[attach id=239937 size="medium"]Thousands of people crowded into Republic Street in Victoria for last night’s PN event. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli[/attach]
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday evening urged Gozitan supporters not to give up in the final days of the campaign.
“Let’s all go for it. Four more days,” he said jubilantly to loud cheers of “Nazzjonalisti, Nazzjonalisti” that filled Republic Street in Victoria.
Reiterating his appeal for everyone to convince two people to vote PN, he said the past 24 hours had already seen a huge response and great results from this initiative.
Promising a PN government would be closer than ever to the people, he said: “Let’s make the next five years the best years of a PN government.”
The whole campaign boiled down to the five seconds during which people would vote in privacy.
Stressing the importance of a secure future, Dr Gonzi said young children who were under 18 could not vote on Saturday so their futures must be secured by the votes of others.
He said the PN always treated Gozitans with respect and dignity and would continue to do so. On the other hand, Dr Gonzi recalled, Labour removed the Gozo Ministry under Prime Minister Alfred Sant.
“Speeches are easy. Words are nice. But there is a difference between Labour and PN. When we come to Gozo we don’t come empty handed... we do not come with road maps but projects we have already done,” he said.
If PN were to win the election, it would keep investing in tourism, job creation and better accessibility through an underground tunnel, if feasible. The Government would also dedicate 10 per cent of EU funds and 22 per cent of funds towards rural areas to Gozo.
Deputy leader Simon Busuttil made a “personal” appeal to Gozitans who were “disappointed, hurt or doubtful”, asking them to vote with conviction and pride for the Nationalist Party.
He promised a new PN government, with him as deputy Prime Minister, would be closer than ever to the Gozitan people.
We do not come with road maps but projects we have already done
Dr Busuttil said Dr Muscat always gave bad advice on EU membership, eurozone membership, the closure of the shipyards and the Libyan revolution.
In each of these cases, Dr Muscat’s advice would have taken the country “gas down into a wall”.
Dr Busuttil said Labour had spent lots of money in this campaign but failed to say why it wanted to change direction at such an important juncture for Malta.
Earlier, Dr Gonzi inaugurated an EU-funded, interactive sea life education centre in Dwejra.
The University of Malta and the San Lawrenz local council joined forces as part of a project entitled Panacea, which will also see environmental centres built in Sicily.