Fines to be forgiven if individual does not receive a second one within six months, PN proposes

Feb 23 2022

We do not want a system of guillotines, we are not a government who lets the inner circle do what they please and let you pay for their mistakes. We believe in you, we believe in your responsibility. That is why we believe that education is the key to everything.” These were the words of Nationalist Party Bernard Grech during political rally in Hamrun this evening.

Amongst other revelations, the PN leader is proposing a change in the local enforcement system, by which individuals who receive a citation have their fines ‘frozen’ for six months and if they do not receive another one within that six-month period, their initial fine is withdrawn. Grech highlighted that such a measure would be implemented to provide a sense of civic duty within the community and not aimlessly punish people.

Grech also called for further security within the community, going on to highlight that “that is the reason why we must intensify local security with innovative means and a greater sense of community, to ensure that our streets are safe once again.”

During the Hamrun rally, the PN presented its first district candidates Darren Carabott, Josianne Cardona Gatt, Mario de Marco, James Aaron Ellul, Christian Micallef, Paula Mifsud Bonnici and Justin Schembri.

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PN candidate David Pace Ross goes completely paperless for electoral campaign

Feb 23 2022

In a bid to lead by example and promote sustainability, PN candidate David Pace Ross has announced that he is going completely paperless for this election campaign.

Pace Ross, who will be contesting on the eight district, posted a video to Facebook saying that elections are often associated with the mass printing of business cards and flyers. Addressing his youth following, he went on to appeal to his fellow candidates to follow in his footsteps and halt, or at least reduce paper use during their electoral campaign.

Do you think that more candidates should follow in his footsteps?

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PN pledges new MCAST Gozo campus which will include courses focusing on new sectors

Feb 23 2022

If elected, the Nationalist Party will build a brand new MCAST campus in Gozo, which will offer brand new courses related to the 10 new sectors that the PN government will invest in.

This was revealed by Bernard Grech in today’s address as part of the PN’s electoral campaign, where the party leader highlighted that such an investment is being made so that Maltese and Gozitan youths have the opportunity to take their studies further and ultimately, be the first workers and creators which will form part of these new sectors.

Grech also revealed that a PN government will invest in a new Malta Enterprise branch with a unit focusing on promotion of investment in Gozo in a bid to aid and provide direct access to Gozitan businesses.

What do you make of this proposal?

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Marsascala marina U-turn permanent but PN not convinced

Feb 23 2022

The decision to stop the Marsascala marina is permanent, said Prime Minister Robert Abela, going on to say that the government has no intention of reviving plans in any way in the future.

He told journalists that the reorganisation of the moorings will not in any way create a smaller, reductive marina. Abela said that, being a resident there as well, he heard the people’s calls and understood their fear of having hitter recreational spaces taken away.

The U-turn was announced during a Labour rally on Tuesday evening in the same locality. Abela said the project would be stopped at once following several protests by residents and activists which kicked off in August.

This is when Transport Malta first published a pre-qualification document that suggested most of the bay would be taken up by pontoons and yacht facilities. Despite the U-turn, the Nationalist Party expressed its doubt at the U-turn actually being permanent.

In a press conference, candidates Robert Cutajar, Janice Chetcuti and John Baptist Camilleri highlighted how the u-turn proved the PN to be right all along. Cutajar said that the PN is not against growth, but this must be done sustainably and not to the detriment of the environment.

On their part, the ADPD said that the government’s decision to scrap the plans was a voting-catching exercise. ‘Had your vote not been on the line do you think the governing party would have taken the right decision for the area when their track record of developing and clearing green spaces, nature and trees is apparent across the whole country?’ formally asked chairperson Carmel Cacopardo.

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