PL to give people what they deserve
PL to give people what they deserve. Video: Paul Spiteri Lucas
Malta yearns for a change in direction which the Labour Party, as a movement which listened to people, was ready to give, Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this afternoon.
Addressing a mass meeting in Zabbar, Dr Muscat referred to the corruption scandal that rocked the country in recent weeks, saying his government will prioritise the Whistleblower Act, the party financing laws and will remove the time-barring element on political corruption.
He said these anti-corruption measures will be introduced "as soon as possible", along with the budget, so as to ensure full transparency.
“The situation is so serious that we need to deliver a very strong message. A clear message that the Maltese people deserve much better,” Dr Muscat said.
He referred to Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi's statement that a €49 million deficit as a projection for 2015 was a "drop in the ocean" saying the Labour Party could do a lot with the money including solving the waiting list problem, scholarships, more stipends, more scholarships, another cancer hospital and more wings at St Vincent de Paul.
He thanked those people who worked within the party in the past and those who helped him bring down the walls around the party before it became a movement but made no mention of former deputy leader Anglu Farrugia who, in an interview in The Sunday Times today spoke for the first time of how he was fired from the Labour Party after having been backstabbed by, among others, Dr Muscat himself.
Dr Muscat spoke about the party's proposals to increase the respect for the teaching profession and how his government would be investing heavily in teachers because these were the people entrusted with educating children.
Referring to the Nationalist Party's promise to refund people the cost of medicines they find out of stock, Dr Muscat warned people to be wary of this promise which would see them refunded only the amount the particular medicine would have cost the government.
The mass meeting was also addressed by Paul Bonello, managing director of Finco Trust, the firm which is representing those who lost their savings as a result of failed investments by Bank of Valletta.
He admitted that he had never voted Labour before but appealed to people to trust the party their their vote. He said There was no space for incompetence, corruption and amateurism with Joseph Muscat, who he described as a person who had no baggage and had the vision of ensuring that Malta really became the best in Europe.
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Richard Caruana
Feb 4th, 15:54
Right, the PL will give us a stab in the back, like JM did to Anglu.
Julien Cachia
Feb 4th, 13:20
if you ask me his speech is a little scary.. reminds me of a few characters from the past !!
P Debattista
Feb 5th, 13:04
Totally agreed - sent shivers down my spine.
Steve Zammit
Feb 9th, 11:34
Why is he always shouting?
Henry Micallef
Feb 4th, 09:50
PL to give people what they deserve - Did Anglu Farrugia deserve Muscat's back stabbing???
j brincat
Feb 4th, 09:42
@Mary Ann Borg
"Il-Power Station li m'ghandniex bzonn"
Are you referring to the obsolete Marsa Power Station (which spews blacks dust and poisonous smoke) and which was supposed to be closed by EFA in 1992 and then again in 2010 and now in the anno mai?
Unfortunately 'dik taghna llkol' thanks to successive PN governments!
jb
j brincat
Feb 4th, 09:34
@p grima
"The best in Europe, like Iceland or Cyprus?"
Perhaps like a small nation like us - Luxembourg!
And note that Luxembourg still enjoys a prestigious credit rating of A+ unlike us who have been relegated to second division by S & P thanks to GonziPN and his runaway public debt!
jb
p grima
Feb 4th, 17:43
Ah, yes and that thanks to the no confidence vote for the budget which the PL will be using anyway.
Andre Ellul
Feb 4th, 09:25
I am not so much into politics but only now interested in deciding who to vote. My question is: is Dr. Muscat mass rallies always addressed in the manner as in the clip? In other words, is he always hysterical and claiming 'tagħna ikoll' when the same day an interview of his deputy clearly depicts the former as Severus backstabbing Didius Julianus?
Mark. Galea
Feb 4th, 08:27
"PL to give people what they deserve" - yes, anglu farrugia style ...
DUNCAN FABRI
Feb 4th, 07:45
"Malta taghna lkoll" a simple message with a big heart.
DUNCAN FABRI
Feb 4th, 07:38
Filwaqt li Joseph se jnehhi il-preskrizzjoni fuq atti ta korruzzjoni il-Prim dahal fi sqaq billi qed iwieghed il-MAHFRIET! Dik serjeta!
Henry Micallef
Feb 4th, 09:53
Sur Fabri, jekk forsi ma tafx, il Whistle blower ACT li Muscat kritika lil Gvern bl ahrax, hekk taghmel. Tipprotegi lil min jikxef, anki jekk jkun involut hu stess.
Check your facts please...
charles flask
Feb 4th, 06:25
As Labour's proposals unfold I notice that their financing is based on better management of our taxes. On the other hand, PN's promises are just based on more spending, just trowing money at our problems. From where does PN intend to get the money?
p grima
Feb 4th, 17:47
And what about the money for the new power station, new quay, and so on?
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 4th, 03:22
Beautiful and lively meeting fuq of young and old enthusiasts all singing for a change in the future.
Joseph is again exposing what Gonzi has a mind a lot of the old, robbing Peter to pay Paul and Paul stands for his clique who became ultra rich under his government and who helped himself and his friends to the maltese coffers. 500 euros per week was a certicate of what he wants out of politics.
Alex Buds
Feb 4th, 02:46
"Every nation has the government it deserves." -- Joseph de Maistre
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/the_people_get_the_government_they_deserve/
Pippo de Marco
Feb 4th, 00:54
History has shown that through an unhealthy mixture of traditional habit, partisanship and a bigoted approach to politics we seem to get the politicians we deserve anyway. And serve us right.
Alex Ellul
Feb 4th, 00:52
JM has turned the MLP into a PN clone, even' PL' is very similar to 'PN'. He wears blue ties, logos very similar to PN ones; once he demonised Delimara power station, now he wants to build one himself, Was against EU, now all for EU, he wants to 'improve' all PN projects from stipends to Mater Dei.
BUT he's is afraid to mention: JOBS and ECONOMY. Without these, JM as PM will be ZERO
David Scicluna
Feb 4th, 08:48
You are simply wrong in ALL your arguments. Seems you are living in a different galaxy.
John L Galea
Feb 4th, 08:49
@AE: Your comment is so dumbfounded that it hurts. All the proposals iunfolded by JM are purposely aimed and calculated to stimulate jobs and heal the economy. By the way stipends are not a PN project. The PL is offering a progressive government to build on the good and introduce efficiency and accountability. To the contrary GOnziPN is offering nothing other than an economical disaster.
David Borg
Feb 4th, 00:39
Just over one month left to the elections and no electoral manifesto from PL. So far, the only concrete plans are an improbable power plant and an a tablet for some kids. Clueless. L-aqwa jkollna biddla fid-direzzjoni aka Joe Muscat isir PM.
David Scicluna
Feb 4th, 08:52
David, if you follow at all what is happening, you would have noticed at least 90 different proposals up to now, most of them concise and costed. Remove your head from the sand and start observing.
Mary Ann Borg
Feb 4th, 00:20
Il-Kuntratturi li semma Anglu - Taghna Lkoll
Is-suffarelli illegali mahruqa waqt il-meeting - Taghna Lkoll
Il-Power Station li m'ghandniex bzonn - Taghna Lkoll
L-imhallfin li se jghaddu guri - Taghna Lkoll
Id-dinosawri tal 80's - Taghna Lkoll
Il- MEPA minghajr l-ambjent - Taghna Lkoll
Immorru kontra s-sentenza tal-Qorti - Taghna Lkoll.
Rachel Borg
Feb 3rd, 22:27
when one betrays his friend, he will betray everyone and anyone. Am sorry Joseph you don't impress me much!
j camilleri
Feb 4th, 09:52
Don't worry let your GonziPn impress you by brainwashing you ... unless you are one of those lucky ones that gets free electricity bills.
pat muscat
Feb 3rd, 21:57
Dr Muscat said that people deserve the whistle blowers act which GonziPN failed to deliver. He also said that it is difficult to believe someone who has renegaded on his promises 5 years ago and yet expects us, once again to believe him, again!
p grima
Feb 3rd, 21:54
"The best in Europe" somehow reminds me of "Zvizzera fil-Mediterran".
p grima
Feb 3rd, 21:47
The best in Europe, like Iceland or Cyprus?
Alex Buds
Feb 3rd, 21:35
I dunno. Many just deserve a hard spanking .
Alfred Falzon
Feb 3rd, 21:25
What a speech delivered by Mr Bonello. Well done Mr Bonello. What a difference from Dr Abela's speech.
Pierre Fenech
Feb 3rd, 21:13
This is what we need to hear. Whisle blower act and removal of prescription asap. Those who do not have anything to hide will do so at their earliest time like as JM is pledging. Time will tell. Gonzi had a lot to hide apparently. A lot of people know many things!
J Cassar
Feb 3rd, 20:55
"PL to give people what they deserve"
..imma din tajd ghal Anglu Farrugia qala?!
A. Mizzi
Feb 3rd, 21:06
UKOLL!
Victor Calleja
Feb 4th, 07:31
ghal min ma jimxix kif suppost ukoll. imma ghal min jimxi sew jiehu dak li jisthoqlu. Qieghed jipprova jeqred in neputizmu li dan il gvern inkallana fih. It tixhim min taht li Alla biss jaf kemm isir. Xi garax lil tal qalba. Ghal dawn laffarijiet qieghed jahdem biex jeqred siehbi.
Victor Mallia
Feb 3rd, 20:54
“Joseph Muscat huwa ‘leader’ tal-mument” – Paul Bonello.
Denis Pace
Feb 3rd, 21:11
jista jispjegalna min huma dawn il-kuntratturi?
Ghaliex mar Dubai?
A Trapani
Feb 3rd, 23:48
hames snin legislatura mhix mument imma zmien twil...
Henry Micallef
Feb 4th, 09:57
Ahna leader tal Futur irridu...
Paul Caruana
Feb 3rd, 20:52
Indeed, and irrespective of whoever comes to power, the phrase "people get the government they deserve" comes to mind.
DUNCAN FABRI
Feb 3rd, 20:34
Min mhux lest li jahdem ma kulhadd mhux tajjeb biex imexxi. Joseph huwa miftuh ghal kullhadd u dan qed jaghti sahha kbira lil moviment biex igib bidla snciera ghal pajjizna.
p grima
Feb 3rd, 21:35
Ghal Anglu mhux miftuh.
charles flask
Feb 3rd, 20:32
Dr. Muscat's commitment 'against' all the corruption that we are hearing of, is music to people's ears. All we, tax payers, wish to see is our money spent wisely and with justice. Is that too much too ask?
Charles Massa
Feb 3rd, 20:18
Jekk Euro49M huma qatra fl ocejan, allura ghal fejn Gonzi ma naqqas l income tax mil 35 ghal 25 kief kien wieghed, ghal fejn dejjem zied il kontijiet, ghal fejn ma irrangax it toroq, ghal fejn ma investiex aktar fis sahha u l edukazzjoni , ghal fejn ma naqqas id dejn tal pajjiz u b hekk nifrankaw ftit interessi. Din bhal t EFA meta kien qal Euro 10m l hemm u l hawn ma jamlux differenza.
p grima
Feb 3rd, 21:56
U int tahseb li jekk jitla l-PL kollox jimxi fuq ir-rubini? Jien m'ghandi fiducja f'hadd.
jonathan saliba
Feb 4th, 03:01
Int fejn tghix habib? Fxi gzira ghalik jaqaw ?
Joseph E Briffa
Feb 4th, 11:11
Charles...your deep red blinkers prevent you from seeing all the good projects done by successive PN administrations The interests go into the pockets of the Maltese; we never had such good roads; investments in education and health have never been higher; income tax has never been lower; in Labour's time it was 65%, the quality of life has never been higher. You're either blind or not honest
p grima
Feb 4th, 17:49
@ jonathan saliba
imma ma nemminx kulma jghiduli bhal mazzun sempliciment ghax hekk qal xi hadd.
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 3rd, 20:11
I am sorry Joseph Muscat, I do not believe you! You did not tell me and the rest of Malta about the contractors mentioned by AF! Why? Is this the Open Government you where talking about the other day!?
David Farrugia
Feb 3rd, 20:52
you never did...so feel free to believe in GonziPN.
Denis Pace
Feb 3rd, 21:13
Sorry Joseph. I do not believe you either. You led us to believe that joining the European Union was an evil thing for Malta.
Yet, you became an MEP and now are receiving a fat pension from Brussels.
Matthew Psaila
Feb 3rd, 21:54
Qas jekk jghidlek dawn il-kunratturi se jgibulek l-ilma jizfen ma temmnu int!!... b'min tridu tidhku??
A Spiteri
Feb 3rd, 20:10
http://www.timesofmalta.com/mobile/view/20130203/local/muscat-stabbed-me-in-the-back-labour-close-to-contractors-an-lu-farrugia.455915
Joe Tabone
Feb 3rd, 19:57
"PL to give people what they deserve" - Joseph should ask Anglu Farrugia if he got what he deserves!
Anglu was elected by the same Party (PL) delegates that elected Joseph.
George Cutajar
Feb 3rd, 19:45
Mr. Bonello I have taken note of your appeal to vote and trust Labour. I have seriously considered it coming from someone so unbiased as you are. I have decided ( long ago) - NO WAY.
Mario Tabone
Feb 3rd, 19:44
No baggage?
This is the man who campained against Malta joining the EU. Is that not baggage enough for Paul Bonello?
Everything we do ties in with EU legislation so how can a person who was so adamant against joining in the first place be trusted to govern ? Will JM pull us out of the EU ? He will certainly carry on in the ways of his old colleagues from the party as they are still all there.
michael catania
Feb 3rd, 19:31
Prior to to day I sympathised with Anglu Farrugia but once he crossed the line and undermined the Party he supposingly supported and love, my to advice to him and to those who are encouraging to commit a political hari cari and deposit themselves to oblivilion.
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 3rd, 19:26
Joseph Muscat, why don't you tell us what YOU promised to those contractors now!? and while at it, tell us as well why YOU DID NOT WANT TO TELL US!!!
How can we the people believe in Joseph Muscat? How can we vote for a party who hides things from us!? A party that after 5 years STILL HAS NO ELECTORAL PROGRAM!! HOW!?
P Mangion
Feb 3rd, 19:26
Anglu Farrugia has exposed what the future holds for us if labour is elected. Politics is not like a football game which winning or losing does not effect your life. If a mistake is done,Malta will suffer, and you will lose the comfort you are living in today. Do not change the progress which has Malta has seen in recent history. There is no need for change in direction. Wake up my friends.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 4th, 02:45
Joseph Muscat removed Dr Farrugia because it is his duty to make his party electable. Dr Farrugia failed miserably at Xarabank. Dr Gonzi removed Dr Franco Debono because he showed high ability and a wish to cleanse the PN and make it electable. Note the big difference. JM did something to make his party more electable, Dr Gonzi destroyed the Nationalist Party from within.
Joe Grech
Feb 3rd, 19:25
''Incompetence, corruption, amateurism,'' certainly are the trade marks of the last PN administration under Lawrence Gonzi. There' just NO DENYING that. Even ex PN people admit it.
Which explains why the PM is literally PROMISING EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY IN A BID TO FOOL US INTO RE-ELECTING HIM.
Hopefully people won't be taken in by his scandalous behaviour!
p grima
Feb 3rd, 21:41
But isn't JM "PROMISING EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY IN A BID TO FOOL US" too?
A Sultana
Feb 3rd, 19:17
i am all the time impressed by how good Joseph Muscat is when reading from a teleprompter.
P Mangion
Feb 3rd, 19:17
What has become of Konrad Mizzi? Has he lost his voice or maybe Joseph qam mir raqda u induna li dak li qal Konrad huwa kollu holma!
Anthony Lee Baldacchino
Feb 3rd, 22:23
Dak tghidu int... Jien illum lil Konrad rajtu, u ibqa cert li l-anqas beda jlahhaq mal-folla kbira biex tiehu r-ritratti mieghu. Emminni ENORMI. Jien kont bniedem milli ghetlu 'INT GENJU'.
Tony Agius
Feb 3rd, 19:15
PL to give people what they deserve ? PL is giving people his insult, Laziness in poblishing the electoral program,with the insult of fearing that people will not understand it, which means that PL can not produce an understandable program,or they don't want to give people the right time to check the facts about their proposals,because they know for sure that people will not trust their offers.
Karl Cutajar
Feb 3rd, 23:31
it seems like you haven't been seeing the proposal put forward by the party
elvin borg
Feb 3rd, 19:12
Xejn gdid ma qal l mexxej tal lejber hlief li jipprova jirkeb fuq li jkun aktar popolist milli hu..
C Schembri
Feb 3rd, 20:40
Ahjar tara x'qal Gonzi tieghek
Julien Cachia
Feb 4th, 13:30
Jiena naqbel perfettatment.. in this clip a lot of words without substance.. i mean how should i interpret his comments such as 'L-arja Taghna ilkoll' ...... really Joseph ??
Joe Pace Asciak
Feb 3rd, 19:07
“The best in Europe”. Not in the EU? Reminiscent of the “Partnership” syndrome?
michael catania
Feb 3rd, 19:34
Ithink the Maltese voters gave you the answer FOUR Labour MEPs and a miserable TWO conservatives
anthony bartolo
Feb 3rd, 22:21
Il bzulija tigi premjata.............. skont il kulur.
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 19:06
@ Julian Grech
Tghid mhux ser titwemmen li fl-ahhar elezzjoni INTI HADT IL-PARIR TA' GONZIPN U VVUTAJT PARTIT NAZZJONALISTA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Julian Grech
Feb 3rd, 19:23
OVVJA LI LE!! mela jin edtlek li hadtu? ma tarax mela jin cuc!!
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 19:03
@ G. Vassallo
Dejjem nirrepeti l-istess diskors imma u INTI TIBQA DEJJEM TINHARAQ kieku ma tirrispondinix !!!!!!!
Joseph Bugeja
Feb 3rd, 19:25
Mhux daqs kemm tkun mahruq int hames gimghat ohra x'hin tisma l-hornijiet. Pero tikkonfondiex se nkunu hlisniek minn dan ir-regim allavolja forsi personalment qed tgawdi. Imma l-maggoranza m'hiex!
G. Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 20:50
Jien Ninharaq? Jien u familja kollha tieghi ghal l'ewwel darba sejrin nivvutaw Bil-QALB lil PL min habba nies bhalhekk. U jekk trid ibaghtli l'indirizz ha nibghatlek kopja tat-tesseri ta l'ahhar li hallast 3 snin.
George Cutajar
Feb 3rd, 19:00
Mr. Bonello how can JM ensure that Malta really becomes the best in Europe when JM was dead set on keeping us out of Europe? How can we become the best in Europe when one of his leiutenants only recently declared that we should renegotiate our entry agreement? The mind really boggles at your statement unless of course there is something cooking of which we have not been told.
James Grech
Feb 3rd, 19:00
While Joseph unites, Gonzi attempts to ride the wave of deceit, while accepting failures and embracing even more the politics of cliques only suited for those in the inner echelons of a system based only on bad practices and spin. We say enough is enough!!
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 3rd, 19:15
Go tell that to Anglu! You epitomise the figurative head-in-sand ostrich!
Denis Pace
Feb 3rd, 21:15
unites.....
Building contractors?
Anthony Lee Baldacchino
Feb 3rd, 22:25
@ Joe Micallef - Anglu Farrugia dak l-istess bniedem li kontu tippruvaw twahxu n-nies bih???
James Grech
Feb 3rd, 18:53
There is no comparison between Joseph's new way of political inclusion and Gonzi's politics of cliques, leg-dragging, spin and bad practices.
patrick cutajar
Feb 3rd, 18:41
Il-fatt li Joseph biddel ghal ahjar il-partit laburista u fetah il-bibien tal-kwartieri lil kullhadd darras lil xi whud! Il-partit sar aktar organizzat u serju u dan ghandu jqawwi lil-Maltin kolla li se jkollna gvern li kapaci jigverna sewwa u bil-mertu. Min jizbalja irid jerfa r-responsabilita u mhux nibqghu ghaddejin qisu xejn mhu xejn.
Malcolm Portelli
Feb 3rd, 18:59
Good one Mr. Cutajar...
"Min jizbalja irid jerfa r-responsabilita"... skond Joseph Muscat, jekk jizbalja qal li ser jirrezenja. I didn't hear him say he will shoulder responsibility!
Think before you write.
Alex Debono
Feb 3rd, 18:35
I followed both meetings, no wonder there is such an urge for a change in Government, but most of all for a change in the way of doing politics.
jm busuttil
Feb 3rd, 19:01
Kemm inti tajjeb Alex how did you follow both meetings at one go.
Denis Pace
Feb 3rd, 21:16
JM has a Macchiavellian style. He relies on PR and publicity stunts. He has a close circle of friends in the party. He has made pacts with certain business men and contractors.
This is the WORKERS party.
twanny borg
Feb 3rd, 18:34
Mhux ahjar qalilna minn fejn qed igib l-eluf li l-pl qed jonfoq fil-kampanja elettorali tieghu li tidher li money no problem? Forsi jghid min huma l-kuntratturi li semma anglu farrugia ukoll.
Julian Grech
Feb 3rd, 19:01
forsi kieku jaghmel xi 5 snin ohra gonzi jdahhal l-ligi li draftjalu franco tal-finanzjament tal-partiti...issa qed jara bi kbira l-pn?kieku em l-ligi ma' kienx ikun aw hafna dubji
George Camilleri
Feb 3rd, 19:22
@ twanny borg
kieku tezisti ligi fuq il-finanzjament tal-partiti tkun, din tkun bicca xoghol facli ghal poplu biex ikun jaf, fuq kull partit.
Ghalfejn ghadha ma wasletx Malta?
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 3rd, 18:31
We are fed up of all the talk Joseph Muscat, of all the promises!! It is time to tell us how!! After 5 years you still did not give us an electoral program!! Will lejber write down if they did any promises to contractors? Will lejber tell us if our environment was put on sale?
Joseph Bugeja
Feb 3rd, 18:50
On which page did the P.N. tell us about their contractors? Or since we have the 'yellow pages' we need not ask but take it for granted?
As if an electoral programme is an enacted law! If it was so I'd like to claim back 5 years 'lost' of income tax refunds!
Don't worry Mr Aquilina you've only got to wait 5 more weeks...not years.
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 3rd, 19:23
@Joseph Bugeja
The yello pages joke is not funny unless you are brain washed by lejber media! Joseph Bugeja... where is the ELECTORAL PROGRAM of the lejber party! Oh, you just believe Joseph Muscat on his word! You do not ask yourself "Why oh why Joseph Muscat did not want to tell me about the contractors" ... what is Joseph Muscat hiding from you? from me? FROM US MALTESE?
t aguis
Feb 4th, 00:04
@ Joseph Aquilina
there's nothing to tell you about contractos as there is no one that gave him €350000 to finance the electoral campaign, as a contractor done with gonzipn. And why gonzipn doesn't publish his party finances. Go and ask the same question to gonzipn and also ask why the party financial law have not been implemented in the last five years.
Matthew Scerri
Feb 3rd, 18:20
No space for incompetence, corruption and amateurism. The door is only open to contractors.
Matthew Scerri
Feb 3rd, 18:20
'Ensuring that Malta really became the best in Europe'. This is everyone's wish and today, considering the severe economic situation the EU Mediterranean countries are in, we are indeed in the top class, even if more has to be done.
What worries me is that the method of Muscat, isolating and sacking loyal people, will lead our country to become a replica of Cyprus. He expressed such a desire.
Joseph Bugeja
Feb 3rd, 18:51
Would a replica of Ireland suffice?
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 3rd, 19:08
This Joseph Muscat and Cyprus thing is just PN spin. The economic crisis in Cyprus arose simply because Cypriot banks for historical reasons invested heavily in Greece. When Greece went down it pulled Cyprus down with it. Nothing to do with wrong economic models. Before this crisis Cyprus had one of the highest standards of living in Europe - much higher than ours.
Charlie Tabone
Feb 3rd, 18:18
so thats why Dr Muscat is not worrying that malta will be directed in wall if he s there.....because he s trusting Mr Bonello that put investment in wall.........
George Cutajar
Feb 3rd, 18:17
JM has no baggage says Finco Trust's MD. Was he speaking about the same JM? Does the fact that JM wanted us out of the EU and the Euro not constitute baggage? Does the advice to go down Cyprus' path not constitute baggage? Is Mr. Bonello so impressionable?
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 3rd, 19:09
This Joseph Muscat and Cyprus thing is just PN spin. The economic crisis in Cyprus arose simply because Cypriot banks for historical reasons invested heavily in Greece. When Greece went down it pulled Cyprus down with it. Nothing to do with wrong economic models. Before this crisis Cyprus had one of the highest living standards iun Europe - much higher than ours.
C. Bartoli
Feb 3rd, 22:26
@Carmel J. Caruana kemm bellwilek helu helu ta Cipru, tidher li lanqas taf x'hinu jigri gewwa Cipru.
C. Bartoli
Feb 3rd, 22:35
@Carmel J. Caruana ghadek ma tafx li cipru hija it-tax haven tal mafia russa.
jm busuttil
Feb 3rd, 18:17
Paul you have all the right to express yourself but do you have any idea the repercussions you have just inflicted on Finco Trust.
In my opinion I really hope that you had discussed your participation before accepting.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 3rd, 18:16
Muscat "had no baggage".
This must be the most asinine comment of this century irrespectively of the many years left – Prosit Bonello your first political salvo is indicative.
Joseph Bugeja
Feb 3rd, 19:31
I thought your deputy leader had a different version for the asinine comment of the century...or was his'the comment of the millennium?
Iva qas fuq kumment ma taqblu. Fittxu warrbu. Hames gimghat jidrhu eternita'!
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 3rd, 18:14
Talk is cheap Joseph Muscat. Tell us what YOU promised to the contractors!! Tell us if OUR ENVIRONMENT was put on sale? Tell us if Malta is reall taghna ilkoll, or when you feel like it Malta will be only yours!!
These are the questions that Joseph Muscay should be answering!! and without twisting the truth!
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 4th, 02:53
The environment has been destroyed by the PN. Even Sliema has been destroyed - just a bag of soulless high-rises. None of us are certain what JM will do but we certainly know what the PN has done.
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 18:12
Joseph Muscat is a person who had no baggage
Xi nghidu ghal-parir hazin li ta lil Malta biex inharsu lejn Cipru bhala mudell ghal Malta fil-krizi finanzjarja tad-dinja u ta' l-Ewropa? Dik mhux "baggage" tissejjah?
Xi nghidu dwar l-allegazzjoni li ghamel anglu farrugia dwar joseph muscat - dik li joseph muscat huwa hafna aktar vicin certu BUSINESSMEN milli mill-HADDIEMA - l-gheruq tal-pl?
G. Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 18:36
Dejjem tirrepeti l'istess diskors Angelo ghejd xi haga bis-sens forsi 30 sena ohra nibdew nemnuk.
Julian Grech
Feb 3rd, 18:40
dejjem l-istess diska... xi nghidu ghal-korruzzjoni li baqghet tiela taht dan il-gvern? u xi nghidu ghal-parir hazin li kien taghna gonzi biex nivvutawlu 5 snin ilu?
Joseph Bugeja
Feb 3rd, 18:42
You call that baggage? In P.N. terms those are just paper bags. A famous contractor helps the P.N. and he cares not to keep it a secret. He is greatly rewarded of course but this is taken so for granted that it is not news. It's like the weather report...we know it's there and sometimes we care to glance at it.
Arrogance seemed to have caught on to you apologists here Mr Vassallo.
Joseph Buhagiar
Feb 3rd, 18:49
I admit we all have a learning curve. But man, is it possible that Gonzi does has not learned that that once (1) one minister and or government official border or goes beyond what is considered professional; and no one fires him; the rest learn to do it too. Control is lost. This is the issue.
Once the CEO loses control - shareholders need a new CEO to regain control.
Simple to floating voters
Michael Magri
Feb 3rd, 18:52
Sur Vassallo.
Forsi ma tafx... Ic-Ciprijotti marru `l-bahar ghax ovvjament kellhom hafna investimenti diversi kbar fill-Grecja.. Ghallura meta l-ekonomijja Griega Ikkollassat, din gibdet lill-Cipru maghha..
Rigward x`qal Dr. Angelo Farrugia forsi tiftakar ukoll hafna ahjar x`qal Dr Franko Debono ta kif jahdem GonziPN & `KLIKKA`, u qabbel.
G. Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 20:40
Kollu t-tort ta Joseph li gralhom hekk il-Griegi u c-Ciprijoti.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 3rd, 18:11
So it must be that Anglu deserved the political assassination.
As always with MLP, it's insignificant people like Cyprus Joe who decide what one deserves!
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 18:07
Joseph Muscat is a person who had no baggage
Xi nghidu ghal-parir hazin li ta lill-Izlanda u lil Malta biex ma nidhlux fl-Unjoni Ewropea? Dik mhux "baggage" tissejjah?
Xi nghidu ghall-parir li ta lil Malta biex ma nissiehbux fiz Zona Ewro? Dik mhux "baggage" tissejjah?
Xi nghidu ghall-parir li ta lil Malta biex inhrsu lejn Cipru bhalama nissiehbux fiz Zona Ewro? Dik mhux "baggage" tissejjah?
Julian Grech
Feb 3rd, 18:43
kemm qisek copy and paste qed taghmel :-)
Denis Pace
Feb 3rd, 21:18
Baggage...I dont know!...but what I know is that he gets a fat pension from the EU.
U AHNA NSAFFRU!
carmelo buttigieg
Feb 3rd, 18:06
Another individual of a significant stature who is unable to recognize the party he once used to make part of.
John Attard
Feb 3rd, 18:21
He is not needed within PLRanks. He came to Pl to use the PL for his own objectives not because he believes in the movement
John Attard
Feb 3rd, 18:05
Mr bonello should have gone to a PN MEETING. THAT'S WHERE HE TRULY BELONGS. Joseph Muscat would do well to keep such people out of their political arena. I assure him that there are many PL supporters within BOV but he cannot allow the party to be used by such people. PL will win the election without Mr Bonello s vote.......his vote is not needed for the PL
Joe M Borg
Feb 3rd, 18:01
'PL to give people what they deserve.' If PL's idea of what we deserve is similar to Anglu's treatment, NO THANKS!
Jo Borg
Feb 3rd, 17:59
<< He referred to Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi's statement that a €49 million deficit as a projection for 2015 was a "drop in the ocean" >>
A drop my foot ! It's a proper jet of water by the looks of it. Have a look at this action photo:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=440843762656032&set=a.275562782517465.65133.100001912364823&type=1&theater
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 3rd, 17:58
but made no mention of former deputy leader Anglu Farrugia
"dear leader" joseph muscat qieghed jipprova jinjora dak li qal fuqu dalghodu anglu farrugia. joseph qieghed JIBZA jirrispondi lill-anglu farrugia ghaliex qieghed JIBZA li jaqla aktar HAMA tal-partit LEJBURISTA, fosthom li qieghed jigi allegat li joseph huwa hafna aktar qrib ta' BUSINESSMEN milli mill-gheruq tal-aprtit - il-haddiema.
M Cassar
Feb 3rd, 17:58
Mr Bonello by aligning yourself to Labour you have lost all credibility small investors might have had in you. I wonder if you spoke to Dr Michael Falzon about this issue? After all, standing to correction, isn't he a lawyer employed by BOV?
Vince Deguara
Feb 3rd, 17:57
A stab in the back certainly was what Anglu Farrugia deserved...
G Tonna
Feb 3rd, 17:55
Yeah. I mean you are already 5 years at the helm of the party and we do not have a manifesto or clear ideology of the party let alone an election program.
It doesn't look good. What with your promise to give us a gas power station in two years.
Richard Caruana
Feb 3rd, 17:54
Joseph Muscat with no baggage! Pull the other one.
Remember the Made in Brussels programmes filled with lies, threats and scaremongering against joining the EU?
Remember who shouted for joy that the Partnership had won?
*Joseph Brincat
Feb 3rd, 17:52
Joseph Muscat said HE will prioritise the Whistleblower Act, the party financing laws and will remove the time-barring element on political corruption.
Right direction for Gonzi pn had let it GROW >>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRcu3u8W2o
Edward Borg
Feb 3rd, 17:51
change in direction - ghall gol hajt
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 3rd, 19:15
Proprjament diga qeghdin fil-hajt (5000 million Euro dejn). Tibdil ta' direzzjoni biex ninqalghu minn gol-hajt.
C. Bartoli
Feb 3rd, 22:40
@ Carmel J. Caruana this will give you a better picture as regards debts we are better of than many other countries you consider better than us http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=ds22a34krhq5p_#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=gd_pc_gdp&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country_group&idim=country_group:eu:non-eu&idim=country:mt:it:fr:de:uk&ifdim=country_group&hl=en_US&dl=en_US&ind=fal
A Trapani
Feb 3rd, 23:53
Carmel ... issa ninqalaw... b'xi 600 miljun dejn ohra ghal power station inutli ninqalaw malajr..
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