I’m telling environmentalists there will be times when tough decisions will be taken, where we need to draw a lineīut there was still no parliamentary ratification. George Vella made a statement in Parliament. but the Labour government in 1996 never approved its exit through Parliament.īut politically it was clear. There was a clear decision to enter PfP (in 1995), there was an electoral campaign to get out of PfP (in 1996). We’re not disputing we’re members of PfP even though there could have been an honourable way out to agree (on rejoining). The Attorney General’s opinion was that there was no need for ratification. Who’s saying we’re not proving our case? Mr Cachia Caruana. Mr Cachia Caruana is trying to be judge and jury. Why don’t you just admit it was the wrong battle to pick? Your arguments are getting out of point to the extent that you’re now asking how much he earns.
Apart from the issue being raised in a Wikileaks document, everything seems to contradict your case that rejoining PfP required ratification. Parliament’s about to vote on Richard Cachia Caruana’s role in the Partnership for Peace process. Lino Spiteri said our motion dented our popularity but I argued it would have sent a very wrong message about the accountability we want to introduce in this country (if we didn’t tackle it). I have huge respect for Lino Spiteri but I disagree with him on this issue. Doesn’t it set you thinking that there’s something wrong with your strategy? I think they got worse in the last few years.įormer minister Lino Spiteri has condemned the way Labour behaved in Parliament in recent weeks. That’s not puerile.ĭon’t you think certain shortcomings in the justice ministry have been ingrained for several years? We mentioned the case of a police informant who was found dead following a drug overdose in his cell. We mentioned that courts found the government guilty of implementing certain laws which breach the Constitution or fundamental rights. but certain arguments that your party made – that some police cars failed their VRT test or that some police officers weren’t promoted – were absurd. When an official makes mistakes he has to shoulder responsibility. If we wanted to jump on the band-wagon we would just have pushed for Franco Debono’s motion. We presented the motion against Austin Gatt well before any PN exponent spoke out.įor many it’s very clear the Labour Party is jumping on the Franco Debono bandwagon to try to secure a parliamentary majority. We presented a motion calling for somebody to assume responsibility in the education ministry even though we knew it wouldn’t go through. We presented motions irrespective of the results.
Would you go for any other minister’s throat if you know you had the parliamentary majority?
Is the government going to support a motion which is so similar to ours? We are comfortable backing Dr Debono’s motion. Now I’d like to see the way the government is going to vote on Franco Debono’s motion, since it’s further condemnation of the way things happened in the justice ministry. Nobody’s disputing the fact that Dr Mifsud Bonnici isn’t an affable person. We wanted someone to be politically accountable. Is this the new way of doing politics?ĭr Busuttil forgot that his own party had voted against the setting up of the Malta Tourism Authority simply to score a political goal. He said: “We had the opposition pushing a vote of no confidence in a minister for no apparent reason except that it could muster a majority to do it”. MEP Simon Busuttil described your motion as a witch-hunt. I think he failed to deliver results during his tenure. It was a rare moment in this country’s history where it happened.ĭo you think Dr Mifsud Bonnici was incompetent for the job?
Despite the government’s attempts, we wanted someone to assume ministerial responsibility. The aim was not to unseat a particular minister. I listen to everybody and I tell them if they have a just cause they will get what they’re entitled to
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