‘We have many questions about the oil procurement issue because the Nationalist government continued to resist the switch from oil to gas in energy production.’ Labour MEP and candidate for the 5th and 8th district Professor Edward Scicluna said this on Monday 21 January when he was invited on the discussion program Close Up on Television Malta presented by Pierre Portelli. During the program Prof. Scicluna stated that a new Labour government would adopt a policy of efficiency and accountability so that our country will move forward towards a better quality of life for its citizens. He said that under a Nationalist government and particularly in its last two legislatures, the debt of the country shot up. Prof. Scicluna added that despite the negative report of Standard and Poor’s on the lack of governability, the Nationalist Party is still trying to put all the blame on the Labour Party. The other guests were Minister Tonio Fenech and Dr Micheal Briguglio (Alternattiva Demokratika) .

‘Għandna ħafna mistoqsijiet x’nagħmlu dwar il-qasam taż-żejt għaliex il-gvern Nazzjonalista baqa’ jirreżisti li jaqleb miż-żejt għall-gass fil-produzzjoni tal-enerġija’. L-Ewroparlamentari Laburista u kandidat għall-5 u t-8 distrett il-Professur Edward Scicluna qal dan nhar it-Tnejn 21 ta’ Jannar meta kien mistieden fuq il-programm ta’ diskussjoni Close Up fuq Television Malta ppreżentat minn Pierre Portelli. Matul il-programm il-Professur Scicluna sostna li gvern Laburista ġdid jaddotta politika ta’ effiċjenza u kontabilita’ biex b’hekk pajjiżna jimxi ‘l quddiem u ċ-ċittadini jgħixu aħjar. Huwa qal li waqt li taħt gvernijiet Nazzjonalisti u partikolarment fl-aħħar żewġ leġiżlaturi id-dejn tal-pajjiż baqa jisplodi ‘l fuq. Il-Prof Scicluna żied jgħid li minkejja r-rapport negattiv ta’ Standard and Poor’s fuq in-nuqqas ta’ governabilita’ ta’ dan il-Gvern, il-partit Nazzjonalista jibqa jipprova jitfa t-tort kollu fuq il-Partit Laburista. Mistiedna fuq dan il-programm ta’ diskussjoni kien hemm ukoll il-Ministru Tonio Fenech u Micheal Briguglio mill-Alternattiva Demokratika

– Close Up, TVM : Monday, 21st January, 2013.