Gonzi highlights government's success in job creation
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this morning called on supporters to be strong and get moving.
“We are going for it. Step by step, day by day. Righteousness will prevail,” he said when speaking at Marsa.
Dr Gonzi spoke at length on job creation, which, he said, was among his government’s biggest successes.
Reiterating his claim that 20,000 jobs had been created in this legislature, he said that 25,000 would be created in the next.
Referring to the Insite leaders’ debate earlier this week, he said that whether university students booed or clapped, it was a job they looked for once they finished their course.
“Who will they trust most to create the careers they are studying for,” he asked.
Whenever there was a Nationalist government, Dr Gonzi said, it always made a success out of the employment sector, he said.
One did not create work just by wishing for it, he said. Employment was created by the private sector, which had to be incentivised for the purpose.
A Nationalist government, he said, would continue to place the creation of employment at the centre of its attention.
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Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 17th, 18:54
Prositt u grazzi Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi ta' kull ma' għamilt għas-suċċes fl-edukazzjoni ta' uliedna Maltin u Għawdxin!
Grazzi għas-salvazzjoni ta' l-eluf l-impjiegi li bil-ħila ġew salvati, u fawk l-eluf kollha li ħloqt!
Grazzi għall dan is-servizz ta' kura tas-saħħa impekkabli bla ħlass!
Maltin u Għawdxin ħsiebkom hemm!
K Grech
Feb 18th, 02:52
'u dawk l-eluf kollha li hloqt'....
bhal dik il kumpannija li kinet involuta fir recordings ta toni zarb uxx? b xoghol prekarju b paga li hi hafna inqas mill paga minima. GonziPN; promoter tax xoghol prekarju.
J Mangion
Feb 17th, 17:30
Brazil....la la la la la la la la .....brazil la la la la la la la la ? ! ? !
Mr Joe Cardona
Feb 17th, 17:18
Jaf x'qed jghid jewilla il-PM. Jaf li hemm aktar minn 7,000 ruh u persuni tal-fuq minn 50 sena li ilhom bla xoghol is-snin. X'ghamel ghalihom? Xejn. Il-verita hija fejn huma l-impiegi ta' Smart City u l-kumpanija tal-Brazil. Dawn kollha marru il-bahar. U fejn huma l-20,0000 impieg li ilu jeqred bihom ghax kieku hawn FULL EMPLOYMENT.
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 17th, 17:06
Job creation, I hope Gonz that one of them will be for you.
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Feb 17th, 17:06
I don't care about what they have to say any more all I want is MY money BACK! They will get away with this again whoever is in government as this prescription law they devised between themselves protects the present ones. If the law changes it will only effect them after the date the law is changed.
Victor Laiviera
Feb 17th, 17:49
No, MR Camilleri, Labour has made it clear that prescription will also be removed for crimes which occurred BEFORE the law was passed.
Joseph Bugeja
Feb 17th, 17:01
Even at this late hour you persist in error...or shall we call a spade a spade and say lies.
There were no 20,000 jobs created.
Again ad nauseum: Take the number (issued by the statistical office back in 2008) of FULL TIME employment in 2008 and deduct it from 2013 and you get a simple arithmetical answer.
But then again you'll keep hammering the same phrase.
It's too late now and all is lost.
James Grech
Feb 17th, 16:53
Gonzi continues to harp about the 20000 jobs, which no one seem able to explain. Not NSO nor ETC. Could it be that maybe, its yet another concoction of numbers and half truths to get at this magical number?
Anthony Paris
Feb 17th, 17:14
The whole truth is that 20000 jobs were created, but 13000 were lost. Once you understand that you will agree with the NSO figure. But anybody as "Righteous as the PN only talks about the gain of 20000. They would not mention the loss of 13000 jobs. This is the new definition of Righteousness. We saw it in the 1,280,000,000 EUfunds we won. He did not say we have to give back 660,000,000
Anthony Paris
Feb 17th, 16:43
The very reason why the PN will lose this election is because "Righteousness will prevail" Dr Gonzi deludes himself when he sees a "Righteous" party in the PN. Arrogance, deceit, corruption, and double standards, do not make anybody "Righteous"
Michel Bencini
Feb 17th, 17:56
In politics, no one can claim to be 'righteous'. That, I'm afraid, is a divine quality. In politics, there is no such thing as 'right' It is all about 'might'. Anybody in politics, who proposes to be righteous or act so, is pulling wool over your eyes. Do not be so naive. Politicians are only motivated by self interest and ambition which they disguise as being there for you own dilusional good.
John Mifsud
Feb 17th, 15:38
What a diffence between Dr Gonzi of today and that when he was parliament's speaker!!
I believe & am in no doubt that the PN is going on the opposition's benches. The question goingm around is by how many less votes & seats?
Dr Gonzi should have sacked half of his cabinet ministers at least 2 years ago. There was & is such arrogance that even staunch nationalists can't wait for its downfall.
G. Caruana
Feb 17th, 15:25
"Who will they trust most to create the careers they are studying for".
Not you, and that is for sure Lawrence.
A Trapani
Feb 18th, 00:10
don't bet on it G. Caruana.... I would easily trust him on job creation as the proof is certainly, in the pudding and not in smoke !
Victor Vella
Feb 17th, 15:24
The usual empty words of Gonzi. His miniature told us that GonzPN created 4,500 jobs! More than 60% of them are menial jobs that pay below the minimum wage and such precarious paid jobs seekers have to work for three or four jobs to try to get a decent monthly wage. Some of them are also graduates from the university working 2/3 jobs.GonziPN is a precarious job employer. ShamePN. Ask MUT.
James Tyrrell
Feb 17th, 15:06
It shows just how desperate GonziPN is getting when he is back to the 20,000 new jobs line that has already been shown to be a total lie. So if the present Government's 'biggest success' is a lie what more can you say? Gonzi does care about the creation of jobs but unfortunately for the people the job creation that he is best at is creating jobs for his friends and financial supporters.
Christian Pullicino
Feb 17th, 14:50
Maybe our dear Gonzi might also like to highlight the government's massive failures in the health sector .... This morning I posted this to the PM's page .....
Prosit prim kemm ghandna sptar tal-genn. Appuntament l-SOP il-Hamis li ghadda fl'10.15 .... u fl-ahhar rani tabib fin 12.30 !!!!! .... Basta niftahru li nonfqu miljun ewro kuljum fuq is-sahha. Apparti li ghamilt 45 minuta naghqad fil-parki
R Axisa
Feb 17th, 15:32
Dak mhu xejn fuq l-isptar. Dil-gimgha kont l-emergenza hdejn area 3. Pazjenta li kienet fil-kuritur fuq stretcher imqabbda bil-maskla mat-tank tal-ossignu, hin minnhom gew u hadulha t-tank biex jiehduh f'erea ohra tal-emergenza (probabbli ghax ma kellhomx aktar tankijiet). Fi ftit sekondi dil-mara bdiet tghajjat bla nifs u hsibniha ha tmut, kulhadd jigri ghal nurse sa ma dahluha gewwa f'area 3.
Daniel Zarb
Feb 17th, 15:49
Id-dipartiment ta' l-emergenza li bnew huwa wisq zghir.
D Axisa
Feb 17th, 16:00
@ D. Zarb
Mhux d-dipartiment ta l-emergenza zghir, imma il-gvern tal_PN ittraskura u ghalaq il-Polyclinics, allura bil-fors in-nies tmur l-emergenza.
D Axisa
Feb 17th, 14:46
All this talk about the resignation of Toni Abela. The police had the recording in 2010 and this emerged in view of the court case. David Agius made a statement to the police about the recording in 2010. Leave now that the PN are using the recording now. But i say: WHY DIDN'T THE POLICE SEND FOR DR.TONI ABELA IN 2010 TO CLEAR THE MATTERS? WHY NOT? I think this is an important question to be aske
Joseph Arpa
Feb 17th, 14:25
bla bla bla 20,000......bla blaaaa bla bla 7,000 Smart City bla bla 4million bllaaaa blllaa bla €600 a week blaa blllaaaa bla bla €1.16 increase for workers...and blla bla bla €10 million here and there blla bla blaaaaaaaaaaa.
A Dimech
Feb 17th, 14:22
Righteousness ?!
why did you not implement Whistle blower act? Why not party finance laws?
20,000jobs? Eurobarometer said 16,000 at best. Who is right?
and are you including preciourous jobs, paid pennies?!
what about Smart city?!!
why are you campaigning so negatively?! scarmongering all the time!
Ronald Cauchi
Feb 17th, 14:19
Exactly! Work is created by the private sector irrespective of who is in government. Politicians might not like it but Life can go on without them, sometimes even in spite of them.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 17th, 16:17
Government has a say on job creation even in the private sector which depends on the amount of bureaucracy in place.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 17th, 14:15
Part time jobs as main wage earner is not a job,jobs created through replacing those who retired are not jobs created.Jobs created by already established companies are not jobs created by government.
Only jobs created by new enterprises can be considered as created new jobs and those are very few considering those which never materialised 7000 at Smart City the Brazilian and dutch connections
Joseph Bonnici
Feb 17th, 14:13
Quo Vadis Gonzipn.
j brincat
Feb 17th, 13:50
"A Nationalist government, he said, would continue to place the creation of employment at the centre of its attention"
An encouraging piece of news to the few blue eyed boys/girls who aspire, like their predecessors, to grab a top notch executive job paying thousands of euro (+ perks) and WITHOUT a public call for application like we had in the last 25 years under PN!
jb
Ronnie Callus
Feb 17th, 13:39
Don't be more arrogant with us honest people. You are of the few.
j brincat
Feb 17th, 13:36
The figure of 20,000 which only the gullible few believe as it is NOT backed by statistical data!
Didn't say whether this inflated figure includes the precarious jobs and those who are now known as the working poor!
jb
charles bone
Feb 17th, 13:32
To all those concerned, Think NOW and Vote LATER. not the other way round Vote NOW and THINK LATER. It could be TOO LATE then . And YOU could have LOST what YOU HAD GAINED so far.
Manwel Sinagra
Feb 17th, 13:27
Dr. Gonzi has been harping on about these 20, 000 jobs for at least a year. I remember the same talk in the run up to the LC elections. The figure seems to have stagnated. No jobs created in the last year?
J Cauchi
Feb 17th, 13:15
Gonzi you don't know what Righteousness is.
The more I hear all the TV programs and listen and
think how things are going into place the more
I am proud to vote PL. for the sake of my children
my future and my beloved Country. God bless our
Country
Joe Pace Asciak
Feb 17th, 13:13
Jidher li ghadu s-sajf. Din apparti, nemmen li l-mlp ha johloq ix-xoghol (ghal min iffirma l-konvenju tal-Power Station, skuzawni, unit).
Joe Grech
Feb 17th, 13:10
Il-gvern ta' Dr. Gonzi waqa' ghac-cajt fi Smart City u, aghar minn hekk, halla bosta ''employers' jabbuzaw mill-haddiema (kemm Maltin kif ukoll barranin) billi qabduhom jahdmu minghajr ktieb tal-impieg u b'pagi baxxi. U l-PM jrid jassigurana li 'Righteousness will prevail" (Is-Sewwa ser jirbah).
Kif tista' temmnu meta jitkellem hekk ladarba l-FATTI juru li mhux qed ikun genwin?
Joe Grech
Feb 17th, 13:03
Prim Ministru ieqaf titkellem dwar is-Sewwa ghaliex int hallejt l-amministrazzjoni tieghek tibqa' inattiva meta bost nies - Maltin u barranin - gew sfruttati fuq ix-xoghol u ma thallsux kif suppost!
Din hi verita li inti ma ndirizzajtx ghax poggejt bhas-soltu l-interess politiku qabel dak nazzjonali. Hallejt l-ispekulatur jabbuza bil-haddiem.
Dan sew?
Massimo Gatt
Feb 17th, 13:00
How many of those workers are being paid close to minimum wage when they deserve much more? How many of those have 6 month contracts? How many of those are not respected where they are employed? We want dignity at the working place!
Joe Grech
Feb 17th, 12:59
How can Righteousness prevail Prime Minister when even TODAY speculators steal our national water, filter it and then sell it back to the Maltese - with you just allowing that to happen?
And Fish Farms continue to pollute our seas close to shore with you looking on"
Stop putting party interests before national interests. That's what Righteousness is all about PM!
Time for change!
Joe Grech
Feb 17th, 12:55
How on earth can you PM assure voters that 'Righteousness will prevail' when you:
did not fire Ministers who made enormous blunders not just once but repeatedly - Dolores Cristina, George Pullicino, Austin Gatt, Tonio Fenech were all asleep when big mistakes (if not something worse) happened at their Ministers but you put party interests before national and just kept them there! Kindly explain!
Jonathan Camilleri
Feb 17th, 12:50
I would like to ask why the social security department refuses to give unemployment benefit to people who have resigned from a previous job, without giving ear to the reason why the person resigned. There could be a health related reason for example which was ignored.
Jonathan Camilleri
Feb 17th, 12:49
I hope that a new government continues to work on fair employment conditions as well, along with social security that protects the unemployed until they are able to find themselves suitable placements that help them live within a good standard of living.
Julian Grech
Feb 17th, 12:43
kemm hemm minnhom bil-kuntratti dawk dr.gonzi ghidilna
Paul Cassar
Feb 17th, 12:36
OF COURSE.....................ask ESPECIALLY................. the blue eyed boys and those on the gravy train.
Please choose the reason of your report below: