Busuttil wins, says contest rekindled enthusiasm in the PN
Updated 10.50 p.m.
New PN Deputy Leader Simon Busuttil said this evening that the deputy leadership election had served to rekindle interest and enthusiasm in the Nationalist Party.
Speaking soon after beating Finance Minister Tonio Fenech at the first hurdle with 72.4% of the vote, Dr Busuttil said he would do everything possible to repay the confidence shown in him by the party councillors.
He also paid tribute to the previous holders of the post during his lifetime, Censu Tabone, Guido de Marco, Lawrence Gonzi and Tonio Borg. He also praised Louis Galea for the social vision he had instilled in him, and Eddie Fenech Adami for his vision of European Malta.
Dr Busuttil said he would work alongside Lawrence Gonzi for the PN to win the forthcoming general election.
The party, he said, needed to regain the people’s confidence. It needed to seek out those who had distanced themselves from the party or felt sidelined from it.
The PN, he said, was not the party of the councillors, but the party of the people. It had its doors open to everyone. It listened to everyone, it was a popular, not populist party. It was a party built on unity in diversity.
Dr Busuttil urged the councillors to help Dr Gonzi and himself to lead the PN to another electoral win. They should all work to convince the people that they should not put the country’s achievements in jeopardy in the next election.
The people needed to be convinced that the PN remained full of ideas, energy and determination. The people needed to be convinced that if they wanted change, the best change was through the PN. This was a responsibility which all the members of the party should shoulder.
All should be proud to be Maltese and European and voters should also be proud to be voting PN.
“Let us fill ourselves with hope, courage, enthusiasm, and determination and let us all believe once that together we can win again,” Dr Busuttil concluded, to applause.
GONZI: PN IS THE AGENT OF CHANGE
Dr Gonzi said the contest showed once more than the PN was the agent of change. He said the contest had been held between two brilliant candidates who made the party proud.
The party showed how it was endowed by politicians who were prepared to give their all for the country.
He praised Tonio Fenech for giving and continuing to give his maximum to the country with great sacrifice. He thanked him for his commitment, loyalty, enthusiasm and also the Budget. He had managed to produce a Budget which even the Leader of the Opposition had taken on board, something which was very rare, he said.
He congratulated Dr Busuttil and said the contest had strengthened the PN. Dr Busuttil had already given a lot to the country, before Malta joined the EU and since, especially in the European Parliament but also in the last general election and in the five years since.
Dr Gonzi also thanked Tonio Borg, who had served as deputy leader since 2004 until stepping down when he was nominated European Commissioner. The country, he said, was proud of him.
This, Dr Gonzi said, was a chapter which was closed. The party was now prepared for the electoral campaign which should lead it to victory.
“We have a long road ahead, a major challenge. It will not be easy, but we have the achievements to show that we deserve to win the general election,” Dr Gonzi said.
Malta’s families in seeing their children develop within the education system should be told that it was only through the PN that they could have peace of mind about their children’s future. This was the party which had brought change and would continue to change the country for the better.
“We have now started a new chapter, a chapter of responsible choices which will again put the PN in government. With your help, we will do everything which is possible for our country, our workers, our children...the PN is ready to again shoulder the responsibility of running the country,” Dr Gonzi said.
TONIO FENECH: ‘PROUD TOBE NATIONALIST’
Earlier, there was cheering in the hall as the election result was officially announced by the chairman of the electoral commission, Foreign Minister Francis Zammit Dimech.
Dr Busuttil and Mr Fenech hugged each others as the councillors sang Nazzjonalisti, Nazzjonalisti.
In remarks preceded by long applause, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said these had been pleasant but intensive four weeks which led him to understand how big the party was, what a lot it had to offer the country, and that the councillors genuinely loved their party.
Many councillors had admitted to him that they had a difficult choice. Eventually, the majority had opted for his friend Simon.
Mr Fenech promised that he would continue to work hard for the party. The best aspect of this contest, he said, was that both Dr Busuttil and himself had kept this race a contest between friends, a process which unified this party. They would both work together with Lawrence Gonzi for the PN to win the forthcoming elections, he said. For, as the contest showed, this was a party which was much younger than the Labour Party.
“I am proud to be a Nationalist,” Mr Fenech concluded.
In his first address as deputy leader, Dr Busuttil thanked Mr Fenech and all those who had participated in the vote, saying there were no winners and losers and the PN had triumphed.
“We have rekindled the interest and enthusiasm in the PN,” he said to applause.
BUSUTTIL WINS TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY
Simon Busuttil obtained 640 votes, 72.4 per cent of the votes cast.
Applause and cheering broke out as the result was announced at the PN headquarters.
Dr Busuttil was congratulated by party leader Lawrence Gonzi and Mr Fenech and they walked together to the main hall.
Dr Busuttil had projected himself as a relatively new face in the PN and the best chance for the party to pick up momentum for the general election.
Meanwhile, Mr Fenech had projected himself as having a proven track record. He had enjoyed the support of the majority of Cabinet ministers.
The candidates cast their votes at the PN headquarters in Pieta this morning, as they wished each other good luck.
Both candidates said the would keep working for the PN, irrespective of who won the race this evening.
Sources close to the party said there was a lot of last-minute lobbying from both camps, especially from the Finance Minister's supporters. Two backbenchers - Philip Mifsud and Stephen Spiteri - wrote on their Facebook walls dissociating themselves from text messages which claimed they were urging councillors to vote for Mr Fenech.
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Alfred Galea
May 9th, 12:04
Well Joseph Muscat once I told you that you would be the youngest Prime Minister now I tell you that you would be the oldest Prime Minister and Head of State
Mr Paul Borg
May 5th, 13:34
jidher li l-klikka tal-PN ghadha tikkontrolla kollox.
Lawrence Fenech
May 2nd, 13:53
If "rekindled enthusiasm" is the same as that of the last 9 years, we are in for loads of fun and jokes for the next 10 years at least if not 15. Simon I have my doubts if you will ever become a polished politician seeing your performance since you came back to our beloved Malta.
Victor Vassallo
Mar 10th, 17:11
Dr. Simon Busuttil please have a long break, we heard from you and a few others like you for the last month and a half so much that it only led us to a sobering defeat because the people do not care.
Please resign all of you and let us start from scratch otherwise empty words will leadr the PN some 25 years in opposition.
Ronnie Callus
Dec 1st 2012, 14:22
Proset Simon, biss ara issa ma'taghamlilniex bhal tal-kaccaturi, weghthom hafna u spiccaw kwazi b'xejn ghax biex jaqbdu gamiema jridu jhallsu 50euro ohra extra mall-permessi l-ohra li kienu jhallsu.Kwazi ahjar jixtru haruf ghall l-Ghid ghax jigihom irhas zgur.Tonio Fenech jaqbillu jibda jipprepara ghall elezzjoni ghax hemm cans jibqa l-art kif jidhru l-affarijiet.
John Spiteri Jones
Dec 1st 2012, 13:34
Yes Simon has rekindled the PN and brought them together but unfortunitly this only applies to those"li kienu qed ippapua tajjeb taht in PN" it doesnt apply in the least to the nationalist working classes, bye bye PN, a doomsday, that never been heard of in the 120years of the horondous PN history is getting nearer and nearer every day that goes by!
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 13:31
Even when Dr. Gonzi had ran a one-horse race and got 98% of the vote, had "rekindled enthusiasm in GonziPN" ! How long did that enthusiasm last ?
Lawrence Fenech
May 2nd, 13:56
@Eddy.
How can enthusiam last when it never started. Pawlu Borg Oliver for once hit the nail on the head. "Abandon ship".
Lawrence Fenech
May 2nd, 13:56
@Eddy.
How can enthusiam last when it never started. Pawlu Borg Oliver for once hit the nail on the head. "Abandon ship".
victor bonello
Dec 1st 2012, 12:31
Drowning men will clutch to a straw.
Antonia Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 12:14
ha naraw biex hiereg Simon Busuttil issa ghax wara l-burden sharing u votazzjoni favur l-ACTA meta anki Obama kien skarta il-liga ta SOPA.
Joe Galea
Dec 1st 2012, 11:03
The Party councilors have decided. I really hope that a general spring clean is the next step. Regardless of any election result outcome, the party needs new blood in all levels and mostly important needs hard working people who are ready to work for MALTA and not their pockets or the party coffers. Good luck Simon. I really hope you do not get entangled in the barbed wire around you.
Franco Attard Trevisan
Dec 1st 2012, 10:53
Will Austin Gatt give up his seat for Simon?? This would be the best move possible but will logic prevail over arrogance??
A Cuschieri
Dec 1st 2012, 10:23
Ghalkemm nemmen li Tonio Fenech kien ikun ghazla ahjar, nahseb li l-votazzjoni tal-bierah turi bic-car kemm il-PN izomm affarijiet ta' Partit separati minn dawk tal-Pajjiz.
Xhieda ta' dan huma l-ahhar snin fejn waqt li l-ekonomija baqghet stabbli, l-affarijijet interni fil-partit ma kienux daqstant sbieh. Finalment, j'Alla din l-ghazla tal-Vici Kap twassal ghal rebha elettorali.
Lawrence Attard
Dec 1st 2012, 09:55
Simon Busuttil's election just doesn't change anything, if anything Tonio Fenech's humilating thrashing by the PN councillors sent a very strong signal that the present cabinet of ministers most of which backed Fenech doesn't have a backing from the PN stalwarts, These councillors have sent a clear message the PN disperately needs reform. May it come as quickly as possibly.
Joseph Aquilina
Dec 1st 2012, 19:33
What is clear is that unlike lejber PN is a party that is not afraid of change; that is not afraid of new ideas; that does not elect the as leader the puppy of the previous leader!! They elect people who they believe they are best for the country and what is best for some members of the party!!
Alfred Vassallo
Dec 1st 2012, 09:50
So the 'Feddej' has been elected, so what!! As if Busuttil is going to wipe out the oxxenittajiet that his now De-funct colleagues did in this legislature. Start from the 500 Euros PER WEEK given to themselves right up to the botched up Power station extension, with LOTS of go in-bet weens which are too numerous to mention. The people won't forget because it was them that paid for pn misdeeds.
Henry Mifsud
Dec 1st 2012, 09:48
Come to think of it, politics are truly funny!
The misfortunes of one turn out to be the fortunes of another and yet again these become the misfortunes of another. John Dalli’s forced resignation paved the way for Tonio Borg whilst his place is taken by Simon Busuttil, who will have to relinquish his MEP seat (thus my contention of his misfortune) which will become the good fortune of another.
m. borg (slm)
Dec 1st 2012, 10:14
Politics are like a game of chess. needing to revitalise the party more than one sacrificial lamb has been sacrificed, Dalli, Tonio Fenech and now Michael Axiaq.
The gods demand blood and how better than to sactifice a lamb or a mutton.
E. Azzopardi
Dec 1st 2012, 09:45
It is definitely not enough, far from it, for the PN to win the election. If, with all the "enthusiasm" the PN will become complacent, then the defeat will be bigger.
There is much more to be done (or should have been done one or two years ago) for an eventual win. Very unfortunate, but I firmly believe it is a bit too late now. But as they say:
HOPE IS ETERNAL.
Paul Saliba
Dec 1st 2012, 09:43
Everything is in place.. Austin rewwah il barra halli jithol Simon.. Debono will vote favour of budgetnand there we are again on the track......PROSIT PN.
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 15:31
Paul Saliba. Ara se jisma minnek Austi Gatt ! Ma semghax minn Gonzi meta qallu biex jirrizenja halli jmexxi l-kampanja elettorali, se jismgha minnek ?
ALBERT FENECH
Dec 1st 2012, 09:26
Well done Dr Busuttil. Now please get cracking with one or two problems like Arriva, the Delimara power station, the National Debt, the national deficit, SmartCity, glossing over the 500 euros wage rise, the arrogance of Dr Austin Gatt, the incompetence of Tonio Fenech, soaring electricity and water bills, continually rising fuel prices etc. Good luck - you need it!
ALBERT FENECH
Alfred J. McEwen
Dec 1st 2012, 11:15
OH yes.. and do`nt forget your patriotism by integrating may thousands of illegal immigrants into our society. First thing on the agenda I suppose !!
Joseph Fenech
Dec 1st 2012, 09:20
I AM SEEING BIG PANIC EMERGING AMONG THE DOOM & GLOOM BRIGADE .
Pippo de Marco
Dec 1st 2012, 09:05
Hopefully, Mario de Marco will now get the top job, or PN will still get wiped out under Gonzi.
And what about Gonzi's response to SB's victory? - When did his 'Shallow talent pool' become so deep ?
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 09:00
A new situation in GonziPN. The deputy-leader knowing that he does not have the FULL backing or trust of ALL the ministers except one. And the ministers knowing that the councillors have not heeded their advice to vote for Tonio Fenech !
Anthony Scicluna
Dec 1st 2012, 10:48
Perhaps, you better take some lessons in political analysis. It goes beyond partisanship and a one-track mind. Wouldn't it be better to admit that the next election is not going to be as easy as you would like it to be?
Peppi Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 08:58
The cabinet was given a vote of no confidence from the councilors. The same vote would be given by the people in a short time.
A. Gauci Cunningham
Dec 1st 2012, 08:57
Simon is a good choice and I heartily congratulate him. He will definitely prove to be an asset to the PN. Unfortunately though 4 years of arrogance, incompetence and broken promises will not simply be forgotten because the Gonzi Government presented a "good" budget and elected Simon for a post which practically expires in the coming months. Charades won't make up for Gonzi's failures!!
Anthony Scicluna
Dec 1st 2012, 08:55
Despite the drive by Mintoff, KMB and many of the present Labour parliamentarians to close down private schools in the 80s, we have another Aloysian leading the party.
May this serve as a lesson to MLP - your past still haunts you and will bite your shorts.
If you want to get rid of it, get rid of the extremist communist baggage and come up with real and fresh ideas please.
G Tonna
Dec 1st 2012, 08:52
Hey you Labour apologists. If PN wins the coming election, it will be the eight one out of nine tests at the polls over the past 32 years. Doesn't it tell you very loudly where the Maltese want these islands to go?
PN is a winning horse as the recent past is showing us. The gaming world will surely place it's bets in favour of a PN victory given these results.
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 17:54
G. Tonna ghad ghandek ftit gimghat ohra x'tohlom imqajjem ! Happy Dreams !
W. Cassar
Dec 2nd 2012, 00:20
Shows you are not a betting man lol
George Cutajar
Dec 1st 2012, 08:51
Equating yesterday's result with a vote of no confidence iin Tonio is utter nonsense. Tonio got his vote of confidence from none other than JM and his band .
Yesterday's vote was an exercise in democracy by the PN councillors who had before them two very competent, loyal and honest politicians. The real winner in this race was the PN and hence the panic in the Labour camp.
victor bonello
Dec 1st 2012, 12:27
George you have it all wrong. Yesterday, the men on the street your Councillors, gave a non confidence vote to Gonzi PN, just like myself they are fed up. Simon will not change anything as long as the old faces are still there. The tables have change, it is now the PN with the old faces people do not trust. You might also have to lick all you said about Franco who might return. All as predicted !
Bernard Manduca
Dec 1st 2012, 08:39
Reading some of the illogical and ridiculous remarks from, obviously, PL supporters I have to conclude there is panic in the Labour camp.
Doreen Attard
Dec 1st 2012, 08:58
@ Bernard Manduca
Mr Manduca try to concentrate more on the remarks put forward by those who you don't think are labourites and tell us what you conclude. On my part I say that they have been won over for a short time by the stage managed election. The effect won't last, you can rest assured, it never does and I assure you it's too early for the general election for this effect to have any use.
R. Balzan
Dec 1st 2012, 09:58
Panic?! Euphoria you mean. You just do not realize that electing Simon Busuttil or Bill Clinton as Deputy Leader makes very little difference at this point in time. The issue is (1) Austin Gatt, and (2) Lawrence Gonzi. Kick out those 2 ASAP and you stand a good chance - in 2018.
Bernard Manduca
Dec 1st 2012, 08:33
I applaud the PN councillors. They obviously concentrated on public perception, expectations and the very future of our nation.
This was not so much a contest between the contenders but between priorities and merits. Both candidates were exceptionally suitable. Simon's victory in no way reflects any failure on Tonio's part. Our fullest respect for and gratitude to Tonio is not diminished.
Alfred Vassallo
Dec 1st 2012, 09:57
Quote
''Simon's victory in no way reflects any failure on Tonio's part.''
Yeah sure go and tell it to the marines....Tonio's face said it all!!!! and that includes all those 'brave' Ministers that backed him up.
To sum it up proper it was a HUGE DISFATTA for the reigning Clique. Ask any unbiased person and you will get your answer! Rapidoooooo.
TONY FORMOSA
Dec 1st 2012, 08:18
The perfect choice. Simon will certainly deliver. With Dr Busuttil working closely with PN leader Dr.
Lawrence Gonzi,the PN's future is assured.
TONY |FORMOSA
TONY FORMOSA
albert galea
Dec 1st 2012, 08:12
Now Minister Gatt will resign from parliament to make way for the new deputy leader thus the PN will get Debono's vote to pass the budget and will continue in power to the last day possible
W. Cassar
Dec 1st 2012, 09:21
Many are saying this, and it might be true but Franco could change the goal posts once more and leave this strategy dead in the water.
The Nationalists need all the time they can get to, try and turn around the defeat that is clearly coming, it will be impressive if they did. But would also me that the Maltese voter is quite gullible and has very short memory.
We wait and see.
Joseph Aquilina
Dec 1st 2012, 09:48
Five years ago the people voted PN for a five years in office; unlike PL, PN likes to keep their promises!! These five years are a prime example of that; against all odds, against a recession which bankrupted several nations around us; against civil wars just a step away; against people who saw only their personal interests, PN managed to keep its promises!! One should reflect on such things!!
mark borg
Dec 1st 2012, 08:07
honorevoli Tonio Borg-shabek stess u min qed jikkumenta hawn qed juruk bic car li il ftahir u probaganda u trewwieh li rewwaht fuq x ekonomija ghandna Malta u il pozi li tipoza ....li ma jemmnukx .
Luciano Pace Parascandalo
Dec 1st 2012, 10:13
Pity you are not even capable of getting the surname correct in the rush to write something negative.... Proof read before pressing enter my friend
Ronnie Callus
Dec 1st 2012, 08:07
Din ghalkemm forsi tidher rebha, iktar tidher li hi sfiducja f'Tonio Fenech wara budget bhal dak li qal taghna.Dan mhux 50 + 1 gab imma 72.4% tkaxkira nobiz li se'jdum xi ftit iffarfar it-trab.Nahseb li Tonio gie uzat bhala l-haruf ta'saggrifficju ghax nghidlek li lanqas fl-elezzjoni mhu se'jghamilha.Dak Partit Dr.Gonzi! .
S. Cuschieri
Dec 1st 2012, 08:45
someone has to win & someone has to lose - it's a democratic vote after all. I think that the people wanted to include someone new within the party to work alongside dr. gonzi; that being said it does not mean that tonio fenech is any less important. after all he's in charge of one of the most important ministries in malta, where he's still doing a great job despite all the challenge
jm busuttil
Dec 1st 2012, 09:56
@ Ronnie Callus
Sour grapes at it's best. The more comments I read like yours the more I convince myself that there is truely panic in the Labour camp.
Ronnie Callus
Dec 1st 2012, 14:09
@ jm.busuttil;
Aghmel budget bhal dak ! xi hadd stenna (inkluz hu),daqshekk distak.Mela veru ma'japprezzawx in-nies u jridu l-bidla.Dan veru li xi hadd ried jirbah meta t-tellieqa ssir b'iktar minn wiehed, imma id-differenza ma'kienetx xi photo finish Sur.Busuttil.
pat muscat
Dec 1st 2012, 08:06
Simon Busuttil is not an outsider and he is not an agent for change: he is the one who wrote the 2008 electoral manifesto, and the one who tried to legislate in favour of ACTA , which favoured big industry over fundamental rights; would have prevented people from sharing content on line; and would have tried to prevent poor people from buying cheap medicines. Some change!
Tommy Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 08:44
Sour grapes!!!
Ronald Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 08:05
Hmmm.........
With Dr Gonzi at the helm, party was hijacked.
I shudder to think what would happen under soft Simon...........
mark borg
Dec 1st 2012, 08:04
lil Pn kollha- bhas solita tipruvaw tghamlu probaganda min kull haga ta xejn u ghax rebah il patrun tal burden sharing ,qed idawruha li se tirbhu l-elezjoni ...hafna duhhan li il pajjiz ma jinteresahx,bhal dak id duhhan u storbju li ghamiltu wara li gie appuntat tonio borg cummissarju (jew wara li tkaxkar u iredikolana) -
PS -ahjar tikonvincu lil membri parlamentari taghkhom stess l-ewwel !
S. Cuschieri
Dec 1st 2012, 08:48
nahseb li tghid li tonio borg irridikolana hi gidba mill kbar - bil-kontra ta dak li qed tghid nahseb wera kemm hu ragel ghax baqa jzomm mal principji tieghu minkejja il-pozizzjoni li kien jinsab fiha. jekk m'ghandekx xi tghid ahjar ma tikteb xejn milli tivvinta
robert pace
Dec 1st 2012, 08:00
Last minute tactics to cover the shed blood and the tears they put on our faces. Go Gonzi Go!!!
victor caruana
Dec 1st 2012, 07:58
Good omen for the PL! Whenever Simon contested an electiion the PL has always won hands down.
Joe Fenech
Dec 1st 2012, 07:50
Failure in Brussels, victor in Malta! But he is still the best out of an incompetent bunch;
PL is in no better shape. Malta..what a sad situation!
Mr Stephen Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 07:42
People need facts and no sweet talk which leads to nothing
ALBERT FENECH
Dec 1st 2012, 07:30
Well done Dr Busuttil. Now please get cracking with one or two problems like Arriva, the Delimara power station, the National Debt, the national deficit, SmartCity, glossing over the 500 euros wage rise, the arrogance of Dr Austin Gatt, the incompetence of Tonio Fenech, soaring electricity and water bills, continually rising fuel prices etc. Good luck - you need it!
ALBERT FENECH
matthew tanti
Dec 1st 2012, 07:12
the next election will be decided by the LGBT vote!
Joseph Aquilina
Dec 1st 2012, 09:58
One should vote on what he or she thinks is best for the general good; and not based on his sexual tendencies. For example; what benefit would there be in having a government which legalises gay adoptions if at the same time that same government is not able to provide a strong economy that supports families, couples and individuals into building a better future?
Adrian Grech
Dec 1st 2012, 07:11
kien hemm xi dubju
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Dec 1st 2012, 07:05
Ifraħ ja poplu għaqli u inteliġenti Malti u Għawdxi b'dan Il-Bidu ta' Rebbiegħa ġdida oħra ta' ġid u barka għall ħames (5) oħra fi'gvern ieħor Nazzjonalista ma' Lawrence Gonzi u Simon Busuttil f'Ewropa waħda maqgħuda!
Prosit u awguri Maltin u Għawdxin!
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 09:12
Nenu: Nahseb li anki f'Jjannar jew FRar , meta Lawrence Gonzi tellaq wahdu u gieb xi 98% tal-voti, int hlomt li GonziPN kien se jaghmel xi qabza kbira l-quddiem. U taf x'gara ! Mela tahseb li l-poplu tant cuc li jivvota skond min hu l-vici-kap ? F'kull pajjiz dak li jholl u jorbot hu l-mexxej jew il-Kap tal-partit. Jekk ma jkollokx fiducja fil-Kap HADD ma jivvota ghax ikollu fiducja fil- vici-Kap
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Dec 1st 2012, 16:09
Sur Priviter, minn Frar l-hawn gonzi żamm il-finanzi fis-sod, u qwed jagħtina budget li l-partit Lejburista qed ikollu jgħid li qatt ma budget bħalu.
John Attard
Dec 1st 2012, 07:00
Well done Simon Now hope fully you will translate words to deeds. There are still so many worried economical sectors out there which the Government of the day has sold to foreigners without even caring for the livelihood of many. Hiding behind MCCAA and MRA is no excuse to any Government. It is Government that set up these Authorities under his guidelines oh I forgot LGA too..the sleeping sods.
Richard Caruana
Dec 1st 2012, 06:41
This shows the party that is ready to renew itself from within itself.
While the Pn will be facing the electorate with a big selection of new faces the PL is fielding those who remind us of the worst years of our lives.
Thanks you Simon, and thank you Tonio. You showed everyone how a serious party works.
Daniel Dimech
Dec 1st 2012, 09:57
and the beat goes on , on and on ibdlu naqra id diska ghax gejtu ossesjonati bil kamp tal pl l inkwiet fil pn qieghed.
Victor Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 06:29
Is-Sur Busuttil qed jahseb li l-poplu huma xi mazzun. Qed jahseb li il-hsara li ghamel il-partit tieghu bl-inkomptenza, bl-arroganza, bil-korruzzjoni institjunalizata, bid-dahk fil-wicc u l-hsara lil-haddiema li sofrew l-ingann ta` Gonzi, issa spicca u jekk li qed jahseb li huma xi messijja ha jizbalja bil-kbir. Il-hsara li ghamel GonziPN trid tkun mignun biex terga` tufdah bil-gideb sfaccat.
joseph demicoli
Dec 1st 2012, 06:28
I don't know what GonziPn wanted to say "the PN is an agent of change" nothing had been changed and the only thing that is new is that Simon filled the vacancy place for the deputy leader and he didn't change nobody. PN always was ,always is and always will be a party of liers. Very fresh is minimum wage is not taxed and then they say it is taxed because of the bonus added to the wage.ha ha
Margaret Galea
Dec 1st 2012, 05:40
Well done Simon, maybe now we see a new change and this will make the part stronger. Good Luck
Mr Joe Micallef
Dec 1st 2012, 05:28
Prosit Tonio, Simon and PN.
Alfred Vassallo
Dec 1st 2012, 10:05
Short and sweet. Well come to think of it I guess there is nothing else to say, is there?
Joseph Micallef
Dec 1st 2012, 10:15
Ta' xiex?
Edward Farrugia
Dec 1st 2012, 02:19
The choice of SB is a logical one whilst affirming that TF is still an asset to the PN in government.However, the unfortunate belief of some PN supporters associating TF with the myth of a clique existing within the PN, this move may serve the purpose of drawing back these dissenters.This augurs well for the PN to revert back to winning grounds.
mark johnson
Dec 1st 2012, 02:18
Top bloke.
Aaron Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 01:52
Oh look, the Labour elves are out in force tonight. Qisu niggizkom Simon, ghadu kemm jitla. LOL
Anyway, well done Simon Busuttil. And also to Tonio Fenech who gave a wonderful speech after the results. I'm starting to believe that the PN might win again for some reason...
George Cutajar
Dec 1st 2012, 01:52
Why are Labour apologists so interested in Simon' s victory? Are they now petrified that Tonio Fenech might just have to write the coming five budgets again?
andrew spiteri
Dec 1st 2012, 01:06
pn is realy a joke to have him as as deputy
manuel lia
Dec 1st 2012, 00:56
prosit simon......min qalbi nawguralek.....to all the moaners of the mlp in here..ghandkom ragun ghax 25 yrs mhux cajta...int mhux bhall xi hadd li ghamel 12 il sena jghid kontra lunjoni ewropeja....u issa irid imur membru fil parlament ewropej......qisek qed tghid 'bin laden irid johrog ghall president tal amerika'....u haga ohra....SDM WON THE ELECTIONS AT JUNIOUR COLLEGE.....AFTER 5 years......
HENRY FENECH AZZOPARDI
Dec 1st 2012, 00:54
I am not interested what the opposition has to say about the election of our deputy leader. This is an internal party matter which reflected the will of the majority of the councellors. I would say also that this decision also reflects the majority of all Nationalist supporters.
Fliemkien kollox possibli so lets carry on with the election campaign which gives us another five years of happiness.
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 09:18
Henry Fenech Azzopardi: With Lawrence Gonzi at the helm NOTHING WILL CHANGE ! Remember when Simon Busuttil had met Franco Debono and said something about reconciliation, just a few hours after the news had broke out about that meeting in Valletta, GonziPN immediately slapped Simon on the hand and told Simon that the ban on Franco will remain ! Simon quickly ate his words !
Karl Consiglio
Dec 1st 2012, 00:36
With Simon I feel there might be exciting times ahead.
albert pace
Dec 1st 2012, 00:35
Sfiduccat only 2 days after the budget. Even his colleagues could not trust him. They could not forget the famous trp to watch the Arsenal Football match and his recent house refurbishment. The delegates preferred a person without a negative track record.
S. Cuschieri
Dec 1st 2012, 08:51
i think anyone can redecorate a house don't you think so too mr. pace? his colleagues had to choose between 2 valuable people - it's ultimately a question of preference. it does not mean that no one trusts him - he's doing a mighty fine job in his ministry despite everything!
M Grima
Dec 1st 2012, 00:24
Nice words if you are addressing a bunch of morons. So Dr. Busuttil thinks that in the next three months he could convince the electorate to vote for the PN when the country has been hijacked by a governement who has distanced itself away from reality. Dream on Simon, your plastic smile would not get you anywhere!!!!!
Stefan Limongello
Dec 1st 2012, 00:15
This win is a subtle message to Dr Franco Debono. May he understand for the benefit of his country:
http://pro-tridentina-malta.blogspot.com/2011/09/archbishop-annibale-bugnini-on-novus.html
Reading between the lines of this message helps to understand why certain collusions continue in Malta.
Thomas Mifsud
Dec 1st 2012, 00:12
This doesn't change anything in the PN. The party still have to shoulder responsability for the unbeleivable amount of debt in just 8 years, for the BWSC, for the AirMalta, for the fuel rises, for the electricty bills rises when the price of oil went down. For the hundreds of lies GonziPN has been telling us. No vote for liars.
This time I will vote for a new middle class. Partit Laburista.
G Tonna
Nov 30th 2012, 23:40
The Nationalist party have commenced their strong challenge to win the eighth time out of the past nine tests at the polls in the past 32 years. Clearly the Maltese favour the Nationalist party in government.
Alex Ellul
Dec 1st 2012, 01:18
Come to think of it, the last time the PL(ex-MLP) won the popular vote in a general election was in 1976; Blimey, that was 37 years ago.
mark borg
Dec 1st 2012, 08:04
lolllllllll
Joe Fenech
Dec 1st 2012, 08:09
That's because the PL is as hopeless so there is no point in changing.
R. Balzan
Dec 1st 2012, 08:33
A load of speculated rubbish as usual. The election of Simon Busuttil is a step in the right direction for the PN but unfortunately it only rekindled enthusiasm among the 890 delegates. The rest of Malta out here are still disillusioned and clearly yearning for a change. Simon's next contest will come after the coming landslide election defeat when he challenges for the leadership.
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 09:20
G. Tonna: Where do you see it " clearly", that the Maltese favour GonziPN in government ???? Which polls have you seen lately suggesting this ?
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 09:32
Alex Ellul: The last time the PL won the popular vote was this year in the local council elections. And as regards the popular vote throughout the whole of Malta, was in 2009 during the MEPs election ! As regards a general election , in 1996 , not 1976 !!!!!
Antonia Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 12:17
Tista pls issemilli xi punti fiex ibrilla dan Simon Busuttil ax jin jew blankjajt je ma nafx hlief li ried idahhal il-liga ta l-ACTA u kulhadd kin kontriha u nahseb l-istudenti ta min jiftakruwa din ma niftakarax
Tommy Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 13:17
@ Eddy Privitera
When it suits us we mention the 1996-1998 debacle but when it does not we say that PN has been in power for 25 years.
G Tonna
Nov 30th 2012, 23:30
Well done Simon.
James Tyrrell
Nov 30th 2012, 23:29
So is this being seen as a victory for Simon Busuttil or as a defeat for Finance Minister Tonio Fenech. I think the answer to that one is obvious coming so soon after the budget!
Julian Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 07:51
@James Tyrrell
You consistent in you superficial understanding of Maltese politics. You are entitled to your opinion but your ignorance in these matters is gross.
Joe Sammut
Dec 1st 2012, 07:55
There were no losers in this contest, there was only one winner : the Nationalist Party led by Gonzi flanked by Tonio and Simon.
Tommy Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 08:43
How puerile!
What does one have to do with the other?
Both factors, the brilliant budget taken on board by JM and the election of SB as deputy leaders will be nails in PL' s coffin and will contribute to the fourth PN victory in sequence.
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:26
Who cares? GonziPN and his clique will still be there and hence the PN is still in deep mess! God forbids GonziPN and his party from being elected again. Poor Simon. He's got a tough task to get some votes back, mind him, my vote is not for sale and I will not be fooled by these tactics!
Donna Parnis
Dec 1st 2012, 06:50
Well said Mr Joseph MIcallef, you are clearly a man who has his eyes open, and has a brain in his head. I applaud you
R Zammit
Nov 30th 2012, 23:07
ghalija min jghid li hu nazzjonalist jew laburist sa mewtu ,bhalma hawn hafna li kitbu l kummenti ,jistghu jissejtu wkoll injorantisti.
m. borg (slm)
Nov 30th 2012, 22:49
Tonio was gonzi's sagrificial lamb and I bet that Tonio will not even make it to parliament next elections.
He has embarrassed gonzi too much to which gonzi does not take kindly.
RCC, Austin and Joe Saliba are slowly sifting through the debris to try and rebuild the oligarchy with gonzi's full blessing.
K. Vella II
Dec 1st 2012, 01:54
Gonzi did a good job at embarrassing himself. He certainly doesn't need Tonio Fenech for that.
Louis Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 04:34
I will gladly take the bet Mr. Borg.
Joseph Camilleri
Dec 1st 2012, 07:01
what a wonderful analitical survey, I wonder how you managed to get to these conclusions! I suggest that you should be hand in hand with Prime Minister Gonzi to give him the correct data and measures so that Malta would be much much better. Incredible conclusions!!!!!
I wonder how and why you do not employ your genious to dear joseph zatat muscat to encourage him further!!
m. borg (slm)
Dec 1st 2012, 10:17
I see I have some sensitive nerves and rightly so that these elves hop.
Albert Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 22:45
Read carefully the paragraph starting "Sources close the the party said..." This gives away the whole trick which was played out by the PN machine. If Mifsud and Spiteri were not not sending the text messages, who was? is it a coincidence that these phantom messages were for Tonion Fenech. Nowadays even a child can see through the PN's tricks!
M. Bezzina
Nov 30th 2012, 22:42
Not surprised!!!
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:29
ahjar tipruvaw tirbhu vot gol parlamrnt flok tahlu iktar hin itellqu wehidkhom jew bejnitkhom...
Victor Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 22:28
What a news!!!! Halluna tal-PN. Nghixu ghax qriduh pajjiz.
Karl Consiglio
Dec 1st 2012, 00:37
Whatever that means.
Noel Abela
Nov 30th 2012, 22:26
This result confirms what the people have been saying all along. We have no faith in GonziPn. This vote does not only mean a defeat for Tonio Fenech but also for the rest of Gonzi's ministers. If the PN copuncilors have no faith in who is leading them how do they expect us to have faith in them ourselves.And all the three and a half hours speach were all in vain, ahjar mort tara lil Arsenal Ton
Victor Laiviera
Nov 30th 2012, 22:26
A massive vote of no-confidence in Lawrence Gonzi's Cabinet, who all, or nearly all, supported Tonio Fenech.
Tommy Vella
Dec 1st 2012, 08:48
You can also interpret it as a massive victory for Dr Gonzi who showed his confidence in SB when he nominated him as a special emissary and this was yesterday massively endorsed by the party.
Naomi Attard Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:23
Well done Simon!
D. Xerri
Nov 30th 2012, 22:21
Tonio Fenech Sfiducjat wahda u tajba wkoll ...... Tkompli Turi Kemm Dr Franco Debono ghandu ragun !
Issoltu taptip fuq l-ispalel u tghanniq li ftit li xejn jikkonvincu :)
Mark Muscat
Nov 30th 2012, 22:20
Come on Simon, let's go and get them now :)
mark borg
Dec 1st 2012, 07:50
come on franco go and get them :)
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 09:25
Issa tara xi stoffa ghandu Simon. L-aktar jekk jaghmel bhal ma ghamel fuq id-divorzju u lVF. Jibqa gallarija ma jghid xejn biex la jfuh u lanqas jinten !
Francis Saliba M.D.
Nov 30th 2012, 22:18
If it is possible to draw any lesson at all from the election of Simon Busuttil to the deputy leadership of the Nationalist Party it is that the councillors representing the grass roots of the party desire to see a change in the treatment meeted out by the "old guard" to the party's rank and file. There is still time to rectify matters now and to retrieve the sadly disillusioned.
Albert Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 22:18
What a surprise! Wow....
Paul Azzopardi
Dec 1st 2012, 08:31
Perfectly agree. Pity it was not included in the U-Bet, I would have won a fortune.
Ray Pace
Nov 30th 2012, 22:16
Well done Simon - you deserve the post....the PN gets stronger with your election... Thanks to Tonio Fenech for contrsting the post too....
Steve M. Engerer
Nov 30th 2012, 22:13
Awguri Simon!!
Victor Laiviera
Nov 30th 2012, 22:13
What an incredible surprise!!
The panto came early, this year.
Annie Pace
Nov 30th 2012, 22:11
Jidher li l-kunsilliera semghu n-nies x'riedu, i.e. li jintaghzel xi hadd barra mill-"klikka". Prosit Simon, j'Alla ssib is-suuport mill-partit kollu kemm hu.
Victor Caruana
Dec 1st 2012, 00:17
Simon Busuttil 'l barra mill-'klikka'??? Din minn fejn smajtha??? Lol! Simon Busuttil huwa wiehed centrali fil-klikka ta' GonziPN. Ma tantx jissemma ghax kien jahdem Brussell imma hemm qieghed, fil-qalba tal-oligarkija. GonziPN ser ihalli lil xi hadd jiktiblu l-manifest elettorali tal-2008 u tal-2013 li m'huwiex fil-klikka tieghu?!
Eddy Privitera
Dec 1st 2012, 09:27
Annie Pace: Min qallek li Simon " barra mill-Klikka " ? Kieku kif kienu hallewh jikteb il-programm elettorali tal-2008 u anki t'issa ???
Martin Saliba
Nov 30th 2012, 22:09
A very humiliating result for a minister that has just presented a budget . A clear message that he is not wanted as a pn leader. Were Simon to contest the leasder ship he would win in the same fashion but the coward decided to run a one man race .
S Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 22:09
So if Gonzi and all the ministers backed up Tonio Fenech, and the councillors chose otherwise, what does this mean?
Malcolm Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 22:08
Tonio Fenech didn't gain the trust of those who voted in this election. This is a defeat for the cabinet of GonziPn, as even those within the Pn structure voted for a change. Now the next change will be decided by the whole nation come the next general election.
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:08
ha ha ha zball kbir iehor tal gonzipn ...itellghu deputy leader li xeba membri parlamentari hadmu bis shih biex ma jigix appuntat hu .....aktar pantomini ta nies kontrih bhal ma rajna go din il legislatura.
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:04
dan min ivvutalu xi xeba immigranti illegali li wekkilna ghal generazzjonijiet shah li gejjin ?
GAUCI JOSEPH C
Nov 30th 2012, 22:01
Congratulations to Dr Simon Busuttil. In my humble opinion the nexy logical step is for Minister Austin Gatt to resign both as Minister and as a member of parliament and thus pave the way for Dr S Busuttil to be co-opted to parliament. Good luck Simon.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Nov 30th 2012, 21:58
Prosit Nazzjonalisti!
Toni Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 21:57
Let me be one of the first to congratule Simon!
Prosit..
twanny borg
Nov 30th 2012, 21:57
prosit ghazla tajba mill-kunsilliera tal-pn mhux bhal ma ghamlu tal-pl ankri tal-partit.
Schembri Ray
Nov 30th 2012, 21:49
U int Xmun u fuq din ir-rebħa ser nibni l-kampanja tiegħi għal rebħa oħra nazzjonalista.
Alfred Vassallo
Dec 1st 2012, 09:28
Il holm sabih!
David Bezzina
Nov 30th 2012, 21:22
I cannot understand what does the PN Deputy leader contest has to do with the students' celebrations.And just to make a point....students celebrated at the PL headquarters as well.
Whilst acknowledging PN governments achievements in tertiary education,one has to point out that it was a Labour government who made education free and accessible to everybody.No party has a monopoly on education.
Joe Grech
Nov 30th 2012, 20:16
Hobson's Choice! Minister Tonio Fenech was asleep as a VAT scam went on undetected in his portfolio! Ex MEP Simon Busuttil failed to make his so called MEP buddies agree to Burden Share and to show Solidarity with Malta.
Not much of an achievement...so sorry to say! And can anyone deny the above?
Toni Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 21:56
If you were speaking of Greece, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and the same Cyprus that your beloved leader wanted us to follow....then YES...WE CAN ALL DENY IT!!!!
Mary Ann Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 21:58
I'm sure everyone believes you when you wrote 'so sorry to say'. This is the future of PN, the party that has battered Lejber for the last 25 and will continue to do so in future. Your Joseph will be the first victim of whoever is going to win this weekend's race.
Toni Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:28
VAT scam or Tax on SAles scam?????/ haha
sour groups joey...if Simon did not achieve anything, can you single anyone in the lejber
camp who did in the past 25 years?? no one! I thought so!
Joe Pavia
Nov 30th 2012, 22:47
I will deny your statement. What about your Alfred Sant who did not believe in Malta joining the EU and now is going to contest the run to become an MEP. ANOTHER UTURN BY LP.
Mr Tim Ripard
Nov 30th 2012, 22:53
Inti tippretendi illi ministru ghandu jiccekkja kul transazzjoni b'idejh hu stess? Fenech & Co ziedu l-pagi ghal kulhadd u gabu investiment kemm trid. U min gabhom 837 MILJUN Euro mill-EU? Tahseb li Simon ma ghenx? Tahseb li s-solidarjeta tfisser il-problema tar-rifugjati biss? Jahasra, Sur Grech, kemm int negattiv.
L Zammit
Nov 30th 2012, 23:01
Have a good night Joe
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:26
Yes Mr. Grech, fully agree.
Joe M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 23:27
A very short sighted comment, Joe! You ONLY mention one 'failure', when you can check for yourself ALL the work Simon did in the Eu Parl. Just go on EUparl, Malta MEP's, and look up the work EACH MEP did, and without doubt, the one with the longest list of Parliamentary questions, speeches, etc, is HIS. You can check this for yourself, since obviously you wan't believe me. Spare some time.
Alfred Vassallo
Dec 1st 2012, 09:32
@Mary Ann Borg
Let me re-phrase it for you....This is the future of PL instead of the BATTERED (from the inside and out) PN party. Sounds better and logical eh?
C Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 20:16
I was one of those considering if I would vote this election or not. I switched on Super 1 recently and after a while (a short while actually) was convinced that Lejber did not change and will definitely be voting blue again.
Victor Laiviera
Nov 30th 2012, 21:53
Hilarious
Joe Pavia
Nov 30th 2012, 22:49
Good on you Mr Micallef. Like you there are many. We do not want our island to go into the darkness of the 70s. There are so many more like you. Simon Busuttil will make all the difference too.
m. borg (slm)
Nov 30th 2012, 22:50
Very enlightening thought.
Alfred Vassallo
Nov 30th 2012, 23:05
Oh what a convincing statement.....just by switching to One he came to these conclusions. How silly some pn apologists are!!
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:27
Oh, how innocent. From your words, you've really shown your true innocence. Whom are you trying to fool? Malta zghira ta.
Vince Piscopo
Nov 30th 2012, 23:43
Mur emmnek!
Tony Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 00:01
I bet that was a well thought out decision,and considered the for and against at length. And do you think that anyone believes your statement??????
mark borg
Dec 1st 2012, 07:52
lanqas ismek kollhu ma gib ghax tisthi turi li tappoga lil pn
Paul Azzopardi
Dec 1st 2012, 08:33
How childish!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe Grech
Nov 30th 2012, 20:13
Many Maltese pity the Law students who will one day have to work at Malta's Law Courts. A real shambles. A mockery of justice in quite a number of the halls. Ask the people.
Go and see for yourself Minister for Justice!
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:23
or end up in financial services as a Corporate administrator with some 14 k per year ! 7 years for becoming a glorified secretary ! ...in maltese we say l-iblah taqlalu ghajnu u jifrah !
ps irringrazjaw lil mintoff li fetah l-universita ghal kulhadd u introduca l-istipendji
Kevin Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 19:25
Cannot understand why after such intensive years of study and finally graduated, these students go and celebrate in a way that they associate themselves with a political party! Would assume that new generation are wiser than this! Pathetic in my opinion!!!
Toni Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 20:16
It's easy to understand Kevin...it's because the PN gave them the faculty and facility to study and graduate. Lejber only gave them numerous clausis, parrini u ktajjen mal hadid ta kastilja!! That is why!
george grech
Nov 30th 2012, 21:05
Il laburisti biss jistghu jifirhu.
Bdejna jekk Alla jried.
Brian Bonnici
Nov 30th 2012, 22:05
You are right Kevin...cheap stuff...supposed to be diligent and responsible blokes!
Glen Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 22:44
@ Toni Borg
It was Labour who opened the opportunity to middle class families to send their children to higher education institutions so that they could improve their status in society.
G Schembri
Nov 30th 2012, 23:17
Toni Borg, The MLP started to raise the numbers in University. In the 70s with the introduction of the Worker Student Scheme, students coming from poor families could enter University because they were being paid the minimum wage, before that only people who could pay could get into University - Students' entry qualifications were their socio economic background and not their acedemic qualificatio
G Schembri
Nov 30th 2012, 23:26
Toni Borg - if there was ever a parrinu system it was in the 60s where you only entered university if your father had money or contacts. Of course these students were not pleased with the WSS because with this scheme they had to compete academically with poorer students, who sometimes where better qualified than them, and they bound themselves to Kastilja to protest against these poorer students
A Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 19:24
A lot of the comments here just confirm to me why I will never give my vote to labour. The core of the party is made of jealous and intollerant people that want to suppress any views that are not in line with theirs. No matter how hard they try to cosmetically hide it on the outside.
Mr Stephen Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 20:52
So you think that by shouting Gonzi Gonzi or if it was the other way round by shouting Muscat Muscat you would be showing your views. You can show your views in many different ways. When are we going to mature and start to look at politics in a more mature and rational way.
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:28
Intollerant? Look who's talking. Possibli ma haristx lejn il-partit tieghek? Fejn kien Austin Gatt and his tough guys holding at ransom the PN and the so called DAR CENTRALI?
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Nov 30th 2012, 19:02
Il-bidu ta' rebħa oħra Nazzjonalista, għall ħames snin oħra ta' ġid u barka li jixraqilhom il-Maltin u l-Għadxin!
Noel Abela
Nov 30th 2012, 22:20
Il-barka ghal min Karmenu ghal min ha Euro500 fil-gimgha zieda? Ghax hekk hu hekk ma tanx se igibu voti ghax hlief tal-qalba ma gawdewx.
G Schembri
Nov 30th 2012, 23:28
Hallejt bicca barra l-ahhar bicca suppost taqra " snin oħra ta' ġid u barka li jixraqilhom il-Maltin u l-Għadxin tal-Klikka!
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:30
Oħlom Nen. Sabiħ li toħlom fil-ħajja. Jalla l-ħolma tiegħek tibqa biss ħolma bħall ma qed nimmaġina li tkun. Grazzi ħafna peró l-barka tiegħek u tal-partit tiegħek ma nixtieqix.
G Tonna
Nov 30th 2012, 18:41
PN deserves another term in office because it has been successful throughout and has managed to push our standard of living to a level never seen before in these islands.
Mr Stephen Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 20:54
Yes the standard of living was moved backward to a level we have never and hope will never see again.
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:05
yes back to the sixties ! min hu sinjur sew jew tkun missejt il qiegh sew !
J. Debono
Nov 30th 2012, 22:10
@ Mr. Stephen Borg
Mela nsejtu zmien Mintoff,
meta trid issiefer biex tiekol bicca cikkulata, u xxahham LM50 biex ikollok TV.
Illum hawn karozza ghal kull persona, aktar min mobile ghal kull persuna, kull familja b'AC, restaurants mifqughin bin-nies. Ha thallat dil-hajja ma zmien il-Labour!!
S. Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 22:16
@Stephen Borg
The standard of living Labour gave us during the 70s and 80s was on par with third world countries. That was rock bottom and Labour wants us to vote for the same people like Karmenu Vella who were responsible for those years of misery.
James Vella Clark
Nov 30th 2012, 22:51
Stephen Borg, int bis-serjeta jew?? Taf x'int tgħid??
Ann Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:52
Agree...The progress Malta has made in the last 15 years is outstanding. We know what we have and that it is good but the other side is a risk - a closed box!
Joe Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 22:53
@ Stephen Borg
As you said the standard of living was moved backward to a level we have never and hope will never see again. How so? it couldn't be because the highlight of the Budget was the increase/decrease in the price of a can of tuna and a can of kunserva as was the case during PL budget nights. Stephen Borg, One have to pity the likes of you.
joe bonnici
Nov 30th 2012, 23:01
int bis serjeta jew,taf x'raga gab il pn: il faqar lura li kien nahha MINTOFF.go get a life will ya!!!!!!!!!!!
G Tonna
Nov 30th 2012, 23:23
Income per capita has doubled in the past 15 years, house ownership, travel, tertiary education have all shot up to prove this. Gone are the days when our wages were frozen for years on end and unemployment was up to 15%, and jobs were only to be found in the government labour corps under military discipline.
Joe M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 23:23
Stephen, you forgot the ice age under MLP (wage freeze); going to Sicily to buy chocolate; Tal-Barrani; student lock-outs; importing water by tankers; ... Is THAT the 'forward' level you wish to go back to?
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:32
You're right G. Tonna. The PN pushed the standard of living.. further down, underground! That's why the PN deserves to be sent to opposition so that our country will be led by a much needed social souled party - Partit Laburista.
Mr Stephen Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 10:57
Standard of living is based on one simple comparison between national average wage and cost of living. Now no one can contest the simple yet evident fact the cost of living in our country has rissen sharply in through the last years whilst in the meantime the national average wage remained the pathetic below standard wage based on cheap labour and explotation. These are EU facts of course.
Mr Stephen Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 11:16
Standard of living is based on one simple comparison between national average wage and cost of living. Now no one can contest the simple yet evident fact the cost of living in our country has rissen sharply in through the last years whilst in the meantime the national average wage remained the pathetic below standard wage based on cheap labour and explotation. These are EU facts of course.
Alex Falzon
Nov 30th 2012, 18:17
That's the spirit people!!
Mario Spiteri
Nov 30th 2012, 18:16
It is known that many individuals,on the expected death-bed,return to normal existence with invigorated span of active&productive life.This well documented fact happens when brain,heart&kidneys haven't irreversibly failed.I assure Privitera that PN's brain & strategic coordinating power never faltered,its kidneys work real wonders to purify,so its heart though hurt remains alive to love & be loved.
Mr Stephen Borg
Dec 1st 2012, 11:40
You made me cry!!!!!!
Neil Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 18:00
If in this deputy leader election Dr. Simon Busuttil emerge as the winner, then the P.N. will be preparing itself to win the next election.
victor bonello
Nov 30th 2012, 18:09
agree 100%
Colin Stanley
Nov 30th 2012, 18:20
i agree too. good luck Dr. Busuttil
R. Balzan
Nov 30th 2012, 19:07
You mean the one in 2018? Maybe, just maybe. But a win for Busuttil will expand the current popularity gap even further. Why? Because he lacks the backing of the majority of the cabinet and we'll end up with even more Francos, Jeffries and Mugliettes.
Brian Bonnici
Nov 30th 2012, 22:08
Yes the you really have a Gay Party!!
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:33
Wishful thinking Neil... I understand your wish for a re-election of your PN but the arrogance of your party has reached unprecedented levels. Allaħares l-PN jerġa jitla!
Karl Consiglio
Dec 1st 2012, 00:38
I'll drink to that!
mark borg
Dec 1st 2012, 08:00
u ghaliex ..ghal raqda li rieqed ?
Toni Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 17:49
Ma nistax nifem ghalfejn tal lejber jinharqu daqsekk ghax jaraw lis studenti jifirhu???
Forsi ghax jafu li kieku baqa il lejber fil gvern hafna minnhom ma kienux jistaw jidhlu
l-Universita u qeghdin go xi korp!!!
min jaf
pat muscat
Nov 30th 2012, 18:33
In the 60s. when the PN were in government, we were only 150 students: time moves on Mr Borg.
Anthony Scicluna
Nov 30th 2012, 19:48
at least Pat you had the choice to study whatever you wanted - in the 1980s it was a different story
Toni Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 20:11
@ Pat Muscat.....and what about the thousand that are now attending Universities?
From where did they come from? From the numerous clausis that and parrinu that
your beloved lejber imposed!
No one can ever dispute the success that the PN has done in the education! No one!
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:10
u fis sittiniet kemm kien hemm Tony studenti universitari ...xi mitejn ruh wlied tobba u avukati biss !grazi ghas sebghanijiet ta mintoff li infethet ghal poplu kollh u ghat tfal ta kulhadd l-universita..allura tippruvax ghax ghadda iz zmien minghalik tqarraq bxi hadd
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:35
Well done for your non-sense and untrue comment Toni Borg. It was Labour who opened the university for everyone, for the sons and daughters of the working class and the elite alike! Grow up.
G Schembri
Nov 30th 2012, 23:37
Toni Borg we still have numerous clausus - ask BSc nursing amongst others.
Joseph Grech Attard
Dec 1st 2012, 00:08
@ Toni Borg - i can dispute the success of the PN anytime and nobody, not even you, will stop me. Statistics show that the rate of illiteracy in Malta has increased substantially? Is that success in education?
Neil Dent
Nov 30th 2012, 17:24
Eddie Privitera - 13 interventions and counting, on this article alone...
M Calleja
Nov 30th 2012, 17:12
Ghalxiex dan l-ghageb kollu? billi l-istudenti marru jiccelebraw fid-Dar Centrali tal-PN.
Jekk m'inix sejjer zball, l-ahhar li kien hemm il-Partit Laburista fil-Gvern, l-istudenti l-istess kienu ghamlu. Ma tiftakruhomx jew??!!!
anthony brincat
Nov 30th 2012, 17:07
the gonzipn is gearing ghal gol hajt ohlom siehbi
manuel lia
Nov 30th 2012, 17:06
may 1987....students attending the malta university 600......november 2012.....students attending the malta university 10,000.....those are the facts no one can deny........dik hi il verita.....u lebda prim ministru nazzjonalista qatt ma qal...'ic certifikati?dawk tistghu tgezvru lincova fijom'..u rigward is sur priviterra?....dwejjaq tkun ilek 25 sena [kwart ta seklu] floppozizzjoni taa.....
Daniel Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 17:15
Mux ovja jekk zdidet il popolazjoni...
Joseph Bugeja
Nov 30th 2012, 17:17
1987 600 students you wrote.
Can you go back a little further and tell us 1967 (in the golden sixties - right?)
As for your comment to Mr Privitera I ask why should he feel sad? Weren't these the reconciliation years? He should indeed be happy! Or are showing empathy?
R. Balzan
Nov 30th 2012, 19:13
@ Manuel Lia - Very true but then again a quarter century is a long time. Now answer me this: why do we still in 2012 have almost 25% of the population illiterate and we have one of the highest rates in EU for early school leavers? So please do not measure progress just with the University population - there are other educational statistics that shame the governments of these past 25 years.
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:11
how about the 60's taht il miserja ta borg olivier ? 200 ruh l-aktar !!!!
Joe Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 23:02
@ Manuel Lia
Manuel you forget to state the the student population in 1971, at the end of the PN administration was 1500. As you noted this dwindled down to 600 by 1987 under the PL Governments. Then you have the Gloom and Doom crowd wondering why Graduates go to Dar Centrali and celebrate. Furthermore, it wasn't only law students that went to the House of Democracy to celebrate.
Chris Coleiro
Nov 30th 2012, 17:01
This comment is in no way politically motivated.. But seriously, Drunk students during a so-called "buscade" waving alcoholic drinks gathered around the Prime Minister?
The scene just does make sense to me. Are they happy for the Prime Minister? Are they simply drunk? If anything, I consider this to be a serious security breach for one of Malta's top officials.
M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 18:21
What makes you think that they were drunk ?
Since when are we calling soft drinks alcoholic drinks ?
G Schembri
Nov 30th 2012, 23:34
M Borg - Soft drinks? I suggest you visit an optician!
robert pace
Dec 1st 2012, 08:06
All made up like the Arab countries show of strength Mr Coleiro what else??
Alex Falzon
Nov 30th 2012, 16:36
The P.N. is gearing for another victory... 2013 - 2018.
R. Balzan
Nov 30th 2012, 16:45
Think so? Keep hoping.
J Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 16:55
@ R.Balzan
PN does not need to hope, it is determined.
PL's been hoping beyond the limits of hope itself.
Joe M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 17:06
R Balzan. In one of the past elections, Dr George Vella, on hearing the chosen PN song 'We'll take the chance', during a mass meeting, said: "the Nationalists are going to take a chance! Let them take the chance!" They did, and they have won every election ever since, including the last one, which, according to a prominent PL personality, was an overwhelming victory for PL!
Alex Falzon
Nov 30th 2012, 17:13
The P.N. has been in office for 25 years.. still it has always come stronger in difficult situations.. this time it took an internal difficulty for the party ... (for whatever reason) the government and party grew stronger and kept the rightful direction for our country even if others may differ. The results and praises are there for anyone to see and be proud of. Again the P.N. is revamping
victor bonello
Nov 30th 2012, 18:15
Amazing how some people are still wearing blue glasses.
Thank God our children are going to University and have an open mind.
After all the fiascoes, lies, spinning and unaccounted spending by this Government and with a deficit on the increase, they still hope PN wins the next election. God Forbid!
robert pace
Nov 30th 2012, 19:19
Gearing for the biggest loss of all over 10,000 you wait and see!! You think you can play around with the intelligence of people do you?
mark borg
Nov 30th 2012, 22:11
qalbek kbira ! ma jafux bik l-amerikani ghax l-afghanistan jibghatuk
James Tyrrell
Nov 30th 2012, 23:24
In your dreams!
Joseph Micallef
Nov 30th 2012, 23:35
Yep.. gearing in reverse!
Pablo Mallia
Nov 30th 2012, 16:17
Well done Simon, Well done Tonio, enjoy as the students are behind the PN. Do give any notice to the poor comments being written Din kollha biza ta min ma ghandux x'joffri ghal futur. U ghalhekk accettaw il Budget ghax pjan bla idea u bla proposti ghandu il lajbor w ma jafux x'jaqbdu jofru !
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 16:30
Pablo Mallia: Din il-Karnivalata organizzata mill-istrategisti/Klikka ta' Gonzi PN tfakkarni f'persuna li tkun fl-ghafja tal-mewt u tideher li f'daqqa wahda qisha qed tirpilja ! Dik tkun biss l-aharr sforz tal-gisem qabel icedi kollox u jmut !
Matthew Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 16:55
Eddy, you might want to know that it's always the students themselves who 'organise' the trips to Dar Centrali or Castille, and it's therefore not something organised by the "klikka ta' GonziPN" as you put it.
It must make you sick to your stomach that there's really nothing for the common student in this day and age to thank Labour for, expect trying to hold everyone back as much as possible!
Joe M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 17:09
Eddy, you like mentioning the 'Klikka', forgetting the strong Klikka that has been prominent il PL since KMB's time! AST, JDB, TA, JB, ...you name them. In spite of the NEW Labour, the 'Klikka' is still there!
jm busuttil
Nov 30th 2012, 17:24
@Eddy Privitera
With all respect Eddy Il-Karnivalata was when Joseph Muscat ta' gambetta lill Gorg Abela. Hoping that Labour will not be sorry for what had been done at that time. Hoping also for your sake that Labour will win if not I honestly hope that you will keep on enjoying good and better health
Donna Parnis
Nov 30th 2012, 22:28
Are you saying that all the students in uni are PN supporters? just because a bus load of them went out to celebrate, Are you serious.........
L Zammit
Nov 30th 2012, 23:14
Eddie,il-karnivalata kien meta kont fuq il-programm ta' tvhemm immexxi minn Norman Vella hmistax ilu. Hemm kien il-karnival kif dawwruk dawk in-nisa
J. Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 23:57
Mr Privitera.........you will soon get a very very big surprise. But no problem, at this time of the year lemon trees are fully of tasty lemons.
Charles Bayliss
Nov 30th 2012, 15:26
Buffunata studenteska. Dawk mhux suppost kienu qed jistudjaw jew jattendu xi lecture dak il-hin? U l-poplu jhallas it-taxxa ghalihom biex jattendu l-Universita'. X'qed jiehu lura l-poplu. Hafna minnhom kapaci jiggrawdwaw u jitilqu jahdmu 'l barra min Malta u addio taxxa li suppost ihallsu lura lil pajjiz.
D Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 16:03
Int bi-serjeta' qieghed titkellem? "Jistudjaw jew jattendu lecture"? Dawn l-istudenti ghadhom kemm gradwaw, u nahseb li wara hajjithom shiha jistudjaw u jistennew din il-gurnata, haqqhom tassew li jiccelebraw dak li kisbu. Jaqaw qed tugghak zaqqek li z-zghazagh u l-istudenti jafu xi jridu? L-istudenti mhux boloh, u jafu li l-Partit Nazzjonalista kien, ghadu u jibqa' dejjem il-partit tal-istudenti
D Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 16:09
U qed tghidha int stess, "Jitilqu jahdmu 'l barra". Li kien ghall-PL mhux qeghdin fl-UE, u jkun ferm aktar difficli ghalina professjonisti biex immorru nahdmu barra minn xtutna. U apparti minn hekk, x'tippreferi int; li thallas ghall-edukazzjoni ta' dawn iz-zghazagh jew li thallas il-beneficji ta' dawk li huma qghadha? Ghax li kieku m'hawnx daqstant nies ta' professjoni, hawn ferm aktar qghad!
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 16:32
D. Farrugia: isa ghidilna kemm kien hemm studenti mill- 10,000 student li hemm fl-universita !
Jason Vella Tabone
Nov 30th 2012, 16:36
Yes of course these students should be attending a lecture after they just graduated ......... somehow this doesn't make any sense Mr. Bayliss ......... perhaps you should rephrase that one...
D Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 16:46
Mr Privitera, kemm ridtu jkun hemm studenti? Tahseb li f' sena wahda gradwaw l-10,000 student kollha? Dawn huma biss dawk li gradwaw din is-sena fil-kors tal-ligi. Meta tqis dan, nahseb li hemm hafna (meta tqis li dawn ta' sena partikolari u ta' kors partikolari); ferm aktar minn meta l-edukazzjoni terzjarja u Universitarja kienet biss ghal min kien jaf il-"parrinu".
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 16:52
D. Farrugia: Meta int ktibt " l-istudenti jafu xi jridu", int mela kont qed tirreferi ghal-istudenti kollha u mhux biss dawk tal-kors tal-ligi !
Joe M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 17:13
Eddy, in PL time, there NEVER were 10,000 students at University, remember? Even the Polytechnic was 'extinct' under Labour. While under PN, the University is breaking a new record every year, the Mcast was founded, and is getting bigger and stronger every year.... What did PL do towards education, except threatening the Church schools, making them hold lessons in private garages, ...
D Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 17:20
U inti Mr Privitera, tahseb li l-istudenti tal-ligi biss marru jzuruh lil-Onorevoli Gonzi?! Illum kein imiss tal-ligi li jiggradwaw. Fil-granet li ghaddew marru studenti ta' fkultajiet ohra, fosthom dawk li gradwaw fil-kors tal B.Com (cioe, ekonomisti, accountants, auditors...), bhalma juri dan ir-ritratt; http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/305548_439869799409245_1543813841_n.jpg
Alfred Falzon
Nov 30th 2012, 15:12
The usual bluff and merry making that studends indulge in after years of pent-up feelings!
They should however remember, when back to sobriety, that law is above politics!
Alfred A Falzon
Joseph Grech Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 14:56
Well done law students and other students. Just remember that it was the PL that made it possible for persons from families in the lower income bracket to be able to frequent university, both by making all education, including tertiary education, free for everybody as well as by initiating the worker-student scheme, the basis of stipends.The PN was against these changes. God help honesty!
Joann Bugeja
Nov 30th 2012, 15:06
Int bis-serjeta ?! Mela ghala qabel biex tidhol fl-Universita kellek bzonn il-punti u il-'parrinu' !? Ghidli!
E Gatt
Nov 30th 2012, 15:21
Be honest. Compare the numbers attending university now, to the fraction attending university in the Socialist’s Golden Years. Numerus clausus anyone?
Joseph Camilleri
Nov 30th 2012, 15:27
And also dont forget dear students , that when you spoke out for your rights you were beaten and locked out. When you wanted to study you were discriminated with the 20 ponts if you went to a Church school, and dear students dont forget that lejber cut your stipends in 1996. But I know dear students that you will not forget what lejber did to us all that you will never trust their sick smiles.
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 16:37
E. Gatt: You mention just the 1970s and 1980s. So tell us how many students attended university at the time of Dr. G. Borg Olivier's PN government up to 1971.!
Joe M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 17:20
You should apply for a course on recent Maltese history at the University, Mr Grech Attard. When PL made it free for University Students (?), they were a few hundreds, not 10,000, like under PN. Plus that, probably to finance University, MLP dissolved the polytechnic. In Maltese 'izarmaw knisja biex jibnu ohra'. You also need to learn about church schools being threatened, Curia attack......
Joseph Grech Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 23:30
@Joann Bugeja - Da zgur li bis- serjeta. Aqra ftit sew f'hix kienu jikkonsistu il-punti u l-parrini! Kienet il-bidu tas-sistema student haddiem li kienet is-sisien ta' l-istipendi! U minghajr dejn nazzjonali! Meta trid nghidlek aktar jekk trid!
Joseph Grech Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 23:39
@ E. Gatt - when MLP took power the children of poor people could not afford Uni. Hence Uni was made free. They could not afford books. Hence the student-worker scheme was initiated which formed the basis of stipends. The number of students, therefore, gradually increased. When one sows a seed it does not become a plant overnight. That is the way to speak honestly and be just.
Joseph Grech Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 23:45
@ Joseph Camilleri - the students who were locked out were those who, instigated by the peaceful (sic) PN, wanted to take the law in their hands. Those beaten were those who wanted to break the law and become martyrs, always supports and pushed by the PN. Lejber wanted to make it easier for the poorer persons who could not afford church schools, hence the 20"points! Blessed are the poor!
Joseph Grech Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 23:52
@ Joe M. Borg - No need for me to take the course you suggested because I lived those days. Regarding the number of students see my reply to E. Gatt. It is misinformation to say that MLP dissolved the Polytechinic. It gave it another name and strengthened and increased the studies. It also opened widely courses that the country needed, like the medical course, and the doctors complained!
victor bonello
Nov 30th 2012, 14:54
most of these chanting are "children" with no responsibility as they live off their parents back, that is why they can afford to call "Gonzi"..
Kevin Bonnici
Nov 30th 2012, 15:51
All of those Chanting "Gonzi Gonzi" is because they are grateful at this Government investment in Education and for giving us all the opportunity to be part of something bigger - the EU. If it were for Labour, we will still have to take loans to go and study with no opportunities to study and work abroad. So their chanting is more than justified.
victor bonello
Nov 30th 2012, 16:15
@ Kevin Bonnici;I shall not try to carry this further. It is laudable that they are grateful, and hopefully they will all have a fantastic career - as for EU it would be interesting to know how many Maltese have found jobs abroad.
remember however, that it was Labour who gave the sons of workers the RIGHT to go to school whilst the PN then thought it was sheer waste of money, just like pensions.
G Schembri
Nov 30th 2012, 23:42
Kevin Borg Kemm se dummu zzommu lil-uliedkom laqa tal-politici. Grateful grateful for what, because they were doing their job? It is our money that is keeping students in University and I will not be grateful because a minister a primeminister or a clerk is doing his job. U mela ma murx nilaq lil Muscat jew lil Gonzi ghax ghamel xogholu. Meta se nitghalmu,
Brian Gatt
Nov 30th 2012, 14:49
It was an organized PR stunt by the PN strategists...nothing more nothing less. However it did not work out completely considering that most of the law students were already drunk!!! i dont think that this was the image they wanted to share with the country.....the PN electoral machine is not oiled enough looks like they are in for a period of doom and gloom
Joseph Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 14:47
it would be very interesting to see what might happen in 1 or 2 years time if a buscade was to stop infront of PL headquarters with students shouting Viva l Labour........
most probably the same people who are now in favour of these students will be calling them names and vice versa.
pat muscat
Nov 30th 2012, 14:44
Good luck for the students, but they need reminding that it was the PL that introduced free university and stipends for students in the seventies. As for ridiculing Dr Franco Debono, Oscar Wilde once said'" Ridicule is the tribute paid to the man (that stands to be counted), by the mediocrities.
j brincat
Nov 30th 2012, 14:28
"The graduates were on a buscade which had a large picture of Franco Debono saying Top Students tal-Ligi"
Whether one agrees or not with Dr Franco it must be admitted that the man has guts and would not be forgotten easily!
(jb)
A. Gauci Cunningham
Nov 30th 2012, 14:18
lets forget the BWSC power station saga, forget the broken Smart City promise, forget the mismanagement in the health sector, forget the highest ever utility rates, forget the way the utility rates were introduced, forget the 5 billion debts this country has been shouldered with, forget the Arriva mess, forget the Brazilian lie...lets just focus on stipends! Ghax dal-pajjiz mal-istipendju jdur!!
Emanuel Dimech
Nov 30th 2012, 20:17
Sur Gauci Cunnigham hu break mill-qrid please. Ghall-gid tieghek qed nghidlek. Kull x'hin titkellem hlief dwejjaq ma' tnissilx. Taf li hemm ix-xemx hemm barra?
Charles Sammut
Nov 30th 2012, 14:03
God help the PN if Tonio were to become Deputy Leader! It would be the Coup de Grace for gonziPN!
Come election time, the PN off to the Opposition benches ...gonzi off to pasture,,Simon Leader of the PN
( about time !)....
By the way, I wonder whatever is happening with Johnnie and Silvio the Sliema mqaret selller.
..and the beat goes on..and the beat goes on...
Mr Emanuel Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 13:59
Transparent Leaders
The transparent leader clearly communicates the mission of the organization and why it matters.
Being a transparent leader builds trust, and trust is the cornerstone of effective leadership. When team members trust that their leader will be open, candid, and predictable, they do not have the distraction of leadership inconsistencies.
Emanuel Farrugia - TARXIEN
Joe Busuttil
Nov 30th 2012, 13:48
The PN is the natural haunt of lawyers. No wonder they are all talk and no delivery.
B Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 23:04
Very realistic comment. Trid tkun avukat biex tikkwalifika fil-familja PN.
Simon Scerri
Nov 30th 2012, 13:47
Unbelievable people here on this page critisizing the students, instead of praising them; you want want them like other countries protesting, come people here get some sense. Malt is in the right direction, also confirmed by PL Joseph Muscat, as he said he will implement the budget if in power. So ? is will he lower electricity bills cause they weren't lowered in the budget, U-Turn.
Joe Busuttil
Nov 30th 2012, 13:42
Avukati......nazzjonalisti...aiming for the top job in the Nats party? The Nats have always had a lawyer (and not a good one at that) as their leader. And how many nats. members of parliament are lawyers? And successful ones at that,and who do not rely on their political job for a living?
Jason Zammit
Nov 30th 2012, 13:40
Min ftit kummenti li qet nara qet insib li I'll Lejburisti I'll hin kollu igibu ezempju bi Franco debono , ghamiltuh qiss Alla .... Ara itikomx xi sorpriza fil vot fuq I'll budget hahahhahahhahahaha
E. Vassallo
Nov 30th 2012, 13:34
L-istudenti tal-ligi imisshom jisthu jizzufjettaw bi Franco!!!
Karl Consiglio
Dec 1st 2012, 00:40
Franco jizzufjetta bih innifsu. Where it not for Sant he would be the joke of the year.
Alfred Vassallo
Nov 30th 2012, 13:31
''They whistled, sounded fog horns and chanted Nazzjonalisti and Gonzi.''
They have to be 'Nazzjonalisti and Gonzi acolytes' who else would turn their celebrations into a political masquerade! Poor tax payer, and for whom!!
Brian Gatt
Nov 30th 2012, 13:28
i dont believe in these "Kumbinazzjonijiet"it was a PR stunt from the Gonzi Pn Clique to make a show in front of the cameras, taparsi ara how popular we are among our students.
And to all the PN lackeys writing in this Blog stating that it was all spontaneous i tell them to go stick their heads further down in the sand then it currently is. trid tkun mazzun biex temmen cert affarijiet
Matthew Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 16:47
I hardly think this is a 'taparsi', I do believe its fact.
Every day a new photo comes up with freshly-minted graduated posing for photos with the Prime Minister, and new videos are put up of various graduates celebrating at Stamperija or on the steps of the Auberge de Castille.
You hardly see anyone going to the Centru Nazzjonali Laburista, or celebrating there.
Mr Anthony Briffa
Nov 30th 2012, 13:17
With their vote the PN councillors should put the party first and vote for Simon Busuttil. Although Tonio Fenech is a very valid minister, if the PN stands a better chance with Simon Busuttil as deputy leader then they should vote him in with the required majority in the first round. This will also manifest a vote of confidence in him and in his work within the party. Good luck Simon.
A Camilleri
Nov 30th 2012, 13:02
Better a group of young students celebrating and looking forward to their future than a band of iddisprati hooligans banging on a truck with their dockyrd tools threatening everyone they meet on the road and uttering blasphemous words as we used to have during Mintoff's times.
John Scerri
Nov 30th 2012, 12:59
MLP promises -
Gonzi PN DELIVERS -
Hence over 3000 graduates each year.
Congratulations : Enjoy the fruit of your hard work , go out in the streets and celebrate your happiness . Blow horns , sing, dance , and enjoy your youth .
joseph hili
Nov 30th 2012, 12:47
i was always against stipends and now i am more against when i see that after all these years these still students have got a lot more to learn
Stephen Grech
Nov 30th 2012, 12:46
One of the students was actually chanting 'viva l-lejber' in Dr. Gonzi's face.
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 12:46
If Lawrence Gonzi impresses these few students, it doesn't show much intelligence !
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 30th 2012, 15:32
Sur Privitera,
Mintoff kien jippressjona eluf ta' eluf ta' mintoffjani li kienu jmorru ghall-meetings tieghu (nimmagina li int kont fosthom).
Kien ikelliimkhom qieskom tfal, jispejagalkom bil-metafora, halli jifmu. U kontu ccapcpulu bhall-imgienen.
It don't think show much for your intelligence either, Mr Privitera.
Matthew Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 16:44
Any intelligence displayed by these students surely outweighs that displayed by you, Eddy.
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 16:45
Leslie Darmanin: Halli nghidlek ghaliex Mintoff kien jitkellem hekk. Kien jghid li meta jitkellem ried li jifhmu kullhadd. Imma jekk jitkellem bi kliem aktar akkademiku - li Mintoff kien kapaci daqs l-aqwa fid-dinja -jifhmuh biss in-nies ta' livell gholi ta' edukazzjoni . U la kullhad kellu l-vot, kien ikun stupidu jitkellem b'mod li ma jifhmux kullhadd. Issa fehemtek b'lingwa semplici. Fhimtni ?
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 30th 2012, 17:01
You just don't get it don't you Mr Privitera?
I am not saying Mintoff could not speak "academically". I am saying that he spoke to his supporters like they were idiots. His metaphors, his condescending manner, his way of "explaining" was incredibly offensive and did not reflect well on the intelligence of his listeners.
Were you there clapping Mr Privitera?
Emanuel Dimech
Nov 30th 2012, 20:19
Is-Sur Privitera bhas soltu genjali....
A Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 12:41
What an unexpected PR this turned out to be for PN, very sure PL strategists are scratching their heads and replaying this video many times. These are times when the truth comes out naturally no matter how you try twisting it, students want to show their appreciation to the administration that allowed and assisted them to arrive at their destination.
Guido Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 14:22
Unexpected PR my foot.
A Dimech
Nov 30th 2012, 14:33
A Vella - Students want to show appreciation to the administration - small correction - a very very small minority of students want to show appreciation - I just counted about 20 - out of 6,000 or so University students.
Also, they are not showing appreciation - they are just lobbying for a position with the government or a career within PN. It is all a premediated game!
Ronald Cauchi
Nov 30th 2012, 14:47
Actually all it shows is that the university is still a closed shope and the workes' taxes are going on stipends to the children of parents who could well pay for their offsprings' education.
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 16:47
A. Vella-Dawn il-kummiedji rajnihom fl-ahhar elezzjoni tal- 2008. Tiftakar fl-universita ? Dan biss jaf jorganizza GonziPN, juza l-istudenti nazzjonalisti ghal finijiet propagandisti tieghu.
Claudio Cauchi
Nov 30th 2012, 12:33
Well done to all the students but just a reminder that the stipends they received during these years where paid by all the Maltese & not by any particular party, but anyway its a free country and they have every right. But to politicize such hard work is sure not a sign of maturity they should have shouted papa or mama cos i'm sure they worked harder for their results!
Simon Scerri
Nov 30th 2012, 13:43
Remember only PN in government guarantees stipends!!!!!!
Claudio Cauchi
Nov 30th 2012, 15:24
How come they never filmed the graduation of IT students in the past years? ok now I remember because they where promised 7,000 jobs somewhere in Kalkara but never materialized!!!
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 15:33
Simon Scerri: And Lawrene Gonzi had reduced stipends as Dr. Muscat has said over and over again, and what he said was not denied by Gonzi !!!!!
Carmel Grima
Nov 30th 2012, 12:30
What a disappointment from our futur cow-milchers.
A Dimech
Nov 30th 2012, 12:28
With the surplus of lawyers in the country - these few students are trying to invest in a political career.
milking the system further. If they were good, they should try to have a career independent from politics.
are those present representative of teh full course graduates?
Victor Calleja
Nov 30th 2012, 13:41
J.C.Borg in our times the university was opened for all FREE u mhux ghax tkun iben jew bint ta xi avukat jew tabib.
When you comment please start from the root of history. These same students were given the right to vote by a Labour government, they were given stipend for the first time by a Labour government. So please look before you leap.
J.C. Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 16:59
Mr Calleja - As far as I know during the Labour Governments there was the ceiling on how many could become lawyers, doctors etc (at the moment I do not recall what this system was called).
IF they were given stipends for the first time by a Labour government, they were also threatened that stipends will soon end, during the Sant administration.
Tal-parrinu nsejt issemmiha????
Joseph Brincat
Nov 30th 2012, 12:26
They whistled, sounded fog horns and chanted Nazzjonalisti and Gonzi.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CARNIVAL SATED EARLY THIS YEAR !!
J.C. Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 12:44
If you call this carnival you have missed last week's chanting and whistling too, There are thousands who want to celebrate now, not a few hundreds as in your times.
Wenzu Cole
Nov 30th 2012, 12:25
As they would say if this happened at the PL headquarters - X'hamallagni!!!
david xerri
Nov 30th 2012, 12:22
Messkom tisthu.... nofshom kienu fis sakra.... dak futur sabieh ta' malta taghna..... lanqas kienet mahsuba ukoll il-bicca tax xoghol... ptffffffffffffff
Frank Gauci
Nov 30th 2012, 13:56
din l-istorja issir kull sena u kwazi minn dawk kolla li jigradwaw. Mhux illum l-ewwel darba Sur Xerri!!
A. Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 12:22
Issa naraw kemm se jkun hemm minnhom li mqar ikunu kapaci jaqflulu l-lazz taz-zarbun lil Franco fejn jidhol il-Kriminal !
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 12:57
John Scerri:Ir-risposta tohodha dalwaqt. U se jtuhielek eluf ta' studenti ukoll li ghandhom mohh u intelligenza li ghazlu lil Dr. Joseph Muscat u l-PL flimkien ma eluf ta' nazzjonalisti genwini ohra.
Frank Gauci
Nov 30th 2012, 14:03
Fejn taf!!!! Kulhadd mill-istess procedura ghadda. Anke Franco Debono!!!!
Jennifer Cosaitis
Nov 30th 2012, 21:49
@ Mr Privitera may I just remind you that the results of University elections (KSU) for the past 6 years or so show otherwise so I wouldn't bank on 'eluf ta' studenti ukoll li ghandhom mohh u intelligenza li ghazlu lil Dr Joseph Muscat u l-PL' which quite obviously didn't want anything related to MLP to have a say in University affairs, let alone Government
John Scerri
Nov 30th 2012, 12:19
L-istudenti gradwati jmorru jirringrazjaw lil dawk li ma cahdulhomx id - dritt li jitghallmu dak li xtaqu u li ghenuhom finanzjarjament jiksbu l-ghan li bih jistghu jimxu l-quddiem f'hajjithom .
Bil PN fil-gvern BISS jista jsir dan.
Haddiehor baghathom jiddejnu, razzanghom , kazbarhom,ghajjarhom.
U min ghamel hekk irid il-voti taghhom ..........hoss fl-ilma MLP !!
Giovann Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 13:00
Wara li l-Partit Nazzjonalista kasbar u ghadda minn martirju lil Franco Debono, issa qed jitkarrab ghall-vot tieghu biex japprova l-Budget... hozz fl-ilma PN!! Wara li sallab lill-poplu bl-oghla kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma fl-istorja, issa jippretendi l-vot tieghu fl-elezzjon generali li jmiss... hozz fl-ilma PN!!
M Busuttil
Nov 30th 2012, 12:17
sabih dan il large group ehh tuzzana studenti iffissati!!
j'alla johorgu bravi daqs Franco Debono fil linja taghhom
M Cutajar
Nov 30th 2012, 12:16
This is the result after 5 or 6 years studying at the Unversity of Malta.:-
Law students chanting "Gonzi" in front of the PN HQ. Pathetic !!
Ms Maria Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 13:17
seems like you didn't study much then if you are begrudging some fun from students who worked hard for 6 years
M Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 13:33
They thanked the Government for making it possible for them to go to university.
There was a time when many would have liked to go to University but could not because of the point system
So Pathetic for you but not for them!
Joseph Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 12:15
Suppost iz zmien ta meta tat tarznari spontanjament kienu jigru wara xi attivita tal PL zpicca. Imma ma nahsibx ghax xorta baqa xi ftit boloh jekk mhix ppjanata wkoll kif kienu jaghmlu taht il PL.
matthew tanti
Nov 30th 2012, 12:11
konferma kemm il-krema tal-pajjiz hija favur il-PN
M Busuttil
Nov 30th 2012, 12:20
avukat u cleaner xorta vot wiehed ikollok l istess siehbi!
John Scerri
Nov 30th 2012, 12:21
Kollha ghira dik sur Tanti.
Mela hawn hafna krema ghax kull fejn tara zghar u kbar ukoll jiggradwaw halli ma nibqghux cwiec .
A Dimech
Nov 30th 2012, 12:23
Krema?
are you sure the people with the whistles are representative of the full graduates? or just a few of them?
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 12:38
Matthew Tanti Mela ma tafx li l-KREMA wara ftit jiem TIQRAS u tkun tajba biss ghar-rimi ???
J Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 12:06
Law students, get a life and moreover get job and pay back the course you just took with my taxes, talk about bumming off the country. As for the nazzjonalista & Gonzi chants, looks like 5 years of Uni haven't added anymore brain cells.
Oliver Grech
Nov 30th 2012, 12:20
It surely gave them all the opportunities they needed to study and develop themselves, even thanks to the EU membership which your leader Joseph Muscat was against and then did a u turn simply to be a populist.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Nov 30th 2012, 12:35
That's not very bright of you,sir.
Let prospective university students, and their parents, take heed what the future holds for them if and when the Nazzjonalisti are not governing the island and contributing to the university education of our youths utilising the taxes paid by J Farrugia (and a few thousands other taxpayers, not so stingy).
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 12:43
Oliver Grech: What did the EU have to do with the law students' course ? Are you suggesting that many eminent lawyers we have had in the past - when Malta was still an independent & sovereign country- were not up to standard ?
A Spiteri
Nov 30th 2012, 12:06
They whistled, sounded fog horns and chanted Nazzjonalisti and Gonzi....
This is the future of our country....god save us all!
Gilbert Busuttil
Nov 30th 2012, 12:30
This is the future indeed. Much better than the past thank you very much...anyone remember Mintoff's charade of a funeral?
Yes God has saved us all.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Nov 30th 2012, 12:46
@A Spiteri
Whistling, sounding fog horns and chanting is so much more civilized than spraying NP clubs with submachine guns and killing someone inside. The education re-instated after the NP was returned to power must have had a beneficial civilising effect that it is hoped will continue into the future.
Giovann Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 12:57
@ Busuttil: nahseb li l-kumment tieghek hu xi ftit vojt! Ma tafx li l-funeral ta' Dom Mintoff kien u jibqa' l-akbar funeral li qatt rat Malta! Kif jista' ma jkollux folol warajh min bena lil dan il-pajjiz mill-qiegh wara d-dizastru li halla warajh il-Partit Nazzjonalista fil-Gvern??
adrian agius
Nov 30th 2012, 12:03
What a disgrace from our future lawyers !!
russell fenech
Nov 30th 2012, 12:02
Lilliput breeding lilliputians.. amusing and petty
Francis Saliba M.D.
Nov 30th 2012, 12:39
Presumably you are one of the lilliputians born and bred in lilliput Malta, being petty and finding life here amusing. Enjoy it while you can.
Victor Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 12:02
Din fijha x`tifhem. Top students. What top students. Nazzjonalisti. Ehh x`pajjiz korott.
Joe Fenech
Nov 30th 2012, 12:01
Studenti tal-ligi - what a crass bunch!
Raymond Bugeja
Nov 30th 2012, 12:00
Wish all Students will this low mentally have the success that they wish like Dr.Franco Debono has in Malta and do not finish looking for jobs abroad or other jobs like cleaners or waiters with a Law Certificate Good Luck to the future if their is any.
Peter Bonello
Nov 30th 2012, 11:55
miseken dawn l-istudenti !
Matthew Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 11:53
Best buscade banner yet, kudos to the law students!
And to whoever's criticising them, get a life! Live and let live... let them enjoy their moment, they've earned it!
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 30th 2012, 11:37
Three cheers to the law students and their great humour.
As Dr Franco Debono would have put it:
"Hu go fik, Franco!"
P Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 11:58
Tghid min heggighom imorru ????
J. Vella
Nov 30th 2012, 14:01
Sur Darmanin nahseb li ma ghandekx tipprova twegga lil Dr. Franco Debono bill tghidlu Hu go fik! L-umorizmu sabih sakemm ma toffendi lil hadd .
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 30th 2012, 14:55
@ J Vella
"Hu go fik!" were the words Franco Debono reportedly told former minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici just after the vote of no cofidence which saw the latter's resignation.
If Franco Debono found no difficulty using it against the minister he was so jealous of, then there should be no problem using it towards him.
"Hu go fik, Franco!"
W. Cassar
Nov 30th 2012, 11:21
''chanted Nazzjonalisti and Gonzi.''
This is exactly what is wrong with Malta why do these students have to chant politics ?
You would never get UK law students doing the same... guess the small island mentality prevails.
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 30th 2012, 11:52
They're chanting political slogans because they're Nationalists. And being Nationalist is something to be proud of.
And no, you wouldn't see UK law students doing the same. And you know why?
Because the British Labour Party is not a threat to the well-being of its people. The Malta Labour Party is.
It is time to shout loud off the rooftops: Nationalist and proud!
C. Bartoli
Nov 30th 2012, 12:05
@W. Cassar because they understand that if it was for MLP all they could get was 5 years of compulsory arabic and have to have a parrinu and the ghoxrin punt to make it to university. Everyone remember the days when only 700 students could read degrees in university.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Nov 30th 2012, 12:22
@ W Cassar.
Because we do not feel bound to imitate slavishly whatever you allege, (rather glibly) that law students do in the UK.
Because at the moment this is a free country and everyone is allowed to express himself freely without the fear of being assaulted, shot, bombed or burnt. Most of us (including law students) would like it to keep it that way.
W. Cassar
Nov 30th 2012, 12:27
@ Leslie & Bartoli
With your mentality we will go nowhere fast but around in circles ... stop living in the past.
J Farrugia
Nov 30th 2012, 12:32
Leslie, proud of all the permits mepa has given, proud of the 9 year waits in court, proud of the no lawyer allowed in police questioning, proud of the pathetic state of our roads, proud of the heavy fuel power station, proud of the 500 a week behind your back, proud of the no resigning policy, proud of Arriva, proud of the divorce debacle, proud of ARMS, proud of etc etc etc etc. sad people.
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 12:50
Leslie Darmanin: Ghad fadallek ftit gimhat jew xhur tohlom. Dalwaqt tqum mill-holm !
Eddy Privitera
Nov 30th 2012, 12:52
C. Bartoli: Tista issa tghidilna kemm kien hemm studenti fl-universita fi zmien Dr. G. Borg Olivier bhala prim ministru ???????? Jew dak ma kienx gvern nazzjonalista ?
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 30th 2012, 13:06
@ J Farrugia
Better MEPA than Lorry Sant
Better no lawyer at depo than Lawrence Pullicino at depo
Better 9 years in court than a burnt court house
Better heavy fuel than weekly water and energy cuts
Better 500 euros than a proxy Fusellu handling ministers' business...
Need I go on?
That's the difference between PN and degenerate Labour years.
C. Bartoli
Nov 30th 2012, 13:32
W. Cassar, I will never forgive Mintoff for not allowing me to keep studying in my school, forced to study what I never wanted to learn and being able to continue my studies since my father was tradesman. I was not able to read any degree or attend any post secondary school.
Giovann Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 11:13
X'mentalita' miskina ta' studenti! Messhom jisthu jghidu li huma avukati! Bir-rispett kollu, il-folla kienet xi ftit batuta! Nahseb l-ammont ta' Maltin jghajru u jsaffru barra l-Parlament fl-10 ta' Dicembru wara l-waqgha tal-oligarkija li fniet lil dan il-pajjiz ser ikun akbar!
Oliver Grech
Nov 30th 2012, 12:17
Is this the new labour Giovann? Is this how a labourite thinks? "Mentalita miskina". I m not a student, nor a lawyer but I am an educated person. I don't call msieken min ma jahsibiex bhali. Is this the new democracy?
Giovann Attard
Nov 30th 2012, 12:55
Mr. Grech, maybe the new democracy can that shown by Former Prime Minister and Former President EFA when he went around the streets of Valletta, shouting: 'Fejn Huma l-Laburisti?' Is this the new democracy which we have learnt from the Nationalist Party which you seem to admire so much?
MT Caruana
Nov 30th 2012, 11:12
Studenti tal Ligi.........kellkhom bzonn tiksbu sucess fix-xoghol taghkhom bhal ma kiseb Dr.Debono.
Issa insa il-fatt ta x'gara u ma garax re PN u Austin Gatt, ejja morru ftit zmien qabel, meta semmi Dr.Debono...illl avukat ta vera. !!!!!
Awguri.
matthew tanti
Nov 30th 2012, 12:11
nahseb qatt ma rajt il-klijenti li jkollu wara l-bieb!
m busuttil
Nov 30th 2012, 12:18
with a very good school report in form two other forms?????????????????????//
who knows haha just of form two miskinn
MT Caruana
Nov 30th 2012, 15:13
@matthew tanti
Iva ikolli klijenti wara il bieb, dak li hu tajjeb ma tistax tejdlu hazin!!
Joe Sammut
Dec 1st 2012, 08:08
Jien smajt li wara l-bieb ta’ Carm Mifsud Bonnici zdiedu l-klijenti.
Please choose the reason of your report below: