AD: 'PN and PL should stop acting like Father Christmas'
AD calls for electoral gimmick halt, promotes itself at 'voice of reason.'
27 January 2013, 12:00am
Jacob Borg
Jacob Borg
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Michael Briguglio(Centre)
"In parliament, AD will be the progressive voice of reason, steering away from electoral gimmicks. It is simply unacceptable that both Nationalist and Labour Parties have gone in Father Christmas mode during this electoral campaign, promising everything to everyone and also make irresponsible tax cut proposals," Michael Briguglio, AD Chairperson, said.
AD is proposing progressive tax measures where those who can afford to contribute the most, do so. The polluters pays principle is another important part of the AD's principles.
"Such a tax system ensures that necessary funds are available for universal public services and a sustainable welfare state. This is the model used by countries with the strongest social model, such as Nordic countries," Briguglio said.
AD's education spokesperson Mario Mallia criticised the way that a serious discussion on education has been shunted aside by the tablet giveaway.
"Whilst the continuation of the country's IT strategy in education is important, this provision has to be discussed within the context of the general needs of all students including the financing of early intervention programmes, psychosocial services among other urgent needs. The same applies for the proposal for the Gozo tunnel with a proposed cost of hundreds of millions of euros as a distraction from the immediate concerns of Gozitans," Mallia said.
He reiterated that "It is also unfortunate that the EU is also being used as a pretext for a substantial amount funding for such projects when such funding is far from guaranteed. The use of such funding should be undertaken with a clear strategy in mind rather than to finance the irresponsible promises of the political class in an election campaign".
"If the 2015 target of a balanced budget pledged by the prime minister is to be taken seriously, the political class needs to behave in a responsible manner and refrain from making promises it cannot keep"
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Right on.....I for one as a floating voter am tired of these gimmicks. Unfortunately, AD has very little support and people, including floating voters do not want to waste their vote on AD............time for both PL and PN to clean up their act on too many promises that they know they cannot deliver on..........Who do they think they are fooling.
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Mr Michael Briguglio you and I are on the same page and agree with most Maltese Citizen that these two leaders have gone politically bunkers,politically stupid,politically out of line. Fist of all, using children to get votes is despicable. Giving Freebie ticket on a failing airline is another blunder. How desperate can one get? Shame on the two major political parties PN and PL. The leaders are behaving badly and they should be ashamed of themselves behaving this way. I thought both of them have a lot more class but it seems they do not. I do hope the voting public can see through these gimmicks and vote with their hearts and not with whatever bribes these two gentlemen have to offer. Like I mentioned many times before, these two leaders should concentrate on fixing the present before they can move on to the future. Malta and Maltese politics need a lot of fixing and a Free Tablet or Freebie Air Malta tickets to the few elite is not going to accomplish any of that. Those are temporary band aids and I dare anybody to argue that fact. The Maltese voter deserves more transparency from our politicians, a lot more.
Mr Briguglio maybe you are right. We need a solid THIRD PARTY to contest this election, we need real change and not just empty talk and empty promises. To those concerned about my view, I promise that I am not affiliated with any party but I do know right from wrong.It is time for you to do the same.
