Muscat's positive certificate

Forget the European Commission's positive assessments of the country's finances.

Forget the plaudits the country's economic management has got from many European ministers.

Forget the myriad of positive reports Dr. Gonzi presented to Muscat during Xarabank's debate.

The greatest certificate of trust this administration has received has come from Muscat himself. This morning, Muscat declared that for our peace of mind, if elected, next year he will retain the Budgetary framework set by this government.

Without yet knowing what it will contain.

Some say it's risky to buy property off-the-plan. That this involves an element of trust in the seller. It seems Muscat trusts the PN's economic management even more. He has bought it without even seeing the plan. I don't even expect Nationalist MPs to be so blindly loyal to their party in government. But the Leader of the Opposition is. If only Franco could follow his classmate's example!

And by the way, aren't we being told that this government has wrecked our country and has brought us to our knees? Then how come the vote 'for change' will translate into trying to change nothing?

It seems Labour has realised that it cannot do a better job. They will just try to copy the PN's policies. It wants to put our minds at peace that at least for one year, we will going in the same positive direction.

But the people don't want peace of mind for one year. They want it for the full five-year term.

If you want the original positive policies, don't vote for the copy. Vote for the original. Even if their ties are now of the same colour.

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