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Labour candidate takes umbrage at MT editorial
New Labour candidate Charles Azzopardi takes umbrage at MaltaToday editorial calling on the Labour Party to reveal its policies.
23 September 2012, 12:00am
Jurgen Balzan
Jurgen Balzan
1 min read
Labour Candidate and family therapist Charles Azzopardi.
MaltaToday's editorial on the Labour Party's emphasis on image and style rather than content has stirred an angry reaction from Labour candidate and family therapist Charles Azzopardi.
Speaking this morning on Labour's One Radio, Azzopardi, relatively unknown in the political sphere, harshly criticised this newspaper's editorial published today.
MaltaToday said that Labour, previously an accident-prone party that somehow always managed to project the image of being out of synch with the younger generation, now looks and sounds by far the more avant-garde of the two major political parties.
Today's editorial also likened Labour leader Joseph Muscat's visual imagery to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's 1997 campaign while pointing out that the PL's slogans are clearly based on US President Barack Obama's massively successful interplay between 'hope', 'trust' and 'change' in 2008.
"But all this is the impression one gets basing oneself only on external factors such as style and image. It tells us very little about the content of the two parties' respective plans for the future," MaltaToday's editorial added.
It added that having raised popular expectations of a brighter future under Labour, the ball is now very much in Muscat's court to explain exactly how he intends to achieve this.
Speaking on One Radio this morning, Azzopardi said that instead of asking what Joseph Muscat will do if voted in government, MaltaToday should ask "what Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi intends to do if re-elected."
His comments received the approval of the other two guests in the studio, Labour MP Evarist Bartolo and KullHadd editor Felix Agius.
Previous to his decision to contest elections on the Labour ticket, Azzopardi was never renowned for expressing his political opinions publicly, however he has now turned into a harsh critic of the current Nationalist administration.
Jurgen Balzan was a MaltaToday reported from 2011 to 2017.
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Ghaziz Charles Azzopardi,
Mhemmx cans li tiehu xi vot minn ghandi jew minn ghand xi membru tal-familja tieghi.
Smajtek waqt l-analizi tal-gurnali fuq ONE. L-istil tad-diskors tieghek m'ghogobnix. Qed tippretendi li int moderat?
Min hu moderat hu aktar intelligenti u ma jattakkax lill-media b'dak il-mod.
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It only means that they have no plans whatsoever, that they will use the manage by crisis method!
Paul Sammut •
The last paragraph of this article says it all and shows how the times they are a changing. Azzopardi is by no means alone. There are hundreds who have become critical of this inept egoistic administration and are ready to abandon the sinking 'mv GONZI PN' with or without her master at the helm.
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Not all political parties are perfect. They try to relay their message as truthfully as possible. Sometimes Saviour Balzan don't get it or pretend to do so. I still believe that Maltatoday tries to be impartial in its reporting but not all reporting and opinions especially in local politics are to be desired. Saviour Balzan does not have to scandalize himself on political tactics. All political parties in the world do such things.
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Dr Azzoopardi is 100% right, how come you and others who call themselves independent have never had the guts to ask gonzipn about his plans and what he has to offer for the next five years if the pn is elected again? Why do you keep harping the same thing to the PL only? Gonzi said that when the time comes he will tell you the election date and likewise when the time comes Dr. Muscat will tell us all the details, for now Salv just keep guessing.
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Mhux sewwa ghamel ma fhimtx l- importanza jew is-sustanza ta dan l- artiklu
Luke Camilleri •
Qatt laghbtu xi loghba karti bil-karti mikxufin? Lanqas il-loghba Pacenzja jew Solitaire li tintlghab minn persuna wahedha ma jkollha il-karti mikxufin!
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Galadarba s-Sur Gonzi ghadu ma saffarx is-suffara ma nara l-ebda ghagla. Kif ighidu l-Inglizi: All in good time. Certament lanqas biss sekonda qabel. Wara li hadna pacenza 25 sena bi gvernijiet li fallew lil dan il-pajjiz, ftit gimghat ohra x'differenza se jaghmlu? U wara kollox, mhux diga gew pprezentati diversi proposti? Nistennew iva Sur Balzan. Wara kollox "qattusa ghaggelija frieh oghmja taghmel"!
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Seww qed tghid firillu, tghid xejn u imbaghad wara naraw !!!
Alex Grech •
Joseph Muscat is only a smokescreen. Superficial politics at its best.
Gonzi gave the rise to this of politics in Malta, but now we've move a bit too far!
image is important yes...but you won't solve any problems with it!
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Umbrage, hard critic, angry.......all words to sensationalise of course. You've never seen me angry Jurgen apparently. Thanks for the nice pic anyway. I really like it.
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Naqra pacenzja. Kollox f'hinu u f'waqqtu. Malli isaffar is-suffara Dr.Gonzi jew JPO jew Franco Debono kollox tkunu tafu.
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Labour has been open enough with it's plans,explaining and consulting with the public.The congress and JM speeches are good examples. The NP do everything behind closed doors and their plans are known only to few people and delegates.
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Hu ftit pacenzja Salv. Its simple stupid. Min hu dak il-general f'sensih li se jikxef il-pjani tieghu qabel il-waqt.
