Busuttil says Muscat has no credibility to defend energy plan
PN Deputy leader Simon Busuttil this morning reacted to opinion surveys showing Labour still enjoying a big lead over the PN, saying it needed to be explained that voting PN was crucial for the country.
Speaking in Nadur, Dr Busuttil said the PN had given the people a secure past and a secure present, and it had the results to show that it could offer a secure future.
In contrast, the PL was making empty promises aimed at deceiving the public.Its campaign so far had been built on its energy plan, yet within hours the PN showed how it was full of holes, including a funding shortfall of €200m. So would power tariffs really fall, or would they rise? Or would taxes rise instead of the tariffs?
Furthermore, Labour was proposing a power station which the country did not need, And it wanted to build it in two years, something which could not be done if the normal local and EU procedures were observed.
When Dr Muscat was confronted with the holes in his plan, his only reaction was to put his own political credibility on the line, Dr Busuttil observed. But what political credibility did he have when, in the past, he backed proposals to ditch VAT and when he wanted to have a Partnership instead of EU membership?
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said Labour's proposals would drive Malta's economy into a wall 'gas down'.
The proposal, he said, would undermine Malta's financial stability and cause unemployment. Labour, he said, should not be allowed to play about with the people's future.
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effie stafrace
Jan 14th, 10:54
ok jm is wrong now lets see the pn proposals.the inter connector and the sicily to malta gas pipeline.are they credibile?if yes show us how they are going to be implemented and HOW the tariffs are going to be reduced and by how much?
sandra zammit
Jan 14th, 10:08
din id-darba mintomx tikonvincuni ghaziz Simon,ghidulhu u wedghhu lil poplu daqstant ghal qalbkhom li mhux ser tiehdu iz-ziedha u l-aretratt.ghalkhemm tweghduna jew le ma nistawx nibqaw nemmnukhom issa tard wisq
sandra zammit
Jan 14th, 10:04
then who is credible?the minister who on xarabank says that it has been a long time since malta experience any cuts in electricity?when this morning in gudia were out of power.
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 14th, 09:32
Ha ha ha, who are you trying to fool with the BWSC scandal a mess from the very start Yellow Pages and 4,000,000 Euro commission down the drain.
James Grech
Jan 14th, 08:29
At this rate, it's Simon's credibility which is at stake!! Simon should stop taking the people for fools and respect our intelligence. Simon should address any issues/flaws in the PL's proposals by telling us what exactly they plan to do and how. The status quo is not on dear Simon and neither is rhetoric. If you truly represent change, then show us what kind of change you're capable off!!
A Farrugia
Jan 14th, 08:07
Simon meta ktibt il manifest tal PN hames snin ilu, int nizzilt li il Prim u l Ministri jridu jiehdu 600 ewro fil gimgha zieda ? jekk le allura dawn ghamluwha minn wara dahrek, xi haga li ma tantx tawgura tajjeb ghal PN le !!! Dik proposta serja ehh xi tghid Dr Gonzi, ghal poplu ewro u nofs u ghalik u shabek ( parti mill group ) 600 ewro fil gimgha. SHAME..... SHAME... TOTALL EMBARRESSMENT !
Charles Sammut
Jan 14th, 07:53
Dear Simon...I must say that when you gave up your cushy Euro400k / yearly job in Brussels, I was very happy and felt that a breath of fresh air would disinfect gonzipn and cleanse it from its putrid contamination! Alas,I together with many,many hopeful swingers were sadly wrong! What did eventuate was that you have become infected with the disease which is so rampant within the same clan. AMEN !
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 14th, 07:48
Francis Saliba M.D.
Please re-phrase in comprehensible English or translate into some other language.
IN CHINESE OK >>>> GONZI PN >他>说谎> A >全部？ ？ ？ ？ ？
G. Vassallo
Jan 14th, 07:28
Issa din hadu f'halqom li ser nidhlu go hajt, ghara meta hadu l-500 Euro fil gimgha u lil Malta u lil Maltin ghamlulna 6 Biljuni dejn, dan x'hinu allura?
mario gellel
Jan 14th, 07:26
WHERE IS " PLAN B " FOR THE TOTAL FIASCO THAT YOUR PARTY HAS PUT ENEMALTA IN, DEAR SIMON ???????
Carmelo Sammut
Jan 14th, 05:39
Simon l poplu ma ghadux iblah induna li qed titqu bina warbu min nofs ghax kissirtuh pajjiz
No Franco No Vote
Joseph Buhagiar
Jan 14th, 04:44
Simon this strategy of seeking to ridicule the proposal being put forward works only with the people around you who will vote blindly for you anyway.
Its like buying a monster petrol car and you now want to change the engine to diesel. Those days are gone. Think of something credible and we floating voters will consider it. You are loosing to date.
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 14th, 03:15
Simon your arguements are sick and to no value, it will take more than a couple of weeks for you to understand what the electorate expects from politicilans. Throwing insults, degrading and twistilng facts are policies of the past. So far you have impressed nobody with your weak arguements.
Fabio Aquilina
Jan 14th, 01:52
But such things are no longer true. Maltese have fallen on hard times and the future looks bleak for both jobs and the economy. The Maltese economy has a number of factors that are weighing it down.And the energy issue must be resolved rapidly for the economy to grow again.
Fabio Aquilina
Jan 14th, 01:52
But such things are no longer true. Maltese have fallen on hard times and the future looks bleak for both jobs and the economy. The Maltese economy has a number of factors that are weighing it down.And the energy issue must be resolved rapidly for the economy to grow again.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 14th, 00:30
Speaking of empty promises, what about the tunnel from Malta to Gozo IF IT IS VIABLE!!!!! Is such enormous expence really worth it. Why doesn't Busuttil promise a bridge from Malta to Sicily (a la Sydney Harbour Bridge) if that were viable!
C Busuttil
Jan 13th, 23:56
deceiving the public Dr. Busuttil ? you must be referring to the 500euro increase..... but wait a minute it wasn't the PL it was your party!!!!!!
Jean Karl De Bono
Jan 13th, 22:46
Who is the prime minister of this country Dr Lawrence Gonzi or Dr Simon Busuttil as according to this article it seems only Dr Busuttil had something of news value to say.
Johan Grech
Jan 13th, 22:11
At least Dr. Muscat is managing to do something to solve the country's energy problem, not like GonziPN who inflated the price and pocketed 500 euros every week EXTRA.
Noel Abela
Jan 13th, 22:10
Dr Busuttil's statements continue to portray him as one of the most arrogant politicians this island has ever seen and whilst we are at it how come Dr Busuttil is not contesting the elections, is this a sign on lack of confidence that GonziPn will not do well at the polls thus returning to his job as an MEP. If he was man enough he should have resigned his seat at the EU with all the consequences
Anthony Mizzi
Jan 13th, 21:49
But do the PN have a PLAN?
What is or has been their plan for the past 20 years? To retain the Marsa Power station as contingency???
Alfred Falzon
Jan 13th, 21:16
Sweeping statements do nobody any good!
D people r interested in reducing their utility bills & yearn 2 get rid of d heavy fuel oil which is wreaking havoc with their health.
So any proposal 2 this effect needs 2 b taken seriously into consideration & not summarily dismissed by calling them gullible.
In this particular case d PL has made decent proposals.
Not all is foul in PL politics!
aaf
Eddy Privitera
Jan 13th, 21:13
I expected Simon Busuttil and dr. Gonzi to at least say a word of sympathy towards the woman from Marsaxlokk, who explained how in her family there have been 3 deaths due to lung cancer. 8 suffering from asthma. And a 3 year old already has cancer. All this happened since the PN had built the power station in Marsaxlokk ! NOT ONE WORD OF SYMPATHY FROM GONZIPN . How INSENSITIVE. SHAME!
Alfred Falzon
Jan 13th, 21:44
One death could not have been due to the Power Station emissions since she is a grandmother and her father must, in all probability, have passed away some years before the Delimara Power Station was built!
That does not the least challenge the truth of what she stated and we share her deep bereavement for indeed the sad story she recounted is heart-breaking.
Alfred A Falzon
Robert Gatt
Jan 13th, 22:00
Eddy - it's your comment which is insensitive. Gonzi & Muscat were in Gozo today. Gonzi spoke at length about PN's implemented projects in Gozo, as well as PN's vision for Gozo; Muscat did not utter a single word on PL's proposals for Gozo. Why? Two reasons - 1. He spent his stay in Gozo trying to justify PL's energy plan; 2. PL's past vision for Gozo does not augur very well for Gozo's future!!
Edgar Gambin
Jan 13th, 23:18
The Prime Minister not only sympathizes with people with cancer but also is building a hospital for those suffering with cancer. Didn't One News tell you this? Shame on Joseph who chose to take advantage of such tragedies. Is this not cras insensitivity?
HENRY FENECH AZZOPARDI
Jan 14th, 00:59
Stop playing the game Eddy.
My father, mother and sister died of cancer so what. They were born in Valletta and lived in San Gwann. Eenery should be stopped from being politicized. Who are we to judge and vote in favour or against. Both parties should reach a concensus and deliver together what is good for the country. This is not a game of football. The future of Malta is at stake.
Mario zerafa
Jan 14th, 02:03
Int bis-serjeta?! Whilst sympathising with the poor women and understand the remote link between asthma/cancer and air pollution, I cannot help but question the level of IQ it takes someone to associate such instances to politics.
Emmanuel Mazzitelli
Jan 13th, 20:53
We are already into a wall gas down - Enemalta's €800 million debt, which you, I and our children will have to pay from our taxes. And, mind you, it has the seal of the PN governments' crass incompetence!
pat muscat
Jan 13th, 20:15
Simon is the same person who drove us straight into the wall with his failed 'burden sharing', and if it were for him- Acta,- the anti privacy legislation and anti downloading as we know it, would have become law! So much for credibility! Simon must try harder at the grocer to be credible, cause as of now; he is not!
Frans Aguis
Jan 13th, 20:06
Simon you're just a poster boy...Smile and nod and repeat the PN talking points like they told you.But please do it without creating hate in the country
Edgar Gambin
Jan 13th, 23:21
Do you mean that Anglu, Louis and Toni were torn to pieces by just a poster boy?
Charles Massa
Jan 13th, 19:55
PN crucial for the country? Billi taghmlu hafna wedghi qabel l elezzjoni u wara ma tweqquwhomx. X inhu il pjan taghkom tal energija.? Tkompli tahdmu fil heavy fuel oil u zidu kontijiet ta daw/ilma. Int ghedt li matul dawn il 5 snin se jkolkom budget surplus. Tista tippublika l istudju li ghamiltu? Minn fejn gejjin il flus jew kif se tnaqsu l infieq? Il pjan li ghandkom huwa li tbezzu l poplu
M. Cachia
Jan 13th, 19:53
When I hear Busuttil talk I cannot but laugh! I keep thinking about the disgraced and failed Burden Sharing Sharing Policy. Was it not the same Busuttil who piloted this phantom?
Hallina trid!
John Azzopoardi
Jan 13th, 20:47
so right..........you must have seen my post earlier here............I don't remember Busitill for anything else except the failed burden sharing policy...............Could you imagine if this guy is elected. I just wonder where they found him.
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 13th, 18:33
The gas argument has got very hot but till now I haven't heared anything about the gas found in the oil well in Kercem. what wiil the PN say if the PL announces that it will reopen the well or drill another one ? I don't beleive that nothing was found there. If Malta will be rich, everybody will be rich and if everybody will be rich then the rich will not be rich anymore, thats the real problem !
Pierre Fenech
Jan 13th, 18:31
Simon you were the promised life line to the PN. I would have preferred you getting to the helm when the people who have rotten the party are expelled or sidelined. With them on board there is nothing to explain to the maltese people. As much as were fed up with labour in 1987 now we are fed up with an arrogant lot who made millions out of the taxpayer's coffers. Time to go and have a rest.
Edgar Gambin
Jan 13th, 18:17
Simon, you are driving them mad.
Ann Galea
Jan 13th, 18:50
Yes by telling constituents to go to the grocer and defend the government and tell them to pray for you and your votes
Eddy Privitera
Jan 13th, 21:06
Edgar: The surveys just published this morning in The Sunday Times and Malta Today prove who must be getting mad !
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 13th, 17:52
Quote
'saying it needed to be explained that voting PN was crucial for the country'.....
Oh yes certainly, otherwise the Klikka, which it seems, now, has another AKTA Player will be obliterated. Sorry but not this time!
albert galea
Jan 13th, 17:30
At least the PL havs a plan. After so many years in power the only plan GonziPN has is to increase bills. Secondo Capo Busuttil why don!t you stop you fear campaign and go back to Brussils
Carlo Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:24
Simon, by sacrifising your EU post to go for deputy leader now you ruined your career. It could have been much better if you waited and acted after a PN's possible defeat. You had a great chance to become the PN leader later. But now you wll be the looser together with dr Gonzi and you will make space for someone else.
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 13th, 18:48
@Carlo
You are right, Simon came back to Malta half hearted and Tonio Borg went to Brussels half hearted all for the sake of a slnking government.
Nazzareno Cortis
Jan 13th, 17:09
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said Labour's proposals would drive Malta's economy into a wall 'gas down'.
Dr.Gonzi----in your heart of hearts,you know that you and Dear Simon that are driving yourself into a wall gas down!!!
You knew this from (in less than) 48 hours that you took office (your quote) that you started driving yourself into a wall gas down!!
Now time monent of truth has come!!
R. Gauci
Jan 13th, 17:08
Fejn kienu dawn in-nies meta 3 snin ilu l-PN rema kwazi 200 miljun fuq impjant jahdem bil-Heavy Fuel Oil li hu aktar expensive u fuq kollox ihammeg aktar u marrad xebgha nies???
Ghax tismaghhom illum tahsibhom genji ta' l-energija.
K Grech
Jan 14th, 01:25
Mhux hekk biss, izda trid tajd ukoll li dan maz zmien li gej ser ikollu jinbidel zgur, barra li ovjament ghadu laqqas biss qieghed jopera sura ta nies. Imma meta tqalleb fuq il yellow pages kultant tiehu page b ohra uxx
K. Vella
Jan 13th, 16:31
@A M Bonello
So why building a bigger Power station! Worse from it all the feasibility studies are not published. The future is the interconnector and that is what all parties must agree on. I wonder how the Mxlokk & B'Bugia councils did not mention any concern on the enviorement impact especially now that we will have 2 sized Mosta domes facing these villages
I hope that good sense will prevail!
Carlo Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:16
Mr Vella, you're echoing what you hear from the PN side. If you heared what the experts said yesterday on Dissett in a balanced discussion lead by a balanced presenter, you can notice that what you are saying is nonsense. Safety is close to 100% on the proposed system and the new ps is by far less harmful than the one in operation with hfo. M'Xlokk and B'Bugia welcomes the removal of the chimney.
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:24
Hmmmm....2 mosta domes vs cancer. Who knows what I would choose?
M Borg
Jan 13th, 18:58
'@ Adrian Cassar
You aca find cancer in every corner of the world. Do you think they can stop cancer if they were to have " 2 Mosta domes " ?
Pity no on told the whole world this !!
K Grech
Jan 14th, 01:30
As Carlo said this method of energy will be less harmful. None the less this topic about tanks and no storage tanks is funnily enough nonsense, because either if we go for a pipeline in the future, which labour also addresses it as a complimentary energy proposal for energy mixing, and if we go for the current labour proposal we will still need storage space.
K Grech
Jan 14th, 01:35
And also when it comes to talking about waste and no waste of money, don't we truly identify the bridge to nowhere and the new parliament (plus 500 raise which will be taken again if re-elected GonziPanic) as being waste of tax-payers money? The government was to realize prior doing the BWSC fiasco that this HFO will deliver nothing but severe health problems of the areas in the surroundings.
George Azzopardi
Jan 13th, 16:25
Instead of criticising PL why doesn't Simon show us proposals in how they're going to sustain current utility bill prices after GonziPN has bunkrupted Enemalta!
Even more, Simon had better tell us why he has agreed on the 8c7 figure in PL's study to convert through pipeline the BWSC power station and then not agree on the rest of the studies!
How did he come to this conclusion! Fatti mhux paroli!
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 16:58
Azzopardi which part did you not understand of PN energy policy? in a few words
Part 1 BSWC plant - current cost per unit 15c
Part 2 Interconnector and closure of Marsa - cost per unit 11c
Part 3 Gas Pipeline - cost per unit 8c7
Part 4 Closing Delimar 1
PN agrees with Kema report becasue it is one of the reasons for the above. PL despite Kema are happy with 9c7
All price are current
X Borg
Jan 13th, 19:06
@Mr Joe Micallef
Everyone is quoting prices and what about timeframes.
1. So electricity is going to cost us (someday) less than half the present day consumer price (oil now about $100).
2. Prices quoted are probably cost. What interests us is how much we will be asked to pay !
3. Who can guarantee these prices ? or are they also only pinned on the Mad Hatters hat.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 20:44
X Borg that is the crux of the issue!
No one, with a shred of responsibility can guarantee prices. What can be guaranteed is that with a gas pipeline unit costs will always be less than with shipped gas.
K Grech
Jan 14th, 01:51
@ Mr Joe Micallef,
Its for that that PL is saying that in the future a pipeline will be complimentary for our energy creation, PL hasn't swept the idea out, but what is the use of having only a pipeline which might sometime (hopefully never) get damaged? will we end up with no electricity? Thus I think that in the future being PL or PN we will have both methods running together.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 14th, 11:02
Grech you just can't be serious. So let me get this - For PL to commit itself to buy energy from a private company for 25 years (10 of which for a fixed price) the interconnector will only used 20% capacity (financial madness 1). To add to the madness you are saying that PL will also install the gas pipeline.
This really is Carroll stuff!
Ronald Cauchi
Jan 13th, 16:19
How arrogant! Everone is wrong except for them. The possibility that some one else could be just as good, never mind, possibly better according to the nationalists is beyond the realms of imagination.
Emanuel. Vella.
Jan 13th, 16:15
Tieghek zommu ghalik u ghal partit li inti tirrapprezenta sur simon busuttil,GRAZZI.
George Azzopardi
Jan 13th, 16:14
Simon's biggest mistake was to complete his inclusion in GonziPN. Something which will haunt him in coming years! Mark my words that he regret having taking this stand to join forces with bankrupt and failed GonziPN team!
Maryanne Camilleri
Jan 13th, 16:09
What is driving Malta gasdown into the economic wall is the over €5 billion National debt and the €800 million
debts that has accumulated at Enemalta (not included in the National debt). The credibility of GonziPn economic policy is dismal. I would very much be interested to hear the GonziPn proposals because to date no proposals have been forthcoming.
adrian sammut
Jan 13th, 18:33
It seem that Ms Angela Merkel who is practically keeping the European economy alive has a much different and credible opinion than yours. I dont think she was coaxed by Gonzi into complimenting Malta on its economic stability!
Maryanne Camilleri
Jan 13th, 19:12
Mr.Sammut, Mrs. Merkel has a habit of providing political support on a partisian basis to Heads of Government who belong to the European People's Party. She tried the same tactic with Monsieur Sarkozy but to no avail. The certificate of government competence is not given by foreign Governments but by the people who will pass judgement on the performance of its Government.
Jay Aquilina
Jan 13th, 15:57
is this election is being contested only by the LP? cause also today simon only talked about one of the LP proposal and NOTHING that the PN have to offer. can we trust you and your government again? Surely not
Johnny Xerri
Jan 13th, 15:37
mr busuttil would better gauge his own credibility...especially after having instructed hunters that spring hunting would not be banned...and just a few years after his party did everything possible to ban it.
Freddie Micallef
Jan 13th, 15:12
ghaziz xmun,you are one of those birds of the same feathers.always repeating the same words.we are fed up of this crap.
M. Zammit
Jan 13th, 15:12
i've just seen the new billboard of LG and SB at Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq... they're both looking at the Mgħatab landfill and dreaming that the odours will go away by the next election!
Edward Mallia
Jan 13th, 15:11
Well done the PN. Simon Busuttil and Tonio Fenech have, in the space of one week, with the help of other "talking heads" of the PN, brought a supply of natual gas to the Republic. It should be enough to light a few energy-saving lamps from now until the election. That just about squares with the amount of light they are shedding in this electoral campaign.
matthew tanti
Jan 13th, 21:03
since you seem to think you know so much, perhaps you can help us understand why most of the world , including the EU, chooses gas pipelines, rather than shipping gas around?
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 13th, 15:07
Watch out here comes the fresh beef SIMON BUSUTTIL
to save Gonzi pn what every means !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2nSVh3yjmc
A M Bonello
Jan 13th, 14:58
With the PL expanding the Power station means thinking ahead for the future.It can never be a power station we don't need.Allocating extra Megawatts for the future is a step in the right direction.This will make place for electric trams,more industry to create employment,more street and road lighting,a less overloaded power station,and the recharging of our electric/hybrid cars in future.
J Martinelli
Jan 13th, 15:47
Electric trams? Where? Taking over swathes on roads already clogged with cars & trucks?
Build special ring roads around the coast, costing billions? Who will pay?
More Industry? What does Labour know about industry & jobs?
Joseph went outside the EU for his fantasy PS, certainly he wouldn't approach the EU for such a project, or will he? Are we in or are we out, Joseph?
Another half-baked idea.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 15:57
Ha Ha Ha! This is another chapter (although I really cannot pin it down) from Carroll's masterpiece!
Joe M Borg
Jan 13th, 16:35
The trouble is that PL is ALSO expanding 2 atom bombs just opposite M'Xlokk. If an accident happens, 'l-Gherix' will take off! I believe PL media made fun of Austins proposals for electric trams, did they? Hmmmm!
Cyprus Joseph said that we can keep the pipeline, AND have the ships coming in! Very economical! And what about the 600,000, MINUS EU FUNDING?
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:27
Joe M, you seem to be an expert on gas tank safety and Mediterranean economies. X'kien ma hrigtx ghal-parlament?
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 19:10
Cassar with those salaries I'd rather do something else! Mind you I'm no expert in tank safety and Med affairs.
Experts wouldn't even be bothered with this sham!
R Axisa
Jan 13th, 19:18
@Joe M Borg - if you just heard the expert talk about gas safety on dissett yesterday! You're just talking nonsense when you're mentioned atom bombs. Inform yourself before you write about it - u tkunx beccun tibla' kollox.
K. Vella
Jan 13th, 14:53
Gret Speech Simon....vision, tangible solutions and good policies....
Mr Stephen Borg
Jan 13th, 15:30
You are quite easily impressed I gather.
N. Aquilina
Jan 13th, 14:50
Simon ghallinqas Joseph ragel biezzejjed biex jerfa ir responsabbilta politika, kemm hemm ministri fil kabinett li lesti jghamlu dan? 0, kieku fil PN hemm irgiel mhux vavi il ministri Gatt, Pullicino, Cassar u Gonzi innifsu ilhom li irrizenjaw. Ahjar tghidulna x'inhuma il proposti tghakom flok tqoghodu tghajru lil PL gahx s'issa ma smajna xejn ghidulna kif meta u b'kemm ha trahhsu il kontijiet!
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 13th, 14:44
What really drove us into a wall 'gas down' were the half-truths you and your partners shoved up our noses with the 'money no problem' and the EU! Who knows whether a Partnership wouldn't have been better? Switzerland and others are thriving well. Let us us see how other countries shall do with a Partnership. Turkey maybe, or the Maghreb countries, like Tunisia? Time shall tell!
N. Aquilina
Jan 13th, 14:43
Sur Busuttil, Joseph Muscat ragel bizzejjed biex jerfa ir responsabbilta politika, kemm hemm ministri mil kabinett li lesti jghamlu dan? 0 Kieku il PN kellu l irgiel u mhux il vavi, kieku il ministri Gatt, Pullicino, Cassar u Gonzi innifsu messhom ilhom li irrizenjaw! Ahjar tghidulna x inhuma il proposti tghakom flok toqghodu tghajru il PL. Ghidulna inthom b'kemm kif u meta ha trahhsu il kontijiet
N Camilleri
Jan 13th, 14:38
get a life... start saying you plans ... start treating the people around you as people with brains ...
Christopher Sammut
Jan 13th, 14:36
Mr Simon Busuttil I see plenty good in you cant say that you are an irrelevant person anzi you are the best asset that the PN have but as things looks PN will loose the election & you will stand up to become a PN leader you wont be alone for sure there would be Mario Demarco & Chris Said, I am sorry to tell you that you wont be elected as leader as you dont have PN Credentials you are being used
Joe M Borg
Jan 13th, 16:38
Sour grapes, Chris. Simon is so good, that PL went into a frenzy, and brought their own man from Brussels. Unfortunately for Anglu, he had to surrender his chair, 'a la Cyprus Joe'! PL are throwing all insults at Simon, which indicates that they were not that happy with his election.
Willie Grech
Jan 13th, 16:50
@ Joe M Borg
"PL are throwing all insults at Simon." Can you please mention some of these so called insults that you claim the PL is throwing at Dr. Busuttil?
Christopher Sammut
Jan 13th, 18:10
Mr Joe M Borg I am not insulting Dr Simon Busuttil and never heard Dr Joseph Muscat or any of his team insulting Dr Simon Busuttil, if I am right at the PN head quarters there were insults against him, he confirmed so as well and I was annoyed with this attitude against him as he dont deserve such treatment, that is why I came to this conclusion my friend, you must inform yourself better. g night
John Thomas
Jan 13th, 14:28
Seems like Busu, annihilated Anglu and Toni Abela, will the latter be demised also from his position?
john muscat
Jan 13th, 14:16
Dear Simon, please say something credible instead of criticising others. Or are you still reading fairy tales like little children?
matthew tanti
Jan 13th, 14:08
mela d-dinja kollha tahdem bil-pipelines, u ahna se nivvintaw sistema differenti li ma tinkludix il-pipeline, meta din hi s-sistema li tixtieq l-UE. Storja simili ghal tac-CET meta ghamilniha tal-bravi u ppruvajna noholqu sistema differenti min dik li kien ilha tahdem fuqha 'l bqija tad-dinja. jidher kemm joey muscat hu l-eredi ta' fredu sant
Joe M Borg
Jan 13th, 16:41
Hekku, Matthew. Basta tghaddi ta' Cyprus Joe. Gas gej kontinwament, U JUZA L-VAPURI, basta tghaddi tieghu. Bhal Dr Gimmicks. Inehhi l-VAT, ifarrak l-ekonomija, idahhal CET, basta tghaddi tieghu. Malta ndunat li ghamlet zball afdatu meta kien tard wisq. U hekk hemm cans li jigri iss. Il-proposta ta' rohs fit-tariffi tghama n'nies, jitla PL, jonfoq 600,000,000, ifalli, u mbghatu ahna. Boq!
Willie Grech
Jan 13th, 14:03
Dear Simon,
Since becoming the PN No 2, all you did is criticising the PL. Can you, for once, tell us what you and your party will be giving the Maltese, without please giving us an rhetoric about the past. We don't want to hear anything from yesterday. All we want from you is to answer one simple question: What will the PN give us after 9.3.2013 should it return in power?
Joe Busuttil
Jan 13th, 14:00
Another phrase my little green parrot has learned from Gonzi Simon pn ---"driving into a wall gas down." Thanks for teaching him that phrase.
anthony brincat
Jan 13th, 13:59
sur simon taf kemm ilna gas down gol hajt kemm ilu li ghola il gass miskom tisthu 20ewro shame on you gonzipn
John Azzopoardi
Jan 13th, 13:54
I think Busittil has a long way to go in credibity as well.........What has he reallly done for Malta in the EU. The only thing he is remembered for is the burden sharing concept on illegal migration which HAS NOT GONE ANYWHERE. Maybe Malta does need a change
Mr J Xerri
Jan 13th, 13:39
Boasting of security: Did we have a really secure Government these last years... even the Prim Minister himself hinted that certain aims were not achieved because of the Government's internal problems.
Vince Borg
Jan 13th, 13:39
Kemm nixtieq nibda nisma xi proposti ta l pn
twanny borg
Jan 13th, 13:37
Li ma nistax nifhem huwa kif ghadha kemm imbniet power station gdida li l-pl irid juza u jrid jibni ohra gdida. Ninvestu bejn 400 u 600 miljun li skont il-pl dawn jigu mill-privat. Dawn fil-fatt iridu jigu flimkien mall-profit minn fuq il-poplu u mhux se jhallas xejn il-privat minn taxxi ohra. Mhux bizzejjed li muscat jghid li fil-kazta' falliment jirrezenja.
R Axisa
Jan 13th, 19:23
Infakrek li l-power station li nbniet tahdem bil-heavy fuel oil, zejt li jnigges l-arja. Infakrek ukoll li ghal ragunijiet partikolari, il-gvern kien naqqas l-ammont tal-emissions skont ir-regolamenti biex tkun tista' tinghazel din il-power station prototype. Jien ma nafx minn fejn int, imma l-incidenzi tal-asthma n-naha tas-south hija wahda fenominali, u l-kazijiet huma pjuttost serji.
Justin Tabone
Jan 13th, 13:34
PN has reached a dead end.
Alfred Falzon
Jan 13th, 21:25
Both main Parties enjoy walks in mazes and their supporters delight in following their footsteps!
That's why we have a highly enjoyable Promised Land electoral campaign that lasts so long!
Alfred A Falzon
Eve Axiaq
Jan 13th, 13:33
Dear Simon imma fejn kontu f'dawn l-ahhar ghoxrin sena biex tinvestu fl-energija bis-serjeta? Fil BWSC?
U dan il-pipeline meta jkun lest knowing PN fuq Materdei u Cirkewwa Terminal?
Go hajt dahhaltu lil Enemalta bil 700 million dejn li ghamiltu hemm biss. Dak it-track record fl-energija.
m. borg (slm)
Jan 13th, 13:31
Once more Simon Busutill is canvassing for PL.
Oliver Grech
Jan 13th, 13:31
Well said Dr. Busuttil.
Donna Parnis
Jan 13th, 13:22
Tell us about PNs credibility on the interconnector please Simon,,,,, tell us about Sicily saying no. tell us how much money, OUR MONEY, has the pn spent on the interconnector. The past is the past Labour are looking towards the future, but Gonzipn are still living in the past. if they werent they would be giving us solid proposals not going on about how labour did this and did that many years ago
W. Cassar
Jan 13th, 13:17
Yesterday Gonzi mentioned a tunnel to Gozo... how irresponsible when he just spent millions on new terminals!
How can I vote for someone who throws away tax payers money like that.
Edgar Gambin
Jan 13th, 18:24
With your very sound reasoning do we need another power station when we just had a new one. Hawwadni ha nifhmek.
W. Cassar
Jan 13th, 21:46
If we don't get the interconnector up and running then the answer is..... Yes without a doubt!
j brincat
Jan 13th, 13:17
He thinks that the people are that gullible BUT they are NOT!
jb
Karl Muscat
Jan 13th, 13:17
You can practically replace the PN speakers with a recorded message. It's as if they all have a script to adhere to. They use the same words, phrases and points. None of them are discussing but only blathering. A failed attempt at a nauseating brain washing exercise.
j brincat
Jan 13th, 13:16
And who has credibility the one who in 2008 promised manna on earth BUT then failed miserably?
jb
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 13:13
A question to the PL elves? Before the eu membership referendum, who gave you the best advice Simon or Cyprus Joe?
Edgar Gambin
Jan 13th, 18:26
Spot on. A very valid question.
R Axisa
Jan 13th, 19:25
Regarding full membership with you - there are a lot of PN supporters who are coming to a conclusion that the EU is not the EU as explained by the PN before the referendum.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 20:50
R Axisa - whilst I don't agree you may be right, but I can assure you that there are as much, if not even more, PL guys that think the opposite - hence the EU barometer survey which showed that over 75% are happy with membership.
George Cutajar
Jan 13th, 13:08
Back in 1996 Malta trusted Labour and threw out the vat cash registers and the disaster that happened was there for all to see. We can make a mistake and trust Labour again. No big deal but this time it will not be a 200 euro cash register which we will have to buy but will we throw away the economic well being which has been created under Nationalist administrations since 1997.
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:34
George, how do you measure your economic well-being? By the money you have saved or with the money you are in debt?
Do you think 5 billion in debt is good? Inlahquk ministru tal-finanzi
william cauchi
Jan 13th, 13:05
Let's be frank, the PN has many items it could be proud about, but surly not when it comes to power generation and distribution.
You don't have to be an enlightened energy expert to state that this has been a very, very expensive mess (for the consumer) all the way.
So when we hear the PN shooting down PL's energy plan, we say, look who's talking!
Mr Stephen Borg
Jan 13th, 13:05
Simon it was way better for you if you sticked to being a European parliment member then becoming deputy leader of a party which has lost all credibility. We surely cannot thrust your party when in the midst of an international crisis the cabinet awarded themselves a more then way to generous pay rise while we where left with a mere two euros increase weekly.
Daniel Zarb
Jan 13th, 13:05
And what does d PN government know about project budgeting Simon? Nothing. It overspent on every major project. It has proved to be vastly incompetent with figures. So d case is closed as far as I'm concerned. 5 years ago I was a 1st time voter and feared the Labour change under Alfred Sant. That was then. But not this time.Like JM I believe in unity, courage and innovation. This is d way forward.
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Jan 13th, 13:05
There is no doubt that the PM lost his political credibility with the majority of the voters. Therefore if the Vice Leader of the PN is not going to distance himself from his own Leader. Than Simon Busuttil will fail in helping the PN to decrease the advantage that Labour has been enjoying for months and months.
Election result will clearly show the failure of 'Gonzi/Busuttil PN'.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 13:03
There is no comfort in Jos Muscat's promise to resign as soon as he fails to lower utility prices. It stirs up ugly visions of the captain who smashes his good ship into an iceberg but promises that he will be the first one to jump into the neasrest lifeboat leaving the passengers to fend for themselves.
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:35
It is called ACCOUNTABILITY Francis.
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 13th, 13:02
Watch out here comes the fresh beef SIMON BUSUTTIL
to save Gonzi pn what every means !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2nSVh3yjmc
Michael Gatt
Jan 13th, 12:59
Iktar ma tharfu iktar jigwadana Dr. Muscat u il moviment li bena
Edmond Micallef
Jan 13th, 12:58
I bet simple Simon will be voting for the Partit Laburisti in its effort to give Malta back to all the Maltese.
I'm sure he has had enough of GonziPN's oligarchy although he doesn't want to admit in public.
Come on Simon, stand up to be counted.
C Muscat
Jan 13th, 12:58
Kif diga ghedt jidher car li ghal gid ta malta ghal gid ta PN igri jiehu over il-PL. Qed naraw partit ghajjien uy jipprovsa ikun negattiv fuq li qal il-PL. Malta ghandha bzonn ideat u opinjonijiet differenti biex ikollna ghazla. Billi qed imaqdru studju tekniku li jista jghin f xi haga vitali misshom jisthu jekk jafu kif.
Tuna ftit ideat kif ser naslu biex innaqqsu il 5BILJUN dejn.
Joseph Micallef
Jan 13th, 12:54
I think that with you, second at the helm of the PN, the PN will be heading GAS DOWN towards a concrete wall Dear Simon. You were injected with the same venom which injected some classical PN heavyweights. This is very unfortunate. Your intentions were different. These were shown when you tried to bring back Franco Debono. But the heavyweights tied up your hands immediately took control of you!
John Wayne
Jan 13th, 12:54
'Gas down gol-hajt' - Tal PN qishom diska imwahhla - Kor tal- pappagalli !!
A M Bonello
Jan 13th, 12:53
With the PL expanding the Power station means thinking ahead for the future.It can never be a power station we don't need.Allocating extra Megawatts for the future is a step in the right direction.This will make place for electric trams,more industry to create employment,more street and road lighting,a less overloaded power station,and the recharging of our electric/hybrid cars in future.
Joseph Micallef
Jan 13th, 12:52
Peter Darmanin on facebook said that PL is approaching a 'tkaxkira papali'. To be fair with him, he was basing his assumptions on the 83% support the PN was shown to be enjoying during the last Xarabank. Insomma, Xarabank dejjem preċiż ikun fil-predicitions tieghu :) I think it's a must that Labour will gain even more support and GonziPN ruined this country!
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 17:08
Hi Wisdom, Gonzi PN ruined the country so much that others are referring to us as a model to follow. Take up fishing you need it.
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:38
Min qallek Joe, in-NET?
Merkel coming to Malta for advice?
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 19:07
Cassar you're right Merkel is coming for advice!
But not from Gonzi, but Cyprus Joe - she wants to learn about the utility miracle of getting the private sector to fund a country's energy requirements.
Oh maybe I shouldn't say Cyprus Joe, that may put her off!
Joseph Micallef
Jan 13th, 12:50
Oh come on Simon... I thought the PN is going to be rejuvenated with your appointment, but I'm seeing that you managed to throw the PN back to the inquisition period. How can you speak about Dr.Muscat's credibility if he was never in government? Ma nafx kit ma tistħix! I want to see your track record in the European Parliament. What we've seen from you are just hypes but no beef.
Edgar Gambin
Jan 13th, 18:34
Ask Anglu, Louis and Toni about Simon. Simon 3 - 0.
Mr. M. Camilleri
Jan 13th, 12:49
alice in wonderland?
father xmas?
more attacks on labour . . . PROPOSALS PLEASE or keep on PRAYING DEAR SIMON!!!!!!!!!!!
Maryanne Camilleri
Jan 13th, 12:48
Mr. Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister your comments are simply not credible. With over €5 billion National Debt (and still increasing) and about €800 million debts at Enemalta (apart from the National Debt), it is your Government that is driving Malta gas down into the economic wall. When you have some credible proposals please let the public know.
jason cassar
Jan 13th, 12:42
look at this fresh news !
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130113/local/ragusa-council-opposes-malta-interconnector.452989
bye bye gonzi..bye bye simon ..above all bye bye tonio fenech !
Alfred J. McEwen
Jan 13th, 12:37
The only people playing around with people`s future are yourselves Dr Gonzi, writing out cheques your body can`t cash, and the half baked proposal of building a tunnel to Gozo costing around 500,000000 euro or so or writing off a 700,000 euro debt to some Muslim school plus a 300,000 euro grant annually of tax payer`s money.
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
Jan 13th, 12:35
Unfortunately SB persists in not seeing a chef d'oeuvre in the PL gas energy plan althoughthe majority of us believe that JM certainly knows how to cook with gas. We have had enough of SB gas on this issue although at least this time he went for the "gas down" expression rather than having to resort together with his colleagues to the "gimmick" platitude after running out of gas.
Edgar Gambin
Jan 13th, 18:39
Everyone can cook. But what's important are the ingredients in the pan. Joseph doesn't want to speak about those. He just want us to swallow the balbuljata. Now way.
steve Micallef
Jan 13th, 12:24
maybe people are tierd of listning to the same old bs. Come on Simon join the revolution and stand up to Gonzi and friends dont become a puppet
George Cassar
Jan 13th, 12:50
He cannot. His party is still weighed down by some really old anchors. And remember, he was shot to fame with our money sponsoring the MIC!
Anthony Falzon
Jan 13th, 15:05
Whay revolution are you talking about....the one by Anglu when the M.L.P. leader was discribed as "not credible" by his own deputy?
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:39
Mindu meta PN supporters think Anglu is a hero?
David Farrugia
Jan 13th, 12:24
People thought Simon was sigh of relief from the gutter the PN had sunk into. Today he demonstrates that he's just more of the same and the clique has already got him by the neck.
Franco Debono did well to warn the people. Now we have it in our faces. Can't imagine these people back in power for another 5 years.
Kenneth Williams
Jan 13th, 12:23
Dik il buzz word ta GONZIPN bhalissa Gass down gol hajt......tghid RCC hareg biha ...tghid austin... tghid Saliba......taf kemm ilna gass down gol hajt kemm ilna nistennew it tnaqqis tal income tax hames snin..
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 13:13
@KennethWilliams
Il-weghda ta' tnaqqis fl-income tax kienet valida meta saret imma dizastru ekonomiku dinji ma ppermettiex li jitwettaq. L-importanti hu li Malta me rvinatx ruhha ekonomikament bhal ma gara lil hafna pajjizi vicini. Il-Kancelliera tal-Germanju Merkel ma tahsibiex bhalek li ilna gas down ghall go hajt u skuzani jekk nemmen lilha u mhux lilek.
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 13th, 12:23
Simon Busuttil this morning should not be allowed the PL to play about with the people's future ??
This is the future the the PN had put as all in >> 6 BILLION EUROS DEBIT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRcu3u8W2o
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 13:14
Please re-phrase in comprehensible English or translate into some other language.
Emanuel. Vella.
Jan 13th, 16:20
tajba din prosit sur Joseph Brincat,jghogbitni hafna hafna.
Thomas Anderson
Jan 13th, 12:22
So what are GonziPN's proposals because I havent heard any or is it more of the same fiascos we had the past 5 years. Dr Busuttil said that voting PN was crucial for the country. I think it is more crucial to his political aspirations for leader of GonziPn ,which I am sure this time will be no walkover.
Salvu Sciberras
Jan 13th, 14:44
If Malta weathered the recession better than most countries, where is the fiasco? A record number of tourists, a record number of people in full-time jobs, 22,000 new jobs, 5,000 jobs saved during the recession, 20,000 University students and thousands who graduated from MCAST. No wonder Merkel has praised Malta's economic miracle! Remember how Labour handled a much milder recession in the 198o's!
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 13th, 17:47
Salvu, thank God not everyone watches NET news and believes everything Gonzi says. Not everyone is gullible to creative mathematics like you.
More over, many people know that Merkel's party is an EPP member like PN.....we wouldn't expect her to endorse labour would we?
j brincat
Jan 13th, 12:20
"In contrast, the PL was making empty promises"
Look who's talking!!!
What were GonziPN vain promises in 2008?
Empty AND undelivered till the very day!!!
Just made to win the election which he managed to do but by the thinnest whisker in the world!
jb
ANTHONY PAVIA
Jan 13th, 12:17
Is Simon Busuttil accusing Labour of using a 2008 GonziPN electoral strategy?
j brincat
Jan 13th, 12:16
Surely he has more credibility than GonziPM who made 101 promises in 2008 and delivered very little.
If it's real what he (Simon Says) said that that he wrote the 2008 manifesto then it says a lot.
If I were him I would keep mum!
jb
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 13th, 12:15
Watch out here comes the fresh beef SIMON BUSUTTIL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2nSVh3yjmc
George Cassar
Jan 13th, 12:15
Dear Simon,
Tell us what you concocted in the PN's electoral manifesto instead of hampering about the PL's manifesto! Where are YOUR party's proposals on energy (and any other proposals for that matter)? All we heard in this past week is PL is not good, PL will bring doom to this country, PL this or PL that!
jm busuttil
Jan 13th, 13:18
@ George Cassar
PN proposals will follow soon.
What we know is that PL's does not work and already thrown out of the window.
Save from telling us the people who agree with the PL enough was said by one Association which due to what was said by two of its members ( you know who) created chaos within the Association.
A Dimech
Jan 13th, 12:14
PN is playing with people's future by Malta having the 2nd highest tariff rates in the EU.
And by Malta still relying on a derelict powerstation (Marsa)
And by the pollution with HFO is causing.
enough said;
Please choose the reason of your report below: