Labour should sack Toni Abela immediately - Busuttil

PN deputy leader Simon Busuttil says Labour leader Joseph Muscat's decision to stand behind Toni Abela meant he was putting party interests above "our childrens'"

Simon Busuttil
Simon Busuttil

Labour deputy leader Toni Abela put his party's interests ahead of children and potential drug victims, PN deputy leader Simon Busuttil said.

Speaking during a political activity in Marsa, Busuttil stressed that Labour leader Joseph Muscat should sack Abela and put the national interest above partisan interest.

"In less then a month you will choose who will lead the party and you have to judge the parties' values," Busuttil said as he insisted that Labour deputy leader Toni Abela refused to press charges against somebody who was caught cutting dugs in a Labour Party club.

The call follows in the wake of a second recording, circulated through sock puppet YouTube channel 'kristianbuhagiar', in which Abela is heard talking about a drugs incident inside another party club and why he did not lodge a police report on the issue.

The recording appears to be part of the same one that was revealed in a courtroom a week ago by Richard Vella, formerly the operator of the PL's club bar in Attard, whom Abela also expelled from the party in 2010.

Vella claimed that the recording shows Abela admitting having told a Birkirkara police officer not to press charges against him and Labour local councillor John Bonnici, who were involved in a fight.

Abela, on his part, claims the recording in which he says he found a police officer of Labourite persuasion to quash a criminal report, was because the matter was not of a criminal nature, but a civil case.

 

The PN deputy leader said: "Toni Abela was prepared to defend a person who was dealing drugs instead of defending young persons who could be the victims of drug trafficking. He put the Labour Party's interests above the interests of our children. Abela chose his party's interests, we choose our children's interests."

He added that Labour leader Joseph Muscat was aware of this issue however he did not take any action, despite claiming that he would have acted differently from his deputy leader.

Stressing that Muscat was defending Toni Abela, Busuttil asked, "Is this the way Muscat will act if elected to power? Will he put Toni Abela's interests above that of defending our children from drugs? You cannot choose both, its either Abela or our children. If Muscat really believes that Abela should have acted different then he should sack him right now."

In a rallying cry to the party faithful gathered in Marsa, PN leader Lawrence Gonzi said "Do not give up. I said that we'll go for it and we are going for it."

Repeating his predecessor Eddie Fenech Adami's mantra 'is-sewwa jirbah zgur,' Gonzi said that day after day his conviction that the PN would win a fourth consecutive election was growing stronger.

Do not risk it all. All we have achieved could be lost. In the long term, the PN is your best

Gonzi said he was not concerned with the reception he received on Wednesday at University, where the crowd attending the leaders' debate booed and hackled him.

Shrugging it off as part of the political game, Gonzi said: "What I do ask the students is; who do you trust most in creating jobs? Which is the party, which has factually managed to create new jobs every time it was elected to government?  Lets put plainly, the economy has always bloomed when the PN was in office."

Underlining the PN's credentials in providing free education of the highest standard and creating jobs, Gonzi said the PN's electoral programme pledged a number of schemes which would incentivise persons to open businesses by introducing a development bank, tax breaks and extend micro invest and other programmes which would see more disabled persons join the workforce.

"This could only be done if the country's finances are on a sound footing," Gonzi said.He added that a Nationalist government would continue to place the job creation at the centre of its policies, insisting that it would create 25,000 jobs in the next five years. 

Earlier, PN deputy leader Simon Busuttil said the people should judge the two parties on their consistency and not only on their present stands.

"10 years ago the Nationalist Party led by Eddie Fenech Adami said yes to EU membership while Labour and Joseph Muscat said no," the MEP said.

 

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Simon , In a few days time you'll know who is going to be sacked . After you realise that you were just a balloon blown out of proportion and to such an extent that when it exploded the air that came out stinks like a cespit .
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Did SB explain to the people of Marsa why the PN had broken their promise of closing the Marsa power station. How about the Queros incident how were they really protecting, please name the politician? How about the incident where relatives of PN politicians were carrying drugs through the airport.
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SIMON DICTATES THE PL AGENDA. TONI ABELA DID WRONG AND JOSEPH MUSCAT TO BE CREDIBLE AND CONSISTENT MUST TELL HIM TO RESIGN AS HE DID TO ANGLU. FAILING TO TO THIS EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT HE LIED WHEN SAID THAT THE FORCED ANGLU TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF WHAT HE SAID IN THE MASS MEETING.
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Simon, the "Boy Blunder", is at it again. For a party so concerned about drug traffickers, I wish to ask him to explain why EFA and Joe Fenech obtained a presidential pardon for Queiroz, a convicted drug dealer. Do they think that this individual became a model citizen after he was pardoned. Or, as is most likely, he reengaged in what he knows best, drug dealing. How many children's lives has Queiroz blighted since his release? Simon, when it comes to hypocrisy you and your party are the best.
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Simon, the "Boy Blunder", is at it again. For a party so concerned about drug traffickers, I wish to ask him to explain why EFA and Joe Fenech obtained a presidential pardon for Queiroz, a convicted drug dealer. Do they think that this individual became a model citizen after he was pardoned. Or, as is most likely, he reengaged in what he knows best, drug dealing. How many children's lives has Queiroz blighted since his release? Simon, when it comes to hypocrisy you and your party are the best.
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Excuse me Simple Simon Busullotti. Can you inform us all who, according to Dr.Franco Debono, is the candidate scrutinised by the party supremos, who supplies drugs to our youths ?. Come on, come clean and answer this serious accusation by one of your own MPs. dr. Debono claims this candidate is already serving as a PN Parlaimentary Assistant. Dr.Debono has been harping about this individual for a time now, without any replies by your party. Why?. We deswerve an answer before people vote.
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Hello out there! Today we had a grand party in Zebbug and hearing the loud music of drum beats, I went to go and take a look. The good thing was that most of those taking part in the party were people coming from out of town. So since when it is legalized to have open bars selling drugs in the form for spirits. I do not know if there will be a PN Meeting but my goodness spirit was being sold were children were and this all for the glory of PN having a party.
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Mela lilu kemm imisshom iktar ikeccuh ghac-cucati li qieghed jghid kull x'hin jiftah halqu??? Hallina Simon. Kien ikun ahjar ghall-PN li bqajt Brussels. Lanqas tibda magenb Louis Grech!!!
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Mario Pace
All this talk about the resignation of Toni Abela. The police had the recording in 2010 and this emerged in view of the court case. David Agius made a statement to the police about the recording in 2010. Leave now that the PN are using the recording now. But i say: WHY DIDN'T THE POLICE SEND FOR DR.TONI ABELA IN 2010 TO CLEAR THE MATTERS? WHY NOT? I think this is an important question to be asked. As if there was something FISHY i think that the Police would have asked Dr. Toni Abela for more information about the matter.
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I cannot understand Dr. Busuttil 's thinking about Pl not being in favour of joining EU as opposed to PN. I know quite a few people who voted in favour and now regretting their decision just based on the moral decline of our country 's Christian values because of the E U 's by and large anti family and anti christian values. And having voted against E U does this automatically exlude those who did from voting in our local elections? What consistency is he referring to exactly re the party he aspires to one day Lead? Like how many promises they made in 2008 and before that, which never materialised? Very consistent that much is true
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IMNALLA TEFAWH FUQ QUDDIEM LIL SIMON HA JITKISSER...X BIZA IMMAGINA GHAX POPOLARI JILHAQ MEXXEJ TAL PN ASINO DI NATURA ... ALMENU NAFU CERTI LI WARA L ELEZZJONI DEMARCO SE JKUN MEXXEJ TAL PN.
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Simon it is better for your party to sack you,. Since you have been appointed as vice-leader you have become a liability and the sooner they booth you out the better for damage control.
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What a sad pathetic politician you have become since switching over from Brussels to Valletta. Simon you have turned this election campaign into a filthy farrago act of lunacy and deceit to protect those with their noses in the nation’s trough. It is shameful that people like you are allowed to participate in debates for this election where decency and trust has been thrown overboard from a boat full of a corrupt bureaucracy and political criminality. One must question the moral values of the electorate that will vote for you and the desecration of their Christian faith Shameful Simon !
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Kemm se ddum taqa ghaz-zufjett. Aktar ma titkellem aktar titlef il-kredibilita. Ha nghidlek jien ghax tidher li ghadek ma taf xejn u issa mur staqsi lil shabek. Toni Abela kien ragel u qaccat lil min zbalja mill-Partit. Fi zmienkom wiehed minn go segretarjat ta' Ministru kien inqabad bid-droga b'kumbinazzjoni u wehel il-habs. Ta'nsara li inthom tal-PN tajtuh permess li taparsi jghamel kors fl-Universita biex ma jqattax il-hin gol-habs. Tant hu hekk li l-anqas ghall-ezamijiet ma qaghad u tfajtuh f'nofs l-istudenti universitarji. Dak hu min pogga l-interess ta' uliedna qabel il-Partit u fejn ma tafx titkellimx. Ghandu jisthi min poggik hemm.
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Simon please just wait 20 more days and then you will see who will get sacked!
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"its either Abela or our children" - How pathetic can you be?
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The Nationalist Party defended such drug barons as Zeppi l-Hafi and Francesco Queroz, not to mention many others and even went so far as to give them a PROKLAMA. Where else can you go. NO NO. Simon Busuttil has proved an absolute failure except for the training he had in Brussels - twisting of facts to mislead our People. Simon I am afraid you are the person who must GO. Not necessarily right out but back to Brussels to get more lessons.
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Luke Camilleri
Il- Simon Busuttil ma nghidlux biss li l-qahba milli jkollha ttik, imma KIEKU IL-GEMEL JARA' HOTOBTU JAQA' U JMUT ZOPPTU!