On Saturday 5th January Labour MEP and candidate for the 5th and 8th district Professor Edward Scicluna attended a Press Conference addressed by the Birżebbuġa mayor Joseph Farrugia  who accused the Nationalist government led by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi of ignoring the needs of the locality and of promises the government did not keep. Mayor Farrugia also lamented that the Central Government is treating the Birżebbuġa residents as third World citizens.

Il-Problemi ta’ Birżebbuġa

Nhar is-Sibt 5 ta’ Jannar l-Ewroparlamentari Laburista u kandidat għall-5 u t-8 distrett il-Professur Edward Scicluna attenda b’appoġġ Konferenza tal-aħbarijiet indirizzata mis-Sindku ta’ Birżebbuġa s-Sur Joseph Farrugia. F’isem il-Kunsill Lokali ta’ Birżebbuġa, is-Sindku akkuża lill-gvern Nazzjonalista mmexxi mill-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi li ttraskura għal kollox il-ħtiġijiet tal-lokalita’ ta’ Birżebbuġa u semma’ wegħdiet li baqgħu ma twettqux. Huwa lmenta li l-gvern Ċentrali qed jittratta liċ-ċittadini tal-lokalita’ bħala ċittadini tat-tielet dinja.

– Saturday, 5th January, 2013.