Comments on: The PM in 2011 and a Super One hack in 2003

By: Anthony Farrugia

Anthony Farrugia — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:21:38 +0000

In reply to David II.

The PN had and has no choice.

With a one seat majority you cannot dictate anything! Get this into your heads and stop moaning.

Obviously there’s the option of going for an early election to end this farce but how many of you are in favour of that? Unless the PM calls an early election we cannot expect reforms not because he is incapable of doing them (or at least that’s what I’d like to believe) but because he does not have a strong majority to go ahead with them.

By: Joseph Vassallo

Joseph Vassallo — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:58:10 +0000

You see, Joseph Muscat himself had argued that the MLP MPs who voted NO in the EU referendum had to vote NO again in Parliament. His argument was to respect the will of the minority notwithstanding the fact that the majority voted YES. He is now arguing that even those MPs who voted NO in the Divorce referendum have to vote NO in Parliament. Arguments of convenience and not of conviction.

[Daphne – Joseph Muscat was WRONG THE FIRST TIME.]

By: David II

David II — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:32:49 +0000

Joseph Muscat is neither a chief democrat nor an antidemocrat. He’s an opportunist, the quality (?) which got him to the helm of the Labour party. The same quality which will very likely make him PM in 2013. I don’t know what’s worse though, whether opportunism or downright stubbornness.

Furthermore, I think the PN’s position in this situation is even worse than Labour’s in 2003. I think that PN, with its MPs largely taking a position against divorce, will repel a lot more of its traditional voters than MLP did back in 2003.

[Daphne – Please start calling yourself David II or use an initial. There’s another David posting comments regularly and his views are directly opposed to yours, which creates confusion.]

By: ciccio2011

ciccio2011 — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:18:27 +0000

On 28 May 2011, soon after casting his vote, Joseph Muscat told the media: “…Il-maggoranza trid tigi rispettata u l-minoranza ma tistghax tigi injorata…”

In explaining his position, the PM can draw some consolation from this statement. At least Joseph Muscat cannot ignore him – and I am being serious.

http://www.maltastar.com/pages/r1/ms10dart.asp?a=15624