Tag: Robert Abela
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Taking jabs at the Prosecutors
Earlier today during his interview with LabourToday, the Prime Minister took jabs at the prosecutors for using the article of criminal association in their charges. He was once again explaining why his government is against an Anti-Mafia bill. Article 83A of the Criminal Code provides for the offence of promoting, constituting, organising or financing an…
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Power-cuts last week due error during works: three new distribution centre and new Gozo connection to roll out soon
Speaking to MaltaToday today, Prime Minister Robert Abela said last week’s power cuts were caused by human error during works carried out by Enemalta workers at the Magħtab Terminal Station. According to Enemalta, the error occurred during an intervention on a circuit breaker, triggering the electricity system’s automatic protection mechanism and disrupting power supplies across…
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Labour and PN neck and neck as abstention narrows gap
Labour and the Nationalist Party are virtually tied in voting intentions, with higher abstention among Labour supporters eroding the party’s advantage, according to a MaltaToday survey. The poll puts Labour at 48.2% and the PN at 48%, with smaller parties sharing 3.8%. The difference falls comfortably within the survey’s margin of error of ±3.4 percentage…
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Mark Mallia plants stories in the press to put a lid on Labour’s scandal at the General Conference
The Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Mark Mallia is one of the Prime Minister’s most loyal members of his inner-circle and he is also involved in political party machinations apart from doing government work. Following the scandal about the potentially fraudulent election of Wayne Sammut‘s to the Labour Party’s Executive Committte at the general conference,…
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Malta calls for Mediterranean to become an EU priority at MED9 summit
Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela attended the MED9 summit in Split, Croatia, on Wednesday, where he stressed the importance of making the Mediterranean a priority for the European Union. MED9 periodically brings together the leaders of nine EU countries: Malta, Croatia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, France and Slovenia. The meetings mainly aim to address…
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The Sicilians denied the Mafia existed until the term “Mafia” was codified into Law
The speech in Parliament by Prime Minister Robert Abela on Monday is very significant historically, but not in a good sense. The Prime Minister repeated the historical fallacy of denying the existence of the Mafia: a denial that is functional and serves the Mafia itself, which wants to pretend and assume that it does not…
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In a heated Parliament exchange Prime Minister says he will pass no Anti-Mafia reforms
A heated debate followed in Parliament yesterday between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition after Alex Borg accused the Prime Minister of contradicting himself by doing one thing in Malta and saying something completely opposite in New York at the United Nations. The Opposition Leader said that the Prime Minister has been…
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Beppe Fenech Adami and Beppe Galea press the Prime Minister on Ukraine
Replying to the Prime Minister in Parliament yesterday, Beppe Fenech Adami noted that the Prime Minister’s tone on Ukraine had changed. He said that in March last year, the Prime Minister had said it was impossible for Ukraine to win the war and that Ukraine needed to make compromises in order to achieve peace. However,…
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Prime Minister gives summary of his participation at the UNGA
Prime Minister Robert Abela gave Parliament a summary of his visit to New York and his address to the United Nations General Assembly. During the visit, Abela said he met representatives of Delta Air Lines, who he said were working to extend their service to Malta. He reiterated that Malta supports an international multilateral system…
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Nominee Prime Minister Ian Borg lays out accommodating message to disgraced ex-Premier Joseph Muscat
Last Friday, Michelle Muscat’s Marigold Foundation held an event at the Verdala Palace hosted by the President of Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono. Present for the event was also the current Deputy-Prime Minister and Health Minister Ian Borg and also the head of the civil service Tony Sultana. The event concerned Michelle Muscat’s annual campaign about…
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The Prime Minister should commemorate Daphne Caruana Galizia to reduce national divisions
Let’s be honest. The reason why the Labour Party’s propaganda machine has kept spreading hatred and bile against the famiytof Daphne Cruan is that the Labour Party leader and Prime Minister allows it. The individuals in the Labor Party’s top brass have done nothing to stop it. Even the President of the Labour Party, Alex…
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Much ado about nothing at the Labour Party General Conference
The Labour Party’s annual general conference was uneventful and consisted of no new major announcements. Speakers at the conference included Alex Agius Saliba, Minister Glenn Bedingfield and Prime Minister Robert Abela who all indulged in beautiful pltitudes about how much they love their country and party. There were the usual redundant diatribes against the Opposition…