The Nationalist Party has set up an office to receive complaints of political discrimination on which a future government would act, party leader Simon Busuttil has said.
He was speaking at Mosta this morning during an activity held as part of the local elections campaign.
Dr Busuttil urged the people to come forward, promising injustices would be redressed when the PN was in government.
The office, he said, would be managed by MP Robert Cutajar.
He said it was important for the party to listen to the people including those who had complained about the previous PN administration.
Dr Busuttil accused the government of knowing who would be getting the concession for the management and operation of healthcare and ancillary services from St Luke’s, Karin Grech Rehabilitation and Gozo General hospitals, for which a call was issued on Friday.
This was because the government put a price tag on the project before the call for proposals had even been issued.
Turning to the economy, Dr Busuttil said that statistics showed that the average wage over the past two years had only grown by €3.50 per week when under the full five years of the PN administration this had grown by €10 per week.
It was worrying that the average growth of the average wage had slowed down and this particularly affected pensioners and minimum wage earners, he noted.
He hit out at government extravagance in employing 5,000 in the civil service to buy votes and accommodate people.
He accused the government of secrecy in that it continued to refuse to publish the Henley & Partners, Electrogas and Shanghai contracts and the e-mails to and from the owners of the Café Premier.
Throughout his speech, Dr Busuttil spoke on the difference PN councillors would bring to their respective localities, citing Mosta as an example.
He thanked outgoing mayor Shirley Farrugia who, he said, had asked not to recontest and listed the roads done in the locality by the Nationalist council.
He appealed to the people of Mosta to show their appreciation with their vote in the election, which was the moment of truth.
He also drew parallels with the St Paul’s Bay council, which had a Labour majority for the first time and which had been driven by infighting and where works had remained undone.
Dr Busuttil made no mention whatsoever of the allegations of abuse that former Minister Giovanna Debono’s husband had ordered works to be carried out in private residences for votes.
MaltaToday this morning published an e-mail from a whistleblower to PN general secretary Chris Said, sent last May, making the allegations.