People do not want negativity - Muscat
People would rather hear about proposals aimed at improving their quality of life than be barraged with "negativity", Prime Minister Joseph Muscat insisted on Tuesday evening.
Addressing Labour Party followers in Żejtun ahead of Saturday's elections, Dr Muscat chastised the Nationalist Party for resorting to what he said was a negative campaign. Despite losing two elections and Opposition leader Adrian Delia promising "a new way" of doing politics, the PN had resorted to its old ways, he said.
"One would think that if they did not get the message in 2013, they would have in 2017. Genuine Nationalists admitted that they were too negative.And what happens? They elected someone who acknowledged this but then when it came to his first test next Saturday, we have heard nothing but negativity. Hopefully, it will be a case of third time lucky," Dr Muscat said.
People, he argued, do not want negativity but rather a clear indication of where the country is heading, pointing to good quality of life as one of the main priorities of today's society.
To do so, he went on, the government was using the surplus to improve people's lives, making changes that reduced pollution and increased...