Gonzi must set example on divorce vote - Muscat

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando says PN must commit itself to official stand to respect referendum result.

Labour leader Joseph Muscat has called on the Prime Minister not to abstain from voting on the divorce bill, and set the example as a prime minister of all the country “and not as Lawrence Gonzi, leader of a confessional party.”

Yesterday, Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando also said on Dissett that he expected MPs to support the bill as an expression of the popular vote in the referendum. “Before the result we [Moviment Iva] committed ourselves to withdraw the bill if the people did not vote yes in the referendum.”

“A dilemma, that should have never been there in the first place, was created when the PN took a position against divorce. Since this stand has been taken, the PN as a Christian-democrat party should now ask MPs to reflect the clear and free expression of the people’s will. There’s no clearer mandate than the referendum.”

The divorce bill was moved for its first reading yesterday in parliament, after 53% of the electorate voted in its favour in a referendum held last Saturday. Pullicino Orlando said the PM had not yet declared his stand, but that the party should commit itself to a position saying it will respect the will of the majority.

Pullicino Orlando also said that other so called ‘minority’ issues should not be put to referendum. He mentioned in particular the regulation of in vitro fertilisation, saying that the legislation remains in air when it affects a particular segment of society. He also said he agreed with a cohabitation law that gives rights and obligations to unmarried couples, even same-sex couples.

He said the vote in favour of divorce also represented a call to MPs not to confuse matters of state with religion.

Joseph Muscat said on TX yesterday that Gonzi has no choice but to vote yes and represent the will of the majority. “MPs must vote yes, or else abstain if they have a problem of conscience... the prime minister has cornered his party by taking an official stand against divorce.”

Muscat also said the PN should change its official position on divorce after the people voted in favour of the divorce bill. “Gonzi’s position against divorce today is just like Labour’s position against EU accession or to withdraw Malta’s membership. That is the PN must revisit its position against divorce because it goes against the people’s will.”

Muscat said that Labour MPs were free to be activists against the introduction of divorce and were free to abstain on the vote of the divorce bill. The Labour leader also said his party had left the door open for MPs like Labour MP Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, who said she would be abstaining on the divorce bill vote.

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For a good laugh on MPs conscience look at this table: https://mazzun.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/it-tabella-tal-kuxjenza-ipokrita/
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we have to ban the surname gonzi to take any high position in this country. as we had to many problems when day be in sort of control. its like musolini surname.
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hagga ohra nessa jsemma il habib taghana briffy, ghax semma li fi zmien mintoff kien hawn ditatorjat, da nessa li da zmien qedighn nejxu fdittatorjat, u manipulazzjoni gravisima min nahha tal gvern, jew ma jridx jametti li il PN, qed juza ix-xandir ta listatt, biex jinattaw programmi fuq PBS lil Blue Eyed Bullies, xi kugin ta austin gatt. li jinstab hatti ta zbilanc kontra il PL f'zewg okkazjonijiet. u kif lahbarijet ta listatt jintuzaw biex jkunu ta propoganda al gvern, u tara ex gurnalisti ta net TV jahdmu mal kamra ta lahbarijiet ta xandir ta listatt. li hu imhallas min flusna, ma jridx jammetti kif saret kampanja mahmugga u qarriqa min nahha tal LE fi refferendum u haddiema tal gvern jinghataw leave biex jikampanjaw mal LE u min jaff jekk il PN kienx qieghed isostni finanzjarjament lil tal Le? ghandi dubji, wara kollox anka JPO ametta li kinet kampanja qarriqa u li il gvern ghamel min kollox biex jghadi il le. vera tal misthija poplu qum min hemm u tibqax rieqed ohrog u semma lehnek!
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il PN tal-lum hu storja differenti, il PN jinsabb flistess possizjoni zbaljata li kien ha alfred sant kontra l-eu u tilef kull kredibilta, saqsi il xi deputatti tal PN, ga bdiet ittijom rasom, u qedin jaraw kif ha jtajru il Gonzi min kap tal partit. ghax tilfu il fiducja kolla fieh
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@ salgister proset habib ghalkemm jien zghazuh xorta insegwi xkien jigri fmalta fil passat u tkellimt tajjeb hafna, dawn pero ma jistawx jattakaw lil labour tal lum, ghax mandomx fuq xiex jaqbdu mijaw, allura jibqaw imwahlla mal passat, u jsemu il vjolenzza, u il bombi, nesew kif meta tella il gvern ta fenech adami il bombi fdaqqa wahda sparixew, u bhal ma kien qallom mintoff fmass meeting partikolari, kellom in-nies imhallsa biex jghamlu il bombi u jiddru koroh il laburisti, ghalkemm kien sar hafna tajjeb u saru xi zballji ukoll min nahha ta mintoff u zgur li hadd mux ser jichdu, biss dawn jibqaw jattakaw lil PL ta zmien mintoff u imnalla kien hu ax kieku laqas harqa biex ilibess lil uliedu ma kien ikollu, jekk ma kienx jghamel il mirakli u jibdel il wiskey f'ilma, dan qed jghix f'dinja alieh.
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Micheal Bonanno
@Briffy. Ikkonfermajt li l-Labour tahom il-vot in-nisa. Ikkonfermajt ukoll li Mintoff irranga s-sitwazzjoni fejn haddiem ma kellux leave u nies bhalek kellhom fuq l-40 gurnata leave u gab lill-kulhadd bl-24 gurnata leave. Ikkonfermajt ukoll li Mintoff gab il-pensjoni taz-zewg terzi biex zgur kulhadd ikollu l-fair share wara li jispicca mix-xoghol. Gid kien hawn ukoll. Tippruvax tqabbel il-gid tal-lum ma' ta ' zmien Mintoff. Fi zmien Mintoff ma kienx hawn l-ispluzzjoni fl-elettronika ghal dik li hawn illum. Intom tqabblu l-gid fl-elettronika ghax tafu li fi zmien il-Labour tas-70's ma kienx hawn. Dwar il-qaghad? Min jaf x'inhi l-vera figura tal-qaghad hawn Malta? Kellu bzonn xi darba tohrog il-verita. Mintoff kellu johloq il-korpi tax-xoghol, ghax waqt li kienet jibdel l-ekonomija tal-pajjiz minn wahda tiddependi fuq il-militar ta' pajjizi ohra beda bil-mod ibiddilha ghal wahda kummercjali. Sew ghidt li Gaddafi ghen lil Mintoff biex jehles mill-Inglizi. Izda kieku m'ghenux minn fejn kien ser ihallas lill-haddiema, ghax flus ma kienx hemm, ghax il-PN ta' GBO damdmuha l-kaxxa ta' Malta, barra li kellha dejn ta' madwar LM43,000,000. U dak iz-zmien Lm43 miljun ahseb illum kemm kienu jiswew izjed. L-AirMalta min kissirha fl-ahhar 20 sena? Min kien fil-Gvern f'dawn l-ahhar 20 sena? Taht il-Labour l-AirMalta qliegh kienet taghmel. Malli tela' l-PN tefaghlha s-sangisugi sakemm ma xorbulha demmha u gabuha fl-istat li hi llum. Dwar it-Tarzna, Mintoff qajjimha fuq saqajha u beda jgib ix-xoghol u nbena bis-sahha tac-Ciniza Dock nru. 6. Kieku ma kienx hemm xoghol, zgur li ma kienx jinbena. Dwar l-istudenti, minnek qieghed nismaghha li li -istudenti baghthom ihaffru t-trinek. L-istudent baghthom fil-workphase skont l-istudju taghhom, u nista nahliflek li qatt ma ghamlu b'centezmu xoghol. Dan nafu b'esperjena li kelli maghhom. Ma kontx tarahom b'nemes! U jekk jghogbok issemmilix il-kwalita tal-hajja llum. Illum lanqas infaddal ma nista, ghax bilkemm qieghed inlahhaq mal-hajja. Biex naghmlu kapricc jien u l-mara, irridu naraw minn fejn innaqsu mhux bhal ma konna qabel flus kemm trid kien ikollna u qatt ma nkwetajna li l-paga mhux se sservina.
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U hallikhom mid-dwejjaq l-ghandhom il-PN u araw dan il-video ha tidhku! https://mazzun.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/hitler-wara-r-referendum-divorzistan-fuq-facebook/
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Questo governo ha le ore contate!
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lost case int il hazin tgakom titfaw fuq haddiehor, mentri tajjeb ta haddiehor titfaw fuqkom. inhallu il poplu jigudika u zmien it-tinna parir, sentejn ohra tohodda ir risposta ax se tiehdu likbar tkaxxkira flistorja bhal ma haddtu ftal meps li kien ilkom ma titilfu bdak il modd al 50 sena shah
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@Interista...1. il-Freeport ghamlu gvern nazzjonalista, Mintoff komplih u fi zmienu nbena quay mill-famuzi Kalaxlokk, hafna siment insteraq u l-quay kellu jinhadd kollu fi zmien il-PN 2.Il-vot tan-nisa taghulhom Boffa fin 1947 mhux Mintoff 3. Meta tela' Mintoff jien kont diga fic-civil, ga mort l-Universita, u l-Liceo. 4. Il-post tieghi kien ilu fully pensionable minn zmien 1850s. anzi Mintoff fi 1979 nehha il-jedd li tiehu s-somma ghal min dahal fic-civil wara 1979. Lili naqqasli l-vacation leave minn 6 gimghat ghal 4 gimghat.5. L-Air Malta fallewha l-Labour ghax dahhlu mijiet ta' nies zejda, iz-Zejtun bi hgaru kien ma Air Malta tant hu hekk li kienet mgharufa bhala Air Zejtun u l-gvernijiet ta' wara baqghu jerdghu minnha imbaghad gew il-low cost airlines, ghola l-fuel mas-sema u giet f'din is-sitwazzjoni. 7 It-Tarzna ilha hem minn ghexerien ta snin qabel ma twieled Mintoff. Mintoff kien li kissirha bl-ghajnuna tal-GWU ghax kienet il-power base tal-Labour. Il-PN halliha miftuha ghal hmistax il-sena zejda u it-taxpayer hallas miljuni u grazzi ghal-GWU qatt ma ridu jaqtghu l-abbuzi ta' haddiema laburisti fit-tarzna. 8 Gaddafi ghen il-Mintoff biex dan ikecci n-Nato u l-Inglizi mhux ghax kien ihobbna u meta morna nhaffru ghaz-zejt fin-1978 Gaddafi baghat il-vapuri tal-gwerra, u minn dak iz-zmien MIntoff ma hamlux izjed. 9. Il-frame-up tal-gwardjan tal-habs sar fi zmien MIntoff u mhux fi zmien Fenech Adami. 10. Fin-1960s kien hawn il-gwerra bierda u Arc Gonzi kien mbazza mill-kommunizmu. Peress li Mintoff kien anti klerikali Gonzi attakkah bl-ikrah. 11. Kieku neguzjant ma jahlahhix tajjeb jaghlaq, il-fatt li ghadhom hemm juri li sejrin tajjeb. In-neguzjant dejjem jokrob anke meta jkun sejjer tajjeb. 12. Fi zmien Mintoff il-qghad kien gholi mas-swemmit, Mintoff holoq korpi tax-xoghol; taht dixxiplina militari biex hadd ma jistrajkja. L-istudent baghthom ihaffru it-trinek bhac - Cina u USSR.Trid tammetti li qatt ma kien hawn gid f'Malta daqs illum u qatt ma kien hawn kwalita tal-hajja daqshekk gholja days il-lum
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@ briffy qed turu kemm mandtkomx fuq xiex targumentaw, u tibqaw imwahlin mal passat, partit li ilu hemm min 1981 u ghadu imwahal ma dawk iz-zminijiet. iringrazzja lil mintoff li bi sahha tigheu martek tista tivotta, ghax il pn kontu kontrijom, iringrazzja lil mintoff li ghandek il penzzjoni ghax int penzzjonat, iringrazzja lil mintoff li kellek edukazzjoni obligatorja bxejn biex stajt tasal bil hila tighek, iringrazzja lil mintoff li ghamilek l-air malta li lum falejtuwa, ghax kontu kontrija ukoll, iringrazzja lil mintoff li gab kumpaniji bhal SGS go malta u thadem eluf ta nies mhux bha xolijiet ta lum kullhadd joffrilek il part time, iringrazzja lil mintoff li ghamel il freeport go malta li jhaddem eluf ta nies li lum spiccaw barra bi skemmi ta irtirrar kmieni ghax skont il gvern tighek madux sostenibli, mhux sostenibli ghax falejjtuh ukoll, iringrazzja lil mintoff li ghamel tarzna ghal pajjizek, li il PN kissira u fallija, infakrek li dawn huma kumpaniji li haddmu eluf ta nies matul is snin mhux xolijiet bhal ma hawn illum b'kundizzjonijiet li laqas jghamlu gieh lil umanita, iringrazzja lil mintoff li gab il helsien ghal pajjizek, iringrazzja lil mintoff li pogga leweel president malti u ghamel lil Malta republika, iringrazzja lil mintoff li pajjizna gab fondi min pajjizi bhal italja, russia, ingilttera, u pajjizi ohra fostom il libya li dak iz-zmien kinet timxi b'modd gust ma nies tahha, ghara intom bqajtu tilaquwom il libjani u kontu tajjruwom tal habba gozz, sa hansittra ftahtu officju go benghazi fejn qeda tigi imexxija mi ribelli (decizjoni li naqbel mahha u haqqu proset fuq din il-gvern) u kemm kontu tilaqu il ghaddafi, bil kap tal parit tighek jiltaqa migheu taht it-tinda, jekk qed tghid li mintoff gaghlna noboddu lil knisja sejjer zball, kinet il knisja li dahlett fej ma kienx jessaha, u il knisja bdiet tghamel il krucjati kontra nies ta fhemma laburista, ftakkar li kinet il knisja li resqet bix tghamel paci mal partit laburista, ghax indunat b'lizball li ghamlet, il partit laburista ma talab lebda skuzza lil knisja, intom titkelmu fuq il frame ups? insejtu il frame up fuq gwardjan tal habs, li akkuzawh li harab prigunier dan garra taht il gvern ta fenech adami. intom partit li thobbu tithaltu sew mal kriminalli, bhal zeppi il haffi li tajtuh mahfra u kien jerfa lil fenech adami fuq spalltu, u kif it-taljan ciro del negro isemmi fil ktieb tigheu li officju ta ex ministru nazzjonalista jintuza al meetings fuq traffikar ta drogi, u tghatu mahfriet lil traffikanti ta drogi bhal braziljan queiroz, miskin kien marid hux, ara bnidem malti li wasal flahhar ta hajtu hallejtuh imut recentement gol habs, intom tridu titkellmu fuq il passat? mela ma tafx li biex tiskongra trid tkun pur. il partit nazzjonalista lunika hagga tajjba li ghamel kien li dahhal lil malta fl-unjoni ewropea u sant zballja bil kbir li kien partit tal le, u listess mod qed jigrilu gonzi bhalissa, infakrek li il pajjiz ikun sejjer tajjeb mhux bkemm hawn karozzi fil pajjiz u li bicciet minom huma ta nies sinjuri li sa hansitra andom 4 u 5 karozzi u a/c fil hwinet li ma jinxtallux, u kemm hemm investiti fli stocks li hafna minnom huma investiti min kuntratturi u nies fi neggozju li jaqlawa tajjeb taht dan il gvern, izda kemm jibqalu flus fil but il poplu malti, kemm meta jmur xi sales representative fil hanut biex ibieh, sid il hanut jixtrilu u kemm il hanut ibieh, u mhux billi ghandu a/c imwahal.
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Bhal Alfred Sant se jigrilu. Araw: https://mazzun.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/bla-rispetti/
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@Interista.....1.Is-siegha extra kienet tapplika ghal KULHADD, alluri l-argument tieghek ma jaghmilx sens. 2. Is-sorijiet u l-patrijiet, li Mintoff gaghlkhom toboduhom, allavolja huh patri, ghandhom dritt jivvutaw daqs kulhadd - u naf hafna minn dawn li jivvotaw Labour - again l-argument tieghek bla sens. 3.Jien m'ghandi xejn x'nirrispondi ghax jien pensjonant u qatt ma kont fil-politika 4.Il-PN ilu fil-gvern ghax il-poplu tellghu ghall- SITT darbiet mill-1981 sal -2008. Kieku kont tghix f'didattorjat kieku ghandek chance tiftah halqekk u tghid kontra l-gvern. Mur gibek fi zmien Mintoff tghid kontra l-gvern fil-pubbliku; kieku malajr kont tispicca tghaddi xi 48 siegha fi-depot guest tal-pulizija. 6 Jekk ma tarax differenza bejn Malta, l-Egittu, Tunizija u l-Libja turu f'liema stat miskin tinsab. Mintoff kien jghidlek li l-anqas ma taf minn fejn tiekol u minn fejn tipporga.
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An MP (not Joe citizen) abstaining at this stage in a parliamentary vote is really saying NO: Voting as a voter in the consultative referendum was one thing. Voting as a member of parliament on a bill popularly supported by the result of that referendum is another thing. MPs abstaining on a law which the majority now supports as a civil right should really be fundamentally rethinking their political vocation, as MLCP has done today. MPs should decide if they want to ratify the will of the majority (YES), or reject it (NO). Abstaining is not a way out, it also amounts to a NO to the referendum result. A basic distinction should be drawn. In the referendum the citizen had every right to vote Yes, No, abstain by not picking or not using the voting document, or even misuse it (by invalidating it). Now that a divorce law is backed by a majority of voters, it is not just the citizen voting, but the elected representative, and at this stage abstaining is really another way to say No. An MP's conscience should not be cited as a reason for abstention now; it had a role when the MP voted in the referendum as Joe citizen, but now there is a popular mandate, to which there can only be a YES or a NO. All MPs should not hide behind abstentions on a civil liberty enjoyed by the rest of the world; they should keep to their word. That is a fact for all members of the house, and especially so for the Prime Minister who called the referendum in order to seek a public mandate for divorce in the first place.
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Gonzi trying to manoeuvre between his opposing factions is like the proverbial Odysseus trying to sail between Scylla and Charybdis but without the success of Odysseus.
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As a nationalist supporter, I hate to say this. Lawrence Gonzi has become a liability to the P N. Much like Sant was to Labour !
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@briffy int qed titkellem fuq muscat, vera ma fadlilkomx iktar xi thidu u qedin wisq darkom mal hajt. Muscat qall lil gonzi kif andu jivotta ghax gonzi fi dmir li jirispetta ir-rieda tal poplu u jkun demokratiku. u tigi int tghid xtahsem li hu muscat ghax tkellem fuq xandu issir fuq skala nazzjonali? mela insejt meta gonzi u il PN, waqt il kampanja al leadership tal PL. kienu jappogaw il DR George Abela. u jipruvaw jindahlu faffarijiet ta Partit iehor. ma tafx li biex tiskongra trid tkun pur. alinqass joseph muscat accetta rieda tal poplu u accetta l-eu. ara il partit tighek jghamel il manuvri bix jara kif se jivotta u jghamluwa cara li hemm xi MPs ser Jivutaw le fuq id-divorce bill. hemmek turi bi car min jaccetta u min ma jaccetax ir-rieda tal poplu. tinkwettax ftit ohra fadlilkom hemm, 35,000 vot iktar tal meps favur pl, u 14.000 gonzipn sfiducjat fi refferendum. gonzi il poplu tkellem. we are ready for the elections. l.1,000 vot li kellek iktar bi sija zejda li tajtu. u b-lanzjani li hrigtu mil kunventijiet u minnom gew influenzati biex jivutaw il PN bhal ma garra fi refferendum. dawk 1.000 vot iktar tliftuwom ga. u taf kemm andtkom xtirispondu hux. min jaff forsi tkun xi wihed minnhom int alekk ma tridx il bidla u trid tibqa bdittatura ta 25 sena taht listess partit. qisna qedin legittu, libya jew tunezia li tant tejdu kontrijom u kontu tajruwom mbad mortu tilaquwom?
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U Marie Louise Coleiro ma tridx tikkontesta l-elezzjoni tant hi disgustata. U Muscat x'haseb li hu biex jippretendi li jaghti parir lil Gonzi kif ghandu jivvota? Din x'arroganza? U gie ukoll jaghmel speech to the nation wara r-referndum bil-bandiera ta' Malta u ta l-EU meta tant hadem biex Malta m tidholx fl-EU? Xi pretensjonijiet dawn. Niftakar f'Alfred Sant jippretendiha ta' PM ftit qabel l-elezzjoni tal-2008 ghax pingewh bhala PM in waiting! U hemm baqa' in waiting, kif ser jigrilu Muscat.
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kona nitkazaw li alfred sant tilef il boxxla u mandux sens ta realta. u jien kont kontra alfred sant min habba dik latitudini. imma issa gonzi tliftli kull sens ta hsieb. int qatt ma kellek tkun priminstru ghax flahar wara dik il maskla hareg il propju int. madekx konvincenti u dan tafu int stess ghax ma shabek il membri kif apuntu johrog ihor biex jikontestak titlef blikbar voti ta listorja. disgustat minek gonzi
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Joseph Galea
Those PN stalwarts who worked so hard to see Malta in the EU and now cannot accept the fact that the post-accession generation is becoming European in their ideas remind me of a joke I once heard. There was an English gentleman who thought that God was an Englishman, that he spoke English, that all good people spoke English, and that anyone who spoke any other language was an abomination in the eyes of God. But this gentleman was a good father and he wanted the best for his children. So he sent them to the best school. However, this school was attended by children from Sweden, Germany, France and other countries. The father was pleased with the progress of his children but then tragedy struck. The unthinkable had appened. He was flabbergasted to find that one of his children had learned to speak Swedish, another German and another, oh horrors, French. The father called his children and, with tears in his eyes, he scolded them: "Is this why I sent you to the best school - to learn these ungodly languages?"
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Helenio Galea
Dr Gonzi, the price you pay now for abdicating your responsibilities. This should have never gone to referendum in the first place. Now it is too late, you must have been praying that this wouldn't happen because you have to face the music anyway and carry the responsibility you hoped you wouldn't have to. This is where I sadly get off the PN train, at least until I see a change back to sensible decisions and not decisions taken on how best to double step the electorate and increasing chances of re-election. Bon chance to you and the blinded amateurs who think they know everything around you.
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Bloody opportunists all of them! Read this for a candid summation of our representatives. http://mazzun.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/kamra-tar-rapprezentanti-jew-kamra-ta-opportunisti-u-bezziegha/#more-1693
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Call back John Dalli, Louis Galea, Michael Falzon;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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gonzipn resqin lejn telfa kbira li s'issa qatt ghada ma sehhet bhala f'Malta; Ikeccu l'aqwa nies biex jahdmu bl-inkompetenti. Min jizra r-rih jahsad ir-rifnu, kunu afuha din gonzipn
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Luke Camilleri
The way Gonzi administers is like he is driving anold banger with the hand-brake on with no sense of direction! He seems never to make any mileage at all, with only one destination- The General Election. That is where his Foresight ends! --------------------------------------- “A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.” James Freeman
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@ Andy Farrugia/Andrew Farrugia/afar3: "Excuse me, just for the sake of a God-denier, atheist, humanist, nihilist whatever etc, etc, non-entity who roams around these stables, my previous comment contained a typo; "trashing" and not "thrashing"". You actually got it right the first time. The correct word in context is "thrashing". My, oh my. An English language teacher needing lessons from a non-entity. No wonder we're in such a mess.
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Il-vot tad-deputati kollha ghandu jkun IVA ghaliex l-ezami sar mill-poplu u l-POPLU qal IVA. Id-deputti qeghdin hemmfil-parlament biex jaqdu l-poplu u ghalhekk iridu jaghmlu kif jghid il-poplu u jghidu IVA. Min ghandu ghandu l-kuxjenza tnigzu u ma jridx jghid IVA m'ghandux triq ohra hlief jkun ragel/mara bizzejjed u JIRREZENJA mill-Parlament u b'hekk il-kuxjenza ma tnigzux iktar ghax bl-astenzjoni xorta tkun wittejt it-triq ghal IVA u allura inti ghal kuxjenza tieghek inti hati (skond il-kuxjenza tieghek) daqs dak li se jivvota IVA. U l-ezempju jrid jigi mill-KBIR mill-Prim Ministru. Id-dawrien mal-lewza ghadda zmienu u issa m'hemmx triq ohra hliev li jew kull memebru fil-parlament jivvota IVA jew iwarrab minn hemm ghax ikun kiser il-weghda mal-poplu li hu qieghed hemm biex jaqdih. Issa naraw l-IRGULIJA li hemm fil-Parlament issa li wasal it-test tal-verita.
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I do not agree with abstaining. https://mazzun.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/astensjoni-ghalabiebizmu-mir-rieda-tal-poplu/
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He tried to outfox the electorate and the electorate outfoxed him and his Church.
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By calling for a referendum, Gonzi put the noose around his neck. He is a great electoral asset for the MLP.
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You are the leader of the citizen of Malta,not just the church.
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Gonzi jinsab daru kompletament mal hajt, ghandu qasma kbira fil partit tighu, jekk Gonzi u xi Membri ohra min tighu Jivotta Le. Ikunu qed jimxu b'mod anti-demokratiku. ikunu marru kontra ir-rieda tal Poplu. jekk jivuta iva ikunu qedighn imorru kontra il posizzjoni tahom li hadu kontra id-divorzju. u issir il Partit tal U-Turns. din mhux kwistjoni biss tal MP's bil Kuxjenza tahom li min ma jaqbilx ma divorzju ghandu jastjeni, izda hi kwistjoni tal Principju tal Partit. il Partit ma Jkunx mexxa skont il Principju li hu emmen fieh u li kien qed jappoga fil kampanja ta refferendum. kif tista tipridka mod. u tghamel modd iehor? vera li konna ahna li decidejna bil vot tghana li irridu id-divorzzju u ghandu jghamel dak li ivuttajna alieh ahna, izda GonziPN Zballja bil Kbir li ha Posizzjoni bhalla Partit fuq id-divorzzju. issa jew se jkollom jivuttaw kontra il principju tal partit tahhom u jivuttaw iva u jkunu ghamlu lakbar u-turn min kontra al favur. jew inkella jkunu anti-demokratici u jivutaw le. ghalekk nemmen li kinet mossa tajjba min nahha tal PL, li ma haxx posizzjoni ufficjali bhala partit la favur u laqas kontra. u halla il kullhadd jikampanja fuq bazi individwali skont il kuxjenza tighu. bhal ma ghamel DR Muscat favur. u membri ohrajn li qallu li huma kontra. kinet mossa tajjba min nahha tal PL and that makes Joseph Muscat a Real leader. Kull ma fadalu jghamel Gonzi huwa li jsejjah elezzjoni bikrija. ghax il partit tighu ma jistax jghamel xi hagga li tmur kontra il posizzjoni tal partit. u jhalli lil min kien newtrali u mandu affiljazzjoni ma hadd li jdahhal dan id-dritt civilli
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Excuse me, just for the sake of a God-denier, atheist, humanist, nihilist whatever etc, etc, non-entity who roams around these stables, my previous comment contained a typo; "trashing" and not "thrashing". Andy Farrugia
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Prime Minister, i doubt whether you read the comments on this putrid and highly toxic latrine but i suggest that for once you face reality. By this i mean that it is about time that you convene the "Kunsill Generali" so that people know where they stand. I want a party which represents me, irrespective of whether it will lead to a cataclysmic split and a thrashing at the next election; i want all hangers-on, opportunists, blackmailers, witches and assorted delinquents out of the party. It is your choice but it is also my vote. Andy Farrugia (once an Mnajra "hero")
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Isabelle Borg
If our Prime Minister votes against divorce, the only road for him is to resign. Him and his party, like all other parliamentarians were elected to serve the people of this country not to serve the Vatican. When they took their office oath, they swore to serve the Republic of Malta and no one else. They must and should respect the people's will.