Saturday, 20th June 2009
A national problem
The recent power outage has highlighted the problems regarding the way Enemalta operates. It is an acknowledged fact that the two power stations operate quite inefficiently but, to add insult to injury, we have now had to endure a power outage that lasted for a long period of time and which meant millions of Euro damage to our economy, not to mention, of course, the disruption of the daily lives of citizens. Reducing Malta to the level of a Third World country is simply disgraceful in 2009.
Everywhere I go, I listen to people livid at the inefficiency of this Nationalist Government and at the audacity of some high-placed officials, nothing better than lackeys in my opinion, who try to present such occurrences to the general public as nothing to be really worried about.
"These things happen everywhere", they state. What they do not state is that it is in their personal interest to defend the Government even when the situation is indefensible. As in other sectors of the administration of this country, Lawrence Gonzi continues to demonstrate the emptiness of the slogan "par idejn sodi".
Delimara power station extension
It is inexcusable that certain decisions are taken by the PN Government which can negatively affect the health of Maltese citizens. The contract of the Delimara Power Station extension entails operating it on heavy fuel oil and will mean generating a large amount of waste. All this will be detrimental not only to the health of the workers at the plant but also to the people of the South of the island living in the vicinity of the Power Station. I would like to ask one simple question : "Is it not immoral to have the Nationalist Government decide in a manner which will harm the environment, including the human one?"
No economic rationale, no financial excuses will ever justify anything that can have even a remote negative effect on the health of the people. The health and well-being of citizens come first. What the Lawrence Gonzi administration is doing is to economize at a very heavy social cost, i.e. exposing citizens to dangers that can easily be avoided. I do hope that all Maltese realize how serious and condemnable is this action of the PN Government.
Alternative Energy
On a positive note, the distribution by the PN Government of energy-saving bulbs which is getting belatedly underway is something that should be praised. I am also in favour of educational campaigns on eliminating, as far as possible, energy wastage. Meanwhile, the Government should do its utmost to explore ways of introducing alternative and renewable energy into all aspects of life in Malta. Remember that Malta is committed to the European Union to produce 10 % of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.
What worries me is the fact that there is still a certain amount of controversy about the viability of Wind Farms at Hal Far, Wied Rini and Is-Sikka l-Bajda. This is an area that needs to be further explored because a recent European Environmental Agency study has shown that Malta's demand for electricity can be fully met and exceeded when using wind energy.
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the PN INEFFIECENY continues to shine as the defecit continued to grow to alarming levels.
Take your pn blinkers off and view the political situation as it is actually ,not as you wish it.
Eddies Money No Problem Evangelisim did improve some areas were there is always the need to improve.But the concept of MONEY FOR VAlUE was thrown out of the window and he brought the country on its knees DEFICIT WISE ask the EU.The PN called air malta ghasafar ta comb.How could they improve on WHAT MINTOFF did.Take AZZURA AIR SAGA which
nearly got air malta bankrupt.PN were good to waste good money with little results.
When will you drill it in your head that when EFA took over and adopted what you state as, 'money, no problem', he found a country with a patched up second hand telephone system, a third rate airport, no water in your kitchen tap and shower head, hardly enough power and frequent interruptions, no foreign investments coming in and a crumbling infrastructure. EFA corrected most if not all of the miserable deficiencies which Labour had a chance to correct during its 16 year reign and did not.
Air Malta started under Mintoff's regime, but please remember that it consisted of three leased planes from Pakistan and piloted by Pakistanis. Nothing wrong with that but when Air Malta expanded significantly Labour's government was history.
And please don't go into the creation of Mid-Med and BOV because that is another disaster whose story is long enough to fill pages. Labour's principle always was, 'hott knisja biex tibni ohra' and in this case the victims were B of Bical and National B of Malta when people lost millions because of a manufactured case of 'insolvency' Rubbish, plain rubbish.
LP's trademark remains - incompetency and lack of vision.
There where a lot of things that I did not agree with while Sant was PM, but one thing for sure, Alfred Sant is an honest man,the huge deficit was in existence when Sant took over,with thanks to the Money no Problem, Eddie. As for the electricity bills, this is a falacy that the Nationalists keep on about, not one person on the Island paid these bills, in actual fact when the Nationalists won the election in `98 the shout was, that the E&W tariffs will be reverted to what they were, this was a lie, they weren`t and within 6 months we had to pay two-and-a- half-years of higher bills. the deficit that EFA created prior to the `96 election is still with us today and it will remain with us for years to come. Ask John Dalli, he will give you the true answer. No, we are not insane, wethe problem with this country is that we have too many people of your ilk.
side acknowledges its mistakes but on the PN side they say they never commited any mistakes.They are perfect in all they do.ZINNNNNNNNN.
Tug Malta,Enemalta,telemalta,BOV,MID MED,Oil TANKING CO,Gozo Channel and many others were maltese youngsters were able to start a carrier as Airline Pilots,Engineers etc etc something which was never available under any PN administration.Then unfortunetly
some ministers of the time became arrogant with the electorate which showed them the way out and presently that is exactly what GONZIPN Became ARROGANT PAR EXELLENCE thats why the begining of the end is in sight for gonzipn.THE 35,000tkaxkira is the begining.
By what you say, all Maltese are totally insane. Thank you very much.
They must be, because since the MLP (not the LP) did so much for so many, then by deduction most Maltese must be ungrateful or totally insane.
The problem with the MLP was (and is) that for every one thing they do right, they screw up ten. Therefore, on balance, one long term experience with the champions of the workers, seemed to be more than enough so much so that one whole generation said no every time. Even more so, that when the public gave the MLP a chance in 1996, it was unable to deliver at least one full term, screwed up VAT and introduced CET, raised the W&E bills sky high when oil was at $12.00 a barrel and created a massive deficit for little to show.
Keep hoping, V Vella.
opened up a lot of opprtunities to the working class and PN WAS AGAINST ALL THIS.
Your barking of the past that you attribute to the MLP (upps) I mean PL is tailormade to fit the PN. Your behaviour towards Lord strickland and his party was not different from your behaviour towards the Leader/s of the L and the PL nowadays! You can never change.
Hiding your Party's past and ignoring your party's present state of disintegration won't save your party. The present shattered state GonziPN is in is public knowledge and your futile attempts to hide the truth will never save it from the fate it deserves. It is a question of time. In national interests the ealier the better.
The last MEP and local elections is just a massive show of trust In Joseph and the LP! Nothing else.
u shabek li jridu jiddefendu xi haga li ma tistax tiddefendi.
Giovan,mhux qalbna qed taqsmilna,zaqqna bid dahq. Kompli halli nkomplu nzidu ll voti u nidhqu.Ara ma jfettillikx issir lejburist ghax is 46,000 ex nazzjonalist nitilfuhom.
Darba Charlie Chaplin qal li biex iddahhaq mhi xejn problema,id-diffikulta hi biex jidhaq il-komiku. ( Speccjalment meta l-buffu jintebah li l-imperu li tant habb qed jitkisser,anzi,ga tkisser.
Did you ever read the Pravda?
40% of the population is very happy with Gonzi In power,yet Gonzi is sad seeing 60% of the population against him staying in power without control.
biex tnizzel telfa ta 35.000 vot iebsa xi haga.Issa illum min ghandu il flus jista jixtri kollox
pero mijiet kbar ta familji maltin lanqas ghandhom flus biex ihallsu il kont ta dawl dal lavvanz
kollu li gabna fih Gonzi.Forsi inti mill Canada ma tistax taf il faqar li waqat fih parti mis socjeta
maltija.Il PL qered il faqar u Gonzi pn bil pultika qed jerga jerfa rasu.Tajtx kemm qed tressaq voti lura lejn il PN bil priedki tieghek fuq il passat.Ghalina il maltin ta malta jghodd il lum
u issa.Ghall pn addio is slogan BIEX INTI TGHIX AHJAR u REBBIEFGHA GDIDA.
Ghall inqas , nghidu li rridu, nixtru li rridu, u mhux dak li l-gvern irid.
Xkaffef mimlija, ghazla ta prodotti, mhux bullubif, sardin u tonn taz-zejt.
Ma nistennewx min gimgha ghall ohra ghal butir u margerina.
M'hemmx bzonn inwieznu lill xi kazin Laburista biex nixtru television tal-kulur.
M'hemmx bzonn dokumenti u import licence u permessi biex nixtru kompjuter.
Wiehed ghandu ghazla ghal liema karriera u liema kors jiehu fl-Universita'.
L-MCAST u l-Universita ippakkjati bi studenti mhux miftuhin biss bazuzli Laburisti.
L-akbar numru ta impjegati - mhux xi 8000 impjegati f'xi dejma.
Kul min irid, jahdem - mhux strajkijiet tat-tobba, teachers, drivers, etc..
Kwiet, mhux tifrik ta kazini, stamperiji, Qorti, Ghasses, djar privati ta politici mhux Laburisti.
Investimenti kbar mhux nixfa ta flus ghajr xi ftit karita minn stati Kommunisti.
Ilma kemm trid mhux ilma kannella kollu sadid.
Airport modern dehn ta pajjiz modern.
Sistema ta telefon moderna u digitali mhux dak ta zmien zemzem 'second hand'.
Liberta assoluta mhux theddid u swat jekk tghid xi haga kontra l-gvern.
Vizjoni ghal futur mhux disprament u nkaxxati go sqaq li ma nistghux nohorgu minnu.
Dak kien zmien taht is-Socjalisti! Igri jasal il-mument ta hakma Laburista! Brrrr...
fil parlament minghajr ma kellu lebda voti warajh( nesa leluf kbar ta voti li tawh il maltin ghal parlament ewropew ) Gonzi gi ghal lewwel test ma Muscat u bit tkaxkira li tah la Gonzi u lanqas is segwaci tieghu ma jafu xlaqathom ghax ghadhom sturduti lakbar rebah poltika ta partit f 50 sena.Lunika konsolazzjoni li ghandhom li jmorru jghixu lura flistorja u jaslu sa fejn jaqbel lilhom, ghadhom ma hadux il lezzjoni li bi nies daqshekk gbid ta saqajn.In nies jinterrsehom il lum u issa Addio BIEX INTI TGHIX AHJAR .