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PL says Fenech must answer for 'lying' during electoral campaign
Labour Party said former finance minister lied when he said he received an artisan Maltese clock as a token of admiration.
16 May 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
The Labour Party said the Nationalist Party "had a lot of explaining to do" after former Police Commissioner John Rizzo revealed that the party had received two artisan clocks, known as tal-lira, financed by Powerplan.
The same with the artisan Maltese clock (tal-lira) gifted that fuelled speculation on the former administration's intimacy with an oil trader granted a pardon in the Enemalta kickbacks scandal, had been paid by George Farrugia's family business Powerplan and used to broker a chance meeting with then finance minister Tonio Fenech.
"During the electoral campaign, Tonio Fenech insisted that gift was nothing else other than a token of admiration by Farrugia's sister-in-law. But now, the woman declared that the only crafted the clock because her husband asked her to and was financed by the company," the PL said in a statement.
According to Labour, this only meant that the former minister lied throughout the whole campaign.
The party asked why the PN had also hid the fact that it had received two clocks from the same persons as well.
"Is the PN still in possession of these clocks? Or were they given to party exponents? If so, who?" the PL said.
Emmanuel Mallia •
In this country, if you receive a silver plate as a gift you are convicted, but if you receive a Maltese clock, you are not !
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@Accountability: Michael Falzon, Frank Portelli, Franco Debono, Jesmond Mugliett and JPO were all sitting on the wall during election time and they were waiting for payback time for their actions by the Emperor. The others did not accept, since they were not puppets on a string. I believe ex-members of the GWU, Super One, and other citizens who appeared on Billboards were all appointed on government Boards according to their red qualifications and merits.
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@Pacem: your passion for twisting facts to suit your PN bosses is incredible. Michael Falzon, ex PN Minister, Frank Portelli, ex PN President and so many other PN leaders have been appointed by Joseph Muscat on Government Boards. Your very own Speaker Michael Frendo was appointed on the Vienna Conference. Karl Gouder, Jean Pierre Farrugia have been nominated but have refused. By your very admission they are then not meritorious of such a position. My dear Pacem, it is your party's lies, your party's arrogance, your party's corruption that Malta has certainly not merited and yet we had to lump you and your kind for 25 long and arduous years.
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Toni ta' l'Arlogg even lied about having admirers, admirers that gave him wall clocks!
The "admirer", that he professed that had given him the Tal-Lira Clock admitted and declared in court that she admired no one other than her husband and family !
Something is just not right!
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This is the first moment of truth for Simon Busuttill
the new/old PN leader! If this case surfaced in France,Germany or the UK this exminister would have been immediately kicked out of parliament! Or is it that this exminister forms part of the klikka/oligarkija?
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@man in the street. If according to what has been said by emperor Muscat, Fenech must answer for lying during the electoral campaign, what should the emperor do for all the lies and false promises he did in the electoral campaign. I repeat, lies ,lies, damn lies and u-turns by joseph muscat.com
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@ Pacam. What has this to do with the clocks? Please stick to the subject, or use the correct comments column for your frustration.
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During the electoral campaign, Joseph Muscat preached that appointments were to be based on meritocracy. Sixty days have now elapsed since the election results and we have not heard of any appointment based on meritocracy. Meritocracy my foot. Lies, lies and damn lies by josephmuscat.com.
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Tonio Fenech RESIGN !!
And the new Kapo must answer for all the questions and this time he can't say that he knew nothing and he wasn't there.. Now it's his responsibility and he must shoulder it as Kapo !!
