Politicians trying to score political points at each turn had to “sober up” and move away from the “mud-slinging contest” the electoral campaign was turning into, Labour leader Joseph Muscat said yesterday.
Dr Muscat preceded his appeal for positive campaigning with a pledge, saying a PL government would be forthright and admit to mistakes when they were made.
“Sometimes mistakes demand resignations, at others they require remedial action. But the cardinal point is that politicians cannot try to score political goals at all costs,” he said at the end of a speech which steered well clear of ongoing controversies concerning oil procurement and drug use at band clubs.
Political honesty meant not promising people the world but instead focusing on what was truly achievable, Dr Muscat said.
He gave two such examples in the course of his 40-minute question and answer session with a crowd in Xgħajra.
A Labour proposal to raise the minimum pension to 60 per cent of the average national wage would take more than one legislature to achieve, he said, so too would the resolution of outstanding issues concerning service pensions.
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