Disclaimer: The following is word-by-word as reported by the ToM. Any lies, incorrect statements or misleading interpretations remain solely the responsibility of the speaker being quoted. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat insisted again this evening that he never promised before the election that he would resign if the new power station was not completed within two years. Speaking in parliament, he said that he had been asked before the election by Engineer Marco Cremona whether he would assume political responsibility if, after the election, no investor was found for the new power station. But that investor was found more than a year ago, Dr Muscat said. Furthermore, the people were already enjoying a reduction in tariffs costing €30 million, and, from March, business users would also enjoy their own tariff cuts. What was ironic, Dr Muscat said, was how parliament was now no longer discussing the sorry state in which Enemalta was left by the former government, or how the tariffs were raised by the former government. This government was on the way to making Enemalta a motor of the economy. It had introduced transparency in oil procurement after the scandals of the past and it would make the generation of electricity the cleanest it had ever been. Dr Muscat reacted to criticism that local fuel prices had not gone down even though the international oil price was at its lowest level in years. The Opposition leader, he said, had not taken into account the currency fluctuations.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:46:26 +0000