From Mr A. Agius

It’s time to choose. It’s time to choose on education matters. Should students continue to pay VAT on all education services? Should there be a serious revision of the early education curriculum to reduce the number of illiterate people, like the most advanced European countries did?

It’s time to choose on health matters. Can all people afford to pay for adequate health services? Can all people afford to remain on never ending waiting lists at hospital?

It’s time to choose for accountability. Are the people fed up of that scandalous MEPA? Are the people fed up of paying taxes that end up in the pockets of the few close to the government and its ministers? These few people close to the government have all the reasons to disagree with any proposal that could damage gonzipn. Their reasons are very simple; they have all to lose should there be a change in government, so they exercise all their influence on the media and god-knows-what so that gonzipn remains in power. Ultimately, the chosen few would remain in power and continue abusing our taxes.

It’s time to choose. We have to exploit every human resource on the island, because that is all we have. But we won’t make it unless we take a serious approach to reduce the current illiteracy rate. We need appropriate health services. The Cabinet discussed payments for adequate health services. Well, such services are already being charged today; if someone needs medical attention, he/she has the option to either wait in never-ending queues and waiting lists at Mater Dei, or else go to a private institution. Who can afford to pay, and is desperate, would undoubtedly go for the second option. The current government has grown overconfident; and I am not blaming it. Twenty years in power is no joke. But now it is time for change, a change that is healthy for our country, a change that is expected for the benefit of the Maltese Islands and its citizens.

Andrea Agius

BAHAR IC-CAGHAQ