Tag: election campaign
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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…
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Is he feeling threatened, yet?
This was the Minister for Justice, Jonathan Attard during the European Parliament election campaign. His propaganda banner literally said: “No threat is stronger than your vote”. This reference is a direct response to the Inquiring Magistrate and other members of the Judiciary conducting investigations on Joseph Muscat and other Labour Party Politicians. He is the…
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Just another Labour Party Election Campaign that supports money-laundering and organised crime
Labour EP candidate Marija Sara Vella Gafa is also being endorsed by Joseph Muscat and by now it can be said that Joseph Muscat has endorsed every single Labour Party candidate in the European Parliament election campaign. Not one of them had the courage to denounce him and his rampant looting of a privatisation of…
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How is the Labour Party’s campaign for the European Parliament elections going?
I’ve heard that some stress has been registered in ?amrun. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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Steve Ellul’s electoral campaign seems to be heavily funded – but we don’t know from whom
This is Steve Ellul’s one of the first-ever political campaign events. The event has been organised with a tent that costs at least 10,000 to rent out, an HD big screen, chairs, printed boards, and much more. Anyone paying commercially for such a type of event would have easily spent 25,000. As usual, we will…
