Muscat promises an unprecedented fight against bureaucracy
A new Labour government would carry out an unprecedented fight against bureaucracy for economic growth and to create employment, Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this evening.
Speaking during a political activity in Qormi, Dr Muscat said his government would build a coalition between workers and employers to create wealth.
He referred to a World Bank report which placed Malta as the worst country in Europe to start a business in and said that although the government seemed shocked at the report, businesses and the self-employed were not because they were living this reality every day.
Under the GonziPN administration, businesses were burdened with excessive bureaucracy which was stifling investment, he said.
Dr Muscat said that while it took a businessman in Germany two weeks to get electricity, in Malta he had to wait four-and-a-half months. To start a business, it took a businessman in Germany two weeks, in Malta a month-and-a-half. Building permits in Germany took around three months to be issued, in Malta they took eight months at the very least.
Dr Muscat said that, in September, unemployment had increased for the seventh consecutive month. It increased by nearly five per cent. This showed that there was no truth in the GonziPN claim that 20,000 jobs had been created.
Dr Muscat also said that one of his government's priorities would be to enact the Whistle Blower Act to protect those who uncovered political corruption.
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George Grech
Oct 28th 2012, 18:29
'for economic growth and to create employment,'How? Not one single propsal as usual. Cliches and slogans. Just tpacpic. Show us some meat if you have any. The government has facts to back its achievements. What has Muscat got to make him credible and not a political fraud as his mentor Alfred Sant in the 1996 election campaign? Lowering of electricty bills for pensioners, stipends, VAT etc?
Eddy Privitera
Oct 29th 2012, 12:56
Goerge Grech and Owen Ellul_ The PL will do much better because its Nr.1 priority is to fight bureaucracy, which, according to the World Bank, has made Malta the WORST European country for entrepreneurs to start a business !
Owen Ellul
Oct 28th 2012, 18:20
Yet despite the excessive bureaucracy and the recession few European countries have done as well as Malta. The question is can Muscat do as much or better. He has not told us what he will do in tackling bureaucracy or anything else which he is promising. Will the self-employed be better off under Labour or will they be treated again as the enemies of the people? Remember VAT and cash registers?
Paul Caruana
Oct 28th 2012, 18:09
This government is known for solving bottlenecks. Saving 5,000 jobs at the worst of the recession, increasing the number of women in unemployment, decreasing the number of early school leavers from 47% to 17%, successfully tackling the waiting lists in health. Bureaucracy is still a problem but it has already been reduced. You no longer need a licence to open a small business.
Salvu Sciberras
Oct 28th 2012, 17:58
Where's Muscat's logic? A blip in unemployment means that jobs have been created but not enough to absorb school leavers immediately. 151, 000 fulltime jobs do exist. Malta's unemployment is among the lowest in the Eu. Only Germany and Malta have more people in employment then in 2008. despite the recesson! This is GonziPN's feat. Will Muscat achieve as much? Going by his advice very unlikely!
Antonio Micallef
Oct 28th 2012, 11:10
Populism may benefit Labour but will certainly not the nation.
Carmen Abela
Oct 28th 2012, 10:25
Lord Douglus Hurd said: 'Malta's success can be attributed to its economic adaptability as well as its courage in embracing positive change. PM LG must take the credit for pursuing a flexible and adaptable economic strategy that has allowed Malta's small and open economy to survive and prosper.'
I ask how come people from foreign countries can see such achievement except for the JM and LP?
John Farrugia
Oct 28th 2012, 09:55
There's no denying that Malta is doing remarkably well in this economic climate, and this thanks to Premier Gonzi. Dr Muscat's assertion that we could do better betrays his lack of knowledge on the global economy. Otherwise, it pains me to think that he is trying to take us for a ride.
john muscat
Oct 28th 2012, 09:35
It is high time to tackle bureaucracy! Just to make a query in one or the govt. departments, I was being shown from one office to the other for God knows how many times, with sometimes I was referred to the previous office without any results.Wishing luck to Dr. Muscat.
Bernard Borg
Oct 28th 2012, 09:11
What will Dr Muscat do to make life easier for start-ups? He has not yet proposed one single measure on this key topic. And yes this area is of paramount importance. So he is right in flagging it up. However he fails miserably to show us the way. He is not prime ministerial stuff; at least not yet.
Jonathan Camilleri
Oct 28th 2012, 09:08
I have yet to see the day when we can say that bureaucracy is being dealt with, both in the private sector and in the public sector. IT Investment is required.
The complexity and span of information systems, along with manual processes involved may benefit from (business) process re-engineering, eliminating inefficient processes and fine tuning them into manageable and controlled processes.
Mr Joe Micallef
Oct 28th 2012, 08:26
Boundless dishonesty!
Joey draws parallels with Germany but fails to mention that Malta and Germany are considered as the best performing countries in the current abysmal context. Even the Chancellor congratulated Gonzi for that.
Muscat is also so superficial when he refers to German bureaucracy - something that takes generations to build particularly given the 70's & 80's damage done by PL.
Mr Ernest Vella
Oct 28th 2012, 07:57
Bil-weghdi fl-arja qatt ma jsir xejn...l-ahhar weghdi li ghamiltu lanqas zammejtu wahda minnhom....kif tridni nafda!!!
Anthony Scicluna
Oct 28th 2012, 07:54
Muscat should, in his fight against democracy, answer why he said that Mr Dalli called him first
Anthony Scicluna
Oct 28th 2012, 09:52
*correction 'for' democracy not against it
pat muscat
Oct 28th 2012, 07:53
The truth is that bureaucracy has increased under GonziPN; witness the multitudes of consultants- with golden salaries-whose job seems to be simply to add more bureaucratic rules; Mepa, EneMalta are cases in point.
To be placed 120 out of 158 countries and again last amongst EU countries is an other fly in the ointment of the so called GonziPN's achievements!
Jay Oatmon
Oct 28th 2012, 07:12
Cutting red tape also means cutting out duplication and the pointless useless jobs.
Cutting red tape would also impact the opportunities for corruption by the middle men who 'expedite things to avoid delays'. I would expect many entrenched wasteful situations to remain as they are, rather than upset those who profit from them.
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Oct 28th 2012, 07:03
I do not understand some comments here. They attack one person's view to defend another's view rather than commenting on that person's view. People need to open their minds and not remain a tool of one or the other. Small island small minds I suppose.
Charles Muscat
Oct 28th 2012, 06:58
Get rid of all councils for starters.
Mr Joe Micallef
Oct 28th 2012, 09:32
True, Councils have increased a level of bureaucracy, but don't you think that our towns and villages (where they are well managed - both PN and PL majorities) are by far better than they were before?
alfred attard
Oct 28th 2012, 06:41
Gonzi showed his love and care for the Maltese people very clearly. Sane people should not forget. He proved his love and care by giving the worker a euro and some cents every week, but because he enjoys specialities he took 500 euros every week. He is also very democratic. He voted against the majority in parliament (divorce law).
John Scerri
Oct 28th 2012, 05:57
To diminish burocratic systems it is absolutely imperative to have flexibility within working staff and practices.
Government departments work on a non flexible system.
The kick off point when Dr.Muscat is in power will have to be to convince all govt employees to provide a full and not partial service to the citizens to avoid sending them from office to office.
I wish him luck.
Anthony Paul Naudi
Oct 28th 2012, 04:11
now it is said that the Government is reverting back to the old power station.( now not coal operated ) So why on earth when the new one was in the process of being build the opposition protested against this project ? I suppose that accidents or failures in a system do happen .Sometimes I see new vehicles stopped along the roads and I wonder if such is the fault of the P.N. too ?
Saviour Cachia
Oct 28th 2012, 02:59
So Malta entered the European Union for its best interest and in the meantime the civil service is untouchable. No Government, especially a new one, has the right to sharpen it tools to face all the challenges around us? Time changes and tribalism and parochialism does not go together any more. We need progress and be a modern and liberal European Union state.
Edward Farrugia
Oct 28th 2012, 02:00
If elected JM being obsessed that everything has been wrong and the economy being so bad that as an excuse for not delivering his many promises he got to get the economy on its feet again first, elininate bureaucracy, replace all the key people with those that have been by-passed according to him through victimization etc, etc. This will cover his whole time in office which go to prove his bahh!
Antonio Pace
Oct 28th 2012, 01:10
At least three of those showing behind Muscat in the picture above were part of a Labour Government which froze our economic growth and killed the livelihood of the self employed. New look, same faces.
George Cutajar
Oct 28th 2012, 00:59
Oh yes and Malta under Labour will become the land of milk and honey.!
mark borg
Oct 28th 2012, 09:22
always better then being a greece in the making under your gonzipn thanks to the ever growing astronomical deficit.....or the land of a failed healthcare system and run-down powerstations.
Charles Muscat
Oct 28th 2012, 11:56
Winston Churchill was not elected after winning a war.
Joseph Caruana
Oct 27th 2012, 23:53
Dear Muscat, your already practice bureaucracy by for example not giving clear example on what are labour's plans for economical growth. Another example is the different things that you say to different groups of people, they simply don't add. Practice what you preach.
Angelo Vassallo
Oct 27th 2012, 22:51
PROMISES, PROMISES
"unprecedented fight against bureaucracy" is such a subjective phrase that it is a MUST to ask "dear leader" joseph muscat to elaborate much much more than the few words he said uttered bureaucracy. Bureaucracy has a lot of tentacles just like a squid, and it takes a lot of hard work to be able to cut all the tentacles.
Be more concrete "dear leader" joseph muscat
Peter Shaw
Oct 27th 2012, 22:45
That Magic Wand again !!!
Jesmond Micallef
Oct 27th 2012, 22:36
Does this apply to those who cannot find employment ? Being self employed has it's advantages I guess. Being your own boss and not playing the political game with publicly funded property such as a Public Limited Company, and/or Governmental Departments for example !!
The Whistle Blower Act should act as a deterrent and hopefully, so it should.
P Caruana
Oct 27th 2012, 22:10
It seems to me that PL makes more sense today then it ever did. I know where my vote is going.
The reason why I am saying this is simply because I am fed up of being lied to by this government.
Gonzi PN promised that 20,000 jobs have been increased, now we have a 5% increase in unemployment.
Also, Malta ranked worse country in the EU to create a new business !!
What's next ? Call an election !
G Caruana
Oct 27th 2012, 21:59
Muscat promises-Muscat promises-Muscat promises-Muscat promises-Muscat promises.
A promise is not guarantee which is why we never hear Muscat guarantees.
Bil promise ha tiqbaw.
Alex Buds
Oct 27th 2012, 21:06
He would need to deal with the massively bloated and inefficient civil service to do that. The problem is twofold... the rules and the people who enforce them. Changing the rules is the easy part.
J Martinelli
Oct 27th 2012, 21:35
Right! Leave that to Joseph to reduce 'the massively bloated and inefficient civil service', the same Joseph who wants to reintroduce Mintoffianomics and whose Party hired 8000 workers in a govt. entity on the eve of an election so as to reduce the unemployment rate.
Truly, it's easier said than done, it is also easier to believe that pigs fly.
Joseph E Briffa
Oct 27th 2012, 21:52
Cutting bureaucracy implies ministers will take over and civil servants have to answer. This was practised by Labour in the 70s & 80s, & Dept Heads were exempt from responsibility which was taken by ministers. People who had a raw deal didn't dare take a minister to court, and if bold enough, invariably lost the case in court or on appeal or the case was never heard.They also suffered reprisals.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Oct 27th 2012, 23:40
Then change the people to enforce it. That is what governments are there for.
Richard Caruana
Oct 28th 2012, 08:47
The first part of your post is easy... sack the lot!
That's what Helena Dalli declared, no?
George Cutajar
Oct 27th 2012, 20:52
Once again mere promises without a single indication as to how Labour will be putting them into effect.
Well at least JM has got past comparing Malta to Iceland and Greece. He now comapres us to mighty Germany.
Joseph Pavia
Oct 27th 2012, 21:08
Why indicate?? It is with deeds promised done that you judge somebody. Dr Gonzi's words are 'judge us not in what we said but judge us in what we do'...again why is this not applied to Dr Muscartt?
A Dimech
Oct 27th 2012, 21:09
there si a promise => cut bureacracy for businesses?
what is a promise for you? building a powerstation worth 140million euros which is impaired before it even start operating?!! is that a good enough promise?!!
Freddie Micallef
Oct 27th 2012, 22:43
qisek taf il proposti tal pn george.sa fejn naf jien ghadni ma smajtx xejn min naha ta gonzipn.nini nini nghidulek issa ..mela ma tafx kemm ihobbu jikkupja ta gonzipn georgy hi...dahhal ftit melh go rasek gbin
Anthony Mizzi
Oct 27th 2012, 23:31
With Gonzi , Dear Mr Cutajar we had promises , we had pledges and Dr. Gonzi and his Cavinet of Ministers from GonziPN's pool of limited talents JUST DID NOT DELIVER!
He had indications enough after 20 years of PN administrations AND STILL HE PROMISED, STILL HE PLEDGED and all we are getting now are his PARROTS fishing for ideas and solutions from Joseph Muscat & Co. !
Andrew Cumbo
Oct 28th 2012, 01:05
Why need of indication? Dr. Gonzi said many things before election time but nothing happened. 6000 jobs Smart City, lower the income tax, sports complex in White Rocks and many other promises that never materialised. But we are experiencing what he didn't mention, high bills, new parliament, a bridge to nowhere, unstable government and also he didn't say that he is going to grant himself €500.
mark borg
Oct 28th 2012, 08:51
dan x argument banali hu li dejjem tirrepetu pappagalment li mhux qed jghid x se jhamel? ma tindunawx li qed taqghu ghar redikulu ? mhux ovvja li l-ewwel irid jitla fil gvern umbghad wiehed jara kif jista jirranga l-affarijiet,li zgur kwazi f kull dipartiment hemm hafna xi jrid isir .dejjem ahjar mili jibni xi sptar jiswa miljini kbar aktar mill stmat biex ineffaqna iehor 4 snin wara, jew xi BWSE
Joseph M. Grech.
Oct 27th 2012, 20:49
Vote MLP/PL and you will get perfection
and IF in government it will then always be "Issa bil-mod nirrangaw l-affarijiet ghax dak kollu tort tan-nazzjonalisti
qabilna" and the beat goes on and on . . . . as MLP/PL in the past even after years in government.
It is never their fault because they're perfect!
Joseph Pavia
Oct 27th 2012, 21:22
That the PL wants to appear perfect is only a figmentation of your mind, Mr Grech! After 25 years of PN goverments we have a lot of pretty things but none is yet paid for. The mentality was to let our children pay for them... l-aqwa li kantajna 'Ghalina u ghall l-uliedna'..mhux hekk? Illum wasalna ghal kontijiet. X'ha naghmlu?
m farrugia
Oct 27th 2012, 22:51
f kollox jifhmu, issa anki fit tyres ta l-arriva professuri
vote pl, kollox fuq ir rubini - sptar bla waiting list, ilma u dawl kwazi b'xejn, zero bureaucracy, job ghal kullhadd anki dawk li ma jafux skola, innaqqsu id deficit bla ma innaqqsu l-investiment u il jobs, trazzin ta l-gholi tal hajja, pagi oghla apparti il miniumum wage
hawwadni ha nifhmek
Richard Caruana
Oct 28th 2012, 08:51
@ J Pavia
Here we go again with the '25 years' syndrome!
Why is the MLP/PL or whatever they're called these days so ashamed of the 22 months that Sant was PM?
The PN has been in continuous government for 14 years, much of which had to be dedicated to solving the havoc that the Sant legislature left behind: frozen EU application, skyhigh energy bills, door tax, CET... need one say more?
Fran Abela
Oct 28th 2012, 09:09
Joseph Grech - correct ion - PN has been in government 15 years - why does the PL and its supporters insist on forgetting the Labour Party was government in years 1992-1998 ?
Joseph E Briffa
Oct 27th 2012, 20:48
As usual...JM making comparisons based on the odd hearsay. The important thing is that he impresses his audience about the miserable situation under Nationalist administrations. The man must however be lauded for the expectations he is raising to make Malta the best in Europe. He is in for a very rough ride if Labour is ever voted in; dalle stalle alle stelle. Hilarious at best.
Joseph Mifsud
Oct 28th 2012, 00:11
What i find hilarious mr briffa is your comment. If you're happy with GonziPN please go ahead & vote for him. Surely he took us dalle stalle alle stelle. Guess you are living on a star because it clear that you are detached from reality like this govt
Joe Pace Asciak
Oct 27th 2012, 20:46
"Dr Muscat said his government would build a coalition between workers and employers to create wealth". If he becomes Prime Minister, they will say, consolingly, he "was giving me the impression".
George Attard
Oct 27th 2012, 20:27
....and that is why Labour will fail. Every government at some point in their tenure goes through bureaucracy, it's just how it is. If Labour do manage to 'keep a clean sheet' if you will, there will be an election within a year. That's just how the world works. I really believe Labour are not that naive to realize otherwise.
A M Bonello
Oct 27th 2012, 20:14
In Germany they have nuclear power plants.
In Germany they have far more land to build on too.
It is in a Germans blood to be efficient.
Charles Buhagiar
Oct 28th 2012, 07:52
What are you implying then??
mark borg
Oct 28th 2012, 08:53
mela gbajtu qabel thalna fl EU tikomparaw is kull pajjiz ggant ma Malta? u tghidulna li la jaqbel lilhom jaqbel lilna f kollox....issa qed taqta qalbek mil germania u indunajt bid differenza?
A M Bonello
Oct 28th 2012, 14:05
@Charles Buhagiar.....you going to compare MALTA TO GERMANY what a huge difference!
A Spiteri
Oct 27th 2012, 20:12
you can only reduce bureaucracy if you reduce the size of government...and that means firing thousands of people from the public sector...does he has the guts to do that?!
Carl Callus
Oct 27th 2012, 20:08
Is he implying that he will sack loads of government employed people ...... or is he implying what Helena Dalli stated, namely that the blue-eyed boys days are over and now the red heads are to take over government jobs. Both scenarios are equally frightening.
Charles Buhagiar
Oct 28th 2012, 07:54
So why are the blue heads superior?
Matthew Scerri
Oct 27th 2012, 20:06
I lived in Germany and it is indeed an efficient country. However, Muscat is painting a picture which is far from the truth. Life in Malta is much easier for a business man since there is less regulation. Thus, when he refers to bureaucracy and his fight against it he simply is ill informed as to how Germany works.
Charles Buhagiar
Oct 28th 2012, 07:57
Regulation doesn't need to lead to bureaucracy Mr. Scerri!
K. Vella
Oct 27th 2012, 20:04
It is all about me...
Promise the world than will see approach.....
Let's be careful here 'unprecedented fight against bureaucracy' ......love to see how permits will be issued or if a Minister will intrude in a permit process....it is like 'Back to the future' Mr. Muscat.....it does not augur well.
B Attard
Oct 28th 2012, 02:28
Either or So you'd prefer the present situation. If you're not part of the clique you're stuck no matter have you got rights or not.
Mario Farrugia
Oct 27th 2012, 19:59
"Muscat promises ...". - how many times have we read this in the last 3 months ??
Lucienne Spiteri
Oct 27th 2012, 19:58
jekk tnehhilu l-promises Muscat ma jibqa' xejn fih....
anthony borg
Oct 27th 2012, 20:11
U jekk taqta il tpacpic fil vojt lil GONZI .Zgur ma jibqa fih xejn . Ghax lanqas il par idejn soddi ma fadalu.. Jeww xi POWER STATION Sploduta ghandu.
Kenneth Williams
Oct 27th 2012, 20:27
Ghadni qed nistenna l wedgha ta gonzipn ...li jnaqqasli l income tax.
Mr Stephen Borg
Oct 27th 2012, 20:30
Mela ghalek ma baqa xejn min GonziPN ghax ma zghamx weghda wahda li hi wahda.
Guido Farrugia
Oct 27th 2012, 20:31
s-issa ghadu m'ghamilx promise li jnaqqas l'income tax ghal 25% sat 2010, jew li tinqata l-waiting list min Mater Dejn. Min jaf forsi behsiebu jiehu xi €500 fil-gimgha zieda.
Mr C Camilleri
Oct 27th 2012, 20:33
U ghidli daqxejn .. jekk tnehhilek il-paroli fil-vojt x'jifdal fik ? Ghira lejn il-PL ? Xi tridu jaghmel Joseph Muscat jekk ghadu mhux fil-gvern ? Mhux iwieghed jista ghalissa !!! Gonzi wieghed tant lil poplu malti u bqajn bil-lasta!
Dan il-pajjiz ghadu 20 sena lura ! Mhux ta b'xejn il-hin kollu nsemmu zmien mintoff u l-80's u kemm sar gid fin-90's.
Joseph Pavia
Oct 27th 2012, 20:44
Lucienne l-Oppozizzjoni zewgt affarijiet ghanda bhala arma. Il-kritika u l-weghdi. Min jerbah il-Gvern biss ghandu s-sahha li jaghmel li jkun wieghed fil-programm elettorali tal-partit. imbaghad wiehed jiggudika bil-vot fl-elezzjoni li tkun tmiss.
H. Meilak
Oct 27th 2012, 21:55
Vera ma titwemminx kif kull meta xi hadd jikkritika lil Muscat hafna Laburisti jirrispondu b'Gonzi jew Gonzipn. Jien nivvota Alternattiva u darba ktibt li Muscat mhux bill jghid x' ser jaghmel imma ukoll kif ser jaghmel biex isolvi l-problemi li hawn. Ir-risposti tal-kummenti kollha kienu jinkludu Gonzi jew Gonzipn, wahda minnhom Gonzi tieghek ukoll! Ghax hawn Malta jew ma Gonzi jew Muscat bilfors
Denis Pace
Oct 27th 2012, 23:23
The MLP is basing itself on baseless promises...A coalition between the FOI and the GWU....BIG JOKE!
Empty vessels............................
joseph gellel
Oct 28th 2012, 08:23
jaqaw int xi wahda min dawk li had 500euros zieda fil gima jew? jew li had 4 miljuni sensarija fuq il powerstation jew xi kuntrat ta xi 10 miljuni u ikun jiswa 6miljuni jek filkas ghandek ragun itfahar li gonzi imma lil hadiem normali dan il gvern salbu wahda tajjeb. jin naqsam mieghek jek trid. jin mux kull ma ileq narah deheb ima naf nara u min vera irid il gid at tfal taghna.
Giuseppe Azzopardi
Oct 28th 2012, 08:45
Ms Spiteri Dr Muscat is still very young and it is only fair that we leave him to day dream but facing the harsh reality of the recession and day to day running problems cropping here,there and everywhere He will soon realise that Ahjar baqa' gallarija!B'li smajna minn fommu s'issa nghidlek li anke il-Germanju se tibda tghir ghalina!Jibqa BISS il jekk isehhx dan kollu meta u jekk isir Prim Ministr
Andre Ellul
Oct 27th 2012, 19:56
At least Muscat is citing Germany as an example and not Cyprus. He seemed to have learnt even if he is not saying the truth. GERMANY IS A FEDERAL STATE. HENCE, HE SHOULD QUOTE THE LANDER AND NOT GERMANY AS A Republic, since the law on construction permits various according to lander.
As usual, he is not well informed.
J.K. Sciberras
Oct 27th 2012, 20:21
It seams that you are the one who is not well informed. This isn't a statistic from any Labor news paper or any survey carried out buy someone pro labor . He was just quoting what an international survey is showing. Obviously you do not agree with; or most probably you did not even hear about it since Net news did not quote such a story.
Eddy Privitera
Oct 27th 2012, 20:57
Andre ellul, Do you know who is not informed ? Lawrence Gonzi about the damages Enemalta will be suffering. Gonzi said that b.w.S.C. will be paying for ALL the financial damages. But Tonio Fenech said that we will probably have to go to a foreign court to try and get ALL the money Enemalta is losing. Obviously Gonzi was not well informed about this !
Antonio Pace
Oct 27th 2012, 19:44
At least three of those showing behind Muscat in the picture above formed part of a Labour Government which froze our economic growth and killed the livelihood of the self employed. New look, same faces.
Joseph Pavia
Oct 27th 2012, 20:52
Antonio can't you see that it is people with your mentality that have not changed? PL moved on with time... a lot of people died and so did certain ideals. Now if you feel that the PN remains your best option then that is another matter...
J Busuttil
Oct 27th 2012, 21:38
@ Joseph Pavia
Old faces remain old faces and the Pl has not moved on to do so they have to remove all the old faces. You are made to believe that they have moved one.
ALBERT FENECH
Oct 28th 2012, 07:39
Is that so Mr Pace? Then I guess I won't vote PL. I will have to vote for Arriva, a mucked-up power station, astronomic electricity bills, a non-functioning Parliament, a sham democracy and an extended tenure for Dr Gonzi, Austin Gatt, RCC etc. Yes - I guess that's the wisest move! Thanks for the tip.
ALBERT FENECH
ALBERT FENECH
Oct 28th 2012, 08:55
Is that so Mr Pace? Then I guess I won't vote PL. I will have to vote for Arriva, a mucked-up power station, astronomic electricity bills, a non-functioning Parliament, a sham democracy and an extended tenure for Dr Gonzi, Austin Gatt, RCC etc. Yes - I guess that's the wisest move! Thanks for the tip.
ALBERT FENECH
Joseph Brincat
Oct 27th 2012, 19:41
Dr Muscat also said that one of his government's priorities would be to enact the Whistle Blower Act to protect those who uncovered political corruption.
Gonzi pn want to do the Whistle Blower Act >> BUT ONLY FOR THE FUTURE and not for the past , WHY ????
I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THE GONZI PN BLOCKERS !!
Alex Falzon
Oct 27th 2012, 19:37
A new PL government will do this & will do that.... however, I am always waiting for the how's to be implemented... according to all his statements in all political activities organized this young man always impresses me with his ability to solve all Malta's difficulties...
I am waiting the outcome...
Joseph Pavia
Oct 27th 2012, 21:02
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. When you go to a restaurant you try out a dish but you do not ask for the recipe. If you like it you return if you don't you go somewhere elser. I never heard the PN telling us how it will do things neither from the opposition nor when in goverment. Dr Gonzi asked us not to judge his words but his deeds. So why not pretend the same from the Dr Muscat?
Pierre Vassallo
Oct 27th 2012, 19:34
Is Muscat aware that our unemployment is amongst the lowest in the EU, foreign investment is on the increase, we're registering a record after record in the tourism and our economy is still growing? It's about time that he speaks about these because these are our bread and butter issues.
J.K. Sciberras
Oct 27th 2012, 20:25
Do you truly believe all this lies? The worst think that can happen to a person is when he or she start believing their own lies. Now if you truly believe that the economy is rising; well most probably you are one of those thousands employed with civil service and do not bother from where they are going to get their pay.
J.K. Sciberras
Oct 27th 2012, 20:29
Re our tourism sector, the MHRA does not agree fully with your sweeping statement. Wonder why, maybe they are also on the Labour side saying this which are not true? Please do grow up and not just repeat what our politicians say and believe without verifying first.
B. Cachia
Oct 27th 2012, 20:36
We're also the poorest country in Western Europe, Pierre, and the Eastern Europeans, who were much poorer than us 20 years ago, are catching up with us very rapidly indeed. Two of them have already overtaken us (Slovenia and the Czech Republic). If this trend continues, we'll be among the poorest five members of the EU in a couple of decades. So, let's keep things in perspective.
Eddy Privitera
Oct 27th 2012, 21:02
Pierre Vassallo; If foreign investment is increasing this is happening DESPITE the government's bureaucracy which, according to the world Bank, puts Malta s the worst European (not just EU) country to do business in !
Just imagine how much more foreign investment we can attract if we have a government which abolishes the existing bureaucracy, as Dr. Muscat has promised to do !
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