Busuttil says PN is on the right track

With only six days left in the European elections campaign, PN leader Simon Busuttil called on voters to send a clear message that government is not performing well and simultaneously confirm that the PN is on the right track.

Addressing disgruntled Labourites, Busuttil said “you can speak up by using your vote, you can send a message that it is not right to have a government which is discriminatory and a government that continuously lies.”

However, Busuttil added that voters can also send a message that the PN is on the right track. “You can also send a message that the PN is back on its feet and the party can be an effective opposition. You can send a clear message that the PN not only can win three seats in the European Parliament for the very first time but it is ready to govern again in four years time.”

Noting that the Labour government is very liberal with the truth, Busuttil said “it’s not ok for a minister to lie and it’s not ok for a prime minister to lie.”

Addressing a party activity in San Gwann Busuttil said “when a government is caught lying it is a very serious and concerning matter, because it is wrong for politicians to lie and when politics is based on lies it tarnishes politics as a whole.”

This, he said, applied to a number of issues, including justice minister Owen Bonnici’s claim that government cannot publish the contract signed with the administrators of the controversial citizenship for cash scheme because this is being withheld by court.

Earlier today, the PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami denied these claims and explained that the contract has not been exhibited during court proceedings.

Describing Bonnici’s claim as a “serious lie,” Busuttil said “the government is dragging down the standards of ethical behaviour in politics.” He went on to call on the Speaker of the House to give a ruling and ensure that the contract signed with Henley & Partner is tabled in Parliament before the European elections to be held next week.

Turning to the contract signed today week by government on the Delimara power plant, the opposition leader said that government was refusing to publish “two important contracts worth €600 million.”

Shedding doubts on the relationship between Labour and Henley & Partners, which Busuttil noted is under investigations for funding political parties abroad, the PN leader called on government to come clean.  

Outgoing MEPs Roberta Metsola and David Casa also addressed the PN supporters gathered in San Gwann, calling on the electorate to vote for the PN which they said was consistently pro-EU.

Metsola, who replaced PN leader Simon Busuttil in Brussels just over a year ago underlined the PN’s commitment to safeguard the people’s rights, citing the petition she presented on the LNG storage vessel in Marsaxlokk as a prime example.

On his part, Casa said that the changes brought about by EU membership had been so far-reaching that “Alfred Sant, who 11 years led a crusade against EU membership now has the right to vote for himself in his bid to become an MEP.”