The Nationalist Party wants to continue refining its politics to ensure they remained relevant to the present, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said.

Speaking on Radio 101, he said that the PN would remain the party that proposed solutions which were of substance and not cosmetic.

It would keep its feet on the ground and, when it was time, turn to the people and ask them to weigh the situation and decide on their future.

The people would have to choose among those who played poker with their lives and bluffed and came up with no proposals and the PN, who was constantly coming up with workable solutions.

Dr Gonzi said he was confident, the people were not stupid and it would accept their decision.

Asked about the government’s plans for autumn and winter, Dr Gonzi said it remained a government priority to ensure that the economy continued to generate employment for those graduating this year and in the future.

The government also planned to continue helping church and private schools to ensure the best education for everyone. It would also help parents sending their children to private and church schools to mitigate their burden and encourage them to invest more in their children.

It would also continue to invest in the health sector, for the benefit of the people.

The Prime Minister also spoke on the creativity and innovation industry, which, he said, could offer the country major opportunities.

The government had created new creativity sectors and it planned to create others.

It had announced a digital gaming strategy a few weeks ago and in the coming months and years it would create a new specialisation niche in the sector.

Dr Gonzi also spoke about the successes being achieved in tourism, saying that there was always more that could be done but the country was progressing well and was achieving one record after another.

A delicate balance had to be found and the parties involved listened to each other and responded to the situation.

Tourism was doing well because the government had a clear strategy and the results spoke for themselves.

The government was constantly making the country more beautiful for both the Maltese and tourists to enjoy, Dr Gonzi said.

Dr Gonzi reiterated that 20,000 new jobs were created in the past four years and this could be seen from ETC figures. This did not mean that the number of jobs had increased by 20,000 as some of them had made up for jobs that had been lost.

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