As much as the house of cards will come falling down, they are still going to cling to power for as long as they can.

Naqbel mieghek. U jekk jiccumbaw x’kien hemm jinhema wara Malliagate nistghu nghidu li sa Marzu gheluq is-sentejn nittamaw f’Alla nkunu hlisna minn dawn l-inkompetenti. Nistennew u naraw. Inkella msieken ahna.

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Once trust is lost, it is difficult to recover it, even if the prime minister publishes 100 enquiry reports, signs 1,000 contracts with China, proposes a million monorail projects and illudes with a billion bridges between Malta and Gozo.

What I find strange in the agreement is that as far as had already been established, the contract with Electrogas had not been signed. So even though the Minister said that Shanghai Electric will be converting the BWSC to gas, who is going to deliver the gas?

Perhaps this explains why Shell has come into the fray. I have the feeling that the two projects (BWSC and Electrogas) have now been separated in terms of gas intake, and this suggests that Daphne’s theory that the Electrogas project will not go ahead is correct. BWSC’s gas intake will most probably be autonomous from common infrastructure.

The government will be able to say that it has converted the (BWSC) powerstation to gas and that electricity is generated from gas.

Meanwhile, the prime minister will say that he has delivered all the energy plan promised by Labour, because what he promised was that there will be investors willing to invest in the project.

This is how he has wiggled his way out of his promise that he will resign if Labour’s plan is not implemented within two years. So now he will say that there were indeed 19 investors who showed interest in the new gas powerstation, and one of them was even chosen as a preferred bidder.

But it’s not his fault if the project did not go ahead, because he never promised anything beyond the interest by investors. He will also say that there was also China which showed interest as an investor in Labour’s plans.

Not exactly.

Konrat said that a specially set up board will purchase power at the best price from all sources including Shanghai Electric.

Naturally this board is responsible to and controlled by the government which in turn is controlled by the Chinese government which will eventually decide from where the board will be ordered to purchase its power.

This government is too crude to be subtle.

It appears that Electrogas will now only be providing the gas in return for relinquishing its contract to build a power station.

The saga continues.

I do not think that Chinese politicians suffer Maltese fools gladly. The Chinese have got Muscat by his balls.