'Muscat's electoral battle cries deceived the country' - Ann Fenech
PN Executive Committee President says the government has not delivered on its meritocracy pledge, instead rewarding anyone who appeared on its billboards.
26 January 2014, 12:00am
Jerome Caruana Cilia
Jerome Caruana Cilia
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PN Executive Committee President Ann Fenech
In a scathing attack on the government and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, PN Executive President Ann Fenech has lambasted the government's failed meritocracy pledge and "deceiving" electoral promises.
Speaking to Sunday newspaper ILLUM, Fenech accused the Labour government of making a deceptive electoral campaign.
"Joseph Muscat has deceived the electorate. He and the Labour Party based their electoral campaign on the Malta for All (Malta Tagħna Lkoll) slogan - a promise which has been totally reversed," Fenech argued.
"Rather than delivering on its battle cry for meritocracy, the government has instead treated all those who appeared on Labour's billboards to a piece of the state's coffers," the lawyer stressed.
In an exclusive interview with ILLUM, Fenech also accused the government of misleading the electorate by making intangible promises.
"Among its electoral pledges, the government promised to solve and address the issue of illegal immigration and to turn Malta into the best country in Europe. However, these promises have so far yielded no tangible results," the PN Executive Committee President said.
While conceding that Labour's campaign worked, Fenech stressed that it was not genuine, further proved by the government's "budged" promises on illegal immigration and its proposed door-to-door medicines delivery.
On the restructure within the Nationalist Party, Ann Fenech said the party is doing its utmost to address the factions within the party and its record electoral loss.
"In a relatively short time span, the Commission has done its utmost to listen to everyone who wanted to submit their opinion," she explained.
"While attracting new members who had never set foot in the party, the PN is also addressing its grassroots by attracting those people who were involved in the party 20 years ago," Fenech continued.
Moreover, despite never playing an active party in the PN and its ranks, the PN Executive Committee President insisted she was never afar from the PN and the issues surrounding it.
Read more in today's edition of ILLUM.
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Jien ma naghti tord lil hadd, li ta SimonPN jibku fuq l-miljuni ta ewros li kienu jisolhu mill-konsulenzi! Hu dak ta miskin Sapiano-loqom; dak li kien jiehu l-boccu-loqom, dak li kien jiehu ir-ragel tal-blogger: loqom. Imsieken x.ma jibkux u jippuntaw 'meritokrazija' u jghidu 'iced bun'? Pasta tal-lewz morr ta tlett soldi kienu jisolhu ukoll! Ibku, ibku ghax intom biss tafu xi tliftu!
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Spot on with the arguments made by Dr.Anne Fenech. JM and co. made the best out of a weak Govt. and of a fed-up people, and just fed lies to the populace. PL made the most out of these two factors and just milked it. But Dr. Fenech, practice what you preach then please. No false promises.
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ha ha ha Dr.Muscat deceived the people?? that is rich coming from a PN lackey,a party that will go down in history as Malta's masters of deceits, from their 60's fundamentalist gov to the infamous gonzipn . just get a life anne or Dr anne as you love to be addressed.
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PN = A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LOST AND CONFUSED AND LONG MAY IT CONTINUE !!!!
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How wrong you are just ask Minister Farrugia.
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Jaqaw, Dr anne is your corporate services firm not benefiting anymore from lucrative gov contracts ? ha ha ha this could probably be due to your report stating there are only 5 gas carrier ships worldwide,when you were side by side Toni ta l-arloggi 2 weeks prior elections !
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Poor Simon, no wonder he is in such a mess...being surrounded by nincumpoops, such as the well contracted tal qalba Ann
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Hello Ann. Is this like your assertion that there are only less than five gas carriers in the world in your useless effort to contradict Minister Mizzi on the Gas Powered power station? Don't get too excited Ann because you don't look too good in the photo and it will not do you any good. Calm down, take it easy bhall-Inglizi.
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Do your homework well Ms Fenech, then and only then speak up. I have a nagging feeling that these people don't want us to hear the recent news and that's why they are coming up with such silly notions.
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Mela tiekol u tinsa Sinjura Anna Fenech??? Insejt meta Fenech Adami qal li Malta ha tinharaq bid daq u tereq fl-ilma? Insejt mela Eddie qal li kif jitla fil Gvern jghid lil minn qatel lil Karin Grech u lil Raymond Caruana, Insejt meta Eddie qal li qalbhom mal-haddiem u kull ma ghamlu Eddie u Lorenza kieku li ghollew id-dawl mas-sma, ziedu il-faqar, nefqu il-qid tal pajjiz u hadu kollox go buthom u lil haddiem qalulu li fuq l-orizzont jidher il Maltemp. Insejta il frazi ta wenzu "flimkien kollox possibli"
Sewwa jghid il Malti "l-ispizjar milli jkollu itghik" xtaqt nigh l-ohra "tal-Q.... milli ikollha ittik imma peres li int mara ma nixtieqx li ninfihem hazin.
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WHAT A CHEEK!!!!!! MOST APPOINTMENTS DISHED OUT WERE GIVEN TO PN SUPPORTERS AND EVEN EX PN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. MICHAEL FALZON, JPO, MUGLIETTE, FRANK PORTELLI,ARE JUST A FEW THAT COME TO MIND. THAT IS WHY LABOUR SUPPORTERS, THE TRUE "SULDATI TAL-AZZAR" ARE SO DAMNED ANGRY AT THIS SITUATION. HERE IS ANNE FENECH CRYING FOUL WHEN HER COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN THE ONES WHO HAVE REALLY BENEFITED SO FAR FROM ANY PROMOTIONS, AND AWARDS. SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT THE CHIEF AWARD AT THE DECEMBER 13 NATIONAL AWARDS WAS GIVEN TO MICHAEL FRENDO, ANNE'S FORMER SPEAKER, WHO DEPRIVED HIS COUNTRY OF A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT FOR TWO YEARS. FOR THIS HE WAS GIVEN THE K.0.M., THE SAME AWARD AS GIVEN TO PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS. THAT IS WHAT BUGS REAL LABORITES WHO HAVE REMAINED ON THE SHELF.
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Sinjura Fenech, ilek ma tkellem daqsxejn lil Georg Sapiano fuq il-meritocracy jew?
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ghalfejn qed tinkwieta .Meta tasal l-elezzjoni jiggudika il poplu.Tinkwetax izjed
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A bad workman blames his tools and clients?
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MAMMA MIA ..... issa kieku simon busuttil u l-klikka hadra, vendikattiva, ghajjura u mahruqa li ghandu madwaru flok jittradixxu l-pajjiz jorganizzaw BEAUTY PARADE ma jahsbux li aktar ghandhom cans li naghtu kashom? .... Ara per ezempju jekk f'din il-BEAUTY PARADE jiehdu sehem dolores cristina, marthese portelli, ann fenech, claudine Eurovision ...... ommi ma .... x'contest ikollna kieku .... wahda isbah mill-ohra tant li s-segwaci tal-buzu jkollhom tassew battikata lil min jaghzlu ......
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You are wrong Dr. Fenech syaing that Dr. Muscat did not keep his promise of meritocray, and I can proove how wrong you are. I am not a PL member and I have not appeared on Labour bill boards but I was nominated on a Government Board.
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You are wrong Dr. Fenech syaing that Dr. Muscat did not keep his promise of meritocray, and I can proove how wrong you are. I am not a PL member and I have not appeared on Labour bill boards but I was nominated on a Government Board.
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You are wrong Dr. Fenech syaing that Dr. Muscat did not keep his promise of meritocray, and I can proove how wrong you are. I am not a PL member and I have not appeared on Labour bill boards but I was nominated on a Government Board.
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Just like Dr. Fenech DECEIVED the country PLAYING the Independent as an "Independent " on shipping matters in debates on the Power Station before coming out as one of the P.N. strategy team !
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Il programm tal gvern huwa fuq 5 snis u mhux sena. Nitkelmu ghal elezzjoni li gejja!!!!
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You are wrong Dr. Fenech syaing that Dr. Muscat did not keep his promise of meritocray, and I can proove how wrong you are. I am not a PL member and I have not appeared on Labour bill boards but I was nominated on a Government Board.
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While attracting new members who had never set foot in the party, the PN is also addressing its grassroots .
Ha ha ha and who are these grassroots Anne ? perhaps those from Mussolini's fascist regime ? or more lately the fundamentalists of the 60's ?OR THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLURAL VOTING? OR THOSE AGAINST ALL SOCIAL SERVICES? THOSE ARE THE REAL PN GRASSROOTS ! YOU WILL NEVER GET TO GOVERN MALTA AGAIN ! NEVER !
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Oh, listen they did, al-right! But would they learn? Not likely it seems. Does the lady expect the incoming Administration to retain all the PN sycophants and die-hards that infiltrated everywhere and right to the bone the narrower and wider Public sector? Does the lady believe that the only persons that merit any consideration at all have to be blue blooded? The lady surely believes that PL supporters must be good only at menial duties. The previous administration feel cheated by certain of their own people that were justly promoted by the incoming Administration, and this on merit. May I remind the dear lady of one ex Minister's abominable behaviour just recently at an energy seminar.
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the only people he took for a ride where those nationalist supporters,they really took the bait!but victory was assured with the LTGB'S and the hunters lobby.
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Ms Fenech you are, as they say " a dollar short and a day late. Funny how in every election people believe the promises and lies of the politicians, hook line and sinker. We all know how devious politicians can be especially before an election. The PL would have won hands down because it was time for a political change and because the PN was ignoring the people and looked at us as second class citizens. The Party had become arrogant. The PN has another four years to put their act together, even though they have an advantage because given enough rope the PL under Joseph Muscat will hang itself. The PL and Joseph Muscat is turning out to be as arrogant and as negligent of the people as his predecessors. Maltese people are now more traveled, better educated and maybe becoming a bit arrogant themselves. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Joseph Muscat is on the wrong track on this IIP, trying to sell our dignity and citizenship for thirty pieces of silver without consulting the citizens and that alone is enough rope to hang the lot of them. Like when ex-PM Lawrence Gonzi went ahead and built City Gate and the outrageous Theatre that looks more like a farmers market than a theatre. He also never bothered to ask the people what they think and he paid the price. Voters do not like to be ignored and that is what our leaders are doing. They forget that the rules are, as President Abe Lincoln of the USA said: "OF the people, BY the people, For the people" and NOT for the PL, the PN or any arrogant leader of any political party.
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The only people who are deceiving the Maltese are Simon and the PN top brass. They are doing their devil best to excuse their pitiful performance even at Malta's expense. All they care about is their benefit and survival [ hozz fl-ilma.] Do you think that they care if the Maltese get a better deal? Not bloody likely.
