'We are back to the bad old days of Labour' - Gonzi

Prime minister Gonzi shamed the PL's deputy leader for actively seeking out and influencing a Labourite police officer. He referred to the case as going back to the bad old days of Labour.

14 February 2013, 12:00am
by Jacob Borg

2 min read

Speaking at a PN event in Mqabba, prime minister Lawrence Gonzi came out with guns blazing.

"We do not hide our flags. The PL is so ashamed of its past that its hides its flags under the mattress.The PL deputy leader Toni Abela actively sought out a Labourite police officer and told him not to press charges."

"Abela knows exactly who the Nationalist and Labourite police officers are. The discrimination has already begun under Labour. Abela is a lawyer. He knew exactly what he was doing. Some how Labour has the audacity to say that they want to combat corruption," Gonzi said

"We are back to the bad old days of Labour. Even Anglu Farrugia has said that he does not have faith in Joseph Muscat," he warned.

The prime minister said that he was not perturbed by the reaction of students during yesterday's debate at the University of Malta.

"It is not the end of the world that not everyone supported us during the university debate. That is the beauty of democracy at the end of the day. We have never tried to oppress university students, unlike the PL. The last time we trusted Labour, stipends were converted to loans and 33 new taxes were introduced."

Gonzi said that the PN will be handing out 3,000 scholarships, 1,000 more than the previous legislature.

In order to help working parents, the PN shall be offering vouchers redeemable at childcare centres. This measure will also apply for parents still in education. Further to this, parents will be able to take sick leave should their child fall ill.

Gonzi advised that a long term approach has to be taken to the country's future and the 9 of March should not be seen as the be all and end all.

A British MEP was present for the discussion. He lauded the fact that whilst the EU's budget had been decreased, Malta had managed to clinch a bigger contribution from the bloc.

Replying to this, Gonzi pointed out that he has had the pleasure of standing shoulder to shoulder with three British prime ministers, namely Blair, Brown and Cameron.

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NO WE ARE IN THE BAD OLD DAYS OF THE 1930s WHEN SIR GERALD STRICKLAND WAS FALSELY ACCUSED WITH FABRICATED EVIDENCE OF BEING A FREE MASON AND HIS PARTY AND THAT OF THE PL WERE INTERDICTED BY THE CHURCH WHO IMPOSED THE MORTAL SIN. AND WHO WAS BEHIND IT. GONZI. THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN THE SIXTIES AND AGAIN THE MORTAL SIN WAS IMPOSED ON PL MEMBERS FOR BEING SOCIALISTS!!! AND WHO WAS BEHIND IT. THE SAME GONZI. WHO CONNIVED WITH THE BRITISH TO ASSIGN HUGE PARTS OF MALTA TO THEM. THE PN. AND WHO HAS BEEN ASSIGNING LAND TO THE FOREIGNERS FOR SMART CITY JOBS THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED. THE PN. THE LIST IS UNENDING.

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Gonzi is losing it. If anybody should be ashamed it should be him for protecting Austin Gatt from a good number of muck ups that ruined the country.

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gonzi losing it by the minute. . . . . . . . . . . . "Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. Napoleon Bonaparte

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Whine on Mr PM, whine on ... I am truly amazed that you can still find an iota of belief in what you say and still have the affront to face the electorate. You should be nominated for an Oscar because you have truly eclipsed the vast portfolio of Hollywood actors and actresses. X'cuc hu Sir Laurence Olivier ... Alec Guinness ... Gregory Peck ... et al!!!! ALBERT FENECH Qawra

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Lanqas taf ma xhiex ser iqabbar Gonzi. Ma jistax jammetti li l-poplu telqghu u ghandu telfa kbiera. Anke liz-zaghzagh universitarji tliftu. Inbidley il folja Gonz

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Grabbing at straws Mr Prime minister. It won't work this time. Fool me once blame on you.... fool me twice..... not this time mate ... addios and hope not arriverderci .

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Sur Prim Ministru , tinsab marsus f'rokna u ma tafx kif ser toħroġ minnha . Tant għandek ħama madwarek li tinsab imwaħħal waħda sewwa u qed tara kif tista tivvinta xi ħaġa biex tneħħi l-attenzjoni min fuqek u tixħitha fuq xi ħadd ieħor . Ħadd ma għadu jemmnek għax kulhadd induna bil-manuvri tiegħek u anke nazzjonalisti ġenwini u li għandhom għall qalbhom il-partit Nazzjonalisti jafu li inti kissirt il-partit u għamiltu partit ta' klikkek u tan-nies tan-nies ta' madwarek . Għalekk Dr Gonzi , tkomplix tisulenti l-inteliġenza tan-nies u l-aktar tan-nies tiegħek stess . Tlift kull kredibilita ma kulħadd .

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WAQA L-GHASS IS-SOLTU STORJA...BIDDILHA GONZ..IL-PARTITARJI TIEGHAK IDDEJQU GHAX DISKA MKISSRA...

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The bad old days of GonziPN are about to end. That's that only consolation. Fraud, corruption, nepotism, underhand dealings, vendetta, blatant lies, misgovernment, depletion of Malta's assets, you name it, you have it. It all happened under Gonzi 2003-2013, the worse decade in the history of Maltese politics. The worst Prime Minister Malta has ever had. And the most decadent Cabinet in history.

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Hi Dr Gonzi, why all this panic. Please keep calm. Just rest our minds and answer Dr Franco Debono's question: "I think there is something fishy between Dr Gonzi and Austin Gatt". We are thinking he might be right after your full support. Please tomorrow explain.

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The Bad Times are the times we are living now Dr. Gonzi. Haven't you heard what Dr. Austin Gatt has said?

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Dr. Gonzi is right - the PN is not ashamed of its past (yet). It will be the next leader of the PN who will be ashamed of what is now the present.

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No, we're not back to the bad old days, dear Dr Gonzi. We're in to-day's nightmare. Austin Gatt has just declared, on Tv, that he had omitted mentioning his Swiss bank account in his tax declaration, and that he was going to the Inland Revenue Department to 'adjust it'. If you try to do that, you will be prosecuted with the full force of the law, fined, and jailed. Will he? What will dear old 'squeaky clean' knight-in-shining-armour Gonzi do about this? One of his ministers has just admitted to tax fraud, for heaven's sake! Forgotten to declare indeed! PS: For how many years did he forget to declare the Swiss account, and did he forget other assets too?