Updated: PN billboard inspires Labour's

G.A. Scicluna

Aug 7th 2012, 13:59

What was promised wasn't met. What you say is partially true but the service is not what was so bombastically promised ...zmien il buzullotti spicca for this government means taking people for a ride most of the time.. literally.

Daniela C Lia

Aug 9th 2012, 09:41

Ma jfissirx li għandna nikkuntentaw ruħna. Dak li ġie mwiegħed ma nżammx. Ir-rotot kważi baqgħu l-istess, tieħu l-istess ħin biex tasal. Iddum tistenna u sadaittant tħallas iktar.

William Caligari

Aug 6th 2012, 09:56

Mr.C.Buttigieg I suggest NEW billboard read as follows:

...............Malta marida (bid-dejn)

..............................Medicina MUSCAT

Anthony Scicluna

Aug 6th 2012, 10:31

Mr Caligari
All medicines have indications for use and chemical composition. JM has still yet to tell us how he is going to achieve paradise without increasing taxation

William Caligari

Aug 6th 2012, 12:27

Mr Scicluna,

Be patience,you can attend between 18 Settember till 23rd Settember,

for the "Kungress" li sa jkun organnizzat, bit-tema li forsi ghandek

id-dubju.

Hadd ma 'achieve paradise without increasing taxation".

Forsi tghidilna inti,kif il-Gvern sa' jhallas id-dejn?

Eddy Privitera

Aug 5th 2012, 19:13

Joe Sammut: Il PL ilu s-snin jitkellem dwar li persuna ddum tistenna s-snin ghal operazzjoni MHUX ACCETTABBLI ! Mela ibqa cert li dwar il-waiting lists - li Dr. MUscat kien ukoll tkellem u qal li persuna ghandha tinghata zmien accettabbli meta tkun se ssirilha l-operazzjoni. mhux kif qed tghid int ! U zgur li fil-programm elettorali jkun hemm hemm aktar dettalji dwar din il-problema !

Fi zmien il-Laboyur taht Mintoff, li tant thobbu ssemmu xi affarijiet negattivi BISS, kont tistenna biss ftit xhur ghal-operazzjoni !!!!

William Caligari

Aug 5th 2012, 16:52

Angelo,

Mela mmorru ghall futur.

Kif u x'fatta sa' jwigeb il-PN meta jibdew jidhru Billboard
fuq id-dejn enormi li ghandhu l-pajjiz.
........................................dejn kapitali.....................................
......................................interessi fuq id-dejn........................
....................................interessi ta' kuljum............................
..................................dejn ta' l- EneMalta..............................
..................................iddejna marbuta mill-UE....................
..................................minhabba dan id-dejn........................
.................................dejn mal-koperazzjonijiet....................
.................................dejn fuq il-Parlament il-gdid...............
.................................dejn ma' l-Arriva....................................

Tahseb Sur Angelo, li l' poplu ghandhu futur taht il-PN?

...................................Swat............. Swat..........Swat.............

Daniel Dimech

Aug 5th 2012, 14:40

just pressed the like button

Eddy Privitera

Aug 5th 2012, 15:36

Joe Sammut: It is obvious that you do not know enough. You seem to believe whatever is said by minister Dr. Joe Cassar. This is the minister who said that that the problem of placing patients on stretchers in corridors for many hours, is just a winter-time problem ! Go today to the Emergency Department at Mater Dei and check whether there are patients on stretchers in corridors !

As regards your unsure assertion, that waiting lists have been " radically reduced", just ask those who are on the waiting lists, not just for cataract operations !

Paul Konti

Aug 9th 2012, 06:07

ABSURD comment!

Eddy Privitera

Aug 5th 2012, 12:43

Mela kieku noqghod nikkwotalek x'qalu JPO u Franco Debono , KEMM AKTAR IKOLLK XI TMAXTAR ?????
Dawk membri parlamentari !

G Schembri

Aug 4th 2012, 21:14

What third party? Over 5 000 voters who voted for a third party were totally ignored in the last election. And neither AN nor AD uttered a word, I was one of them, this time round I will definitely vote PL - for a change in government, At least my vote will now have a say.

Eddy Privitera

Aug 5th 2012, 06:19

George Grech: Tidher li qatt ma kellek bzonn operazzjoni, int u memberi tal-familja tieghek ! U j?Alla qatt ma jkollkhom bzonn, biex niftehmu !

Il-partn!er tieghi damet 6 snin tistenna ghal-operazzjoni tal-katarretti, mhux 4 snin kif hemm fuq il-Billboard !

Mela fejn hija l-esagerazzjoni ?????????????

Johnny Xerri

Aug 5th 2012, 08:04

Mr Grech,

I can personally prove 3 instances in which hospital treatment took too long;

1. During my very 1st year of marriage I was broke from uni bills (you have to pay for an MA), rent, utility bills, and general expenses, so I decided to opt for public health care. I had terrible pain in my knees cause I happened to be flat footed and mis alligned (one would not notice anything unless he is a specialist...nothing visual or limping or anything...just knee pain). So 1st the appointment was made for 5 months later...then I go there and the GP tells me I need an appointment with the consultant, and an appointment is made for another 5 months later. Then I go there and the consultant tells me I need to have an appointment with the ortothics clinic, and its scheduled for another 5 months later. Then I said F it and just went private spent €300 and bye bye all done in one day.

2. I had a peptic ulcer as a kid (very rare but thats luck)...I start having heart burn again last year...made an appintment...and the appointment was scheduled for a year and 2 months later. Again F it and went private...and spent €450 for a scan and tests...but at least I have peace of mind that it was nothing serious.

3. I had lower abdomin pain...and my GP told me its appendix...and its urgent...so I go to the hospital...3 hrs till someone sees me...then I'm stuck waiting for another 2 hrs without anyone telling me anything...then when I told them that my GP said its urgent they laughed it off and said I'm blowing things out of proportion...then when surgen comes he says he never new that it was urgent cause they lost the file...lol...in 5hrs they lost the file...he explains the pocedure...and claims that its only a 2" incession and all done in 2hrs...I wake up in a lot of pain...surgen calls round and tells me if I'm ok...I told him lots of pain for just a 2" incession...well he tells me...you are luck mate...the appendix raptured cause it was left for too long waiting for the op...with them having lost the file and judging you were not too serious casue you just sat down and didn't insist toomuch and showed to much pain...you are lucky you were not poisoned. LOL so if I grumbled they would say I'm exegerating...I i didn't them let him wait...to hell what his doctor claimed.


After having voted for PN all my life...after having atended many meetings, carcades and convinced many disgruntled voters to vote...after being a tesserat for all my voting life...I am not ashamed of having been PN...and will vote PL not because I am labourite...but simply because PN is no longer the PN it use to be...it is simply a party of vote stealers and power suckers.

Paying tax and being treated as scum...that's whats vili Mr Grech

F. Azzopardi

Aug 5th 2012, 09:06

tkellem ma min garrab sur grech qabel tkun daqsekk konvint mis servizz tal h*ra

William Caligari

Aug 5th 2012, 10:14

@ george grech,

kulhadd xortih,il-mara tieghi kellha thallas madwar 8000 ewro
sabiex ghamlet l-opperazzjoni ta' l-irkoppa, St.James Hospital,
Haz-Zabbar.Mill-bqija ghoqod stenna snin.

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 5th 2012, 11:49

Tell me Johhny Scerri where you the only one waiting to be served.

Sure you weren't! In any country free means waiting but you obviously think someone owes you something.

Tell me how much did you pay for your first degree and for your masters? Tell me how much stipends loans do you have? Tell me how many points did you need to get to Uni? Tell me who was your “parrinu”?

Johnny Xerri

Aug 5th 2012, 18:01

Dear Mr Micallef,

No I was not the only one waiting....however;

1. I expect that when a GP signes a letter to the hospital clearly indicating that the patient has a highly inflamed appendix...that needs to be treated urgently to avoid rapture...that at the very least they don't lose the file in a few hrs...that given that a raptured appendix could be deadly...that they act accordingly...mhux u iwa issa naraw...and by the way...the same people who lost my file did stop for a coffee break...more than once...while I waited feverish with a raptured appendix...not to mention the dirt @ the gozo hospital I happenedto have had the misfortune to be operated in.

2. I expect that if I pay taxes @ 35% plus social security (highest rate)...at the very least I don't pay again for health care...otherwise we might just as well have no 'free' this and that...pay a low tax...and go private whenever we need something.

3. Just for info...uni is not free...it is paid out of tax money...smart card hardly covers the cost of books (most of which had to be funded by my parents)...plus MA is fully funded by the student...around €2500.

Secondly...it is nonsense to keep on mentioning the parinu and other arguemnts that are related to the past...as far as Iknow in 1996 AF did not re-install that system at uni...plus we are living today...and will live tomorrow...we cannot re-live the past...we cannot change the past...but we can change the present and the future...

Thirdly...by your argument...then we might as well never have another election...since the past can never be changed...

4th...it is Pn whois now in govt...it is they who were entrusted with the management of the country...it is they who have to answerto the blunders commited...and these cannot be justified with...what would PL have done...or 30 years ago PL had done worst...thats all crap.

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 5th 2012, 19:19

Johnny Scerri your logic is to say it mildly thwarted. Your last para is a text book case of how not to make sense and show poor analytical skills.

"4th...it is Pn whois now in govt...it is they who were entrusted with the management of the country...it is they who have to answerto the blunders commited...and these cannot be justified with...what would PL have done...or 30 years ago PL had done worst...thats all crap. "

The other paragraphs are worst still and very childish. Ex, Of course nothing is free but the last time PL was in government apart from the taxes to fund education it stopped the stipends,

Certainly the PN is in government and it will answer to the electorate about your so called “blunders” (waiting at the ER department), but moving forward I need to know how these "blunders" will be remedied and until today we have not an iota of a clue.
This being the case it than becomes an issue of trust. As far as I am concerned I do not trust the PL leader who is on record wrong on a number of macro issues from EU membership to suggesting we adopt the Cypriot economic model. But above all I do not trust all those pre 1987 PL members who I consider belonged to a political criminal organisation that wanted a socialist society at the expense of others.
You see myself, I decide who to vote for, by looking at macro policies. Over the last 30 years the PN has outclassed the PL on all counts. Just to mention a few

Foreign Policy
Trade Policy
Education Policy
Health Policy
Infrastructure
Technology
VAT
Local Councils
EU membership
EURO

Whilst countries around us are flipping under macro tragedies you vote for a change because of hunting, waiting in queue or because of a late bus. God Bless you and I rest my case

Shaun Camilleri

Aug 4th 2012, 23:14

Scaremongering at best, anzi issa ghadda z-zmien li nbezzghu lin-nies bl-infern. Issa nuzaw l-buzz word 'lejber' bix nidhru cool.

U nergghu nippruvaw inbezzghu lin-nies xi naqra ohra.

Hallina nghixu nen trid!

Matthew Camilleri

Aug 4th 2012, 23:27

Proset Nen gennintna bil proza tijak! Either you're living in a world of your own, jew tant andek flus li il faqar socjali li aw mintix thossu! Amel pjacir lilek u lil ta madwarek, meta titkellem tkellem bis sens! Kemm gejna mweghda affarijiet qabel l elezjoni, xsar? XEJ!

Daniel Dimech

Aug 5th 2012, 14:51

ghala lejboristi u mhux laburisti xi tip ta intimidazzjoni jew illitterizmu? ma fhimtx il punt

Joe Tabone

Aug 4th 2012, 19:17

@A Mizzi,
This billboard is from the election campaign that Margaret Thatcher had won. As for copying you may wish to know that during that campaign Margaret Thatcher gave a speech where she quoted St Franscis D'Assisi.
I believe that I heard Dear Joseph making the same quotes too, a few weeks ago...........how original!

Jes Farrugia

Aug 4th 2012, 18:33

In my opinion, there should have been another billboard:
"Ilna snin twal nistennew gvern laburista"

RONALD ARRY

Aug 4th 2012, 19:33

ther should be another one = ilna nahdmu ghomorna u qatt ma hadna 500 ewro zieda fil gimgha

Eddy Privitera

Aug 4th 2012, 20:00

Jew: ilkhom 25 sena bi gvern jghaddikhom biz.zmien !

Michael Magri

Aug 4th 2012, 17:22

Mr Sammut.. When you ask a question you must stay calm and wait for an answer, not `inventing` an answer yourself..!!

Joseph Bugeja

Aug 4th 2012, 17:34

The PL may have no idea (your quote) but I sure have and know the kind of jobs the PN has brought recently. Precarious ones. No wonder we are being overtaken (PPP statistics) even by the poor ex-communist countries. First it was Slovenia and now the Czech Republic is within an arm's length.
And yet despite of all these jobs (sic) we still can't balance the budget and bring down the debt burden. It's because you can't flog a dead horse...you can't tax precarious work!

Neville Sammut

Aug 5th 2012, 11:12

We have been waiting for 4 years for 1 single proposal.

ray vassallo

Aug 4th 2012, 18:10

Mr.Gatt, That's exactly what the Maltese population is doing: grumble, moan and groan. And there is always a reason for that!

Joseph Bugeja

Aug 4th 2012, 17:43

They are waiting for the bus to go to Smart City Mr Tabone! What proposals are you waiting for? Bringing down income tax? Guaranteeing the jobs of Air Malta and the Drydocks? Anyone can promise anything on this island and then we reserve the excuses for later. Proposals are for nothing! Have you ever read any party's proposals that promised a worse government?
What I look for is track record (if available) or trust if not. As for the first Dr Muscat has none but he has the second criteria for me. As for Dr Gonzi he has none of both except a very wrought filling track record.

Joe Tabone

Aug 4th 2012, 18:16

@ J Bugeja,
You want LABOUR's track record? As for the 80's their track record was record UNEMPLOYMENT, and even the few who had decent jobs could not enjoy their earnings as there was nothing to buy. Can you imagine that you go abroad and the first thing you think of buying for your kids are Mars bars and toothpaste.
The 1998 LABOUR government gave us the steepest utility bills when the price of oil was at its lowest i.e $12 a barrel (now over $100 a barrel) together with the introduction of CET that resulted in economic disaster for the country. This is LABOUR's track record!

Joseph Bugeja

Aug 4th 2012, 19:00

@ Joe Tabone,

No mention about Gonzi's promises nor about Joseph Muscat.
You mentioned Mars back in the seventies.
Well, I may be older than you if you're interested in history. In the sixties yes we had Mars but my parent's couldn't afford to buy the luxury. With £5 a week you could barely subsist and my dad was then employed by the British . The Maltese employers offered you £2 a week (not an hour) and if you worked on the outside and it rained it was deducted from your wages.
So stop teaching me history. History repeats itself it is said and with these precarious wages we are fast going backwards.
I don't know about record unemployment since in the sixties the unemployed had to emigrate and they didn't count any more. In the seventies quite a few returned. But perhaps you can teach me about record deficits and debt...if the number doesn't make you dizzy.

Mariano Camilleri

Aug 4th 2012, 20:19

theyre goin to send buses to pick them from home haha

Mr B Busuttil

Aug 4th 2012, 21:15

jaqaw ghandek il 'car' sur Tabone? ghax mhux kullhadd bhalek ta.. u jekk ikollok inqas min 18 ma tistax isuq, imma xorta trid tmur skola jew xoghol, u hemm min ma jistax isuq ezempju.

Ronnie Callus

Aug 4th 2012, 18:15

@ Chris Vella:
Veru Chris tghidtx kemm qed jahbtu tort tal-billboards. Aghtina daqsxejn ta' statistika ghax intom maghrufin ghall dawn. Nahseb taf biex jahbtu !! bil-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma moghla is-smewwiet li ma' jafhux kif se' jhallsuhom ghax gibthom jitkellmu wiehidhom u jiehdu l-kalmanti.

Chris Vella

Aug 5th 2012, 04:36

Well I have no statistics about anything.

One thing is for sure that in this country political lies and mismanagement have become a normal practise.
Your comment makes no sense at all since I don't support any political party.

In my comment I didn't make any reference to PL or PN both are big liars which find comfort in people like you.

So sensitive guys? last week I was criticised for making fun of the bridge to nowhere by a Gonzi apologist which in his opinion I'm a PL supporter and today by a PL Fanatic cause I find the Billboards funny and reminding the danger they pose with that block of concrete more than by the board itself. Who thinks I'm a PN supporter.

Simply Pathetic isn’t it Mr.Callus?

Is it the summer heat guys or the election closing in that is making all of you see everything red or blue?

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 16:28

yes please you are hillarious apart from living in a vat

Joe Tabone

Aug 4th 2012, 16:38

Johnny, why don't you tell us what Dear Joseph and LABOUR are offering to hunters.................or will hunters be worse off under Labour??

stephen koludrovic

Aug 4th 2012, 17:30

@ Joe Tabone,
Well the hunters can't be worst off then what they are now.

Mr Michael Debono

Aug 4th 2012, 17:45

The P.N. are without original ideas and wait for the LP to get inspired.
Suggestion everything in its time.Why the hurry.

Johnny Xerri

Aug 4th 2012, 18:03

@ Joe Micallef...so a long list of failures and you still want more...?

1. The power station as commissioned will not serve to replace Marsa power station...when Pl had hinted at this and told them that its either more capacity or an interconector Pn ridiculed (or tried to) PL...now works have started on the interconector.

2. They replaced the MEPA auditor...without consulation just because he was a torn in the backside (or rather their backside).

3.PN created arms and smart meters...and yet bills are still not on time...customer complaints are still not logged and dealt with on time...

4. Following the fiasco of the enemalta power station tender the auditor general had specifically recommended an internal audit unit...to date we still don't have one...and this could have saved the minister from a further mercaptan fiasco...and malta from the dangers of mercaptan disposal.

5. A minister that hardly presented any reform...and was the 1st ever minister to ever be removed from his ministery following a vote of confidence...

Need more...in case just ask for more.

Lol...PN suppoters instead of rebuting any one of the mentioned fiascos you simply try to shoot the messanger...and thats not even hilarious....but simply sad, pathatic and childish...but then what can be expected from the brainwashed blinkered supporters.

Joe Tabone,

Joseph Muscat at least had the decency to form a working group with the hunters and already stated more than once that hunters will not be privillaged...but will be entitled to enjoy their pastime without any privillage as stipulated by the birds directive....which is much more than what we are being offered by Gone-zi PN...hopefully your question will be further addressed on 1st spring season under PL administration.

Furthermore, even if PL offer no more than what PN is dishing...it was PN who had eneterd into a democratic obligation by sending to each and every hunter signed letters...but none the less than EFA & Simon Busutil...so instead of passing the buck on PL...why not answer why the PN did not deliver as promised...was it because they lied...or was it because they lied?

Joe Vella

Aug 4th 2012, 18:22

If they are published an PN copy some.. then it means that PN has no ideas and it will be easier for PL to win the election... when we are left in a dream, i.e. a PL government will solve everything without telling us how, is this the way to go, did we ever see parties in the world, when they are right, pushing their idea through even if they are in the Opposition. Again, if the idea is copied, it means that the government is sleeping...

UNTIL Then.... the PL is saying that 'what's good for the goose is good for the ganders'

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 18:47

Yes please I'm loving it. Maybe if I may ask you stop beating around the same bush.

Ma tafx tisthi imma zqur taf iddahak!

Johnny Xerri

Aug 4th 2012, 21:17

Mr Joe Micallef,

If you had noticed (as you should have done before commenting)...I did not beat around the same bush...you would have loved that...beating around one bush would not have ashamed anyone...however, I have taken the decency to beat around 16 bushes...

What I am awaiting for is a sensible reply to counter act these points I mentioned. Sensible well versed people, with their country's best interest at heart would not insult others or try to belittle them...they would hold arguments and present facts to counter act accusations by others.

The very fact that you choose to ridicule instead of correcting or justifying the points I mentioned shows your superiority complex...and portrays you as either a person who is riding on the gravy train.,..or a blinkered person who cannot see objectively his party's failures...

Come on that up the challenge and instead of ridiculing...try and present a counter argument.

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 5th 2012, 09:27

Johnny I am sorry for you for being so sorry! Not beating about the bush - I can find Enemalta mentioned about 4 time in different points.

Take you challenge. Do not really have time to waste with you but

Your point 1. Lack of control in most entities and deptarments. Really you must be (as you are) devoid of policies to mark this as a government shortcoming. Public bodies around the world are not a picture of perfect management. Mercaptan issue? I know it is being investigated and hope that any wrong dooers are severely punished. But tell me, bright one, how will PL get such departments running on “rubini” - if I have to go on its historical performance IT WAS A COMPLETE MESS. Let me just go back to the SANT era and mention just two instances. The Utility prices and the CET - The handling of just those two issues is a text book case of incompetence.

2. The no funds for tax cuts...yet enough funds for their cabinet's €500 / week salary increase. You, being a socialist, are envious of other people's achievements and pay related to responsibilities. As they say pay peanuts and get monkeys. But how will the PL solve the issue - You are so envious that it has totally escaped you that Joey will still get his (undeserved pay rise). The only difference is that he will entrust 3 (public figures -employed by the government) to declare that MPs deserve a wage increase and by consequence the 3 will get an increase themselves.

3. Arriva Fiasco - Yes sure it's a big Fiasco. Your objectivity is weak as is your ability to think for yourself. Surely there have been severe problems (most of which totally beyond Arriva's control) but a year on I think this is turning out to the long sought change needed. There are certainly more problems to overcome, but that is what people who work usually come across. How will the PL solve this - luckily they are not needed! They never did anything about it and today it is a private concern (something you can't live with)

4. The hunters stolen vote – Oh yes this is a big one isn’t it. Although myself I despise killing of birds (and for the record I also despise the bird hugging NGO’s) I do not agree that hunters have been cheated. Certainly new court ruling have changed the scenario – Ooops sorry I forgot that you being a socialist do not abide by court rulings!

5. THIS (from direct experience) I can tell you, outlines your immense DISHONESTY.

Would like to reply to the rest but I have better things to do.

In the meantime if, at least on the above, you can tell me how voting for PL will improve these issues I will be much obliged.

Johnny Xerri

Aug 5th 2012, 11:34

Mr Micallef,

1. Of course I mentioned EMC 4 times...but always on a different point...so if EMC has 4 faults we only mention one fault...not to beat around the same bush...or around the same Minister and friends?

2. Re your comment on how PL will solve the lack of control...well stop shifting the buck on PL...it is PN who are in power...they have to solve this...and as I and many see it....they failed...remember MEPA was taken under the helm of the PM...and yet...it still is rampant & riddled with abuse...EMC was given to Mr Agostino Pio Gatt...the ehavey weight....the macho that no one dares trample on...yet the BWSC and power station fiasco...and now the Mercaptan...(which by the way is not being investigated...but has already been investigated...lol...by EMC itself...with the conclusion that senior management was unaware...and that the people responsible have left work...so no disiplinary action can be taken...plus 3 years have passed so no criminal action can be taken...what did we expect...as if anyone punishes himself).

3. Hunters did have the vote stolen...since EFA had stated in black and white that an agreemnet was reached...FKNK hold official docs from the EU Commission that an agreement was never ever reached...but Malta just mentioned that they might derogate as required...had they negotiated as EFA claimed...no court ruling would ahve ever changed the signed agreement...plus in 2010 the season was only permitted for 5 half days...the hunters boycotted this and following years 2011 & 2012 it was opened for 13 days...lol...so why not open for 13 days in 2010 as well? Why claim to have neg when in fact they did not...maybe to steal votes?

4. Arriva is such a success story that gozitan workers have quit using minibuses and started using arriva...lol...go to cirkewwa at 6, 6:30 & 7 am and you will see how many use minibuses and how many use arriva...obtain official statistics on tickets sold by arriva...and tickets sold prior to arriva? Why is arriva reluctant to issue such data?

5. I worked hard at uni...got an MA...and currently reading for a Phd...I have a job that is taxed @ 35% so I earn enough not to be envy others earning high wages...but I will never tolerate monkeys deserving peanuts...obtaining hefty wages...did Austin Gatt deserve an increase after the fiasco he made at Enemalta (such a fiasco that the PM removed EMC from his portfolio and gave it to the finance minister...lol...what has finance got to do with EMC...apart from addressing the short comings of Agostino Pio Gatt).

By the way.,.as I stated many a time...I was until very recent times a PN supporter...a tesserat...a blue eyed person...but now I removed the blinkers...and actually feel ashamed to have voted PN for so long. An I a socialist...a labourite...no...but at least I acknowledge right from wrong...and will vote PL...maybe 10 years in opposition will bring back PN to the PN they once were...not this Gone-zi PN rubbish of lies and treating people as down right morons who always get it wrong...and they are the divinity that always is right but wrongly misunderstood.

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 5th 2012, 16:22

Johnny Scerri (the blue eyed boy) And your answers to my questions are?

I only asked answers for 5 points. You have an MA, you should be able to give me an answer. Come on stop beating about the bush, Come Mr. Tesserat or ex Tesserat .


You see I am not a tesserat of any party because I keep at a distance from parties.

Jes Farrugia

Aug 4th 2012, 18:31

L-Arriva mhix ta Austin Gatt imma kumpanija barranija bi shab mall-kumpanija Maltija Tumas Group. Tantx toqghod tikkritika lil Arriva ghax sa ftit zmien ilu Tumas Group kienu benefatturi kbar ta l-istazzjon Super One, fejn anke karozzi gieli irregalaw waqt xi gabra ghall Partit Laburista.

S Scerri

Aug 4th 2012, 16:13

Taf kemm qed jippanikjaw l- aktar meta jafu li nies bhali li konnha nivvutaw lil PN ha nivvutaw PL. Napella lin- nazzjonalisti genwini dawk li jemmnu veru biex ma jhallux dal Partit jibqa mahtuf

Alfred Vassallo

Aug 4th 2012, 16:33

''the labour party is panicking''. Look who is talking about panic....Just mention to a pn apologist the names of Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, Jesmond Mugliett, and Franco Debono and then see what the word 'panic' REALLY means.

M Grima

Aug 4th 2012, 15:37

So in your opinion just because Labour have not yet put up a billboard about Malta's current economy it means that our economy is in excellent shape. How naive can you get Ms Briffa!

Be patent and you'll have your billboard about our limping economy.

M Grima

Aug 4th 2012, 15:41

"........ that job creation is not very important for them if they will in government"

And you came to this conclusion just because of some missing message on a billboard? How intelligent!!!

J CamilleriJC

Aug 4th 2012, 19:01

PN's wonderful billboard?? It's copied! lol

Charles Massa

Aug 4th 2012, 15:54

20000 jobs in 4 years...............mela vera mhux Malta tghix. U fejn huma tista ittini l ismijiet halli nemnek??????

R Axisa

Aug 4th 2012, 20:21

Dik kienet risposta f'waqtha!

Antonella Briffa

Aug 4th 2012, 15:20

That is so true Andre! Good observation well done

John Williams

Aug 4th 2012, 14:57

Carl, so are you saying that the above messages are not true??

ANZZZIIII I would have added another billboard. They took EUR 500 increase and the rest EUR 1.45

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:08

Your are consuming expired food Carl, watch out as it's bad for your health. What is this reasoning? Are we playing a ping-pong game? You say something and I answer back? Come on! What the PL did was simply putting GonziPN's statements into practice and showing, through evidence and facts that GonziPN's is a total failure in various sectors.

ALBERT FENECH

Aug 4th 2012, 15:16

Yes, or course - this is one of the reasons why the PL will be strongly contesting a forthcoming General Election sic to ensure that unemployment is created, so that people living below the poverty line become even poorer etc. What a trite comment Mr Callus and one that can be added to a lot of other nonsense posted here by various contributors - as well as the now-familiar attempt to portray the current PL as "old Labour" when what is really happening is that a whole package of new, eager, young and highly professional people will be contesting on behalf of the PL. Here then is a challenge to the Gonzi PN - put your money where your mouth is and call a General Election so the electorate can decide who and what they want as a Government.

ALBERT FENECH

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:10

Who asked you to vote PL? I'm going to vote PL and bil-qalb just as what GonziPN did in parliament in a cruel manner in relation to the electricity tariffs.

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:10

Fully agree!!! GonziPN is high up in the sky, full detached, living in his own little world while PL is in touch with the society!!!

John Williams

Aug 4th 2012, 14:59

did ever the labour promise the reduction of income tax rate???

It was your government that promised you and me that it will reduce income tax!!!

So I think your wrong in asking Labour for a risposta!!!

You should ask this to GONZIPN

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:11

I will ask the same question to GonziPN as he promised this during his last campaign. He promised it and FROM HIM I want promises being materialised, sorry.

Stephen Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 15:14

I am still waiting for the reduction of my income tax rate.

Did your ears hear what mine did some four years back?.

M Grima

Aug 4th 2012, 15:49

You should ask this question to your beloved Tonio Fenech who promised us a cut in Income Tax which after 4 years has not yet materialised.

Eddy Privitera

Aug 5th 2012, 08:28

Karl Consiglio: Not only Gonzi had promised to reduce the income-tax rate, BUT THAT HE WOULD DO IT IN THE FIRST BUDGET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Simon Cassar

Aug 4th 2012, 14:40

Fact?????!!!!!!

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:12

Are you OK Karl? Are you being serious? Which facts are you seeing that I'm not capable of seeing? SMARTCITY = GHOST CITY..FACT!

Simon Cassar

Aug 4th 2012, 15:38

Fact...PL was in favor of the project from day 1
Fact PN used smart city as his electoral card....promised all kinds of figures without ant basis...fact..check in nazzjon for figures...and interview with chairman recently on times
Fact PN didnt deliver..especially as regards the pumping station...Fact PL started criticising...not the project!! but pn propaganda
Fact...go to smart city right now( better late than never???!!!! 5 years passed!!) and count the thousands of jobs!
Fact: all the 7 above posters talk about FACTS!!!!!!!

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:41

Joseph Micallef dear go to ricasoli and see for yourself.

Even youe inept Joey went to Dubai to tell the private investors (read that again slowly P_R_I_V_A_T_E I_N_V_E_S_T_O_R_S) that they are safe with him!

Anything IT is beyond you and your party - you do not have half a leg to stand on on the subject!

M Grima

Aug 4th 2012, 15:51

You are really a bad dreamer Karl.

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 16:13

Simon Cassar you are right they are facts. They are facts that outline the success of PN in government. Because the PN is in government people tend to (rightfully) expect more

SMART CITY - This is a small part of the incredible success of an administration that inherited a country were to have a computer you needed a special licence and a signed declaration that could land you in prison
Anything IT is foreign to you

FACILITATOR – The facilitator is related to education another great success of PN. In PL times we had a castrated education system which destroyed the basic human need to aspire. Today we have a thriving university an MCAST (which the PL destroyed) and ITS. The facilitator is part of all this system which seeks to give everyone a chance to succeed.

Education for the PL is consonant to anchovy paper

ARRIVA – Well there certainly are problems but the system itself lends itself to expected improvements. This government has made a change that was long due and despite being jeopardised by many it will deliver. Myself I now have a bus service which 5 minutes off my door before I had to walk at least 25 minutes. Today Gozo has a bus service when before it did not have one. Today the buses are less polluting.
More changes are required but PL never did anything so nothing to show for it

SPTAR – Despite the problems this is again another success for PN. If I was sick wouldn’t I want to get free professional service at excellent facilities. The PL chose an anonymous (well it is current PL to be anonymous) old lady – bad bad PR choice. One remembers how PL used to dumb old people in mgieret as a horrible waiting room to afterlife. Today we have high quality homes with waiting lists.

PL has nothing to teach on health

NCOME TAX – Well yes, in the circumstances this seems to being one of the casualties of the PN manifesto. Myself I hope it is. The country cannot afford it. But one has to be void of shame to pontificate on taxes. The PL is synonymous with 65% tax and (up to) 22% with the CET froga.

PL is a Tax threat

MEPA – I understand (and know) that the PL is making untold promises so really I have nothing to say here. What I can say is that MEPA has tried to remove the web of corruption that existed in the PL golden years. I do not think it has achieved the desired success but I am not aware of minsters becoming millionaires as far as owning private zoos from unilaterally granting permits.

MEPA will be PL's downfall

OPERAZZJONIJET – Same applies as with SPTAR above. Just take heart operations this has been nothing short of a miracle. Certainly the PN needs to live to the expectations it has created. Unlike in time of PL having an operation in state of the art facilities creates a demand and expectations.

Simon Cassar

Aug 4th 2012, 17:04

@ Mr. Joe Micalllef

haha trid idahhaq siehbi!!! Jigifieri qed taqbel li dawn t hawn fu huma fatti!!! u bill wicc tost kollu tghid li dawn juru is-success tal PN!!!!!!????? ha ddumu tahsbu lin nies imzazen

Ha ssemmi il computer ta zmien il labour meta anke fid dinja kollha qas biss kienu jezistu computers u teknologija dak iz zmien fit 80!!?? kif qatt tista tqabbel?? Alllahares Malta baqghet tghix bit teknologija ta snin 80...u allura tahseb li illum hawn l internet u smartphones u mitt elf haga ohra bis sahha tal PN??? lil min trid tbellagha!!!

Fuq l edukazzjoni titkellimx..jien ghalliem..u nghamillek imhatra staqsi lil kull ghalliem...laburist jew nazzjonalist (u din cert minnha mija fil mija!!!) li kollha jghidulek li l edukazzjoni sejra il bahar!!!!! Zgur li KOLLHA (specjalment dawk li ilhom iktar minn 10 snin jghallmu) jghidulek li wasalna f kollass....u naf x qed nghid!!!

Fuq l arriva ma nitkellimx ghax ma nuzahiex..imma nahseb li qrajt bizzejjed dwarha minn nies li juzawha u mhux mill ministru li jigri bil jaguar!

Fuq Sptar ( u mhux djar ghal anzjani li semmejt int, u li hafna minnhom huma bil que imma huma privati!!!) nista nitkellem ..u kif?? ghax sfortunament kelli bzonn nidhol hafna drabi l isptar dan l ahhar....outpatients tal biza..tidhol fit 8..jaqduk fil 11 u tohrog xi 1pm..u ma jkunx hemm post fejn toqghod bilqieghda..rigward ward jien dhalt fil kuridur fl 10pm u qabel 2pm tal gurnata wara ma dhaltx fil ward...biex ma nsemmix ic cucati li smajt hemmhekk..jigi jarak il professur u jghidlek li ghandek bzonn din il pillola imma l isptar m ghandniex u trid lil mara biex tixtrihilek u iggibilek li splar..apparti ukoll u din tad dahq..diehel ghal operazzjoni (u bhali xi 4 ohra fil ward) u jistaqsuk jekk ghandekx il kalzetti apposta ghal operazzjoni!!!! trid tixtrihom ukoll mill ispizerija!!!

Income tax..il wieghda kienet li malli jitla fil gvern innaqasha...naqbel mieghek li ic cirkustanzi inbidlu..mela allura HU ghalfejn ha zieda ta 600euro u nehhiha biss meta waslet is sena 2012??!!!!

Mepa?? No web of corruption TODAY????? Int bis serjeta jew??????? kemm bazuzli ( u ex presidenti tal PN) bnew villel fil widien u hadd ma qalilhom xejn???...apparti huwa vera li trid tistenna jew le?????

Siehbi ahna qed nitkellmu fuq fatti....il futur vera hadd ghadu ma rah..u ma nistax nghid il PL x jer jaghmel JEKK ikun fil gvern....

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 17:17

Naqra

Ha ssemmi il computer ta zmien il labour meta anke fid dinja kollha qas biss kienu jezistu computers u teknologija dak iz zmien fit 80!!?? kif qatt tista tqabbel?? Alllahares Malta baqghet tghix bit teknologija ta snin 80...u allura tahseb li illum hawn l internet u smartphones u mitt elf haga ohra bis sahha tal PN??? lil min trid tbellagha!!!

U nithassrek!

Naqra illi inti ghalliem u ninkwieta bis serjeta meta la taf taqra u wisq qanqas tifhem!

Take my piece on MEPA and you see your inability to read

"What I can say is that MEPA has tried to remove the web of corruption that existed in the PL golden years. I do not think it has achieved the desired success "

I do not shy away from problems or shortfalls on promises. As I told you that is part of PN success - people rightfully expect more. I look at the macro level polices and the PN is light years ahead of PL

With the PL you simply cannot!

Simon Cassar

Aug 4th 2012, 18:52

Nahseb qas int ma taf taqra...jew taqra biss fejn jaqbillek..ghax mill punti tieghi ma wegibt xejn!!

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 19:49

Cassar nerga nighdlek ma tafx taqra!

David Magro

Aug 4th 2012, 14:42

Hallina SuR Micallef...dawn huma fatti...5 years under Gonzipn

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:13

PL Panic? You always manage to see things the other way round Joe... you amaze us. PL is turning GonziPN's false propaganda into a puff of smoke.

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:31

I told you there's panic!

M Grima

Aug 4th 2012, 15:52

You mean one copied PN billboard?

M. Bezzina

Aug 4th 2012, 16:14

Il panic fi hdan il PN qijed ossesjonat al poter

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 17:02

Panic is causing anxiety! Take it slow as otherwise you may have to join the hospital queue

Alfred Vassallo

Aug 5th 2012, 09:28

X'dwejjaq ghandek MICALLEF u illhekk ta!!!

Huda bil mod, tibzax, dalwaqt tara il partit tieghjek jitkiser f-elf bicca, u kulhadd jafegg fuqu.

marco caruana

Aug 4th 2012, 14:43

your surname dont deserve a reply , fullstop !!

David Magro

Aug 4th 2012, 14:45

Edward,

I pay taxes, just I think you pay to, to get 100% excellent service, I pay the bus fare to get a 100% excellent service, are you telling me that you accept what you are offered wherever you go? Then you must have a very submissive character!

francis grech

Aug 4th 2012, 15:13

you are right my friend but it seems that you are like a blind folded horse.Is it positive to wait for a long time in a corridor at the new hospital, isit right to terminate a job(Malta Shipyards) What about the buses do you make you use of the arriva buses otherwise do not talk about them.Have you ever been waiting for more than an hour for the bus(Marsaxlokk).

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:17

Oh my oh my.....

New hospital which costed a fortune and with patients being treated in corridors,

New buses with the worst service possible, with regular breakdowns, inefficient, non-punctual, some with AC's failing, unreliable, created a disaster for the traffic, always involved in life threatening collisions and accidents,

Smartcity which is not operational, turned into a ghost city with just a cafeteria having 2-5 employees working as opposed to the 7,000 jobs promised.

Before speaking, verify your statements with your own hands not by listening to Radio 101

Josef Pisani

Aug 4th 2012, 15:21

Lol Marco ! Good one

Robert Agius

Aug 4th 2012, 15:31

Have you actually used the buses? Or just a couple of times when you get back from, where was it? London? While I can say that there are some obvious good things about the new service, there are more negatives from my experience using Arriva. What is new is not necessarily better - take the power station, apparently the new one is not good enough to close the old on down.

Hospital, having a new hospital is nice, of course. Not having money to run it is a different story. Not to mention why the took so long to complete it, especially considering that winter when it got flooded and a lot of tax payers money was squandered; I am sure some people pocketed some money from repairing that 'unfortunate accident'.

Smart city? what smart city? ..,sorry, they have been in power for 25 years...who do you expect to bring investment in? the opposition? (but since PN like to go back to the past....what about SGS, which was definitely a success?) I don't wish to to any more comparisons however. Time to look ahead. Then again the mediocrity, lack of imagination and innovation this country is infested with might have something to do with the fact that the vast majority are still living in the 70's.

Related to DCG? that would explain a lot. Many others stopped waving their blue banners a while ago. PN has realised this and this is why they fear an election now.

Please note that I am not even a labour supporter. They might get a vote from me though, if anything just out of spite for the current PN administration.

ALBERT FENECH

Aug 4th 2012, 15:48

Oh - so I see it all now Mr Caruana Galizia. Smartcity is still being built and we Maltese and Gozitans are an impatient lot. Perhaps you can assure me it will be ready in time to be of benefit to my great grandchildren at some undefined future point? Also most reassuring to read your comment that hospital waiting queues are mostly people waiting to have splinters removed from their fingers. However, I find that hard to reconcile with the fact that four months ago my late aged mother was kept waiting in an Emergency Section corridor for 14 - yes 14 hours - suffering from a severe stroke. I guess we as the family were very impatient to fret and worry about this - after all she was only virtually at death's door.

ALBERT FENECH

M Grima

Aug 4th 2012, 15:56

How do you know what is happening in Malta when you reside in the UK? Keep to your acting (wow) and think before you write.

ray vassallo

Aug 4th 2012, 16:55

Mr. Caruana Galizia,
1. No, Smart City is not being built. The land given almost for free is being re-sold piece by piece!
2. No, you do not need to go with a splinter to hosptal in order to spend long hours of waiting in the coridors. You wait in the coridors after being treated by doctors who conclude that you are in a bad state enough to keep you in hospital, BUT there are no beds for you! That is because the state if the art hospital was built by architects without consulting medical experts.
3. Buses don't take an hour to arrive!? And how on earth do you know that?
On a positive note, at least your comment is civilized, something which, over here in Malta, we are not used to, coming from such a surname.

pat muscat

Aug 4th 2012, 17:20

@ Mr Galiza.Wait? Mela, ahna persuni tas-sekonda klassi?..... we don't have the luxury of having 9 lives like cats? .........wait for operations, wait for hospital beds, wait for Arriva, wait for fake promises that come with a fake smile :wait for Godot?

michael catania

Aug 4th 2012, 19:14

I think you are short of a few feathers

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 4th 2012, 19:42

Before Arriva we had the old buses. Remember them? The rickety 60 year old monsters that had NO airconditioning, broke down often, had holes in the floor at time, some had no windows and often the bus driver was an unpleasant person who never gave you the change you wanted and from time to time would suddenly change the number on the front of the bus mid journey and tell everyone to get off and I often would wait for around forty five minutes for a bus. Want to go back to that?You blame the government for late buses? I usually blame the traffic.

Yes we all want services to run like machines. But they are not machines. The jobs are carried out by people who can only do what is humanly possible. If doctors have left you waiting, then take it up with them. Is it so hard to understand that a government doesn't control every aspect of life? Well perhaps if you were brought up worshiping Mintoff and KMB who Tried to do exact that, then I m not surprised.

And let's look at the PL's track record of health care. No doctors. Would you like to go back to that?

My surname has nothing to do with whether or not you should respond. You are classist and narrow-minded. Perhaps you should go to one of those creative seminars run by your dear leader, to broaden your mind a bit.

I am in Malta often. I use the buses whenever I am there. I gave up having a car to save the money to study abroad. I read the maltese papers every day. I know what is going on. I don't have a submissive character at all, but I am patient and don't believe in treating people like machines and screaming and shouting at them all the time. Gets you no where and it is really rude too.

Robert Agius

Aug 4th 2012, 21:16

What the 60yr old ones you now see in London? Yes, I spent many year using those buses (still don't have a car either) and NO it was not so bad. As I stated before, they were far from perfect but other better solutions could have been found. I blame long term bad planning, not traffic. When it comes to bad planning nothing is worse than MEPA though. 25 years is a long time. No more excuses.

Mintoff did indeed have his bad runs, but if you can't find any positive things he did then you surname clearly does in fact show your bias. (or was bringing PL down the only good thing in you opinion?) Having said that, do you honestly believe that if PL win we will have a repetition of the 70s????

Read the paper....know what's going on. Must be pretty confusing if you watch both ONE and NET then. I don't spend much time here either these days but to give you a few examples - having to pay NI even though retired and given your contribution. Who should they blame PL? Or someone whose husband lost his job for a while, was working for minimum wage of which a commission was deducted from her, i repeat - minimum wage, by an HR co. with a certain MP tie. Again, Who to blame? PL? Don't even get me started on Mepa and the rampant tax evasion in the island. Who should we blame? PL?...want me to go on?

Of course, it is very easy for me, like for the vast part of humans, say - I'm fine so screw you, Jack. Things are however far from fine in general and while things are not perfect anywhere around the globe the waste, corruption and lack of proper management by the current administration is a disgrace. They had ample time to get their act together but preferred to ride their high horses and get lost in cloud 9.

Do I believe PL will solve all out problems? NO
Do I think that PN losing will be a rude awakening? Yes

Time for petty excuses and scaremongering is over.

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 4th 2012, 22:37

No, I cannot find anything positive to say about Mintoff. The same way I can t find anything positive to say about all the other Communist leaders of the world.

Robert Agius

Aug 5th 2012, 09:06

Prosit! Tribal politics is what ruined this island and reasons behind it's mediocrity. You, and all the other wackos who only see things in red and blue are what is wrong with this island. Keep it up!

Indeed communism is stupid, but not as stupid as capitalism; You can join the yanks in their irrational (well, not quite since they are a self serving bunch, like many western nations), and uncannily fundamental religious like, fear of communism.

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 5th 2012, 13:45

Not being blue to find something positive to say about a person who ruined the life of your family and in fact of the whole country is not tribal, it is common sense.

The PN have not ruined anyone's life. And by ruined I don t mean made them wait a while for a bus. I mean threatened to kidnap their children, put bombs in their house and garden, turn off their water and chase out of the country. No one has been tortured by the PN. No one has had their human rights violated.

Ask any Russian and they will find nothing good to say about Communism. Ask and German and they will find nothing good to say about Communism and Fascism. Look at North Korea. Did you know that people there have to eat the flesh of the dead bodies of their relative just to stay alive? That is what Communism means.

The only reason why you and people like you still stand by Mintoff and KMB is because their time in office didn't last long enough to come crashing down on you too. Had it done so, you wouldn't be looking for positive things to say about Mintoff.

Tribal politics?How facile an argument can you make?

Robert Agius

Aug 5th 2012, 15:21

Ask South Americans what they think? the vast majority of the people there lean left?

Oh really? that is why the international community cried foul play in recent Russian elections, claiming that votes were rigged? and guess which party is united Russians main opposition? Of course, no one is saying anything good about Stalin, of course. Although the communist are run by dictators, the two are separate. When you begin to understand international politics, especially by the west, it might become clear to you why this is so.

As for the Germans, fancy that, apart from the holocaust, the western world seems to have learned at lot from the Nazis ....

Forget N. Korea, one madman gone and hopefully his son is gone too soon enough. But the US tactics and propaganda are really working in instilling irrational fear against any system which is not extremely individualistic. In a system where giving ownership of resources back to THE PEOPLE turns them into cannibals. Amazing!!! No, giving CERTAIN people too much power does that. And when you have too much power, you don't even need to get your hands dirty either. You politely steal away other nations resources. SELLING WEAPONS does that? And while I think Putin is a tyrant and wrong to be in power in Russia, he sure as hell hits the nail on its head when it comes to international politics. This is however going way out of topic though.

So...

Oh sure! political tribal violence only came from one side then, right? (interesting to note the 70's worldwide political climate since I believe that played an active role) Do you see a nation returning and de-evolving to the 70's politcs and remain in power? seriously, you must be out of your mind of suffer acute paranoia. Perhaps the sign at the beginning of the the queue should have read ' back to the 70's'? Mind you, I was a child then, in a Nationalist family btw. I was there celebrating what was to come...I have only voted AD, not because I believe that they can ever win, but having a couple of seat in parliament would be good. I have not voted much since then since I'm rarely on the island and, to be honest in recent year, coming to vote was really not worth it. This time I will make sure I will cast my vote, and though I have never voted PL, this time they might just get something this time.... Of course, you are free, in your arrogance, to claim this is not true. Typical of tribal politics.

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 5th 2012, 16:41

I am not arrogant. I only abhor those who were part of a government that violated human rights and brought Communism to Malta.. Those are the people you plan on giving your vote to. I also abhor racism. This doesn't mean I don't respect people's different opinions. It means I stand up for the dignity of every person on the planet. Yes, I bring up racism since quite a few members of the PL were members of a racist facebook group they agreed to join and openly defended their membership of that group.

In Malta there is not real choice between left wing and right wing politics. It is simply those who want the government of the 80s back and those who don't. Those who want a PM surrounded by the former cabinet of Mintoff and KMB and those who don't.

And they don't for simple humane reasons, and not tribal politics.

Nowhere on Earth has Communism worked. Nowhere on Earth has it given life to a country and brought equality and prosperity. Everywhere on Earth it has failed. If you have any proof of Communism working, please let us know.

I have every respect for different opinions, except those that promote the oppression of the people and strip them of their dignity, which is what Mintoff and KMB did. Those that surround Muscat today are part of that crowd.

Yes, nationalist supporters struck back, I am sure they did. However so did people throughout the USSR. Do you call them violent and autocratic? No, because they were fighting for their freedom not for their egos.

Robert Agius

Aug 5th 2012, 20:26

No racists on the other side of the fence you say? u hallina!!

If you learn a bit of history it might come clear to why communism never worked in the grand scheme of things, or is ever likely to. Or do you think that the French, British etc. when around the world to save mankind, their freedoms and dignity? Or gave back 'independence' without that nation paying a price?

Of course, If you read carefully, you will see that I said communism is stupid too, just not as stupid as capitalism. All forms of idealism in fact are. Only a balance of the two works. Of course I hope you do understand that these terms are different to the concept of democracy, which is in a rather sad state today I must add and is just an illusion. Somebody said you must have a submissive character. I wouldn't take it so personal, people in general are rather submissive, especially when they fear.

'In Malta there is not real choice between left wing and right wing politics. It is simply those who want the government of the 80s back and those who don't. Those who want a PM surrounded by the former cabinet of Mintoff and KMB and those who don't.' If this is not tribal politics, then I wonder what is. You do prove my point when I said what a sad state democracy is in. Look what a fabulous choice we have!!

I suggest you vote AD too. You see, with a 34 against 35 parliament, it only takes one from the leading tribe to have it his way. (look at the panic 3 MPs caused). Now picture 2 or 3 independent alternatives in there. But of course, there PL and PN are best friends and agree 100%. No bad mouthing each other there. The lesser of the two evils has shifted over the past decade. Well, at least for those who are not stuck in the 70's.

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 5th 2012, 21:13

You talk about being stuck in the 70s ( and 80s) when it is the PL who has brought back all those people. Those people who were part of that government and did nothing to stop it when they could have done everything to stop it.

This is not tribal politics, standing by your party no matter what. This is about making sure those people who committed crimes against humanity aren't given a second chance to do it again. Why is that not common sense to you?

David Magro

Aug 4th 2012, 14:50

Mr.Cutajar,

I can guarantee you that :
1. We still queue behind a minister door to get a job
2. We still queue behind a minister door to get our relatives in a home
3. We still queue behind a minister door to get a MEPA permit
4. We queue behind a minister door to do an operation
5. We queue behind a minister door for a permit
6. Speak to minister or his visir to get a prmotion in Gov department
7.Speak to minister / visir to get VAT exemption
8. And the list goes on...God knows what type of blacklist against people who do not share PN policy does exists

Anthony Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 15:46

George the longest queue the Maltese Islands ever had was those of emigrants at the Grand Harbour during the 60's. But if you wish to see a modern queue just come to Victoria (ministry) all year round, or to Nadur Gozo. They say that Nadur got two Saints as patrons.... and its not Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

M Grima

Aug 4th 2012, 16:07

I'll add some more to your list :-
1. Under the PN you have to queue for 2 days to get a hospital bed.
2. Under the PN you have to queue for at least 10 hours before you are seen to at the Emergency Dept at Mater Dei
3. Under the PN you have to queue to get a promotion unless you are a 'tesserat' of the PN party
4. Under the PN you have to queue for at least 1 hour to get an Arriva bus
5. Under the PN the under privileged have to queue to get free EU food
6. Under the PN you have to queue to get your supposed free medicines only to find that they are out of stock
7. Under the PN you have to queue for years to have a decision on a Court case

And the list goes on George!!!

George Cutajar

Aug 4th 2012, 16:33

@ David Magro - ANthony Grech - M. Grima - since all three of you seem to be in sync in replying to my post I will answer all three together.

Without in any way accepting what you are saying as being the truth - while what I said is the proven truth -the massive difference between then and now is that if anybody feels aggrieved on any matter concerning delays etc. the PN Government and only the PN Government gave the people the tools to seek redress. As far as I recall under MLP governments the citizen had no right to seek redress.

Obviously once in government the movement and it's dear leader will remove all the queues as from day one everybody has a guaranteed job, all old relatives will be found a home, all pending MEPA permits will be issued at the stroke of a pen, the waiting lists at Mater Dei will become non-existent, everybody will get a promotion and all VAT dues and penalties will be forgiven.

After all JM and the merry band are promising heaven on earth to everyone and everybody.

Karl Consiglio

Aug 4th 2012, 14:35

Well said

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:19

You made us laugh Keith.. grow up mate.. speak maturely. No matter GonziPN is 33 years behind

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:20

Prosit... you're a loyal, blind-folder NET TV follower.

Mr Eric Camilleri

Aug 4th 2012, 15:36

Mr. Vassallo if you are a leader of any party you will inspire to be a Prime-minister.

Anthony Scicluna

Aug 4th 2012, 14:44

I will give you one reason, look at the Labour line up. Do you want them in government? Do you think that AST et al will solve the illegal immigration problem? That problem will be solved when the organised criminal ring behind it is wound up for good.

John Williams

Aug 4th 2012, 15:05

this is not right in my opinion..!!!! You cannot just print a statement on a billboard and not elaborate on it!!!


Why will Muscat increase the unemployment rate??

Isn't it high already, or I'm living in a different world!!!

C. Spiteri

Aug 4th 2012, 14:50

it looks like you're the one who's following here... writing "Labour Won't Work" at the end of your every comment... how pathetic.

Anthony Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 15:55

The response by Labour proves that it is able to call Gonzipn bluff in less than 24 hours.
I do not know if PN is leading but what I am sure of is that JPO is leading GonziPN.

Ryan Muscat

Aug 4th 2012, 14:34

Sour grapes? Enjoy ;)

John Williams

Aug 4th 2012, 15:07

same old story, ifqu semmu affarijiet li graw 30 sena ilu, andek ragun tiftakar izda li gara 30 sena ilu se jgib xihaga ghal futur..!!!!

Apparti minnek, GONZIPN kien qallilna kif se jrahhas income tax??? Jaqaw kien qal lilek?? ahjar naraw affarijiet li gew PROMISED u 5 years down the line ma gara xejn!!!

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:23

GonziPN is responsible for the explosion in these tariffs and HE is responsible for this disaster. He should know how to reduce them and having them reduced and NOT the PL.

If you are still unsure, why don't you ask Dr. Franco Debono? He might tell you how.

Anthony Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 16:01

Joe Sammut. Tiftakar meta konna naghmlu sebut ta 50.000 fil-Port il-Kbir biex nigu tturrufnati il-boghod mill familja? U l-Ministru bl-imhabba tieghu kien jibghatilna il-Banda.
Imma int donnok ghadek tfajjel, staqsi u tkun taf xi jfisser SERBUT.

Joe Sammut

Aug 4th 2012, 17:46

Anthony Grech, is-sriebet fil-port kienu taht iz-zewg gvernijiet tas-sittinijiet u l-hamsinijiet , fi zmien Mintoff emigraw /itturufnaw ruhom nies bil-kbir specjalment fis-sebghinijiet, bl-ajruplani.

John Williams Jissemma tletin sena ilu ghax in-nies li jridu jmexxu lil Malta huma ta" tletin sena ilu. Ghadhom hemm fil-Labour.

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:24

LoL miskin Steve.... what's on offer from GonziPN? 25 years of poor governance? More deputies disapproving what he dictates in parliament? More resignations?

Look at the mirror first mate.

John Williams

Aug 4th 2012, 15:09

agree!!!

Imma on both parties...!!!

Will wait and see if the PN will answer your questions!!!

Anthony Scicluna

Aug 4th 2012, 13:43

don't bet on it! The Ministers of Mintoff are still there

Nazzareno Cortis

Aug 4th 2012, 14:10

Did the PN committ any mistakes during these last 20 years???????

Mr Kevin Zammit

Aug 4th 2012, 14:30

"I am PN, and will vote for the PN" is the same mentality that gives the world such supreme inspirations a GW Bush :)

Fair enough it is your prerogative but I do not think thats the sort of mentality that helps a country choose the best leaders.

Quite frankly were I really of your frame of mind I would have said to myself ... will vote PN cause I love the LP ... looking at the state of the country's finances I really should be thinking that way.

F. Azzopardi

Aug 4th 2012, 13:39

ghax inti ta tal-linja semmejt ukoll! U li taghmel is snin tistenna biex taghmel operazzjoni fl-isptar state of the art ma iddejqikx? Inkredibbli kif certu nies aktar ma taffighom u takkashom aktar jhobbuk. K Kuntent f'kelma wahda

Martin Saliba

Aug 4th 2012, 13:54

Il problema taf xini li ikoll;ok ix xol u ma tistax tmur ghax ta linja ma gietx.

Michael Mercieca

Aug 4th 2012, 14:09

kollox huwa mportanti Sur Farrugia....ghax ghal persuni li jmorru x-xoghol b' tal-linja u jaslu siegha tard hemm cans li jispiccaw bla xoghol. kollox huwa katina.

K Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 14:20

ml smart city mghadiex weghda mhux kompluta tal-gvern? nhsb emm billboard** fuq ekk jekk tqalleb naqa sew sieheb ;)

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 15:26

Jake... jekk tibqa tistenna tal-linja u ma tasalx ix-xoghol fil-hin, titkecca u tispicca bla xoghol. Iftah ftit mohhok habib.

Steve M. Engerer

Aug 4th 2012, 13:26

Well said Mr Mifsud!

anthony vella

Aug 4th 2012, 13:34

You know what we get under labour mr mifsud,waist of money and the minister cabinet increse their wages by 600euro behind your back.

Michael Pace

Aug 4th 2012, 14:20

my thoughs exactly.... Can the PL come with some solid policies instead of wasting energy on childsih responses to billboards?

David Magro

Aug 4th 2012, 14:54

Go on sur Mifsud....keep waiting then under the PN

Lucienne Dimech

Aug 4th 2012, 13:34

Kemm ghandek ragun Joe. But this time round iI am hoping for less gahans

Joe Sammut

Aug 4th 2012, 13:37

Today’s problems cannot be solved by the same incompetent people who created worse problems thirty years ago.
Just have a look at Joseph’s line up of front benchers and you will get the shivers! Maaaaa!

Anthony Scicluna

Aug 4th 2012, 14:46

Vincent, half of the labour line-up were with Mintoff. So, guess who is going backwards

R Abela

Aug 4th 2012, 14:04

You lot are starting to sound like an old broken record.

Nazzareno Cortis

Aug 4th 2012, 14:13

Jidher li wasal iz-zmien li l-PN jaghmel 25 sena fl-oppozizzjoni biex jissaffa------ghax ghandu bzonn!!!!!!

Jeffrey Mallia

Aug 4th 2012, 13:14

Kif ser immexxu il pajjiz ?? Haga zghira.........namlu 5 BULLJUN EURO DEJN......u kollox mar down the drain :)

F. Azzopardi

Aug 4th 2012, 13:42

Sakhemm hemm Gonzipn fil gvern l-idejat isibhom HU

Mario Paul Ellul

Aug 4th 2012, 13:43

il-poplu malt fatti jrid u mhux suppozizjonijiet!!! ...ghidulna kif ser trahsu l-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma - ghidulna minn fejn ser iggibu l-flus biex thalsu z-zejt - ghidulna kif ser toholqu x-xoghol - ghidulna kif bi klikka tas-70,s tistghu tkunu gvern gdid u progressiv u mhux skadut b'40 sena!!!!!

dan irid jisma l-poplu malti u mhux hlief gonzipn l,hawn u gonzipn, l-hemm ma tismax! ...kliem fil-vojt li ma jsarraf f,xejn konkret!

David Farrugia

Aug 4th 2012, 14:31

**like**

Mario Busuttil

Aug 4th 2012, 13:31

Nice ONE

Joe Sammut

Aug 4th 2012, 13:38

Good one!

Willie Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 14:16

Who? The PN? Yes, you're right!!!!

Willie Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 13:50

Always the negative, babaw attacks by PN supporters on Labour. Could you please tell us why are you so afraid that the people would eventually vote Labour if you are so convinced your party did so well during the last 4 and a half years in government?

George Cutajar

Aug 4th 2012, 15:03

@ Willie Grech - very simple dear sir - having lived under Labour in the seventies and eighties with what were meant to be the best years of our life fighting for essential liberties which we take for granted today and after having seen the mess of the country the movement made between 1996 and 1998, and seeing that the movement is now led by somebody who would have preferred to keep us out of the EU I have a funny feeling that should the movement win the election it will lead us into a brick wall in no time.

I hope that answers your question.

Willie Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 17:17

@ George Cutajar.

Another post mentioning the 'babaw' of the 80's. As if the 80's was made of the babaw state you try to picture. But in doing so, you refrained from answering a very simple question. For your sake, here it is again and hopefully I will get a simple answer for a simple question.

Could you please tell us why are you so afraid that the people would eventually vote Labour if you are so convinced your party did so well during the last 4 and a half years in government?

There, hopefully it is simple enough for you!!

Nazzareno Cortis

Aug 4th 2012, 14:20

What about the many promises before last election by PN----what about the Pulicino saga on TVM----what about the lies a day before election day----which caused a prime minister to be fined by court???? Who have glass houses should not throw stones!!!!

L. Chircop

Aug 4th 2012, 18:11

'' No to the EU,Partership l'ahjar jaghzla,No cash registers,No VAT,Repeater class ''You heard only those because that is what you wanted to hear or NET TV only wanted you to hear those!!!You know what i also have heard A.Sant say before Joining EU? I heard Him mention hundreds of firms that would be in serious trouble if we join and the fact was that 3/4 of them did. Actually 3/4 of them closed doors!!! On the other side all i heard was that EU was all flowers and roses Now the speak of European Crisis... Now that sound babyish to me... Mhux tort tieghi Mhux tort tieghi !!!!

Jeffrey Mallia

Aug 4th 2012, 12:27

Follow like JPO, Jesmond mugliet, or Franco Debono you mean ??

B. Cachia

Aug 4th 2012, 12:45

Even leaving aside the fact that the original NP billboard was a copy of an old poster, it was at best merely a 'criticism' of something that might happen in the future. So it can hardly be said that it was leading the way in any sense, or that it was presenting something positive.

As for leadership in a more general sense, it's hardly the word one would use to describe the governing party at the moment. Even committed Nationalists will admit in private that Lawrence Gonzi is no leader, and many have said so publicly as well.

Mr Eric Camilleri

Aug 4th 2012, 12:58

Proset Sur Cuschieri kemm taf!! Il-PL is not reacting is telling truth!

If you find that these billboards are lies just comment

KM. Psaila

Aug 4th 2012, 13:08

At least PL reacted to a situation, PN just copied america and uk in their bilboard. don`t get me wrong i`m no PL fanatic , anzi i`m a proud floater who might not vote at all next election as i don`t thrust any of the two available that think i`m an idiot who only listen to what they have to say. but the facts are just that

A Cuschieri

Aug 4th 2012, 13:20

And what's the truth about the PL?

Because according to you the above billboards tell us the truth about PN (according to you I repeat). What's the PL proposing though?

R Abela

Aug 4th 2012, 14:11

@A Cuschieri

And what is gonzipm proposing for the next 5 years?? MORE OF THE SAME???

N Chetcuti

Aug 4th 2012, 14:27

Int bis-serjeta jew. Qatt ma tara l-ahbarijiet ta' TVM. ....b'reazzjoni ta' dak li qal -il-PL il- PN qal... Hlief reazzjonijiet ghal dak li jghid il-PL ma nisimghux...u min jaghmel ir-reazzjonijiet??? I think that's the main A Cuschieri

Ed Camilleri

Aug 4th 2012, 12:25

Now that's what I call a REAL floating voter :-)

Mario Busuttil

Aug 4th 2012, 12:28

Sewwa qed tighd Victor, naqbel mieghek li nnuqqasijiet tal PN ser jiehu hsiebhom il PL fix xuhr li gejjin,,..imma tinsiex li facli isiru il kritici ,imma meta tkun fil Gvern mhux kolllox possibli, Li ma naqbilx mieghek huwa min fejn gibt 60% li qed jighxu fil poverta???,,li din l anqas is ONE TV qatt ma qala ,ma tafx x'inti tighd habib ,jekk tohrog barra illum fis sajf tara ruxmata nies jieklu u jixorbu barra ghax nahseb l anqas isajru ma jridu tal lum....tkunx negattiv izzejjed habib.

J. Debono

Aug 4th 2012, 12:56

You are not a floating voter.

Only PL supporters use the word GonziPN in a deragotary manner.

At least be sincere when you comment.

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 13:17

@ J. Debono,

Who are you to dictate how others should speak? Only PN supporters act in a dictatorship manner. After all, why should you feel ashamed of the slogan GonziPN? They were sou proud of it before the last general election, why are you feeling like hiding it?

J. Debono

Aug 4th 2012, 13:30

@ Joseph Micallef

I say it again, he is not a floating voter but a PL supporter.

What is wrong with that, is he shamed to say he is a PL supporter.

Yes I agree with you, I should not dictate how others speak. However he should have started his comment by 'I am a PL supporter'.

Steve M. Engerer

Aug 4th 2012, 13:41

Since when have you become a floating voter Mr Vella, has the PL pushed you away from their party? Are you embarassed to consider yourself a labourite anymore?

Joseph E Briffa

Aug 4th 2012, 13:43

@Victor Vella ...good for you that it's high summer and the sea you're floating in is warm and calm and incidentally very clean. But the cherry on the cake is that 2 out of 3 people are in poverty; one has to take just a look around and the poverty of the Maltese hits you in the face. How funny Victor!

J Busuttil

Aug 4th 2012, 15:45

@ Victor Vella

Copy and pasted your comment to a real floater and he replied with a lot of smilies.

Victor Vella

Aug 4th 2012, 20:35

Illum gewwa il-partit nazzjonalista hemm tlieta li mhux talli huma floating voters, izda li xebbghu jghidu kontra Gonzi u dawk tal-marmarja qarrieqa li hemm madwaru. Dawn huma nazzjonalisti jew le? Jew dawn huma nazzjonalisti genwini u inthom li harbixtu xi haga m`inthom xejn hlief nazzjonalisti ippatentjati u taht Gonzi tidhru li mortu tajjeb. Forsi hadtu xi zieda ta` xi 600euro zieda fil-gimgha? Hemm ghaxra ohra qalb l-ilpup li lesti meta tigi d-daqqa juruh min huma il-Gonzi u l-dawk tal-marmarlja ta` madwaru.

M. Bezzina

Aug 4th 2012, 12:05

ekk jaqbillek tghid ux...ara l PN dejjem tajjeb, ma jamilx zbalji, qaddisin, kull ma jamel Gonzi kollox tajjeb u kull ma jghid JM kollu hazin!!! il fatti li qed jghidu fill billboard uma fatti veri!!!!

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 12:10

James, I think you have a serious problem as in politics, if someone acts super fast, it's deemed that he/she is super sensitive to what goes on in society. Partit Laburista's can't setup billboards about the way forward as your prime minister, even though he launched the first billboard, did not whistle the bell for an election yet. He is hijacking the country at this point not only his party!!

Willie Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 12:20

@ James Azzopardi.

Your assumptions and your bias show your colours. Please check, for example, Labour's 51 proposals on the government's last budget. That will give you an idea of what the PL is made of. You may not agree with any or all of them, but that doesn't mean that the PL is 'unprepared' or that they 'do not address the problems they highlighted.'

Richard Galea

Aug 4th 2012, 12:30

A sharp insight about PL when James Azzopardi observed that Labour was only reacting to an action by NP..........A blacksmith might be good to beat the drums.....but he can use his rough hands with thick fingers to gracefully play a harp!!!

Lawrence Ellul

Aug 4th 2012, 12:54

Il PL ghal inqas qieghed iwighed li la ha jkun hawn Korruzzjoni, Tahwid, Frejjeg u Kawlati bhal ma hawn issa sur James Azzoppardi.:::::

J Borg

Aug 4th 2012, 12:10

agreed. finally labour has woken up.

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 12:11

Fully agree Albert... thumbs up

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 12:11

Why don't you try your luck at smart-city. It's so smart that you won't see even the employees working... 7,000 jobs are fantastic aren't they? :)

Joseph John Camilleri

Aug 4th 2012, 12:05

Jistghu izidu ohra:

Ilna 25 sena ma naghtux swat lill-poplu.

Simon Bonello

Aug 4th 2012, 12:07

mux imwahhal mal passat???????? hahaha anke l istess poster kien jintuza fi 70's taf jew? miskin Nenu jparla wahdu spicca lolllll

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 12:13

Tqisekx qieghed taghmel mass meeting Nen? Nassigurak li ma jkollok il-hadd jisimak. Kompli ohlom Nen :)

R. Agius

Aug 4th 2012, 12:21

Why do people of your ilk refer to labour supporters as leJBuristi or partit leJburista?

Does it give you pleasure?
Does it give you an edge over others?
Or are you hearing it elsewhere and you're enjoying yourself repeating it?

Willie Grech

Aug 4th 2012, 12:26

@ Nenu Aquilina u Joseph John Camilleri.

Ma ssawtux nies? Staqsu lin-nies taghkom stess. Staqsu lil Franco Debono, JPO, Jesmond Mugliette, u ohrajn li kellhom il-guts jitkellmu kontra l-gvern taghhom stess.

U xi nghidu ghall-eks sindku tas-Siggiewi, eh Nenu Aquilina? Int suppost taf kif tnehha minn hemm u ghala!! Min jaf ghadx dan jitkellem ukoll ghala tnehha!!

U dawn huma nies taghkom. Immagina nies laburisti li jazzardaw jitkellmu kontra dan il-gvern x'jigrilhom!!!!!!!

Peter Simpson

Aug 4th 2012, 12:51

Yawn!

Robert Teuma

Aug 4th 2012, 12:53

Jiena bhala zghazugh nemmen illi nies bhalek qas ghandom jivvuttaw ghax int ma tghidx ha naghti cans il-dak u lill-iehor, int qisek ziemel minn tal-karozzini, tohodnix hazin ta mhux bhala tghajjira qed nghidlek imma timxi l-quddiem minghajr ma tara xhassib fil-gnub. Il-gvern taghna ghamel hafna gid qal pajjizna ghax jien ma nisthix nghid Nazzjonalist IMMA nixtieq nara xha joffri mohh zghazugh il-pajjizna!

anthony vella

Aug 4th 2012, 13:27

Iz-zmien itina parir nenu.

Ryan Muscat

Aug 4th 2012, 14:42

Prosit Sur Teuma, ma tistax tghid ahjar!!

@ Carmel Aquilina, Int ktibt: "...u fadlilkom 20 oħra x'tistennew, jekk forsi tkunu bdejtu tinbidlu xi ftit għall-Aħjar!"

- Ejdli! Ghax inthom inbdiltu hafna hux hux? Ghall-ghar mma habib, b'mentalitajiet bhal tieghek l-iktar!

Joseph Micallef

Aug 4th 2012, 12:14

Jider bic-car li l-Partit Laburista hu FERM ipreparat u armat sa snienu, u dan ghaliex is-sewwa jirbah zgur! Naqbel Sur Caruana.

G curmi

Aug 4th 2012, 16:46

Skadut, fallut, u sfurtunatament baqa mwahhal mal passat.
Qisu l passat tal pn kien xi wiehed qaddis!

Fittex habbar l elezzjoni Dr Gonzi, ax jekk forsi adek ma ndunajtx poplu mxebba andek.