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Resources ministry accuses Labour of obstructing waste management
Resources minister George Pullicino fails to reply to calls for his resignation, attacks Labour's credibility in waste management.
6 December 2012, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
George Pullicino
The resources ministry has reiterated that Labour leader Joseph Muscat and MP Leo Brincat are wrong and trying to fool people by claiming that WasteServ did anything wrong in signing a €30 million contract for services provided at the agency's sites although the initial deal was worth just over €1 million.
The ministry insisted that the contract value increased to €30 million because it included wages, bonuses and allowances which were not taken into account in the initial stages. The ministry also noted that the contract extension was approved by the Contracts Department and this was explained to the Auditor General.
Once again, the resources ministry failed to directly reply to calls for minister George Pullicino and the WasteServ management resignation. However, it accused Labour leader Joseph Muscat of trying to block the modernisation of the Sant' Antnin treatment plant following his involvement in a petition which urged the EU to cease the funding programme.
"If the Opposition had had its way, the Maghtab landfill would have never been closed down and the uncontrolled and un-engineered landfill would still be in use to the detriment for human health."
The fact that waste management has been a success hurts the Labour Party, the ministry pointed out, adding that for this reason Muscat and his colleagues attempt to discredit the government's achievements despite the Opposition's obstruction.
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One of the biggest problem in this country is that government officials do not admit their failures and put the blame on someone else. Do they think that citizens are idiots!!!?
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The English have a very appropriate saying: Empty vessels make most sound. What else do you expect from George Pullicini? The English have another apt saying: Fat cats getting fatter.... at our expense!
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dan bis serjeta jew??? rapport bhal dak mill awditur generali u jehel JM.....
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So, Labour for opening our eyes to gross irregularities should be seen as "obstructing"? EEEH! X'gharucasa tal' Labour! I would ask as to whom Labour who be "obstructing". The answer is simple. Those with their fat, big mouths SOLIDLY stuck to the lip of that huge cauldron of massively BLACK SMOKE!!!!
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Anzi oqod mal-Lejber ma wehilx ukoll l-Awditur Genererali!
Meta xi hadd jigbed l-attenzjoni ghal xi tip ta HAXIX dejjem iridu nghidu li qed jaghmel il-bsaten fir-roti. Il-proverbju jghid "Il-Hanzir taqtghalu denbu hanzir jibqa"
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Pulcinell doesn't need to resign, he's gonna get KICKED out of his non-performing office in the not too distant future.
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george dalwaqt jispicalek innejk u tmur fl oppozijoni.
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This money was collected from businesses and customers and it was FORCED out of them. When the say that money flowing in - they could not resist taking as much of it possible.
George invested some of his commission on cup cakes.
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Mr Pullicino please don't lie: the landfill is not closed, it migrated a few meters to the North! Please don't insult us cause I see truckload dumping raw waste in the morning with the bulldozer doing the cover ups! Ask the owner of Salina Bay Hotel, he will tell you whether MaghtabI is closed and whether Maghtab 2 mountain is busy growing into a mountain!
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holy cow !! You really have to be a grose stupid incompetent to to sign a contract and forget about the wages of the workers.. I can imagine the pantomime; We made a deal of €1 million ... hoo and we forgot €29 in wages and other allowances !!
These people are incredible, they still think that we are stupid and believe every lie they say.
It was better if you resigned Sur Pullicino !!
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but who is the minister trying to fool? explanations should be given to the Auditor General about how a contract for EUR1,000,000 ends up to the tune of EUR30,000,000!! even if, for argument's sake, there was a "mistake" in the initial contract, this should have been made null and void adn re-issued. Oh yes minister...it must be a hell of an achievement to suddenly throw some EUR29,000,000 to a EUR1,000,000 signed contract by simply accepting that "Oh!, we forgot to include the major expenditure...wages" .... u halluna tridu! qed tisirqu flus il poplu ... keep on pressing Mr Brincat. these people are sucking the country dry!
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but who is the minister trying to fool? explanations should be given to the Auditor General about how a contract for EUR1,000,000 ends up to the tune of EUR30,000,000!! even if, for argument's sake, there was a "mistake" in the initial contract, this should have been made null and void adn re-issued. Oh yes minister...it must be a hell of an achievement to suddenly throw some EUR29,000,000 to a EUR1,000,000 signed contract by simply accepting that "Oh!, we forgot to include the major expenditure...wages" .... u halluna tridu! qed tisirqu flus il poplu ... keep on pressing Mr Brincat. these people are sucking the country dry!
Lawrence Covin •
'Resources ministry accuses Labour of obstructing waste management' -or is it it obstructing easy money?
Zack Depasquale •
Maghtab landfill closed down? Moving a gate is not closing a landfill. The only time that I seen the maghtab landfill closed down was in the Maltageddon movie. Unbielevable this Government is even believing its own lies.
