Pawlu Muscat to contest as independent

He still cares for the Malta Labour Party, but could not take all the harassment from within the Labour Party, the party he loved for 38 years. It’s still like a family to him now. Despite all this he is not ready to surrender and will contest the local council elections as an independent candidate.

Pawlu Muscat had to step down as Mayor of Cospicua following a vote of no confidence by the Labour Party Counsellors following pressure from within the MLP to elect a Labour Mayor.

Mr Muscat who had said that there was rigging in the Labour Party election for leadership between Lino Spiteri and Alfred Sant, which favoured the latter, was not trusted any more by new Labour.

A staunch Dom Mintoff supporter, Muscat had said that he did not trust Alfred Sant because he did not agree with the way he was running the country.

Pawlu Muscat thinks that his systematic shunning because of his beliefs by the Labour Councillors has something to do with the hierarchy of the MLP. "I am being sidelined in every way, no-one is giving me information about what is happening, and this to distract me and to make me resign.

"I will not do so, I still believe that I always gave my contribution to the people of Cospicua 100 per cent. I am so sure about all this that I am confident that contesting as an independent will not hamper my chances of being elected again. I know that I could do it because the Cospicua people know how hard I worked for them.

Mr Muscat still believes in Labour principles and he agrees that Dr Sant had to do something about the deficit but he does not agree with his ways.

"You can’t expect to solve the deficit problem by treating everyone in the same way. You can’t expect people with a low income to carry the burden. There are people in this country that earn thousands of Liri: doctors, lawyers, notaries etc. It is not the worker who uses water to drink and take a bath that you have to rely on the most taxwise. It is those who own massive swimming pools and never dare to switch off the electricity."

Regarding Dom Mintoff, Muscat still despises the manner in which Super 1 Radio worked against him.