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PN MEP candidate wants to make career out of political vocation
Jonathan Shaw says PN must not shy away from controversial stands even if it means losing votes.
5 January 2014, 12:00am
Jerome Caruana Cilia
Jerome Caruana Cilia
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PN MEP candidate Jonathan Shaw
PN MEP candidate Jonathan Shaw has called on the Nationalist Party to stake its claim on certain issues, even if it means swinging votes against it.
Speaking to Sunday newspaper ILLUM, Shaw argued that the PN must no longer take a common stand to garner the approval of everyone but instead he encouraged the party to take a stance on certain issues.
Shaw said that he offered his capabilities to the Nationalist Party. "The role of an MEP demands a lot of negotiating and expertise. I am not going to the EU Parliament because I want money or I need a job. I want to make a carrier out of political vocation."
The 40-year-old entrepreneur also lauded the Labour Party for not sitting pretty in the run up to the March election.
"Rather than waiting for voters to come to them, the Labour Party went out and approached new people, swinging new voters in the process."
In an interview with ILLUM, Shaw echoed the PN's stance on the Civil Unions Bill and the controversial Individual Investor Program.
While agreeing with the Civil Unions Bill, Shaw called on the government to accept the Opposition's amendments, particularly those relevant to the adoption of children. "The adoption of children is not even mentioned in the Marriage Act, but the government has proceeded to include it in the Civil Unions Bill," Shaw argued.
Asked whether the controversial citizenship scheme, will ultimately be of benefit to the state's coffers, Shaw said the government cannot take certain decisions in favour of money but instead it must listen to other ideas.
While expressing solidarity with the PN's former workers, Shaw said he is perplexed how given the magnitude of the party's financial demise, it nevertheless, did not foresee it.
Following its record loss in the March 2013 elections, several workers within the party were unpaid while others were laid off, a feat which left PN MEP candidate astounded.
Read more in today's edition of ILLUM.
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The impression that you Mr.Shaw and your PN keep keep deviating the PN's disastrous result in the last March election because the PL approached people is all hallucinatory.In short those 36,000 voters did not made their personal decision whom to vote.One of the reasons the PN still keep defending those ex-PN Ministers who was THEM, that caused the PN election result,and not just because some part members where not paid.
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The impression that you Mr.Shaw and your PN keep keep deviating the PN's disastrous result in the last March election because the PL approached people is all hallucinatory.In short those 36,000 voters did not made their personal decision whom to vote.One of the reasons the PN still keep defending those ex-PN Ministers who was THEM, that caused the PN election result,and not just because some part members where not paid.
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Mr Shaw says that following March 2013 elections, several workers within the party were unpaid while others were laid off, a feat which left him astounded. Well, should he not also inquire where the money to run L-Istamperija was coming from? He may then be astounded further.
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MR.Shaw the PN surly will not like the way you are talking.
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"The role of a MEP demands a lot of negotiating and expertise." So what happened to the present incompetent MEPs we have had so far? They seem to enjoy all the perks of a MEP but not much more. They never whispered a word about the way the EU treats Malta when it comes to illegal immigration until lately. Meps are in Brussels to represent Malta and the Maltese people and so far they have done none of that. But they do accept the high salary that goes along with the job. Some even get to fly on private planes for FREE. All Meps get to commute between Malta and Brussels in Business Class on Air Malta, a government owned airline. Meps are politicians like the rest and you know how I feel about politicians. Until politicians start regarding and treating their citizens as peers and respect us as their peers they cannot expect much respect in return. Go ahead Jonathan Shaw and seek the MEP nomination, maybe you can make a difference. We need new blood in Brussels, somebody with a lot of stamina instead of self righteousness and full of themselves..
