Time to vote

Long time no blog ! Well with these wretched exams I guess my free time has shortened . As I'm sure you know by now Europe will go to the polls in these 5 days ( depending on your country) to choose their representatives in Parliament . Before moving on to campaign issues I would like to urge all those citizens who have a vote ( unlike me ) to get out and vote ! The European Parliament is one of the strongest bodies in world politics . Many people ask : But can five MEPS from Malta really make the difference ? The answer is : yes . 5 MEPs can make a difference and can put forward the issues that really concern you : immigration , the environment and so much more.


On to local campaign issues:


It dosen't take a genius to predict that the Nationalist Party will be beaten badly on Saturday . In these Euro Elections many of the governing parties will fare badly , take Gordon Brown for example. The British Prime Minister's government seems to be falling to pieces at the moment due to his handling of the credit crunch and his handling of possibly the biggest political crisis to hit the UK , the expenses scandal. So it will be no suprise that if on Sunday 7th June we are woken up to shouts of 'Viva l-Lejber Viva l-Lejber Hej Hej ! ' . It really is a sad thought that the two european parliament elections to be held in this country will won by the same party that 6 years ago was telling us that membership in the EU would see our country isolated amongst the big countries or that the fabric industry in Malta would cease to exist.
If one take's a look at Labour's campaign he would easily be fooled into believing that this was a national election campaign that was going to bring down the government . Billboards such as ' GONZI TILEF IL-KONTROLL ( Gonzi has lost conrol) would usually be put up in national campaigns however in this campaign I have only seen a few posters, billboards, leaflets explaining what the 4 Labour MEPS have done in these five years. One would also think this is a general election when he hears PL candidates like Claudete Abela Baldachinno ( yes the Super One journalist who during the referendum campaign was spreading lies about the EU ) being asked why voters should choose Labour and she blantly says 'Ax Gonzi Dahak Bik' or Joseph Cuschieri's rant on the radio this morning in which he didn't even mention the words 'Unjoni Ewropea'. Now obviously these words have no relation to the EU however let us say these words were used in a national campaign what gurantee do we have that Joseph Muscat won't do the same if he is Prime Minister ? Where are the soloutions to Malta's problems ? When Labour say that there is a problem with employment how come their manifesto only contains 6 proposals regarding work while the PN's contain's 30 ? Wasn't he doing the same during the Referendum leading the campaign of EU lies with his Super One counterparts ? Wasn't he doing the same when in 2005 he tried to lose funds in the Marsascala Recycling centre ? Hasn't he done the same when promising a new way of politics when elected leader and yet we still have the same faces from labour and the same old tricks ? Typical example : the obvious spin done by Dr.Muscat himself to PN candidate Dr. Alex Perci Calascione cutting out half of his conversation with the hunters , a trick one would expect from Joseph Muscat in his days at Super One and not from a man who wants to become Prime Minister of this country. The real issues about this campaign are the how the parties perform in the EP and it is a known Fact that Nationalist Mep's have worked harder then all the Labour MEP'S put together. Simon Busutill asked 120 questions for instance while David Casa has the highest attendence record in the EP. Meanwhile the Labour MEPS such as John Attard Montaldo and Glenn Bedigfield have asked 11 questions between them . Not only that they have voted against or abstained from voting on issues such as Burden Sharing and their excuse : I pushed the wrong button ! Not to forget that they voted in favour of the Guntanamo Bay resoloution ( to bring Terrorists to Malta ) and in favour of a report that included abortion.

So here's my appeal to everyone who are lucky enough to have a vote. When voting think about european issues and not national issues . This is not a national election. Think about the people who were always convinced Malta's place is in Europe . Think about the people who are going to Europe to reprsent Malta and not their party but Malta ! Because Malta comes first and in these times of difficulty Malta needs strong representatives in Brussels







See you next week