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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They refuse to publish the accounts. We&#039;re just supposed to believe them. 


Would anyone buy a used car from these people?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They refuse to publish the accounts. We&#8217;re just supposed to believe them. </p>
<p>Would anyone buy a used car from these people?</p>
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		By: curious		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[curious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ C.Portelli

and sir you speak because you are a qualified accountant of some sort?
If you are so sure or if by any chance you have proof of what you are saying, please inform the Accountancy Board so they can take necessary action against the Labour Party and also RSM (their auditors).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ C.Portelli</p>
<p>and sir you speak because you are a qualified accountant of some sort?<br />
If you are so sure or if by any chance you have proof of what you are saying, please inform the Accountancy Board so they can take necessary action against the Labour Party and also RSM (their auditors).</p>
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		By: Alfred Bugeja		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alfred Bugeja]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spot on Daphne. The majority of their campaign bills were paid directly by the sponsors. I have from a good source that the bills for the billboards never made it to the Centru Nazzjonali Laburista but were issued directly to individual contractors.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spot on Daphne. The majority of their campaign bills were paid directly by the sponsors. I have from a good source that the bills for the billboards never made it to the Centru Nazzjonali Laburista but were issued directly to individual contractors.</p>
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		By: Last Post		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Last Post]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sooner or later we will be discussing party financing by the state (i.e. by taxpayers). They will try to make us believe that it will stop corruption and underhand donations. 

Judging by what happened in Italy (are we more righteous than the italians?), where party officials were caught pocketing state financing of political parties, we should at all cost resist such a move. 

It will definitely be an added burden on the taxpayer with hardly any improvement (if any) in transparency and the actual (or perceived) corruption by interested businesses.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sooner or later we will be discussing party financing by the state (i.e. by taxpayers). They will try to make us believe that it will stop corruption and underhand donations. </p>
<p>Judging by what happened in Italy (are we more righteous than the italians?), where party officials were caught pocketing state financing of political parties, we should at all cost resist such a move. </p>
<p>It will definitely be an added burden on the taxpayer with hardly any improvement (if any) in transparency and the actual (or perceived) corruption by interested businesses.</p>
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		By: P Shaw		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[P Shaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am more convinced that they spent around EUR 1 million per week. 

For example, one should monitor how much direct orders will the company that provided and  set up &#039;it-tinda tal-igloo&#039; will receive over the next 5 years.

The list goes on and on:
* the air time for the movie clips at the Eden cinemas;
* The SUnday Times inserts;
* the audio visuals at the public events;
* the design and marketing, of the billboards:
* the catering
* events at the estates of Polidano]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am more convinced that they spent around EUR 1 million per week. </p>
<p>For example, one should monitor how much direct orders will the company that provided and  set up &#8216;it-tinda tal-igloo&#8217; will receive over the next 5 years.</p>
<p>The list goes on and on:<br />
* the air time for the movie clips at the Eden cinemas;<br />
* The SUnday Times inserts;<br />
* the audio visuals at the public events;<br />
* the design and marketing, of the billboards:<br />
* the catering<br />
* events at the estates of Polidano</p>
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		By: Joe Farrugia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Farrugia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1.5 million, is this a joke? They must have spent that of Facebook advertising alone.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.5 million, is this a joke? They must have spent that of Facebook advertising alone.</p>
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		By: Granc		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Granc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[.sdrawkcab gnidaer eb tsum yehT.  5.1€-lib nijjeG]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>.sdrawkcab gnidaer eb tsum yehT.  5.1€-lib nijjeG</p>
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		By: J Agius		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[J Agius]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://zekzik.com/2013/04/26/kemm-dahhal-sissa-tal-karrozza/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://zekzik.com/2013/04/26/kemm-dahhal-sissa-tal-karrozza/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://zekzik.com/2013/04/26/kemm-dahhal-sissa-tal-karrozza/</a></p>
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		By: Smirnoff		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/04/yes-but-what-about-donations-in-kind/#comment-995226</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Smirnoff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think once contracts start being awarded, we can calculate more or less how much did the campaign cost he PL. BTW, probably they forgot to add &quot;a week&quot; in their statement!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think once contracts start being awarded, we can calculate more or less how much did the campaign cost he PL. BTW, probably they forgot to add &#8220;a week&#8221; in their statement!</p>
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		By: Grezz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grezz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So are we to assume that, for example, with all his connection, e, Kasco Keith did not do anything for free! And they us mentioned all the donations given to the party - what about donations to individual candidates?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So are we to assume that, for example, with all his connection, e, Kasco Keith did not do anything for free! And they us mentioned all the donations given to the party &#8211; what about donations to individual candidates?</p>
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