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"I will not sign unless Malta benefits" - Opposition Leader
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil pledges a strong and constructive opposition, stating he will not sign the Enemalta gas agreement unless convinced that Malta will benefit.
13 October 2013, 12:00am
Chris Mangion
Chris Mangion
2 min read
The Enemalta gas power agreement does not make sense as the government will commit to buy energy from a private company for 18 years, but the prices is fixed only for the first five years, Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said this morning in Swieqi.
"Unlike Konrad Mizzi, I would not sign such a contract on your behalf", Dr Busuttil said, explaining that the PN led opposition will be demanding all details of the power agreement to ensure the country will benefit from the deal. "It the Maltese people won't benefit, then I will not sign," Busuttil said.
Participating in the now regular Sunday interview, the Opposition leader condemned the Prime Minister's words of praise following the rescue operation near Lampedusa saying Malta only did its duty. The Lampedusa tragedy should be treated with dignity and not boasted about on the media. "The saving of lives is something to be proud of, however we simply did our duties, no need to boast about it", he said, explaining Malta's duties towards other people.
While the Prime Minister reiterated that the Gozo Channel issue was over, the Opposition will not refrain from talking about it, the PN leader pledged. "Threats of being in breach of parliamentary privilege will not silence us", Dr Busuttil said.
Referring to the selling of citizenship scheme and the appointment of blacklisted consultant Shiv Nair, Dr Busuttil said, "I seriously hope the due diligence on the scheme, would be much more rigorous than the background checks Mr Nair".
Dr Busuttil spoke about what he described as indirect taxes announced by the government last week. "It was the PN who informed citizens about this raise in taxation and not the camera adoring Prime minster and his cabinet. Instead they tried to hide the facts in cryptic press release not to loose face", Busuttil claimed.
Further more while €21 million will be deducted from this year's budget, €100 million more will be splashed on Muscat's 23 member cabinet. "While the government is paying the wife of the energy minister €13,000 monthly, medicines are out of stock and people are treated miserly", the opposition leader held. Referring to comments made by the Prime Minister regarding his employment as head of the MiC before Malta's EU accession, the PN leader said this couldn't be compared to Sai Mizzi's role. "I'm proud I helped my country to join the EU, how proud is Muscat of trying to keep the country out? An after all I'm no minister's husband", Busuttil insisted.
The Opposition leader concluded that the Oppositions interest lies with the country. "Good work will be acknowledged and we will be strong but constructive, especially on matters of national interest," he said
Chris Mangion is MaltaToday’s photojournalist, joining the newspaper in 2013.
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Taking the time to actually write such kinds of article with effort to create a great article like this…….but what can I say…speechless…..exceptionally good post. payroll outsourcing
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for your party best ,SIMON you must resign today and do a good space for good leader, if love your party! please do not spread negative news every day any more!, Thank god that we have a positive party in government !
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Sign what Simon? You are in no position to sign anything. You are NOT in governemnt and you are neither a Minister nor the Prime Minister and shall never be because you will be kicked out by your own party. Just wait and see.
Priscilla Darmenia •
But Gonzi/BusuttilPN signed the Dublin II agreement although Malta did not benefit anything from it.
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L-impjieg tieghu fl MiC u l-impjieg ta Mrs Sai Mizzi.
Onestament nahseb li kien kapaci ghal dak ix-xoghol ghax il-kampanja ghad-dhul kienet f-idejh mill ewwel Biss ma qalx il-ghala kien gie moghti salarju id-doppju ta li kellhom dawk fl-istess grad tieghu. Dwar li =Partit Laburista kien kontra l_E.U. ma hux veru. Il-Partit Laburista kien kontra is-shubija SHIHS fl-E.U ghax kien jifhem li Malta ghada ma waslitx ghal dak li stat.
Nigu ghal Mizzi jista jghidilna S.B. jekk ihossx li Mrs Mizzi hi kapaci ghal dan ix-xoghol Wara kollox anke l-gvern precedenti ghamel uzu mios-servizzi taghha. Nifhem li kien jaf li hi kapaci. Jaf lill xi hadd Malti li ghandu l-kwalifiki taghha, jew lest li jhallas mhux daqs kemm se tiehu hi li se jkun ta minn ghadu l-grad li ghanda hi u mhux id-doppju bhal ma kellu hu. Jew lest biex jimpjega barrani b'salarju fenomenali basta mhux Mrs Mizzi ghax tahbat il mara ta Ministru. Jiftakar fl-ingagg tat-tifel ta Ministru li ghamel qassata u l;i sewwa kemxa sew lill kaxxa ta Malta.
Nissugerilu li jaqra dak li qieghed jitlob Claudio Grech u jibda jagixxi b'dak il mod
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S.B. qieghed tghid li trid anzi kwazi tesigi li tigi moghti id dettalji tal kuntratt tal Power Station. X'jigri jekk jghidulhekk le ghax din hi materja kummercjali bhal ma sar fil kaz ta BWSC, tiftakar SB? jekk le fittex. Li sirna nafu hu is sensarija ta €4,000,000, ir-rapport ta l-awditur u il-kuntrattur li nstab minn fuq il-yellow pages.
Wara kollox kif sirt tfittex l-interessi tal=poplu Malti. Meta sirt kap kont ghadt li l-ewwel interess tieghek hu il-Partit u sa fejn naf jienqieghed bil-finanzi fis-sod bhal ma hallejtu lill Malta mfaqqra mill baqar tal-halib li kellha u kaxxa bla qieh.
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SB qal li jrid jara id-dettalji kollha tal-kuntrat gwar il Power Station u il-gas. Jekk jghidulu bhal ma ghamlu huma dwar il Kaz tal BSWC x'jaghmel. Jiftakar li l-amministrazzjoni immexxija minnhom qalet li dawn huma kazi kummercjali u allura ma ghandhomx jigu ippublikati. Li nafu fuq il BWSC huma il €4 miljuni sensarija,ir-rapport ta l-awditur u li nsibu kuntratturi fuq il-yellow pages. Tiftakarom dawn sur SB inkomplu iktar tard
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you have already shot the agreement today therefore now you cannot reason on its validity. and what are the criteria you will be applying to judge if malta will benefit....and if you do not sign what will happen dr busuttil....dont you realise that you are in opposition now
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Does this Xmun live in the same Malta I do? He seems very distant and remote. Could he be talking about the "utopia" we lived in, just 7 months back?
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Signing or not it will still be built, Simon can take his pen and shove it up his ............. nose.
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Signing or not it will still be built, Simon can take his pen and shove it up his ............. nose.
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Don't you know that the government does not need you signature.
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Opposing for the sake of opposition does not make you credible....and it certainly will not win you votes.All you are doing is pandering to the lowest common denominator in your party,telling them what they want to hear.A sad ,outdated and losing way of doing politics.
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SB nitkellmu fuq il=kaz tal il-Gozo Channel Se naghmel bhalhekk 1+1 imma nhall ghhal qarrejja jekk jaqblux jew le u mhux niponiha bhala fatt sdagrosant. Jista Il Ministru ghal Ghawdex cempel lill persuna reponsabbli u ghal xi raguni jew ohra ma setghax jaqbad maghha u allura cempel lill xi hadd li jaf li jista jaqdih biex jghaddilu l-messag hu u irranga kollox. Allura jekk gara hekk il-Ministru se joghqod jghid l-istorja kollha jew jghid li cempel lill minn kien inkarigat u l;-vapur rega lura u ghabba-passiogieri u karozzio li thallew l-art. Qieghed jigdeb jew qieghed iqassar l-istorja u jghid x-gara? Il-quddiem inkompli
Luke Camilleri •
Go to sleep Simon and we'll wake you when it's all over !
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Simon se ngidl;hekk bicca ghal issa. Il-quddiem inkompli.
Qatt smajt b-kiri ta cens ghal zmien twil nghidu ahna 99 sena jew perpetwu u l-kera tigi aggustata wara perjodu ta nghidu ahna 5 snin, ma ghandix ghal fejn inkompli.
Li tifferma u ma tiffermax majkun gara xejn ghax kollox jibqa ghaddej. Wara kollox din li kien ghalikom ma saritx. Minn jaf forsi kien hemm xi hsieb ghal BSWC ohra u €4miljun kapparra ohra.
Ringrazzjament lill dawk li hadu sehem sil-hidma tas-salvatagg. Qatt kellek xi segretarja u wara li ghamlitlhekk bicca xoghol li tajta ghadtilha grazzi, jekk miva nghidlhekk li kont gentlom u apprezzajt dak li ghamlitlhekk allavolja ghanda paga jekk le biex ma nkunx hamallu nighdlhekk li tkun bodbod inkompli iktar tard
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Can Simon tell us how did Malta benefit by having a BWSC power station and how did Malta benefit with the system used to purchase oil under the PN administration??
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dear simon go tell CNN,BBC,ALJEZIRA,ect.about Joseph giving him words of praise ,and please dont sign the enemalta agreement,because it looks similar like the brazil factory your previous govermment boasted so much about.PLEASE its better if you dont talk at all.
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The joker has spoken once again 'will he storm out of parliament again?
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The PN led opposition will be demanding all details of the power agreement. FANTASTIC. where was Simon Busuttil when the PN led Government signed the contract on the BWSC which sentenced the people of these Islands to the most highly contaminating and polluting power station in Europe. Where was it when that woman during the election campaign stood up and said that three members of her family had contracted cancer because they lived close to the contaminating BWSC power station. It is so easy to criticize Dr Busuttil but you do not have the grey matter to lead.
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I will not sign..........
Who the heck is asking you to sign.
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Iktar ma nisma lill dan ir ragel iktar jimbuttani, il hdura li ghandu go fih xi haga inkredibbli!!! Qisek qed tisma lill daphne caruana galizia.
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Would Dr Busuttil care to inform us whether he would have signed the deal with BWSC? Once more, his Sunday epistle contained nothing innovative, nothing constructive - just belly-aches and whimpers. But then what can one expect from a wimp who cannot even muster the support of his own Party? Had he better not tell us how plans are going for the opening of a cafeteria at Pieta? It has become highly noticeable that all PN MPs interviewed by the media avoid making any reference to him at all and indeed try to correct the nonsense that he is continually spouting? Are any bookmakers taking odds on how long he will last in his position?
ALBERT FENECH
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Ahjar ma nghid xejn ....... min il-lostra jrid jara il-firma ta' buzu ta' mannarinu fuq dan il-ftehim? .... min il-lostra jahseb li hu dan ix-xejn li tfacca l-bierah? ..... kif qed jippretendi li hu jiffirma dan il-ftehim hi xi haga tad-dahk ...... mhux ahjar jitghallem izomm postu, fil-parlament l-ewwel u qabel kollox, mhux jahrab 'l hemm u jkaxkar lil shabu kontra qalbhom mieghu ...... x'qed jahseb li lahaq dan simon il-buzu? ..... ahjar baqa' jmexxi lil MIC jew il-MEUSAC .... xejn xejn lanqas biss konna nkunu nafu li jezisti .....
