Some years back, local councillors were allowed some form of ‘pocket money’ whilst they held office. This ‘pocket money’ is, by law, linked to the attendance of councillors during Council meetings. This measure was introduced by the then Parliamentary Secretary for Local Councils – an office falling directly under the Office of the Prime Minister.
Yesterday, one of the Labour Party proposals was that Members of Parliament (MPs) are paid their honoraria according to their attendance. Lawrence Gonzi reacted to this by saying that MPs should not be treated like schoolchildren.
So would one be right to conclude that Lawrence Gonzi considers local councillors to be schoolchildren?
Could this be another case of Lawrence Gonzi not knowing what his own Office (through the Parliamentary Secretary) was doing?
This story sounds all too familiar to the one when he insisted that the Local Council elections cannot be brought forward and that this was why the General Elections had to be held on 9 March. Clearly, this was a blatant lie.
Gonzi has become synonymous with inconsistency.
He is the Labour Party’s biggest asset.
Marc
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