There is no longer the tiniest shred of a doubt that Gonzi and the PN have taken a very steep nosedive in public empathy since last election in March 2008.
They can blame no one but themselves. The PN has betrayed everyone, from hunters to pensioners: the hunters for being promised hunting galore, and the pensioners for being promised that the cost of living will remain within their reach.
Both have been betrayed, and this because the PN no longer cares about people – they only care to remain in power for the next four years.
Europe has let the people of Malta down too, and very badly. Although the EU is hard on the heels of our PN government, it is too slow in taking action. The EU should be there – right in front – with a large sign saying “you cannot do this”. The EU should not take five years to tell our Prime Minister he was wrong to allow spring hunting. The EU should not have taken so long to tell our Prime Minister the deficit is against the rules of the EU.
The EU should tell our Prime Minister: “You cannot afford to spend millions of euros on a new Parliament’’. Not when we cannot balance the budget.
The EU should tell Austin Gatt to think twice about spending €200 million to increase pollution by means of an antiquated power station extension, which will increase emissions so much that the EU will in future ‘fine’ Malta for this disgrace.
The EU should stop Austin Gatt now, not when it is too late. The taxpayer should not be made to pay any fines for Austin Gatt’s hard-headedness.
The EU should stop this same man from spending €70 million on new electricity meters which will make meter readers redundant – not when we have an unemployment crisis.
For these and many other reasons, this PN government should not be allowed to ‘misgovern’ anymore. The people of Malta should, when the time comes, kick this bunch of amateurs out of office right over the edge of the empty docks. Maybe the millions paid by taxpayers will serve some useful purpose at last.
We now expect Dr Joseph Muscat to come out and tell us what steps will be taken to at least ‘expose’ the culprits of all the above misdeeds. He should come out and say in simple terms that similar mistakes will not be allowed during his government.
The Labour Party is successfully weeding out the bad elements within its ranks – as it should be. But the people want definite promises that this little country will be governed by a party that listens to the experts, to the people who have to struggle day by day to make ends meet. The people who create wealth; not to be squandered by unscrupulous politicians who see only themselves in the magic mirror.
Dr Muscat has a great responsibility to bear for the people of Malta. He has a duty to respect faithfully the trust that more and more people are placing in him. The honeymoon is over, Joseph: now let us get down to the dirty business of cleaning up the muck-occupying Parliament.
Malta deserves a clean government. An independent Malta, free from the shackles of dishonesty and fraud. Backbenchers will listen, if you speak their language. For many months they have expressed themselves in no uncertain terms that they are fed up with their leader and his Cabinet.
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