Muscat insists water bills will go down too

Labour leader Joseph Muscat insisted this morning that water tariffs would go down under a Labour government. He was clearly reacting to yesterday's deputy leaders' debate where PL deputy leader Anglu Farrugia first said the PL had said nothing about reducing water tariffs, but then appeared to back-pedal. The PN, Dr Muscat said, was trying to twist words. It was now asking whether Labour would raise water bills. But it was well known that half of Malta's water production came from reverse osmosis plants, the highest power consumers in Malta. Therefore, when electricity prices went down, as they would under Labour, water prices would go down too, Dr Muscat said. If the government did not understand this, it had a serious problem of governance. Earlier, Dr Muscat said the government had collapsed because the prime minister preferred Austin Gatt over stability. The government had gone from one crisis to another and yet the government was saying it was satisfied. The government was ignoring the crises which the people had suffered and was only interested in itself. Dr Muscat said Malta needed a change of direction, away from arrogance. Dr Gonzi had shown no regret over the €500 raise...