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Prime Minister accuses Labour of hindering foreign investment efforts
Opposition insists on vote of confidence. Gonzi on four-day visit in Tunisia and Qatar next week.
12 January 2012, 12:00am
Matthew Vella
Matthew Vella
3 min read
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi will be in Tunisia and Qatar over the next week, arriving on Thursday.
Updated at 2:45pm with PL statement, and 5pm with OPM's statement.
The Prime Minister has accused the Opposition of trying to hinder his efforts in bringing investment to Malta and safeguarding jobs, after Labour said Lawrence Gonzi was "acting irresponsibly" for choosing to travel to Tunisia and Qatar next Monday, when parliament will reconvene during a political crisis that has threatened his one-seat majority.
"Labour's intention is to stop the government from its work to increase investment and create jobs. The Prime Minister's visits to Tunisia and Qatar had been scheduled in the past year, and the Opposition's reading of the matter is incorrect. In these turbulent times, the government is intensifying its efforts in bringing more foreign investment. The Opposition is putting spokes in the wheel and it will be workers and their families who pay the price," the OPM said in a statement.
The Prime Minister will be abroad on official business between Monday and Thursday next week.
The Labour party today accused the prime minister of irresponsiblity for choosing to go abroad on official business, "instead of assuring stability" for his government by calling for a vote of confidence.
"The Prime Minister had all the time he needed to make these visits. It is clear these visits were only confirmed in the last hours and after the extent of the crisis was known. The aim is for the prime minister to cancel them and play the vicitim."
The government's new Leader of the House, home affairs minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici, faced his first test in the House Business Committee today, where the Opposition demanded to know whether the prime minister will be calling for a vote of confidence in his government.
A spirited exchange between Mifsud Bonnici and Labour's deputy leader Anglu Farrugia focused on whether the government will be asking for a vote of confidence. "The Constitution does not demand the head of government to present a motion of confidence," Mifsud Bonnici said.
Mifsud Bonnici was adamant that no motion of no-confidence had been presented by the Opposition, and insisted that the House should prioritise the Education and European Union amendment bills, before proceeding to the Budget Measures Implementation Bill.
The minister said that unless a motion is presented, no date could be set for a hypothetical motion.
The Opposition instead demanded that the committee meeting be postponed to next Monday to decide the House agenda. "If you don't want to address the instability prevailing now, we can only postpone it to next Monday," Farrugia said.
Labour whip Joe Mizzi repeatedly asked Mifsud Bonnici if he recognised the urgency of the instability that had been created by Nationalist MP Franco Debono's threat not to support government in its parliamentary work. "It's OK to talk about an education bill and bring forward an EU bill... but not to discuss the instability in the country right now?"
"The most important issue now is the instability the country is facing... we want to clear this matter. The quicker the better," Mizzi said.
"I note the Opposition is rather eager to see this matter settled and take power as soon as it can," Mifsud Bonnici retorted. "If the Opposition so wished it could have presented a motion of no-confidence, so we cannot discuss this... I asked whether we can debate the EU amendment bill before the budget measures bill, and to me it seems you don't want to play by the parliamentary rules."
If Franco Debono votes against a forthcoming money bill on the Budget, this would have the same effect as a no-confidence vote if defeated.
Prime Minister abroad
Mifsud Bonnici informed the committee, which is responsible for the setting of the parliamentary agenda, that the Prime Minister will be abroad from next Monday in visits to Tunisia and the gulf state of Qatar, up until Thursday.
Parliament will reconvene on Wednesday, 18 January. Earlier this week the Speaker of the House turned down a request by Opposition leader Joseph Muscat to open the House with urgency and discuss the Prime Minister's endangered one-seat majority.
The PN is convening its party's general council for Sunday, 29 January.
Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...
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jekk trid sur Gonzi laqgha l-parlaqment ghada u jekk Franco ihallik hemm, hudu mieghek Tunis u bieghu lil tal-Qatar...iggib zewg gmula tieghu siehbi
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Foreign investment is hindered not by the LOP but by lack of funds to our Embassies overseas. It is also being hindered by visa refusals.
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Aqta' kemm kien ha gieb investiment mit-Tunezija bil-problemi kbar li ghandhom!!!!!!
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HE'S LEAVING ON A JET PLANE AND HOPING HE WILL NEVER BE BACK AGAIN.DO THE COUNTRY A FAVOUR GONZ AND STAY IN TUNISIA PLSS
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Does anybody remember the Malta File? For the benefit of both PL and PN young supporters who may not remember, this was a dossier written by diehard PN activists stating that Malta was a police state, that the country was governed by a dictatorship, and generally painting a sombre picture of Malta. This dossier was distributed to foreigners to put them off investing in Malta in the 1980s. Now who is hindering efforts in bringing investment to Malta and safeguarding jobs?
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Insejt meta inthom kontu tmori barra minn Malta fi żmien Mintoff u Dr KMB theddu lill-investituri barranin biex ma jiġux jinvestu hawn u min kellu diġà investiment ineħħieh? Tista' tkun ipokrita iktar minn hekk?
Tiftakar kif fil-kwistjoni taż-żejt mal-Libja inthom kontu mortu għand Gaddafi taħdmu kontra l-Gvern Malti, kontra Malta u kontrina? Tistgħu tkunu iktar ipokriti minn hekk?
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Whatever the PM says, we treat it as garbage......hypocrite, hypocrite......
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Ara trid tkun spiccajt ghall-kollox biex tqabbel zjara fil-Qatar u t-Tunezija - li tista' ssir darb'ohra - ma krizi attwali ta' demokrazija li jkollok f'pajjizek. Jien wisq nahseb li Gonzi qed jinghata pariri hziena apposta biex jidher ikrah aktar milli hu, halli forsi shabu fl-ahhar itajjruh minn hemm. Ghax dik l-unika soluzzjoni li fadlilhom: Gonzi jirrizenja/jitkecca minn PM u kap tal-partit, ilahhqu lil xi hadd iehor, jaghmlu paci ma Debono u jibqghu jiggvernaw u jdardru lil Malta ghal ftit xhur ohra sakemm ixerrdu bzar bizzejjed biex jigbru ftit giehom f'elezzjoni. Ghax jekk issir elezzjoni llum, se jiehdu tkaxkira nobis li anke fuq in-Net ikollhom jirrapurtawha.
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Ara irid ikollok wiccek u x`inkien iehor l-istess biex tirraguna bhal ma qeghed jirraguna il P.M. GonziP.N. ta. Nesa dan li meta kienu fl-oppozizjoni, kienu imorru ma l-erbgha t`irjieh tad dinja u sabiex inaffru l-investiment kienu jghejdulhom li il gvern Laburista ma hux stabbli u li kien ser jaqa` min mument ghal l-iehor. Sa ghanke boykott lil min jirreklama fuq ix xandir nazzjonali kienu ghamlu.Ara min jghejdilkhom li inthom OQBRA IMBAJDA ghandu ragun, ghax il hmieg taghkom dejjem tahbuh u iddawruh fuq haddiehor. ISTHU JEKK TAFU.
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Intom il-laburisti veru mohhkom biex ixxewwxu u tippruvaw tfarrku l-pjanijiet u x-xoghol ta' gonzipn tafux. Halluh imur igib xi smart city ohra mill-qatar, ikollna tnejn, bl-eluf u elfu ta' impiegi fl-IT. Anzi, jmissu jahtar ambaxxatur ta' malta ghall-qatar kif ikun hemm u jiehu xi kaxxa kbira fejn ikun jista' jpoggi l-miljuni ta' dirhams f'investiment li se jinvestu f'malta l-intraprendituri tal-qatar. Kos .. taf x'imissna nghidu? .... li l-ahhar trip ta' gonzi se jkun fil-qatar BIEX JIKKONFERMA KEMM IRID IQATTARHA SAL-AHHAR U JIBQA' IGGRANFAT MAL-POTER LI TANT GHAMEL BIH TANT LI JAHSEB LI KIF INWARRBUH MINN HAWN U FTIT IEHOR, JEHEL KOLLOX.
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Not a wise move by Joseph Muscat. If Franco Debono abstains (keeping his promise of not voting with Gonzi without handing the country to PL) then it would be a step forward for PN and a step back for PL. Not wise to bring that on yourself.
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They probably mean the illegal activities which are protected under GonziPN to take place in Malta?
Worry not foreign investors!! You will just have to be bribing .. erm I mean paying the invoices of a whole new bunch of people from PL ... but we expect it to be business as usual!!!
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Li gvern igib l-investiment huwa dejjem tajjeb. Pero meta jkollok sitwazzjoni kritika go darek, l-ewwel ma trid issolvi hija dik il-krizi mhux tinqeda b'safar fuq l-investiment biex tahrab bhal kodard!
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Leadership Lesson 1:
Avoid uncertainty at all cost. Ensure everyone knows where we are going.
1) Smart City = Ghost city
2) Arriva = Fose Arriva
3) Air Malta = Ground Malta in a few years time
4) + 500Million = -7.5 Billion
5) electricity today 100 Euro bill tomorrow 200 Euro bill
6) The parliament cannot function and the prime Minister escapes.
7) We submit to discussion a budget which a couple of months later is down sized by the EU on the remit that it does not satisfy the most prominent of parameters the 3% GDP eurozone stability pact.
Now can you please precise who is causing this uncertainty.
Tiehu bla ma trodd is-swar thott.
Habba Gozz.
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@XEWKINA. Naqbel mieghak ghax dawn in nies SRIEP. Anke l elezzjoni l ohra kemm beka JPO, HE?? U bil biki tal kukkudrill rebhu l elezzjoni. Dawn kollox bizzilla jkollhom. Joseph OGHOQOD ATTENT MINNHOM!!
Hemm hafna affarijiet per ezemju ID s. Lill min igib minn barra biex jivvota, kollox ipprogrammat ikollhom. 1500 vot, kif gabuhom eh?? u dik is siehga zejda xi tghiduli ghalija? kollox bizzilla.........
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I have often asked myself what it would have been like to be a normal person living in Nazi Germany. Would I learn the willful ignorance that would allow me to go about my day pretending everything is fine? Would I ignore the day of reckoning that would invariable follow?
All the characters of the Nazi regime I see in GonziPN. Gonzi himself is clearly Aldolf. Georing is Austin Gatt for being the useless buffoon full of self importance (even though weight for weight George Pullicino would probably feel let down!). Then you have Goebbels - he would either Bondi (with some help from Peppi). Himmler would be Borg Olivier.
The others clowns that constitute the network of evil around Gonzi would equally find their counterparts - but i will this as an exercise for my fellow bloggers.
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Gonzi tghallem isthi, jew issa rabtet qoxra iebsa? Sejjer iggib l-40 miljun euro li l-Unjoni Ewropea qaltlek li kellha eccessivi fil-budget. Possibbli li ghadek ma fhimtx li postok hu back-bencher u mhux prim ministri, jew inkella elezzjoni kmieni u tkaxkira. Avolja ahna konvinti li l-40 miljun euro se ggibhom minn fuq daharna, ghaliex issa l-UE qatghetilkom iz-zejza. Ghalija tistghu taghmlu hemm 18-il xahar iehor, il-pjaciri li tistghu taghmlu jistghu jwasslukom milli tnaqqsu id-distakk mill-Partit Laburista, imma mhux izzommuh barra mill-poter anki jekk l-elezzjoni ssir fi zmienna, kif inhu fl-ahjar interess tal-pajjiz.
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Our democracy is a joke.....When Malta needs the PM the most, he flees.....coward.
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@blu ijjja imla mohok li qed jahdem ghal pajizek il prim.. dak min jaf x inhu jinkwita ghax il bussnies igamja!!!!
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Jin nahseb ahjar imur Lourdes....
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tejd forsi il prim sejer igib xi SMART CITY ohra!!!!!!!!!!
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Prim ministru onest u habrieki jibqa jahdem ghall pajjiz minkejja il maltemp!!
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HAGA OHRA L- AHWA, IL-PRIM MINISTRU JAHSEB LI KAPIJIET TA STATI BARRANIN MA JAFUX X'QED JIGRI F'MALTA? MA JAFX LI DAWN IL PAJIZI GHANDHOM DIPARTIMENTI TA L- AFFARIJIET BARRANIN UKOLL U IKUNU JAFU EZATT X INHU GHADDEJJ F'PAJJIZI IL-BOGHOD MINN XTUTHOM SPECJALMENT ILLUM BL-INTERNET? MIN HU DAK IL-KAP TA STAT BARRANI LI SER JIEHU BIS SERJETA PRIM MINISTRU LI QIEGHED IMDENDEL FUQ HAJTA?
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U le le...ara kif waqghu ghar redikolu il- partit tal gonz!!! Argumenti banali u bla sens, ma nafx min jemminhom, issa sejjer igib l- investiment meta ghandu krizi bhall dik fil gvern tieghu. U nistaqsi, x'investiment ser igib mit Tunesia, meta dan pajjiz mejjet bil guh iktar minnha u ghadu kif hareg minn rivoluzzjoni bhall dik?
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Patience boys. 2 weeks will pass away quite fast and than as the Italians say ''il nodo viene al pettine'' and Gonzi and friends will have to face reality in parliament. No if's or but's. Calma boys, calma.
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nahseb se isaqsi lit tunesini fejn qieghed BEN ALI biex jehodlu gieh ir republika li kien tah il PN.U forsi mill qatar xi smart(car) city.
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Ser nghid lil gonzi bhal ma qalu l-akkoliti tieghu lil Franco. Aqta ONE WAY TICKET u tergaxc lura.
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Harget il-verita kollha, gonzi sejjer il-Qatar u Tunis biex jara jsibx xoghol ghalih bhala xi bord member bhala meta kien ma mizzi jew tabone, imsomma kien minn kien.
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Intant l-investiment mit-Tunezija u l-Qatar se jgibu? Dan x'bahnan ta' Prim Ministru ghandna? Jew, kif qal Franco Debono, dan qed jitmexxa minn imniehru min klikka f'Kastilja jew inkella qeghdin jatuh il-pariri banali biex ikomplu jirredikolawh ma kulhadd. Ara f'liema stat wasal dan il-miskin pajjiz!!!
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@briffy ....allura ghaliex qed jibza jerga jressaq iehor, vote ta' fiducja. Dak inhar dahhaq b'Franco din d-darba ma jergghax.Skond Austin fuq kollox ser tibqghu tirrenjaw ghal 20 sena li gejjin,tant li lanqas diskussjoni ma ghanda issir imma gonzi jressaq il-vot ta' fiducja u jiehdu vot immedjat halli ma jahlulux aktar hin.
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""I note the Opposition is rather eager to see this matter settled and take power as soon as it can," Mifsud Bonnici retorted.".... Doesn't this staement show that even government MPs admit that they will be losing power, no wonder they are procastinating.
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Our PM is such a good negotiator that from Dubai he got us SMART City with 7000 new jobs. In Qatar he will negotiate a SMARTER City and from Tunisia Malta will get the SMARTEST City.Smart Smarter Smartest how's that for a PM with out a majority?
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Andrew Borg Cardona told the prime minister: “If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen. In other words, if you can’t sit on the horse, get off before you make a bigger ass of yourself.”
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If the prime minister truly wants to attract foreign investment to Malta, he should do all in his power to eliminate the present great instability by going for a vote of confidence. If he loses it, call an immediate general election so that Malta will again have a government which enjoys the support of the majority of MPs. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT!
As things stand any foreign investor cannot be sure that Dr. Gonzi will still be prime minister in a few weeks or from now. How can they have meaningful negotiations with him then ????????
Eddy Privitera
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Kif spicca il-Parlament!!!! Meta tidhol go Knisja jghidulek biex ikollok rispett ghax dik id-dar t'Alla. IL-PARLAMENT, MINISTRU CMB, HIJA D-DAR TAL-POPLU IMMA M'INT TURI L-EBDA RISPETT HLIEF LI TKUN LAQGHI TA' GONZI GHAL SKOPIJIET PARTIGJANI. Franco kindly take note!
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Daqs Alfred Sant ragel ukoll!!!
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Gonzi = world leader (miktub fuq kartuna waqt id-demostrazzjoni l-Hadd M'Xlokk)
Gonzi = regional authority (skond Karl Stagna Navarra)
Ghaliex qed tehduha daqshekk bil-kbir li se jsifer?
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FRANCO DEBONO NAZJONALIST , U GHANKE TRADITUR GHAX HEKK GHATULU INTOM.
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Dr Gonzi sar il-Priministru tas-superglue; imwahhal mas- -seat ta Kastilja!
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U leeee... al gol hajt dal prim ta. U l argumenti tieu vera bla sens.... bhat tfal iz zar qied jamel. qatt ma bsart se jaqa daqsek fil baxx. xandu xjaqsam li PL ma jridx ix xol lej pajjizna!! xej sew eh
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Ta' min wiehed isaqsi ghalfejn dil-herqa kollha biex igaghlu l-PN jitlob vot ta' fiducja fil-parlament. Diga dil-mozzjoni tresqet mill-PN ftit tal-gimghat ilu u ghaddiet. Xi Laburisti kienu qed jisperaw li Franco Debono ma jivvutax favur il-mozzjoni ta' fiducja, imma ivvota favur. Wiehed m'ghandux jinsa li Franco Debono kien dejjem rival ta' Joseph Muscat il-kullegg. X'jiehu Franco Debono jekk ma jivvutax favur il-partit tieghu? Franco ghadu jghid li hu nazzjonalist; allura wiehed jahseb li Franco mhux intelligenti bizejjed bix jirrijalliza li jekk jivvota kontra il-partit tieghu ikun qed jaghti rigal lir-rival tieghu? Terga' ikun aktar difficli ghal Franco li jivvota mal-oppozizjoni jekk din tressaq mozzjoni ta' sfiducja fil-gvern. Kieku Franco jrid iwaqqa' l-gvern kien jaqsam il-floor. Imma dan qatt ma qal li ser jaghmilha ghax hu jghid li hu nazzjonalist. Il-PN jidher li ma jridx igib il-partit f'sitwazzjoni li jipperikolha il-pozizjoni tieghu u qed jaghti il-wisa lil Franco biex jahseb x'jghid fil-berah.
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DAK IL QASTNA LIHOR BORG CARDONA, MA TAHX LISTES PARIR LIL GONZI BHAL MA KIEN QAL FUQ ALFRED SANT.VERY PARTIT TA LASASSINI. NOFS IL POPLU MALTI PLUS IRRIDU VOT TASFIDUCJA FDAN LIMBARAZ TA GVERN MIL LAKTAR FIS POSSIBLI.AQRAW XQAL DAN IL QASTNA FIZ ZMIEN IL KWISTJONI TA SANT FUQ IL MALTASTAR.
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Any excuse is good enough for the GonziPN to abdicate from their real responsibilities towards the Maltese. As long as they retain their grip on power it's OK. Bringing investment from "Tal-habba ghaziez" these days, are we Dr Gonzi? Come on, do the honourable thing, call a vote of confidence in parliament without delay.
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Dr Gonzi first stabilize your government then go abroad looking for work something you should have been doing
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gonzi very bniedem bla kuxjenza, xjimpurtah minna, int kont flazjoni katolika jew flazjoni tal folloz, ja bniedem bla misthija
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Onestament kultant qieghed jiddispjacini ghalih dan Gonzi miskin! Ghadu lanqas irrejalizza li effettivament ma ghadux il-prim ministru b'maggoranza f'Malta imma biss prim ministru 'caretaker'.
Dan b'liema ardir u nuqqas ta' serjeta' jmur isiefer meta ghandu krizi enormi f'pajjizu?!
Dan huwa l-istess wiehed li kien hassar il-vaganza ma Kate meta kien hemm il-krizi fil-Libja?!
Dawn xi bcejjec huma?!!
Jew jien mignun?!!!
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THIS RIDICULOUS AND DEMEANING CHARADE MUST STOP!! WHAT DOES THIS BONZO THINK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING ANGRIER WITH EVERY STATEMENT ARE?
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The only people Gonzi should be talking to right now are the Maltese!!!
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Up till now i always considered KMB as the worst PM i have witnessed in my 52 years of age.. Today i can admit i was wrong ......it is actually the Gonzi.
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Liema PM f'liema pajjiz Demokratiku jitlaq meta pajjizu qed jiffaccja Krizi Kostituzzjonali? Unbelievable!! Glued to castille! Any wonder I firmly believe Gonzi is fast becoming a real threat to our democratic credentials?
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Ergajna!!!Dejjem l-istess kantalina u l-istess cd jdur!!!Kull ma jigri tort ta l-oppozizjoni!!X'monOtonija!!!Issa qalilna li sejjer il-Qatar u Tunisia bix jgib l-investiment u hawn min qieghed jfixklu!!!Din xi ohra bhal ta Smart City gejja??Meta l-ewwel kulhadd qallek proset ta dan l-investiment u issa mintix kapaci tnehhi pomPa ta dranagg li qeda tiperikola seba t'elef jobs li inti weghedt ghax il MEPA ( li taqa taht id-dekasteru tieghek )ma harigtx il-permess habba dil famuza pomPa!!Skuzi,gideb,qerq,ingann u tradiment lejn dawka l-kostitwenti u cittadini kollha li afdaw it-tmun tal pajjiz f'idejk.Illum grazzi ghal partit nazzjonalista kulhadd,li dahhal kull mezz ta komunikazzjoni u ta informatika fil pajjiz,kulhadd jista jara x'jigri f'pajjizi ohra ewropej u non ewropej meta tinqala instabilta politika li tista twassal ghal krizi.ONLY IN MALTA....YOU R D one AND ONLY GONZ!!!KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!
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Hsibtu jien li sejjer ghal xi progetti grandjuzi ta xoghol minn tal-Gharab u Joseph qed jipprova jtellifhomlu. Minn Dubai gabilna eluf ta impjiegi ta l-IT u anke haddiema fil-gonna fi smart city u issa nistennew li jkun hemm skoss haddiema ohra jaghmlu t-toilet paper u jaghsru l-lumi ghax nahseb li se jkun hawn domanda mhux hazin ghalihom. Mhux ta b'xejn lil Dr Franco u lil poplu xebbajtuh bil-paroli fil-vojt taghkom.
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Par idejn tat tafal. Alfred Sant seba telef darba ahjar minnu ghax kellu il bocci u mar ghal l'elezzjoni u ma bezax.
Super glue mas siggu tal poter.
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It amazes me that Gonzi still thinks that the people believe him. What kind of investment would he get from Tunisia? A boat load of illegal immigrants? Or another joke from Qatar like smart city with the promise of nearly 6000 jobs only to be lost because of a damn drainage pump that some worthless idiot did not process the paperwork for? If there are people who still believe anything he says then the Maltese deserve more because they would qualify as sadists...
He is just playing for time and probably so stuck to the chair of power that he would go mad as soon as he relinquishes it.
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Up till now i always considered KMB as the worst PM i have witnessed in my 52 years of age.. Today i can admit i was wrong ......it is actually the Gonzi.
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Excuse me, but wasn't the PM meant to go to some EU summit or other to solve the problems of the euro and the EU? How come he is going somwhere else ?From where did the trips to Tunisia and Qatar crop up? Is he hoping that problems will be solved by the tiem he comes back? And to leave the country in crises in the hands of a stilla like Carm Mifsud Bonnici...Madonna ghinna ghax ghanna bzonn. Let's face it, this Mifsud Bonnici chap is not the sharpest tool in the box but seems a great yes- man for Gonz....so i suppose he is very acceptable...to Gonz. Madonna x'mess!
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Mela J. Muscat ghamel xi "MALTA FILE"? Iprova jixtri xi membru parlamentari? Hareg jiftahar li f zmien 18 il xahar irnexxilu jwaqqa l Gvern? Minn dak li qrajt il Ministru C. Mifsud Bonnici ghandu jmur jiringrazzja lill Franco Debono li qajmu mir raqda li kien ilu igawdi ghal lahhar 40 xahar!!!!!!
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Ara Gonz jekk jghogbook meta tordna fridges u washing machines bhal ma ghamilt fit 2008 qabel lejliet l-elezjoni ara li juknu AA+ ghal ekonomija ghax per favor ma tantx nuzawa ghax l-arlogg tad dawl u kem ta l-ilma qieghed jghaqad u il-kontijiet qed jiguna mhux hazin ok , Gonz hi tinsiex ok
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l istrategija tal partit nazzjonalista hija li jinqghala l inkwiet fil pajjiz...il prim ministru b li qed jaghmel qed johloq tensjoni kbira fil pajjiz...il parit laburista ghandu joghqod attent ghal din l istategija perikoluzu u tal biza...tinsewx li dawn l erghuq ta nazzjonalisti huma faxxisti
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Truly.truly pathetic. What next - will Gonzi say that he must remain PM at all costs to prevent the world ending in December 2012?
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@ the prime minister
If you had the country at heart, you should have convened parliament tomorrow and take a confidence and then you could have gone on your tour.
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Jghamlu xjghamlu din id darba ghalxejn ta Gonzi PN ghax il poplu imxebba sa imniehru minnhom
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@ Maltabiss
ezatt man, gonzichicken!! Dan il- prim ministru li suppost hu bil par idejn sodi? LOL, issa allura ser jahrab mill pajjiz kull meta jiltaqa i-parlament? Kemm qed niehu gost b'din il- kummiedja, ibqghu ghaffgu, hawwdu u kissru il- partit!!
Mistoqsija: Il- president ta Malta jista jiehu azzjoni qabel ifarrku pajjiz? X'poteri ghandu il-president f'dan il kas?
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If the Pn is playing a waiting game, what is the PL doing? What on earth is holding Joseph to call a vote of no confidence. The way Joe Mizzi acted iin the house busines comittee shows that although the PL is revving up its supportes for an early election, there is something which is stopping him from acting. Maybe the PL is also not ready for an early election?
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It was clear from the start that the PN is playing for time, since when they announced the 29 January as the date of the PN General Council. This will be a cooling-off period for Franco Debono and postponing the date of election for as long as possible in order to them to put their half-finished business in order. They will have to recruit, issue MEPA permits, organise Air Malta flights for illegal voters, distribute white goods, have the cheek to write once more those thousands of promise letters, and all that goes to winning an election by artful means. What is needed now is for Franco to remain steadfast in his now nationally and publicly-stated stance that he has no confidence in a Gonzi-led PN, and for PL to let the PN implode, like the sinful city of Jericho.
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Fit-toroq qed jidhru l-ewwel sinjali ta'kampanja elettorali bdew jitpoggew il-bazijiet tal-billboards,wahda minnhom kwazi fejn il-pavi li jidher li tpoggew mil-PN. L-Elezzjoni Generali li jmiss ghall-10 jew 17 ta'Marzu 2012?
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Mamma mia, coraggio fuggiamo.
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They want to gain more time by doing all they can to be as far away from parliament as possible. These pharisees who boast themselves as democracy gurus just want to distance themselves from the place which is the seat of democracy, i.e. the parliament. They have hijacked power and want to keep ruling no matter what.
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Will glean as much as possible in free rides and perks in the next few weeks left! What an irresponsible Prime Minister we have ! He has crises in his own country and he leaves the country. U le le ! Other PM's would cut their oversees visits short when a crises developes on the home ground. Our PM runs away. Tardare si,scappare no Dr Gonzi. Whoever is giving you advice is keen to get rid of you, otherwise they would have advised you to solve your home problems first not escape from them. You have shot yourself in the foot another time...and someone is putting that gun in your hand....and that someone is pretending to be on your side . Franco Debono is being more honest with you than those around you! Bon Voyage ...and enjoy spending our money because it is not going to last much longer.
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Maybe he is running off with the treasury? Or maybe he is checking out locations for exile? Many dictators are deposed while away from their country ... who knows!
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Gonzi bezziegħ u irresponsabbli.
Ma jridx jiffaċċja l-Parlament u qiegħed jaħrab.
Trid tkun CHICKEN biex taħrab.
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id-diehla ghat-tunesija u l-qatar umbat ta wara jigi bxi skuza ohra li jrid jghamel sal hamsa ta filghodu fxi summit jew li jrid jghati xi parir kif imexxu lil merkel u l-sarkosy. WORLD LEADER JEW TOUR LEADER?????
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id-diehla ghat-tunesija u l-qatar umbat ta wara jigi bxi skuza ohra li jrid jghamel sal hamsa ta filghodu fxi summit jew li jrid jghati xi parir kif imexxu lil merkel u l-sarkosy. WORLD LEADER JEW TOUR LEADER?????
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L-ewwel gab sew il-habs, u issa se iggib OTTU il-Parlament! Kellu ragun jghid Franco Debono, li ma inti kapaci tmexxi xejn 'l quddiem! Fil-PN id-dinastija tal- familji bil-kunjomijiet li jghoddu mhux kemm int kapaci! Qorti mitluq, habs qisu Hotel Hilton, u issa se iggib il-Parlament Malti qisu dak taz-Zimbabwe! Krizi? Liema Krizi? Kollox fuq ir-rubini u l-'world leader' se jmur jghallem lit-Tunezini u lil Qatari kif ghandhom imexxu id-demokrazzija Gonziiridtjibqahemm! L-ahwa ma impaxxuwomx: il-PN irid l-inkwiet fil-pajjiz: ghall-erwieh li mhux kap tal-partit KMB, ghax kieku dan diga bellahha sa grizmejh in-nasba Nazzjonalista ta aqla l-inkwiet biex jien insaltan
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Bhal dak li qallu din il-vista fit-Tunezija u l-Qatar hi aktar importanti mill-krizi fid-demokrazija li ghandu f'pajjizu. Kulhadd jaf li s'issa Gonzi qatt ma ta l-icken kontribut siewi fis-safar kollu li ghamel, kemm fl-EU u anke f'postijiet ohra, kemm ilu prim ministru.
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mela tal-ewropa ma ghaddewhx lil Goni ghax ghamel is-sommom tal-budget hziena......issa ghax qallhom li ser inqaqqas 40 miljun minnhom, is-sapjenza ewropew qalu li huma sodisfatti warali bezbzuh, ghaddewh u qalulu li sena ohra joqghod attent iktar.
Kif dawn tal-ewropa qabzu d-debba flok il-hmara? jekk dawn l-40 miljun ma jghaddux mill-parlament u iktar minn hekk jista jaqa il-gvern fuq hekk, ifisser li tal-ewropa hadu kanna wkoll ghax qalu li Gonzi ghadda mill-ezami meta fil-fatt ikun tkecca mil-parlament.
Ara veru jif jghidu li c-cwic mhux malta biss qeghdin
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jaf imur u jitolbuh biex jibqa hemm halli jghallimhom kif jghaqdu lil poplu dawra durela minghajr ma jkollhom ghalfejn jisparaw fuqhom meta jipprotestaw fit-toroq.....
Malta tista tghaddi minghajru il-gimgha d-diehla imma Tunis minghajru ma jghamlu xejn. U la naghddu gimgha minajru nghaddu dejjem, mhux hekk, Franco?
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Just wondering if Saviour still thinks the same of Franco:
Malta Today, 18 May 2008
By Saviour Balzan
Only this week I was fortunate enough to personally meet and suffer the presence of the youngest Nationalist parliamentarian – Franco Debono – talking about politics in a television programme.
He is, I tell you, unbearable.
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What do we care about the education and european union amendment bills. Education in Malta has gone to the dogs. This goverment has obviously increased numbers in education, but the quality is rock bottom and the farce of europe. We have created many highly educated, incapable persons with many paper decorations and titles.
It is high time that the PN stop playing their dull antics. Obviously L. Gonzi is making a real fool of himself by escaping the real problems that surround him this is for real!
Tony Sultana •
Instead of addressing the present situation Lawrence Gonzi is guilty of a cowardly failure to address the problem.
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Run run run no wonder the Nationalists supported the Italians in WW2.
Your times up Gonz you can run but you can't hide for the Maltese public.
Lisa Borg •
It looks like Rome is on fire and what's the emperor's move? scappa scappa. A political fiasco
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Arrogance at its best.
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Gejja xi kummiedja ohra fuq il-popolin. Ittihx cans Guz ghax ser ittih iktar cans biex ikompli jhawwad u jisloh iktar il-pajjiz. Xi tahwid'ohra din !
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PL il qawl malti jajd hekk< META IZ ZMIEN ITUL, IL QRUN IDUR> thalix lil dawn limtaten jamlu ta rasom.
Joseph Sant •
I have it from reliable sources that Lawrence Gonzi has been invited by the governments of Tunisia and Qatar to give a series of lectures on the exercise of democracy and good governance. I am also informed President Assad of Syria has refused to attend these lectures stating he has taught Dr Gonzi all that the latter claims to know about these subjects.
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JOSEPH MUSCAT CAQLAQ MIN HEMM GHAJJAT VOT TA SFIDUCJA FIL GVERN ILLUM QABEL GHADA.
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Now that Dr. Carm Mifsud Bonnici has ruled out putting the present crisis of great instability in the country, on the agenda for the parliamentary sitting on Wednesday, will the President of the Republic intervene once he must have - at least - grave doubts on whether Dr. Gonzi as prime minister presently enjoys the support of the majority of MPs in the House ?
The President IS THE GUARDAN OF THE CONSTITUTIO NOT LAWRENCE GONZI !
Eddy Priviteera
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Now that Dr. Carm Mifsud Bonnici has ruled out putting the present crisis of great instability in the country, on the agenda for the parliamentary sitting on Wednesday, will the President of the Republic intervene once he must have - at least - grave doubts on whether Dr. Gonzi as prime minister presently enjoys the support of the majority of MPs in the House ?
The President IS THE GUARDAN OF THE CONSTITUTIO NOT LAWRENCE GONZI !
Eddy Priviteera
Igor P. Shuvalov •
Mela xi hadd qed jghid li se jghati tkaxkira lill-Partit Laburista fl-elezzjoni generali... elezzjoni li ma jridux jaghmluha issa ghax ghad ma ghamlux il-preparazzjonijiet "tas-soltu" ghaliha. Johrog Gatt - dak li qal li l-PN ghandu 20 sena ohra fil-Gvern .. u jwissi li jekk issir elezzjoni issa l-Partit Nazzjonalista jaqla tkaxxkira - sintendi bdiet it-tattika biex jincitaw lin-Nazzjonalista li huma berdin biex johorgu jivvutaw u lil xi Laburisti boloh biex iserhu mohhhom u jibqghu d-dar ghax konvinti li l-PL se jirbah.. U mbaghad, skond kif qed jigi rraportat, il-Grupp ta' l-Istratigisti Nazzjonalisa jghid lill-Prim biex l-elezzjoni jaghmilha f'Settembru u jizgurawh li jerga jirbah il-PN... u allura l-mistqosija hija x'se jsir mil-llum sa Settembru biex tkaxkira tinbidel f'rebha.
Ta' min jifli sewwa dak kollu li qed jintqal.
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ghalfejn dal biza kollu ta gonzi u min qed jigbidlu l-ispaga, jaqaw dawn il-fat cats qed jibzaghu min xi burraxka fuqhom meta jinkixfu il karti li mhux se jghaddu mil ix xredder QED JIBZGHU MILL POPLU LI JSIR JAF KEMM ILU JITNEJJEK BIH
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IDHLU FUQ IL-MALTASTAR HALLI TARAW GHALIEX SE JSIEFER HALLI JTAWWAL KEMM JISTA Z-ZMIEN BIEX ISSIR L-ELEZZJONI !
U xi tghidilna l-UE DWAR DIN IL-HNIZRIJA li qed issir kontra d-demokrazija ?????
Eddy Privitera
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WHAT A CHICKEN!!!!
Paul Sammut •
Typically Gonzi: Corragio fuggiamo!
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Il-ministyru C arm Mifsud Bonnici were kemm ghandu ragun Dr. Franco Debono dwar dan il-ministru. Alla jbierek qal li jekk il-Kumitat ta-Kamra jaggorna bla agenda u jistenna per ezempju, sa nhar it tnejn, tinholoq instabbilita fil-pajjiz !!!!!!!!! Jigifiei l-instabilita tinholoq ghax jaggornaw sa nhar it-Tnejn, izda li ghandna gvern BLA MAGORANZA PARLAMENTARI, GHAL CARM MIFSUD BONNICI DIN MHIX INSTABBILITA !! Mur erga orqod Sur Ministru !!!
Possibbli l-President, li jitkellem dwar affarijiet ferm inqas importanti, MHU SE JGHID XEJN META GONZI SE JSIEFER FUQ MATERJI LI JISTGHU JISTENNEW, U JHALLI DIN IL-KRIZI TKOMPLI TESKALA ???????
Eddy Privitera
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@gino7266
Ghandek ragun, qiesu qed jipruva jitfa din il problema kbira go xi kexxun, forsi xi darba jifthu u ma tkunx hemm iktar, ikun kililu il gemel li ha jgib mieghu min Tunisia!!!
Ighem sa certu punt iktar kemm idum iktar ha jigrava l-affarijiet ghax jinkixfu iktar dnubiet....
Viva Malta hilsa min Gonzipn u hbieb tal hbieb.
Zack Depasquale •
Din hija kollha tattika ta'GonziPN biex jinqalgha l-inkwiet fil-pajjiz, il-Partit laburista kif ukoll il-Laburisti m'ghandhomx jaqghu ghal din it-tattika, ghaliex jaggevolaw lill-GonziPN. Illum imma jien ikonvincejt ruhi li irid jigi ipprezentat vot ta'sfiducja fil-gvern ta'GonziPN illum qabel ghada, la l-Onor Priministru Gonzi m'ghandux il-kuragg biex jaghmel dan.Iridu niftakru li Laurence Gonzi illum qieghed jigieled ghal futur politiku tieghu, telfa umiljanti ghal-GonziPN tiftah inkwiet kbir fil-Partit kif ukoll fil-karriera tal-istess Dr Gonzi fejn jaf li dawk li qieghdin jitfugh fuq quddiem u jonfhuh ghad iridu jishtugh tat-tifrik li gab fil-pajjiz.Dr Debono nemmen li ghad jaghmel comeback kbira gewwa l-Partit Nazzjonalista meta jitnaddaf min GonziPN.
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Mhux ta b`xejn mahruq Franco meta jara lill dan l`imbecilli jiddetta, dazgur li jkun ministru, heqq mela nsejtu minn hu il Papa. Bhall l`iehor De Marco, u tghid issa Beppone ha jibqa barra? Jekk taghmillhom kollha flimkien ma jiswewx karlin mgiddem, kollha qeghdin hemm bis sahha ta missierijiethom, li rrid nghid kienu tassew politici ta veru. Imma jahasra uliedhom hargu vera ghajjenin. Bit tluq ta Franco, JPO u John Dalli il limitazzjonijiet li Gonzi stess ammetta li ghandu il PN komplew jikbru gheziez membri tal ezekuttiv.
Krista Sullivan •
AKTAR MA' JISKARTA AKBAR TKUN IT-TISBITA
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Dr Carm MIfsud Bonnici issa beda juri snienu. Irrid ihabbata ma Dr Franco hej. Thobbuh il-pajjiz. Ghandkom seba mitt sena biex tnehhu l-incertezza. Ghalhekk qattajtu 3 sighat il-bierah maghluqin f'tal-Pieta. Kif ikun lejn dawk l-inhawi l-Prim Ministru jmissu jaghddi sa fejn Assad tas-Sirja u jghidlu kif itawwal iz-zmien fil-poter. Mhux ta b'xejn lil Franco Debono u lil-poplu Malti qazziztuh bil-kummiedji taghkom.
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LABOUR WAKE UP!! WE DEMAND A NO CONFIDENCE VOTE!! WHY HAS THIS BEEN NOT TABLED TODAY?
Zack Depasquale •
@Eddy Privitera. Eddy iktar int taghti kaz jgalea siehbi dak kien jikteb l-istess qabel id-divorzju umbghad ma deherx aktar, issa wara li tfarfar mit-tkaxkira li kien ha qieghed ilesti ghal tkaxkira ohra u jigi bhal dak Zammit li kien jghid li ir-referendum ser jghaddi. Nies din il-kwalita li ma jaghmlux sens hudhom talli huma u tahliex hin prezzjuz.
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@ ALL....Minthomx tindunaw li " jgalea " qeghed jghejd ic cajt....spicca il kumment tieghu bid dahqa, ghax veru qal cajta tajba..ha nidhaq jien ukoll :)
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J.Galea: veru bdejt tispissja ! Mhux Dr. Muscat u l-PL ghandhom kilba ghall-poter, izda Gonzi u shabu li qed imaxtru zieda ta' 500 ewro fil-gimgha, u ma jridux jitifu dawk il-flus li hadu mill-but tal-poòlu Malti !
Imma kif jghid t-Taljani: TARDARE SI, SCAPPARE NO !!!
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Well done Dear Prime Minister...Another democratic move towards your maltese citizens!!!! And the comedy continues...Our prime minister prefers to travel instead of facing his country's crisis!!! He really showing how a WORLD LEADER acts!!!! Be a man dear prime minister and call on election unless you have any other plan how to solve this issue. No wonder why Dr. Debono had enough of you & your click!
Zack Depasquale •
Sejjer isolvi il-problemi tat-Tunezija u l-Qatar l-aqwa Priministru li kellha Malta, umbghad il-gimgha ta' wara mhux sejjer isolvi il-problemi tal-Euro, u nkomplu intawwlu forsi ma tafx kif nilhqu naghmlu xi erbgha pjaciri lill-tal-qalba. Jien ma kontx naqbel li l-Partit Laburista jaghmel vot ta'sfiducja imma illum inheggeg il-Partit biex jerfa ir-responsabilita tal-pajjiz u jsejjah ghal vot ta'sfiducja fil-Priministru Gonzi u l-klikka ta'madwaru ghax issa qieghdin idardru il-kull min hu ta'rieda tajba. Dan mhu xejn hlief dittatura sotili.
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Ara min stembah ...jgalea, u zgur li jtawwal siehbek gonzi, il poter min fuq il poplu malti sabih hux, ...tkaxkira PAPALI.....lol nahseb inti xi ftit minus/ plus siehbi ta, ghax vera titkellem bla sens. il poplu Malti wara min iridlu il gid u jara l-interess tieghi, ezempju, Franco Debono. Dak ragel ta vera mela gonzipn jew, nahseb il par idejn sodi waslu biex jiehdu il pensjoni.
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Xejn ma nghidlek prim -- iddeverti t-tunizija u l-qatar il-gimgha li gejja ghax meta terga' tmur tkun trid thallas kollox int u mhux il-gvern. U tinsix - jekk jaghtuk gemel bhala rigal, dejjem tkun tista' izzommu d-dar tieghek minn hawn u ftit iehor. L-aktar hudu mieghek kastilja ghal xi tlieta jew erba' gimghat, imbaghad darrih joqghod id-dar mieghek.
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Prosit Dr. Gonzi. You're keeping the annoying socialist "opposition" closed in a cage. Hekk irriduk ahna. Tawwal kemm tiflah, halli x hin jasal il mument, intuhom tkaxkira PAPALI, u jkollok jzarmaw dak il partit. Prosit Prim. Nammirak. Il poplu Malti WARAJK BISS :)
