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Gonzi accuses Muscat of turning former RTK journalist against her employer
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi accuses the Opposition leader of scoring political points by portraying himself as the victim of a “scandal” which he himself created.
30 October 2011, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
3 min read
Speaking on the correspondence between Opposition leader Joseph Muscat and former RTK journalist Sabrina Agius, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi accused Muscat of gaining political mileage out of the situation, adding that while the “rest of us” work, Muscat “wastes time sending emails”.
“The content of the emails is scandalous and now Muscat is trying to hide that scandal by portraying himself as a victim. Why should we be ashamed of exposing a scandal?” Gonzi said this morning during a political activity.
Gonzi said Muscat had told the journalist to “spy” on her work place and report back to him. “Is this the moral compass a leader should have? It is no wonder that we hear him say he would use all possible means to achieve what he wants.”
In a “plea” to the workers, Gonzi said that workers should respect their employers and that work gives dignity to a person.
The Prime Minister said the whole saga was worrying, but he would let the people judge by themselves: “I am not the people’s conscience. But I know the Maltese people know how to judge. At the moment my priority is to run a country and not waste time in these things.”
Gonzi said that despite all its criticism, the Labour Party never offered the public with concrete solutions: “In the meantime, we have been providing solutions and putting them in place. The result is clear that our economy is growing, also proven by the positive rating from credit rating agencies.”
He said that government is well aware of the issues that need to be solved: “We are addressing our country’s debt and deficit. In fact, this year we managed to register a record in economic growth as tourists continued to visit the island despite the turmoil in Libya which could have cost us everything.”
Gonzi said both ongoing works at Smart City and MCAST were government’s projects. Referring to Muscat’s comments that a Labour government would complete the projects, the Prime Minister said: “We are in government and not you. We do the projects … and not to look good with the students but because we believe in our students.”
He said that the Smart City project is built on abandoned factories land, factories “which were abandoned by the Labour Party.”
Gonzi said government would continue working for the country using three measures: perseverance, discipline and determination: “We are guided by an ethical and moral benchmark in achieving our results: the way which gets us there is important for us.
“We will not be afraid of taking the necessary decisions which need to be taken, even though they would not be popular. We are not here for the elections but to see our country achieving positive results."
“We are determined in what we do. Let the storm rage and, just like we did in the past, we will weather it out,” he added.
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@daniel
That's what the "Imzazen" love to hear.
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There is only one way to describe Gonzi's speech , Lot of hot air, lot of bull shit lot of lies and lot of empty words.
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Everybody knows that politics is a dirty business,but when GONZIPN tries to cover up an issue all that comes out of his mouth is FILTH.
He said "while the rest of us work",he meant destroying our country and while doing so getting an extra e500 a week.
We will see the result of his work in the budget.
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Mr. Gonzi has the cheek to talk about deficit reduction! At the same time the ministers get a euro 500 per week increase. Why doesn't the goverment reduce its overspending? This would definitely reduce the deficit!
Come on Mr. Gonzi. Why say statements that we believe in our students? It is a known fact that having many students getting a stipend is a way to mask off unemployment figures.
If no immediate action is taken soon Malta might be in a financial fiasco situation!
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"In a “plea” to the workers, Gonzi said that workers should respect their employers and that work gives dignity to a person."
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How about gonzi respecting our intelligence and not treat us like a bunch of morons who could be easily lead by the nose.
In an "ARROGANCE" contest it would be a real challenge between,the gonz, Austin Gatt and Tonio Arseinall.
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- He said that the Smart City project is built on abandoned factories land, factories “which were abandoned by the Labour Party"
And may I ask whether it was the Labour Party which was governing these islands in the last 25 years?
Smart City project - what project?
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Playing for the gallery will only impress the diehards and those handful of nouveau riche who couldn't have had it better in the last few years.
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"In a “plea” to the workers, Gonzi said that workers should respect their employers and that work gives dignity to a person."
Would it not perhaps have been better if he turn the statement round and maid a plea for "Employers should respect their workers and uphold their dignity". There is no doubt that in the current difficult financial times for the worker, employers are taking advantage and exploiting their workers especially new recruits. They are often employing them on a part-time basis and paying them the minimum wage if the employees are lucky for often they expect the worker to put in extra hours for no additional payment. I know of graduates who are being paid the minimum wage and often only called when needed. The situation is even worse for illegal workers who are often treated as indentured slaves.
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Quote - In a “plea” to the workers, Gonzi said that workers should respect their employers and that work gives dignity to a person.
Hey, Dr Gonzi, isn't the other way round not important as well? Shouldn't the employers respect their employees?
You know why I ask, because now it's not only perception that the workers rights are jeopardised for the sake of huge profits for their employers' personal gains and not that of the business.
Workers, all chategoriess mind you, are being treated as numbers. A necessary evil.
And this administration is indifferent to all this. Worst still, it seems to embrace such practices which are, slowly but surely, leading to much hardships and casualties.
Come on, Dr Gonzi, please note.
Joseph Sant •
It seems like Larwence Gonzi doesn't multi task - and it shows!
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Awesome how credit agencies rating is only important when it is somewhat favourable.
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"We are in government and not you." - again, only a soundbite. 99% of the time the Prime Minister is reacting to what Labour says. He is not setting the agenda - Labour is.
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Puerile, infantile and immature.
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How does he manage to be so silly.
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PN is dead, long live gonziPN
