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Opposition fails to realise China deal has saved jobs – PM
Joseph Muscat says Opposition leader ‘increasingly isolating’ himself with his objections to the Enemalta deal signed with China.
22 September 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
2 min read
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat laments the Opposition rejoices over negative news which hit government.
The Opposition leader was failing to see that the deal signed with China would save jobs at Enemalta and create new ones, according to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
Addressing the annual general meeting of the Dingli Labour Party club, Muscat also accused Simon Busuttil of "thriving" on the downgrade of Malta's credit rating by Fitch - the first in five years - insisting that while "others rejoiced, the Labour government received the message loud and clear".
"What they seem to have not realised is that the downgrade follows the increased deficit reached by the previous administration... and we are working on it," Muscat said.
Reiterating that Enemalta was the albatross around Malta's neck, the Prime Minister said the Chinese memorandum of understanding will help address the €840 million debt.
"Increasingly isolated on his objection to the deal, the leader of the Opposition is the only one who has not realised the agreement will safeguard the workers' jobs and create new ones," he said.
In a dig to the PN's closing song choice after Busuttil's speech yesterday evening during the Independence Day mass meeting, Muscat said it was no wonder their choice had been 'Wake Me Up' [Avicii].
"They said 'wake me up when it's all over'... they want to sleep until we are done. Busuttil can sleep as long as he wants but we will get our job done," Muscat quipped.
He also said that yesterday's official ceremony marking Independence Day was in itself a historic moment where, for the first time, a leader of the Opposition joined a Prime Minister and a President in the ceremony.
Muscat also rebutted the Opposition's claims that the Chinese agreement - which will see Shanghai Power Electric acquiring a minority shareholding in Enemalta - was negotiated behind people's back.
"We now have six months of negotiations and will be subject to parliamentary approval," Muscat said, recalling that the sale of Mid-Med Bank had been riddled with secrecy.
The Prime Minister noted that, contrary to the Mid-Med Bank which had been profitable, the Labour government has today succeeding in taking in a strategic partner to invest in a company which was making losses.
"Enemalta and energy can finally become a growth sector, turning the economic wheel. How was the Opposition going to address this situation? Based on its past record it would have raised utility tariffs... or was it planning on laying off the workers like it did with its printing press?"
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Simon has a vision, while his string pullers wants to defend the old hats like AG and TF who have been chucked out by the people...... he wants to connect the future with the past by tying and untying the Gordon Knot at same time, basing his efforts on such people as Sandy Cachia Zammit, Eddy Fenech Adami and other Dinosaurs, with a plan to sleep it through.
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Simon has a vision, while his string pullers wants to defend the old hats like AG and TF who have been chucked out by the people...... he wants to connect the future with the past by tying and untying the Gordon Knot at same time, basing his efforts on such people as Sandy Cachia Zammit, Eddy Fenech Adami and other Dinosaurs, with a plan to sleep it through.
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The more I hear from Simon B. the more he reminds me of a person during the Iraq war. That person was dubbed "Comical Ali." He kept on repeating that the Iraqi army was routing the US forces as an American tank rumbled by behind him. Simon is hoping that his ersatz quest to attack the PL will bear fruit simply by repeating the same lie ad infinitum. An old trick used superbly by Joseph Goebbels. The Big Lie theory. The bigger the lie, the more believable (hopefully, for the perpetrator) it becomes. After a while, it assumes the status of fact. Or so the reasoning goes. But even Comical Ali would be stumped by the exaggerations, fabrications and downright fiction emanating from our one and only "Comical Simon." Does he really believe that we don't know that there's a concerted effort using their own and their tame "Independent" media to create a "Yellow Peril" crisis? This is classic PN circa 1974 with their scaremongering tactics all over again. Does, "The yellow hordes will be descending on us and taking us over" sound vaguely familiar? The real problem with Simon is a bad case of arrested development. He is still stuck in the seventies with the rest of the party's dinosaurs. Sorry Simon, the old tricks won't work for your party again. Even your own supporters are becoming disenchanted and embarrassed by your tomfoolery. As Abraham Lincoln once quipped, "You can't fool all of the people all of the time."
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WAKE THEM UP WHEN IT'S ALL OVER !
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The P.N. have now got "SIMON SOLUTIONS" and his solution for Enemalta is not Chinese ( he does not like "Chinese ") but ~ Kick out the employees and open a Cafeteria ;) That was what was in store for Enemalta employees ;)
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how can the leader of the opposition understand, or admit, that their PN managed the finanzi fis-sod of Enemalta in such a callous, corrupt way.? How can he understand that they raked up a loss of over € 850 million and bought and sold oil without "fiscal receipts" - no minutes of meetings, no accountability and full corruption. where was our Tonio Fenech, our proclaimed accountant, to rein in these abuses?? Simon is surrounded by the same people who were involved in this corruption and he cannot do any other thing but to present a defense as best as he could. After all he has practiced a little law. The people understand this which is why they are not bothering with his rhetoric and are relegating him and his arguments to the dust heap.
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Another Fire and Brimstone prophet. Who the bell said that PL would take FITCH's report lightly.
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DEAR SIMON YOU CAN HAVE A DEEP SLEEP FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS.YOU SAY YOUR PARTY LEARNED FROM PAST MISTAKES,ITS NOT TRUE YOU ARE STILL REPEATING THEM.AS THE MALTESE SAYING GOES ,WHEN YOU CUT OF A PIGS TAIL IT STILL STAYS A PIG.
