Something wrong with gas price increase – Joseph Muscat
Speaking in Lija, Labour leader Joseph Muscat insisted that there was something wrong with the massive hike in gas prices takiung place only in Malta
4 July 2010, 12:00am
Gerald Fenech
Gerald Fenech
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Muscat said that with the 32 per cent increase, the government was taking €4 million from people’s pockets when €757,000 is being forked out in energy benefits.
Muscat said that the cost of living was rising substantially due to wrong decisions taken by the government. Liberalisation of the gas sector only served to increase prices for the consumer in this country. Gas prices went up by a shocking 32 per cent in Malta while in the Euro zone these went up by only 1 per cent with only one country experiencing a 16 per cent increase, the Labour leader added.
Muscat also referred to the allegations regarding the goings on at the Education Ministry and the suspension of the EUPA programmes with the motion of no confidence in Minister Dolores Cristina defeated. He said that the Prime Minister was also responsible for the disorganization at the ministry as he continued to cover up for Dolores Cristina.
The Labour leader said that the Nationalist government was intent on the politics of division but a new Labour government was intent to turn the page and engage in the politics of unity.
Muscat also referred to the energy sector with government still lethargic over wind farms and overseas supply with huge costs looming in the next decade if we do not take immediate action. He also referred to the White Rocks and Corporate Village projects where government was entering into direct competition with the private sector in office space when there was already a huge oversupply in this area.
The Labour leader also criticised the machinations in the medicine prices issue which was simply a public relations exercise adding that the gas price rises as well as the new MEPA tariffs were nothing but a co-ordinated strategy. He was also heavily critical of MEPA Chairman Austin Walker’s salary package which inexplicably also included an allowance for every meeting he attended.
The discussion was also addressed by Labour MP’s Chris Cardona and Joe Debono Grech as well as the party’s Deputy Leader for Party Affairs Toni Abela who spoke about the alleged conflicts of interest in government appointed bodies and other authorities.
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Tahseb int li il militantismu spicca kif qed tghid int HALLINA SALGISTER il isir kollox bil fin ha nghidlek jien (1) il kuntratti tal gvern min qed johodhom mhux bazuzli (2) Ara issa tal WE saru sensara ukoll l-ewwel hadu kuntratt mit Turismu issa hadu ukoll tal White Rock dan mhux militantismu? Nahseb int mintiex tghix Malta Salgister jew komdu u l-gholi tal hajja ma thossuxstaqsi lin nies ha jghidulek xfaqar hawn sa certi qassisin tkellmu biex ma insemmijx ismijiet . Xma jaghtuhiex ghad DROGA iz zaghzah meta ma ghandhom FUTUR ta xejn .Staqsi lil dawk li iridu jizzewgu halli tara fiex jidhlu ta DEJN
Micheal Bonanno •
Il-militantismu spicca! Illum diplomazija u tkun taf tilghab il-loghba demokratika l-importanti. Min bata meta kien il-militantismu fil-PL? Min deher ikrah mal-poplu Malti? U finalment, Squall, min qieghed ibati bhalissa minhabba dak il-militantismu li qieghed titkarrab ghalih? Ghadna nbatu l-konsegwenzi kollha sal-lum! Il-PL qieghed jimxi fuq tightrope, u facli ghalih li jaqa' naha jew ohra! Hemm bzonn lill-PL nghinuh mhux infixkluh. Bil-mod il-mod qieghed jinbidel uhemm bzonn ikompli jinbidel, ghall-ahjar mhux ghall-aghar, biex jekk ghada pitghada jkun fil-Gvern, ikun jista jmexxi l-pajjizna lura fil-prosperita'.
Tinsiex l-affarijiet f'dawn l-ahhar 20 sena nbidlu radikalment. U ahna, bhala partitarji tal-Partit hemm bzonn ninbidlu u nevolvu maghhom. Il-principju jibqa hemm, imma strutturalment, il-PL ghandu jibqa' jevolvi.
Peter De Courcy •
Fthemna flahhar :)
I think that the work of the opposition is to be done in parlament, u dan ghandu jsir skond il ligi tal kostituzjoni. Iva nerga nammetti li il PN zbalja bl iktah fit tmenijiet bil boycott, u bid dizubidjenza civili ghax holoq aktar problemi, milli soluzjonijiet. Ghalhekk l oppozizjoni tal lum ghandha tkompli tkun attiva, u ma taghmilx l istess zbalji tal PN f dawk iz zminijiet. Flahhar mill ahhar fl elezzjoni tal 1981 il PN gab maggoranza ta 4000 vot, u fl 1987 wara dawk l istorbijiet kollha li gabu biss vjolenza, mibgheda, u dmija, zammew il maggoranza ta 4000 il vot, u ma ziduhx!!!
Hadt pjacir niddiskuti mijek :)
Tinsiex li tkun kritiku ghal partit li thobb, mhux dnub. Dak ifisser li il bidla qeda issir, u fil fond ta qalbek ghandek issib li qed ittini ragun. Hekk gralu il PN meta tela Eddie. Kien hemm min ikkritikah bl ahrax ghal politika tieghu, bhal dik favur il komunita ewropea, li imbad saret EU, u spicca bhala wihed mill akar prim ministri li dam fil kariga, u ghamel gid kbir lil Malta. Nerga ntenni... Joseph Muscat ghandu futur, u kapaci jkun prim ministru ta success, li jgib lil Malta fuq saqajjha, u tikkompeti bil qies ma pajjizi shabna fl EU.
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Mela sewwa ghidlek li kont wiehed milli obdejthom ir regoli li kien johrog Dr. Fenech Adami u gejt tigi taqa u tqum mil (1) Ekonomija (2) Id Demokrazzija (3) L-Image ta Malta u qed tammetti int li li kieku ma kontx taghmel hekk kont tigi diskriminat kif jaf jaghmel il PN ara illum ghalkemm l-oppozizjoni ma taqbilx ma certu affarijiet ma ghadhomx isiru BOMBI lin nies bhal ma kien isir qabel Karl
Peter De Courcy •
Dak iz zmien kont ghadni zghir, u bhala attivist kelli nobdi, altrimenti nispicca kif spiccaw ohrajn li gew imsikkta.
Nerga ntennilek li iz zminijiet inbidlu ferm, u ma tistax tapplika il politika ta dawk iz zminijiet ma tal lum.
Dwar Mintoff, hu kellu karatteristici tajbin hafna, u ghamel gid kbir ghal pajjiz, u ghamel zbalji kbar ukoll. It tajjeb ta Mintoff komplih Eddie, u jisobini nghid li qed jigi mfarrak minn Dr. Gonzi. Dr. Muscat ghadu jibda, izda fl opinjoni tieghi ghandu futur ta leader laburist dinamiku, li diga kellu il kuragg jibda il bidla madwaru. Joseph dahhal sens ta ottimizmu fil partit, u qed jamel li jista biex jghaqqad il klikek fil partit, haga li kien difett ihor fiz zmien Dr. Sant.
Fuq l EU:
Illum ahna membri shah fl EU, so kulhadd ghandu jigbed habel wihed. Il poplu hekk ghazel, u kif taf il PL accetta il verdett!!!
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Issa qied tghid hekk Karlu imma dak iz zmien bhala partitarju tal PN nahseb li obdejtu il messagg tal KAPO u kont wiehed li gibtu id disordni fil pajjiz il parlament taghna qied hemm ghalxejn ma nafx kif il kandidati taz zewg nahat jaqlahhom wicchom QATT ma jigu sar rahal imbad xhin tkun gejja l-elezzjoni tarahhom gejjin VERA MA JISTHUX Alla hares ma kienx Mintoff Karlu kieku illum mintiex dgawdi li sptar bxejn u il medicini bxejn meta issibhom Ghad tigi ta L-UE Ewropeja ukoll ghalhekk qedin sewwa hafna pajjizi fallutihemm fija bhal Grecja ftit iehor Spanja u il Portugall u l-Italja u wara ahna bi dejn li ghadna kollha ghandhom il problemi bil finanzi dalwaqt il MUNITA EWRO taqa ghal SORMA u nigu fi kliem Alfred Sant .Ta UE lanqas BISS jistmahom il pajjizi godda li dahlu ghax il bandiera hallewwa bi tnax il stilla gew jaqaw u iqumu mil godda li dahlu fijaSkusi ta Dr Muscat jien bhal ma kien jimxi Alfred Sant qied jaghmel minghalih li irid igib kollox bis sewwa ma dawn in nies bis SEWWA MA TIRBAHX ZGUR LANQAS IL KARTI TA L-Idedita ma jridu jibdlu tieghi ilha li skadit tigi 8 snien ara kif bis sewwa trid tirbah zgur
Peter De Courcy •
Dwar Alfred Sant:
1 Illum nammetti li il poplu ma fehmux,
2 Dr. Sant kien biddel lill partit laburista izda ghamel hafna zbalji fejn tidhol l EU, specjalment wara ir referendum,
3 Dr. Sant skuzani nghid kien gab lill oppozizjoni gwejfa wisq. Qabbel lil Dr.Sant ma Dr. Muscat u tara jekk ghandix ragun.
4 Nammetti li is sincerita kbira tieghu fil politika was one of his worst enemies.
Peter De Courcy •
Iz zminijiet inbiddlu habib. Il boycott tat tmeninijiet, kien zball. Kien hemm nazzjonalisti li kienu kontrih. Wihed minnom kien Dr. Censu Tabone. Il boycott ghamel hafna hsara:
1 Lill- ekonomija,
2 Lid demokrazija,
3 Lill-image ta Malta,
4 Mintoff hemm baqa sal ahhar,
5 Gab aktar mibgheda, glied, vjolenza, u firda.
Kien hemm hafna fil Pieta li kienu jghidu li kien success, imma boycott, u id dizobbidjenza civili li ma lahqitx l ghan tahha ie li il gvern socjalista icedi, x success kien?
Hekk trid li jsir minn Joseph Muscat? Igib id dizordini, biex izid aktar problemi ma dawk li hawn? Emminni il parlament qieghed hemm mhux biex ma tidholx, izda biex tippartecipa, u taghti sehmek fil bini tal parlament. Ghalhekk nivvutaw fl elezjoni, ghar rappresentanti taghna.
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Karlu dik il mentalita li qed tghid inti Alfred Sant rid idahhala ukoll imma in nies ma fehmitux issa kif qed jippredenti li kollox sew il poplu jew ha grazzja ma Joseph Muscat u lil Alfred Santma rahx helu ara u kollox li qal Alfred Sant qed jigri siehbi
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Ghalxejn li qed tghid Karlu Manju ha nghidlek jien xoghol ghandu jaghmel Joseph Muscat (1) meta ser ikolla il hila tghidlu l-oppozizjoni li dan il gvern qied jghaddi bi zmien lin nies ezempju fuq il fuel l-ewwel xahrejn irahhas il fuel .3 ta centezmu imbad jghollih 3% jerga irahhsu.1 ta centezmu u ix xahrejn ta wara jerga jghollih 4% ma ghandux hilu jghidlu kemm ser iddum titnejjek bin nies (2) il kaz li gara ta Justyne Caruana mela xhin ivvotat hi ma gara xejn kif ivvota tal PN il kontra tal MLP mil ewwel ghamlu li storbju wara jigi Tonio Borg u ghid li Justyne ivvotat favur il Gvern li kien hemm Fenech Adami ibqa cert li il Pn ghadu ma dahalx ilparlament mela gara dak li gara u ghal oppozizjoni intnesa kolloxu hemm hafna kazijiet ohra habieb .L-oppozizjoni xogholha qed tghamlu imma bil paroli BISS mhux ser naslu ghax il gvern li jrid kien jaghmel u li jrid ser jibqa jaghmel ghax oppozizjoni ma ghandux
Peter De Courcy •
@SQUALL.
Ghandek ragun sa certu punt. Jien ex nazzjonalist. Kont ili nahdem mall PN from 1973. U haga nghidlek PL under Joseph Muscat inbidel sew. Nghidlek ukoll li hemm nazzjonalisti ferventi li jghidu fil miftuh li jimmisjaw it tmexxija ta Dr. Sant. Nahseb taf ghaliex!!! Ikolli nghammetti li il PL sar aktar attiv, u jirrezisti ghat tentattivi tal gvern li jimxi single handed. Today's PN is not the PN of the 1980s, il PN li tant insistejna ghalih, when democracy was in danger. Now the PN is wearing the same clothes of the MLP of those times.
Fl opinjoni tieghi, sincerament nahseb li il vera terremot li Joseph Muscat irid idahhal hu il bidla tal mentalita kemm fil PL, kif ukoll f'Malta. U dan biex isir jihu hafna, u hafna zmien, u mhux ser isir f sena, jew sentejn.
Fuq il bandiera, habib kulhadd jahseb li jrid jaghti ritokk. Ma nemminx li billi tbiddel il bandiera ser tirbah elezzjoni, IZDA, li tevolvi l ideat, u li jkun hemm l ghaqda, bhal ma qed jiprova jghamel Dr. Muscat IVA .
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Ghandek zball SALGISTER meta Fenech adami sejjah lin nies in nies marret iz Zejtun,marret Castilja bil borom imhabba l-ilma meta Fenech adami qallhom biex jaghmli BOYKOTT lil xandir Malta sar ukoll Salgister hemm fejn inwigbek aktar billi nibdu il-arma tal partit u il bandiera fejn konna ser nibqaw salgisterHekk sewwa salgister nies li kienu fil PN intyhom job mal partit taghna u in nies taghna inhalluwhom iharsu Hallina sallgister nispera li ir risposta hadta bdin it twegiba
Micheal Bonanno •
Squall, dan mhux l-ewwel kumment li bih ghajjart lill-Oppozizzjoni rieqda. U kien hawn min wiegbek. Jekk ma tafx hawn Malta, il-Malti hu lluppjat u ma jqum ghall-ebda sejha. Kemm il-darba l-Oppozizzjoni ghajtet ghan-nies biex johorgu fit-toroq jipprotestaw? Kemm marru nies? Illum il-Malta dara joqghod kwiet, imma x'hin tasal l-elezzjoni jwahhalulek. Tinkwetax siehbi/a, l-Oppozizzjoni qieghda taghmel xoghlha, ghax kieku mhux hadd ma johrog jikkummenta kontriha. Ara l-comments section fuq gazzetta Ngliza ohra u tkun taf x'jien nghid. Kieku l-Oppozizzjoni mhix taghmel xoghlha kieku l-Gvern ma kienx iqassam il-granet tal-Parlament biex ikun jista jahdem izjed faclii, ghax jaf li dahru mal-hajt, u jaf li minghajr pairing ma jistax jaghmel li jrid. L-Oppozizzjoni qieghda tahdem bil-mezzi kollha li d-demokrazija thalliha taghmel. Il-bqija noqghodu attenti li ma naqghux fin-nassa tal-PN bhal ma waqa' il-PL fl-imghoddi. Nahseb tiftakar x'kien gara wara!
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Nixtieq inkun naf l-oppozizjoni xqeda taghmel imbilli ittparla fuq dik u fuq l-ohra il gvern xorta li jrid bikom qed jaghmel jghaddikom min ghajr il labra bli qed taghmel Dr Muscat mintiex ser tirbah l-elezzjoni li gejja ghax in nies imxebbajn kemm bil gvern u kemm bikom ghax qed jara li l-oppozizjoni bla hegga .Hemm bzonn tqumu naqra fuq taghkom ghax bil mazza qlajna u xorta ghadna naqalaw mintiex tarah gholla il gas rega mela qumu naqra fuq taghkom jekk trid in nies tivvotala ghax imbilli tibdel il bandiera u l=arma tal partit dawn kollha hmerijiet
