Socialist leaders cause problems because they promise everything to everyone - PM

All of Joseph Muscat's idols had created problems in their countries, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said when speaking in Qormi this evening. He said there was economic turmoil in France under President  Francois Hollande and the same problems were caused in Spain when Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was in office. Both socialists had "promised everything to everyone", Dr Gonzi said. The prime minister said people should vote on who they trusted most to guarantee jobs. Directing his speech to the large number of still undecided voters, Dr Gonzi pointed out that while other EU countries were seeing their financial and economic systems collapse, Malta has no protests in the streets because it had very low unemployment rates. "Why should we risk everything we have? A change in our case can only mean a change for the worse," he told supporters. He warned of various dangers that came with voting Labour to government, including the risk of government interference in the police. He said Labour had already tried to stop police investigations from the Opposition and it would do so even more so if given power. He pointed out that Dr Muscat had first claimed he knew nothing about...