Expect worse from PN, Muscat warns
Labour Leader Joseph Muscat warned people to expect worse and more negativity from the Nationalist Party as the March 9 electoral appointment approached.
Speaking in Hamrun this evening, he said Labour would not enter a mud-slinging contest and would not even get its hands dirtied with mud because it had important and concrete proposals to offer citizens a better future.
"Those who have opted for a negative campaign have no issues to talk about and also nothing to comment about our proposals."
"We will leave mud-slinging to others. I'm expecting worse. We do not even want to touch mud and we will not let anyone pull us into this trap. We have the luxury to resist this because we have proposals that affect people and their bread and butter issues," he said.
He mentioned unemployment figures issued today which showed that the unemployed had increased for the 11th consecutive month. "The situation on unemployment is worse than it was at the beginning of the legislature," he said.
CEMETERY FOR PETS
Dr Muscat said a Labour government would develop a pet cemetery and would embark on an information campaign for Malta to become more animal friendly. He said that although animals could not vote, they were not pushed aside by his party.
Referring to the recent incidents involving the crucifixion of cats in Mosta, Dr Muscat said this was "pure ignorance" and that this had to be tackled with a proper education campaign.
Speaking about injustices, Dr Muscat acknowledged that many Labourites and even genuine Nationalists had suffered injustices in the past years. while promising to correct these injustices, he warned that this will not be solved by creating more injustices.
"If we did not want to do things differently, we wouldn't have embarked on this vision. Tribal politics leads to extinction. It has caused too much damage to this country. The choice is between the PN which degenerated into a clique and the PL which opened up and became a movement," he said.
Deputy Leader Louis Grech spoke about jobs and about how Labour was targeting to reach a 75 per cent employment rate, equivalent to around 192,000. At present this figure stands at 153,000.
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Mario Mamo
Feb 28th, 19:59
Mark
Din l-art helwa mifqugha bil-korruzzjoni. Staqsi l-EU u min ikun jghix go fossa hemm cans kbir li jiccappas bil-kakka. Malta G.C. saret Malta C.C. Corruption & Commissions. Int ma thallasx taxxi u kontijiet tad-dawl jaqaw? Filkaz ghidli kif taghmel u nahseb fik ta. Heqq hekk il-moda issa.
Mifqugha bid-drogi. Staqsi l-Karitas habib. Is-CCF sar l-ENEA. Enter Clean Exit Addicted.
Mario Mamo
Feb 27th, 19:36
Joseph Muscat was not playing the genius when he said 'expect worse from the PN'. It is very obvious. L-ispizjara milli jkollha ttik. Hlief tqanzih, akkuzi nfantili u attentati ddisprati biex il-PL jehel bil-hmieg tal-PN ma rajniex. Mistoqsija semplici li anke l-gebel jaf jirrispondi.. Minn kien imexxi l-pajjiz?
Mark Cassar
Feb 28th, 10:26
fil-fatt Mario, l-ispizjar milli jkollu jtik. Il-PL ghamel snin shah jivvinta korruzzjoni, specjalemnt issa bil-kwistjoni taz-zejt u kif qed jidhru l-affarijiet, hemm hafna nies qrib il-PL involuti. issa hux kandidati, hux attivisti u "konsulenti" jew sindki "indipendenti", fatto sta li mill-ministri u nazzjonalisti li l-pl qala' li huma involuti, ma hemm xejn veru!
Mark Cassar
Feb 28th, 10:35
Barra mill-iskandlu taz-zejt, mhux il-PN ivvinta l-istorja tal-blokka bajda...imma hu fatt pruvat. Dr.Joseph Muscat stess kien jaf bit-TRAFFIKAR QRIB SKOLA u ma qal xejn.
Mhux il-PN heba l-kaz ta' H'Attard, izda hu FATT PRUVAT..
Il-PL xebghu jitfghu tajn kuljum mill-1998 u QATT ma gie ppruvat XEJN.
Biex tiskongra trid tkun pur Sur Mamo...u l-PL bla dubju li mhux...specjalment milli qed naraw!
Mario Mamo
Feb 28th, 19:35
Ara hbieb, ghandkom ragun. Qed ninsa li l-pajjiz kien immexxi mil-PL dawn l-ahhar snin. Niskuza ruhi tafux. Ghax ma tkellmux lil dak li ddikjara li fil-ministeru tieghu ma jsir xejn li ma jkunx jaf bih hu. Forsi zbaljat ukoll f'din. Forsi dan il-ministru kien fil-cabinet tal-PL ukoll hux hekk? Staqsu l-Franco Debono hbieb u wara l-elezzjoni soddu widnejkom minhabba s-sfafar.
Mario Mamo
Feb 26th, 19:00
@Mark Cassar
Today, 14:31
Does your reasoning suggest that the PL will be in government in a year's time? How dare you?
Anton Briffa
Feb 26th, 17:02
Bring it on...................What a joke Malta taghna ilkoll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Miskien JM ghid jibza li ha jahrablu is-siggu ta Kastilja mela min xix ghid jibza li ha jikxfulu??????? cannot wait anymore........
Daniela Spiteri
Feb 26th, 16:19
I'm enjoying myself reading comments by the pro-PL. They really seem in panic & are afraid that something "new" might further dent their dream of getting into power after 15 years of purgatory.
Bring it on PN! The genuine maltese want to know the misdeeds of the holier than thou labour party! The oil scandal, the drug-case at Safi seem only to be the tip of a huge iceberg! Malta taghna lkoll! lol
carl Barthet
Feb 26th, 15:53
Mr Brincat, i call a spade a spade.... PL is a joke, cannot call it otherwise.
I dont give a hoot about the PN, i tell them this in their face.
J Caruana
Feb 26th, 13:45
I'm sure he means 'expect more bad things from the PL uncovered by the PN'
James Micallef
Feb 26th, 12:57
"Pet cemetery" - will it be like Steven King's?
:)
j brincat
Feb 26th, 14:29
No It will be GonziPN's grave distribution on theEVE of the election!!!!
More in the line of Dario Argento!
jb
MT Caruana
Feb 26th, 12:57
@Mark Cassar
According to you the PL are all in PANIC........ ahahaha after reading all your comments I think the only one in panic here is you, ans shall I draw your attention that you forgot to mention another drug story, last Saturday PN Local Club......its eight er you mention all or don't bother at all. But PLEASE do not worry, We Maltese think Positive as our Leader Dr.Muscat tells us.
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 14:31
is it another fabricated story written on Inews, L-Orizzont, Maltastar, or one shown on ONE? I am not in panic but looking forward to the 10th of March! Well...if Im mistaken, Im keen for this year to pass and then Im sure that people like you will be crying their heart out for the disaster we'll be in. Also, I am keen for new stories coming out on YOUR clubs and maybe even heavier bombs...
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 26th, 12:56
Joseph you are right for the first time Reno Bugeja treated you roughly I never expected it as I have seen him more unbiased in previous interviews. Somebody is clearly coaching.
carl Barthet
Feb 26th, 13:05
What a load of losers.... ma tridx joqghod jaghmel it-te u biskutini lil JOSEPH ???
Kemm tghidu hmerijiet.
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 14:52
You clearly don't know Reno Bugeja don't you? Or you wanted only that Dr.Joseph Muscat would be asked easy, clear questions isn't it?
John L Galea
Feb 26th, 12:46
I amuse myself reading comments of the desperate PN commentators who prefer to see politics sink lower than the GOnziPN administration has sunk it, rather than politics based on proposals. These people feast on harm, instigation, negativity and scaremongering. Very cheap mentality indeed!!!
W Azzopardi
Feb 26th, 12:30
M'hux kulhadd jaf li jekk ikollok tajn x'titfa ser titfghu Dr. Joseph Muscat!!? Mela tibqax tilghaba tal-vergni u pur.
Massimo Gatt
Feb 26th, 12:18
Don't worry joseph. We won't let ourselves get tricked again by GonziPN's politika ta l-irkanti!
Daniela Spiteri
Feb 26th, 16:14
lol...yet you are being tricked by a pseudo-journalist-turned-politician. The same one who has for years insulted your and my intelligence with his programme Made in Brussles, or his anti EU stand with false statements!
As the maltese say, int tingarr mill-kurrent...
Massimo Gatt
Feb 26th, 16:53
His ex-colleagues in Brussels only show admiration towards joseph muscat each and every time they have spoken about him. A common thing they said about him was that he produces results and works very hard towards his goals.
Daniela Spiteri
Feb 27th, 08:30
@Massimo,
oh..definitely! Like when he suggested the government to impose a veto on something futile, or when he "showed off" in the European Parilament when there was no Maltese translator present...His ex-colleagues in Brussels would even remember his stand against the EU, with all the lies he & his then leader Alfred Sant used to scaremonger us with!
carl Barthet
Feb 26th, 12:10
Expect better from PL????
What a joke !!!
John L Galea
Feb 26th, 12:44
Tell it to GonziPN with their lowest level of politics and disgusting behaviour plus everyday farcical statements.
j brincat
Feb 26th, 14:32
So you don't care about the Nats AND yet you ALWAYS try to ridicule the PL!
Strange, no!
jb
K. Vella
Feb 26th, 11:46
Joseph, politics are no games or playing with people emotions.....
Nice words and cliches will fade away......as a young, progressive politician you must not be afraid. However, when hearing all this news the people are starting to get worried even if this happened when Labour is still not in goverment.
John Wayne
Feb 26th, 11:33
Dr Muscat's feelings are correct. This is the PN's only strategy to desperatetly try and clinch the elections.
Mark Spiteri
Feb 26th, 11:29
What goes around comes around dear Joseph...are you afraid now?
K. Vella
Feb 26th, 11:07
Why Joseph Muscat is afraid?
Joseph Muscat our future Prime Minister is committing repetitve mistakes in: Joining EU, EURO Currency, Cyprus economic turmoil, recommending Iceland not to join EU, not condemning Ghaddafi etc.and now not reporting a drug case in his own club near a SCHOOL. A Prime Minister committing mistakes on vital issues for our FUTURE as a NATION!!
Yes we want to know more
Jos Borg
Feb 26th, 12:41
Continue dreaming K Vella
K. Vella
Feb 26th, 14:29
@ Jos Borg...
I am not dreaming, unfortunetly this is the situation.....Muscat will be our Prime Minister by default not on his merits....
David Bezzina
Feb 26th, 15:17
If JM was not credible on EU issues the PL would not have won the MEP election by a landslide.And yes we all want to know more about drug trafficking in the Mosta and Naxxar PN clubs and remember that with regards to the Safi PL club,there are only allegations and nothing more.
Keith Vella
Feb 26th, 16:49
the € currency is just another flop done by the PN. Although makes us maltese one family with the other EU countries, the € is losing its strength while if we were still with the Maltese Lira, Malta Would be by far way better.
Mark Cassar
Feb 28th, 11:20
@David Bezzina
allegations..as if! There are recordings, and more than this it was confirmed by Dr.Toni Abela & Dr. Joseph Muscat!
As regards the Mosta PN club case, you can read the article on the Times of last Friday.
As regards Naxxar it seems another invented story by the pro-labour media.
As regards the MEP elections, we all know why labour won....it was purely a protest vote, nothing else!
Mr Joe Borg
Feb 26th, 11:04
I think JM is afraid that more of his wrongdoings might come to light, I hope not for the sake of the Labour party, or this country will end with no opposition.
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:57
what's the problem Joe Muscat? What is worrying you? What is the "mud" which according to you the PN has in store? Why should you bother if there is nothing wrong? Is it another case of "blokka silg"? Is it something regarding the oil-scandal? Is it the friendship your party established with particular contractors? Is it the lack of ideas which your party has? is it the boomerang coming back?
Wally Vella-Zarb
Feb 26th, 11:17
Not a worry, Mr Cassar, but the probability that at the very last moment the PN will come out with a newly concocted 'scandal' that will be impossible to rebut before the elections. Coincidentally there will be Bondi+ just hours before the 'day of reflection' on the eve of the elections when no political item is allowed on the media.
John Wayne
Feb 26th, 11:43
Mr Cassar. You should address the Leader of the Opposition in a proper manner. Have you ever heard Dr Muscat address Dr Gonzi as just Gonzi? He always addressed him as PM.
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 11:45
well, Mr.Zarb, if the "concoted scandal" results in a proven fact of which we had several proven examples lately, I think that the electorate MUST be informed. It is irrelevant that it would be spread out on the eve of an election. I'm more afraid of some invention, lies, untruths, call them whatever you like, which Dr.Muscat might speak of during the last meeting on Thursday 7th March.
D. Ellul
Feb 26th, 10:52
Come on PN ...show the real PL who they really are. Joseph is afraid so obviously there's more things to go out.
Kenneth Williams
Feb 26th, 10:28
Mela l pets ahjar minni ser ikunu...ghax jien ili 17 (SBATAX) il sena iwedghu elezzjoni wara l ohra li ser iqassmu l oqbra. Ilna tlett ministri ( Deguara, Dalli u Cassar) qabel kul elezzjoni jibghatu karta jghidulna li harget it tender ta l oqbra u ghadna sa llum bla qabar. Anzi din id darba kienu prudenti ma hadux xi truck u gaffa taparsi beda x xoghol.
Joseph Camilleri
Feb 26th, 10:24
Expect worse from Gonzi PN? Is there more we should know about then, Dr muscat?
J. Camilleri
Feb 26th, 10:04
Jien ma nafx kemm qedin ras ma ras... dan ghaliex? mela saret xi barka min-gonzipn? jien l-affarijeit l-istess ghandi narhom kif kienu qabel...anzi zdietet il-bomba zejt.
Nahseb infixlu u qed jghidu li ras ma ras, biex ma jaqtawx qalb in-nies taghhom.
Ma nafx... issa naraw ir-risultat finali
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:29
Lanqas jien ma nghid li ras ma ras.
Biss milli qed nara l-PL ghandu joqghod attent ghax kulma qed jigri kollu qed idur kontrih.. Il-bomba taz-zejt mhux talli ma ghenitux, talli daret kontrih. id-droga fil-kazin ma ghenitx lanqas....il-fatt li jigu membri tal-PL jivvintaw minn zniedhom fxi konferenza stampa wara li tfaqqa bomba turi kemm qeghdin f'paniku l-PL..j'alla jibqghu sejrih hekk!
Terence Valentino
Feb 26th, 12:26
Mark - Paniku tal PL? Change channel my friend, ghax jien il paniku fil PN ed narah, li isu nesa li ahna ha nivvutaw ghal proposti u mhux ghax it's the "norm" to have PN in government, kif ed tippruvaw tpenguwha.
Terence Valentino
Feb 26th, 12:27
ikompli mal kumment ta fuq, ikkalma ghax bil panik ga tfajt xi hames kummenti jghidu l istess Mark lol :)
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 26th, 13:00
'Cassar.
Mark meta ikollok chance ilaghab l' 11 prima forsi jitlalek u tieghu daqxen gost.
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 09:57
I would not say "expect worse from the PN" dear Joe. I would expect more TRUTH from the PN...something which lately has driven your party in a state of panic...first it was the Toni Zarb recordings, then it was the Toni Abela recordings, then it was proved that you knew about what was going on in Safi....well, if there is more to come, it's better...at least we'll know better what to do on 9/3/13
David Bezzina
Feb 26th, 15:20
Truth from the PN.What a lovely sense of humor you have !!!
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 09:52
"expect worse from the PN"
Incredible! So, while Labour has spent the last 10-15 years (especially in THIS campaign) mud-slinging every member of the PN government on a daily basis, with NO proofs, NO truths, noting at all..JM has the cheek to speak about expecting worse from the PN, when the PN has provided proofs of wrongdoings in the "blokka bajda" case, the PL Attard club case..
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 26th, 09:50
Joseph Muscat must believe that the result of the next election is very close indeed if he needs to curry favour with pet owners who want a cemetery for their pet. Please let Labour not label as another "mizbla" simply because it won't be consecrated ground.
B. Farrugia
Feb 26th, 09:59
WOULD YOU PREFER THEY BURY THEM IN THEIR GARDENS
AND CONTAMINATE YOUR WATER TABLE?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 26th, 11:25
@ B Farrugia
I have no preferences about the siting of any burial grounds for pets. It is impossible to assess the comparative risks of contaminating the water table if the location of the garden or pet cemeteries is unknown.
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 26th, 13:02
@Francis.
Dog's are a man's best friend, any decent dog owner can tell you that, if you don't have one you are missing out.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 26th, 16:41
@B Farrugia.
Explain that to your dog and to your decent dog-owners, and also the indecent. ones while you are about it.
Peter Zahra
Feb 26th, 09:40
"Expect worse from PN, Muscat warns" What's all this fuss about it now Dr Muscat ?? It appears you forgot that your party and Super 1 has been throwing mud for ages on everybody & this for the sake to score some politcal points. Did you forget the mud sliding cases on Micheal Frendo,Jeffrey P Orlando, Mugliett and very recently on A Gatt.? It seems that something VERY SERIOUS is worrying you ???
Mark Spiteri
Feb 26th, 11:32
veryw ell said....what goes around comes around
David Bezzina
Feb 26th, 15:21
Guess you do not watch NET TV either ?
B. Farrugia
Feb 26th, 09:38
Joseph is very correct, the worst is yet to come.
If mud slinging started 2 weeks before the election
then much worst is to be expected
even before any rebuttal can be made
as may be made just before the day of reflection.
PN dirty tricks.
A drowning man will clutch at anything
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:04
"PN dirty tricks"....because according to you the fact that there was drug trafficing going on at Safi is a dirty trick? Because the fact that one of PL's candidates had to withdraw his candidature because of the oil scandal, is a dirty trick, right?
Dirty tricks are those which PL uses when inventing something about ministers, when no proof is ever present, like Chris and Varist did last week!
B. Farrugia
Feb 26th, 12:35
TO MARK CASSAR
Both were right re the present,
and they only responded to accusations in their regards.
did you see who were arraigned in court?
do you realise who appointed those arraigned
did you notice the name of the person removed from the committee after he ried to improve oil purchase, by employing two under graduates to help in collection of data
2 ministers are politically accountable.
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 14:50
B Farrugia...NO, Varist and Chris tried to imply that the "gift" was related to the commissions and it was NOT. Also, trying to imply the ministers because those which they appointed were in the wrong is just a blatant excuse. The truth coming out has shown only 1 thing in this case: a PL candidate had to withdraw his nomination.
Henry Micallef
Feb 26th, 09:14
Its not that I do not agree with a pet cemetery, but lets face it, the little land we have could be used a little better. Introducing cremation for pets might be a better solution. Besides, PN is discussing about how we need to create 25000 jobs in the next 5 years and Labour is suggesting a pet cemetery.
A clear difference in priorities.
Leonard Brincat
Feb 26th, 09:36
Malta taghna Ilkoll anke ta l-annimali li ma ghandhomx vot habib
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 09:47
@Leonard Brincat
Jidher li waslet l-elezzjoni ghax siehbek qed jitfa' hafna proposti bl-addocc. In-nies li jridu mhux il-"pet cemetry", li ejja nghidu mhux idea hazina. Jien kif inqum fil-ghodu jrid ikolli mohhi mistrieh li ghandi xoghol, mhux fejn ha nidfen il-kelb, jew lil hija jekk naslu f'dan! U l-weghdiet ta' Muscat ghalhekk huma problematici..ghax sustanza MA HEMM XEJN!
Leonard Brincat
Feb 26th, 09:58
@ Mark Cassar
Ara vera Brainwashed. Tidher li in net u PBS tara biss habib. Ghandek kull dritt li tivvota lil min trid imma li tigi hawn u toghqod tbezza jew ghadek zghir fl eta jew qed tqarraq. Ha insemmilek ftit affarijiet li saru taht il labour. Paga minima-Bonus-Children Allowance-Penzjoni-flats u djar tal gvern issusidjati-Air-Malta-Vot ghan nisa-sick leave-sptar b'xejn u edukazzjoni b'xejn
B. Farrugia
Feb 26th, 10:03
The PN have refused to discuss and disclose the details of how and where these jobs will be created.
All proposals should be mentioned, at least.
It is not as if a national conference regarding the cemetry is to be organised !!!
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:07
Issa imbilli qed issemmili dawk? Jien mhux kapaci nghidlek li l-PN ghamel Airport gdid, power station gdida, skejjel godda, pluralizmu fix-xandir, infethet l-universita' B'XEJN ghal KULLHADD...flats/djar/plots ghal KULLHADD u mhux ghal tal-qalba...
il-passat ma jinsieh hadd siehbi. imma jien llum qed nghix u milli qed jghid Muscat, jew qed jikkopja (bhat-tablets) jew inkella MA JGHID XEJN!
Daniela Spiteri
Feb 26th, 10:13
Leonard Brincat,
x'ghandu x'jaqsam? Mark Cassar mhux fuq il-pet cemetry tkellem? Biss, la qed issemmi dak li skond int sar taht il-labour, tajjeb li ssemmi wkoll: il-wage freeze, bulk buying, il-bullying politiku fil-parlament minn nies bhal Lorry Sant fost ohrajn, swat mill-pulizija lil Nazzjonalisti, qtil fid-Depot ta' Nazzjonalist, sparar fuq kazini, hruq ta' kazini, hruq tat-Times..trid aktar?
Leonard Brincat
Feb 26th, 10:31
Skuzi Daniela.
Ghax jaqbillek qed tghid li mhux fuq dawk tkellem Mark mela tal PN jghidu li iridu u min qed jappogja dan il moviment le. Wara kollox jidher car li gejjin hafna ex PN ma dan il moviment. Jien nghidlek li ghandek kull dritt biex tivvota PN imma tal PN qed ibbezzaw li dawk li ha jiprovaw l ewwel darba Il PL. U ghandi fiducja li ser ikunu hafna Daniela. Ghadek fic cans biex tahsiba
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:41
@Leonard
pensjoni mhux penzjoni, children's allowance, pagi, stipendji....zdiedu taht gvernijiet NAZZJONALISTI mhux naqsu jew twaqqfu, jew aghar minn hekk saru DEJN...kif ghamlu DEJJEM gvernijiet Laburisti. Possibbli qatt ma staqsejt lilek innifsek li hemm xi haga hazina biex il-PL tilef 5 mill-ahhar 6 elezzjonijiet? U kien fil-gvern ghal 18 mill-ahhar 49 sena biss? hamsa minnhom misruqa?
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:47
@Leonard
ghedt lil Daniela Spiteri biex "tahsibha" siehbi, jien kont iblah li fdajt lil Sant...imma did-darba LE..In-nasba m'inix ha niblaghha. .Il-gimmicks ta' JM huma wisq infantili li niskanta kemm hemm nies qed jemmnuh. Hasra li ma zammejtux lil Sant kap, u hasra akbar li ma lahhaqtux kap gdid lil Gorg Abela! Jalla jaghmel il-gid jekk jitla...imma jien, sen'ohra kellimni mhux issa!
Leonard Brincat
Feb 26th, 11:14
Sur Cassar,
Mela taf li ser jitla il PL biex ghidli kellimni sena ohra. Kif taf li ser jitla il PL?
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 11:31
Sur Brincat, jien ma ghedtx li ha jitla l-PL. Jien ghedtlek, JEKK jitla' jalla jaghmel il-gid. Imma, fuq kollox jien sena ohra kellimni mhux issa, ghax JEKK ikun fil-gvern ga naf x'ha nibdew naraw madwarna...
Leonard Brincat
Feb 26th, 12:44
Sur Cassar,
Issa naddilek kelma ma Dr Muscat ghax la tara il futur car daqshekk il pajjiz ghandu bzonnok . U jekk kapaci tara ser jigri sena ohra ma tistax tara hmistax ohra ser jigri u tilluminana u tghidilna min ser jitla fil gvern. Ghax skont int jekk jitla il PL ser ikun hawn guh kbir u ikollna cans nahznu xi ftit ikel sewwa. Il gurnata it tajba siehbi. Malta taghna ilkoll
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 14:39
Enjoy it Brincat. Komplu oholmu bil-fantasija ta' Malta Taghna Lkoll u kellimni meta jkollna bzonn xi bail-out! Il-finanzi ta' pajjizna qatt ma kienu daqshekk tajbin u JM holom fl-intelligenza illuminanti tieghu li Malta ghandha timxi fuq l-ezempju ta' Cipru, l-Irlanda jew Spanja...3 pajjizi li kollha huma FALLUTI..J'Alla ma jigrix hekk, imma mill-esperjenza li ghandha mal-Labour kollos possibbli
j brincat
Feb 26th, 08:55
"Labour government would develop a pet cemetery"
But please Joseph don't do like GonziPN who is selling plots for graves on the EVE of the election.
jb
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 09:43
While in theory it would not be a wrong idea, is it feasible to have a pet cemetery? And where should it be done? Is it another thing "promised" on the eve of an election to please as much as possible?
What people want is concrete measures and not something which was just blown there and then. What people want is something which is innovative and not copied ideas from the PN Electoral programme
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:00
and as "copied" I am not referring to this "pet cemetry" idea but to all the other ideas included in the electoral programme (which one has still to see in print) which are either already available things, are ideas copied from the PN programme or are ideas which can never be implemented...
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 26th, 13:05
@Brincat.
We must be one of the only countries who never came up with this idea. Man's best friend should be treated likewise.
j brincat
Feb 26th, 08:52
@Matthew Borg
"Any criticism of Labour = negative campaigning. They can't do any wrong it seems, and when people press them for answers, their evasion of the said answers is still tantamount to 'positive campaigning"
Don't tell me that you agree with this negative campaign, scaremongering and mud slinging?
These are only restored to by a party which is in deep Panic Mode!
jb
Roberto Fenech
Feb 26th, 09:18
Dear J brincat,
Do you approve that Muscat knew of the blokka l bajda and he lied to you and all of us?
Do you approve Toni Abela actively looking for a Labourite policeman and asking him to hold the case?
Do you approve Muscat throwing mud on Austin Gatt about the oil scandal, when now we know it was not true?
And then you call this a positive campaign from Labour??
Irene Forster
Feb 26th, 08:49
Might I ask who started all this mud slinging in the first place? Was it not the LP when they accused Dr. Gatt without doing their homework well? I think LP have opened Pandora's box and now that they are seeing what is coming out of it and they do not like it, so now they are accusing PN of a mud slinging campaign instead of PN defending themselves from their accusations.
Neil Bugeja
Feb 26th, 10:15
Two weights, two measures!!
Mark Cassar
Feb 26th, 10:53
Irene, what goes around comes around...PL has spent the whole five years inventing corruption in everything. yet they always failed miserably to get the proofs. Now that in the last saga, which ONE and their media-puppet friends have tried in vain to push to favour labour, it appears that PL members are implicated, they are crying foul and victimizing themselves as being attacked with mudslinging
Neil Bugeja
Feb 26th, 08:46
"Let us have a positive campaign" - Joseph Muscat.
What happened to that JM? Scared the PN might have something about you!?
Matthew Borg
Feb 26th, 08:34
Any criticism of Labour = negative campaigning. They can't do any wrong it seems, and when people press them for answers, their evasion of the said answers is still tantamount to 'positive campaigning'.
Hallina Joseph, trid?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 26th, 08:27
Joseph Muscat could be more explicit, please, and identify for us which particular skeleton in the LP cupboard he fears that the Nationalist Party is going to rattle in public, between now and polling day, and whether it is some other "mistake" for which he is already concocting another "admission".
j brincat
Feb 26th, 08:14
"Expect worse from PN, Muscat warns"
Hasn't the PN stooped low enough?
Can it get any lower?
History teaches us that it can!
But then we can make 1 + 1 and know who's telling the truth and on 9th March we would vote arrogance out of power for a very long time AND 'bil-qalb' too!
jb
jb
Renato J. Costigan
Feb 26th, 08:50
You quoted the following words.
'Can it get lower? and History teaches us it came.
Dear friend I think you are old enough to remember the 80'ies. Sure we cannot go that low.......BUT
history teach us that we have to look at the past so that it will not happen again.
Have you noticed his body language? WHY IS YOUR LEADER SO AFRAID? WE WAIT AND SEE.
Joseph Aquilina
Feb 26th, 08:07
Look how Positive our national Joseph on ice has become!! Joseph Muscat messed up; he put the party before the country, the party before the people, the party before those who were taking drugs in that lejber club and who knows if in any other clubs because no action was taken to catch those responsible!
Such a leader cannot be trusted to be PM of Malta, not leader of his own party!!
David Bezzina
Feb 26th, 15:26
Yes,the Naxxar and Mosta PN clubs come to mind.
Renato J. Costigan
Feb 26th, 08:05
'The (M)LP not entering a mud-slingng contest'.
Who was negative in this campaign? For sure not the Nationalist Party with all its positive projects.
Who began this contest of mud-slinging by throwing mud at Dr. Austin Gatt.
Why are you so afraid that the GONZIPN continue to show the electorate who can become a Prime Minister?
For sure Malta needs a healthy party and an honest Prime Minister.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 26th, 02:33
Good man Dr Muscat, keep it up! GonziPN refused to put a whistelblower act and party finanacing act through parliament. On the economic front Dr Gonzi offers nothing except an increased national debt. The only real project they had Smart City has failed. These facts alone speaks volumes for those who are not blind to see.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 26th, 08:17
Gonzi did not "refuse to put a whistleblower act". Gonzi presented a budget so excellent that Joseph Muscat promised he would implement if elected, but the budget wasn't passed because of a conspiracy between Muscat's LP and a renegade Franco Debono.
Roberto Fenech
Feb 26th, 09:31
The whistle Blower act was not put into force because the Labour Party wants to give protection to those who are also involved in the crime itself, whereas PN doesn't. Check your facts before you speak...
Zeppi Zammit
Feb 25th, 23:03
Very positive campagning indeed....
M Farrugia
Feb 25th, 22:00
"We do not even want to touch mud and we will not let anyone pull us into this trap" - Seems Dr Muscat is too busy meeting people to listen to his own Super One news bulletin and election programs. He would not have made that silly comment.
David Bezzina
Feb 26th, 15:30
The corruption in the oil procurement is not mudslinging but the truth.People are not being taken to court for fun.Some of you do not realize the gravity of people who were earning circa 10,000 Euros a day in commissions and all coming from our taxes.
And yes JM listens to people and that is the reason why he is more trusted than LG.
Maurice Agius
Feb 25th, 21:59
You really have be cheeky to accuse The PN with mud slinging of course the are,but, they are only sling it back. Some mud for some mud. All's well in love and war and the run up to a national election
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 25th, 21:58
"he said Labour would not enter a mud-slinging contest and would not even get its hands dirtied with mud because it had important and concrete proposals to offer citizens a better future."
Hit me hard and then pour over a bucket of freezing water just to make sure I am not sleeping!
Am I surprised? Not at all - lying is one of his very few competencies!
Darrell Borg
Feb 25th, 21:40
And yet again at the same time ppl watched a very misleading and negative spot by pl. Was that the positive attitude that JM was speaking about? Where is the BA when it comes to these type of spots? Where is the pbs for letting this misleading spot being broadcasted on the pbs channel with such a resemblance to the tvm news in brief (logos and layout)?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 25th, 21:23
The Labour Party "movement" has assumed the proportions of the involuntary purposeless jerks of a Ballo di San Vito. Unfortunately the condition is incurable and hereditary.
Wally Vella-Zarb
Feb 26th, 11:39
As "incurable and hereditary" as the Terinati that still plague your party seem to be. Remember EFA's libellous accusations against Alfred Sant? It was too late to rebut them before voting day. Unfortunately for the PN, springing a new 'scandal' on the eve of the 'day of reflection' ( Bondi+ on Thursday springs to mind) will not be as effective this time. We are not all "Cwiec Maltin".
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 26th, 16:47
@Wally Vella Zarb
The Terinati etc that you attribute to the PN must have been inherited outside the family because it is Joseph Muscat who is apologising for those mistakes, promising to be admitting others and fearing that more are going to come out in the open before polling day.
Aaron Vella
Feb 25th, 21:19
Looks like Joe is preparing for some big news... I'm already seeing the usual Lejburisti on the Times defending Joseph's wrongdoings.
Joseph Portelli
Feb 25th, 21:18
ghax il-worse mil-labour hareg! kemm-il gimgha l-labour amel jitfa t-tajn fuq AG, Aust, etc?!? X'ma vvintawx? Kont tisma lil muscat jitkellem u tiftah is-super one kont tahseb li austin gatt huwa korrott li bhalu qatt ma kien aw!! Imbad daru fuq Tonio Fenech u l-arlogg! Tajn, tajn u tajn! Basta imbad nitkellmu fuq kampanja pozittiva!
jm busuttil
Feb 25th, 21:00
" Labour Leader Joseph Muscat warned people to expect worse and more negativity from the Nationalist Party as the March 9. electoral appointment approached. "
So Joseph seems to know that there are more wrong doings.
One must note that the PN when ever they said something they always presented proof.
Please choose the reason of your report below: