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[WATCH] No-confidence motion vote next Thursday
PN parliamentarians agree on nine-hour session for vote on Thursday next week
18 January 2012, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
2 min read
Debate on a no-confidence motion starts on Monday and ends on Thursday next week.
The House Business Committee has resolved for a debate on the Opposition's no-confidence motion that will see government MPs take the floor for nine hours, while the Opposition will be granted one hour and a half to speak for the motion, starting Monday. The Prime Minister is expected to conclude the debate.
Nationalist whip David Agius announced the debate on the no-confidence motion will start on Monday with nine hours for its government MPs to debate the motion, with a vote to be taken next Thursday evening.
Agius also said there had been no form of communication yet with Nationalist MP Franco Debono, who has insisted he will vote in favour of the no-confidence motion.
The Nationalist parliamentary group met this afternoon ahead of tonight's first parliamentary sitting, backbencher Franco Debono has not yet indicated whether he will be present in the House tonight.
Franco Debono was not present for the meeting.
"Perhaps a survey should be held amongst people to see who they think the unelected clique that is deciding everything in this country are," Debono - who is still insisting he will vote against the government in parliament - told MaltaToday when asked about his intentions tonight.
Debono has been called upon by the PN's parliamentary group and executive committee to resign his seat, after withdrawing his support from the government and calling for Lawrence Gonzi's resignation.
The Labour motion of no-confidence will be debated in the House on Monday, with the government taking nine hours to debate the motion.
Another procedural motion by the Opposition to debate the no-confidence motion on Friday with 90 minutes allocated to each side, has not yet been withdrawn by Labour contrary to press reports on the House Business Committee this week. The procedural motion originally called for the no-confidence motion to be discussed tomorrow Thursday between 9am and 12pm, and afterwards the vote would be taken.
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BHAL DAZ-ZMIEN SENA KELLNA L-BIDU TAL-ARAB SPRING. AHNA DAZ-ZMIEN DIS-SENA QED IKOLLNA L-BIDU TAL-MALTA SPRING.
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CARNIVAL HAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR. THEY SHOULD STOP WRANGLING ABOUT MALTA'S NATIONAL DAY - IT SHOULD BE CARNIVAL MONDAY - THAT WAY WE SHALL HAVE A LONG WEEKEND TO ENJOY ALSO!
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CARNIVAL HAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR. THEY SHOULD STOP WRANGLING ABOUT MALTA'S NATIONAL DAY - IT SHOULD BE CARNIVAL MONDAY - THAT WAY WE SHALL HAVE A LONG WEEKEND TO ENJOY ALSO!
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Dittatur u mgewwah ghall poter !
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THIS YEAR CARNIVAL HAS COME EARLY. WE SHOULD STOP ANY DEBATE ON WHAT SHOULD BE OUR NATIONAL DAY - IT IS CARNIVAL MONDAY; THEREBY WE SHALL ENJOY A LONG WEEKEND ALSO.
Igor P. Shuvalov •
So now the Nationalist MPs are allocated 9 hours while the Labour MPs have just 90 minutes at their disposal.This seems quite lopsided but if we look back at happened when we had all the PN MPs taking part in a debate, we are in for a lot of repetition and eulogies.
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Labour MPs should give their allocated time to address the House to Dr. Franco Debono. They have only to be present watch the show and have a good time. Exactly like the PN did in 1998, it gave all its time to Mintoff to harangue Alfred Sant. That is POETIC JUSTICE or tasting some of your own medicine. Yep as they say in the States: THE BUCK STOPS HERE.
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The PN are playing for time. They know a GE is inevitable. They have to plan an electoral campaign.
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Ghadhom jittamaw li Debono jibdel fehmtu. Ara kemm se igennuh din il gimgha. Dr. Debono ibqa zomm il punt tieghek
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If you want to see what the PN, under Gonzi, has been turned into, just check Emanuel Delia's posts on facebook. One of his famous statements: ""Buy the real thing. If you want a ‘blue’ government, stick with the only, true, original PN."
This goes to prove that the PN is crumbling from the inside with internal riffs, with new comers already dictating how they see the party, even though the party has not yet acknowledged them as members on the PN ticket.
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Sandro, we do not need a survey to come to conclusions on who is the unelected "clique". Malta zghira u in nies........
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That was obvious. Those issues which Franco has so vociferously campaigned for or against are now being hastily addressed. In this manner when the debate before the vote of no-confidence is held, the PM would show us a big smile and state that everything has been taken into consideration that that i.) Franco was only after a ministerial position ii.) the opposition is unreliable because it is opportunistic and does not have strong principles.
I think that this is Gonzi's last card, he has shown more than once how he says something and then does another. Hopefully people are seeing him as the pathetic, power-obsessed PM that he is. And most importantly he states that he is doing this in the interest of the country!!
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ILLLLLL MULEJ U DAWWWWWWWWWL
USSS SALVAZZJONI TIEEEEEGHII :)
Luke Camilleri •
Malta's own D-Day!
Zack Depasquale •
Jien meta nara dawn l-ahbarijiet nibda nahseb li qieghed nghix f'xi gzira tal-fantasija. GonziPN jahseb li billi jahlu tlett ijiem jitkellmu fil-vojt fil-parlament il-kwistjoni Franco Debono sejjra tispicca.Jien nibqa ninsisti li anke jekk jirrangaw kollox ma'Dr Franco Debono, xorta ma jistghux ikomplu jmexxu, ghaliex imexxu biss sakemm tinqalgha problema ohra, li zgur ma tiehux tul ta'zmien. Isirx l-elezzjoni issa jew umbghad mhux l-argument, imma l-prijorita hi li dan il-pajjiz irid isib l-istabilta li jisthoqlu. Ma jistax ikun li Malta tieqaf ghax GonziPN m'ghandux maggoranza fil-parlament.Ikkoreguni forsi zbaljat,imma l-gimgha id-diehla, dejjem kif qal il-PrimMinistru, Dr Gonzi ma kellux suppost imur issolvi il-problema tal-Ewro?Halluni nghixu tridu.
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L-unika haga li tista tikonvinci lil Franco Debono hi, li jirizenja Gonzipn, pero jekk jigri hekk il-klikka ta Gonzipn xorta hemm ha tibqa.
Gimgha ohra gonz hallejt lil Malta fi tgerfix kbir.PROSIT.
Joseph Sant •
Franco Debono still holds the ace. He can put an end to all this tonight if he really wants. All he has to do is to stand up this evening and declare he no longer forms part of the PN parliamentary group. No one is expecting him to cross the floor but he can still make such a declaration. It would then be up to the President to see who can command the majority of the House. It might be another Nationalist MP for all I know but it would at least cut out this useless uncertainty. Go on Franco, take this nation out of its misery.
Joseph Sant •
Franco Debono still holds the ace. He can put an end to all this tonight if he really wants. All he has to do is to stand up this evening and declare he no longer forms part of the PN parliamentary group. No one is expecting him to cross the floor but he can still make such a declaration. It would then be up to the President to see who can command the majority of the House. It might be another Nationalist MP for all I know but it would at least cut out this useless uncertainty. Go on Franco, take this nation out of its misery.
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Dawn bis-serjeta...Din kollha tattik tal-partit u mhux tal-pajjiz...Issa jivvintaw li jaghmlu minn kollox inkluz dak li qalilom Franco, biex umbghad johrog bid0dmugh f'ghajnejh u jilghaba tal-vittma...GONZI issa drajnik, tkomplix titmejjel bina!!
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Dawn bis-serjeta...Din kollha tattik tal-partit u mhux tal-pajjiz...Issa jivvintaw li jaghmlu minn kollox inkluz dak li qalilom Franco, biex umbghad johrog bid0dmugh f'ghajnejh u jilghaba tal-vittma...GONZI issa drajnik, tkomplix titmejjel bina!!
