Public awaits liberalisation benefits - Muscat

Opposition leader Joseph Muscat said that the public will be awaiting the benefits of liberalisation during a meeting with supporters in Marsa.

Meanwhile, continued Dr Muscat, Labour will be looks at liberalisation as the tool to increase competition for the benefit of consumers.

It is therefore the government’s duty to make sure that this occurs while clarifying its plans for public transport.

Furthermore, Dr Muscat condemned all violent action taken by protesting drivers during the past week. As a result, he continued, Malta missed out on work and business.

“Our country doesn’t need bullies on the streets and neither in the Cabinet,” insisted Dr Muscat. “From the start, the labour party insisted that the public will suffer rather than the government if action had to be taken (by drivers).”

On a separate note, Dr Muscat expressed his condolences to relatives of the dead fishermen found at sea yesterday while expressing his satisfaction for the recovery of Simon Bugeja, who was found alive.

He also congratulated former labour leader Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, who recently celebrated his birthday.