In stating that our country is witnessing the rise of socialism, Dr Gonzi’s freefall seems to have finally hit rock bottom. After a quarter-of-a-century in power, anyone in his right senses would have thought that the PN/GonziPN faction would change tack, but this is not the case. With an election looming it resorts to its old-fashioned and only tactic, one based on lies and fear. Facts show that nowadays GonziPN has become even more Socialist than the Labour party itself. Blaming the latter for a “rise of socialism” would therefore be outright hypocritical, shallow and mean.
It is said that actions speak louder than words. What about the recent National Bank headlines? What about the ever-increasing public debt? Why is the EU doubting our so-called recovery plans as this administration assures us that everything is “under-control”? How ‘nationalist’ is GonziPN, when it allows illegal immigration to turn into a crisis and how can a PM who states that “Malta is not multi-cultural enough” and that “the people have to adapt” be considered nationalist besides insane? Why would a Nationalist government assure and insure jobs in the public sector, yet leave the private sector to fend for itself?
The GonziPN socialist leadership has a track record in public spending. And I do not only refer to projects such as the unpopular Piano project which Dr Gonzi adamantly sought to approve without even analysing where the €80million would come from. Social benefits, for the upkeep of a Socialist welfare state and the party’s image, have allowed the public expense to soar. The socialist mentality of Dr Gonzi and Dr Cristina, all based on benefits, has resulted in a situation where the lower class is thinking twice about whether it is worth working after all. And this is especially so when a father of two or three children is forced to accept the same wage as a refugee who shares an apartment with a number of friends and who is less affected by the continuous rise of energy costs.
Dr Gonzi condemned Dr Muscat for appealing to those youths who are not interested in furthering their studies to work. What is wrong with this policy? Why would such an appeal be considered socialist? Isn’t it better for our community to have people employed rather than unemployed?
This administration was instrumental in Malta’s EU accession but, contrary to other Nationalist governments, Malta never seems to oppose direct orders coming from Brussels. How can Dr Gonzi unashamedly talk about socialism when the ‘nationalist’ MEPs are both in favour of Turkey’s accession in the EU and when the deputy Prime Minister, Dr Borg, states that Malta “should not fear an Islamic democracy”?
On a final note, I would like to point out the fact that free healthcare, student stipends and a number of other social benefits are coming from left-wing ideologies. What is Dr Gonzi’s position on free healthcare?
The Socialists in Malta tend to trust a party with a mild socialist philosophy rather than a pop mainstream party that tries to portray itself as a central all-in-one body. That party is Dr Muscat’s LP.
And the Nationalists in Malta would seek to elect a party that is not only Nationalist in name. Based on the current situation, the more Nationalist of the current parties is Dr Muscat’s LP.
One concludes that GonziPN are therefore in a lose-lose situation and that the LP, unless a new party is formed, stands to gain in the next election. After all who would be willing to vote and trust a Socialist oligarchy that blames Socialism?
Taking an open stand against divorce and voting against the will of the people does not make Dr Gonzi a Nationalist at all. His extreme Catholic views that hinder his political decisions are not very Nationalist, are they? How can this man be taken seriously? Isn’t he the wrong PM, in the wrong outfit, with the wrong party and at the wrong time? Being a positive person, I feel I must offer some advice to Dr Gonzi, rather than just criticise. It is very simple: make way.
Malcolm Seychell