PL replies as Gonzi asks if contractors are dictating Labour's policy
PL replies as Gonzi asks if contractors are dictating Labour's policy.
Updated 2.30 p.m.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this morning that Labour leader Joseph Muscat could not continue staying silent on the comments made on Sunday by his former deputy Anglu Farrugia.
Most importantly, Dr Gonzi said, the Labour leader needed to comment on Dr Farrugia's remarks about contractors' links with the Labour Party.
Were contractors dictating Labour policy?
Dr Gonzi made his comments in reply to questions during a press conference which focused mostly on community care for the elderly and primary healthcare.
The Nationalist leader said a new PN government would build two new regional health centres, one in St Julian's and the other in the south of Malta. That was part of plans to give priority on primary healthcare, reducing the pressure on hospital services.A new PN government would invest more in the creation of public-private partnerships to strengthen and upgrade home-help and other community services such as Telecare and give tax incentives for those elderly persons engaging home carers.
Tax incentives would also be given for people who take unpaid leave to care for the elderly.
The PN's proposals included a €500 allowance for all those people aged over 75 who stayed at home. This would be introduced from the beginning of next year.
LABOUR REACTION
In a reaction, the Labour Party said the prime minister was not credible when he spoke on relations with contractors.
One only needed to remember how a senior political figure, not in the Labour Party, had gone around Europe on a yacht belonging to a contractor who was awarded several government contracts worth millions of euros.
It was Dr Gonzi who needed to explain how much was donated to the PN by Zaren Vassallo in the past eight years. He also needed to explain whether senior PN officials had pressured leading businessmen for donations to the party.
Dr Gonzi should also publish the PN's accounts.
The PL also pointed out that it was environment NGOs who had called for a separation of Mepa's planning and environment functions.
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Wilfred Camilleri
Feb 4th, 23:23
To recap all the comments below:
The PL Is right and the PN is wrong.
The PN is right and the PL Is wrong.
Now make up your mind and vote!!!
C. Bartoli
Feb 4th, 21:07
What is the connection between the ‘Big Contractors’ who feel they should support JM.com’s crusade? Isn’t it obvious, you do not need to be a rocket scientist to deduce what the connection is. The only problem is that there will come a time, should PL be in Government, that these contractors will come knocking at JM.Com’s door for their prize.
Eddy Privitera
Feb 5th, 16:36
C. Bartoli: What you wrote confirms that you are only INVENTING what can happen, since you cannot state that it has happened ! But all Malta knows that what you are inventing about the PL, HAS HAPPENED with GonziPN, namely, cedrtain contractors who FINANCE GonziPN aòways end up getting ALL THE MAJOR CONTRACTS !
M. Grech
Feb 4th, 20:42
It is funny watching PN making a big deal when hearing that PL may had discussions with big contractors! If PL is, therefore, now closer to a number of big contractors, then such discussions were successful. It would have been incorrect if PL did not include such people to get a real overvew. No wrong doings in that!
zammit o
Feb 4th, 20:39
Gonzi should tell us whether big contractors are dictating this government's policies.
Thomas C. Cassar
Feb 4th, 19:58
The PN's proposals included a €500 allowance for all those people aged over 75 who stayed at home. This would be introduced from the beginning of next year.
U kemm jiffranka l-Gvern Sur PM b'din il-mizura li ma ggib xejn hlief tbatija fuq dawk l-anzjani li jew jibqghu d-dar inkella jigu mgeghla jaghmlu dan mill-familjaru taghhom minkejja li jkunu ahjar go home?
DUNCAN FABRI
Feb 4th, 19:43
Il-Partit Nazzjonalista qisu ga rrassenjat....ghax hlief jopponi, jbezza u jikkritika lil-labour mhux jaghmel. Basta hargu l-manifest ghax ga hbewh!
charles flask
Feb 4th, 19:07
In the western societies, the limelight is generally on the government and not on the opposition! The media, NGOs etc try to mainly focus on what govt is doing or not doing. OK, now its election time in Malta and people have the right to know the Opposition's proposals (as unfolding) but govt should be held accountable on the existing situation (as we r living) which does not seem pleasant at all.
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 4th, 18:55
Gonzi int ma bqajtx sieket dawn is-snin kollha fuq il-finanjamenti tal partiti ma kontx ragel bizzejjed biex tattwa ligi fuq dan u issa trid tghamilha tal-bully fuq is-suggett.
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:50
Joe Borg (senior). Il-korruzzjoni INKIXFET fi zmien Gonzi, u hu ma hafirha lil HADD. Ftit differenti minn kif spjegajtha int! Min jaf x-irid johrog fur il-kuntratturi li qalbu mal-PL! Ghalfejn Joseph ma wegibx ghall-mistoqsijiet ta' Gonzi, jekk m'hemm xejn hazin li qed jahbi. Flok irrisponda, attakka lil Gonzi. X'inhu jahbilek Joseph? 'Attack is the best form of defence'. Minn xiex beza'?
Mark Camilleri
Feb 4th, 18:43
As George Orwell would put it, "Malta Taghna lkoll...izda uhud ghandhom izjed minn ohrajn".
Franco Attard Trevisan
Feb 4th, 18:33
the pot calling the kettle black!
I say both the PN & the PL must answer the relative questions. Passing the buck over to your opponent DOES NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS it is just an insult to the intelligence of the electorate !!
The PN's past (& present) ties with contractors must be investigated... The PL's future (& present) ties with contractors has to be aborted immediately !
Michael Gatt
Feb 4th, 18:28
Proset Dr. Muscat wegibt lil min minghalieh irid jghalmek
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:59
Ghandek zball. Joseph ma wegibx, imma attakka. Ghala? Jekk il-PL ma ghamel XEJN hazin, ghala ma wegibx. Tinten HAFNA dil-bicca siehbi. U probabbli li Anglu ghandu iktar x'jikxef. Stenna u tara. Issa sar irrelevanti Anglu, bhal Franco, ghax Joseph 'no comment' dwaru. Lanqas haqqu kumment!
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:26
In their answer to Gonzi's queries, PL DIDN'T answer! They just attacked him instead. Hmmmm. Too much truth in Anglu's remarks, and this is ONLY the TIP of the iceberg. More to follow! And I believe that today, Joseph decided on 'no comment' on AF's accustions. So, you see, NOW Anglu has BECOME irrelevant after all, as he is not worth even a comment. This is getting exciting!
Richard Farrugia
Feb 4th, 17:49
PL lost its lustre as dust is slicking to the canvas. PL has now many questions to answer to its grassroots. Was Anglu Farrugia political murder the pressure of the new oligarchy of Maltese and European businessmen - the Upper class???? PL is a worker's party and a middle class one in its roots and not an upper class conglomerate! Our expectations from JM are now NO MINIMUM WAGE RISES ...????????
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 4th, 17:05
PL reaction has "I am guilty" written all over it. It does not deny what AF said, It does not say what was promised to these contractors, It just tries to say "you did it too" ... well one thing is for sure, they came to PL because they did not get what they want from PN!!
PL, if you are not "open" now then how can we believe PL can be "open" when in government! We simply can't!!
A Abela
Feb 4th, 17:14
Mr aquilina the Pl is the only party in mala that publish its audited accounts. Can you be 'open' more than that.
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:30
A Abela And PL are the only party EVER not to publish its FULL electoral programme! 'Fat cats', 'hbieb tal-hbieb', and 'klikka' are all right now, as long as they are RED! We are still waiting for JM's answers to Gonzi's questions! We want answers, not attacks! Where is Konrad? He should know the facts, as he did all the study abot the power station. Lately he simply vanished!
Charlie Tabone
Feb 4th, 16:51
tal labour m ghadhomx jghidu ......il ftit min ghand il hafna....imma issa nbidlet.....il hafna mighand il ftit
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:33
Iva, issa 'il-hbieb tal-hbieb' saru OK, basta jkunu homor! Muscat ghadu ma wiegeb XEJN ghall-mistoqsijiet ta' Gonzi. Flok irrisponda, attakka. Xejn gdid fil-PL. U issa ndunajna li Anglu SAR IRRELEVANTI, ghax ghall-mistoqsijiet li sarulu dwar Anglu, ghazel 'no comment'. Lanqas kumment ma sar jiswa iss Anglu.
G. Cachia
Feb 4th, 16:35
Labour tafu fejn sejrin. Tafu li tlaqtu minn telgha u nezlin in-nizla. Tistghu titpaxxew b'xi ex-Nazzjonalisti li hadu li riedu fi zmien il-PN u issa marru n-naha l-ohra biex ikunu "safe" u jakkwistaw mill-PL ukoll.
Il-Laburisti genwini se jdumu jistennew ghax l-ewwel jinqdew dawn l-ex-Nazzjonalisti u mbaghad jekk ikun fadal forsi jiehdu xi haga huma. Din hi l-istrategija prezenti tal-PL.
Eddy Privitera
Feb 4th, 16:51
G. Cachia: Ghandek inqas minn 5 gimghat ohra tohlom !
Leslie Darmanin
Feb 4th, 16:55
What a disgusting way to put.
But so damned right.
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:37
Eddie Bhas-soltu, meta titkellem int, iktar tghamel hsara lil-PL. Taf tghidilna ghaliex kuntratturi kbar, ex PN, ISSA marru ma' PL? Smajna li telqu l-PN ghax ma kienux kuntenti billi zammewlhom xi permessi. Ghala marru mal-PL? Ghax mal-PL 'tirranga'? U dak li ghal-PN jidher hazin, il-PL 'jirrangah'? U ghala Joseph ma kkummentax fuq Anglu? Sar IRRELEVANTI ghalih issa?
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:40
PT 2. Skond Anglu, Joseph tieghek, GIDEB darbtejn: Meta qal li ghadu f'kuntatt kontienwu ma' Anglu, li mhux veru. U meta accerta lil Anglu li mhux se jitkecca. Mhux veru wkoll! Iss qed jirrepeti GIDBA ohra tal-PL tal-2008, li jekk jitla' PN, is-sahha ma tibqax b'xejn. Malta KOLLHA taf li s-sahha baqghet b'xejn, imma Joseph ma jafx. 5 gimghat ohra jista jkollna Prim Ministru lil min iqarraq
I Mercieca
Feb 4th, 18:47
Eddy..... int ilek dawn is-snin kollha tohlom u bqajt b'xiber imnieher LOL
Darba sahansitra hmar il-lejl tak ghax hsibt li l-Partnership rebah !!!!!!!!
Hallina Eddy....
Joseph Portelli
Feb 4th, 16:34
Dwar il-korruzzjoni ghandna ezempju klassiku! Meta sindku nazzjonalista gie mkecci mill-Partit Nazzjonalista ghax kien hemm allegazzjoni ta' korruzzjoni, haddiehor laqghu ghandu u ma nafx kemm tah spazju biex jitkellem kontra l-Partit Nazzjonalista!
Biex tiskongra trid tkun pur!
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:44
Barra dak il-kaz, kien hemm ufficjal tal-pulizzja li kien tkecca. Tal-PL fethulu jdejhom, haddnuh mghhom, u kkritikaw lil Eddie u l-kummissarju talli keccewh. Biss WARA li tfaccaw xi veritajiet li l-PL farfru jdejhom. Tal-PL ma jitghallmu QATT, u ma tista tafdahom QATT. Joseph ghadu jghajjat l-ghajta ta' Sant li bil-PN, il-medicina mhux se tibqa b'xejn, AVOLJA wara 5 snin uriehom li giddibin!
Joseph Galea
Feb 4th, 16:32
se jghidilna jew le il PL min fejn gab il miljuni ghal kampanja ?
Michael Gatt
Feb 4th, 18:30
Bil ftit minghand il hafna li telqu min mghakom u gew mghana habib
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:45
Wara l-elezzjoni! Jghidilna wkoll MIN wera' nteress DIGA', kif qal JM, fil-power station il-gdida. Forsi xi wcuh li rajnihom Dubai.
Mario Spiteri
Feb 4th, 16:28
Sur Borg (Senior),sakemm idum jezisti l-bniedem,minn natura ezistenzjali tieghu mitwieled fid-dnub,tibqa' tissemma l-korruzzjoni.Izda differenza hemm bejn korruzzjoni maghrufa u reali tas-sebghinijiet u korruzzjoni ta'percezzjoni,dejjem allegata fl-ahhar erbghin jum qabel Elezzjoni Generali.Jiena nikkundanna ukoll lil min jaf b'xi fatti u ma' jitkellimx fil-hin ghax huwa hati ta' reat ukoll.!
j brincat
Feb 4th, 16:01
NOW let's come to the beef!
Will GonziPN grant Presidential Pardon to the one who wants to be a whistleblower to this case?
ALL other matter is trivial and just deviation tactic by the usual sources!
Will GonziPN rise to the occasion as, he said he would do, just only a few days ago?
The whole of l Malta is waiting as this is a serious case indeed!
jb
p grima
Feb 4th, 18:51
Do not these words apply to any party in government in the next legislature? What's good for the goose...
Let's see who will enact this law.
Joe Borg (Senior)
Feb 4th, 15:41
Gonzi trid tkun ma tisthiex biex tapplika l-iktar punt li ghandek ghalfejn tisthi int fuq haddiehor!! Mhux kulhaddd jisma x'korruzzjoni hierga fiz-zmienek!!! Isthi!!!
G Pace
Feb 4th, 15:40
Issa sar politiku serju anglu ???? U x jajdilna fuq Franco l pm ?????? Mela trid lil Joseph iwigeb dwar anglu.....u inti qatt ma wegibt dwar Franco !!!! Tirraguna ehhhh
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:53
Hemm differenza KBIRA bejn Anglu u Franco. Franco kien ribell, u tkecca mill-konferenza generali. Anglu kien fidil sa l-ahhar, U TKECCA MINN JOSEPH BISS. Issa Anglu sar IRRILEVANTI bhal Franco, ghax JM lanqas biss ried jghaddi kumment fuqu. Daret il-folja. U stenna IKTAR hm,ieg li se jinkixef minn Anglu. The tip of the iceberg, probabbli.
K.G. Vella
Feb 4th, 15:36
The PLs financial records are always published and a party financing bill is top of the agenda so Dr.Gonzi stop taking us for fools. Leave such talk for mass meetings when people will cheer for every raucous gasp of breath that you take.
Joe M Borg
Feb 4th, 18:56
K G Vella. Fools are those who ignore the warnings Anglu gave. More will surely follow. Keep tuned, and we will probably learn about WHO showed interest in the power station; who financed PL propaganda; ... Joseph is screaming for the whistleblower act. Well, he got HIS OWN whistleblower: Anglu. His OWN medicine!
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 6th, 06:09
Mr Vella, Anglu just wants to ride on class struggle. Democratic leftist parties have rejected that type of stance long ago. The great majority of Labour supporters have rejected it also.
Roy Fava
Feb 4th, 15:30
Look who's talking!!! Gonzi....lol....is this guy for real?....where is the whistleblower act Dr Gonzi? enough said...
Jonathan Scerri
Feb 4th, 15:28
My take is that Labour wants to replicate the structure in the UK where the Planning Authority is separate from the Environment Agency to provide the necessary checks and balances. I cannot understand why the Nationalists are against this!
Neil Zammit
Feb 4th, 16:19
because if the red party says something then the blue party will say it's wrong for no reason....and vice versa
Mario Scicluna
Feb 4th, 15:24
Dr. Gonzi, allijista jkun qed tirreferi ghal dak li stieden lil PBO fuq il Yacht ? Jew forsi tixtieq tmur tara lil Arsenal jilghabu?
B. Borg
Feb 4th, 15:17
Few days ago this news portal reported a current PN Minister saying that every politician from all sides worth his salt has to meet with business people and no one objected this. But I am sure every Business Person worth his salt meeting a politician will grasp the opportunity to discuss business. So why is Gonzi in panic, today?
Joe Tanti
Feb 4th, 15:16
Its a funny situation with PN cause any proposal they make now is a testimony to their failure to implement it in the past 25 years. So the less they propose the better.
p grima
Feb 4th, 18:59
25 years? Not true. Why are you so ashamed to admit that the MLP was in government between 1996 and 1998? To many people it proves that the MLP knows that they made a mess they don't want people to remember.
Ronald Zammit
Feb 4th, 15:10
Ma nistax nifhem kif GonziPaNic ghandu il guts jikkumenta u jattaka lil PL bil KUNTRATURI!!! Lanqas tafu xigiefiri il kelma MISTHIJA, Ara min ser jemmen il kritika taghkom meta GonziPaNic tant ghandu xi wiegeb fuq il konnesjoni li ghandu mal kuntratturi(tal klikka) hu stess!!!! Tkomplux taqaw ghar redikulu mal poplu. GonziPaNic telef kull KREDIBILITA u qed jiprova jigranfa ma kull tibna .ISTHU!!
Henry S Pace
Feb 4th, 15:07
' One only needed to remember how a senior political figure, not in the Labour Party, had gone around Europe on a yacht belonging to a contractor '
Yes, Joey, my vivid memory is still healthy. I do remember when dominic mintoff used to go on holiday with
big businessmen on their yachts. Well you cannot remember those days because you were not yet born
or you were still a toddler
Mario Ellul
Feb 4th, 15:37
And your point Mr Pace? Two wrongs do not make a right. We are talking of recent history here. It is hypocritical to attack the Labour Party when PN themselves have a track record of such.
Joe Pace Asciak
Feb 4th, 15:04
Having Labour in power will mean that the economic direction of this country will change radically. I am of the opinion that it will be state-driven capitalism. The signs, for those who bother to notice them, are already evident.
K.G. Vella
Feb 4th, 15:33
Joe, do you live on the Maltese Islands? I am starting to doubt it.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 4th, 16:27
"...state-driven capitalism..."
Don't you realise there is a contradiction there.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Feb 4th, 15:00
What's your problem, Dr Gonzi? Have you forgotten that your minister of finance went on holiday with two big businessmen, to watch football together? The same two businessmen who were negotiating with government to purchase a very large property. You had no problem then - so why these questions now?
John Cachia
Feb 4th, 14:59
It's interesting to note that when PL are asked to give a comment about a particular allegation in their regard, their reaction always consists of a counter-attack and never actually give an explanation justifying whatever it is that they are being accused of.
j brincat
Feb 4th, 14:56
"Were contractors dictating Labour policy?"
Simply incredible when the whole of Malta knows on which side the contractors have traditionally been!
Perhaps, there was a SLIGHT shift but then I have never heard the PN disassociate itself from them!
And why didn't GonziPN heed Franco's advice about party financing?
What did they have to hide????
jb
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Feb 4th, 14:56
Dr Gonzi does not need to comment on the links between the PN and contractors. The results are there for all of us to see and 'enjoy'. What he needs to tell us is how much these businessmen are investing in the PN campaign. Come on, Gonzi, instead of asking others, why don't you tell us about your party?
Joseph Portelli
Feb 4th, 14:55
anglu farrugia qal li kellu ordni biex sal-elezzjoni ma jitkellem xejn!! mela min jaf x'hemm aktar mohbi ghal wara l-elezzjoni!
Etienne Borg
Feb 4th, 14:54
Il-bniedem jara it tibna f'ghajnejn haddiehor u travu f'ghajnejh ma jarahx.....
j brincat
Feb 4th, 14:49
As the proverb goes "the drowning man clutches to the straw!
LOL!!!!
jb
j brincat
Feb 4th, 14:48
"PN government would invest more in the creation of public-private partnerships"
What took him so long to realise this?
Where has he been in the last 5 years, hibernating or napping?
jb
H. Psaila
Feb 4th, 19:13
Are you living in Lala land Mr. Brincat, what about the new lift in Valletta, what about The Waterfront??? Oh I know why you havent heard about them, because One Tv never mentioned them. Who are you kidding?
Raymond Cutajar
Feb 4th, 14:48
where the wind blows . Was it not thesame ( and always will be ) that that contractors behave so ?
Please dear P M do not thread where others did as your party the P N does not deserve to be -detach yourself from the party and vdo what you wish then
Remember that F D is more relevant now then ever !
Mr Joe Cardona
Feb 4th, 14:47
Mhux bilfors kuntrattur trid tqabbad biex tibni xi impjant jew sptar.
Nahseb mhux se tqabbad xi wuiehed ibigh il-laham jew il-haxix.
Xt tghid Onor. Dr L. Gonzi?
Mr Stephen Borg
Feb 4th, 14:44
He is right to ask such a question because they have been dictating his for many years now, so you cannot blame the poor sod for asking such a question, he wants to know if it is possible to win an election without the help of big business.
Ethelbert Schembri
Feb 4th, 14:43
Highlights of yesterday's PN meeting ... Talking about the PL and more talk about the PL and finally closing down with more PL .. This morning PN's press conferenced focused on yet more PL.
Even Gonzi is acknowledging that the future is better with the PL, he's all the time talking about the PL but carefully forgetting all the mayhem he is responsible of.. just remember everything Franco said!!
j cauchi
Feb 4th, 14:40
why doesn't Dr. Gonzi ask the same questions to himself !!! Maybe he should reconsider to introduce the Whistle-blower Act before Elections and not after when it will be to late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
j brincat
Feb 4th, 14:39
@Mark. Galea
"Malta taghna lkoll (barra l-parti tal-kuntratturi)"
Yes, Malta taghna LKOLL, at long last!!!
jb
Raymond Cutajar
Feb 4th, 14:37
Dear Hon P. M. Dr lawrence Gonzi please can you explain to the same country that you are harking about that such a scenario is as common as every sunrise and sunset for that matter
what the public ( and you and your party is aware of surely ) should be told clearly by you is that it isd so evidently clear that the PL will be winning the 9th March election and the contractors are all sniffing
Noel Mifsud
Feb 4th, 14:36
Kemm hu kbir il qawl Malti, Ma tarax it traviuf ghajnejk u tara it traba f ghajn haddiehor. Naghmlu mod l kuntratturi qed jidettaw il politika tal PL, il kuntrattur (mhux uri) nahseb tal pajjiz qed jaghmel. Sptar tal Cancer, BWSE, Dar Centrali, alla jbierek f dal pajjiz kuntrattur wiehed biss hawn. Imma l kbira tal BWSE, sabu fuq il yellow pages u Alla jbierek beda mil lahhar bhal l Gharab.
j brincat
Feb 4th, 14:32
"The PN's proposals included a €500 allowance "
Thought he was referring to the €500 he took behind our backs.
But then realised that these refer to a YEARLY allowance while the privileged FEW took it on a WEEKLY basis!
jb
pat muscat
Feb 4th, 14:29
One thing for sure! GonziPN found the contractors for the major tender of a power station at Delimara through the yellow pages! Before accusing others GonziPN should take a very, very good look at itself! GonziPn has lost all credibility and no button resetting can bring it back again!
j brincat
Feb 4th, 14:27
AND who dictates the PN's agenda.
The very FAT cats perhaps?
jb
j brincat
Feb 4th, 14:26
Look who's talking!
Incredible but true!
jb
Renato J. Costigan
Feb 4th, 14:19
Hawnhekk kulhadd iwaddab il-hmieg lejn il-PN minghajr hadd ma ghandu provi hlief valenu fil-halq
imma Dr. Anglu Farrugia (l-ex deputat kap tal-PL) ghandu idu mimlija bil-provi ta' x'qed jigri fir-raba sular
tad-dar tal-hgieg li dawn il-kuntratturi huma mohbija hemmhekk.
S'issa NO COMMENT smajna min JM.
stephen mifsud
Feb 4th, 14:15
hey hey Dont Stop the Party the Labor Party that is .. and Gonzi please be reminded that the Labour Party is for the everyone to make more money to help everyone stay in the game to circulate money around err called trade .. PN Gonzi policy has taken plenty out of the trade game and workers deserve ther share and better working conditions and pay .. its called Balance of society Gonzi ... !!!
carmel vella
Feb 4th, 14:14
Hallina Sur Prim Ministru! Tidher li ghadek ma xbajtx iddahhaq nies bik! Kompli ghaffeg.
edward vella
Feb 4th, 14:10
Jekk taf kif isthi Dr.Gonzi!!! Int se tistaqsi dwar is silenzju ta Dr.Muscat??? Inkredibbli imma vera!!! Mela insejt x'saqsiek Dr.Franco debono dwar hafna affarijiet jaharqu hafna fil partit tieghek?? Kieku taf id dicenza fejn toqghod kont twiegeb imqar xott xott!!! Imma int ma tridx tisma bi tgerfix fost il kandidati tieghek!!! Int ta Dr.Muscat trid issewwi!!Maaa x'biza u x'wicc tost!!!
Mr Tony Gauci
Feb 4th, 14:09
The Joke of the century !!!
Tajba din e!
John L Galea
Feb 4th, 13:57
L-ispizjar milli jkollu jtik...biex nghiduha bil-pulit!!
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 4th, 13:57
Just another political cheap gemmick in the hope to decrease a little the lead that Labour, under the wise leadership of Joseph Muscat, has over the PN.
Nest week opinion poll will prove again that Labour is still leading PN by 12 points.
John L Galea
Feb 4th, 13:56
Gonzi should tell us who dictated the fact that we have a power station that works on HFO instead of gas. Also he should tells us how deep is Vassallo's intrigue with the PN.
Also if he is so concerned now, his party had 25 years chance to pass the law of the party financing, which JM has already pledged that it will be enacted immediately. So the PL has nothing to hide unlike GOnzi.
Mr J Xerri
Feb 4th, 13:53
Perhaps some people speak out of experience.
A Spiteri
Feb 4th, 13:50
once they said VOTE GEORGE...GET LORRY
now it's...
VOTE MUSCAT...GET GONZI
D. Xerri
Feb 4th, 13:48
Gonzi asks if contractors are dictating Labour's policy ..... and Many People are Asking Gonzi if someone donating 350,000 to the P.N. is dictating the PN`s Policy maybe :¬)
.... its only natural we ask like Gonzi Asks :¬)
Gordon Caruana
Feb 4th, 13:41
One thing I would like to ask Dr. Gonzi. While he was in power he could have introduced the law for political parties. He could have known who are supporting Labour but we also could have known who is supporting his party. Maybe we could have known if Zaren Vassallo was one of them (Euro 350,000 + 1 million in bad debts) Franco Debono had already the draft of this ready, Yes?
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 4th, 13:54
First; in five years Gonzi gave us a strong economy, plenty of work, and a good standard of living. All this while countries around us had TAX Hikes, Lost Jobs, etc etc etc. I ask you another question; Where was Joseph? Ahhh .. he was too busy trying to bring the government down rather then actually do something for the good of this country!
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Feb 4th, 14:54
Don't forget that Gonzi tried to torpedoe Debono's draft which was very stringent. He got Ugo Mifusd Bonnici to draft another law. UMB included a clause that if the donor was a party member, his donation (whatever the amount) would not need to be disclosed. When this draft was seen by GRECO, they said this defeats the whole purpose of a partry financing law. Typical Gonzi playing around.
*Joseph Brincat
Feb 4th, 13:41
Dr Gonzi said, the Labour leader needed to comment on Dr Farrugia's remarks about contractors' links with the Labour Party.
Dr GONZI PN WAY DON'T YOU USE the Commission Against Corruption if you think that there is something wrong ?? not just wap wap wap .
Ethelbert Schembri
Feb 4th, 13:38
Highlights of yesterday's PN meeting ... Talking about the PL and more talk about the PL and finally closing down with more PL .. This morning PN's press conferenced focused on yet more PL.
Even Gonzi is acknowledging that the future is better with the PL, he's all the time talking about the PL but carefully forgetting all the mayhem he is responsible of.. just remember everything Franco said!!
Paul Meilak
Feb 4th, 13:38
L-idea li jifred l-ippjanar u l-ambjent ( ME-PA ) gabha minn x'imkien JM hux.
Peter Simpson
Feb 4th, 13:37
The age of ideology has long been left behind in modern Europe: not so for GonziPN who is still stuck in the divide and rule of the past. Today both employees and employers in it together-together we prosper: divided we fall!
Ronnie Callus
Feb 4th, 13:34
Futur fi -sod dejjem kien is-slogan tieghek Dr.Gonzi. Biss ikun ahjar li kieku jghidulna l-kuntratturi u azjendi ohra kemm baqalhom jiehdu minn ghand il-Gvern,- taxxi tieghi u tieghek. Imbaghad inkunu nafu ezatt il-pajjiz fhiex qieghed mad-dejn fenominali li ghandu.
joe vella
Feb 4th, 13:32
anglu farrugia may have good reason to be hurt, but if heis true to his stated position in respecting the PL and all that it stands for, then he should honour that stance
he may have good reason to disrespect JM, why not? it is his right to, but with his actions he is giving the PN a diversionary path to help them fend off the damage that the oil purchasing saga is causing to their campaign
Thomas Anderson
Feb 4th, 13:30
Dr Gonzi is unbelievable,for instance, what would he say if the secretary general of PL went on holiday onboard a contractors luxury superyacht, which contractor usually gets large contracts from the yellow Pages.This happened twice with different GonziPN secretarys, or is it two weights two measures -for Dr Gonzi?
Donna Parnis
Feb 4th, 13:23
Gonzi what contractors are dictating you your party. ??? euro350,000 from one particular one, and now your going to build health centers, again, you say this after JM already stated this earlier, You need contractors to produce jobs, but that dosent mean they are in JMs pockets like your contractors are.
Joseph Gauci
Feb 4th, 13:21
"Contractors dictating Labour's policy" kemm int helu Dr. Gonzi. Int kellek u ghad ghandek lil Wistin dictating and running your policies u ma kellekx il-gazz, li xtaqt li kellek u hlist minnu.
Joseph Laus
Feb 4th, 13:18
Dr Gonzi That is not your business,,,,,,,Joseph never asked you who is feeding you and your party,,,although malta To-day gave all details ..that we all assume are correct,,,,,,,You never said who built ur H.Q.....so shut up and stay political ,,if know how .......
Mario Scicluna
Feb 4th, 13:09
Tant jinsab panikuz u fi stat konfuzjonali li lanqas idea m'ghandhom ta' kontro-kritika ghal proposti konkreti u fattibbli tal-PL. Tipikament kif jaf hu u l-Partit Nazzjonalista, PM erhilu jattakka personalment u jivvinta, jharref. tant ma jafux x'inhuma jaghmlu ta' GonziPN li johorgu verzjoni differenti kuljum, esponenti lanqas koordinament bejnithom, Simon jghaffeg l'hawn, Tonio jpacpac l'hemm..
Ronnie Callus
Feb 4th, 12:56
Dr.Gonzi why not ask Anglu whom the contractors you are mentioning are. He should be able to give you an answer being praised so much by you for his bravery. Have you forgot those contractors in Mater Dei, BWSC ( found from the Yellow Pages). Contractors taking road works, contractors doing work to Ministers and so on. For sure your Party lead in this issue.
George Camilleri
Feb 4th, 12:52
Before you ask questions on others, go have a good look in the mirror, maybe you'll see familiar flashing images of Malta's industrial barons who you know so well.
Gonzi, kieku kont pur, mistoqsija bhal din fija u ma fijiex, imma Partit mgharraq fil-korrozjuni bhalkom ghandkom turu ftit galbu.
Imma x'tafu fuq galbu? il-poter dejjem kien prijorita ghalikom, bil-business men jiffirmaw ic-cheques
Mario Camilleri
Feb 4th, 12:52
What amazes me is that on this one Gonzi is being very polite and for obvious reasons of course.
Joe Pace Asciak
Feb 4th, 12:51
Having Labour in power will mean that the economic direction of this country will change radically. I am of the opinion that it will be state-driven capitalism. The signs, for those who bother to notice them, are already evident.
C Falzon
Feb 4th, 12:51
A new PN government would invest more in the creation of public-private paretnership....ma Zaren Vassallo. Il kuntratturi ndunaw bit tmexxija serja ta Joseph Muscat. Jew GonziPN qed jahseb li ghandu dritt fuq kulhadd x jghamel?? Mal LP kulhadd jista jahdem anke dawk li ma jaqblux politikament mieghu. Keep strong Joseph.
Eddy Privitera
Feb 4th, 12:46
Do GonziPN apologists describe Dr. Gonzi's €500 to 75 year olds as " Father Christmas" ? Induna li l-anzjani fil-maggoranza taghhom qed jghidu li se jivvotaw PL. Allura malajr ivvinta CEJCA ohra forsi ma tafx kif jirnexxilu jidhaq bl-anzjani !
R. Aquilina
Feb 4th, 12:46
Dr. Gonzi ( U Turns ) thinks that he is the only person with the divine right to talk to businessmen in Malta. Unfortunately our PM lives on another planet and is completely out of touch with his fellow Maltese . Private yacht trips and kick-backs , six hundred euro raise a week and now the corruption crisis of Enemalta is making your supporters leave the PN in droves. Time is running out Dr.Gonzi
Eddy Privitera
Feb 4th, 12:38
Dr. Gonzi: Did you hear Anglu Farrugia say that contractors were "dictating PL policy " ? Of course not ! All Anmglu Farrugia said that thre are "links" - which could mean anything. surely, just as contractors have links with the PN, so other contractors can have links with PL. What is wrong is, if "links" turn into UNFAIR ADVANTAGE as has happened with GonziPN ! The JS LIST of GonziPN is proof
Ronnie Callus
Feb 4th, 12:50
Well said Eddy and as far as we know Anglu 'Fears' said and not that there are contractors dictating. For sure a number of these contractors are those left out or given their back by Dr.Gonzipn. The cake with the cherry was ate by those of the inner circle and take ministers on a cruise.
laurent caruana
Feb 4th, 12:57
Don't twist words Eddy!
Joseph Portelli
Feb 4th, 13:07
Sur Eddy,
Ghaliex Anglu qal li sal-elezzjoni tawh ordni biex ma jitkellem xejn??!!?? Tghid x'qed jinheba sal-elezzjoni?
paul camilleri
Feb 4th, 13:21
1/ 1 Mr Privitera i think the point here is that LP is a party that defends the workers, and if the PL has become friendly with the big business types this means that it would not be 100% able to defend the workers. maybe it is an advantage for the PL to gain its run for govermentship but to what cost to the worker?
paul camilleri
Feb 4th, 13:24
2/2 Mr Privitera, also by accepting this change in direction the LP is moving more to the political lines of the PN, and you mean to tell me that as a very fanatic LP supporter you do not care what lines the LP use as long as they are in power? if so sir your views are very dismal and based on one goal, no matter what LP gets your vote good or bad? if this is the case then your as blind as a bat
Mark. Galea
Feb 4th, 12:37
Malta taghna lkoll (barra l-parti tal-kuntratturi)
Philip Borg
Feb 4th, 12:36
Look who is saying this!
I thought this was GonziPN' s policy. Or are some of the contractors (bazuzli) leaving you?
PB
M Grima
Feb 4th, 12:35
Dr. Gonzi, before giving us your usual nonsense, before you make any accusations, think harder if these same accusations apply to your party.
Mr Stephen Borg
Feb 4th, 12:33
You have to have a cheek to come out with such a comment Dr Gonzi following what happened in the last administration visa-vi BWSC.
C Muscat
Feb 4th, 12:41
Stephen Borg you are right. What a cheek!! All tenders and final accounts related to the 5 billion euro malta in the red. Especially Mater Dei and all major projects with +150%+ instead of the tender amount. That is where a lot of the taxpayers' money is going with Gonzi.
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 4th, 13:36
@C Muscat, Mr Stephen Borg & lejber diehards who do not want to face the fact that Joseph wants to keep secrets from us!
The BWSC power plant was selected through a tendering process which was public and available to see for everyone. Do you know what deal Joseph Muscat stroke with these contractors? Do you know what he promised them?
Is this Joseph Muscat open government!??? Another lie?
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Feb 4th, 12:30
Oh, so it is OK for the PN to befriend contractors but not for the PN? What nonsense.
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 4th, 13:40
Food for thought Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti ... why did they go to PL ... obviously because PN did not give them what they wanted! So it seems that after all PN does not close an eye or two for contractors ... did PL maybe agree to that game? why? what is on the table?
Charles J. Buttigieg
Feb 4th, 12:28
The movement Labour is building is a coalition of workers and employers. Businessmen, even the bigger ones, feel betrayed by GonziPN and want a level playing field . They are hurt after GonziPN gave the country to a handful of fat cats.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 4th, 12:43
Are you calling Anglu a fat cat?
E Schembri
Feb 4th, 12:27
Looks like another case of the pot calling the kettle black!!!!
J. Camilleri
Feb 4th, 12:23
mhux ahjar taghtina spjegazoni fuq l-korruzjoni gewwa l-enemalta sur priministru, milli hsibek x'jghid dak u l-iehor.
Hu hsieb il-bormba tieghek u hallik min ta'haddiehor... fl-ahhar mil-ahhar inti kont il-kap dawn l-ahhar 5 snin.
Anglu Farrugia b'kull rispett lejh, x'jistgha jghid bhalissa..... fl-ahhar mil-ahhar huwa zbalja meta tkellem mhux kif suppost.
Johnny Zammit
Feb 4th, 12:23
Hahahahahha maybe these contractors are protesting against you cause you only give contracts to the same ones ...
Vera tar-redikolu
Ronnie Callus
Feb 4th, 12:46
Very very good comment which Gonzipn deserves.Why not publish the names of the contractors who took the projects.
Albert Scicluna
Feb 4th, 12:22
can the PM ask the same question to himself
Victor Laiviera
Feb 4th, 12:21
You really need a special kind of brass-necked cheek to be PN Leader and talk about contractors dictating the party's policy.
Truly incredible.
Mr Aaron Sammut
Feb 4th, 12:18
Have you asked Zaren Vassallo?....Maybe he can provide the answers
J Muscat
Feb 4th, 12:17
Mela issa l-Labour ghandhom policies ghax sa jumejn ilu il-Prim Ministru kien qed jghid li l-Labout ma qed jipproponu xejn!!!!
Paul Cassar
Feb 4th, 12:08
THE ANSWER IS NO..........................because they are ALREADY doing that with gonzipn..................in fact they go
on holiday with them............and then.................
Emanuel Curmi
Feb 4th, 12:35
Mr Cassar has expressed exactly what the majority of the public already know. The tragedy is that we have absolutely no means of curbing or putting a stop to it. Our politicians preach democracy but do not practice it, they abhor corruption yet refute any sort of control. We believe we live in freedom and yet our choices are being systematically curbed by our own warped political system.
A Abela
Feb 4th, 12:08
Forsi il PL sabhom fil Yellow Pages. Il malti jghid li biex tiskongra trid tkun pur.
A Abela
Feb 4th, 12:06
Mela intom tahsbu li kullhadd bhalkom dr gonzi.
joe vella
Feb 4th, 12:03
Dr Gonzi, you ought to be the last person to come out with this
your party has been associated with big contractors for years and years-so much that the general impression is that they run the place
shame on you to come out with such rubbish and after all, given your and the PN reaction it does appear that you pretend that big business should be the prerogative of your party only!
Robert Caruana
Feb 4th, 12:03
So now we KNOW why LABOUR wants to build a new powertation unit.....WHO is the contractor?
Joseph Mifsud
Feb 4th, 13:02
Whoever is the contractor, my issue is that he is paid the right sum and no hidden money or extra commissions are taken behind our backs. Do you agree Robert?? I wouldn't mind if Zaren builds it.
Thomas Anderson
Feb 4th, 13:32
Maybe Labour will find the contractor from the Yellow Pages like Dr Gonzi did.
*Joseph Brincat
Feb 4th, 12:03
Dr Gonzi said, the Labour leader needed to comment on Dr Farrugia's remarks about contractors' links with the Labour Party.
Drar Gonzi YOU SHOULD ASK Dr Farrugia because he SAID SO !!
Andre Briffa
Feb 4th, 12:00
Same old MLP...rotten to the core
Joseph Mifsud
Feb 4th, 12:59
This same old MLP is hitting the road with new sustainable/accountable proposals....your PN is eating dust cos struggling behing and trying to keep the pace.
Paul Caruana
Feb 4th, 11:57
Should we ask the same question to the current administration?
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 4th, 11:51
"Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this morning that Labour leader Joseph Muscat could not continue staying silent on the comments made on...."
Than how it come that the same PM stayed silent after various and serious accusations by J. Dalli, J. Pullicino Orlando, J. Mugliett, F. Debono and H. Schiavone?
How it come that the PM stayed silent regarding the precarious jobs, arrogance, etc, etc?
Carmel Borg
Feb 4th, 12:10
Which are the serious accusations that the PM stayed silent about and did not report to the police for investigations?
George Camilleri
Feb 4th, 12:57
@ Borg
I would LOVE to see this famous letter by PM to Police Commissioner published. Ghandi kurzita kbira x'qallu. I suppose there's nothing to hide, or would we 'prejudice' some investigation? tejatrin tad-dahk u mhu konvincenti xejn.
Gonzi is very good at avoiding PL journalists, shamefully. They are the one with the most answered questions with regards to Gonzi.
Joseph Mifsud
Feb 4th, 12:58
@ Carmel
Oligarchy accusations by FD, klikka by JPO, Nuqqas ta trasparenza min Jes M u favoritismu min HS. Bizzejjed??
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 4th, 13:52
@ Carmel Borg.
Just to mention two ex-PN Members of Parliament. Dr. Franco Debono and John Dalli. Who both made serious accusations about GonziPN in Parliament and outside Parliament. It is clear that Mr. C. Borg WANTS AT ALL COSTS to absolutely ignore what the above mentioned ex-PN Members of Parliament declared as if they said NOTHING.
Eve Axiaq
Feb 4th, 11:50
Which policies? Like a BWSC power station on hfo build by Zaren?!
Manwel Sinagra
Feb 4th, 12:00
Oh yes, the contractor found in that handy Yellow pages.
Tony Mangion
Feb 4th, 11:46
Onorevoli, tahseb li n-nies qed jemmnuk?, qed tikkopja dak kollu li qed jghid il-PL. Ilkom fil-Gvern 25 sena u kieku kellkom ghall-qalbkom is-sahha tal-Poplu kieku diga ghamilthom dawn l-affarijiet !!.
Joseph Portelli
Feb 4th, 13:09
jikkoppja lil PL??!! il-PL ghad anqas ghandu programm elettorali!!
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