19 May 2013 | 11:09
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According to Lawrence Gonzi the Nationalist Party has a track record when it comes to investment and employment, with a total of 20,000 new jobs that were created under the PN's mandate. Accusing Labour policies as being outdated following their copycat new billboards campaign failure, Lawrence Gonzi also stated that the Labour Party's policies have always scared away foreign investors and discouraged privitasation.
Interviewed on Radio 101 by Trevor De Giorgio this morning, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi's sole intent was to emphasize the creation of these 20,000 new jobs which were made available in different sectors.
On the contrary, Labour MEP Prof. Edward Scicluna has recently exposed the truth about the PM's much touted claim. The Labour MEP in fact stated that:- “the Government’s claim about job creation has been exposed as a myth” after the European Commission told the MEP that neither Eurostat nor the national statistical bodies collect data on ‘new jobs’ since the European System of National Accounts (ESA 1995) does not recognise it as a measurable statistic.
PM Gonzi also claimed that Dr. Muscat's policy recommendations "are failed models based on outdated ideas". Gonzi, tapping himself on the back, also went as far as saying that his party's policies led to an impressive track record in areas such as education and the financial industry.
According to him, Malta is being envied by other countries such as Cyprus and thus the PN can face the electorate with positive results.
Comments
James A. Tyrrell
- Mon 06-Aug-2012, 12:40When is this idiot going to stop lying to the Maltese people? The Governments own statistics have shown that these 20,000 jobs are a lie yet he keeps going on about them. The only jobs which are important to Gonzi are his own and those of the other losers he works alongside. Malta doesn't have to wait for the Labour Party's policies to scare away foreign investors, as GonziPN are already risking the jobs of 600 workers at ST Microelectronics because of their failure to provide the country with a decent power system. Now even the country's ambulances are falling apart but never mind, at least you have a useless transport system, a bridge to nowhere, a theatre without a roof, a slit in a wall instead of a city gate and a new Parliament building which you could have did without!
tony
- Mon 06-Aug-2012, 08:56jiena sa kemm ma jonqsux min dawk is 6,7 telef li hemm jirigistraw ghax xghol ma nemenx li inholqu daqsek impjigi jiena nemen li din ta l-oxrin elf impjig gdid ijja loghb bil figuri li hi naqra dificli biex taghmel sharig fuqa u la naf min qijed johrog bija aktar u aktar ma neminx ghax ghal propoganda qariqa ma jirbhilom hadd
HAWKEYE
- Mon 06-Aug-2012, 08:50SO THE INFFALLIBLE PM THINKS IF LABOUR COMES INTO POWER WE WILL GO BACK 30YRS,CANT WAIT TO BE 19 AGAIN AND SORT OUT SOME OF THE FUCK UPS I MADE IN MY YOUNG AND FOOLISH YEARS.JUST FUCKNG LOVE WHAT THE PN COMES UP WITH THESE DAYS IT'S BLOOMING HILARIOUS AND THEY'RE SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL,DEFINATELY THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY,THEY HAVE LOST ALL COMMONSENSE,FEW WEEKS AGO THE PM SAID THAT LABOUR IN THE 80'S WOULD NOT ALLOW MOBILE PHONES,DAMN THEY WERE BARELY INVENTED ONLY TIME ONE SAW A MOBILE PHONE WAS ON THE T.V.SHOW MIAMI VICE.AND IT PROBABLY DIDN'T WORK EITHER.WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS FOR GONZI TO CALL AN ELECTION,LEAVE TOWN AND A HELL OF A LOT OF STRAIGHTJACKETS FOR HIS MINISTERS.MPS AND SUPPORTERS.YEAH BABY!
l fenech
- Mon 06-Aug-2012, 06:51Ha ha ha, Gonz qed iddahaqana daqs PBO inthom "outdated" daqs il-billboard li ikkupjajtu ta' 30 sena ilu jekk mhux aktar, mohhkom fil but u mhux fl'idejat.
Il-Verita'
- Sun 05-Aug-2012, 21:09One day Gonzi says that Labour has not presented any ideas, the next day he says Labour's policies are outdated. I believe that the Maltese electorate expects better from its Prime Minister. Definitely the worst Prime Minister Malta has ever had.
sweaty
- Sun 05-Aug-2012, 21:00Tghidx kemm impjiegi nholqu! Tant li kellna nirrikorru ghall-barranin! Ara fuq il-glied intern li ghandu fil-partit ma tkellimx!
wenzu
- Sun 05-Aug-2012, 16:19PN can face the electorate with positive results.----
IF you so darned sure- put your money where your mouth is and call the election
pisces
- Sun 05-Aug-2012, 15:01m'intix tara m'hawn hadd jirregistra ghax-xoghol, tant li kellna nirrikoru ghall-haddiem barrani! Ara fuq il-glied intern fil-partit tieghu, jekk ghadu tieghu, ma tkellimx!