If energy plan fails, I go, says Muscat

Labour Leader Joseph Muscat said yesterday he would step down should a government led by him fail to deliver on its pledge to reduce water and electricity tariffs. The statement came casually, in response to a comment by hydrologist Marco Cremona, who argued at a Labour Party electoral campaign activity yesterday that Dr Muscat was taking the biggest risk by making such a pledge. “If there is no interest in this proposal from the private sector it is really the Labour Party and Joseph Muscat who will be taking the biggest risk. “He has said that he will be taking personal responsibility for this project. I think what this means is that he would resign,” Dr Cremona said.“That’s right,” Dr Muscat replied. He was speaking from the floor during a debate with a panel that included only one party affiliate, Konrad Mizzi, the party’s spokesman fronting the energy pledge. Earlier, Dr Cremona said he found Labour’s pledge to be interesting and well presented but criticised the element related to water, his specialisation. He argued that the price of water, which was already “ridiculously cheap”, should not have been reduced further because this would take capital away from the Water...