Gonzi: People should not be treated like files or reference numbers
People should not be treated like files or reference numbers
The Government got the bigger picture right but may have failed to treat individuals with the respect and dignity they deserved, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said tonight.
He pledged to improve this aspect of Government as a priority if the PN were to be re-elected, a message he also gave in his last two speeches.
"People should not be treated like files or reference numbers," he said.
Addressing supporters in Pembroke on the penultimate day of the campaign, Dr Gonzi reiterated his pledges to create a "minimum" of 25,000 jobs and provide a leap of quality in healthcare and education.
He said the PN would tackle the issue of out-of-stock medicines and provide another 3,000 scholarships to students.
He warned that these things should not be taken for granted because Labour had not kept its word in the past when it had, for example, turned stipends into loans.
Dr Gonzi warned that Labour's energy plan was dangerous because the gas tanks built in Delimara could explode and destroy the power station and nearby houses.
He said it would also benefit from no EU funds because it went against EU policy, which was to create a connected network of energy infrastructure.
Dr Gonzi concluded by appealing to undecided voters to make the right decision and focus on the most important issues. He stressed that Labour had no substance and only spoke about roadmaps that no one could understand.
33 Comments
Post comment
Please sign in or create your Account to post comments.
Michael Magri
Mar 7th, 14:53
Dr Gonzi.. Rest assured that on Sunday March 10th, you will be officialy informed of how much the majority of these Islands are NOT like `Files` or `Reference Numbers`, just how your GonziPN Government treated us for the last 5 years..!!! GOT IT....!!
B. Farrugia
Mar 7th, 14:52
If he wasn`t so darned paternalistic I would have voted for him.
When Dr Gonzi does not say the truth, he usually bites slightly his lower lip.
I hope others noted this.
Franco Abela
Mar 7th, 11:41
Listening to the story of Alfred Bray an EX PN canvasser for over 52 years who will now vote PL makes me realise how right Franco Debono was! Obviuosly this story will not be covered on the 'neutral' media.
Franco Abela
Mar 7th, 11:12
Bongu... too late now!
Henry J Bonett
Mar 7th, 11:02
Dr Gonzi, You have been on the road to Damascus for ages. Not only did you not want to see but you pronounced irrelevant those who earnestly tried to show the way. Your pledge today sounds more like the fox telling grandma what pretty eyes she had, or whatever - I am well past the age of reading fairy tales ,any way
joe vella
Mar 7th, 10:35
exactly right lawrence
instead of number or file references, (remember the e mail from paul borg olivier to jason micallef)
you classify people according to whether their face has a blue or a red colour
you forgot the green by the way!
Lawrence Fenech
Mar 7th, 10:13
Gonz it-tellieqa hi sal barkun kif tghid int, veru, il-PL qieghed fuqu jistenniek forsi xi darba tasal.
A Galea
Mar 7th, 09:46
xebghu ibezzaw nies!! B hekk irid jirbaha il PN din l elezzjoni bil biza li qed iwerwru bijha lin nies. Mhux ha tbezzani iktar Gonzi lili, din id darba PL
A Galea
Mar 7th, 09:42
That is what i felt like in the past five years.. i felt i was just a number, lanqas file ta ghax file ikbar. Just numru li kull ma nteressak 5 snin ilu kien li tajtek il vot. Din id darba LE
anton cassar
Mar 7th, 09:34
Dr Gonzi intom lin-nies mhux ta files jew numri ittratajtuhom imma ta DUBBIEN !!
Gorg Borg
Mar 7th, 09:14
Good, you re learning the lesson now. But still more to come.
Maria Borg
Mar 7th, 09:12
About time you realise that people should not be treated as files or numbers..... Incredible now you're telling us this ... too little too late Hon. Prime Minister ...
Michael Sammut
Mar 7th, 09:08
Bit late for that Dr. Gonzi. You've had enough time to fix the way you treat the man in the street, if it was really in your interest to do so. The very fact you say this now, on the eve of an election, damages your credibility even further. Sorry no.
Leonard Brincat
Mar 7th, 08:13
Ara vera ma jafx Jisthi dan il bniedem.
An. Caucchi
Mar 7th, 08:11
Mr gonzo:
Do you think people are mindless ? That they do not remember the FAIL of Arriva busses (bendy bus !!) ?
The FAIL destroying the Valletta main entrance ?
It's time for a change. Now GO HOME.
P.S. and stop sending SPAM through facebook using kids singing songs for politics. This is pathetic.
Vince Catania
Mar 6th, 23:25
you're incredible. every 5 years the same words and same promises. We have had enough now. What better bigger picture? For you and your ministries yes but not for the majority of the population.
Reggie Callus
Mar 6th, 22:46
1 you finally realized that people are not files.
2 final plea to the electorate
Either or, you won't get my vote this time
charles flask
Mar 6th, 22:16
The EU promised us 1 billion and it does not mean that if there is Muscat the EU will not give us such funds. I don't think that if Dr Muscat is elected Prime Minister there will be some great shock in our way life. Life will be normal as we know it but in time I believe Muscat will make a difference, particularly in good governance. GonziPN flopped in the management of out money, big time.
Franco Abela
Mar 7th, 11:15
Agree. Muscat is Gonzi MINUS the bad.
James Grech
Mar 6th, 22:07
Of course not Dr.Gonzi. you usually look at the front cover and discard those with a red tinge. After a 9 wk campaign during which you shamed all those that prefer to chose the PL's new way of doing politics, now you came to your senses and start doing a u-turn. Typical of you!!
David Triganza
Mar 6th, 21:52
"People should not be treated like files or reference numbers," said Dr Gonzi. Bongu!! He is just confirming what people used to complain about in all these years! Now, two days before the election Gonzi has the face to tell that he will change and we should vote for him again. Too late! Our mind is already made up. This time I will vote PL for the first time.
A Galea
Mar 7th, 09:44
me too !!! a lot of people should do the same.. COME ON opt for a better Malta
pat muscat
Mar 6th, 21:37
I think you yourself were very insensitive -to say the least- when you voted ' bil-qalb' for the electricity bill increase. Who is going to believe you today- less than 24 hours before the closing of the election campaign that you did not treat the households as reference numbers?. We have read your lips but its the credibility that counts: in that you have let us down.
Joe Grech
Mar 6th, 21:04
P.M. you fragmented your party and ruined families through Gambling. The cost of living has spiralled, you overspent and used taxpayer money for political reasons. You also failed in transport, health and did not even collect VAT and government financial dues efficiently. Dolores Cristina could not even administer EU educational funding properly...
Malta will follow Greece if you are re-elected
Joe Grech
Mar 6th, 20:58
PM, it's true that your inefficient administration ''failed to treat individuals with the respect and dignity they deserved''.
I was summoned to give testimony in a case filed by Police against an individual. FOR 25TIMES I attended in vain as the wrong-doer simply DID NOT ATTEND and did not produce a Medical Certificate either. No action was taken by the Magistrate who has since stopped working.
L Agius
Mar 6th, 20:56
Mohhu biex Ibezza lin nies bil pl....bilfors ma tifhmux ir roadmap sur gonzipn ghax int ma qrajtux il manifest elettorali Tal pl...first time voter for pl
Charles Vassallo
Mar 6th, 20:38
Your Excellency,
Too little, too late for some.....
Anthony Mizzi
Mar 6th, 20:37
Go tell it to Dr. Paul Borg Olivier and the list of e-mail address on the "INFAMOUS" e-mail sent to Jason Micallef LP in error instead of Jason Azzopardi PN which exposed the PN for what it is and what it controls!
Donna Parnis
Mar 6th, 20:32
How would you know Gonzi, you never even read the LP manifesto as you admitted on TV, You are the one that treats people like numbers. If your blue your ok, if your red, basically you dont want to know.
Joe Pace Asciak
Mar 6th, 20:28
“He said it would also benefit from no EU funds because it went against EU policy”. I am convinced that the MLP is still Eurosceptic.
Joe Grech
Mar 7th, 09:09
Tghidx Cucati!
Eve Axiaq
Mar 6th, 20:19
Gonzi kif tista tghid li se titratta lil poplu ahjar jekk intom se tibqghu l-istess nies? In-nies ma jinbidlux.
Tony Borg
Mar 6th, 20:18
When i wanted to convert cars to LPG, you threw me out, when i asked to rehabilitate Mghatab with private investors, you laughed in my face and when I asked you to develop a Marina with private investors money again you told me that you have other plans.............
SHALL I TRUST YOU KNOW ????? Maybe i should have barged into Castille with a swarm of bullies around me for you to listen!!!!!!!!!!
Please choose the reason of your report below: