Labour MP George Vella wrote to ambassadors on Delimara motion walk-out

Labour MPs George Vella and Luciano Busuttil have reportedly written a letter to the diplomatic corps, explaining to them the events leading up to Labour’s parliamentary walk-out on the motion against the Delimara power station contract

16 June 2010, 12:00am
by Martina Said

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Nationalist organ In-Nazzjon says that the shadow foreign minister sent the letter on 12 May, 2010, to tell ambassadors “to report the events of the parliamentary session to their governments.”

The newspaper said the letter contained “the usual niceties to the ambassadors” but was replete with “twisting of facts”, “bad English”, and “and spelling mistakes”.

The letter was said to contain “militant and extreme language” that criticised the Prime Minister and the deputy Prime Minister, the Speaker of the House and the clerk of the House, and parliamentary secretary Mario Galea – the MP who mistakenly voted for the motion with the Labour opposition.

Controversy ensued during the evening’s vote on the motion, after Speaker of the House Michael Frendo did not carry the vote in favour of the Labour side. Instead, he considered a point of order by deputy PM Tonio Borg, who claimed Labour MP Justyne Caruana had also voted erroneously against the motion. This prompted the walk-out by the Labour side.

In-Nazzjon wrote that the PL has in the past used the system of informing ambassadors of similar political episodes.

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Micheal Bonanno •

At least the PL is only informing the ambassadors! Does the PN want us to believe it. Why not come out clean with us Maltese and inform us throwing the spanner in the works many a time during the PL legislations, especially after 1976? Or how about writing about "Is Malta Burning"? Or how about those delegations going from one country to another to ward off from our island future investments? Of course the list continues.... A case of the pot calling the kettle black!

Luke Camilleri •

Twisting of facts? Bad English? Spelling mistakes? What about the Truth, the whole truth and not economising with the truth and not the Gonzipn version of what they want all to believe?