Tag: election campaign
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Serial criminal and most corrupt man of the year to give a speech at the Police Minister’s rally
If it wasn’t enough that disgraced ex-Prime Minister ha been heavily featured in this general election campaign, Joseph Muscat is going to give a speech at the rally of the Home Affairs Minister, Byron Camilleri. The Home Affairs Minister is responsible over the Police, which is run by Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa, who is currently…
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Nationalist Party proposes transparency in public media funding: doesn’t propose libel-symmetry principle
In its electoral manifesto, the Nationalist Party is proposing transparency in public media funding. This would partially bring Malta in line with the European Media Freedom Directive. In contrast, the Labour Party is proposing to increase libel damages. PN however, is not proposing the law previously proposed by its MPs, Karol Aquilina and Claudette Buttigieg…
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Nationalist Party mirrors Labour’s economic Peronism in Electoral Manifesto: proposes metro
Yesterday at its General Council, the Nationalist Party has published its Electoral Manifesto and it contains up to 1000 proposals, many of them in bullet-form. Similar to the Labour Party’s manifesto, the PN’s manifesto lacks deep and holistic thinking about a vision and its mostly composed of a disconnected hotpot of proposals. Many of the…
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The subsidy of the day: Labour Party pledges subsidies for car purchases
Despite a major infrastructure and traffic congestion crisis, the Labour Party is now pledging to issue subsidies for direct car purchases. The pledge has been announced yesterday in a Labour Party press release. The Prime Minister also announced the pledge yesterday at a party rally in Żebbuġ. Parents with three or more children will be…
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Alex Borg proposes direct subsidies for home buyers as supermarket-style bidding election campaign heats up
Nationalist Party Leader Alex Borg has yesterday continued to issue his Labour-like economic manifesto as he announced that the Nationalist Party will be giving up to €45,0000 to €50,000 in direct subsidies to first-time home buyers. The proposal is very similar to the Labour Party’s pledge to subsidise first-time buyers. The Nationalist Party has not…
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Alex Borg disavows dissent and reiterates he is doing “a positive campaign”
Yesterday, Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg reiterated his mantra that he wants to conduct “a positive campaign”, emphasising that he wants to avoid delving into issues of corruption and organised crime, which have become major issues in Maltese politics since Joseph Muscat’s time in government. During the election campaign, he also skirted away from questions…
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Labour repackages former Vitals hospital projects as new election pledges
Despite earlier this year the Prime Minister announcing that the public contracts awarded Vitals and Steward Healthcare were “good value for money”, the Labour Party is pledging to execute the projects which were originally entrusted to Vitals and Steward’s. These projects include a new 300-bed intermediate care hospital at St Vincent de Paul and the…
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Nationalist Party keeps rolling out tax pledges to compete with Labour’s bonanza
The Nationalist Party has rolled out more fiscal pledges today to compete with Labour’s bonanza. The Nationalist Party is pledging to bring down income tax for corporations from 35% to 25% and to 15% for micro-enterprises. The Labour government has already announced it will be reducing corporate and income tax to 25%. The Nationalist Party…
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No more cushions: the whole economy is a public subsidy
The Finance Minister is currently on a roll criticising the Nationalist Party for an arithmetic mistake in their new tax-reeducation estimates, but the Finance Minister should not get all so cocky about his work and his legacy. The Finance Minister has presented totally different financial estimates in just the span of a couple of weeks,…
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Blocked from Facebook during an election campaign
I have been blocked from uploading any content on Facebook due to multiple vexatious complaints including a complaint with regard to an article about Khalifa Haftar’s money-man and his use of Malta to launder money. Unfortunately we will have reduced activity on Facebook and I will also be dedicating my time to address this issue.…
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Opposition spokesperson for Finances says the government gives no guarantee debt will decrease: highlights no capital projects
In a debate on the public broadcaster TVM, Opposition spokesperson for finance Adrian Delia said that, as the Finance Minister announced his proposals, he did not provide any guarantees that he would reduce the debt. He also criticised the government’s lack of spending on capital projects, while highlighting that the Nationalist Party is proposing new…
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Chamber of Commerce urges for restraint as political parties run a supermarket-styled election capaign
The The Malta Chamber of Commerce has urged political parties to exercise restraint following a hectic first week of the election campaign, with both major parties unveiling a wave of costly electoral pledges in what is increasingly resembling a supermarket-style bidding war for votes. In an official statement issued yesterday, the Chamber warned against “short-term…
