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    Government seems to be forgetting we are in the European Union now. It is turning a blind eye to the Transfer of Undertaking Directive, which is there to safeguard workers rights. I am an EU citizen, in good times and in bad, and I therefore expect my government to stick up for workers rights where possible within the context of membership.

    We believe in a state that works with the Church but is also independent from it.

    A Labour government would ensure that it was the well off who carried the heaviest burdens and now those with a small income. The people would understand the need for sacrifices when they could see that taxes were raised fairly and spent wisely.

    George Borg Olivier and Dom Mintoff obtained Independence and Freedom Day for the entire nation and not for half of it

    What the people out there are calling for is honesty which has been missing for quite some time now. We are tired of all the deceit and incompetence of this government.


    I will vote against this directive because it opens the doors to all manner of abuse, and pits workers against each other.

    Under a Labour government politicians would be held to account for their actions.

    We have a mediocre government which is giving the impression of instability because Dr Gonzi cannot take decisions

    The government is undecided on a lot of things including the budget date, its content, Maltas EU commissioner, government re-shuffle and utility tariffs. It is not even replying to our most simple parliamentary questions and no motion we presented in well over a year was discussed

    Crisis is inevitable considering that wrong decisions are being taken constantly. The Nationalist Party had pledged the deficit this year would be of 88 million however it now stands at a staggering 345 million. This money was spent in incompetence, inefficiencies and corruption

    Those who hated gay people or who believed that being gay was a sickness had no place in the new movement of progressives and moderates.

    Censorship is anachronistic... and having the authorities threaten a student with a prison term is unacceptable

    Leaving more money in people's pockets would stimulate the economy and I trust you with money more than I trust Dr Gonzi's government

    Labour would be radically different from the current government with regard to economic growth. For Labour, the generation of wealth would come first. The government was taxing the country dry. But Labour believed that the key to economic growth lay in taxing less to earn more, by stimulating consumer confidence.

    We have a Prime Minister who spends more time focusing on the problems of his party than on the problems facing families, businesses and the country. At this moment the country needs a stable government, not one undermined by internal rifts

    We are writing the history of the country, to bring together middle and working class, the self employed, students and pensioners behind one movement that goes beyond the Labour Party

    The extension of the Delimara power station is the biggest corruption story in political history as 200 million would have be forked out for a plant which would be replaced in 7 years time

    Why does the government refuse to discuss the power station, if it has a majority in parliamentThe government is claims that they are waiting for the auditors report, but it is obvious the government is scared

    Politicians cannot shake off responsibility and then when something is successful they take the merit but when something goes wrong they blame the workers.

    The internet is an important tool within politics too as it helps political parties to keep in contact with a wider spectrum of people, however , electronic contact must not and can never really replace personal contact.

    The people who join the movement might not agree with everything but they knew that this was where the future lay

    The country does not afford to have administrations that change for the sake of change, but that focus on what is truly important for the country

    The country needs change but we also have to have the courage to acknowledge what is good, he said, insisting this was part of the mentality change the party had to undergo.It is easy to say no more difficult to say yes. But change is our lifeblood,

    Labour government in Malta, would give stronger investigative powers to the Auditor-General, particularly when witnesses did not collaborate with him. The Auditor-General would also have the right to reopen the BWSC case,

    Voters were appalled by the Prime Ministers insensitivity to their feelings and saw the governments insistence on proceeding with the contract on the grounds that Malta needed more power supply - as a sign of its arrogance.

    I don't think it was anything where there was a macro-economic souring. We're still generally on the up trend from just a few years ago.

    First of all, I am proud to be in a party that does not do policy-by-numbers. In other words, our policies reflect what we truly believe in and are not simply driven by polls or by the mere number of people that would react positively to our statements.In a democracy, politicians must be brave enough to speak up for minorities.

    What I am saying is that people are not robots. One cannot simply dictate that tariffs increase whenever the price of oil increases. For me, the role of the state is to sustain people to remain productive

    Our country needs a vision. We also need a prime minister that knows about difficulties encountered by families and businesses. The Gonzi government is led by convenience not conviction

    If I do the usual things, we will get the usual results, which means losing another election and, with it, the chance to bring about change in the country,

    It is not fair that honest people who always paid their taxes were being denied a cut in income tax while those involved in the VAT scandal were given light sentences and those who failed to pay VAT in the past years were being offered an amnesty.

    Lawrence Gonzi is constantly taking the wrong decisions to the detriment of the Maltese and is not interested in tackling problems seriously

    What we need is stability, opportunities and effective price controls. We need a prime minister who is preoccupied by the problems in the country rather than the problems in his party

    The Labour Party was offering the chance to build a movement of people who believed in one common cause, of social justice, equality and progressive ideals.

    Air quality should be top of the agenda. This was a problem which was affecting all of the country and needed urgent attention. However, the black dust problem was a certificate of government incompetence.

    It was not credible to introduce a tax on cement as a means to protect the environment. This was only a revenue raising measure which home-buyers would suffer.The pollution pays principle was something laudable, but taxes in this sense should only replace other taxes, and not be used to raise revenue.

    A PL government would also appoint a Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in Public Administration, to oversee the behaviour of ministers and MPs and ensure that conflicts of interest were declared.

    The government ended up replacing public monopolies with private monopolies by simply selling its assets. For me liberalisation makes sense only when the consumer benefits

    Crruption was a tax on everyone and that the Delimara contract would have an impact not only on taxpayers money but also on their health.

    There was a time when people with disabilities were expected to take a back seat. The truth is they have as much to give as the rest of us.

    Prime Minister Laurence Gonzi seemed to be satisfied by the outcome of the Auditor-Generals report on the contract awarded to BWSC but that he was not, adding that Lawrence Gonzi had missed a golden opportunity to show remorse for what had happened.

    I come from a generation of sceptics, who do not believe what politicians say. The Labour Party wants to convince people through actions, not words. The Nationalist party have given the country 25 years of lies, the Labour Party will build the country anew.

    As opposition, we want internal investigations, answers and an eradication of bureaucracies and corruption as to why such proposed projects have failed to take place.

    There are two ways to raise government revenue one is to milk the economy as much as possible the other is to make the economy grow as much as possible. Today, the government is just flogging a horse that is increasingly tired. Its only idea is to increase old taxes, and invent new ones. Our idea is to collect more, not by increasing taxes, but by expanding the economy...

    The PL believed in an open and free economy where consumers are free to make their choices and a national agency safeguarded their rights.

    We believe we should treasure and actively use our constitutional neutrality. We think that if used wisely, this is the best way in which we can pursue our goal of promoting peace and understanding between nations

    We will give the opportunity to individuals and companies with genuine information on political corruption to come forward with the details

    A Labour government would be a governemnt which would put the countrys not the partys interest first.

    Economic and fiscal decisions should be for the benefit of the country, and not simply determined by some bureaucrat in Brussels. The parameters we operate in shouldnt be a straitjacket we need room to manoeuvre for today and tomorrow.

    If this Government found the funds to construct a new Parliament, then a Labour Government will find the money to protect peoples health


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