“Those who argue against maternity leave have the same conservative reasoning of those who were against the minimum wage, pensions, sick leave and more, but if the maternity leave is implemented in a wise way, it will prove to be competitive.”
Joseph Muscat
““He is paying €80,000 a year Ministers at a time where he is asking citizens to make sacrifices. He is investing in education, where the majority of the graduates are women, but then he is not incentivising women to work”
“Labour government would give stronger investigative powers to the Auditor-General, particularly when witnesses did not collaborate with him. The Auditor-General would also have the right to reopen the BWSC case,”
BWSC
“A PL government would also appoint a Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in Public Administration, to oversee the behaviour of ministers and MPs and ensure that conflicts of interest were declared.”
“A PL government would also strengthen the freedom of information act.”
“Those who collaborated and gave information on the involvement of politicians in corruption would be given protection and would not have action taken against them.”
“A Labour government would protect officials and companies which produced any new information about the BWSC case and other cases, thus encouraging them to come forward.”