack.
"To insult and attack on TV a standing MP who had been comfortably elected, just for having voted against divorce in a situation where he was told he had a free vote does not reflect being a moderate, but it smacks of communism or dictatorship. Maybe it was a spur of the moment thing, but a year has passed and nothing has happened," Dr Vassallo said.
He said he had been very hurt. It was as if there weren't Labourites who were against divorce and expected their views to be defended in parliament as well.
"I never did anything against the party, I always stood by what there was in the electoral programme, and I did not do the sort of things that Franco Debono or Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando are doing (in the PN)" Dr Vassallo said.
He said he was completely sidelined by the party. He was not invited to its TV programmes.
Reacting to a comment by Mr Bondi about Cyrus Engerer having been admitted to the party while he was sidelined, Dr Vassallo said "He (Dr Muscat) attacked me in that way, on a matter of conscience and then he defended Cyrus by saying that his pending court case is something personal."
Dr Vassallo said that two weeks before he wrote to Dr Muscat, he wrote to the secretary of the party executive, telling her of his intentions not to contest. She did not reply. Dr Muscat also did not reply, but two days after the letter was sent, party whip Joe Mizzi called him from Uganda (where he was on parliamentary business) telling him that Dr Muscat had urged him to reconsider.
Dr Vassallo said he told him that Dr Muscat could tell him that himself. But he never spoke to him.
In his interview Dr Vassallo reiterated his opposition to IVF and gay partnerships, among other issues.
When his poor record of attendance in parliament was pointed out to him, Dr Vassallo replied that MPs could enter the chamber for a few seconds and be considered present. He went less often, but then stayed longer when the debates were about subjects which he followed.
He also said that in his view, the way the PL and the PN were acting was not much different from each other.
The PN made itself out to be 'holy' but then allowing the opening of strip clubsand gaming parlours and the number of single parents had soared. For the PL, everyone had the right to do as he liked. These, he said, were not rights, because no one had a right to harm society.
He said the PL had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and then we'll see'.
He was interested in the principles of the party, he said, and he was against the way parties offered everything to everyone. They should adopt positions and let the people chose them if they agreed.
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Joe Fenech
May 14th 2012, 22:25
How on earth could a doctor be against IVF?
cesco di luigi
May 13th 2012, 19:57
if I was leader of the PL, or any party for that matter I would not allow anybody to contest the elections unless they attended a minimum of 70 % of parliamentary sittings. SO Dr Vassallo will take his pension though not having attended most parliamentary sittings but his conscience will be clear cos he voted against divorce!! TAjba!
ray alamango
May 12th 2012, 17:13
The problem is that Dr Adrian Vassallo is still living in the sixties. Dr Vassallo is not realizing that the state and the church are not the same, both of them have its own agenda to implement and I think that it confused Dr Vassallo. Voting yes for divorce in parliament made him in discomfort. The truth is that at moment our parliament is already having such difficulties with F.Debono and the Prime Minister; the people are fed up with them. So parliamentarians like Dr Vassallo should make way for others, because the story always repeats itself. From here we thank Dr Vassallo for his contribution and wish him good luck.
Marie Benoit
May 12th 2012, 14:18
I do not know Dr Adrian Vassallo personally but I get the impression that he is a conscientious medical doctor. So it is best for him and the Labour Party that he dedicates himself entirely to medicine and looking after his ex-constituents and others in his area of practice.
Why should Dr Muscat have anything to say to him once Dr Vassallo has decided not to contest the next election? Dr Vassallo is conservative to the extreme and therefore there is no place for him in the Labour Party which is a liberal party. It seems to me he did not feel comfortable when Dr Sant was leading the LP and now he is stamping his feet as he doesn't like Dr Muscat either. Perhaps he would have been content had Dr Abela, now President, led the LP. But that is never going to happen now. Perhaps he should join the President on his mission to Peru since he is so fond of him. The Labour Party does not need disgruntled and unhappy adherents. So, allow me to wish all the best to Dr Vassallo in his work as a medical man and say goodbye to him as an MP - with the LP. He is free to cross the floor if he so wishes. But is he going to be happy with a party which apart from anything else encourages gambling parlours of all kinds?
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
May 12th 2012, 20:55
I always thought that the very essence and core values of the PL is that of a socialist party for social justice and equality. I strongly believe that all those who subscribe to these values have a place in the PL including AV and others who might have conservative religious beliefs dissimilar to the humanist values of some of us. This is the sort of liberal socialist views I subscribe to. Am I getting it all wrong? I hope you are not saying that the PN belongs to Gonzi and the PL to Muscat . Otherwise we will be perpetuating the GonziPN and Partit Mintoffjan myths and aberrations.
Anthony Schembri adami
May 25th 2012, 14:09
Mr Leone Ganad0 ,you are correct in all counts. This was Dr Boffa's belief though he was popularly ousted by Mintoff.
c p agius
May 12th 2012, 11:08
@ j brincat
Not sure from where to start but as a minimum the list should include all those PL MPs who campaigned against the divorce referendum, those who opposed EU membership and those who want to send refugees to hell......
Anthony Scicluna
May 12th 2012, 08:55
@Eddy Privitera
Basta b'hafna argumenti discorsi pseudo-serji u innorportuni, tirrikorri ghal hammalati! :
"bil-pipi niezel ma saqajhom"
Jekk m'ghandu xejn Jospeh Muscat, ma jirrokorriex ghal kliem baxx biex jghid l-opinjoni tieghu. Imma 'Old School" ta Mintoff tibqa' u ghallhekk il-poplu jibzgha
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
May 12th 2012, 00:08
Dittatorjat u kommunist! Dittorjat meta xi hadd jimponi jew jipprova jimponi it-twemin tieghu kif ipprova jaghmel Vassallo. Kommunist ukoll? Meta ghax baqa' fil-partit? Milli jidher Vassallo ma jaf xejn fuq il-kommunizmu. Fl-ahhar mill-ahhar hu tabib biss u mhux xi xjenzat politiku. Niskanta kif nies bhalu jispiccaw fil-parlament! Vera parlament tal-Mickey Mouse.
Joe Xuereb
May 11th 2012, 23:48
May I draw attention to a side of this matter that had a parallel only a few months ago.
One American ambassador to Malta had his tenure as ambassador cut short because he was spending time reading his holy book when he should have been ambassading. Adrian Vassallo's presence at parliamentary sessions was conspicuous by his absence. He was being paid for not attending. And what is this I read that hunting(and killing birds) being his hobby? I hope to god he was not pursuing his hobby when he was supposed to be sitting in Parliament talking about how he could improve the average Maltese's sorry lot.
Man may not live by bread alone but these two are having a jolly good bash at it, I have to say.
Andre Cilia
May 11th 2012, 22:52
How I love Labour moaners eat their own words...
When FD shouted out his disapproval, and PN supporters (some of which one may also call moaners) went all out against him, the PL supporters (their names crop up far to commonly not to recognise) went berserk against them...
suddenly history repeats itself... on the other side...
Laughable? very....
Andrew Cumbo
May 11th 2012, 19:00
Dear Lou Bondi, you are still far of bringing the two programmes on level terms. Franco Debono’s program was more credible than this one. And I will not be surprised to try and make another program to target your aim. Dr. Vassallo don’t expect us to believe what you said, as you are the one that have been out of the scene nearly a year now when you freely stated that you are against the divorce, and before this time you only spoke about hunting issues as this is your hobby that I have nothing to deplore. For me that you have the most absenteeism in Parliament and in the PL Parliamentary group you are not realistic. Others that were of same ideas in the party, and had expressed themselves the same like you, are still working in the PL without problems. So the problem is you...only you.
VINCENT WILLIAMS
May 11th 2012, 18:29
Dr Adrian Vassallo (PL), Dr Franco Debono (PN), Architect Jesmond Mugliett (PN) and Dentist Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando (PN). Beside other PN Member of Parliament who openly criticised GonziPartitNegattiv's various policies. Should form a new political party for the benefit of the people and the country.
Francis Saliba M.D.
May 11th 2012, 17:02
Dr Adrian Vassallo's correct and loyal behaviour to his party in parliament when he was at odds with it, and many, many years previously, Dr J Micallef Stafrace equally correct comportment when he disagreed with Mintoff's treatment of his ministers, should be a salutary lesson to people like Dr Franco Debono in the present situation.
Alfred Falzon
May 14th 2012, 21:18
So Dr Franco Debono who is a thorn in GonziPN hardliners' side should learn from another thorn in the PL's side!!
What logic is this?!!
Both should be commended for refusing to toe the Party line like many of your ilk are doing!!
Alfred A. Falzon
Jonathan Caruana
May 11th 2012, 16:03
Lou Bondi succeeded in trapping Dr Vassallo to give a picture that not everything is so rosy within the PL. Dr Vassallo, we're living in the 21st century not in Dante's time!
Andy Farrugia
May 11th 2012, 20:32
What gives you the impression that you would be able to understand Dante? Hilarious!
Tony Agius
May 11th 2012, 15:57
As I said some time ago , the cracks within the Labour Party are Much and Much bigger than the cracks within PN , and this is just one of at least seven , some of them can be identified if you dig in properly , but some others , it is not so easy because they really know how to hide their disgruntlement in most of the time , but NOT all the time . I never thought that Dr Vassallo will be the first one to explode , because I KNOW OTHER LABOUR MP,s , who are highly strung persons , AND ARE BADLY HURT , but they are waiting for the right time before the burst . Believe it or not is not a problem for me , you just wait and see .
Joseph Bugeja
May 11th 2012, 15:50
Figures speak for themselves: From 2004 to 2010.
Parliament sessions 883 Absent 395 Attended 310
Joseph Calleja
May 11th 2012, 15:01
You sound like a one man trumpet for Dr Vassallo. As an MP, Adrian Vassallo had a choice to make and he made it. Everybody is entitled to fight for what he believes, but that does not make everybody else wrong. I think that most of the MPs opting not to run for office again is because they lost their Freebie Tickets for them and their families on Air Malta. No more Free Upgrades to Business Class? And to top it off, the PM took away some of that hard earned money away from them. Give us all a break. Some people have no business being in politics. Maybe Adrian Vassallo was too nice to be in politics. How pathetic?
Nikhail Karl Spiteri
May 11th 2012, 14:56
DR Vassallo nahseb jien li qed tahkum naqra biza u tenzjioni. dan ghaliex fuq id-disteti li hu jikkontesta hirgien nies ta stoffa kbira u dan kollha ghal l-ewwel darba . Miniex nghidli dawk li kien hemm ma ghamlux xogholhom sewwa anzi napperzza kull sekonda coghol li dawn ghamlu . Izda dan qed jitkellem hekk ghax qed jider bic-car li Dr. Vassallo ma qabilx ma dhul tad-divorzju . Hawn nghidlu ghandek kull dritt li ma taqbiex u ma jinteressaniex ghal liema raguni, imma dawk li persuni li ghandhom verament bzonnu xthilhom ?? Jekk jogbok thammiex lil DR Muscat u tiprova tilghba li int ma ghandekx postok f dan li partit ghax mhux vera . Yes the Labour Party is a Moderat u progressiv u mhux oppozijioni biss
John Zammit
May 11th 2012, 14:56
I never pretended to hear the words Dr.Vassallo said yesterday regarding Dr.Muscat, As far as I am aware when Dr.muscat spoke he referred to the Prime Minister not to any other member.And Dr. Vassallo knows well about it. Another thing worth mentioning is that the PL group meets every Monday at 2.00pm did he ever attend
Joe Vassallo Ebejer
May 11th 2012, 14:38
So what’s Dr. Vassallo’s problem.
He hardly ever attended Parliament, though I am assuming he always took the remuneration that goes with it, and the very generous pension...he is obviously unhappy with the direction Labour has taken, and has realised that he is not an asset, not to Labour, not to those who voted for him, nor to the Maltese in general.
At the end of the day, the guy is disappointed because Joe Muscat did not go down on his knees and beg him to stay – I think Joe Muscat did the right thing.
m. borg (slm)
May 11th 2012, 14:38
"When his poor record of attendance in parliament was pointed out to him,..........." where is your conscience, what sort of christian morality do you practice accepting being paid for not attending parliament.?
He who rides a high horse can have a bigger fall than others.
William Caligari
May 11th 2012, 14:33
Nittama li l-gimgha diehla, naraw f'Bondi+ lill kap tal-L.P. iwiegeb fuq dak kollhu li ntqal.Sal-lum
ma nghidx xejn,ghalija kollhu zero,hsiebni li ergajna wassalna biex imorru nivvotaw mil-gdid ghad-divorzju!!
Ghalfejn wara dawn ix-xhur kollhu, tfaccat il-kwistjoni mil-gdid? din il-haga,ghalija 1 plus 1=2 .
Certi programme fuq it-T.V., isiru sabiex jimghlew il-hin,mil-pqija bahh!!!!!!
m. borg (slm)
May 11th 2012, 14:33
Adrian gonzipn is in dire need of a majority, no hard feelings if you cross the floor, anyway you would be in good company and maybe would be admitted into the clikka and form part of the oligarchy.
Edward Curmi
May 13th 2012, 12:34
Are u sure Pl still in the lead?????
Kurt Mifsud
May 11th 2012, 14:22
Dictatorial min ivvota kontra r-rizultat tar-referendum Dr Vassallo! Dictatorial min ma dak li ma jaqbilx mieghu hu ma jridux li jkun ta ghazla ghal min hu ta fehma differenti. Hadd ma jobbligak tuzah id-divorzju Dr Vassallo imma nies bhalek riedu jobbligaw lill-haddiehor biex ma juzahx.
Alex Falzon
May 11th 2012, 15:02
Allura skond inti... li jiena Nazzjonalist u ghal programm elettorali li gej l-PN jiddeciedi illi fil-programm tieghu jinkludi l-Abbort u gay marriage fost l-ohrajn... jien fuq il-kuxjenza se nimxi jigifieri ma nivvutax
Steve Pace
May 11th 2012, 20:02
@Alex Falzon - Il fatt li qieghed issemmi l'abbort fl istess kuntest u argument juri kemm Il Kuxjenza tieghek ghandha ftit tahwid sinjur. - Jien Nazzonalist kont , Gonzi mar kontra il-volonta tal-magoranza tal poplu. Haseb li ir referendum qatt ma kien se jaghdi, u fil fatt ghamlu biex bhal Pilatu jahsel idejh mir-responsibilita. - Referendum fuq l'abbort m'hemmx hsieb tieghu u mil l'ebda partit . Izda li kieku issir u jghadi ghalkemm jien bhalek ma naqbilx mieghu , min qieghed fil parlament irrid joqoghod ghal dak li il maggoranza trid. Jekk ma joghgbux , jew jirrezenja jew ahjar minn hekk ma jaghmilx referendum fuq xi haga li ma jabilx maghha hu stess ! Jekk jghamel referendum u ma jimxiex skond ir rieda tal poplu ikun qieghed jigverna bhal ditattur !
F. Pisani
May 11th 2012, 14:07
What what what? And What again? Eee GonziPN and.............................Joseph the Dictator? Will MLP Sympathisers Still mock PN With GonziPN? A Maltese saying goes like this
"jekk il Gemel jara hotobtu.....Jaqa u immut Zoptu!!!!!"
Thanks Adrian Vassallo, for showing the true Nature of the Dictator.
Stanley Iles
May 12th 2012, 07:44
This government has failed and ran out of ideas!!!. That is the most important issue at present. Parliament is a joke and now we can all watch the show on the net.Do you all here think that this country is still democratic?..This government has been deviating from his electoral program and promises from day 1.I am sure that no nationalist supporter ever voted for massive cost of living increase, water and electric bills, implementing the Valletta project without having the funds, failed health service, the Franco Debono story, etc . etc.. Please everybody wake up and face todays reality. The country needs to get its act together.
RENO SALIBA
May 11th 2012, 14:01
Lit-tabib Vassallo ilni nafu bħala klijent tiegħu 25 sena u nista' ngħid li hu bniedem ta' stoffa, raġel fuq l-irġiel u dejjem jara kif ser jgħin u jaqdi lill-klijenti tiegħu bla ma jabbuża minnhom, imma bl-akbar onesta' u mħabba dejjem għader lill-pazjenti tiegħu. Bniedem li tieħu gost tikellem miegħu, anke fl-oqsma li ma taqbilx miegħu, u kienu bosta minnhom, mingħajr bżonn li nsemmi, madanakollu kapaċi jħaddem id-demokrazija fil-prattika. Nies bħalu ssibhom fuq kull naħa u ħasra li qegħdin jintilfu. Forsi din turi dekadenza soċjali, fejn it-tajjeb jitwarrab u l-ħażen jirrenja.
Lit-tabib Vassallo ma nistgħux inqabbluh ma' każijiet oħra, għax hu m'għandu l-ebda ambizzjoni u dejjem nafu bi bniedem modest għall-aħħar. Forsi għalhekk ittarraf sakemm kellu jwarrab. L-akbar mistoqsija li rridu nagħmlu hija, x'inhu jiġri mis-soċjeta' Maltija_?? Fejnhom il-valuri??? Għaliex nies bħal dawn jingħataw il-ġenb? Il-modestja hija l-akbar virtu, u bħalissa neqsin minn dan bil-bosta. Malta għandha bżonn nies ta' prinċipju li jafu min huma, fejn sejrin u fejn iridu jaslu. Ħasra li llum il-makkjavellisti qegħdin joktru, fejn l-għan aħħari jiġġustifika l-mezzi li jintużaw, anke jekk ngħaffġu fuq l-oħrajn.
Nagħlaq billi nsellem lit-tabib Vassallo u nies bħalu fuq kull naħa, li dejjem imxew fuq il-binarju tas-sewwa, forsi r-raġun ma jieħdux illum, imma jgħaddu s-snin u nintebħu, jaf ikun tard wisq. Nittama li le.
Ramon Casha
May 11th 2012, 13:52
Dictatorial? Didn't Adrian Vassallo say he'd prefer to live in Iran? Maybe he would find Ahmedinejad more accommodating.
M Grima
May 11th 2012, 13:40
The PN sympathisers have finally got the chance to voice their opinion on a petty issue raised by Dr. Vassallo. Mind you, I don't blame them, they have been heavily suffering for these last 12 months on issues which are far more disturbing than the ones uttered by Dr. Vassallo. They have had to put up with the likes of Franco Debono, JPO, Mugliett, and Arrigo and their allegations over GonziPN and 'il hbieb tal-hbieb'. Now, that Dr. Vassallo has started the fire the indians are dancing around it. PN standsfor pathetic nonsense.
Roderick Cristina
May 11th 2012, 14:41
yeah...but i remind you that this week the PN celebrated 25 years in Goverment! which means 25 years in opposition for your party...the PL! :)
paul fava
May 11th 2012, 13:20
Dr. Adrian Vassallo is right. or it was a free vote or it was not!! Prima facie the PL leader should be ashamed of himself. I like many others will not vote for the PL if Dr. Vassallo does not contest the next general elections.
Alfred Vassallo
May 11th 2012, 15:36
You never voted for the pl so just shut up.....and we don't want the likes of Dr. Vassallo. Good riddance all the way....BTW give back your unearned parliamentary wage before leaving...if you are man enough, because as the saying goes ''Money talks all else walks.
Angelo Vassallo
May 11th 2012, 13:10
@ Ray Azzopardi
one comment to this Ray Azzopardi. Hope he is not the one at super one.
"Dan biss huwa t-terrimot intern? Il-qtugh ir-ras ta' Adrian Vassallo? Din biss hija l-bidla interna li joseph hass li kellu jaghmel? Il-qtugh ir-ras ta' Adrian Vassallo?
X'bidliet bżonnjużi ghamel joseph? Biddel il-bandiera? Ghamel gallarija fic-centru nazzjonali lejburista biex johrog ixejjer lill-partitarji? Sparixxa ghal kollox u min kullimkien l-kulur ahmar u issa anki qed jilbes ingravati BLU? Idendlu l-bandiera ta' l-Ewropa fid-9 ta' Mejju mal-kazini taghhom (tal-Belt zgur) biex jghidulna li issa huma Ewropej?
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 13:23
"X'bidliet bzonnjuzi ghamel josepjh?" staqsa Angelo. Bidel il-partit f''' ' forza tremenda li Lawrence Gonzi u l-klikka li ghandu madwaru, bil-pipi niezel ma saqajhom ghax qed jaraw is-siegha li l-poplu jghatihom il-bonservita, riesaq gmielu. U Alla biss jaf kemm se jinstabu skeletri jintnu fl-armarji ta' GonziPN !!!
Nicholas Borg
May 11th 2012, 13:55
You are so right. Where are the promised changes when we see old faces from their shameful and hated past still on the forefront of labour?
Tommy Vella
May 11th 2012, 16:13
@ Eddy Privitera.
Tgħoddx il-flieles qabel ma jfaqqsu!
Il-kumment tiegħek qed ifakkarni fl-iskeletri li fittixtu fl-armarji ta' Dr Cachia Zammit fis-sebgħinijiet. Tista' tgħidli x'sibtu dakinhar?
James Portelli
May 11th 2012, 13:06
Just an observation which, I hope, does not draw too much criticism from the main stream up and coming open minded generation.
It seems that to be white, Catholic, happily married or celebate is to be part of a decreasing minority. The larger parties would probably soon set up a diversity group within them to cater for this minority in the same way that groups have been set up within parties to focus on gay, lesbian and/or transgender members. Either that or the two large parties have become so open minded that - in the words of Chesterton - their brains have fallen out!
Would it make sense that members such as Dr. A. Vassallo, Dr. Austin Gatt, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi and other like-minded MPs detach themselves from the old guard (both parties are by now too heavily polarised towards the middle and both similarly accommodating to tell the difference between them anyway!) to form a movement that would truly represent the interests of Catholics. Any one else is already catered for by the larger parties or Alternativa and a multi-party system would ensure that party is singularly strong to forge a meaningful alliance with the Curia ... something that some factions of the electoral still fathom as possible under the current 2-party oligarchy.
Just a thought!
JJ Agius
May 11th 2012, 13:02
I am not against Divorce! Not much different from before!But I think Dr .Adrian Vassallo was right in saying nationalists are holy than issue permis for all these gambling places where many loose all their monies which leads to separation & divorce or Broken Families. The doctor once told me that when the Super 5 is high,he is not busy. !! the grocers say that their buissness go down too. I was anti mintoffian but to be fair to him, many only mention the bad things & forget how he brought the majority of the Maltese out of Poverty.
Gaming machines were against the law & Maltese under 25 were not let in at the Casino. I started buissness when he was in power & to be fair you use to be left with 95c from each Lm. earned. To day you are lucky if you are left with 5c from every euro earned.But than being a nationalist you can Criticise your own government whilst being a labour you cannot .
J.J.Agius
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 13:30
If you are a nationalist MP and criticize GonziPN, nobody will shut your mouth, but you have not one chance in a million of getting elected ! This is what had happened to one of the best ever PN MPs, Dr. Mario Felice, just because he accepted to take a document from Dom Mintoff to the U:S: Government where he was going ! They had HUMILIATED HIM in the election by just giving him around 500 votes, when he used to be easily elected!
JJ Agius
May 11th 2012, 16:02
@eddy privitera
Agree!! that's why one should say good where is good & bad where is bad!!!Both Parties did good & bad for the Island .Both Parties Lie!! So Every one should voice his opinion on his conscience including MP's.
Malta would fare better if a Party does not throw in a bin the good the previous party has done.You named Felice I name De Marco .He was the one that worked hardest for Malta to go into Europe. When all the hard work was done he was given the role of President so the Prime Minister went to Greece to sign.
J.J.Agius
Mike Abbot
May 11th 2012, 13:01
He could only follow 10% of the countries affairs and his excuse boils down to 'everyone else is doing it, at least i'm not lying about it'
his other excuse is (taken from a previous report by ToM) “My conscience is clean because I dedicate a lot of time to meeting constituents. I have not let them down,” Dr Vassallo said when asked to justify his absence from Parliament.
What's the point of meeting people if you are not going to truly represent them in parliament? Or does only 10% of what parliament discusses effect Dr Vassallo's constituents.
Angelo Vassallo
May 11th 2012, 12:54
@ M Busuttil
Ghaziz poplu Malti ghadkom ma ndunajtux li din ta' Adrian Vassallo tghathom hafna gewwa lill-lejburisti? Hasbu li l-hama taghhom mhux ser jitla fil-wicc bhal dak ta' haddiehor. Dawn hasbu li ser jibqghu jkarkru bi Franco Debono sakemm jaqa` l-gvern imma issa ndunaw li joseph webbilhom ghal xejn. Ilna minn Jannar nisimghu bi Franco Debono li ser iwaqqa` lill-gvern.
Issa tajjeb li nisimghu bil-promlemi interni tal-lejburisti. Dawn ma tbiddlux ghaliex wiehed minnhoim stess ghajjarhom "dittaturi" u "komunisti". Ghal li jista jkun, inti ma tarahx is-super one? Kont rajtu l-programm Affari Taghna dwar id-divorzju, kif gabuh ziebel dakinhar lil Adrian Vassallo? Taghkom stess kienu dawn.
Busu, LA VERITA` OFFENDE
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 13:15
Mur obsor li GonziPN qed jahseb li sab salvauomo fi bniedem li tghix kemm kienu irridikolawh meta qal li lset imur jghix gewwa l-Iran u mhux jibqa jghix f'Malta (allura taht GonziPN) !!! Jghidu li min ikun qieghed jeghreq jaqbad ukoll ma tibna !
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 13:17
Angelo, dalwaqt ikollna l-vot fuq il-ministru Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici. Mhux ahjar taraw kif se tirrangaw ma Franco Debono qabel it- 30 ta' Mejju ???
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 14:20
@Angelo Vassallo: Ara veru ma tafx x'int tghid. Jekk ma tafx JM ilu jghid li dal- gvern sa l-ahhar minuta se jaghmel hemm u biex hadd ma jahseb li gejja elezzjoni qabel. Tiftakru l-billboard ta' Gonzi mwahhal mas-siggu tal-poter. Jigifieri dak li qed tghid kollu vojt u bla sens ghax int tara media blu biss.
Tant hu komunista l-PL li min ried jivvota kontra hekk ghamel inkluz AV. Il-problema hi li ma jistax ikun li jkollok xi hadd fil-parlament li ma jigbidx l-istess linja tal-partit ghax bhal PN fil-Gvern jigrilek, tibda timxi bl-iskossi u tohloq l-incertezza kif hawn bhalissa.
U mela issa d-diska l-gdida tan-nazzisjonalisti se jkunu: Il-PL komunisti u dittaturi u se jsemmu l-bicca li vvintaw tal-Korea. Dan kollu ghax Adrian Vassallo qal hekk. Halluna.
Kevin Marks
May 11th 2012, 12:53
Good Programme yesterday cos you have to see both faces of the coin.....So who s next Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando Mr Bondi?
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 12:51
Jekk Asruian Vassallo ried ikellem lil DR. Joseph Muscat kull ma kellu jaghmel jew imur il-parlament u jmur ikellmu, jew imur ic-Centru Nazzjonali. Mela suggetti importanti tiddiskutihom mal-mexxej tieghek bl-ittri ??!!!
P. Ciantar
May 12th 2012, 14:04
you said differently on Franco hux what a joke
Carmelo Aquilina
May 11th 2012, 12:33
Given Dr Vassallo said he would rather live in Iran he should not complain that he is not allowed to follow his conscience - after all he's been pretty good at interfering in our own private lives - god speed Dr Vassallo!
Nicholas Borg
May 11th 2012, 12:20
Now we have it from someone from someone on the inside of the party:
"He said the PL had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and then we'll see'."
We knew it all along! How can we ever trust the PL to run the country...incredible!
Angelo Vassallo
May 11th 2012, 12:04
@ Norman E Grech
X'taghmlu? fl-2013 ser ikun Ilkom 25 sena nieqes 22 xahar fl-oppozizzjoni, xi haga impossibbli li taghmlu hames snin ohra?
GonziPN irid jinzel zgur fis-sena 2013 u mhux issa kif taghkom l-impressjoni joseph. Imma wara din ta' Adrian Vassallo, GONZIPN jista` wkoll jerga jitla`. Ghal kull niezla hawn telgha jghidu, ninzlu u nergghu niltighu. GONZIPN.
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 13:11
Daqstant ilu pajjizna - 25 sena nieqes 22 xahar - immexxi minn GVERN KORROTT !
m. borg (slm)
May 11th 2012, 14:32
Imma meta tkun qbadt ir-rankatura tan-niezla bhal gonzipn xejn ma jwaqfek.
Tommy Vella
May 11th 2012, 16:26
@ Eddy Privitera
Meta aħna mmexxijin minn GVERN KORROTT (skont int) għamilna 'l quddiem passi ta' ġgant u meta konna mmexxijin minn gvern (skont int) onest morna lura aktar mill-granċi.
Tista tfissierieli din?
Tommy Vella
May 11th 2012, 16:46
@ Eddy Privitera
L-aħħar mistoqsija kellha tkun: "Tista' tfissirhieli din?"
Skużawli l-iżbalji, frott tal-għaġġla.
Joseph Brincat
May 11th 2012, 11:57
PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID ANY MORE !!!!
First they voted in Parliament in favor of a referendum
so the people decide , then after you vote AGAINST the will of the people !!!
sorry we do not want PEOPLE like you represent us in parliament !!!!
Joseph Portelli
May 11th 2012, 12:48
sur joseph brincat kemm tirraguna!!! 53% tal-poplu vvota iva u 47% tal-poplu vvota LE! Jista dawk l-eluf kollha li vvutaw le xi hadd isemma lehinhom fil-parlament??!! Prosit Adrian Vassallo - kellna bzonn kellna iktar politici bhalek!
Joseph Brincat
May 11th 2012, 13:42
Joseph Portelli
I feel sorry for you but read my comment
again ,again & again and you will learn something !!!!!
Dominic Chircop
May 11th 2012, 11:35
This is just great !! Dr Adrian Vassallo wants the PL in bed with the Curia, just like the PN !!!
Marianne Tabone
May 11th 2012, 12:17
U ajma hallina trid? Mal-Kurja ghax jemmen li d-divorzju jgib il-hsara? Jew skont int kull min kien u ghadu kontra l-introduzzjoni tad-divorzju m'ghandux dritt jghid l-opinjoni tieghu? Jien kontra d-divorzju ghax rajt b'ghajnejja l-hsara li jgib (meta kien ghadu ma dahalx u xi nies kienu jpoggu ma' haddiehor li ma kienx zewghom jew marthom). Tfal b'zewg papajiet jew zewg mamajiet jew tnejn minn kull wiehed! U dan meta ma kienx hawn l-ghazla tad-divorzju! U mbaghad fuq kollox jekk bniedem jemmen li d-divorzju mhix ghazla ghan-nisrani din xi haga li thammarlek wiccek? Fuq kollox kien Gesu stess li qal li dak li ghaqqad Alla ebda bniedem ma jista' jhollu! U la Adrian Vassallo, la jien u anqas il-Knisja ma qalu dan id-diskors. Allura nixtieq nissuggerilek biex thalli lil kulhadd jahsibha kif irid u kif ihoss minghajr ma thoss il-bzonn li tkun insolenti! Issa l-ligi tad-divorzju ghaddiet u suppost tkun kuntent int u dawk bhalek. Iz-zmien jaghtina parir!!
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 13:10
KIeku Alla qal dak il-kliem, kieku z-zwieg lanqas il-qassisin ma jholluh ! J'Alla qatt ma jkollok bzonn dan id-dritt civini, ghax imbaghad taf kif tibdel fehmtek, bhal ma bidluha eluf kbar meta l-problema ta' zwieg imfarrak laqtet il-familja taghhom !!!
ANTHONY PAVIA
May 11th 2012, 11:28
I was of the opinion that dinosaurs had been extinct for quite some time.
Dominic Chircop
May 11th 2012, 11:47
Dr Vassallo, although I do not agree with him, is definitely entitled to his views. But he should not take exception at the remark that everyone is answerable for his actions. This is true. Being a nationalist party voter on the 10th district, I will vote only for those PN cadidates who, at every stage of the divorce debate, were always in favour. Those who abstained at a later stage will definitely not have any of my preferences. And I earnestly hope that like minded liberal PN voters do the same, come the next general election.
M Busuttil
May 11th 2012, 11:27
Ghaziz poplu ghadkom ma ndunajtux li infethu il-kanuni ta TVM fuq il-PL biex nibdew inhejju it-triq ghal-elezzjoni u kemm jista jkun tigi minsija t-tghajjira kbira li qala Lawrence Gonzi din il gimgha fil-parlament minghand Franco Debono.
L-ewwel Bondi +, umbad TVAM, next Xarabank illejla programm fuq Dom Mintoff.....kulhadd irid jibza ghal hobza ta kuljum!!
Pauline Busuttil
May 11th 2012, 11:39
Sur M Busuttil, kemm tweggak il-verita ux........ Fuq TVM tisma l-opinjonijiet ta' kullhadd u ma hemmx kuluri. Dak kien zmien iehor u Alla hares nergaw nigu fih. Jekk ma joghgbokx aqliblu fuq l-istazzjoni li kull ma jghid joghgbok. Thats all.....
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 12:49
Pauline Busuttil fuq TVM m'hemmx kuluri ? Min imexxi TVM ma tafx x'kulr hu, possibbli ? Daqs kemm meta Xandir Malta kien immexxi minn Toni Pellegrini mhux kullhadd kien jaf x'kulur hu !!! U min imexxi l-Kamra tal-Ahbarijiet, ukoll ma tafx x'kulur hu ??? Ma smajtx lil FRanco Debono jghid li TVM ILLUM hu aghar minn meta kien immexxi minn Toni Pellegrini ??!!!!
josephine CACHIA
May 11th 2012, 11:24
Dr Vassallo qal xi haga li veru ,u bqajt nahseb fuqha...PN jejdu li jimxu ma certu Valuri u fil fatti xorta jaghmlu bil kontra...PL qed jejdu mil ewwel li jaccetaw hafna affarijiet..li jien personali ma naqbilx maghhom....allura qed nahseb biss serjeta biex mil elezzjoni li gejja nibda nzomm il vot d dar go kexxun....
Joseph Portelli
May 11th 2012, 11:45
x'differenza?! lawrence gonzi ghax jemmen fil-valur tal-familja baqa' jivvota kontra d-divorzju sal-ahhar mument fil-parlament. Ra li r-rieda tal-poplu ssehh pero hu baqa' konsistenti ma dak li jemmen fih! X'differenza minn joseph muscat - jipprova jikkkuntenta lil kulhadd!
John Zammit
May 11th 2012, 14:45
No difference at all as The PRIME MINISTER made it a point that the law is going to pass one way or another.This could mean that if not enough members of the house were not going to vote in favour he might have been forced to do so.
Ray Azzopardi
May 11th 2012, 11:24
one comment to this Adrian Vassallo :
"It-terrimot intern li se nwettaq forsi mhux se jogħġob lil kulħadd u se jdarras lil min qiegħed hawn ġew. Imma huma bidliet bżonnjużi."
Joseph Muscat (2008)
you remember it ? why you stand about it till now ? ....... leave if you want .... or else stand to the leader
Pauline Busuttil
May 11th 2012, 11:43
Ray, xi trid tfisser b' "this Adrian Vassallo"? Dan huwa ir-rispett lejn bniedem li hadem fil partit li thaddan int?
Jien nammirah hafna ghalkemm ma nhaddanx il parftit tieghu.
Ghalija huwa ragel ta' valur u principju. Jien nahseb li hemm izjed bhalu fil PL imma jibzaw jitkellmu mhux kif ghamlu ohrajn fil PN.
Wenzu Cole
May 11th 2012, 12:18
@Pauline Busuttil
"Jien nammirah hafna ghalkemm ma nhaddanx il parftit tieghu."
Probabli ghalhekk sirt tammirah fdaqqa wahda :)
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 12:56
Pauline, allura tammirah ukoll linqal li hu jippreferi jmur jghix gewwa l-Iran milli jibqa jghixb f'Malta ghax f'xi lukandi it-turisti jistghu jaraw fil-kamra taghhom, programmi pornografici ??? Ma tindunax li dan il-bniedem huwa fundamentalista li mìhemmx loku fil-politika f'pajjiz demokratiku ?
L Aquilina
May 11th 2012, 17:31
Skuzani ta mr.cole... qieghed taghmel rimarka kemmxejn bla sens hekk tippermettili ax fl-ahhar mill-ahhar in-nies laburisti u l-labour party innifsu sar iqis lil Franco Debono bhala Alla!! mela allura billi mrs.busuttil tirrimarka hekk nahseb li ma fiha xejn hazin...
Mr Andrew Camilleri
May 11th 2012, 11:17
I suppose to be fair, Lou Bondi will now invite JPO to his show - or will he not?
G Mangion
May 11th 2012, 11:17
Joe Muscat
l' appogg Qed Jitilfu min B' laroganza li ghandu qed jitlef hafna prezentaturi ta one t.v lol !! Hallina.........
G. Mangion
Mr Andrew Camilleri
May 11th 2012, 11:13
This was no scathing attack - it was just an MP expressing his opinion without much evidence except that he bears a grdufe for not having been put on a committee some years back. The real scathing attacks come from Dr. Franco Debono against his leader, Lawrence Gonzi. The anti-LP brigade have nothing to be happy about.
E. Mifsud
May 11th 2012, 10:50
Quoting from the above: He (Dr Vassallo) said the PL had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and the we'll see'"
The above statement indicates that Dr Vassallo is not happy with his party's position. Can he please explain to us why he supported this postion when he voted with his party, without fail, whenever the occasion arose to bring down the Nationalist government?
Joe Muscat
May 11th 2012, 10:46
U Halluna.......hemm bzonn naqra aktar sustanza biex tattakkaw il-PL u tmexxija le qed iddejjaqkhom...... Too little Too late...... GAME OVER.......Kemm tahsbuhom cwiec in-nies..... Meta tiffaccjaw ir-realta forsi ma tibqghux daqshekk arroganti.... Il- PN ghamel hafna tajjeb matul is-snin.....imma dan l-ahhar qazziza u nies xebghet..... Hasra li bl'arroganza li ghandu l-gvern tilef hafna appogg....
anthony sultana
May 11th 2012, 11:03
Jista il- PN jinbidel,? dak li qijed tejt kollu veru,Jien nghid le ma jistax jinbidel ghax dan il gvern immexxi mill
kapitalisti inklud il knisja,ghalek irridu it-tielet partit.Il PN spicca u l PL nafu xihnu.
Emanuel Farrugia
May 11th 2012, 10:42
Malta is a republic. We enjoy freedom of expression, freedom of moveent etc. In a free democratic country the Hon. Dr. Vassallo is entitled to his opinions. I do not agree with his statement that Dr. Joseph Muscat has a dictatorial attitude but I am mature enough to thank Dr. Vassallo for all his efforts to do good as a Labour Member of Parliament.
What I cannot understand is this : - " Dr Vassallo, who has announced he will not stand for the forthcoming election, said that Dr Muscat has still not spoken to him since he informed him in writing on March 25 that he would not seek re-election ". What is here to speak about if Dr. Vassallo is determined not to seek re-election except to have his letter acknowledged and a " Thank You " for his service to the Labour Party and to the nation as a MP. Does he want persuading from Dr. Muscat ? If so maybe someone in the Labour Party could find a mediator and see if a meeting can be arranged to clear up any misunderstanding.
Personally I hold no grudge against Dr. Vassallo for voting against the Divorce issue and neither should anybody in a Progressive and Liberal Political Party. And the " facing the consequences " bit I believe was misconstrued by Dr. Vassallo because the consequences would have to be faced with the voters in his district, NOT the Labour Party, I believe.
Finally, I hope his bitterness will not be instrumental or be manipulated in causing the Labour Party to lose the next General Election. That would be more of a bad memory than the Divorce issue that Dr. Vassallo will have to live with.
anthony sultana
May 11th 2012, 10:41
The most world the gentilman said thats hit me ,was GonziPN show himself as a saint, but he let everyone do as they please,which is good.The PL tell the people, that it is their right to do as they please which is verygood.But what about dose people with bad intention that we have lots of them in Malta???????????
Joseph Brincat
May 11th 2012, 10:37
SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM
When someone is elected in parliament by the PEOPLE and a decision
is made in parliament for the PEOPLE to decide for them by a REFERENDUM
then the members of parliament have ONLY two ways to VOTE that is to VOTE
in FAVOR or AGAINST , for if they VOTE against the will of the PEOPLE ,they
should RESIGN , THAT;s REAL DEMOCRACY !!!!!!
John Zarb
May 11th 2012, 10:36
One thing is certain. Dr. Vassallo wanted and worked for Dr. George Abela to be leader of the PL. After Dr. Joseph Muscat was elected, he started doing things like before as even with Dr. Alfred Sant, he was not happy working with!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph Portelli
May 11th 2012, 11:21
o li kieku andna lil gorg abela leader tal-PL
Alfred John
May 11th 2012, 10:34
Alfred J. McEwen
What Mr Vassallo does`nt realise is that divorce is here to stay, because the people and not the parlamentarians voted in favour of it, so trying to foist his opinions on the subject and others like IVF and gays is tantamount to flogging a dead horse. Both will eventually come to pass as common sense will ultimately prevail in the minds of the voting public. It would be far better for both parties to focus their attention on enhancing the countries needs instead of squabbling and trying to grapple their way up to what they percieve as the moral high ground. People today are more discerning, being mainly interested in the state of our roads, improvement in health and education, generating new jobs and above all to desist attempting to spend vast amounts of money on projects the country cannot afford and alternatively, concentrate their efforts in gaining the much needed respect from the country they purport to serve.
joseph saliba
May 11th 2012, 11:03
But Adrian was not talking about divorce though he mentioned it.
G Mangion
May 11th 2012, 10:26
Eddy Privitera:
Ghallxejn tiprova tkomplidawwar il-kilem ghal lKontra Labour MP Adrian Vassallo , Il Hsara ingusta li ghamillu j.m
tista tkun irreparbli ghal Dr Adrian Vassallo ! Hasra hi jekk ma jikontestax l' elezjonojiet Tahseb li kullhadd jaqbel ma jm fuq kif ghagixxa Dr A.V ? PROGRESSIVI LOL .............
G. Mangion.
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 13:05
Sur Mangion, tahseb li Adruian Vassallo agixxa tajjeb mal-partit u l-mexxej tieghu, meta la kien jersaq lejn il laqghat tal-grupp parlamentari, la lejn il-parlament hlief meta jkun hemm xi vot, u meta ma tghax kas tad-decizzjoni li ha l-poplu fir-referendum u xorta rega vvota kontra ? Tahseb li qieghed jagixxi sewwa meta diga ddikjara li fuq il-kwistjoni tal-IVF hu se jivvota kontra, jigifieri anki jekk ma jkunx hemm 'free vote' ? Fil-parlament qieghed biex jirrapprezenta lil kostitwenti, u lill-partit, mhux lill-Kurja Maltija !!!
Joe Xuereb
May 11th 2012, 10:25
Malta needs secularism if it is to get anywhere. Once a politician is dictated to by himself, never mind his leader, by his medieval beliefs, s/he will be saddled with conflicts of interest so onerous he will be struggling with his emotional bottlenecks all his life. I do not think staying away from Parliamentary sessions was the way to deal with this. Was he sitting by a pool, relaxing or was he pursuing his primary ambition, doctoring? Under such circumstances, is this doctoring delivered voluntarily, with no remuneration? If not, is this not a case of money-grabbing, and not delivering to one's constituents? So much for saintliness and one's claims to having principles and morals. Something does not add up.
If one cannot stand the heat one should get out of the kitchen and this is as it should be. Practise whatever one believes in, and with a release of conscience. And a freeing of energy, a surge of freedom knowing one is not being paid for doing what one is duty-bound to do, but instead abstaining by failing to turn up, a dereliction of duty by any other name (unless it is something one wants to contest because it goes against one's beliefs). Nice one. Some principle! The mess we get ourselves into!
How can anyone of at least average intelligence allow such conflicts to dominate their lives?
While I'm here - marriage has nothing to do with religion. People only marry in church because it is a tradition that binds until death us do part. All rather romantic stuff but no more. Marriage is but a civil contract and therefore soluble like an aspirin although not as easily for obvious reasons. The rest is social construct according to taste, with children's best interests remaining uppermost. And safeguarding their interests includes the option to divorce. This because marriage vows are not etched in stone but written on a piece of paper with fast-fading writing and dog-eared at the edges. Painful I know but what is the alternative view?.
joseph saliba
May 11th 2012, 10:20
A country needs no Liberals nor Conservatives or whatever. Malta needs Altruists in parliament.
Charles Cremona
May 11th 2012, 10:20
The true face of the Labour Party and smiling Joseph Muscat finally comes out for all to see. This to me proves that the man is a childish dictator that is not to be trusted.
Joseph M. Grech.
May 11th 2012, 10:17
Tal-PL kollox mohbi u mistur bhalissa qabel l-elezzjoni imma kultant kontra qalbhom tohrog ftit verita' deja vu.
j brincat
May 11th 2012, 10:17
@Rose Grima
"I personally know DrAdrian Vassallo. Is this teh aprty we want to govern us for 5 years?? Heaven forbids! Members of their own are treated in tghis way (well certain members, not all) let alone the rest of Malta especiall the PN supporters how they would be treated if the PL ever gets elected"
Rose, you made us cry!
How many times have you voted Labour?
Have you ever heard what Franco had to say ie oligarchies, cliques and circles of evil?
I don't think so!
(jb)
Victor Calleja
May 11th 2012, 10:16
Dr Adrian can you please show us your attendance sheet in the house of representatives.
If you are trying to imitate Dr Franco Debono, don't do it. See what happened to him now. He is in the palm of Gonzipn.
So call it a day and step down.
ALBERT FENECH
May 11th 2012, 10:15
I have read and re-read this article several times to detect the "scathing" element. Where and what is it? As usual, it turns out to be nothing more than the now customary GonziPN attempt to try and crawl back some credibility with the electorate. Vassallo does not constitute even a fraction of the intelligence of Franco Debono and having heard him (Vassallo) being given a propaganda airing by TVAM this morning and by Lou Bondi (who else?), it is quite obvious he is mostly incoherent and has no depth of political thought and philosophy (unlike Franco Debono). So Vassallo felt "hurt" because Joseph Muscat told him he has to face the consequences of the divorce vote. So - what's the big deal? Each and every human being has to face the consequences of EVERY decision taken in life. Dr Vassallo's decisions appear to be mostly based on attending Parliament for as less a time as possible and still collecting his Parliamentary salary and that of not attending the PL Parliamentary Group meetings. This signifies - again unlike Franco Debono - that he has no backbone and refuses to face his own Party and press for "reforms" if he feels they are necessary. Finally, it is all down to the electorate and how they view the persons they vote for - and that applies to all parties. Today's voters should have enough gumption to eliminate the spongers and the free-loaders. As for TVAM it is doing a grand job of relentlessly presenting GonziPN propaganda and has become a vehicle for GonziPN Ministers to constantly get lashings of publicity. Should one have assumed it would - or could - do otherwise?
ALBERT FENECH
George Azzopardi
May 11th 2012, 11:25
. As for TVAM it is doing a grand job of relentlessly presenting GonziPN propaganda and has become a vehicle for GonziPN Ministers to constantly get lashings of publicity. Should one have assumed it would - or could - do otherwise?
totally agree .. I prefer watching netnews nowadays than TVM news., at least I know where I stand there. As for Bond+, xarabank PBS news etc .. these I rarely watch
j brincat
May 11th 2012, 10:15
@Mark. Galea
"
@j brincat
Quoting "......issa li l-ahbar giet minghand wiehed ta gewwa, is-suspetti li hafna kellhom qed isibu bazi aktar soda. Il-PL ser jirbhu l-elezzjoni li jmiss, pero l-poplu ser ikollu ihallas prezz gholi ... u mbaghad fl-elezzjoni ta wara naraw"
Daqs kemm hallas prezz gholi taht GonziPN zgur li taht il PL mhux ha jhallas daqshekk.
X'mgholliex? Dawl, ilma, petrol, diesel, ic-cilindru tal-gaz, il-bolla (balla), l-eta' ta' l-irtirar, il-hajja, in-noll ta' l-Arriva, tariffi tat-TV u telefon w elf haga ohra!
Fhiemt?
(jb)
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Mark. Galea
May 11th 2012, 10:26
@j brincat
imma tal-inqas ghandna xoghol biex inhallsu - kif jitla l-PL taf x'jigri mix-xoghol hux ? imbaghad hallasli l-kontijiet int mill-pensjoni li qed inhallaslek jien issa.
Partita pensjonanti li qeghdin ipappuha tajjeb minn fuq daharna ...
Paul Giordimaina
May 11th 2012, 10:46
Tider li qed tidispra JB
Robert Henry Bugeja
May 11th 2012, 13:20
@Mark Galea...issa naraw meta jekk All jrid tilhaqx iz zmien ta l-irtirar tpappijiex int wkoll min fuq dahar haddiehor...u jekk u meta taghmel hekk qed grazzi lil Dom Mintoff ghax huwa kien li dahhala dan is servizz socjali...li in Nazzjonalisti li tant tiftahar bihom int kienu ivvuta biex ma tidholx u il penzjonanti jkolloho imorru jittalbu. Mur ghidilhom ha jsemmuha fuq in Net din, habib! Il probelma li hawn Malta hija li nies bhalek l'aqwa li jkunu tajjeb huma u mhux tista tereq il gzira u jkun hawn l'ghaks. Dak jissejjah egoizmu Mark.
Giordimaina iddisprat huwa siehbek Gonzi li qed jipprova jaghmel min kollox biex wara 25 sena jibqa mkahhal mal poter (anke jgebbed wiccu, xuftejh u ghajnejh biex taparsi ghadu zghazugh)!...
Mark Borg
May 11th 2012, 10:04
Well done Adrian! That is what the other side wants to hear. Bully for you.
Rose Grima
May 11th 2012, 10:02
I personally know DrAdrian Vassallo. Is this teh aprty we want to govern us for 5 years?? Heaven forbids! Members of their own are treated in tghis way (well certain members, not all) let alone the rest of Malta especiall the PN supporters how they would be treated if the PL ever gets elected.
It gives me the shudders even to think about it!!!!
Norman E Grech
May 11th 2012, 10:10
@Rose Grima
Int bis serjata? Xiex nibqaw b'Gonzi PN igifieri!!!
U halliena!!
Joseph Calleja
May 11th 2012, 10:24
Jekk Muscat PL ser jibqa jisma' lill uhud minn ta madwaru b'Gonzi PN ser nibqghu. Tkaxkira ohra!!!!
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 11:14
@Rose Grima: I am sure you are a very PL supporter and you are telling us here that the PL is so bad jahasra because of what AV said and therefore, you prefer the GonziPN to remain in power. Sometime ago your friend AV was flaunting that he agrees with IRAN's ideologies and extremism. There is only one sentence to what you are saying, worse than the situation we are in now cannot be as we have been scraping the underground (below the bottom) for the last four years or so.
It gives me shudders that narrow minded brainwashed people like you are allowed to vote.
Noel Abela
May 11th 2012, 20:30
Rose are your serious? Do you knows that under a PN Goverment there were people who were politicaly discriminated against. I speak from my own experieince and this was confirm by a court sentence so please don't talk rubbish.
Norman E Grech
May 11th 2012, 09:56
I have nothing against the man and I am sure he has more than given his contribution to the party and the country!
I have however heard him speak on Bondi + yesterday and my conclusion is that he is still living in the 60's. Whether he likes it or not or whatever the 'mighty one will tell him on judgement day' as he put it, progess has to be made. The important thing is that we detach our selves from the church chains (as against the true teachings of Christ). Like everything else, society evolves and whatever the majority dictates has to take place. That is deomocracy! The power has to come from the people!
On a different note, I could not help but feel that the quality of some of our MP's leaves much to be desired including the fact that they are highly paid by the people and yet absent themselves from their duties so frequently!
D. Xerri
May 11th 2012, 09:55
Insibu l-Irqaqat halli Naljenaw il-Poplu mir-Realta Propja li Jinsabu fiha l-maltin
Jew ahjar noholqu suggett halli niddevjaw l-attenzjoni minn fuq il-Fallimenti tal-Gvern Prezenti :~)
Drajniha t-Tattika !
R Malia
May 11th 2012, 09:55
Although I'm not a Joseph Muscat fan but I think Muscat has a point. He wants a more modern party and mr.Vassallo is too old church minded person which is not good for Malta now. As we need to move with times but Mr.Vassallo is stuck back in time.
Matthew P. Zammit
May 11th 2012, 10:18
Too old church minded person. Is it because he voted against divorce? Well he had the guts to do it unlike other cowards who are run by the norms and mentality of a so called modern society. Then you mean that more than 40% of the Maltese society is stuck back in time, don't you? I wonder how secularism is helping us improve our lives and solve our problems.
Please dare not replace Mr. Vassallo for the next general elections.
R Malia
May 11th 2012, 11:24
Yes mr.Zammit, I think 40% of the population is stuck in time and I hope none of those 40% are in politics.
Matthew P. Zammit
May 11th 2012, 14:43
Goodluck to you then if just manage to think about it that way...
Angelo Vassallo
May 11th 2012, 09:54
@ EDDIE privitera
Tidher li din il-bicca ta' Adrian Vassallo ma tistax tinzillek bl-ebda mod mill-gerzuma hux?
Nissuggerilek, lilek u lill-lejburisti kollha, sabiex tqallbu fil-gazzetti u tkunu tafu x'qal Franco Debono tul dawn is-snin dwar il-partit lejburista. Jekk tghamlu dan zgur tiefqu tincensawh. Allavolja MHUX ser iwaqqa il-GONZIPN.
Adrian Vassallo harbtilkom is-sisien tal-partit. Qed jghidilkom "dittaturi". Ser tghidulu issa li huwa TRADITUR bhal ma kontu ghidtu lill-Mintoff, li ukoll kien harbtilkom is-sisien tal-partit fl-1998.
Nissugerixxi lilek ul-dawk kollha li ILLUM qeghdin jikkonslaw bi hmerija li qal Adtian Vassallo, taqraw l-artikoli li kiteb Adrian Vassallo sa dan l-ahhar dwar GonziPN. U aqta kemm tkomlu tfahhruh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Norman E Grech
May 11th 2012, 10:13
@ A Vassallo
X'namlu allura? nibqaw bin Nezzjonelesti?
Issa naraw jinzlix GonziPN! Iz zmien itiena parir!
Schembri Ray
May 11th 2012, 09:50
Għandna parlament tal-mistħija u xejn iżjed, fejn għall-vot u għas-siġġu nagħmlu kollox. Ħasra li nies li huma kapaċi u għandhom il-mistier biex imexxu jitqaċċtu l-barra.
Steve Zammit
May 11th 2012, 19:03
Well said Prosit
M Schembri
May 11th 2012, 09:50
Dr Vassallo - Although I do certainly do not agree with your views on IVF and divorce legislation, I admire your stand . You were voted for and elected to speak on behalf of those who voted for you and I have no doubt that there is a large percentage who share your views as proved47% result of anti-divorce. In any democracy opinions need a voice . My understanding is that Labour party is working on winning votes by being dogmatic on its MPs as to what them should do and say based on the more popular view
Victor Laiviera
May 11th 2012, 09:49
Although there may be some superficial similarity between this case and that of Franco Debono they are, in reality, fundamentally different.
Dr Vassallo is at odds with his party because his principles are no longer the same as those of the Party - if they ever were. Therefore, it is to their mutual benefit to go their separate ways. One does not chose one's Party like one chooses which football club to support. There has to be a reason.
Dr Debono, on the other hand, is at odds with the PN because he accuses it - with reason - of betraying the principles they both still share - such a those of democracy and good governance.
And we have seen no sign that it has any intention of changing its ways.
Joseph Camilleri
May 11th 2012, 09:46
Adrian is one of the traditional politician who has principles... today, we have cat-walk politics where the one who is most heard and seen on TV, the more publicity he gains.
I hope that next election, voters will not vote for charms and looks, but for what they are capable of doing!
Mark. Galea
May 11th 2012, 09:45
@j brincat
Quoting "He said the Pl had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and then we'll see'."
issa li l-ahbar giet minghand wiehed ta gewwa, is-suspetti li hafna kellhom qed isibu bazi aktar soda. Il-PL ser jirbhu l-elezzjoni li jmiss, pero l-poplu ser ikollu ihallas prezz gholi ... u mbaghad fl-elezzjoni ta wara naraw ...
S Vella
May 11th 2012, 12:02
Il-prezz gholi ielna nhallsuh taht il PN!
Alla hares il-partit fl-opposizzjoni ma jkolloux l-ghan li jitla fil gvern, ghax ahna diga mexxijin min oligarkija u nigu aktar ottu!...anzi kuragguz il PL biex jidhol ghal isfidi u d-dejn li holoq il PN wara li berbaq kollox u zarma l-assi tal-pajjiz!!
C Dalli
May 11th 2012, 09:41
Hon Dr Adrian Vassallo MP what's keeping you glued to your parliamentary seat?
j brincat
May 11th 2012, 09:37
@John Scerri
"What would have been the outcome had Dr.Muscat never uttered a word on TV right after the vote on divorce"
My nanna used to say that 'li kieku u li kien QATT ma ltaqghu flimkien'.
(jb)
j brincat
May 11th 2012, 09:33
WOW!
All the PN apologists are today flocking together.
Isn't it better that Adrian leaves now?
So the PL has their Adrian. What does the PN have? Let me see: JPO, Mugliett, Robert, Frank, John and lastly but certainly not least Franco!
So what the fuss is all about?
(jb)
Joseph Camilleri
May 11th 2012, 09:45
LOL what a circus!! - And I'm referring to BOTH parties!!
joseph saliba
May 11th 2012, 10:17
All the fuss (you contributed too) is about democracy. Here it's working. LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY.
j brincat
May 11th 2012, 09:30
@Joseph Cauchi Senior
"@ CP Agius,
“My only criticism is that the labour party should sack and fire other conservatives or fake liberals (there are too many of them) unless the leader is happy to have a rainbow party”.
Can you please just name a few?
Thanks"
Why do you want to know. Don't you know that curiosity killed the cat?
(jb)
c p agius
May 12th 2012, 02:31
As a minimum I would include :
a) all those who abstained or voted against divorce;
b) all those who opposed EU membership;
c) all those who oppose Turkey's entry in the EU; and
d) all those who would rather leave "illegal" migrants rot in hell than saving them'
I am afraid the list is too exhaustive to name 'just a few'.
S Vella
May 11th 2012, 09:27
Typical anti PL campaign, with the help of Where's everybody and the National TV station TVAM.
After Franco Debono's attacks against GonziPN and Co. exposing incompetence of the government and the internal war within the PN, Lou Bondi had to give his helping hand by trying to give the impression that both parties have the same internal turbulence, and obscure the image of Dr Joseph Muscat, who was able to bring back the lost sheep and float voters towards the PL, and some ex-PN too!
Typical nationalist propaganda!
Marco Farrugia
May 11th 2012, 09:26
Even though i dont agree with Dr Adrian Vassallo's principles, just as i dont agree with Franco's, you have to respect the men for being consistent and standing by their principles.
Totally opposite to being popular just like GonziPN and Muscat & Co.
Joseph Cauchi Senior
May 11th 2012, 09:21
@ CP Agius,
(05.30)
“My only criticism is that the labour party should sack and fire other conservatives or fake liberals (there are too many of them) unless the leader is happy to have a rainbow party”.
Can you please just name a few?
Thanks.
JC.
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
May 11th 2012, 09:21
This turn of events is deeply embarrassing public relations tor the PL and its image of a progressive unified party with a role for everyone even arch conservatives with a social conscience. The PL must take immediate action to limit the damage these alleged revelations convey to the floating voter. I must admit I do find strange the claim by AV that the leader of the PL has so far refused to meet him given that AV has militated loyally in the ranks of the MLP for so long. Even the PM has granted innumerable audiences to an insufferable FD.
william cauchi
May 11th 2012, 09:09
Aren't we reading, hearing, seeing on TV, too many political soap operas.
The ''normal'' man in the street has just had enough of this continual bickering between the two parties on the most stupid subjects. Whilst the most pressing ones, are put on after burner.
After all it is well known that the type of two party democracy that we have in Malta has been a farce since independence, except for a couple of, let's say odd, circumstances. After each election, and a party is elected to serve (and command) for 5 years, democracy becomes a joke, because the party in power (which ever that is) can do whatever it likes, as long as it keep's it's MP's in rein.
Yes do whatever it likes, however it likes and whenever it likes. Then yes, just before the next election, the smiles start coming out again and we are asked. X'ghandek bzonn? X'tixtik? Int x'tahseb? Kief nista nejn?
One party has (let's say up to now) a rough shod way of doing things, the other has a more subtle, hidden hand, approach. But the end result is the same. I'm in power, u tindahluniex.
Will things ever change? And who will change the system? Maybe the next generations will start seeing politics in a different way from just red or blue, but I have given up hope that it will be in my time. Am I wrong?
Mr Kevin Zammit
May 11th 2012, 09:04
To me its clear that we should ditch this 2 party system we have in favour of a presidential model. The way I see it an individual cannot voice or push for change because they have to face a whole mass of people that make up a party. Malta is too small to waste talent and able people in this way.
C Muscat
May 11th 2012, 09:03
If I may remark, I think we need strong people like AV to be in a better situation in all aspects where you can speak and state your views.popular or not
Peter Borg
May 11th 2012, 08:57
A blatant case of the pot calling the kettle black if there ever was one. How somebody who wants to impose his ultra conserative views ( values ) on everybody else has the gall to call anybody else dictatorial is beyond comprehension. I am not surprised Muscat wants rid of him. The PL is far better off without people like him.He has also stupidly allowed PN stalwart Lou Bondi to use him in order to emphasize the point that it is not only Gonzi who faces dissent from within his own party.
Joseph J Camilleri
May 11th 2012, 09:53
Why is it that if somebody sticks to his Christian values is called ultra conservative. No wonder we are going to the dogs. What's next ? Same sex marriage, IVF and more will be coming, all in the name of "rights".
Peter Borg
May 11th 2012, 10:45
There is absolutely nothing wrong with people sticking to their values. What is totally unacceptable is people who insist on imposing their own values on others. You are free to practice your faith and to live by the rules set by your church. Likewise those who chose to follow other rules or their own personal values should be free to do so. How is somebody else's divorce or same sex marriage or IVF treatment going to effect you or Adrian Vassallo ? They will not and people like you should simply mind your own business .
S Farrugia
May 11th 2012, 08:55
Dr Vassallo was the same person who wanted to dictate what people watched in the privacy of their own home. Pity he let Bondi used him in this way. Where was Dr Vassallo during all these years in opposition. We never heard any PR or statement coming from him. And now that he's living his final days in Parliament, he wants to get some of the limelight.
E. Mifsud
May 11th 2012, 10:19
You're very much mistaken! Dr Vassallo did not let Bondi use him, so much so that, at the end of the programme, he thanked Lou Bondi for giving him the opportunity to speak. I'm sure he would have gone to One TV had he been invited.
Carmel Sammut
May 11th 2012, 08:52
Very well done Adrian - you were simply great. You were fully consistent. I wish all MP's were like you!!!!
Thanks for your contribution to oiur country.!!!!
Mr Emanuel Farrugia
May 11th 2012, 08:50
"Dr Vassallo said that two weeks before he wrote to Dr Muscat, he wrote to the secretary of the party executive, telling her of his intentions not to contest. She did not reply. Dr Muscat also did not reply, but two days after the letter was sent, party whip Joe Mizzi called him from Uganda (where he was on parliamentary business) telling him that Dr Muscat had urged him to reconsider. Dr Vassallo said he told him that Dr Muscat could tell him that himself. But he never spoke to him".
Politikanti bla direzzjoni minghajr ebda motivazzjoni. No teamwork. L-importanti s-siggu u 'l hbieb tal-hbieb. The meaning of TEAMWORK: "Teamwork is the actions of individuals, brought together for a common purpose or goal, which subordinate the needs of the individual to the needs of the group. In essence, each person on the team puts aside his or her individual needs to work towards the larger group objective. The interactions among the members and the work they complete is called teamwork". Il-poplu politikanti li jghinu jridu u li ghandhom direzzjoni u vizzjoni verament cara u tajba. Ejja tkomplux tghaddu z-zmien bis-socjeta. Fit-2012 qeghdin nghixu u mhux fis-sittinijiet.
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
Jesmond Abela
May 11th 2012, 08:48
Dr Vassalo gie IZOLAT mil lejber party u mill mexxej tieghu stess ghax fil kuxjenza tieghu qal li ghandu jivvota kontra divorzju. Imaginaw kiku dan it tabib ghamel nitfa jew qal il paroli kollu li ghamlu JPO u FD fil PN x'kien jigri minnu. Ma ninsewx li dawn huma l-istess nies li "skumnikaw" lil ex mexxej taghhom stess , lil 'Dear DOM' . Hekk ikun nies hekk imsejha moderati jew progressivi ? Do they know what is the real meaning to be called Moderate or Progressive? TIME WILL TELL, BEWARE
GEORGE CUTAJAR
May 11th 2012, 08:45
Dr. Vassallo's comments show that not all is rosy in the Labour camp. It is true that the PN have Debono to contend with but his reasons for his maverick actions and statements have come out in the open. On the other hand Dr. Vassallo has no hidden agenda, does not expect a ministerial post but simply feels that the new leadership is simply promising everything to everyone so long as it gets into Government.
This is what the PN has been saying all along about Joseph Muscat and now we have it directly from one of their own.
Fabien Calleja
May 11th 2012, 08:44
PN have Franco Debono
LP has Adrian Vassallo
LOL
T.F. Busuttil
May 11th 2012, 09:33
what a difference
Franco Debono is an ambitious guy who wants to be everything
Dr Vassal is a fundamentalist
A. Mizzi
May 11th 2012, 09:36
Used to have !
What next JPO on Bondi + ?
Fabien Calleja
May 11th 2012, 11:05
Both of them are trying to get into the spotlight .... not much difference in my opinion
Joseph Portelli
May 11th 2012, 08:44
Kemm kellna bzonn politikanti ta' principji bhalma hu Adrian Vassallo. Ghal Adrian l-ewwel jigi Alla u dak li jrid Alla. Ghall-hafna minn dawk li ghandna fil-parlament l-ewwel jigi s-siggu li ghandhom fil-parlament, imbaghad jigi Alla! Prosit Adrian ghax kif stqarrejt int fil-programm tal-bierah li fl-ahhar mill-ahhar lil Alla rridu naghtu kont!
Carmel Sammut
May 11th 2012, 17:51
I fully agree Mr Portelli! What a lovely comment!
Marija Falzon
May 11th 2012, 08:42
Joseph Muscat was being criticized because he tries to appease everyone. Well there you have it. He does not appease fundamentalists......
A. Mizzi
May 11th 2012, 08:31
How should we icall Dr. Adrian Vassallo critiicising Dr. Joseph Muscat the PL leader as 'dictatorial' , FUNDAMENTALIST?
Mr Ernest Vella
May 11th 2012, 08:31
Huwa msejjah partit progressiv dak il-partit li ma jaccettax il-fehma ta kuxjenza ta bniedem li jahsibha differenti mill-partit? Ghajb ghal partit Laburista...u povri l-insara genwini taht dan il-partit
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 08:27
So, after all, the alleged "attack" on Dr. Adtian Vassallo by Dr. Joseph Muscat, was because Dr. Muscat, when asked by jounalists for his comment on Dr. Vassalo's 'No' vote in parliament AFTER the people had voted 'YES', said that Dr. Vassallo" would face the consequences "of his decision. Don't we all bear the consequences - detrimental or beneficial - for all our actions in life ? What's so different in Dr. Vassallo's case? Wasn't it obvious that he would face consequences when he voted AGANST what the people had voted IN FAVOUR of ?.But Dr. Vassallo is reacting in this way because he must have found out while visiting homes, that his popularity had plumeted as a result of his vote, and the fact that he does not attend parliament ! He recently stated, that he doesn't stand for an election ujnless he is sure of being elected. So he is trying to put the blame on Dr. Joseph Muscat !
joseph briffa
May 11th 2012, 18:28
The real problem is he had a FREE VOTE and after he voted NO for divorce , he was banned and humilated by Joseph Muscat , dear Eddy.
Charles Micallef
May 11th 2012, 08:27
Does a member of parlaiment who is elected to represent the views of his voters and then represent his own personal views comes under being dictatorial Dr Vassallo?
T.F. Busuttil
May 11th 2012, 08:26
Since Joseph Muscat became leader you made it clear with everyone that you dont like the guy because he is a liberal leader. You never attended parlamentry groups and you have the worst record of attanance in Parlament. Dictor is a person who dictates on others , you remember the Referendum on Divoprce . The the majority of people wanted divorce ,do you call that dictorship. Your way out was to resign, or you trying to be in the limelight like Dr Debono?
Mark. Galea
May 11th 2012, 08:18
Quoting "He said the Pl had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and then we'll see'."
issa li l-ahbar giet minghand wiehed ta gewwa, is-suspetti li hafna kellhom qed isibu bazi aktar soda.
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:53
Mark Galea, taf li xi partit fl-opozizzjoni li ma jkunx irid inizzel lill-gvern jekk dan ikun posibbli, halli jiggverna hu bil-konvinzjoni li se jmexxi ahjar mill.gvern tal-gurnata ? Oppozizzjoni li TIBZA tiehu t-tmexxija tal-gvern zgur li tfalli meta tiehu l-gvern f'idejha hi !!!
E. Mifsud
May 11th 2012, 10:26
Sur Privitera, taghmel sew l-oppozizzjoni li taghmel minn kollox biex b'mod demokratiku twaqqa' l-gvern, imma fl-istess hin trid turi bil-fatti li ghandha programm li bih tista' tiggverna ahjar. Qeghda taghmel dan l-oppozizzjoni? Fejn hu l-programm elettorali?
twanny borg
May 11th 2012, 08:17
kellu bzonn ghandna aktar nies ta' prncipji bhal dan u minkejja kollox ma ghamilx hsara l-partit tieghu.
J Micallef
May 11th 2012, 08:16
Kull grupp u kull tmexxija jrid ikollha ftit (jew hafna, skond il kas) element ta dittatorjat, trid jew ma tridx.
Kieku kulhadd joghqod isemmgha l-opinjonijiet tieghu, u l-kap jipprova jaghmel kollox, ma naslu mkien. Xi hadd irid jiehu decizjoni u jaghzel direzzjoni, tajba jew hazina. Dan il-kliem qaluh hafna nies, imma spjegah tajjeb wiehed muzicist ta'grupp ta fama internazzjonali li kelly 40 sena esperjenza fix-xena muzikali.
Dr Vassallo, kieku Dr. Muscat (li m'ghandi ebda simpatija lejh, ha nkun ghedtlek) bilfors ikollu jiehu stand u jghaqqad u jikkonsolida il partit inkella tispiccaw burdell fil-PL.
U dan, ovvjament, l-anqas int ma tridu ghax int kontra il-briedel, Dr Vassallo.
Alfred Vassallo
May 11th 2012, 08:14
Quote ''although he admitted that his disenchantment started when then Labour leader Alfred Sant did not appoint him to a party committee discussing the policy against drugs.'' And quote ''Dr Vassallo said there had been several occasions, even before other elections, when he considered bowing out because he did not consider Parliament conducive of his attitude of plain talking, but people eventually managed to convince him stand.
So there it is for everybody to see. This Man simply bears a huge grudge against the party itself simply because he doesn't have it his way.
Joseph Galea
May 11th 2012, 08:08
Tpaxxux nies u tattakkaw lil Adrian Vassallo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lil Lou Bondi...
XI PRUVAJT TWASSAL BIL-PROGRAMM TAL-BIERAH???? L- AGENDA TIEGHEK KULHADD JAFHA!!! ISTHI JEKK TAF KIF!!!
Matthew Gatt
May 11th 2012, 08:00
AV has a dictatorial stand. The point on the divorce vote is simple. MPs wanted the electorate to decide through a referendum.
The electorate wanted divorce.
The MPs' vote in parliament must reflect the vote of the referendum. Every MP had his free vote in the referendum but not in parliament because he/she had delegated that responsibility to the electorate. Thus every MP had to personally vote in line with the result of the referendum and vote in favour of the referendum's result.
The dictatorial stand was taken by those who asked the ppl to decide for them but could not accept the ppl's vote and still voteed against the ppl.
These defied democracy.
Paul Giordimaina
May 11th 2012, 09:58
Matthew what about the EU referendum the vote was for but the PL voted against so close your mouth or mention everything.
W Cassar
May 11th 2012, 07:52
Mr Vassallo you talk about dictatorship ? You want to dictate what people watch in the privacy of their own homes!!!
Bigot!!
Ivan cachia
May 11th 2012, 08:12
Truth hurts.....deep deep down inside PL ideologies have always been of a communist nature and this is a known fact - Muscat is just an offspring of Sant
Mr Ryan Portelli
May 11th 2012, 08:24
Hahahahaha this made my day!!!!! Well said!!!!!
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:47
Ivan Cachia," deep down inside PL ideologies have always been of a commujnist nature and this is a known fact" ! So helping the poor, the infirm, introducing numerous social laws, giving rights to employees, to women, to youths, giving civil rights to minorities etc.. are such things " of a communist nature " ???? Do you believe that you can still fool people as the PN used to do with similar " red under the bed" stories in the distant past ??!!!
Stanley Iles
May 11th 2012, 07:48
I respect this gentleman's decision not to contest the next election if he feels left out because he was never given the chance on the labour media (I cannot see what Joseph Muscat has to do with that )but I totally argue the fact of not attending parliament when he was elected by his constituents to represent them. I am sure he is still collecting his 'onorarja'. He cannot expect Joseph Muscat to restore his apathetic feeling towards parliament. After all his arguments were a bit ambiguous.
Mark Said LL.D.
May 11th 2012, 07:44
I really admire Dr. Adrian Vassallo for his strong adhering to principles which he believes in and sound family and moral values. He is an excellent example of how party and organisational loyalty and personal convictions can go hand in hand.
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 07:42
Time of Malta anfd obviously Where's Everybody had started their anti-PL campaign. The little blue elves who come up with their usual pathetic blindfolded comments against PL are having an orgasm with such a futile piece of news.
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 07:38
Ovvjament, Adrian Vassallo will be the one of the playing cards of the PN to try to twist everything.
Now the very unbiased Lou Bondi should balance his unbiased stance and invite someone else to air his point of view on such matter.
Adrian Vassallo is just a bigot and like Franco Debono he is just sour grapes. He should emigrate to IRAN or become a priest if he is such a fervent believer.
Shut up Adrian, don't make a fool of yourself and try to damage the PL since the PN spinning media will make a mountain of your rat.
Kleaven Maniscalco
May 11th 2012, 09:05
John L. Galea.....ezempju car ta' progressiv u moderat
Paul Giordimaina
May 11th 2012, 10:02
John you dont like when things goes against your party.This shows what kind of party the PL is.
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 11:19
@ Maniscalco & Giordmaina: For me this piece of inflated news doesn't bother me. Yes I am progressive and in a progressive party there is no space for people like AV. He should join the GOnziPN. I am sure he has a lot of narrow mindedness space to express his extremist views.
You two should be very digressive people to agree with what AV said. This shows what kind of mentality and ideology your GOnziPN embraces. God forbids us from this extremism.
M Grima
May 11th 2012, 07:36
This is just a feeble attempt by Lou Bondi to balance the present impasse between Franco Debono and Dr. Gonzi. Dr. Vassallo's position has been known for ages and yet Lou Bondi deemed fit to squeeze in a programme about Dr. Vassallo's stance only now, just after another one of Franco's outbursts. Dr. Vassallo has every right to his opinions, just as Dr. Muscat has his. Dr. Vassallo is sore and because he has'nt the political acumen to muster his problem he has decided to have a go at Dr. Muscat. Don't you think it's time to move on Dr. Vassallo?
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 07:33
Adrian Vassallo...your time has come for you to leave!!!! You can go to your beloved IRAN.
Ivan cachia
May 11th 2012, 08:14
And where will Joseph go???? North Korea.......by the side of his counterpart?????
Denis Pace
May 11th 2012, 08:59
People who KNOW Adrian Vassallo Know that he is a GENUINE person and speaks for his electorate. Just because he was against divorce does NOT mean he was a renegade MP.
What sickens me is Joseph Muscat. He is so hypocritical, saying that MPs have a free vote but they vote as he tells them.
Adrian is truly Labour but has principles...which some may not agree with.
His words are truly reflective of what is going on, irrespective of what the "elves" blog about.....He said the PL had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and then we'll see'.
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 11:25
@Ivan Cachia: I am really amazed on how gullible people like you are. Maybe you can buy a TV which takes more channels other than NET TV.
@ Dennis Pace: May I remind you that AV voted against the divorce bill which means he had a free vote. May I remind you that voting against the divorce bill means voting against the majority of the citizens' will.
Yes the PL is so bad that makes the Nationalist hevenly. The PN elves are so desperate to cling on to anything that can float, even if it is a turd, to cover their party's multitude of failures in almost every sector.
John Scerri
May 11th 2012, 07:30
What would have been the outcome had Dr.Muscat never uttered a word on TV right after the vote on divorce.
Throughout Malta's political history one can discover several instances similar but not identical to those happening in these times.
This is nothing new and it happens within each political party whether it being MLP,AD,PN or other.
One thing is for sure.
A true politician will concentrate first and foremost on what is expected of him/her by the people.
In order to do this one needs to put aside primary interests like career and family .
He/she must have 100% backing from the family , wife/husband/partner most of all.
Without this backing nothing will work.
Before one decides to enter the political field one has to sit down and think long term and ask:
Am I prepared to serve and give my time for others?
Why am I doing it?,
How will I do it?,
What are the consequences?,
Where am I going?,
When is the ideal time ?,
Politics is not dirty as many see it . It is an art in itself.
Many are tempted by the publicity aspect of it but in real terms few realise that its much more sacrifice than anything else.
We tend to criticise our politicians but very few of us would be ready to take their roles and be criticised ourselves.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
May 11th 2012, 07:23
Anyone who seeks to impose his or her Catholic values in parliament does not deserve to be there. And that goes for both LP MPs who voted against divorce. That does not mean that a parliamentarian is not entitled to his or her views. It simply means that a mature politician should understand that those who do not agree with them should have their respect and the right to decide for themselves. How any politician dares to say to a couple that they do not have a right to dissolve their marriage especially when both of them agree to the dissolution is beyond me. Roman Catholic arrogance in the extreme. What if two protestants decide to divorce. Is there not such a thing as religious freedom? Or is Vatican teaching on this subject merely cosmetic, a piece of nonsense that sounds good to the liberated mind but in reality means absoluetly nothing. I wonder what advice Vassallo gives to a couple who want to use birth control?
Michael Bugeja
May 11th 2012, 07:01
Jiena aktar ma nisma u nara' aktar nithawwad,iz-zewg partiti l-kbar ghandhom id-difetti taghhom,u emmnuni ,jidher li ha nergaw nipiccaw bi draw jew kwazi,qisu kullhadd tilef il-princiepju,sirna kif jighdu skond id daqq nisfen,imma mhux ghax inhobb dak id-daqq!
Noel Abela
May 11th 2012, 06:58
Another cheap attempt by Bondi to shift the public attention fron GonziPN's state of affairs and this he does at the expense of the tax payers coffers. Public broadcasting is funded by us all so please respect our inteligence.
Mr J Grech
May 11th 2012, 10:10
Are you serious?? "to shift the public attention"..................you have the nerve to say that after that epic interview with Franco Debono?? this is nothing compared to it!!!!!
When he had the interview with FD wasn't it from the tax payer's coffers? How come you are complaining now??
Now it was Mr. Vassallo's turn!!!
Noel Abela
May 11th 2012, 20:36
Mr Grech thank you, my thoughts exactly. dr Debono's accusations against GonziPn were so serious that they merited the attention that they were given by all the media except obviously Net TV. As for Lou he got what he deserved from Dr Debono. Dr Vassallo's description of Dr Muscat is his personal opinion whilst that of Dr Debono has been in circulation for months and years on end and by the way a good leader has to lead his pride at times with a hard fist if not he will end up like dr Gonzi, no need for me to elaborate.
Anthony E. Falzon
May 11th 2012, 06:54
All I know of Dr. Vassallo is that he is a good GP and gives confidence and hope to
his patients and we are lucky to have him as a family doctor for almost
throughout his career. I feel very sad at how things turned out to be.
It is not him alone that was against divorce, the difference is that he stuck
to his believes.
Good luck to you Dr. Vassallo.
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 08:13
Being a good GP does not necessarily make one a good politician ! A politician who allows his own personal religious beliefs to influence his conduct as a politician who represents constituents of different religious and different views on such matters as individual rights, should not be in politics !
michael scicluna
May 11th 2012, 06:51
a finished MP on the way out that didn't even fit in with Sant, try again bondi and try harder!
Ivan cachia
May 11th 2012, 08:32
and who ever did fit in with Sant????? Lino Spiteri? Gorg Abela?? and various others who left the PL who were not in the limelight?
Paul Giordimaina
May 11th 2012, 10:10
Eddy you are still one who still got grudge for our religion you could read between the lines.
michael scicluna
May 11th 2012, 14:16
samw as jpo mugliette and others i guess. my point being adrian vassallo fit in with no one.
Ramon Casha
May 11th 2012, 06:43
Given Adrian Vassallo's extreme views on anything from the availability of adult channels in hotel televisions to divorce, I don't think there are many people who share his views in Malta - and not just the parliamentary group. In fact I doubt he'd be elected so comfortably if he were to stand again after making his views known on these matters. He could always set up a new ultra-conservative party with others who are like-minded.
N. Agius
May 11th 2012, 06:31
Affarijiet bhal dawk politiku ghandu jzommhom ghalih. Jekk jemmen il- kontra xorta ghandu jimxi mal- linja tal partit u jaghlaq halqu! Qed nghid hekk ghal membri kemm tal PL u anke tal PN. Dal vavati li qed naraw dan l ahhar minn kull naha qed inqabbillhom ma tfal fil klassi li jekk kif iridu huma jew ma nhallikx taghmel lesson. Dan kollu johloq nuqqas ta nstabillta mhux fil partit imma anke fil pajjiz. Il- mexxejja tal partiti haqqhom iktar rispett!
Vince Piscopo
May 11th 2012, 06:16
The movement will continue to strenghten and PL will win next election no matter how some few hardcore nationalists are gloated to hear this. Well lets say it came as a sense of relief to shift attention from the Debono vs Gonzi saga which entertained the nation for the past months but even worse than that ridiculed the government's credibility internationally not to say the uncertainty created at the detriment of the nation's economic interests. If one had to count the number of disgruntled MPs within the local "big" parties , PN would definitely outweigh PL with a sizeable majority and an astounding ratio of about 1:7 only to count those that came out in public because I believe there are more PN-leaning activists who prefer to remain silent but express their protest votes by remaining at home or invalidate their vote. We'll get the answer in about 12 months time if not before.
c p agius
May 11th 2012, 05:30
How can Adrian expect to be part of the progressive party?....Honestlt I can't even see him in the nationalist party let alone LP. Infact, I welcomed the idea when Joseph sidelined him. My only critism is that the labour party should sack and fire other conservatives or fake liberals (there are too many of them) unless the leader is happy to have a rainbow party.
Keeping everyone happy in the same party is not heatlhy at all for our democracy..How can you accept ruthless building contractors in AD for example? Does leaving them out reflects badly on AD's liberal credentials?
Mr Adrian Zahra
May 11th 2012, 05:21
Why rock the boat when you are hell bent to leave?.
Man did an honorable thing by leaving. He felt out of place and left.
No one can please everybody every time and surely in a party which is portraying itself as progressive people that treasure radical conservative principles for sure cannot feel comfortable.
Perhaps what a lot of people are failing to understand is that the world is changing rapidly and unless we start changing at a faster rate we are bent to be left outside.
NO one is saying that we should trash our Values, but reality is that values cannot be imposed by law or by any party. Values are one and parcel to the individual, and thus values are a personal thing as long as those values are not damaging to others and to society at large.
A. Borg
May 11th 2012, 05:07
Another one bites the dust.
Anthony A. Mifsud
May 11th 2012, 04:48
U jahsra,why waste time watching Bondi- it's time to move forward! And just say thanks for your loyalty Dr. Vassallo.
Ninu.
Alfred Grech
May 11th 2012, 01:07
It is so sad to see so much antagonism and hatred in this country. Most of us need to do some growing up.
Joe Xuereb
May 11th 2012, 01:03
Quote: When his poor record of attendance in parliament was pointed out to him, Dr Vassallo replied that MPs could enter the chamber for a few seconds and be considered present. He went less often, but then stayed longer when the debates were about subjects which he followed'.
He stayed long when debates were about matters which he followed. I think he meant to say, which he approved of.
Quote: For the PL, everyone had the right to do as he liked. These, he said, were not rights, because no one had a right to harm society. The PL allows everybody to do as they like?! A sweeping statement if ever there was one. And as for nobody having the right to harm society. Well, I agree with you on that one. Except that what harms society is a matter of opinion. Just because something is not done like it used to once upon a time does not necessarily mean it is a change for the worse. If I remember correctly, the old system of doing things in the past was not all that rosy. Some things never change though. Exaggeration for emphasis is your hallmark by now. Maybe you are not suited to political life, now or ever. Maybe you are too honest for a political career. Maybe you would make more friends in Iran.
Louis Cutajar
May 11th 2012, 00:34
Kellu bżonn il-membri parlamentari kollha kienu bħall-Adrian, u jaġixxu skont il-kuxjenza iffurmata u fl-aħjar interess tal-pajjiż u mhux biex jidhru sbieħ. Waqt il-programm Adrian dwar id-divorzju qal punt importanti, 20 sena oħra nibdew nindunaw bl-effetti li dan se jkollu fuq il-pajjiż u fuq il-familji l-oħra. Barra minnhekk huwa raġel fuq l-irġiel għaqx baqa' l-leali lejn l-elettorat li eleġġih għax fl-ebda programm elettorali ma kien imniżżel id-divorzju. Jekk niġu f'dan huma tradituri dawk li ivvutaw favurih u aktar u aktar dawk li ressqu il-mozzjoni. Barra minnhekk ħafna jgħidu imma ir-referendum għadda favur id-divorzju imma tajjeb li nsaqsu lilna nfusna, il-vutanti ivvuttaw b'mod infurmat jew ivvutaw b'mod partiġġjan skont kif qal il-partit partikulari? Jekk ġara hekk mela għadda mhux gġax veru in-nies rieduh imma għax kienet deċiżjoni partiġġjana.
Mark Spiteri
May 11th 2012, 08:29
Prosit Sur Cutajar naqbel mieghek 100% kienet decizjoni partiggjana
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 08:39
Bl-istess raguni, Adrian Vassallo missu jitkellem biex HADD ma jdahhal il-computer id-dar ghax minn fuqu wiehed jista jara pornografija kull hin u kull mujment ! U l-effet ta' dan DIGA qed narawh b'hafna bniet ta' eta zghiraa qeghdin iwelldu ! Dwar id-divorzju, illum billkemm ghadna nisimghu il-kelma metalanqas ilna sena li dahl id-divorzju f'Malta. U dik il-biza kollha li ppruvaw ibezzghu Adrian Vassallo, Edwin Vassallo, Austin Gatt u xi ftit deputati ohra, sfumat fix-xejn !
Joe Fenech
May 11th 2012, 00:27
HEAR, HEAR
"no longer attends meetings of the parliamentary group because..."
Were you not criticised for not attending parliament over a year ago?
Rodnick Abdilla
May 11th 2012, 00:15
Jekk ma thossokx komdu Dr Vasallo mhux twarrab bil kwiet u tahlli il min huwa komdu jahdem ? nirringrazjawk ta xghol li ghamilt
B Borg
May 11th 2012, 00:14
@ Adrian Vassallo
I followed you on tonight's show. At one point you said that you will vote against because you fear God. And my first thoughts were "Love your neighbour as yourself". Even if have different needs / feelings then yours.
Joseph Camilleri
May 11th 2012, 00:10
Il problema hi li se jitla partit fil gvern li ma ghandux idea ta kif imexxi pajjiz! Issa la jitla Guzepp, halluwa ha tigi ir ricezzjoni!! U l'iskuza tkun bad timing... rather then bad managment from Labour! Hallih ha jitla il lejber u niehu gost jekk jitla sabiex dak li illum qed niehdu for granted nkunu nafu x'ifisser la darba nkunu tlifnieh!
Jekk jitla il lejber pero definately mhux bis sahha tieghi!! NO THANKS!
Mark Spiteri
May 11th 2012, 08:31
lanqas bis-sahha tieghi...:)
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 08:46
" Halliih ha jitla l-Lejber u niehu gost jekk jitla sabiex dak li llum qed niehdu for granted nkunu nafu x'ifisser la darba nkunu tlifnieh"! Per ezempju, drajna bli skandli godda kull gimgha, il-prezz tal- fuel u l-gas tielgha kull xahar, progetti jispiccaw jiswew hafna katar milli kien ippjanat, nepotizmu sfrenat fl-ghoti ta' kuntratti, promozzjonijiet, xoghol etc..etc.. Drajna wkoll li jigi mwieghed haga u wara din il-weghda tintnesa. U hafna aktar affarijiet li DRAJNa u b'Joseph Muscat, dawn il-hnizrijiet nitilfuhom !!!!
A. Schembri
May 11th 2012, 00:02
Uwija dan mux hiereg s sena d diehla so no worries..
Tony Agius
May 11th 2012, 00:00
As I said some time ago , the cracks within the Labour Party are Much and Much bigger than the cracks within PN , and this is just one of at least seven
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 08:53
Tony Agius, il-fehmiet ta' Adtian Vassallo ilhom li hargu, specjalment meta kien stqarr li jippreferi jmur jghix gewwa l-Iran flok f'Malta minhabba li f'xi lukandi t-turisti ghandhom il-possibilita li fil-kamra taghhom jaraw programmi pornografici ! U ried lill-gvern jiehu passi kontra dawn il-lukandi. Mela missu qal ukoll biex il-gvern jiehu passi kontra kull min ghandu computer id.dar, ghax wiehed jista jara pornografija kemm irid u x'hin irid !!
Jidher car li l-politika mhux ghal snien Dr. Vassallo.
John L Galea
May 11th 2012, 11:29
Tony Agius: OMG, it is amazing on how can you make yourself belief a lie you say to yourself.
Mr Albert Dimech
May 10th 2012, 23:58
Dr Vassallo's arguments are full of contradictions!! He says clearly that he had a free vote and he went ahead with it. If Dr Muscat wanted to put pressure he would have done it before the vote and not after, simple! I can't follow his logic! It's quite obvious that after he voted against the people's will, like Gonzi did, this would bring consequences. Perhaps Dr Muscat did not need to say it at all!
Paul Giordimaina
May 11th 2012, 10:22
Mela hekk taghmel sur Privitera
Oliver Grech
May 10th 2012, 23:57
Where are the labourites speaking of about the Debono - Gonzi issues? U il ftit that are commenting are really using different measures and being quite a double faced. U halluna.
John Borg
May 10th 2012, 23:55
"He said the PL had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and then we'll see'." mhmm a Labour MP Talking in this manner about the aim and the policy of his supposed team mates (LP) is very very bad!
Jesmond Abela
May 10th 2012, 23:36
"To insult and attack on TV a standing MP who had been comfortably elected, just for having voted against divorce in a situation where he was told he had a free vote does not reflect being a moderate, but it smacks of communism or dictatorship. Maybe it was a spur of the moment thing, but a year has passed and nothing has happened," Dr Vassallo said....... Dawn huma l-moderati u l-progressivi ???? Viva Joey taghna
Noel Cutajar
May 11th 2012, 06:42
Mela insejt il-blogs, pagni ta' quddiem u kummenti online kontra Franco Debono!! Viva GonziPN
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 08:55
Tista tispjega fejn kien " l-attakk u l-insult" ta' Dr. Muscat ? Jaqaw qed tipprova tinsa x'ilu jghid Franco Debono u ohrajn f'GonziPN ????
J Brincat
May 10th 2012, 23:35
Joseph Muscat, ghandu jeħles minnu!
(jb)
Tony Agius
May 11th 2012, 00:13
Isma dan mhux Franco ta , hah..hah...ha.....................!
Joe Pavia
May 11th 2012, 07:19
Mela meta persona tal kalibru ta Dr Vassallo titkellem il verita'tridu tehilsu minnha. Ahseb wara jekk nirrepeti jekk tkunu fil gvern ara herba taghamlu. Niftakar is 70's. Dittatorjat assolut. Igbru naqra.
Richard Caruana
May 11th 2012, 07:23
Mhux hekk tafu taghmlu inthom, Sur J.B.? Minn mhux maghna kontra taghna ghadu l-motto tal-lejber!
Din hi kollha verita li qed twegga' ghax minn ghandu rasu fuq ghonqu jaf xi jfisser J.M., esatt kif iddeskrivih Dr Vassallo. 'Moderat' u 'Progressiv' mhux zgur
Reinhard Azzopardi
May 11th 2012, 07:51
Hekk sewwa Sur Brincat. Joseph Muscat ghandu jehles minnu hux? Pero nisthajjel li int it-tip li fl-istess nifs tghid li Franco Debono ghandu ragun. M'ghandkom xejn hlief ghatx ghal poter! L-importanti ghalikom hu li iwarrab Gonzi halli jitla l-genju bil-bakketta magika u miskin hu min jipprova jaghmillu xi hajta opposizzjoni.
carmel callus
May 11th 2012, 08:01
Tassew tafu tittolleraw, Sur Brincat...wara l-elogji kollha li ghamilt lil Franco Debono! X'reazzjoni differenti issa ghax messet lilkom. Malajr stqarrejt dak li tabilhaqq temmen fih: "ghandu jehles minnu".
Ivan cachia
May 11th 2012, 08:07
Il-verita twegga hux sur Brincat........
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 08:58
Joe Pavia, insejtu kemm irridikolajtuh lil Adrian Vassallo meta kien hareg b'dik il-hmerija li kien lest imujr jghix l-Iran ??????
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:03
Lil Adrian HADD ma qallu biex jirrizenja bhal ma ilkhom tghidu lil Franco Debono. Mhux se jikkontesta, ghax HU STESS qal li hu ma jikkontestax elezzjoni jekk ma jkunx zgur li se jitla ! Mela la induna li jekk jikkontesta mhux se jitla, qieghed jipprova jwahhal f'Joseph Muscat u mhux fih innifsu ghall dak ghamle - ma jmurx il-parlament hlief meta jkun hemm xi vot . U il-vot LE fil-parlament kontra l-ligi tad-divorzju li kien ghadda mir-referendum, meta shabu kollha ivvutaw favur, anki dawk li kienu ivvutaw LE fir-referendum !
B Zammit
May 11th 2012, 10:06
Mhux dik id-differenza fuq id-divorzju (u f kull issue ohra) bejn iz-zewg partiti Sur Privitera?...wiehed ihalli Open Vote u l-iehor jiddetta kif trid tivvota - dak hu n-ifs gdid li qed jaghti Joseph Muscat
Paul Giordimaina
May 11th 2012, 10:26
Gha kont qtajt qalbi li insib xghandek xi tejt sur Brincat ma naqbelx naqtalek rasek il veru laburist.
Sandro Sammut
May 10th 2012, 23:34
Kemm tkazaw b Gonzi ghax ivvota kontra d divorzju?? Meta dan qal li kien ha jkun cert li ha ssir ir rieda tal poplu(kif vera sar), Dawn l istess laburisti qatt ma kritikaw lil Alfred Sant li kien qal li LE rebah fit 2003!! Qas temmen! Having said that, xorta certi mizuri ta Gonzi kellhom jigu evalwati u evitati!!! Ma naqbilx ma Gonzi bil maghmad!
David Scicluna
May 10th 2012, 23:28
This article is just a pathetic attempt to shift attention. For Vassallo you have Debono, Mugliett, Pullicino Orlando, Agius, Farrugia......Liza Liza tell me, where is your party's vision? Wfere is your electoral programme? What are your plans for the future? Nicky, to whom exactly are you refering to? Your statement fits the PN perfectly!
Nicky Azzopardi
May 10th 2012, 23:48
I see 've ruffled a few placid feathers there.
A. Xuereb
May 11th 2012, 05:46
THe PN apologists are right in using Dr Vassallo's words against the PL. Isnt he the one accusing DR Muscat of being 'a dictator"?. Can the good doctor tell us if his wife seek re-election as Ta Xbiex mayor on the PL ticket?. Whoever really knows Dr Muscat knows that he is anything but a dictator. Maybe Dr Vassallo can team up with Dr Debono, after all they are both against divorce, both indulge in keeping birds locked away in cages for their personal enjoyment and both enjoy bashing their respective leader.
J Busuttil
May 10th 2012, 23:28
Adrian not really news as all those who read and hear from all corners of the media know xi-sarraf Joseph and it will also come to light that he is also being led by the MLP old faces. All we needed was a confirmation and thanks to you we managed to get it. Good luck to your future as all those who came into contact with you as patients have praise for the work you do as a doctor.
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:08
Dan l-istess Adrian Vassallo li kontu irridikolajtu meta qal li kien jippreferi jmur jghix l-Iran flok f'Malta ! Din bhal ta' Mintoff, kontu ghajjartuh "SALLBU,SALLBU" u meta beda jjastjeni fil-voti u imbaghad ivvota kontra inziltu gharkubtejkhom quddiemu tghajjtu : "Hosanna, Hosanna , Dumink " !!!!
pat muscat
May 10th 2012, 23:27
Dr Vassallo had his free vote, so did the others; its time to move on. Good luck and a big thanks to Dr Vassallo. Hard luck that Bondi+PN is trying to limit PN's collateral damage from yesterdays Franco's onslaught on Dr Gonzi! Dr Vassallo's frame of mind has been known for ages....kumbinazzjoni Bondi intebah bih il-bierah! Twelidna illum!
M Calleja
May 11th 2012, 06:44
Dr. Vassallo had his free vote, but then Muscat said that he has to 'face the consequences'. This is Muscat - what he promises is not necessarily what he will be doing. Re. Bondi+ Franco's onslaught is nothing new, it's more of the same, we are now used to it and it only serves to keep the labour hardliners happy, Dr. Vassallo's declaration that he will not contest is only recent....so Bondi+ was very factual!
Carmel Dimech
May 10th 2012, 23:25
Here we go we have another Franco :p
Peter Azzopardi
May 10th 2012, 23:25
Jien nahseb li hemm xi virus fil Parlament............. Qazziztuna kollha kemm intom .
Reinhard Azzopardi
May 11th 2012, 07:56
Ha nghidlek, ghandek ragun biex tbiegh ta. Farsa shiha miz-zewg nahat (issa jien nazzjonalist pjuttost iffissat ta imma qazzewna kollha kemm huma).
J Micallef
May 11th 2012, 08:12
Peter Azzopardi & Reinhard Azzopardi (no relation, I presume) - I add my voice to that of yours.
Deo Catania
May 10th 2012, 23:24
Nazzjonalist imwerwrin ghax daqt tinqatalhom il-pappa u c-cejka li jiddubbaw m'ghand gonzipn...........allura jipruvaw ibezzghu lill-poplu b'kocc cucati. il-poplu ivvota favur id-divorju, min ghandu jew ghad jigi bzonnu jiehdu, min ma jridx jaghlaq halqu u ma jindahalx.
P. Ciantar
May 11th 2012, 07:24
imma dan wiehed mill tal labour hux Adrian Vassallo ?
Marco Galea
May 10th 2012, 23:21
Niftakar li meta n-Nazzjonalisti hargu petizzjoni fuq FB u kkritikaw lil Franco Debono, tghidx kemm dehru Laburisti fuq dil-page jifirhu u jitkazaw li tal-PN jghajjru lil taghhom stess!
Ha naraw kemm ha jcapculu lil Adrian issa!
Angus Black
May 10th 2012, 23:18
Dr Vassallo's case is the exact opposite of Franco Debono's. While Franco attacked the Party, his colleagues and the Prime Minister, Adrian was attacked and ostracized by his Party leader and sidelined for no other reason than exercising his rights to what was claimed openly by Joseph himself to be a' free vote'! The same applies to Marie Louise Coleiro Preca who first declared she was anti-divorce but then abstained. Obviously she does not have the guts as Adrian does and tell the truth. Too late to change her vote now, but it is quite clear that Joseph promises one thing and delivers a nasty opposite..
A. Mizzi
May 11th 2012, 00:14
No comparison at all!
Why not JPO's case on Bondi + to balance? After all PBS is a National Station and not a Nationalist Party Station ,,,even if that is the perception with its' sbtle and not so subtle agenda!
W Cassar
May 11th 2012, 08:05
Same as Gonzi then Angus Black. Promises Promises Promises and you get a nasty opposite, or a corrupt opposite! :)
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:14
Il-prova kemm Joseph mhux "dittatur" tathielkom Marie Louise Coleiro. i wkoll kienet kontra divorzju, izda meta ghadda mir-referendum, almenu ma vvutatx kontra fil-parlament. L-istess ghamel Carmelo Abela. Ivvota kontra fir-referendum, izda ivvota favur fil-parlament b'rispett lejn il-maggoranza tal-poplu ! U t-tnejn li huma ghandhom rwol importanti fl-Oppozizzjoni. Id-differenza li dawn jafu xi tfisser politika waqt li Adrian m'ghandux ideja !
Victor Vella
May 10th 2012, 23:18
Pajjiz spiccut u bla dirrezzjoni. Tisma` l-oppozzizjoni mod, tisma` tal-PN mod iehor. Kulhadd mohhu kif ha jiehdu il-poter minn fuq dahar poplu maghkus u mghaffeg. Min huwa l-aqwa jhawwel. Pajjiz tal-jungla.
Angus Black
May 10th 2012, 23:53
Sur Vella, irrid infakkrek li l'ebda partit ma "jiehdu il-poter minn fuq dahar poplu maghkus u mghaffeg". Anzi l-oppost ghax hu l-poplu li jaghti l-poter lill xi partit biex jifforma gvern. Ghaldaqstant huwa tajjeb li wiehed jahsibha sew qabel ma jastjeni jew jivvota l-partit 'tieghu' ghax ommu w missieru kienu jivvutaw hekk!
Ara l-ewwel min kien ta gid l-izjed, min ghandu pjan sod ghal futur u vvota lilu u mhux ghal xi partit li fil-passat wieghed hafna affarijiet u ma wasalx. jew wieghed haga u wettaq ohra.
Meta tisma minn partit u iehor wiezen sewwa dak li tisma u ara min hu l-eqreb ghal verita. Min jghid il-verita huwa wisq aktar sincier min iehor li ma jsib l-ebda diffikulta li jghawweg is-sewwa maghruf.
Stanley Iles
May 11th 2012, 08:38
Sur Angus Black,
Ahna hsiebna sewwa u ghalhekk ser nivvutaw lill-partit u movument modern b'idejat godda u nies godda biex nehilsu mill-arroganza li stagnat f'dan il-pajjiz b'nies miz-zewg nahat.Joseph Muscat huwa s-soluzzjoni ghall- nifs gdid.
Mr J Grech
May 11th 2012, 10:03
@ Stanley Iles
"movument modern b'idejat godda u NIES GODDA"
Int qed ticcajta?????
John Attard
May 10th 2012, 23:18
I think you better go to Iran parliament. You dont want sex shops, you dont want gaming parlours!!! You neither want adult people to see porn when staying at a hotel!!!! I would li to know what is your vision?? Driving the people to the 50s when the Archbishop dictates everything we do in our life??
Hope that neither the PL and neither the PN will accept people li you within their party. Maybe i reason your thinking to oppose divorce but to opposed sex shops and porn and gaming parlour when one could see porn or play as much as he wants on the internet !! Come on !!!
Henry Jacobs
May 10th 2012, 23:16
Joseph Muscat is doing the right thing by getting rid of all the old labour candidates. He still has a long way to go - he needs to remove at least 20 of his current MP line up.
Mr Joe Micallef
May 10th 2012, 23:26
With all due respect. you're either clueless or love telling jokes (stale as they might be)
Mr Albert Dimech
May 10th 2012, 23:50
The people will see to that in the next election, don't worry!!
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:18
Henry Jacobs, it was Lawrence Gonzi who admitted with teh American Ambassador, that he had "very limited" cabinet material to choose from in his line-up of MPs !
Henry Jacobs
May 11th 2012, 12:55
@ Mr Micallef
Would you like a list? I wasn't joking at all. If you think its funny I don't. JM is doing the right thing.
Joe Fenech
May 10th 2012, 23:15
Adrian Vassallo is a bigot and one can't go by what he says.
Reinhard Azzopardi
May 11th 2012, 07:55
I will not go so far as to call him a bigot but I do believe that he's throwing spanners in the works. He does not intend to contest the next election (a number of MPs are doing the same) and he has nothing to lose. He's striking the days off the calendar to get out of it and is frankly bored and has no motivation. I compare this to the last days in a job. You hand in your resignation and wait until your notice period is over. You don't care much and only do what's totally necessary.
Chris Mercieca
May 10th 2012, 23:14
Dawn maltemp f oppozizjoni ahseb u ara x jigri kieku jkunu fil gvern !!!
Deo Catania
May 10th 2012, 23:27
donnok ma sseggwix ahbarijiet int, dan l-artiklu biss qrajt dawn l-ahhar xhur? u dan ghalik maltemp? kieku l-gvern jintroduci taxxa fuq kull kumment bla sens li jithalla jidher hawn id-dejn tal-pajjiz f'sena jisparixxi.
Joe Fenech
May 10th 2012, 23:13
'no longer attends meetings of the parliamentary group because..."
Were you not criticised for not attending parliament over a year ago?
A Vella
May 10th 2012, 23:11
Well...I think when you promise heaven on earth to each different individual these cracks will start showing before even starting, and we'll have much more of this in the "progressive coalition." Matters will be worse if a slim majority is achieved where we'll have another 5 years of parliament comedy with the Franco Debono and JPO of the season.
M Mamo
May 10th 2012, 23:10
Meta l-PN qal li l-PL haga wahda mal-Korea hafna haduha kontra ... issa wiehed minn taghhom stess qallom li DITTATURI - bhall-Korea ... ha naraw x'ha jghidu issa!
Sewwa jghidu li l-lupu jbiddel sufu ...
m'ghandomx oligarkija u klikek ma tarax!
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:21
Jaqaw insejt li Franco Debono ILU XHUR SHAH jghajjar lil Lawrence Gonzi u l-KLIKKA TAL-HAZEN ? Dan l-ahhar qallu: " X'TIPPRETENDI LI INT, XI RE "???
Marco Galea
May 10th 2012, 23:09
Ghandom biex jitkazaw il-moderati u progressivi e!! ajma hej!
liza Elizabeth
May 10th 2012, 23:07
So its right to say that labour leader wants to look good with everyone he s just trying to look like his former leader dom mintoff ( just he try) , i can describe joseph in a sentence " knock knock knock but when you open the door you don t find anything" no substance, no vision, the only vision trying to bring the government down.
James Tyrrell
May 10th 2012, 23:16
Problem is Liza than on the PN side you have the same no substance and no vision but in that case he seems hell bent on bringing the country down.
Nicky Azzopardi
May 10th 2012, 23:07
Ta' gewwa stess indunaw, ahseb u ara elettoral shih li jridu jqarqu.
Mark. Galea
May 10th 2012, 23:06
He said the Pl had transformed itself into a movement, but its only aim was to bring down the Nationalist government, 'and then we'll see'.
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:24
Nissugerixxi lilek ul-dawk kollha li ILLUM qeghdin jikkonslaw bi hmerija li qal Adtian Vassallo, taqraw l-artikoli li kiteb Adrian Vassallo sa dan l-ahhar dwar GonziPN. U aqta kemm tkomlu tfahhruh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe Fenech
May 10th 2012, 23:05
Dictatorship? Isn't it you who actually rebels against everything including divorce?
Anthony Galea
May 11th 2012, 07:15
Dictatorship is the opposite of rebellion, wise man.
Reinhard Azzopardi
May 11th 2012, 07:53
I think you have a point Mr. Fenech. I don't like Dr. Muscat's style of leadership much to be quite honest with you but I think Dr. Vassallo is the Franco Debono of the PL.
Eddy Privitera
May 11th 2012, 09:29
Reinhard Azzopardi, can you tell me how you know Dr. Muscat's style of leadership ? Have you ever had the chance to speak to him privately ? If you have never spoken to him, I suggest you ask him for the chance to meet him and discuss as well as ask him whatever you may wish. He will definitely give you an appointment. That's the "dictator" imiagined by Adrian Vassallo!!!
Reinhard Azzopardi
May 11th 2012, 10:56
@Eddy Privitera
I don't need an appointment. To me, Dr. Muscat is militant and I don't like it. Wonderful person but militant.
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