‘PL’s energy consultant is their own candidate, how’s that for a conflict of interest?’-Gonzi
PM holds public meeting in Labour stronghold of Birgu.
16 January 2013, 12:00am
Jacob Borg
Jacob Borg
2 min read
An initially emollient Lawrence Gonzi kicked off a PN activity in Birgu tonight by stating, “we can debate politics without the worries of the past.”
Gonzi soon turned to the topic of the day, namely the Standard and Poor's downgrade of Malta's credit rating.
“The word 'Muscat' is associated with risk. Last November I declared that an election would be held regardless of the outcome of the budget vote. Muscat had a choice, if he wanted to he could have chosen another method to express his disapproval of the government,” Gonzi said.
“Malta’s credit rating was always positive compared to other EU countries. Standard and Poor’s downgrade is related to the budget not passing through Parliament.”
Another factor behind the downgrade pinpointed by the Prime Minister was the doubt over the viability of Enemalta’s debt.
“Standard and Poor’s have been following the political debate in Malta. PL’s energy proposals cast serious doubts over the long term sustainability of Enemalta’s debt,” Gonzi said.
Turning to the current state of affairs with Smart City, Gonzi insisted that work on the project is ongoing.
"We are just slightly behind schedule due to some small setbacks. This is why those who say that they can build a power station in 18 months have it wrong. Smart City is going to be another jewel in Malta’s crown,” Gonzi said.
A visibly bouyant PM had the crowd eating out of his hand at times.
“Labour’s expert is their own candidate, how’s that for a conflict of interest,” questioned Gonzi, to raptuous applause.
"I am not scaremongering, all you have to do is watch the news. Now is not the time to gamble with the country's finances," Gonzi concluded.
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Parole. Parole. Parole. But no BEEF. So typical of a PM who is 'a has been', who is 'the past'. Good riddance to old rubbish!
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can you see this site please and see if you can work on a time frames
Laverton North natural gas power station is now producing 320MW in Victoria, Australia. The station is owned and operated by Snowy Hydro Limited and was built by Siemens. It is located on an industrial site approximately 15km west of the Melbourne Central Business District. The construction period is 14 months. Initial civil works started in October 2004, and the plant was commissioned in December 2006.
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The words CORRUPTION AND BLATANT LIES are associated with GONZIPN. The word Finanzi fis-Sod is associated with massive public debts, ever decreasing ratings by Standards and Poor, Moodys and other International Rating Agencies and GONZIPN's Finanzi fis-Sod attempts to shoulder off responsibility for this massive cover up of the real depressed state of our economy onto Joseph Muscat. Was it Joseph Muscat and the PL voting against the 2013 budget that got the EU Commission to force GONZIPN to reduce the budget spending declared in the budget for 2012 by € 40 million. We, the people of Malta have had enough of these games. Dr Konrad Mizzi has shown himself to be a real expert in the field of energy apart from the fact that the PL brought foreign experts to consolidate their Energy report. So what is wrong with the PL having real experts as candidates? The Italian Government of Monti was totally composed of technocrats and they did a very good job in the short period they managed Italy's finances. So let us have real experts to run our Country for a CHANGE. This Country deserves it, the Country neeDS it and we, the Maltese people WANT IT.
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At least it is not his brother or nephew.
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Now is not the time to gamble with the country's finances," Gonzi concluded.---- Not when one has gambling with the country's finances for the last twenty years and making a complete hash of things.
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Dear Wenzu, where is the beef? What are your proposals?
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Dr. K. Mizzi is an expert in the field. Dr. Gonzi and Dr. Fenech are not experts in energy production.
They have even failed in all their economic forecasts.
