As the House of Representatives convenes this evening to debate an Opposition motion on the government's admission that the power station at Delimara will not be completed within the timeframe established before the election, government MP Marlene Farrugia has come up with a list of enquiries.
Writing in today's The Malta Independent, the outspoken MP first of all says that the announcement that the government's promise will not be fulfilled has hit the people hard.
She then says that in tonight's debate the government must come forward with answers.
This is what she writes:
"We need to know, now, since it seems like it's been postponed again, when polluting inefficient Marsa is closing down and BWSC converted to gas, in order to eliminate the 'cancer factory'.
"We need to know what the new timeframes are.
"We need to know what Enemalta employees can expect.
"We need to know implications of the delay on Malta's financial situation, ratings and forecasts.
"We need to know that forfeiting national control on the backbone of our economic development is really warranted and why it is warranted.
"We need to know what's going to happen to the surplus electricity that will be generated and whether as a nation we will have to buy it even if we don't need it. We need to know how our investment in the cable interconnector is going to pay off in the big picture.
"We need to know if the pipeline option is still on the books and when it is going to rid us of the LNG monster in Marsaxlokk.
"We need to know if there is a plan B if this deal is busted.
"We need to know that we got the transparent government we voted in, and that it knows what it's doing."
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