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Monday, January 7, 2013, 00:01

Parliament dissolved - PL in midnight launch

Published January 7.

President George Abela has dissolved Parliament and directed the Electoral Commission to hold the general election on March 9.

Earlier in the morning, the Prime Minister had a short meeting with Dr Abela during which he formally asked him to dissolve Parliament.

Dr Gonzi said afterwards that he expected a 'mature' electoral campaign but this, he said, would not be a walk in the park as the people would be asked to make a major decision about which political party, which political philosophy, would lead them for the next five years.

He expressed gratitude that the country had shown maturity in respecting a political truce during Christmas.

The dissolution of the House marks the official start of the electoral campaigns of the political parties.

The Labour Party was quickly off the blocks kicking off its electoral campaign at midnight by announcing its campaign theme: Malta tagħna lkoll. (Malta for all)

Leader Joseph Muscat unveiled Labour’s first electoral billboard outside the party’s headquarters, saying that unity would underpin the PL’s campaign.

The message builds on recent statements made by Dr Muscat that politics should no longer divide the nation and the day after the election should be a day like any other.

As the Christmas truce expired, Dr Muscat published the campaign slogan on Twitter. He also signed a billboard and rolled out a banner on the façade of the party’s headquarters at Mile End, Ħamrun.

The Christmas truce was agreed by both parties last month after the Government was defeated on a Budget vote with one of its own MPs, Franco Debono, voting with the Opposition.

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE

Just over 331,000 people are eligible to vote on March 9, of whom 19,000 will be able to do so for the first time.

In terms of recent legal amendments which introduced the rolling electoral register, all those who turn 18 by election day will be able to vote. Previously, the eligible voters were those whose name was published in the printed electoral register, normally published in October and April.

The Electoral Commission will now proceed with the printing of the voting documents under the supervision of representatives of the political parties, with distribution starting later this month.

The Commission will also issue calls for people wishing to work as counting agents and assistant electoral commissioners. Nominations of election candidates will also be submitted at the end of this month.

Preparations will also get will under way at the vote-counting hall in the former trade fair grounds in Naxxar and the polling stations.

 

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J. Vella

Jan 7th, 17:59

How pathetic you are! better ask gonzi for his electoral manifesto!!! he is still doing it!! waiting for the pl to show his so he can copy some of his ideas!

S. Cuschieri

Jan 7th, 19:00

@ J. Vella:

I think you got it all wrong.... it's actually funny how you manage to twist facts. I think that the PN already showed what the basis of their manifesto would be in the budget, which the PL chose to vote against despite liking it... so who will be copying who??

S. Cuschieri

Jan 7th, 19:02

so there are no klikek within PL??? just a few weeks ago anglu farrugia was put aside after all the years he gave to PL.... any klikka comes to mind? I think the Joseph - Jason klikka is still going strong and still as dangerous as ever.... so voting for malta taghna lkoll is putting our future down the drain!

S. Cuschieri

Jan 7th, 19:06

or a vote for laburisti only...they'll be the only ones who'll get anything they want & people with a different opinion will be put aside.... so please spare your comments cause we all know that it's not a true slogan!

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:17

Eddie, I can't wait to hear of other 'promises' from PL! Are there any more promises to one and all, or has he run out of them?
"A government big enough to give you anything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson.
Worth reflecting on this!

Francis Saliba M.D.

Jan 7th, 17:50

Giving chance to the cook to cook the evidence is no way to obtain genuine beef.

Peter Montebello

Jan 7th, 18:11

Eddy, you can have a prime piece of beef but ruined by a bad cook.

David Magro

Jan 7th, 17:19

Karl, relax...Joseph will stick to his promise unlike Gonzipn who broke many promises during the past 5years...we need a change, the sooner the better...we had enough of a one party state party were you need to be a nationalist to progress in life...the time of two tribes will cease on the 10th March my friend.

M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:45

@ David Magro

Do you have any idea what giving a private company a share in providing electricity means ?

Just take a look at what is happening in the UK The picture of private energy companies is not nice !!

Do you think that a private company will subsidise those who cannot pay ? We will not be better but much worse if we had to take the same route UK is on with higher rates

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:19

U dawk fic-civil li Helena ipproponiet li jsir 'audit' fosthom, halli jitnehhew minn posthom! Dawk ihossu Malta taghhom? Biex ma nghidu xejn dwar Anglu w ommu, kemm qed ihossu lil Malta taghhom!

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:22

Eddie, kieku ghaddiet ta' Mintoff fl-1958, kieku ANKI LLUM Malta kollha hi TAL-INGLIZI. Imma r-rih fejn irid jonfoh, u skond ir-rih, idur il-pinnur! Stajt tistaqsi wkoll kemm Maltin hassew li Malta kienet KOLLHA taghhom, meta lanas setghu jmorru ghall-Mass Meeting tal-Barrani. U tar-Rabat?

Nenu Cassar

Jan 7th, 21:23

Sur Privitera, Kellna rajna f'idejna u basta. Kieku Mintoff ma kienx jirnexxilu jdahhal ir-Republika. Hemm bosta pajjizi li ghadhom bhalma kienet Malta qabel il-1979, perezempju Cipru. Allura l-Germanja ma kienitx sovrana qabel ma telqu l-allejati fis-snin sebghin?

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:23

L-istess ghan li kellu Sant. Bil-'Winning team' rebah il-poter, imma x'kellu jghamel ladarba tela' hemm, ma kellux idea. Infatti hawwad kollox, u tant tana toghma tajba tal-Lejber, li ilhom fl-opposizzjoni mill-1998.

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:26

Ftit ilu kienu jghidu li Gonzi ggranfat mal-poter. Min iggranfat, u min indannat ghall-poter! Kulhadd xortih! Akkost li nqacctu lil Anglu biex ikollna deputy MEP bhal Gonzi. Dak jaf jghamel il-PL. Staqsi lill Anglu kemm ihossu li Malta hi ta' kulhadd!

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:29

Which arrogance are you referring to? The arrogance of stabbing YOUR OWN deputy, so that you get an MEP deputy like Gonzi? The arrogance of sending Franco to Xarabank, instead of YOUR OWN deputy? The arrogance of threatening to carry out an audit among the civil workers? Yes, WHICH arrogance? And this ARROGANCE while STILL in opposition! Give them power, and what do you expect?

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:31

Joseph. PL promised, before last election, that if Gonzi is elected, health will not remain free. After 5 years, WHO WAS RIGHT? Yes, I trust Gonzi. If I had trusted Joseph when he advised Gonzi to follow Cyprus, we would be bankrupt today. So yes, we trust Gonzi. Not to mention, Iceland, VAT, EU, Euro........

Eddy Privitera

Jan 7th, 16:26

John Portelli: With the likes of you NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE !

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:32

Eddie, with the likes of you, SURELY there WILL be change. The trouble is, that it will be back to 70's and 80's.

pat muscat

Jan 7th, 15:42

@George Cutajar. You are wrong my friend. How can I call my brothers sisters and in laws 'sriep'; its all your wishful thinking?

Eddy Privitera

Jan 7th, 16:27

George Cutajar: if PL wins YOU shall win too, unless you are one of the "clique" mentioned by Franco Debono, which I believe you are not !

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:36

Eddie. The last time PL won, we all won too. Yes, we won CET instead of VAT: high tariffs when oil was at $12 a barrel; 33 new taxes (25 of which were reduced or removed by the present government); among other things. Yes, ubder PL, we ALL win! If we had followed Joseph's genius advises, like following Cyprus; Iceland, No EU, No Euro... We would have won, RUIN! God help us!

Louis Muscat

Jan 7th, 15:04

Can't blame him. He's been waiting 5 years for this.

M Grima

Jan 7th, 15:39

Next time the PL launches anything they will ask for your opinion and advice. I guess you were still glued to the TV at the stroke of midnight waiting for a breath of fresh air in Maltese politics. I can't blame you for being so angry and irritated by the PL - its bad pill to swallow for someone who is obsessed with GonziPN

David Magro

Jan 7th, 17:22

George nahseb li f din il-kampanja Joseph ser jaqtalu nifsu lil Gonzipn....anqas il billboards ghadhom ma bidlu , u li rajt il-billboard il-gdid issa wara nofs in nhar hsibtni l-amerika li uza Barak Obama....gonzipn nixef mill idejat...jikkopja jahasra....nghidlek anke l-programm eletorali ser jikkopja tal-PL!

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:39

M Grima. Since it's not that clear, can you please enlighten us to whom you are obsessed? Anglu, Catherine, Joseph?

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:42

David. L-iktar li ghadu nifsu maqtuh bhalissa huwa Anglu. Anki Louis nifsu ftit maqtuh, ghax tant kellu jghaggel jigi Malta QABEL ma jirrizenja Anglu! U nahseb li omm Anglu wkoll nifisha maqtuh, tikteb fuq facebook. Milli tista tara, hemm hafna nifishom maqtugh.Tinsiex hag'ohra! PN nifishom maqtuh ghax ilhom jahdmu ghal Malta 15 il-sena. Tal-PL ilhom reqdin daqshekk ukoll!

George Cutajar

Jan 7th, 17:48

M Grima - No I was not glued to the TV at midnight and no I am not obsessed with GonziPN. I simply cannot stand people who put on appearances and this is what JM and Labour are doing.

David Magro - it-tigrija sal-barkun, As to who copies what I am surprised how Labour have hidden from view 'it-Torca', the colour red and all that is associated with socialism. Never knew that socialism is now tabu'

victor bonello

Jan 7th, 14:33

Mr Seychell, please stop living in the past, and if you want to ive the past live the recent past -BWSC, Smart City, Lowenbrau permits etc..

Joe M Borg

Jan 7th, 17:45

Victor. And live the RECENT Anglu saga? Or the RECENT Joseph suggestion to follow Cyprus (another of his BRIGHT ideas, to go with his even brighter Iceland, EU, Euro, VAT...and other 'successes').

Nenu Cassar

Jan 7th, 15:12

Mr Privitera, what about the subtle 'Christmas Gift' campaign that JM led with the election of Louis Grech as his deputy?

Eddy Privitera

Jan 7th, 16:36

Nenu: Did you expect the PL to wait to elect a deputy leader when we are on the eve of the election ? That was an internal political URGENT matter. There was no public campaigning among the general public as was done by Lawrence Gonzi .

Nenu Cassar

Jan 7th, 21:27

Mr Privitera, First of all Anglu Farrugia was flung to the cesspit of history because it suited the PL election campaign and its image. There was no public campaign for the election of Mr Grech but everything was reported by the general media tit-for-tat. Moreover, the PL immediately started to try to gain political mileage out of the event.

John Bonello

Jan 7th, 19:34

well I'm old enough to be your guide in this election I remember the same LP faces in government and I remember people driving around the island with cash registers on the car roof, I remember the 33 taxes and the exaggerated utilities bills at the time..I also remember made in Brussels program and the partnership rebah, and i remember the shooting and killing of RC

Alex Ellul

Jan 7th, 12:53

Professional? It's not the width and quantity of banners that matters, but the quality. PL seems to say: Never mind the quality, feel the width.

A rehash of Mintoff's old slogan: Malta l-ewwel u qabel kollox.

Victor Laiviera

Jan 7th, 13:07

@ Alex Ellul

Which part of "Malta l-Ewwel u Qabel Kollox" do you disagree with?

Eddy Privitera

Jan 7th, 13:03

Pablo Mallia: Ghadek bzonn Kors fl-istorja politika ta' pajjizna ! Malta saret taghna KOLLHA fi 31 ta' Marzu 1979 ! Taht il-PN Malta saret ta' nofs il-poplu Malti. Taht GonziPN Malta saret ta' KLIKKA zghira li hakmet lil pajjizna. Il-PL irid jerga jghati pajjizna lura lill-poplu Malti kollun kemm hu, inkluz INT !

Saviour Zerafa

Jan 7th, 13:36

Remember how much L. Gonzi boasted with the roads of the Italian protocol?

Nenu Cassar

Jan 7th, 15:16

Sur Privitera, kulma sar fil-31 ta' Marzu 1979 kien li l-Inglizi telqu minn Malta ghax Mintoff kien ftiehem maghhom biex jitilqu dak in-nhar minflok kif suppost kellu jigri li jitilqu snin qabel kif riedu huma (l-Inglizi). Malta kienet diga tal-Maltin mill-1964. Konna diga stat sovran. Jekk mhux hekk kieku Mintoff ma kienx jista' jinnegozja l-bicca ftehem li ghamel.

Peter Montebello

Jan 7th, 15:27

Reply to Eddy Privitera. Nahseb li iktar jaqbel li tipprova tiftakar sew. L-INDIPENDENZA, fil-21 ta' Settembru kienet gabet lil Malta libera minn kolonja u saret ta' kullhadd. Fi zmien il-labour, GHAL KONVENJENZA TAL-PARTIT U BIEX JINQEDA kien ghamel ir-repubblika taz-zejtun.. U ghal darb'ohra kien il-Partit Nazzjonalista meta rebah l-elezzjoni tal-1986 ghamel MALTA WAHDA.

Michael Seychell

Jan 7th, 14:02

Pat What about the beheading of Anglu Farrugia because he mentioned a Magistrate - albeit without naming her - whilst a few months ago Evarist Bartolo spoke against a judge and a magistrate your Leader acted as if Evarist did the right thing - a case of two weights & two measures in his own Party. imagine what JM will do if he has to choose between a PL or a PN supporter.

M Seychell Pieta

Joe Tabone

Jan 7th, 14:01

Political truce........ask ANGLU all about it!

Guido Farrugia

Jan 7th, 15:29

I'd rather ask JPO, Jesmond, Franco, Schiavone, John, Silvio, Cyrus, ans so on and so forth Joe.

Guido Farrugia

Jan 7th, 15:31

I'd rather ask JPO, Jesmond, Franco, Schiavone, John, Silvio, Cyrus, and so on and so forth Joe.

Eddy Privitera

Jan 7th, 13:05

Alex I would love to see a GonziPN speaker discussing the economy with Prof. Edward Scuicluna ! there is an article by prof. Scicluna in today's L-Orizzont if you are interested !

Alex Ellul

Jan 7th, 15:26

PL is the only way forward to the cliff.

There, fixed for you Victor.

Joseph Camilleri

Jan 7th, 11:28

hahah! Just like Hunger Games....hunger for power!

Charles Cremona

Jan 7th, 10:49

Joseph: I cannot understand your logic, why should PM Gonzi feel ashamed, why shame on the PM of this country, the man that 3 years ago during the height of the world depression saved thousands of jobs because of the wise and cool decisions he took and lead to Malta having the lowest rate of unemployment in the EU. It is easy to take things for granted my friend until you lose them.

J.C. Borg

Jan 7th, 10:55

Mr micallef, you missed two important points. The Palace is the same one in which the PN Governed for 25 years. The Palace is the same one in which the the MLP Governed for a mere 20 months, after they deceived the eletorate.

What now??

Charles Muscat

Jan 7th, 11:09

I know someone who was badly bitten by a shark and survived and still goes in waters. You reminded me when we were little scared of the dark. this is child talk.

P Bonnici

Jan 7th, 11:21

I agree with you, but this clique will probably be replaced another another one, with a history of violence and not only corruption. That is what's in the mind of apolitical Maltese. I'd rather put up with this clique and keep a close eye on them.

S. Zammit

Jan 7th, 11:54

The same place where all the important decisions were made for this country to be one of the best performing in the European union and Euro Zone. The joke is on you Mr. Micallef.

Nicholas Borg

Jan 7th, 10:29

With your logic you should your spouse/partner regularly as "change is healthy"

Chris Mifsud

Jan 7th, 10:48

You are joking. It is the Malta Labour Party (MLP) who copies.... They copy the blue and they copy the budget.

If the P.N copied the MLP it too would have spent 25 years (and hopefully another 5) years in opposition.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Jan 7th, 10:42

A change is not always "simply healthy". That was tried in 1996 and after only 22 months the electorate had regretted that risky (un)healthy change . Luckily it was provided with the opportunity to undo that grave mistake. It would be foolish to rely on another such stroke of luck. More probably, a similar wrong decision made in haste now would lead to 5 years of repenting at leisure.

Doris Sarlo

Jan 7th, 11:51

AMEN!

Saviour Zerafa

Jan 7th, 13:48

Very true. We should all stay calm and united as one nation.

Toni Borg

Jan 7th, 10:49

Issa lanqas jitbissem ma jista bniedem bikhom?? Jitbissem tant Joseph!

Semmejt l-angli tal festa siehbi...ahjar semmejt lil Anglu Farrugia...ara wara li tah daqqa ta sieq
u tefaw il barra mil PL, Joseph xorta baqa jitbissem!

Veru ma ghandkomx xi tghidu u fuq xix taqbdu!

Pablo Mallia

Jan 7th, 11:58

Dear Thomas, that is why credit cards were invented ! please update yourself to 2013 !

J Tabone

Jan 7th, 12:35

Money no Problem kien qalilna Fenech Adami - u minn Lm5,000+ fuq kull ras illum spiccajna b' Euro10,000 dejn fuq kull ras! l-aktar bil-miljun ewro pjanti (architect plans) li ma twetqux u mbarazz iehor!

Peter Montebello

Jan 7th, 14:15

Mr Tabone, prosit tac-certifikat li tajt lil Gvern li NAQQAS id-dejn. Lm 5000 +, skond ir-rate of exchange jaghmlu ftit izjed minn Euros 11,500. Li jfisser li jekk bhalissa, neerga nikkotawk, ras ghal ras ghandna dejn ta' Euros 10,000, il-gvern irnexxilu jnaqqas id-dejn, ras ghal ras, b'madwar Euros 1500. Allura ghidlu prosit lil Gvern mhux tikkrititah.

twanny borg

Jan 7th, 10:29

minn jaf forsi anglu farrugia jkun wiehed minnhom ghax it-tkeccija tieghu kienet impekkabbli............

Joseph Camilleri

Jan 7th, 10:48

What a ridiculous sour grapes comment. The Nationalist Party is proud to be the only party in Malta who believes in Malta and gave us all the opportunities. Politics are never a nice business but with your style of mediocrity it only shows me that I will vote PN again to keep lejber in opposition with its backward ideas.

Toni Borg

Jan 7th, 11:01

Tghid Anglu Farrugia ha jkun partit min dal PARTIT TA' IMKECCIJIN li skontok se jibda????

Frank Gauci

Jan 7th, 10:32

Minthix 'looking forward' biex tara kemm se jnaqqasilna mill-kont tad-dawl??? u jekk hux se jnehhi t-taxxa tal-boll jew jekk hux se jaghti 'refund' fuq it-taxxi mhallsa zejda fuq il-karozzi???

Joseph Micallef

Jan 7th, 10:26

Int bis-serjeta? Meta hadu decizjoni li Richard Cachia Caruana jista jaghmel li jrid f'dan il-pajjiz? Meta Austin Gatt qal li se jkompli jerbah ghal 20 sena ohra? Meta Xmun Busuttil qal li ghandna d-dover li Malta tibqa tan-nazzjunalisti? Meta il-PN mar kontra il-vuci tal-poplu espressa demokratikament f'referendum fuq id-divorzju? Meta ivvutajtu bil-qalb sabiex tghollu l-kontijiet? Isthi.

George Calleja

Jan 7th, 13:00

Le, mhux ahjar milli nerga nqatta hames snin taht Karmenu Vella, Alex Sciberras Trigona, Gorg Vella, Leo Brincat, Joe Mizzi, Joe Debono Grech. Dan biex insemmi ftit biss ghax l-ohrajn gwappi daqshom! Zgur li le, siehbi!

David Bezzina

Jan 7th, 10:54

Get out of the Stone Age.We are living in 2013 and not in the 1980's.Labour already paid its dues on what happened then and quite frankly no one really cares on what happened back then nowadays.

Louis Craus

Jan 7th, 10:57

Argument tassew ghajjien, fjakk, u bla sens, minn esponenti antiki tal- Partit ta' Gonzi PN .
Iftah mohhok habib.

Aristide Galea

Jan 7th, 14:00

Dr .Saliba , The mountian roared and a mouse was born at midnight , you said . So , can you explain why the PN is afraid of a little mouse ? Don't tell me that GonziPN is not afraid because to conferm this , is the way that the GonziPN is trying use the old weapon of scaremonger .

Francis Saliba M.D.

Jan 7th, 17:25

@David Bezzina.
What you are now describing as the Stone Age is what the MLP-LP describes as its “Golden Age”. I would call it Malta’s “Dark Age” not its Stone Age.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Jan 7th, 17:27

@Louis Craus.
L-opinjoni tieghek ghandha mportanza ghalik biss. Haddiehor jistenna argumenti ragonevoli li int ma ghandikx.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Jan 7th, 17:28

@Aristide Galea
It is the LP that is acting scared as proved by your fear that GonziPN is scaremongering successfully.

TONY FORMOSA

Jan 7th, 11:58


Gimmics will not create 20000 new jobs! ........
and 20000 new graduates
.
TONY FORMOSA
TONY FORMOSA

Alex Ellul

Jan 7th, 11:41

can you make me a list of the 'harm' done during the last four years? Do you consider the record tourism figures as harm? The safe distance we are from the economic cliff that has destroyed so many other countries? Go on make your 'harm' list

The PL's 'Malta for all' slogan is so inane. It does not mean anything at all and is just a rehashed cliche' of Mintoff's 'Malta l-ewwel u qabel kollox'

Franco Attard Trevisan

Jan 7th, 16:55

if the Maltese really had to 'vote with and not partisanism' THEY WOULD NOT VOTE IN THE FIRST PLACE cos there is absolutely no choice whatsoever!

Joseph Aquilina

Jan 7th, 11:20

@ Alferd Falzon, Deart Alfred it's not just good publicity. Have a look at the PL list of candidates for the general election and you will find quite a good number of high profile well known persons that where linked to the PN in the past. That proves well that the PL means what it's preaching. I hope that in the eight weeks to the election the PL will convince you to give them your trust.

Alfred Falzon

Jan 7th, 17:26

@ Joseph Aquilina

I have nothing against candidates with PN links who joined lately d PL but I object 2 opportunists & turncoats allegedly involved in irregularities, who joined d PL as a last resort, as if trying their luck!
Can those b trusted as genuine believers in d Party they joined overnight or r there ulterior motives?
Why have u swept d back-stabbing of Dr Ang Farrugia under d carpet?.

Alfred Falzon

Jan 7th, 17:37

@ Joseph Aquilina (cont)

D way he was cast aside after being made 2 resign is a BIG BLOT on d PL Leader!
I reiterate what I stated in other blogs: this is far from a show of SOLIDARITY with staunch Labourites. It is just political expedience & Dr Muscat has yet 2 explain his actions just like anybody else!

His is a LAME EXCUSE & puts d PL in a very bad light contrary to its beliefs!

aaf

Alfred Falzon

Jan 7th, 18:04

@ Joseph Aquilina

The term "expedience" should read "expediency" in the 4th line.

Error regretted.

aaf

Maria Mangion

Jan 7th, 10:28

There was a time when the labour party gave the right to women to vote, we should learn from the past and look to the future.

pat muscat

Jan 7th, 10:44

AlbertBonello.
In2012, plays were still being censored and authors taken to court. Do not forget the sedition case in the thirty's when Labour officials who read Shaw and Tolstoy, were imprisoned.In the 60s, the Labour Party news paper was prohibited at hospitals; Mintoff was censored on cable radio and anyone who voted labour got a one way ticket to hell and, as a result PN won two elections!

Joseph Aquilina

Jan 7th, 11:30

@ Albert Bonello. By your way of thinking we will be stuck in the past. In the seventies many maltese were afraid that once the english left, Malta would starve but instead we moved on, in the ninties we went to an open economy but still many believed that without protection most of our industry will collapse but it did not.
Dear Albert, nowadays everyone formes his own opinion and speak it loud.

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 16:00

Can you please explain in English what on Earth you mean??

R. Azzopardi

Jan 7th, 10:43

Mhux li kien jahasra. Doesn't seem to be the case though.

*Joseph Brincat

Jan 7th, 10:44

@ Joseph Cauchi Senior Where is the BEEF?
YOU CAN GET THE BEEF IT FROM THE YALOW PAGES

Mario Ellul

Jan 7th, 11:52

Mr Caruana it seems you forgot the last nationlist slogan being exactly like Sarkozy's party!! Any comments about your rainbow slogan being exactly like CNBC's?

R. Azzopardi

Jan 7th, 10:41

Are you a floater? so far, the five floaters I know have not been convinced (and all of them voted labour in 2008).

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:57

Mr Vella I consider myself a floater as well, but JM's tactics have disgusted me so much that I'm actively participating in the PN campaign for the first time ever.

If 5 years from now the PL will have a serious and credible campaign which is better than the PN's I'll vote for them instead. If current PL trends continue though, I doubt this day will ever come.

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:54

Mr Cauchi many PL supporters exhibit the maturity of a 5 year old when election time comes around. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest they'd fall for such tactics.

When JM came out of the plastic wrapping for the first time he sounded solid, fantastic! Not one week passed by that it was apparent to me how ludicrous and preposterous his claims are!

I'd like an alternative, but not this!

Paul Camilleri

Jan 7th, 13:35

Fejn hu il-partit imbiddel? Kollha ucuh qodma ghandkom fil-partit. U issa wara kollox kellkom tirrikorru ghal deputat kap nannu? Ghax ma jmurx ibennen?
Staqsi lil Anglu Farrugia jekk ghamiltux terremot fil-partit.

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:51

Siehbi il-lupu jibdel sufu imma lupu jibqa'!

Il-PL biddel il-qoxra ta' barra (il-kap) imma l-ingranaggi ta gewwa ghadhom l-istess bhal tas-snin 80!

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:49

Mr Rizzo int suppost taf x'isarraf il-PL u ma kontx nimmagina li jirnexxilhom jghammxu lil xi hadd ta' l-eta tieghek.

First time PL voter? Skuzani imma nhossha difficli biex titwemmen.

Mr C Camilleri

Jan 7th, 08:56

Naqbel mieghek perfettament. Il-poplu Malti ghandu bzonn jifhem li partit li juza l-kuluri kollha qieghed jaghti messagg car li mhux daqshekk mohhu maghluq li jigi affetwat minn kulur. Il-messagg huwa li dak il-partit mhux partit tal-kuluri u iktar specifikament AHMAR U BLU ! Meta jintuzaw iz-zewg kuluri qed jintwera li m'hemmx distinzjoni bejn min hu Nazzjonalist jew Laburist. Kulhadd huwa MALTI.

G Caruana

Jan 7th, 10:23

PL laqqass fuq bicca kulur ma jafu jiehdu decizjoni, tghid ha ninsew x'inuma ghax bidlu kulur.

George Cassar

Jan 7th, 08:17

At least not what GonziPN did in 2008 - copied Sarkozy's campaign word for word. Then the writing was already on the wall - dried ideas. Will they copy what Sarkozy did this year also?

Renato Balzan

Jan 7th, 08:23

How pathetic! Qieghed tibza mil-BABAW?

A Abela

Jan 7th, 08:24

@jm busuttil
where can i apply for the PN art competition for their election logo? I assume that you being a pn supporter should know. Or is it that the PL alone who has not a single idea for a logo or slogan? PL is recycled? God help us if the PN is relected.

Sandra Casa

Jan 7th, 08:40

Kif ma tisthix titkellem hekk. Lanqas billboard wiehed ma kellkhom bis-sens!

D Zarb

Jan 7th, 09:00

The only president who managed to unite the nation was a labourite. EFA didn't even try. Now Joseph is trying to do something similar which is very far from what GonziPN has achieved so far. That is the message if you haven't grasped it.

Colin Camilleri

Jan 7th, 08:24

can be your brain playing Monday blues on you! that's the tendency with obsession!

David Bezzina

Jan 7th, 08:40

As you said it is just a logo.I remember of political parties having a logo 'Finanzi fis-Sod' fully knowing that they took the Maltese finances on the edge of economic collapse.

J. Borg

Jan 7th, 09:10

I also get the very same impression. I guess it is not a coincidence ... Also borrowed some colours from the new AirMalta livery :)

Paul Camilleri

Jan 7th, 13:48

" Joseph huwa il persuna li biddel partit shih u juri li lest immexxi pajjiz ".
Fejn hu il-partit imbiddel? Kollha ucuh qodma ghandkom fil-partit. U issa wara kollox kellkom tirrikorru ghal deputat kap nannu? Ghax ma jmurx ibennen?
Staqsi lil Anglu Farrugia jekk ghamiltux terremot fil-partit.

Franco Attard Trevisan

Jan 7th, 08:26

allahres mhux preparat il PL... ilu fuq 25 sena jipprepara looooollll !!

John Scerri

Jan 7th, 08:29

''let us go for it''...........hekk qal Gonzi.

George Cassar

Jan 7th, 08:07

@George Debono

It is precisely because of arrogant people like you that I will vote for the true change. The PL! Your comment is akin to Tonio Fenech "Malti cuc". Sir, you shine arrogance at its best!

C Muscat

Jan 7th, 08:44

The devil you know will ask Franco, Dalli, JPO, Mugliette, Jean Pierre that we know something about; now we have Schiavone; slightly before there was myself and many many more that are silent waiting for the much needed change.

Mario Ellul

Jan 7th, 11:44

It's exactly because of people like you that the nationalist party will loose this election Mr Debono. Comments like this just keep on digging a grave.

J. Borg

Jan 7th, 09:14

When you were red glasses you see everything red. When you wear blue glasses you see everything blue. The reality is that when you remove your glasses, you see the true colours. So please remove your glasses. Who said that the other side is training and behind?

David Bezzina

Jan 7th, 08:43

The PN definetely did not work.Just ask Franco Debono,JPO or Jesmond Mugliette !

John Scerri

Jan 7th, 07:47

''...new people with new ideas .....''

Dear Pat the new ideas from the 'New' people have not materialised yet although every single person on this island is waiting for today 07-01-2013 as promisedby Dr.Muscat to see how the utility bills will be reduced .

Till now it was all BLA BLA BLA.

Empty vessels make much sound . I only hope the vessels will be full for the sake of the nation.

C Muscat

Jan 7th, 08:48

@ John Scerri
What has materialised is the legal dictatorship that has made few millionaires and thousands under the poverty line; with the greatest debt the country has ever got. And I can easily say how these last years were run and how our money was used to make a few bodies rich.

M Grima

Jan 7th, 09:45

@John Scerri

Don't worry John, by midnight you will learn how the PL intends to lower the rates of our astronomical utility bills. I would love to see your reaction when this is announced. Will you vote for the PL if its promise of decreasing the rates is doable. That is your BLA, BLA BLA.

John Scerri

Jan 7th, 10:46

Dear Mr. Grima
Labour will win the coming elections with the top priority: Reducing utility bills ,

Like in 1996 when labour won with a 7000+ majority promising to eliminate VAT !! How ? we know the story.

I hope this time Labour will explain to it's voters when according to Louis Grech on Disset Enemalta is in debt. What other measures will make up for the reduction ?

I wait ,then react.

Ryan Scicluna

Jan 7th, 07:38

Forsi hemm iktar ahmar ghax il bandiera ta Malta nofsha Hamra? ma nafx ta fil kas ikoregini!

Paul Micallef

Jan 7th, 07:58

@BORG

U sa ftit ilu u issa ta minn kinet??? Kul karriga fil GVERN hadhu in nazzjonalisti, anka fix xandir, Malta transport, MEPA, nista nipqa sejjer u sejjer, intkhom ghalhekk ma tridduhx il-lejber, mhux ghax thobbu il-pajjiz imma linterressi taghkhom. Hu minn tat taxa li qal li ha naqqas?? SIMON TAL GROCCER qal minhabba il problemi tal EUROPA, imma naqas jejd li il HAMES MIJA HADDUHOM.

M Grima

Jan 7th, 09:39

Meta taghmel kumment banali bhal dan l-IQ tieghek jinzel taht iz-zero. Possibli li tasal ghal din it-tip ta interpretazzjoni fuq kulur ta billboard li wara kollox jirraprezenta il-bandiera Maltija. Allura fl-istess logika banali il-partit tal PN jirraprezenta il-mewt ghax jispikka l-iswed fl-arma tieghu. Kemm hawn faqar ta-idejat!!

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 07:28

You said it right... Used to say not are saying !!! This is a new Labour, give it a try and you won't be disappointed !!!

John Scerri

Jan 7th, 07:53

R.Stivala are your for real ? ''Give it a try ''

Here it's the future of our nation we have to trust in someone's hands not a vacuum cleaner or dishwasher.

No substance ...No vote.

charles Zammit

Jan 7th, 10:28

insejt sur Scerri meta Eddie u l-PN fl-80's kienu jighdu aghtuna cans. Ic-cans haduh ghall kemm hadd ma kien jaf xejn fuqna, progress kien hemm hafna. Imma issa stagjana hu hemm bzonn bidla w bidla serja mil qieh. Its time we trust PL now.

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 10:55

@ John Scerri:

Yes I'm ABSOLUTLEY FOR REAL..... What I meant is that she needs to give him a chance so that she could start believing in him because this is a new Labour with new ideas....

So please don't try to misinterpret my words...

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 07:27

OMG ... It hasn't been 8 hours since the campaign started and you're already pretending answers.

Give him time and you'll have your answers don't worry... We are not GonziPN !!!

joe muscat

Jan 7th, 07:46

John today is 7 January and a normal working day , better everybody does his JOB :) , don`t worry for sure Dr Muscat will keep his promises .

John Scerri

Jan 7th, 07:49

R.Stivala ..............Joseph Muscat publicly promised many times that on the 7th january we will know .

NO ...The time is up now ...Now is examination time .

I said he has up till midnight today ....Yes I will wait..........till midnight .

Donna Parnis

Jan 7th, 08:47

at least we shall see something, Gonzi has not got nothing only a framework, hes waiting for JM to produce his so he can copy it. How come we dont see the PN supporters asking Gonzi where his promises are, answer because they all know Gonzi promises and does not deliver.

C Cassar

Jan 7th, 10:12

R. Stivala ma flahtx ma nikkummentax ghal dawn il-kummenti kollha tieghek. Il-PN ghadu ma hareg xejn ghax xoghlu kien li jxolji l-Parlament illum. Joseph Muscat tant jidher herqan li ma felahx jistenna u ilu li beda bil-kampanja tieghu ferm qabel illum f'nofs il-lejl.

C Cassar

Jan 7th, 10:14

Minkejja kollox hlief capcip u ghajat ma nstemax. Iva llum nipretendi li jghid kif se jrahhas id-dawl u l-ilma b'ammont konsiderevoli u malli jitla' fil-gvern hekk kif ilu jwieghed ghal dawn l-ahhar xhur u snin! Jekk ma jzommx il-weghda tieghu u jghid kif, ahseb u ara kif se jwettaq dan kollu. Jekk ma jghidilniex allura jkun ifisser li din m'hi xejn aktar minn kummiedja ohra bhal tal-VAT!!!

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 12:00

@ C.Cassar:

Ahna nuru li herqana imexxu dan il pajjiz li intom waqajtu ghac cajt, il quddiem u ntuh dak li haqqu u mhux naqdu lil Clikka biss...

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 12:12

@C.Cassar:

Ahna nuru li ahna herqana biex imexxu l dan il pajjiz li intom ta GonziPN tfajtu lura, il quddiem... U din fejn rajtha li beda qabel nofsilejl ghax sa fejn naf jien kien GonziPN li BHAS SOLTU kiser il weghda li ghal zminijiet tal Christmas ma tissemiex politika...

X int TGHID???

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:47

Mr Scerri you can forget about JM saying how he will do it.

Why? Because the PN would surely point out how it's impractical, dangerous, or disastrous to our economy and future in a matter of minutes! And that's something the PL doesn't want to hear. Or rather, it doesn't want its supporters to hear for it will expose their true colours!

David Bezzina

Jan 7th, 08:46

But times change.

joe muscat

Jan 7th, 07:14

kumment veru vojt , jekk qieghed tara sew il logo dik hija il bandiera Maltija li sfortunatament ghalik fija l-ahmar

S. Bugeja

Jan 7th, 08:26

Il-kulur dominanti tal-bandiera Maltija huwa l-aħmar. L-argument tiegħek huwa invalidu.

David John

Jan 7th, 09:53

Kemm inti inkwetat li LG ha jispicca bla poter

Donna Parnis

Jan 7th, 08:45

Did god have mercy on us during the pn reign, did he hell.

Alfred Vassallo

Jan 7th, 10:41

''May god have mercy on us''

Fully agree with you if you just include ''If the pn is given another mandate....Then truly ''God help us''!!

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 07:32

Much better than GonziPN who couldn't come up with something !!!!

C Cassar

Jan 7th, 08:06

Bil-logo ha jorhsu l-kontijiet... Ilbierah JM qal li l-PN jikkupjaw lil PL!!! U huma fuq in-naha t-tajba ta l-istorja... Unbelievable!

John L Galea

Jan 7th, 08:33

@K Vella: Up to now the GOnziPN have copied blatantly....but at least if the PL copies something it is a positive copying thing not like that of the PN. The PN is copying everything the PL does, so this shows how effective the PL is being already.
@C Cassar: Your pathetic comments are unbelievable and moronic to say the least.

David Bezzina

Jan 7th, 08:53

What is wrong with copying or taking ideas from foreign campaigns ?
Remember the GonziPN logo ?
The important thing is not to promise things you know you are not going to keep.....just ask Airmalta and Drydocks employees !

N. Aquilina

Jan 7th, 11:46

Bhall ma kkopja Gonzi lil Sarkozy during the 2008 election?

M. Zammit

Jan 7th, 09:09

Did you ever switch on your TV on One channel during the Christmas holidays. You would then have noticed that the PL did not keep its word

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:33

I'm torn between wanting the PL actually win this election, do an utter mess of the country, and be here telling you guys "I told you so", and sparing the country a miserable government who probably won't even last full term.

If it weren't such an important stage for the country I'd say let JM win and hang himself with his own rope, but that would make all of Malta suffer.

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 07:35

You are a clear example of a PN supporter that doesn't appreciate anything ... Did your LG do something to open this campaign ... Hell NO !!!

Carmel Borg

Jan 7th, 09:40

Stivala,
Appreciate what? Waiting till midnight for:
1) a copied but modernised version of of the old Malta National Emblem which is much associated with the Mintoff regime,
2) a campaign more focused on josephmuscat.com rather on LP, remember the criticsm for GonziPN logo?
Can't one be honest and admit that we expected much more for such a pompousy advertised event?

David John

Jan 7th, 09:51

@ R Stivala,

Well said. Infact he has no ideas at all and was waiting for Muscat to unveil his so he could copy some.

R. Azzopardi

Jan 7th, 10:38

@R Stivala,

LG didn't do something to open the campaign at midnight because he does not believe in gimmicks. Unlike the labour party that has believed in nothing but gimmicks since 1992. Gimmicks may work in America but not here.

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:30

Mr Azzopardi, I don't agree with you that gimmicks don't work here in Malta. Unfortunately we have way too many people who just follow their party blindly. And the PL has a bigger portion of the lot.

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 07:37

Welcome to the family !!!!

C Falzon

Jan 7th, 08:17

You are more than welcome Mr Aquilina.

John Scerri

Jan 7th, 08:27

@R.Stivala.... Welcome to the family !!!! ..........like Anglu Farrugia ??

Alfred Vassallo

Jan 7th, 10:35

@John Scerri

''like Anglu Farrugia ??'' NOOOO more like Schiavone.....He certainly WASN'T welcomed in the family!

R. Stivala

Jan 7th, 12:15

Why did you bother on wasting time on this comment Mr. John Scerri ??

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:27

It's alright Mr Aquilina we all do mistakes in our lives.

Seems like it's your turn this time around.

My advice is simply: read in between the lines and don't fall blindly for what they tell you just because it sounds nice. I could promise you the world, the moon, and entire solar system as a backyard, but simply promising that doesn't make it possible does it?

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:24

"Prosit PL for learning your lesson from the past."?

What are you talking about? So far the only thing I've seen is the same old stunts the PL has always resorted to in the past with new faces leading the charade. I honestly would LOVE to have a viable alternative, but the PL is just promising everything to everyone with utter disregard to the consequences.

Paul Micallef

Jan 7th, 08:05

@Borg

Hemm xi haga hazina LI MALTA LEWWEL U QABEL KOLLOX????? AHJAR MILLI, PER LA PATRIA, halluna xbin kummenti bla sens u fil vojt. MA tridx tejd li GONZI PN bhal MINTOFF HU??? Lanqas joqghod fejn TINTU.

Mr Richard Bonello

Jan 7th, 07:43

I am not a political animal but I'm just longing to get to know Joseph Muscat's solution to the problem of the water and electricity bills. Today is the big day when this revelation was promised to come to light. Other comments are superfluous since basically this underpins all other electoral manifestos of either of the two big parties
R.Bonello

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 7th, 15:18

Mr Bonello, JM only said he would unveil the theme for their campaign today, not the electoral programme.

Personally I'm not expecting a straight answer out of JM on any issue or promise of his.

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