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‘PN is not part of rumour mill on Muscat’ says deputy leader
Simon Busuttil reiterates PN denial that party is behind unspecified allegations.
1 March 2013, 12:00am
Jurgen Balzan
Jurgen Balzan
2 min read
Nationalist deputy leader Simon Busuttil has reiterated a PN denial that the party was behind unspecified allegations about Labour leader Joseph Muscat's personal life.
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"There were comments on the social media attributing a rumour to the PN, of claims that this party never made about the Opposition leader's personal life. We issued a statement saying we are not part of these rumours, and that this is not the type of party we are," Busuttil said in a short comment today.
An official statement by the Nationalist Party on Thursday gave fuel to the fire of a month-long whispering campaign on Labour leader Joseph Muscat's personal life. The PN denied being behind claims that it would "come out with a story" on Muscat's personal life - claims first made on the Facebook site of electoral website www.election2013.com.
According to its Facebook post, election2013.com said: "We are hearing rumours around the water dispenser [sic] that PN are planning to come out with a story on Joseph's Muscat Personal Life in the last week of the election campaign. As we said these are only rumours so far However some more concrete details are leaking like: what the story is about.... so PN planning to drag Joseph Muscat's personal life into the mix??... is it an all time low for politics in Malta ??... who knows !, we'll just wait and see..."
In a denial, the PN said this was a fabricated story and that it was "strongly denying the allegation and disassociating itself it in the most categorical of manners. The PN does not believe this is the way of doing politics."
The election2013.com website is the property of Avante Systems, whose business development manager James Catania told MaltaToday today that he was surprised at the PN's "relevant speed at which it reacted to the post", saying that the rumour was gaining currency in several Labour and Nationalist quarters.
Catania would not confirm whether he was a Labour sympathiser, and whether his post on Facebook had pushed what was initially a rumour onto the mainstream media. "I'm amazed at the kind of reaction that the PN had on this post... my website is equidistant from both parties, so we were only putting out what we had gathered from sources from both parties."
Jurgen Balzan was a MaltaToday reported from 2011 to 2017.
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I also heard that there is something about the PN deputy leader as well but do not want to leak it first.
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I wouldn't be surprised. We have had enough proof of mud slinging. Look at the way they tried to slander Joe Cordina. Now the truth is resurfacing. And more is to come. Id-driegh t'Alla hu kbir.
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Simon watch it because you are the next in line if you touch our leader than we have no alternatives but to hit back below the belt!! Go ahead if you want it to go far , we dont like this and hate criticizing personal lifes. This is really hatred and you should condemn your own party look at Mr Cordina what you invented about him!! Liars of the first quality!!
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Simon watch it because you are the next in line if you touch our leader than we have no alternatives but to hit back below the belt!! Go ahead if you want it to go far , we dont like this and hate criticizing personal lifes. This is really hatred and you should condemn your own party look at Mr Cordina what you invented about him!! Liars of the first quality!!
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@Josephgrechattard - very well said thank you! It could not have been said better ... not the type of party they are says busulotti, let's ask Alfred Sant shall we? Or better still ask your own grand strategist Richard Caruana Curren on what happened on the eve of the last election ... YOU HAVE ALL CRIED WOLF TOO MANY TIMES FOR US TO BELIEVE YOU!!! ... IT IS TIME FOR GO-nzi and his clique to be GONE-zi!!! ... Xebbajtuna und qazziztuna. Malta cannot afford you anymore, simple as that.
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Will Busuttil and Gonzi, and the PN and GonziPN, emphatically condemn anybody who comes out with claims of the personal life of anybody, anytime? That is what Busuttil should assure citizens! Otherwise, it's once again writing in mud and speaking half-truths.
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jaqbilu SIMON ma jitholx fdin il basla, ghax min ghandu dar tal hgieg ma jaqbilux jifa gebel.
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James Catania is obviously biased since he is a known Labourite - although one must qualify what does it mean that he is labourite since I recall him personally saying that he would explode all immigrants.
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Dear Simon ..one must keep in mind that what goes around comes around.... and it will bite back !!!!
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And what say you of DCG.
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Rumours? Hope they are so. We will remember the filty game played by Dr Fenech Adami, so nothing new. Anyway whatever rumours come out in these last few days my family and I will discard them as I want CHANGE, CHANGE AND MORE CHANGE. PN, just play the game and let the people decide and do not follow any dirty paths hoping to win votes as you will only get wrath.
