Updated: Energy plan: PN calls on Labour to publish documents, raises questions
(Adds PL's reply)
The Nationalist Party has called on Labour to publish documents and information related to its proposals on energy tariffs.
In a statement shortly after Labour unveiled its proposals, the PN called on Labour to publish the documents related to its proposals, including documents by its consultants.
It also asked the party to publish the proposals received from private companies and contractors, the dates of meetings held with such companies and private contractors and the details of talks which, it said, had been referred to by Dr Muscat as a ‘done deal’.
The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists.
In a reply this afternoon, the PL said GonziPN was shocked because it did not understand that those who worked seriously could give families cheaper bills and cleaner air.
It said in a statement that Dr Gonzi had no credibility at all in the sector.
It bough a BWSC power station operated by polluting heavy fuel oil for €200 million, it found a contractor which financed the party from the Yellow Pages, a person was given €4 million in commission, businesses in Malta had the second highest bills in Europe and Maltese families had the third highest.
Labour said that the PN had made the country dependent on oil for the generation of electricity, Malta was on the lowest rung of the ladder in renewable energy generation and GonziPN's bad decisions put Enemalta on the edge on a cliff.
Moreover, these decisions would lead to even higher bills should the PN be returned to power, Labour warned.
Could GonziPN now say when, how and by how much it would increase bills, the PL asked.
AD REACTION
In its reaction, Alternattiva Demokratika said various aspects of Labour's energy plans were welcome at first glance while others can be problematic.
AD chairman Michael Briguglio said that the proposed shift from heavy fuel oil to gas was welcome.
This meant that there was cross-party consensus on a shift to cleaner energy after years of neglect in Malta's energy sector.
The importance given to renewable energy is also welcome, especially since Malta was at the bottom of the list in the EU on usage of such energy.
Labour, however, had to be clearer in its proposals. What seemed to be a progressive tariff structure was also welcome, as this could discourage waste, though this structure had to be studied in more detail.
AD said that Labour was, however, being too optimistic on the price of gas.
“Like other fossil fuels, including heavy fuel oil, its price is likely to increase in the years to come, due to increase in global demand and limited supply.
“As regards water tariffs, what is needed is to ensure that theft from boreholes is stopped, as this is creating problems of unsustainability which will result in price increases.”
AD said that its energy policy stressed that the state should have a leading role in the sector, in massive investment in renewables; and in penalising waste while subsidising basic use of energy.
AD said it will be elaborating its position on Thursday.
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B. Farrugia
Jan 8th, 21:50
How about the government showing us how the 4 million commission was divided, and please show us the BWSC contract and all government contracts too.
Hows that for an accountable and open government,
give the example first.
Brian Bonnici
Jan 8th, 20:48
I am from Birzebbuga, removal of the huge and ugly chimney is a benefit apart from a cleaner plant.
We find black exhaust in our balconies every morning when wind blows our way. This is surely better, and comes at a better price.
Gonzi&Busuttil..look at the future like you doing in your foundation exploded faces..yes look & learn from somebody wihch is fresh, not stinky! like corrpution!
Byron Abela
Jan 8th, 20:48
Does Muscat think that in 2013 people are so gullable? Far from the better leadership of Big Dom.
C Busuttil
Jan 8th, 22:36
By how much Dr. Gonzi would increase the tariffs if elected, the PN did it 2004 and 2008?
I am a nationalist more than ever you will dream to be, but this time I will not go to vote and yes labour for once came out with a serious proposal audited by one of the most serious companies in europe not from yellow pages. Indeed they have made remarkable progress!!!! while the PN is in a free fall
Joseph Sammut
Jan 9th, 07:36
Does Gonzi think so? Have you ased the question?
Pierre Fenech
Jan 8th, 20:34
I would ask my dear prime minister to publish all the relevant documents that made him or the people surrounding him to chose the BWSC power plant. i ask again if any money was paid to get this deal apart from the 4million euro commission for a defective plant. If he does publish without leaving anything out I might start trusting my former party again. If not smell of corruption will persist!
Lara Vella
Jan 8th, 20:26
il-fatti jitkellmu wehidhom. Wara l-fjask tal-power station li 'tahdem' bl-iktar fuel li jnigges. Wara l-miljuni mohlija minn dan il-gvern fuq power station li kollha question marks. Wara l-wieghda miksura darba wara l-ohra li tinghalaq il-power station tal-Marsa, antika u b'hekk m'ghadhiex efficjenti. GonziPN m'ghadux efficjenti, lanqas f'dan il-qasam.
Matthew Tanti
Jan 8th, 20:23
Ic-certifikati ta' GonziPN fil-qasam tal-energija:
-L-akkumulazzjoni ta' 800 miljun Ewro dejn.
-Power Station tahdem bil-heavy fuel oil, l-iktar fuel li jnigges.
-L-gheluq tal-power station tal-Marsa.
-Il-porgett tal-windfarms fallut.
Ghall-poplu, GonziPN falla ezami wara l-iehor fil-qasam tal-energija.
Darren Agius
Jan 8th, 20:19
Ghaliex Gonzi u shabu huma tant kontrina l-Maltin u l-Ghawdxin? L-ewwel ivvotaw bil-qalb ghal tariffi gholjin immens li honqu n-negozji u naqqsu drastikament il-livell tal-ghixien tal-familji. Issa Gonzi u l-klikka tieghu iridu jcahduk milli tifranka, minimu ta' 25% fuq il-kontijiet li qed thallas ghad-dawl u l-ilma.
Charles Massa
Jan 8th, 20:09
Dr Muscat zamm kelmtu. Qalilna li meta tibda l kampanja elettorali jejdilna kif u meta se jibdew jorhsu l kontijiet. Il PL uriena li hemm olternattivi ohra ghal heavy fuel oil li ghamilna GONZIPN. Issa tal PN iriduna li PL jippublika ir rapporti li ghandu. U dan minn meta jsir, mela qatt xi darba il PN qalilna kif jinxtara zejt.? Il poplu irid ikun jaf se jaghmel il PN jekk jerga jkun fil gvern
Alan Xuereb
Jan 8th, 21:21
Mhux il lejber ha jirbah.....dawk il banners kollha!!!!!! U dak il kliem sabieh!
Gianninu Saliba
Jan 8th, 20:07
Joseph's energy proposal reminds me of Mintoff's insistence of digging for water all over Malta and shutting down the reverse osmosis plants claiming that water, as produce by the previous PN government was as expensive at whiskey. Guess what? We ended up without water for three days every week. It also reminds me of Sant's proposal of doing away with VAT and we ended up paying 22 new taxes.
Paul@ Micallef
Jan 9th, 00:43
You are far away from the truth in this Gianninu. The PN Government of the 60's bought the distillers and the water produced from these was really expensive as much as producing whiskey. It was the Labour Government of the 70's that replaced these with reverse osmosis plants.
Joe Pace Asciak
Jan 8th, 20:04
Lil hinn minn kull kunsiderazzjoni ohra, li taghti garanzija fuq prezz ghal perijodu daqshekk twil, f’xenarju ekonomiku modern, hi kontraddizzjoni fiha nnifisha. F’liema pajjizi jigri dan? Hija realistika? Ghandna forsi ripetizzjoni tas-CET?
Charles Buhagiar
Jan 9th, 15:14
Sur Pace Asciak, zomm f'mohhok li il-probabbilta hi li jekk jghola l-gas inkun ghola b'rata akbar il-HFO u allura il-vantagg hemm se jibqa
Daniel Dimech
Jan 8th, 20:02
ma nafx ghala barra minn Malta isiru dawn l affarijiet u Malta ghadna donnha tabu .... nibzghu mill gid u dan wara kollox ga intesiet tal Brazil investiment li qatt ma ezista ????
Joseph Bugeja
Jan 8th, 19:53
The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists.
Why the question? Did BWSC do such a thing?...Apart from the €4M commission which was admitted to?
Makes one wonder! Or does it?
Joseph Bugeja
Jan 8th, 19:49
255 comments and counting
Do I smell 'panic' about what was termed as an impossibility?
No-one discusses about striking gold in Maghtab because it is close to impossible.
But this is tangible. If GonziPN didn't leave the decision for some 'yellow pages' entrepreneur they might have come up with the idea themselves savings us billions in the long run. But smoking guns smell much better!
jm busuttil
Jan 8th, 19:43
Watching TVhemm.
PL are in for a rough time and they had better get their act together, their profs Scicluna hawwadni halli nifmek he participated in this electoral gimick and does not even know the concepts. God help us from the mess to come.
Ruben Mifsud
Jan 8th, 19:42
The pupil following his master... Same gimmick as seen before!.. Even Dr Sant at the begining of an electoral campaign went to Valletta in the middle of a square and signed an contract with the Maltese people.. And we all know what happened after.. It's history.. promises blown in the wind!!!
Joseph Eynaud
Jan 8th, 19:05
PL 1 - PN 0 [parzjali]
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 8th, 18:39
GonziPN bloggers cannot believe that such exercise can be done. I do not blame them. Their colonial, conservative & extreme capitalistic minds can go no further. They never had true trust in the Maltese worker. They laughed & criticised destructively when projects like the runaway, reverse osmosis plants, Freeport etc were proposed and actuated. They even closed down the Drydocks!!
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 8th, 19:45
I totally agree with you Joseph that the PN sees the Maltese as their colonial subjects.
Anthony Scicluna
Jan 8th, 20:14
True. The PN closed the drydocks because Chinese ship building has not destroyed the world market.
The reverse osmosis plant, the new airport, the freeport were all PN initiatives. You really need to stop watching SuperOne
Tony Cassar
Jan 8th, 18:37
Gonzi PN have once again been caught by their pants down by a youngster called Joseph. He may be young but his methods and his intelligence could be the medicine the doctor ordered for Malta to get back on it's feet and stop the rut.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Jan 8th, 18:21
Tgħid din l-aħbar bħal tal-VAT u tal-CASHREGISTER, jew bħal tar-REPEATER CLASS?
Naħseb aħjar inħadmu daqsxejn iżjed moħna u ma' nħallux lill minn jinpressjonana bil-ħolm stramb u bix-xinxilli, u nħalluħ jidħaq bina, Maltin u Għawdxin!
Kuraġġ u Awguri għall 5 snin oħra ta' ġid u barka ma' L. Gonzi u S. Bussutil!
Andrew Siad
Jan 8th, 18:40
il polplu malti u ghawdxi ma halla l hadd ghajr lil gonzipn jidhaq bina ghal dawn l ahhar 5 snin!!
M Cutajar
Jan 8th, 19:00
Sewwa qed tghid Sur Aquilina. Tajjeb hafna li nhaddmu mohhna sew biex naraw li ghall-hames snin li gejjin ikollna gvern li veru jrid gid lil Malta kollha. F'kelma wahda l-partit Laburista mmexxi tant tajjeb minn Dr Joseph Muscat u t-team kollu tieghu.
Carmelo Sammut
Jan 8th, 19:31
Qed inhoss li Gozni jinzab naqra fil problemi kbar wara li Pl beda juri b certu serjeta u ghaqal b dak li se iwettaq fil pajjiz
Ex Pn Voter
No Franco No Vote
Richard Caruana
Jan 8th, 18:15
The consulting company is Dutch, where electricity is charged at 22c per unit wheras ours is 16c.
Could these 'consultants' explain how they can reduce our tarrifs but not those in their country?
Charles Debono
Jan 8th, 18:05
@ Joseph Aquilina Joseph Sammut Charles Buhagiar
Ghal informazzjoni taghkom jien wiehed minn dawk it-8000 haddiem li dahhal il-partiti socjalista qabel l-elezzjoni tal-1987 biex jisraqli l-vot. Imma le, QATT U QATT MA NVVOTA LEJBER.
Jien kull ma rrid hu li nghix fil-paci. Mhux billi jghid Joseph.Nafkom bizzejjed. Qlajt swat kemm flaht taht ir-regim socjalista. Il-lupu jibdel sufu mhux ghemlhu
Noel Damato
Jan 8th, 17:48
GonziPN ghandu jammetti li ma ghandux kredenzjali biex jitkellem fuq l-energija. L-unika kredenzjali li jista jitkellem dwara hi ta kif min wara dhar il-poplu hadu ghalijhom 500 euro fil gimgha.
Noel Damato
Jan 8th, 17:45
Jista GonziPN jaghdilna kif l-EneMalta irnexxiela taghmel dak id dejn kollu ghax skond Gonzi ma jidirx li irid lill Enemalta tiffranka 187 miljun euro.
Il Pn ghandu jwarrab u jhalli lill minn bis serjeta irid jahdem ghal gid tan Nazzjon.
Noel Damato
Jan 8th, 17:38
Nahseb li GonziPN ghandu jippublika d-documenti li juru kif u ala waslu ghal decizzjoni biex idawru power station ghal heavy fuel oil tal BWSC.
Michael Magri
Jan 8th, 17:28
Imma, anki jekk forsi ghankom dritt, kif ghankom l-ardir li tistaqsu dawk il-mistoqsijiet meta inthom stess laghabtu l-loghoba ta l-iskuzi `kummercjali` fuq id-dbazwira BWSC.!
Imma fuq kollox, inthom se taghmlu `l-mistoqsijja.". whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists.."...!
Insejtuhom l-4m euro taparsi kommixin.! OMG
carlos ellul
Jan 8th, 17:27
At least the PL is producing more then a bunch of statements hidden behind 'valuri' which means absolutely nothing
G. Ellul
Jan 8th, 17:23
Kont qed inzarma il-Christmas lights, waqaft......se nhallihom jaghtu sal-Easter.....
Edward Borg
Jan 8th, 17:44
Good one se namel bhalek
Anthony Scicluna
Jan 8th, 17:19
MLP says that our prices are the second most expensive in Europe.
According to energy.eu, there are 15 countries with higher electricity prices than us. These countries may have higher wages BUT they have greater purchasing power and natural resources to generate electricity through rivers, proprietary oil/gas and so on. So it should be cheaper. Yet
MLP is not telling us the truth.
L Zammit
Jan 8th, 17:31
MLP NEVER did.
Michael Magri
Jan 8th, 17:35
Mr Scicluna.. If you are sitting on a golden egg, thus happy with your utility bills, GOOD FOR YOU Guy. But let me assure you, that 90% of the Population and Businesses ARE ABSOLUTELY... NOTTTTT..
Well Done Dr Muscat...
Anthony Scicluna
Jan 8th, 18:54
Mr Magri, The statement made by Dr Muscat is not true. Second, the project is untenable for two reasons: there is no statement as to "how" private industry will participate in the venture. No private investment will guarantee a price for ten years. It is monopolistic: imagine that in 3 years time the price falls by 60%. Wouldn't you want to gain the add saving? Or are you happy to pay more?
Chris Borg
Jan 8th, 17:06
I was expecting a much better reaction from PN. Gonzi...for the benefit of the party, please step down and take with you all the clique people. We want a new and fresh party. PN seems so unprepared for this election that many ex PN like me are seeing ourselves much more into line with PL and Joseph Muscat.
m. borg (slm)
Jan 8th, 17:04
What gonzipn apologist are not say or are unawareis that unlike the Valletta roofless theater and Parliament project those proposed by PL in the energy sector will benefit from EU funds.
There are enough funds to cover most of the costs which would be lost unless used by 2014 because gonzipn simply set on their butts doing nothing or proposing projects the EU would not fund.
alfred seguna
Jan 8th, 17:02
It could be that he got the documents from the Yellow Pages and copied the PN.Now at least don't try to throw mud as well.If you are used to get donations don't think others do the same.If you have listened to DR.Franco Debono and passed the Law of Party financing,instead of taking so many holidays from parliament ,you would have known whether there was any financing.
Ray Spiteri
Jan 8th, 17:00
PL proposals re electricty issue are convincing enough to merit my vote.
Edward Borg
Jan 8th, 17:42
Fuq hekk biss ha tibbaza il vot tieghek? prosit kemm tiddeciedi Malajr
Wenzu Brown
Jan 9th, 07:58
Jekk joghgbok ippublika il workings u l istudji ghax ma rajthomx. Imbghad nkun nista nikkonvinci ruhi.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 8th, 16:59
The PL has now asked GonziPN to say HOW, WHEN AND BY HOW MUCH they will increase electicity tariffs again , as they have told the EU but kept it a secret from the Maltese people, as an EU report shows !
Tarcisio Mifsud
Jan 8th, 16:58
Imma kif l-anqas jistħu ma jafu dawn in-nies. Dawn li quddiem ħadd, li l-awditur generali, la l-PAC ma produċew dokumenti għaliex marra għand il-BWSC, jridu jafu d-dettalji kollha. Dawn minn huma, x'arroganza. Erġgħu vvitawlhom.
Edward Borg
Jan 8th, 17:43
In Super 1 biss tara siehbi?
anthony dimech
Jan 8th, 18:14
ohra bhal tal vat din tarcisju il lejburist xorta ghad fadalu nies b mentalita fqira il lejber
Eddy Privitera
Jan 8th, 16:57
Gonzi is already changing tactic after hearing that industrialists have welcomed the PL's plans to reduce electricity tariffs . He said that the PL's plans are in line with those of the government ! If you can't beat them, join them !
Jesmond Chetcuti
Jan 8th, 16:56
In my opinion the LP just provided enough information to the electorate, the study was a proffesional one and backed by figures...to implement it ? LP needs to be in government..for those saying that gas price can go up, it might also go down and the saving will be even more...the profesionals can go with what they have available now (figures) and the past months trend....again, a very well done
John Zammit
Jan 8th, 16:53
With €800 Million spent on a doubtful technology all the Gonzi.PN should do is first Publish all contacts and feasible studies for opting to use H.F.U.instead of a cleaner and proved method
Pippo de Marco
Jan 8th, 16:51
PN calls upon PL to publish its documents and asks questions .... so that Simon and Austin can incorporate them into the PN manifesto.
Strike one to JM I think.
Paul@ Micallef
Jan 8th, 16:49
Is it possible that the PN have nothing better to ask the PL? Really pathetic.
B. Theuma
Jan 8th, 16:43
Daqs kemm ippublikajtu id-dokumenti intom Gonz meta hadtu €500 ZIEDA fil-GIMGHA minn wara dahar kulhadd !!
Mr charles baldacchino
Jan 8th, 16:42
rari naghmel kumment izda dan gonzi inkredibbli - wara hames snin ma jaghti l-ebda informazzjoni issa irid il-labour jikxef kollox - trid tkun xi antoine vella biex tibqa temmen lill partit nazzjonalista li dejjem baqa fil gvern bin nuqqas tal labour mhux ghax efficjenti
Henry J Bonett
Jan 8th, 16:38
It is beginning to seem that the PL have made very good use of recent time and, under Joseph Muscat, have organised themselves into a very well oiled efficient machine while PN stood arrogantly rooted in their ways. In 1987 it was Labour's turn to bow down, now it increasingly seems that it is a peddling PN that is to be overtaken by events.
Josephine Tanti
Jan 8th, 16:47
I agree with you Mr. Bonett. The government voted in by gerrymandering of districts from 82 - 87 was detrimental to Malta. Nationalist government did very well for Malta in the first 10 years but power inevitably corrupts and so the PN has become the new devil. I honestly believe it's time for a change and that Dr. Muscat is showing the right approach and surrounding himself with the right people
Josephine Tanti
Jan 8th, 16:35
Dear Dr. Gonzi,
Can you please explain, and publish the studies, as to why the use of natural gas was abandoned in the new power station? The following link will help you refresh your memory.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100830/local/climate-committee-abandoned-natural-gas-decision-at-the-same-time-that-bwsc-contract-was-signed.324664
Mr Joe Cardona
Jan 8th, 16:34
Hu pacenzja Dr L. Gonzi missek rajt qabel ma ghaffigtha u ghabbejt lil poplu Malti b'salib li ma jispicca qatt. Taf x'nafu li ahna qed inhallsu ghal l-izbaji li ghamel il-gvern tieghek u hadt aktar u issa ghax il-Labour qed jipprova jghin lil min hu batut se taghmel kollox.
Nafu x'jissarraf ghax dak li tghid taghmel il-kuntrarju bhal tat-tnaqqis tat-taxxa, tal-Brazil, Smart City, u ohrajn.
Martin Saliba
Jan 8th, 16:27
Ma stahax jiehu 500 euro zieda fil gima bil mohbi ha jisthi jitlob informazjoni .
G. Ellul
Jan 8th, 16:27
Xi trid tara, Dr Gonzi?
Dawn huma proposti kredibbli, bis-sens u jistghu isiru. Let's go for it, Malta.....!
Ian Psaila
Jan 8th, 16:39
Lol!!!
Ahjar ma nghid xej!
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 17:27
@Ian: very ahjar
Wenzu Brown
Jan 9th, 07:59
Anki is CET kienu proposti kredibli. X'Gara??? U hekk ser jerga jigri.
Josephine Tanti
Jan 8th, 16:26
The move to gas is likely a smart one albeit it needs to be studied in more detail. The rationale for agreeing with this is based on the fact that new gas reserves are being unearthed on a very large scale particularly due to the unlocking of shale gas. Even the US which imports oil from Canada and the Middle East is unlocking this energy source. For the pricing to work hedging is essential.
Paul Haul
Jan 8th, 16:24
Labour can see Malta is very small country and connecting to the pan-Europen gas might save money?If Greece has a freezing weather and the call on energy there as across Eastern Europe then Malta is such a small user that it can have gas turned off at will - remember UKraine! The current issue has to be diversify...a full mix of old and new...and renewables. Do not do Labour do not go to SARGAS.
Martin Mamo
Jan 8th, 16:21
It is clear to whom I shall vote, to PL because Malta Taghna Koll
anthony dimech
Jan 8th, 18:16
they will give you a job with pioneri
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 8th, 16:20
Oh my God! Just spotted another two PL sacred cows that have been sent flying in just over twenty four hours of the election campaign.
Flying closely to "Transparency", I spotted "Cwiec-Maltin" and "Consulenti".
Beware you would want to get caught under one of them! They have been considerably fattened over the last four years!
Ray Buhagiar
Jan 8th, 16:17
This reaction by PN is weak and pathetic
However I am still not convinced that spending 400 million to reduce electricity rates by 25% is economically viable. And will this gas plant be located in the South of Malta.
It seems that the company entrusted with this project is already chosen.
Ian Psaila
Jan 8th, 16:41
It's obvious no that a is a contract or agreement is ready..it explains the sudden boost of money labour has for its electoral campaign
David Magro
Jan 8th, 16:16
Prosit PL we need fresh ideas...Gonzipn has no new ideas except to win at all costs!
Paul Meilak
Jan 8th, 16:14
Gas shipment ( no pipeline ), higher probability in increasing gas prices, impossible to implement the system in 2014....
....proposal based on lot of ifs and buts and maybes, conditions from which you can never predict or make a promise.
Antoine Vella
Jan 8th, 16:08
The PL proposal will be scrutinised very very closely in the nine weeks of this electoral campaign and all its flaws will be exposed.
This is clearly why Labour wanted a very short campaign: so that people wouldn't have time to judge such proposals properly.
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 8th, 16:34
Me thinks it's better if people scrutinise pn manifest because they have offered zilch except more of the same which as everybody knows amounted only to a record DEPT. Now that's something to scrutinize very, very closely.
A Abela
Jan 8th, 16:40
If lejber wanted its proposal not closely scrutinised it would have gone public two weeks before 9 march not 9 weeks. Elementary Watson
Paul@ Micallef
Jan 8th, 17:11
Antoine Vella this is the longest electoral campaign since 1987 and the PL made the energy plans public on the second day of the campaign. Your comments are like does of the PN - defensive. The Partit Laburista have put the Nationalist Party on the defence from the minute after midnight of Monday.
Paul@ Micallef
Jan 8th, 17:19
After reading again your entry it came to my mind that in the first sentence you said that the PL proposals will be scrutinised very very closely, and in the second sentence you said that it is a short campaign so that people would'nt have time to judge. You are confirming that by your inconsistencies you are in a grade A panic mental condition.
j brincat
Jan 8th, 16:00
GonziPN breathless and in panic mode!
jb
Simon spiteri
Jan 8th, 16:21
You seem to have understood the proposal very well mate please do share with us you wisdom
Ian Psaila
Jan 8th, 16:43
I think we will be breathless when we get to know that it's all a guff but then it will be too late!
Doreen Attard
Jan 8th, 15:59
Dr Muscat visited Toly this afternoon where he was welcomed by a very strong speech from CEO, Mr Gatesy who does not vote in Malta, about the shocks his company suffered with the very high increases in the utility bills. Mr Gatesy says you don't overcome that type of increases. So why are you nationalists trying to discredit this labour plan? You couldn't solve the problem, it's our turn now.
L Zammit
Jan 8th, 17:43
keep on dreaming
anthony dimech
Jan 8th, 18:20
because its like vat doreen last time they told you to scrap the cash registers this time you can scrap the meter
j brincat
Jan 8th, 15:59
So the PL is to publish its plans BUT when will GonziPN publish his costings to confirm once and for all that we are REALLY paying for our W & E bills according to the current price of oil?
If is was so our W & E bills would be much and much lower?
jb
Anthony Paris
Jan 8th, 15:57
Getting info from GonziPN about the BWSC deal was like getting blood out of a stone.At the moment this is the PL energy proposal. The taxpayer has not paid anything yet. On what grounds is GonziPN demanding all this info? If GonziPN will be back in Castille in March, then these proposals will be thrown away and replaced by something from the yellow pages.
twanny borg
Jan 8th, 15:56
Il-haddiema tal-enemalta iridu joqghodu attenti ghal dan li qieghed jghid il-pl ghax jispiccaw bla xoghol. Il-gvern ma jistax jissussidja l-enemalta jekk tigi iffurmata kumpanija ohra tikkompeti maghha. Il-pl qatt ma kien generuz bhal pn bhal ma kien ma' l-haddiema bhal tal-airmalta li hafna hatfu l-opportunita u marru ahjar.
joanna farrugia
Jan 8th, 16:18
fil biza biss mohhkom.mela nsejt meta 2008 bat ittra lil haddiema ta tarzna u l gonzipn hareg u qal li mhux vera ha jitilfu posthom il haddiema.ezatt dik kienet il verita hux?mela issa ax il pl hareg bil proposta qed tbezzaw lil haddiem.taghkom fejnhom?
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 8th, 16:29
Taf min meshom qaddu attenti dawk il haddiema kolla li Gonzi baghtilom id-dar fuljett li ix-xoghol taghhom kien garrantit u meta rega teghla fil gvern irrangom ghal FRISK bhall perezempju il haddiema tal Drydocks , l-airMalta etc et.c.
Jesmond Chetcuti
Jan 8th, 16:51
can you be anymore hypocryte Twan...!! so now, to subsidize a loss making company is ok? restructuring for Maltacom, Airmalta and most of all Dockyard was ok, but not for Enemalta? workers from all these companies managed to be absorbed by the private sector , why cannot be the same for the Enemalta employees?...after all the private company will require experienced local workers...
Eddy Privitera
Jan 8th, 16:54
twanny birg: Ma tisthix tghid lill-haddiema tal-Enemalta dan il-kliem ? Ma tafx min dahaq b'tant eluf ta' haddiema wara li kien bghatilhom ittra ffirmata li l-impjieg taghhom kien assigurat ? Kien GONZI . qablu ghamel l-istess Eddie Fenech Adami !
Peter Simpson
Jan 8th, 15:43
GonziPn has lost its compass somewhere in Delimara. Pl is on the right track: it has a credible and simple solution to our energy problems. Muscat wins with a walk over.
Carlo Cassar
Jan 8th, 15:41
You didn't even publish the documents of the one you bought how can you pretend Labour to publish any documents of this proposal. Gonzi give us a break.
Peppi Borg
Jan 8th, 15:38
Gonzipn does not want businesses to benefit from 25% decrease in utility bills! Gonzipn doesn't want 27 000 families to benefit from 35 % decresase in their household utility rates! Gonzipn doesn't want Enemalta to save 187 million on energy generation! Gonzipn doesn't want businesses and families to save some 77 million euro.
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 8th, 15:34
'Do not fear change' PN supporters there is meting to fear
have a look >>> http://heathersanimations.com/Silly/spookje.gif
Peppi Borg
Jan 8th, 15:31
Gonzipn should publish the documents to back their decision to switch from gas to HFO. They should publish documents to back up the reasons how they managed to accumulate 800 million euros debt!
Pippo de Marco
Jan 8th, 16:08
Don't expect GonziPN to publish its documents. It wouldn't dare wash its laundry in public.
E. Vella
Jan 8th, 15:31
Comments counting to over 140 and no one has even tried to be objective and look through this with a clear and clean glasses. All PL supporters here were so eager to hear this proposal that now has resulted to a 'vangelu skont Joseph Muscat' or 'apokalisi' that will reveal only in 2014 if this will ever be whilst the PN supporters see this as a far fetched and impossible to be implemented.
Joe Tabone
Jan 8th, 15:29
Can PL inform us with the increases in the price of gas over the last 5 years?
What are their projections for the next 5 years??
P Caruana
Jan 8th, 15:28
Is it April already ? is this an April fool joke or ??? Is Gonzi PN serious about this ? if you want results, do your homework. Don't copy !!
Well done PL for the hard work. Work that Gonzi PN did not do in 25 years.
Mark Muscat
Jan 8th, 15:28
Sfortunatament Dr Joseph Muscat ser ikun qed jiggverna Malta fi zmien xahrej. Alla jbierek ga hada for granted li l-privat ha jaghmel dan l-investiment, u li f'sena jkun komplut. Jien hsibtu ha jrahhas il-kontijient mal-ewwel u jgibhom mil-hela sfrenat ta flus li qed jaghmel dal-gvern, imma mhux minnu. Ikkalkulajt li jien niffranka 160 Euros fis-sena, PN tani 200E,1-time payment child. allowance!
eric saliba
Jan 8th, 15:28
GonziPN in panic mode...if they are so virginal themselves why did't they publish the BWSC documents themselves, now they want everything above board. Now if they want to be taken seriosly they should say what they think about these proposals and why they were so incopetent and never tried to domsomething similar, opting instead to the phrase that lowering the utillity bills is next to impossible.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 8th, 15:26
@ K Vella, The private sector will. Some of you can't swollow it down your throat that the privat sector will be working with the PL.
Anthony Scicluna
Jan 8th, 15:51
The question is not whether it will. The issue is how and on what basis will private investors guarantee the price of a commodity for ten years. It is INSANE business practice simply because there are no guarantees with respect to gas price fluctuations. It is not even a matter of partisan politics. It's money
C Falzon
Jan 8th, 15:25
Ara GonziPN lanqas biss qalilna that he promised the EU li jekk jerga' jitla fil gvern jerga' jgholli d dawl u l ilma.
Nahseb dawn ta GonziPN hasbu li il LP bhalom ifittex il kuntratturi fuq il yellow pages!!!!
Mr G Naudi
Jan 8th, 15:56
I am quite a neutral person but please get your facts right before writing something. The last government did not promise the EU it will increase the water & electricity tariffs. It was the EU who suggested this.
L Zammit
Jan 8th, 17:48
@ G. Naudi: Suppost drajthom lil dawn tal-PL. Dawn champions tal-gideb – dejjem hekk kienu u hekk jibqghu.
Peppi Borg
Jan 8th, 15:24
Gonzipn wants us to keep paying high utility rates! It doesn't even have the credentials to speak and argument on energy plans after the mess it did during the last 25 years.
Mr Adrian Zahra
Jan 8th, 15:19
I believe than one of them consultants was sitting in front of evetbody this morning. And if the electorate still has got some grey matter up their spinal cord he will be our energy minister in the years to come.
pat muscat
Jan 8th, 15:19
Il-workings ta GonziPN rigward l-heavy fuel oil power station li wekkielna, saru duhhan mal-hsara tat-turbini li tlieta minnhom ghadhom weqfin!
K. Vella
Jan 8th, 15:17
Who will be financing this so-called Labour innovative project?
Darren Attard Bonnici
Jan 8th, 15:33
same people that financed 500 euro a week raise...
Charles Tanti
Jan 8th, 15:44
mhux ahna cikku il poplu after all
A Abela
Jan 8th, 15:53
Yellow pages
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 15:15
We would rather that PN/PM directs all these questions to themselves: there is alot we want to know before we look at others which are not yet in government. Alot of unknowns which when requested, the PN/PM ignored and kept going, ignoring our cry and hurt. Now it seems that he wants to save face by directing self questions to the PL. Smoke screening.
Mario Scicluna
Jan 8th, 15:14
Kunu pronti l-ahwa, dalwaqt ser jidhol is shift gdid tal GonziPN haters imqabbdin u orkestrati minn Tal-Pieta sabiex(minghalihom) ihawdu u jgerfxu l-imhuh! Wara kif imwieghed mil-PL u thabbru l-proposti dwar ir-rohs tal-kontijiet, GonziPN u shabu flimkien ma' l-apologisti tas-ssoltu jinsabu mifxulin u fi stat ta' paniku tremend! U dan ghadu bidu! Addio li ghadu kif ghadda l-Milied, awguri etc!!
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 8th, 15:12
Muscat: 'Do not fear change'
for we all live ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInfYcruWz8
A.Felix Busuttil
Jan 8th, 15:10
Mr Prim Minister how about publishing John Dalli's report?
anthony dimech
Jan 8th, 18:24
iva kien hemm ministru laburista imdahal ghax jekk ma tatiehx lart jaghadi triq minn go fija
Joseph M. Saliba
Jan 8th, 15:00
Mhuz fl-interess tal-poplu li tkunu tafu. Din it-twegiba li dejjem tajtu fil-parlament lill-oppozizzjoni. A bit of your own medicine.
George Calleja
Jan 8th, 15:11
That's the same answer Mintoff used to give in the 70's and 80's
N. Montanaro
Jan 8th, 14:59
I wonder why....... do we build castles in the sky ...
Anton Attard
Jan 8th, 14:49
Why doesn't the PN publish his own workings.
They've been taking us - the business community - for a ride over the past 8 years. Is this how much they respect us employers?
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 8th, 14:48
So the PN wants to know if a donation has been made to the PL. It seems that once this question is being asked, that is how things work for GonziPN - cash for contracts. Can the PN tell us who its donors are for the last five years? Now that would be interesting.
O Ghigo
Jan 8th, 16:14
I'm quite sure it wasn't Gaddafi!
Mr Luciano Busuttil
Jan 8th, 14:45
We can assure that The Yellow Pages were not used.
D Gatt
Jan 8th, 15:51
it shows...
Manwel Debattista
Jan 8th, 14:38
Very, very predictable and infantile by Dr. Gonzi. Did not expect any better.
Charles Camilleri
Jan 8th, 14:36
Remember Dr.Gonzi saying that the proposed energy plan is sooooo sensitive that they cannot publish it?
They found the contractor on the Yellow Pages and they even changed the law to accommodate BWSC.
Please be silent cause its better!
Good job PL
Charles Debono
Jan 8th, 14:33
Bhala haddiem mas-settur pubbliku, nippreferi nibqa nhallas il-kont tal-energija kif inhu bhalissa milli niffranka 25% u nispicca bla xoghol minhabba l-auditing li jrid jaghmel Joseph Muscat.
Grazzi xorta wahda Dr Muscat.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 8th, 15:32
@ Charles Debono, If you'r not one of those public sector workers that never go to their work place and get paid from our taxes for doing nothing I think yes you should stick to this government but if do your job well at work you might be more appriciated.
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 15:55
Mela inti tibla kollox? M'ghandekx mohh biex tifforma opinjoni, thalli lill-partit jifformalek l-opinjoni tieghek?
Charles Buhagiar
Jan 8th, 16:08
Ghandek kull dritt taghzel ghall-ahjar tieghek Sur Debono! Jien u hafna ohra din id-darba se naghzlu ghall-ahjar taghna. Grazzi
A Farrugia
Jan 8th, 14:27
Ghandek tghid ,il PN ikejjel b'xibru kif nghidu bil malti!!
The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists.======== BWSC =======Yellow Pages pfffffffffffffffffffffffffft
Charles J. Buttigieg
Jan 8th, 14:27
Gonzipn's panic after the credible proposal by PL was made public is obvious. Before the PN's elections campaign super Gurus demand what they demanded,for credibility's sake, they have to tell us when Gonzipn made such details public before proposing or executing a project of this magnitude.
A Abela
Jan 8th, 14:25
PN panic stations. Now they want documents and dates. Inqabdu fuq sieq wahda. Fittxu fil yellow pages forsi issibu kollox. X arroganza! Go for it Joseph, flimkien kollox possibli.
Mr B Vella
Jan 8th, 14:25
The PN are in a Panic after Labour unveiled its Plans on energy now the PN are asking who are Labour consultants...Ha ha ha veru tal-PN tilfu l-boxxla I think this is part of the earthquake created by JM in the PN. From the other hand Muscat is showing that he is a credible alternative !!!!
Edward Demicoli
Jan 8th, 14:24
Pie in the sky. Easy to utter the words private public partnership but will private companies invest? How can they return a profit if you are promising a fixed price for ten years? So mauch fanfare, so little substance.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 8th, 14:57
Have you been in touch with the private sector on this issue? Who have you spoken to? You sprout a lot of negative words but where's the substance or the evidence?
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 8th, 15:06
Andrew Camilleri (unless there are agreeements underboard - which there obviously seem to exist) one needs to speak to no one to understand the stupidty of the plan in terms of cost (to the consumer) reductions.
Donna Parnis
Jan 8th, 14:22
Have you read the latest, Gonzi was already exploring Gas, funny how he never mentioned it before JM made his proposal, seems like whatever JM is thinking about Gonzi will try too. Now lets hear all the PNs supporters saying its no good, when your leader was exploring the same possibilities.
R. Cilia
Jan 8th, 14:20
The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists.
Ara sewwa jghidu li l-ispizjar milli jkollu jtik!
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 15:58
anke l-ohra, milli jkolla ttik!!!!
Rudolph Gaerty
Jan 8th, 14:17
Renewable energy is not an option for Malta 24/7 production. Only solar is viable since Wind would be way too expensive due to sea depth. Gas powered power generation would be the highest efficiency, cheapest to install and cleanest possible technology we could embrace. Higher efficiency is a means of hedging fuel costs! Prices quoted are very realistic and can be lower if planned over 10-15 yrs.
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 8th, 18:13
what about making wind plant on shore, like Maghtab, Kemmuna etc. They are near the sea and raised high enough from the ground level. Also, what about making a solar farm on the roof of mater dei, or university for example? I'm sure that if the money spent on that ridiculous theater or the new parliament, these projects could be easily done. Maghtab is already intoxicated so...
Ray Spiteri
Jan 8th, 14:16
So GONZI &SIMON seems not interested/happy that we benefit on a 25% discount on the W&E bill. Ara huma they granted themselves a 600€ wage increase hush hush. (with arrears) EX PN
O Ghigo
Jan 8th, 16:18
Dear Mr. Spiteri Try to keep updated. The increase was revoked and they all had to repay the money back. Furthermore all ministers publish their financial accounts. Imagine asking you to do that!
Noel Mifsud
Jan 8th, 14:15
Mhux ahjar il PN jurina kif kien weighed lil EU li se jgholli it tariffi pl.
Giovann Attard
Jan 8th, 14:08
Nixtiequ nkunu nafu x'inhuma l-pjani ta' Gonzi-PN dwar l-energija ghax hlief pannelli 'l hawn u pannelli 'l hemm ghadna ma smajniex. Ahna wahhalna l-pannelli d-dar imma zgur li l-kont ma rahasx b'25%! Gonzi qal li ser jivvota bil-qalb biex joghlew il-kontijiet! M'ghandux ghalfejn jaghti tort lill-maggoranza tal-poplu Malti u Ghawdxi li fid-9 ta' Marzu li gej ser tohrog tivvota bil-qalb biex jorhsu
R Axisa
Jan 8th, 15:00
mela l-kont tieghak ma giex 0 wara li wahhalt il-pannelli?
Marija Falzon
Jan 8th, 14:04
What a contradiction. Just in the other news item, PN says that it is also considering a gas fired power station. But it questions PL's
What hypocrites. No wonder they are hitting the gutters.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 8th, 15:01
You have been living in a bubble. The PN has been committed (depending on availabilty of EU funds) to gas for at least two years!
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 8th, 14:02
Just over 24 hours (from when the electoral campaign should have started and not when the disrespectful Cyprus Joe launched it) and the PL “mzzazen” (as their previous leader affectionately called them) have already sacrificed their first sacred cow. Transparency!
This proposal stinks!
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 8th, 15:46
@ Joe Micallef, Sorry Joe But you are totally wrong obout your assumpion that the PN was for the last two years committed to GAS but all depended on availability of EU funds. We will never get EU funds for building a power station because in the EU the energy sector is private. We can only get funds for infrastrucure related like the power cable from Malta to Sicily.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 8th, 16:14
Joseph Aquilina who mentioned EU funds to build a gas power station. The only (well other than the millions in excess of the 1 million suggested by Cyprus Joe) EU funds we may get is for a gas pipeline.
Robert Gauci
Jan 8th, 14:01
The proposals by this movement has to be ampified.
Henry S Pace
Jan 8th, 13:59
Dr Gonzi, This is only a promise . JOEY is empty-handed.
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 16:01
Oh how sweet, Henry just put Dr. Gonzi's mind at rest. There's a hole in the bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, a hole!!
John Zammit
Jan 8th, 13:59
Can Gonzi PN show us at least how he is making the costing on the present Price of fuel
Mr Hans Borg
Jan 8th, 13:58
How dare GonziPN asks to see documents when they wholeheartedly (bil-qalb) voted for an increase in utility bills? Shame on you! Your time is up!
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 8th, 13:58
PN daqs kemm urejtu plans ghat 25% discount fuq income tax. M'nthomx kapaci tiehdu decisjonijiet favur il-poplu imma favur tal-klikka u il-hbieb.
Mark Borg
Jan 8th, 13:50
So Gonzi and the PN want to know the details. I would suggest they consult the Yellow Pages.
S Scerri
Jan 8th, 13:49
Is there a higher level of arrogance in the PN, next think he tries to do is to try and shoot a brilliant idea down.
Giovann Attard
Jan 8th, 13:47
Il-poplu Malti jrid lill-Gvern purtinar li ghandna bhalissa jippubblika d-dettalji kollha tal-kuntratt tal-BWSC li wikkiena bl-iktar power station li tnigges, il-kuntratt tal-fairmount li kisser it-Tarzna, il-mod kif inxtraw l-ajruplani RJ 70s li gabu lill-Air Malta gharkubbtejha, id-dettalji kif gew ingaggati konsulenti mal-Gvern li faqghuna bid-dejn, il-kuntratt tal-Isptar Saint Philips ecc ecc
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Jan 8th, 13:44
From the 4 million Euro as a commission that Mr Mizzi got after the BWSC power station. The PN should inform the public whether any donation was given to the PN or to any of the PN's officials or activists.
During the last 5 years the Labour Opposition asked for various documents and information about public entities. But the Ministers never passed such information.
What a bareface is the PN
Martin Attard
Jan 8th, 13:41
id-differenza bejn il PN u l AD tidher carissima...
partit li qieghed hemm biex ibezza u l iehor biex jirranga is sitwazzjoni ghal ahjar...
certa arroganza ma niflahiex aktar...
anke tiftakar f erbgha ittri partikolari ... BWSC
Mr G Naudi
Jan 8th, 13:34
The biggest question mark is this. according to JM this is a done deal. i am sure he is no fool and sourced companies to produce such power station. The problem lies hear.! The project must definitely be placed by tender and not direct order. Now since some companies have given a head start does this exclude these companies who are a done deal from bidding?
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 16:04
Very intelligent question. Why don't you ask PN what they have done in the last 25 years? After all they are in government and not the opposition.
cesco di luigi
Jan 8th, 13:29
Though keen to have cleaner energy and cheaper rates, I have a feeling that this proposal is going to hang around JMs neck just as the VAT proposal of Alfred Sant.
M Grima
Jan 8th, 13:28
The PL's energy proposals have sent shivers down GonziPN's spine. They are lost, they are baffled and they can only criticize what they failed to do in 5 years. The electorate shall do the talking on the 9th March. The end of mediocracy is almost over.
Richard Caruana
Jan 8th, 13:26
Anybody with half a brain can understand that this whole affair proposed by JM is a ripoff like the removal of VAT by Alfred Sant.
Cheap energy simply does not exist anywhere in the world, and there's no hope in hell that this is going to work. No timeframe, means 'we will see'. That's what Sant promised in 1996 and he took us all for a ride.
M Grima
Jan 8th, 13:26
What about the PN publishing its own energy plans especially those which will reduce our W & E bills. I guess this will never happen because there were more focused on getting their messy house in order. Ask JPO and Franco about this mess.
PL - plans, promises and delivers
PN - promises, plans and never delivers.
David Caruana
Jan 8th, 13:26
'The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists'
When you fail - FOR 25 YEARS - to enact a party financing law, you lose your right to ask such questions.
E Schembri
Jan 8th, 13:25
I am not a PL fan, but for the PN to ask if the companies had made any donation is pure arrogance!!
It is common knowledge that the main sponsors of the PN party are the infamous dominant companies in construction and tourist industry.
Therefore I am sure the PN is the last party that can point fingers in this context.
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
Jan 8th, 13:24
A good start would be to publish all documents related to the BSWC contract and its execution. for scrutiny This is something we already paid for, have serious doubts on its T&C , its testing and acceptance plan, its current operational reliability and enviromental safeguards, and how and why a complete U-term was made from gas to HFO against all previous established policies .
B Ellul
Jan 8th, 13:22
The MLP circus just opened!
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 16:07
and the one at Marsa just closed!! And you have shown yourself to be a diehard.
Joe Tabone
Jan 8th, 13:19
Is this the same Labour - PL that has been saying that the price of a gas cylinder has increased by 400% in the last five years?
Can PL give us their projections for the gas increases in the next 5 years??
Joseph Sammut
Jan 8th, 16:10
You are doing exactly like Dr. Gonzi; being arrogant enough to ask "intelligent" questions when you and PN have a backlog of questions to answer, but chose to ignore all and sundry.
m. borg (slm)
Jan 8th, 13:18
When gonzipn publishes all the documents regarding the BWSC project including the list of who recieved parts of the €4 million in commissions then PL will publish its documents.
Addio the "commercial nature" of documents the excuse gonzipn always uses when asked to publish documents and list sallaries of consultants and CEOs.
Christopher Sammut
Jan 8th, 13:18
These of Gonzi PN have their faces and their warrani xorta how come they ask questions to others? But when they are asked questions they never answer back, are they special are they gifted by some one, there is only one word for this Arrogantti no more no less. Give back the 500 euro a week that you placed in your pockets for all the past year, thieves. Tosti full stop no commas.
Josephine Muscat
Jan 8th, 13:15
seems that PN is trying to throw 'rubbish' not to say the other word, in which they are used to handle business themselves, ie , klikkek style - PN style.
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 8th, 13:11
PN calls on Labour to publish documents, raises questions ??
I DO BLAME THEM FOR THEY NEED TO LEARN ?? ha ha hi
Lawrence Cardona
Jan 8th, 13:10
Pn wants that Pl to publishes the documents what about the contract of the st philip's hospital and the contract of the BWSC we need to see who took and what in the pockets well done PL there is a future for this country
A Cachia
Jan 8th, 13:09
Mhux li kien kontu daqshekk trasparenti PL u PN.
silvio loporto
Jan 8th, 13:08
Well done Dr.Muscat. you have lived up to your word of revealing what you intend doing to lower the elect.tariffs.
The P.N.should now close their mouth and for once admit that they are not what they think of being the only ones who can come up with bright ideas.
You have been beaten to it and now you have to lump it and Shut Up.
J Martinelli
Jan 8th, 13:05
What LP proposes is nothing new, no different from the govt's plans, but in the interim the govt's first priority is to have enough power on hand enabling the closure of the Marsa PS.
Labour knows well that it is impossible to convert to gas when the infrastructure is years away and funding is not in place.
Besides not telling the how and how much, the public also wants to know the WHEN. 2019?
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 8th, 13:04
The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists. ..
..ara vera ma jisthux min min hallaqhom!!
C Falzon
Jan 8th, 13:03
Imma tafu tisthu ta GonziPN??? Fejn hu l kuntratt ta St Philips ma Frank Portelli????
K. Bugeja
Jan 8th, 13:03
Nesa kemm wieghed ilma jisfen s-sur Gonzi!!!???? Xoghol, Sigurta u Serjeta. LOL
Sigurta f'hiex?! Fil-Kazi ta Korruzjoni li nkixfu f'din il-legislatura? VAT, GUDIKANTI, ZIEDA MIN WARA DARNA, KUNTRATTI IFFIRMATI U XEJN DISKUSS, ARRIVA, PROGETT KOTTONERA MITLUQ.ETC.ETC. Xoghol kif? Kuntratti tlett xhur tlett xhur? Sigurta meta? Meta jidhollok wiehed f'darek joqtlok u toqtlu, serq kuljum, etc.etc.
joe vella
Jan 8th, 13:02
can lawrence or simon inform the general public what percentage of the 4.0M euro that went as commissions in the BWSC affair where channelled to the PN election fund?
I believe they say people who live in glasshouses should never throw stones, am I correct?
victor bonello
Jan 8th, 13:01
from the comments i read, I am reassured, that the Maltese public is awake and attentive. GonziPN s arrogance will take him no where. Should GonziPN have controlled abuse and squandering of public funds especially in Enemalta we would not be paying these tariffs.
Malcolm Farrugia
Jan 8th, 13:01
Did GonziPn give the public all the details of how many times they met with "contractors" during this legislature?
D Gatt
Jan 8th, 13:00
Locking the price of a finite source for the next 10 years is a bit of an overstatement. If they manage to pull it off great, but fixing the price of gas is as far fetched as promising to change the police force of Paceville into Playboy Mansion Bunnies.
A.Felix Busuttil
Jan 8th, 12:55
I dont know why PN want PL to publish document. GONZIPN never published any documents related to power station not even wanted the case to be investigated by the Police.
Joseph Borg
Jan 8th, 13:04
I just hope that after GonziPN goes home a serious investigation will tell us who got what in the BWSC bid.
Mario Ellul
Jan 8th, 13:10
Well said! This is pn.
GEORGE S DARMANIN
Jan 8th, 13:17
Of course we expect PL to publish. After all they say that they do things differently, that is, better, more seriously and more professional and transparent. Now PN is calling their bluff. Lets's see if LP actually bursts the PN bubble with credible replies which are to be measured by LP's own yardstick.
James Abela
Jan 8th, 13:26
Because like most of us, they want to know the facts. Is this something that can happen or is is just an empty promise that is not possible.
Joe Vella
Jan 8th, 13:45
A. Felix Busuttil, not only the Government published all studies carried out, but there were a number of public meetings that took place from tender and during the whole process. There is till today a committee set up which is includes the Local Councils concern to monitor to make sure targets in regards to environmental targets are met.
P. Ciantar
Jan 8th, 14:46
felix but the LP always spoke about trasparenza but I see non of it here
R Axisa
Jan 8th, 15:03
P. Ciantar - mela l-espressjoni "ta valur kummercjali" tghodd ghall-gvern biss!
Eve Axiaq
Jan 8th, 12:55
Mhux li kieku Gonzipn jimxu b'dik it trasparenza bhal ma qed jipproponu lil PL issa! Ara vera ma jisthux! Perezempju ma jridux jippubblikaw id dettalji tal kuntratt li se jiffirmaw ma St Philips.
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 8th, 12:54
Din hija t-trasparenza?????????
Ghal li lista jkun, nista nistaqsi jekk hemm'x xi DIRECT ORDER involut diga`??????????
Joseph Borg
Jan 8th, 12:58
Mela dawn il BWSC jew?
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 8th, 13:08
Angelo Vassallo HA HA HI they found it on the Yalow pages
you know what I mine HA HA HI
Guido Farrugia
Jan 8th, 13:09
Le, le Angelo,m;hemmx ghalfejn taghmel mistoqsijiet retorici, sabuh fil Yellow Pages.
Mario Ellul
Jan 8th, 13:11
Pl is not pn!
m. borg (slm)
Jan 8th, 13:21
Yes there is, a direct order for the enemalta CEOs to start preparing their explanations for the failed energy policies of the last 25 years.
Those found wanting would have to face the musoic accordingly to their amount of participation in ruining this very delicate industry and burdened the maltese people with the expenses of their follies.
N. Aquilina
Jan 8th, 13:33
Angelo, staqsi lil Kapo tieghek jippublika il kuntratt tal BWSC and then PL will follow ;)
Noel Mifsud
Jan 8th, 14:17
Angelo imissek staqsejt lil Austin Gatt u lis Sur Mizzi ghax is sur Mizzu bis sahha tal Yellow pages irnbexxilu idahhal xi 25 miljun comission. Kemm jien injurant ma nuzax il yellow pages tajjeb
A Abela
Jan 8th, 14:34
Fittex fil yellow pages u issib kollox Ang.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 8th, 12:53
GonziPN ghatu l-informazzjoni dwar il-progett tal FAIRMOUNT li tellina ghexieren ta' miljuni ta' ewros ! U l-LISTA JS li fiha hemm l-ismijietv tal-kuntratturi li jghatikhom id-donazzjonijiet tal-ELUF TA' EWROS !!!!!!!!!!
George Cassar
Jan 8th, 12:53
What I am really waiting for is the PN's plan on energy. Not the one that started being advertised when the Budget did not pass. We need some information from the PN not just their pointing at the PL proposals. Where are your proposals, PN?
Edward Mallia
Jan 8th, 14:26
Min. Pullicino has just produced The National Energy Plan. A close reading of this plan will show: 1. It is in fact a collection of documents edited by some juvenile with a poor command of English and with limited editorial powers. 2. Use of past, present and future tenses is so mixed up that one cannot see what's coming or going. 3. Some actual deeds are clean contrary to Plan conclusions.
Paul Zammit
Jan 8th, 12:48
pipelines leading to Russia installed. Oh, JM intends not generating it. He'll buy it ready made from the private sector. ON THE LONG RUN, THIS WILL COST MUCH MORE.
To top it all up, JM hasn't even consulted the private sector yet. That's where the initial investment is supposed to come from!
Promising stuff without knowing whether it is feasible to do or otherwise. Plain awful!
m. borg (slm)
Jan 8th, 13:23
You should have gone to the business breakfast or press conference and contradicted the plan.
joe micallef
Jan 8th, 13:48
Ha Ha Mr Zammit,
What's holding the Samba king Gonzi to publish the PN manifesto outright?
This way the PN takes the lead on PL!!
The PN is promising more of the same while hiding the Plain awful truth from the electorate
It is business as usual for the PN to treat the electorate '..ta' cuc..'
Trasparenza is one of his long forgotten PN pillars!
paul camilleri
Jan 8th, 14:00
not only that have we forgotten when Russia decided to stop their gas exports and countries like Poland France and even Italy were hard hit
daniel farrugia
Jan 8th, 14:42
who told you that he did not consult the private sector yet?????????????
C Muscat
Jan 8th, 12:47
Jafu jisthu tal-PN?? Ha nghidilkom jien ghaliex ma gewx ghandkom ghax GonziPN hu biss ghall hbieb tal0hbieb jekk jisimhom bhal zaren.
Min irid jinvesti bis-serjeta dejjem ghamiltulu hajtu infern.
Malta needs some fresh air named Joseph.
R. Balzan
Jan 8th, 12:46
What a miserable and childish comment by the PN in answer to the PL's proposals! And who's this Briguglio who sounds like a voice in the desert?
Anthony Portelli
Jan 8th, 12:45
jew kullhadd dar lejber, jew tal lejber biss qeg jikkummentaw.
Simon Scerri
Jan 8th, 13:10
mhix worthed tikkumentalkok....9th March PN WIN!!! thanks PL for your gimmicks!!!
Alex Mifsud
Jan 8th, 14:40
This is fact what people are commenting
Paul Zammit
Jan 8th, 12:44
sure. I bet no one's bother with the dangers and costs of transporting and storing natural gas on a tiny island with extremely limited space and the fact that natural gas costs more than petrolium whereas to maintain the higher efficiency of a gas turbine it takes constant, ON TIME, maintenance. All other countries who rely on natural gas for generation/heating have pipelines leading to (cont.)
Joseph Borg
Jan 8th, 12:50
The government slept over a pipeline proposal for a year or so, you know like they slept on the EU educational youth exchange programmes funds; and when they finally woke up the price was prohibitively high.
N. Aquilina
Jan 8th, 13:42
what about the transportation of toxic waste from the BWSC powerstation? Hsibt fiha din Sur Zammit, jew fejn jidhol il labour kollox hazin u fejn jidhol il PN kollox tajjeb?
Joseph Borg
Jan 8th, 12:43
will Dr Gonzi tell us why he lowered the emission thresholds in order to accommodate BWSC, and if the PN received any donation from these people?
Tony Borg
Jan 8th, 12:58
And recently an agreement with the gas delivery men was concluded. That has not been published either.
Rodnick Abdilla
Jan 8th, 12:42
GonziPN should publish documents showing how EneMalta managed to accumulate €800 debt.
Mr Duncan Scerri
Jan 8th, 13:06
I'm sure it's a million times worse than that.
joe muscat
Jan 8th, 12:42
Pn please publish contract with BWSC , contract for St Philips Hospital , if PN went out with this reactions it looks that the proposals by PL are good , Gonzi your days are counted.
P Mangion
Jan 8th, 12:41
i cannot understand the cheek in the PN's request - when these never published the agreement with BWSC and other sensitive agreements which ran into millions such as at the Wasterserve contract, etc...!!!!
Eddy Privitera
Jan 8th, 12:41
Re GonziPN's question whether any of the companies or persons contacted by the Pl had made any donationb to the PL, GonziPN should be reminded of the JS list which GonziPN has which includes those contractors who are given , or "win", tenders and then donate a percentage to GonziPN ! Dr. Muscat and the PL
are dead against being held hostage by contractors as happens to GonziPN !
A Abela
Jan 8th, 14:28
Halliehom Eddy mintix tara li qed jahbtu ma xulxin. Hawwadhom Dr Muscat
Anthony Scicluna
Jan 8th, 12:40
Let us forget politics for a moment: This is a significant point:
Like other fossil fuels, including heavy fuel oil, its price is likely to increase in the years to come, due to increase in global demand and limited supply.
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 8th, 13:17
If thats the case the goverment has to give a cost of living increase as it always does every year....surely more affordable if you have an efficient energy plan nationwide
daniel farrugia
Jan 8th, 12:40
is this really the PN response??? dawn vera ma jisthux!!
Colin Camilleri
Jan 8th, 12:40
GonziPN can find all the necessary details in the yellow pages!
Donna Parnis
Jan 8th, 13:09
lol well said Colin,
twanny borg
Jan 8th, 12:40
Bil-paroli tghid hafna affarijiet kollox fantazija..... Faqset bajda u flok fellus hareg gurdien tal-imramma. Gejja xi storja bhal meta qabel l-elezzjoni tas-1976 qalulna u sahansitra esibew mudel ir-regency il-belt ta' pont bejn malta u ghawdex fejn wara l-elezzjoni qalu li mhux viabbli.
K. Vella II
Jan 8th, 13:28
Ġara l-istess fit-2008 bit-tnaqqis fir-rati tal-income tax.
N. Aquilina
Jan 8th, 13:39
Sour Grapes Mr. Borg?
Mr Hans Borg
Jan 8th, 14:08
@Twanny Borg
Fuq xiex qed titkellem ezatt? Energija mir-Rih, Smart City, White Rocks, Crafts Village, Waterpolo pitch ta' Birzebbuga jew xi kumpanija Braziljana?
Peter Bonello
Jan 8th, 14:19
Intom tajbin biex tmorru 30 sena u iktar lura. jekk thares lura 5snin, qabel l ahhar elezjoni Gonzi PN qalulna li ha jibnu wind farm... u fejn baqat din?
John L Galea
Jan 8th, 12:39
What are the GonziPN plans for energy?...up to now Ghost like SmartGhost city....nothing just air
V Mercieca
Jan 8th, 12:37
I am still waiting for the GonziPN to tell me how and where the 20,000 jobs were created.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 8th, 12:36
Daqs kemm ippublikajtu il-kuntratt ma' sehibkom Dr Frank Portelli!
Eddy Privitera
Jan 8th, 12:36
X'wicc ghandhom ta' GonziPN jitolbu inforamzzjoni li HUMA QATT MA JGHATU ghax jghidu li hi ta' natura kummercjali !
twanny borg
Jan 8th, 12:50
Kaz kompletament differenti. Kif tista' tghid u tipretendi li n-nies jivvutawlek fuq pjan li ma tafx jekk ser ikunx hemm min jinvesti? Kif tghid li se taghmel power station ohra privata tikkompeti ma' dik prezenti minghajr ma tfalli wahda e tkecci l-haddiema? Is-soltu inkonsistenza biss.
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 8th, 13:12
Nahseb l-inkonsistenza qeghda fil-gvern....li jitlob xi haga minghand l-opposizzjoni meta HU qatt ma ghamilha. Rigward il haddiema etc....qalha car li mhux ha jkecci. Xi haga li il-gvern kien weghda lil haddiema ta l-Airmalta u nafu kif spiccat....idem id dockyards. Meta ssir il power plant il gdida jista jsir ftehim li jintuzaw il haddiema ta l-enemalta li jixtiequ jahdmu go din il plant il gdida
K. Vella II
Jan 8th, 13:30
Twanny Borg, lilek qatt urewk xi rapport tekniku bil-kalkulazzjonijiet ta' kif kien beħsiebhom jiffinanzjaw l-extension ta' Delimara (BWSC), ir-riforma tal-Arriva, jew kif il-pajjiż skont huma kellu jispiċċa b'surplus flok deficit? Għax jien le.
Rodnick Abdilla
Jan 8th, 12:36
Dawn qedin sew ta jafu jisthu dawn ?? tuna dettalji dwar il BWSC tridux ??? tafu tisthu ?? u dwar l arriva x dettalji ghamlu qabel ma ghamlu il puddina ??
Norman George
Jan 8th, 12:33
Imsiken il Partit Negattiv, when you ask them something about Air Malta and other public entities they hide behind the sensitivity and commercial nature of the question and divulge nothing. Now they want to know all the information, dates of meeting, consultants, proposal from private companies!!! Mhux hekk hux?
Emanuel Muscat
Jan 8th, 12:29
'Les jeux sont fait':
The move to gas is a future process which will happen,since the Med is also, it seems,
full of gas (vide Israel/Cyprus gas fields find).
There is low level seismic activity south of us and also north : fracking,anyone?
We should do the same!
All we will need is a large quarry to house a big gasometer.
But our main drive should be solar.
Parnership with the people!
Colin Camilleri
Jan 8th, 12:28
indeed PN asking for details to include in their manifesto that is still in progress. Trailing in every area, in every sense of the word!
K Borg
Jan 8th, 12:27
Daqs kemm ippublikajtu intom id dokumenti dwar il BWSC. U halluna....
David Spiteri
Jan 8th, 12:25
Such a weak reaction to PLs energy plan. It seems that PN are taken by a big surprise this time. Prosit PL.
carlos ellul
Jan 8th, 12:22
"The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists."
We've been waiting for a decent law regarding political party finances for years. Yet strangely enough they failed to do that. They only have themselves to blame
Giocchino Attard
Jan 8th, 12:22
Where were all this time? You could've saved us lots of money,you bit late now.
John L Galea
Jan 8th, 12:46
Who was in government...errmmm GOnziPN whose energy policy was next to nil.
Mr Alexander Azzopardi
Jan 8th, 12:19
"The PN also asked whether any company or person whom the PL had met had made a donation to the PL or any of its officials or activists."
Its quite fair, but why didint the pm push in party financing tru when dr debono asked too!!
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 8th, 14:55
It is only fair if you think and reason in the frame of mind that any big contract will result in a donation to the party in government. This is clearly the PN's way of doing things, otherwise why did they ask the question? Why does not the PN publish a list of its donors in the last 5 years?
paul falzon
Jan 8th, 12:16
As much as i was looking forward to PL's plan, it has left too much to be desired. It is a known fact that perhaps has been ommitted by JM and his consultants that the price of gas will increase by 25 % in the short term, making such an investment not worth.
A more feasible plan based on renewable energy would have been more appropriate.....
Donna Parnis
Jan 8th, 13:13
Paul if gonzi had put this plan forward would you be saying that, No way you would be saying well done and Labour were lagging behind, funny how when its not gonzis ideas you dont like them, JM even stated he will take responsibility, Now if it were Gonzi saying that we would all die laughing, as he dosent even know the meaning of the word.
V. Cauchi
Jan 8th, 12:13
Grossly out of subject requests reflecting the divine right of kings to demand details. Better kept silent about it. Shows PN with back to the wall.
W. Cassar
Jan 8th, 12:44
Indeed well said
carlos ellul
Jan 8th, 12:11
Shouldn't the PN focus on producing their own programme? We've been told that its not ready yet!
Giocchino Attard
Jan 8th, 12:50
March 2013
George Cremona
Jan 8th, 12:10
Il-pn siebu kuntratur minn fuq il-yellow pages u jridu lil pl jipublika ma minn iltaqa meta ghadom anqas hargu it-tenders.
Colin Camilleri
Jan 8th, 12:10
The copycats need the documents from the PL to include them in their electoral manifesto - which allegedly to this date is still in progress. Trailing in every sense of the word..... what a sick and defunct party!
Chris Mifsud
Jan 8th, 12:41
A defunct party is the one that has spent over 25 years (bar an failed 22 months) in opposition.
PN does not need to copy or learn any lessons from the MLP thank you very much.
Donna Parnis
Jan 8th, 13:16
Chris the PN need to learn the lesson of shouldering responsibility, they go on about it so much but as in the usual PN way they promise and dont deliver, The pn are copying and pasting from everywhere, Margaret thatcher, Obama, and yes even Labour, The only lesson PN have learned over 25 years is how to make their own pockets heavier.
Joseph Parnis
Jan 8th, 14:16
but PN are sure in a panic mode
Wenzu Cole
Jan 8th, 12:06
can you also tell us, while you are at it, what donations were given to the PN by Zaren Vassallo?
Joseph Galea
Jan 8th, 12:05
Ooo pls, shut up!
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