Comments on: AD: time to give it a rest https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:40:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Grace https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29874 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:40:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29874 In reply to Libertas.

Dear Libertas, had the system been fair there would have been a coalition government between PN and AD. I would have expected PN to be the first to realise this. In the first count PN got a total of 143,468, that is 2,580 votes more than the 141,888 votes MLP got, AD got a total of 3810 votes so they were the ones who should have got the extra seat.

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29873 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:21:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29873 In reply to Paul.

There’s a common thread joining AD and the MLP, and it’s called Graffitti/Wiggerism/anti-NATOism etc etc. Now Daphne, like most civilised analysts, won’t admit this, because of the common enemy called Racist Bigots, and I can understand her, but it’s true nonetheless. The problem in Malta is that there never was an electable, rational, decent Right to counterbalance the Peppi-Graffitti-AD-Mintoffian nexus. But that’s the way it is.

]]> By: Corinne Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29872 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:05:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29872 In reply to Libertas.

“not with AD’s misinterpretations”

In spite of them, you mean.

]]> By: Paul https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29871 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:07:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29871 Has enyone ever heard an AD person saying anything against MLP? The PN was always top of their agenda. I don’t like calling the MLP the PL. Can anyone tell them to make up their mind on a name, for heaven’s sake? First they were Laburisti, then Mintoffjani, then Socjalisti, then MLP and now PL, and this is in the last 40 years.

]]> By: Paul https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29870 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:55:57 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29870 In the 2003 general election, AD were asking for the number 2 vote after Eddie Fenech Adami in Birkirkara. If this had happened, while Eddie got around 14,000 votes on the 7th district, AD would have elected a member of parliament. Then we could have seen the real face of AD, which I feel is quite different to what we know today.

]]> By: Corinne Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29869 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:10:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29869 In reply to Fausto Majistral.

Be fair. Maybe their calculator was broken that day and when they used their fingers they really did work out that a vote for AD wouldn’t mean Sant as PM and no EU membership for Malta.

]]> By: Nigel https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29868 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:57:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29868 In reply to Claude.

“Yes we can” what? He came out as the most unoriginal politician in the EU.

]]> By: Claude https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29867 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:31:39 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29867 I don’t know who advised Cassola on using Yes We Can but it worked out horribly especially on the TV debate I was watching when he tried to put in his ‘Yes we can’ as part of his Maltese speech – disaster! If I had ever wanted to vote for him that would have put me off completely.

Unfortunately many parties/independent candidates think that the only way to gain votes is to whip government and moan about how this or that is not working. I would suggest they try and come up with viable solutions that are not extreme and Ii’m sure they will be pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

]]> By: Nigel https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29866 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:46 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29866 In reply to Antoine Vella.

Spot on, Antoine.

]]> By: Fausto Majistral https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/ad-time-to-give-it-a-rest/#comment-29865 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:25:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3087#comment-29865 @Mar
@Edward Fenech

In 2003 AD campaigned for first preference votes, first and foremost. They did ask for the second preference but that was in addition to. And, by the way, they never ever told anyone to give their first preference to the Nationalists.

If you have any doubts here’s AD’s press release on the occasion:

Il-Partit Nazzjonalista u Fenech Adami qed jipprova ibezzghek bil-gideb … anke illum!

“KURAGG! Ivvota AD

“AD’S DIRECTIVE TO VOTERS
“www.alternattiva.org.mt

“Alternattiva Demokratika is asking its members and supporters to Vote 1 AD so as to help bring about a breath of fresh air based on sustainable development, social justice, civil rights and a better quality of life for all Maltese and Gozitans.

“We are also inviting pro-EU Labourites to give us their first preference.

“Such Labourites form an important part of Malta’s pro-EU majority as expressed in the March 8 referendum and are welcome in AD’s family. AD is the natural home for all those who believe in progressive politics.

“However, given the particular characteristics of this General Election, AD is not only appealing for number 1 votes from Green voters and pro-EU Labourites. We are also making a strong emphasis for number 2 votes from non-AD voters so as to ensure a pro-EU parliamentary majority and a breath of fresh air.”

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Alternattiva/message/3127

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