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Updated | As PL dubs Busuttil 'hypocrite', PN says government challenging ECHR
Simon Busuttil wrote article in 2010 defending Italy’s pushback policy, Labour says; PN retaliates: Joseph Muscat is challenging the European Court of Human Rights.
8 July 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
The Labour party has called Opposition leader Simon Busuttil a "hypocrite" for criticising the government statement last week that it will use pushbacks as a means of handling illegal immigration if the EU did not offer help.
PL made reference to an article written by Busuttil in 2010, where he had defended the Italian government's decision to use a pushback policy regarding illegal immigration.
"This hypocrisy shows how Busuttil and the Nationalist party care only about hindering the government in its work to send a message that Malta will not accept being left to deal with this situation alone," PL said.
It added that this showed Busuttil could not be taken seriously and that PN has learnt nothing from the failures of its previous administration.
In a reaction, the Nationalist Party accused Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister, of challenging the European Court of Human Rights with his persistence not to rule out pushbacks.
"Even though the court held that pushbacks are illegal and in breach of human rights, yet the Prime Minister does not rule out pushbacks," the PN said.
Emmanuel Mallia •
Thats right, challenge the UNHCR. They use a different measure, or rather remain silent, with the US. In the US, illegal immigrants, arriving by sea from many Carribean islands, are immediately sent back !
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Shame on Simon who wants to give the control our beloved country to illegals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU
Watch the facts.
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And what does Simon says..... or used to say? Simon says CUT OUT THE HYPOCISY and we say CUT OUT THE HYPOCRICY Simon!
http://arc.eppgroup.eu/press/showpr.asp?prcontroldoctypeid=1&prcontrolid=7350&prcontentid=12812&prcontentlg=en
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That's his WRAPPING ~ hypocrisy!
http://arc.eppgroup.eu/press/showpr.asp?prcontroldoctypeid=1&prcontrolid=7350&prcontentid=12812&prcontentlg=en
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090917/local/busuttil-defends-italian-return-policy.273637 HYPOCRITE
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They say that it is very different when the shoe is on the other foot. Or better said in Maltese: "L-ixkubetta fija il-grillu u kulhadd jghamel kif jaqbillu". I always said never to trust politicians because like a weather vane they swing with the direction of the wind. That was then, this is now. Simon Busuttil is doing nothing more than to make himself and his party look good for the next election and I do not blame him for that. But my friends, what goes around comes around. You tell the people what they want to hear, and that is what Mr Busuttil is doing, nothing personal..
