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'Not simply giveaways but part of a road map' - Muscat
Joseph Muscat tonight emphasised that the PL's proposals are not just a giveaway but part of a responsible long term plan.
24 January 2013, 12:00am
Jacob Borg
Jacob Borg
3 min read
“Malta for all is not just a slogan. It is a revolution. This is not a normal election, but a coming together of people .This shall be the mission statement of a new government. Meritocracy will be the driving principle behind our government,” Muscat said, to kindly applause.
A wide array of topics were touched upon, with youngsters being at the heart of the discussion.
Muscat announced that the voting age for local council elections will be reduced.
“A new government will reduce the voting age for local council elections to 16 years of age. This shall serve as a test bed."
Muscat is advocating devolution of power to heads of school in order to better tackle localised problems.
“Each locality is faced with different realities. More power shall be devolved to head teachers. With regards to our one tablet per child policy, we chose year 4 because it is the recommended age by various people. This is not a giveaway but an investment and a literacy tool. It shall involve an investment of €5.5 million in tandem with the private sector investment. It is not acceptable that 4 out of 10 youngsters do not continue their studies.”
Turning the tables on the PN with regards to costing of proposals Muscat said, “we have to know that the PN’s plan has been costed. We are in the politics of responsibility. We have a road map. We are not just trying to impress people.”
“We have paid for our past mistakes in tampering with stipends. I can confirm that stipends will contain a cost of living adjustment if we are elected to government.”
Muscat again emphasised that these measures are “not a giveaway but part of a strategic plan.”
Referring to Smart City, Muscat said, “these 7,000 jobs have not materialised. Today we have learnt that the White Rock project may have fallen through as well. It would never occur to me to blow my own trumpet at the mere fact that negotiations had begun on a project,” Muscat said.
“It is important that we have more women participating in the working world. With our childcare proposals we are aiming to incentivise 2,500 women to enter the work force. This will involve a net outlay of €3.1 million in the first year, yielding a net return for the government in the 5th year.”
“Learning support assistants are only available during the normal scholastic year. Parents wanting to put their children into summer school do not have the facility of an LSA. This is not just, and needs to be addressed. It will cost money, but we cannot ignore these people. Social justice is what binds us as a value,” Muscat said.
Referring to himself in the third person at times, Muscat clarified that “this movement will not be built upon Joseph Muscat.” He reassured all and sundry that they can feel comfortable within his movement.
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Dr Muscat this is a comment I made to Dr Gonzi in another media and I thins apply to you too.
"Technology not an end but a means to facilitate learning – PM" I agree but you do not use conniving tactics to introduce technology. Both leaders know that giving Free Tablets to children is a pre-election ploy and it will lead to other things, if they want to question that motive then neither of the two should be leaders. Stop using children to buy votes, it is very unethical Dr Gonzi and Dr Muscat. Neither of you has the intention of doing this to improve education of our children. You are doing this in order to amass more votes. Shame on you. This is as bad as giving FREEBIE round trip fares (35 euros) to citizens living abroad to travel on the ailing Air Malta. Why not concentrate on the raging crime wave that has hit this country in the last five years? Why not balance the budget so our children will not have to pay for your mistakes. Why not promise to rid the courts of the incompetence, politics and nepotism and prejudice that exist. Why not rid this country of the corruption other countries accuse us of? Why not stop the squandering of Tax Payer's money which you have become so accustomed to do. Giving Free Tablets will not correct any of this countries faults, now now not ever. Our children are growing in the same corrupt environment as always. No Free tablet is going to correct that. What our children need is direction from their parents and from the educators if we let them. Our parliament is not the one to educate our children, not in the corrupt state it is in. Tell your Financial Minister that he cannot keep spending money we don't have. People are not so gullible anymore PM and PL leaders. They want transparency and they want the truth. Mr PM stop following the lead of certain arrogant Ministers if you want your Party to be elected to power again and stop trying to entice citizens to vote for you with offering FREEBIE TRIPS and FREEBIE tablets. Both of you leaders have to understand that this looks like a bribe to accumulate more votes. True or False?
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@ fenea
Kun af habib li l-premessa meta twerzaq bil-kitba li "Muscat se jdahhalna go hajt" hija wahda: li ma tkunx diga' imkahhal mal-hajt in the first place. Siehbek Gonzi u "l-klikka tal-hazen" aghmlu bicca xoghol tajba f'dawn l-ahhar 5 snin ghax diga' kahhluna wahda nobis gol-hajt, u b'kapacita' kbira. Forsi ghalik difficli tifhimna din ghax probabbli int wiehed minn dawk li ilhom jithanzru minn fuq dajrna lkoll! Tick tock. Tick tock.
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Joseph Muscat is playing it too easy. He is admitting a lot of PL past mistakes and thinks that people will not judge his bad decisions. It is easy to say that The Pl policy on EU was bad and that tampering with stipends was bad. The problem is that just like he took bad decisions in the past when he campaigned against Malta entering the EU he will take bad decisoions again. People should vote for PN because after some years pass the PL will say that PN policy was good just like in case of the EU and VAT. So its better to vote PN becuase even PL itself will eventually agree with its policies.
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'Not simply giveaways but part of a road map' - Muscat........LI SE DDAHHALNA GASDOWN GOL HAJT
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“We have paid for our past mistakes in tampering with stipends.......IMMA AKTAR KMIENI FIL KONFERENZA TAL AHBARIJIET EVARIST LI KIEN BILQEDA HDEJK MA QALX LI KIEN ZBALL. INSOMMA ISSA DRAJNIEH LILL JOSEPH LI QUDDIEM CIKKU JGHID MOD U QUDDIEM PEPPI JGHID MOD IEHOR. KONSISTENZA TA XEJN.
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Dik hi id-differenza bejn Dr. Muscat u Dr. Gonzi!
Dr. Muscat jiehu decizjoni b'responsabilita u vizjoni, jaf kemm tigi tiswa , pratika u li tibni fuqa!
Dr. Gonzi iqassam il-kullhadd bla hsieb, QISGHU QIEGHED IQASSAM IC-CEJCA ( GHAX MHUX HU HA JHALLAS) , bla rendikont , bla pjan u B'IRRESPONSABILITA u bla kontabilita!!
Mhux ta' b'xejn Gonzi jirlef il-KREDIBILITA ghax BLA RESPONSABILITA
