NOW THEY NEED THE GOVERNMENT SIDE TO SUPPORT THE MOTION TO CO-OPT JOSEPH MUSCAT INTO PARLIAMENT!

Imagine what would happen if the government insists that usual practice should be followed and someone from the same electoral division of the MP who resigned his/her seat is to be coopted. All hell would break loose.

And these people keep short-sightedly saying no to a pairing agreement. Rich, to say the least!

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080602/opinion/the-twain-maxim

I suppose, accordingly, “truth” is absent in the “right-wing Press,” as the attack also is continuing to be made by Gavin Gulia in Today’s Malta Independent. Then MLCP seems to feel that the public opinion is being manipulated by the PN to influence what is “their” decision. The truth about GA is pretty obvious among professionals and the common wisdom. My input, like some others, has been as a professional, not as a PN supporter. Have these people not realized how “Left” the PN has come [it can go further], but how “Right-wing” authoratarian and facist the MLP are revealing themselves to be?

The evidence suggests that there are quite many defenses going up around the uncrowned leader.

[Moderator – James Tanti, you’re not telling half the story. From the survey:

…interviewees were asked who they wished from the 5 contenders to be elected the next MLP leader. George Abela is leading with 39.3% of the Maltese population choosing him, followed by Joseph Muscat with 35.7% of the population.

George Abela has a significant lead in the AB [socio-economic] category (69%) and also leads in the C1 category (42.5%). He is followed by Joseph Muscat with 13.8% in AB and 33% in C1. Joseph Muscat is leading in the C2 and DE categories with 44% and 36.9% respectively, followed by George Abela 35% at in C2 and at 27.7% in DE….

When it comes to self-described ‘floating voters’, Joseph Muscat Muscat’s advantage over George Abela is of less than 4%. But George Abela is preferred by 20% more PN voters than Joseph Muscat, and 6% more voters claiming to have ‘no political affiliation’.

And isn’t 13% of the vote from the top socio-economic class very worrying for a champagne socialist like Joseph Muscat? Well, now we have our answer to the question of which market Joseph Muscat’s sugardaddy Schultz stunt worked best on, from the survey’s own definition of socio-economic class DE: ‘semi-skilled, unskilled, Labourers, casual workers and persons whose income is provided by the State.’]

So much for a breath of fresh air. Same old same old. Couldn’t even be bothered to quote the facts correctly and spin them in such a way as to back his point.

Joseph is a good boy but needs to work a little harder and smirk less in class.

Floating Voters 44% (45%) 24% (22%)

Refuse to say who
they normally vote for 34% (23%) 29% (43%)

Source: The Malta Independent May 16th – Survet of Alfred Mifsud May 8th ( figures in bracjets relate to end- March 08 survey.)

There is no doubt that among floating and uncommitted voter GA is preferred outright both as an MLP leader and as the one most likely to beat Gonzi come next elections.

JM can do better that put the lighlight on one statistical quirk in Xarbank survey that seems to suit his purposes and ignore everything else. The boy is very subjective which is no good augur for good leadership. A good leader has to interpret research and events objectively.