The caution that characterised your leading article (Increased prices, increased concern, TMID, 4 January) could be expected from a newspaper such as yours.

However your contention that the demonstration to be organised on 14 January will only translate into some point scoring for its organisers was an uncalled for comment.

What would you say if nobody organised any manifestation against the pigheadedness of the powers that be?

What would you say if the Opposition failed to demonstrate its feelings on the current dismal situation we are all in?

Wouldn’t you have expressed the opinion that there was no opposition in the country? Where would this dilemma, or catch-22 situation, leave us?

Sir, you have to decide. If the government is acting responsibly you should say so without any misgivings. If it is not you should criticise it without any (blatant) efforts to mitigate its (equally palpable) irresponsibility.

■ Frans Sammut

Zebbug

Editor’s note: Mr Sammut picked on one comment and ignored the rest of the editorial. In it, we said that the “Labour Party is correct to voice the growing concern among the people about the added costs” and the “Labour Party has understood what the people are going through”. Other comments such as “the situation is worrying, particularly to people with low income” and “the meagre €1.16 weekly increase... is not enough to cope with added costs... ” are not, in any way, “blatant efforts to mitigate (the government’s) irresponsibility”, as Mr Sammut wrote. One fails to understand how he came up with such conclusions.