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Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said he would rather see foreigners, rather than Maltese, carry out certain non-skilled jobs, such as picking up rubbish or doing manual labour out in the sun. Dr Muscat made the contentious statement during a televised debate on'I don’t want Maltese workers picking up rubbish' - Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said he would rather see foreigners, rather than Maltese, carry out certain non-skilled jobs, such as picking up rubbish or doing manual labour out in the sun. Dr Muscat made the contentious statement during a televised debate on Thursday night with Opposition leader Adrian Delia ahead of the European Parliament and local elections later this month. “I want the Maltese youths to get the skilled jobs. If I had to be given a choice, I would want Maltese workers to be managers or doctors. I would want them to move ahead as teachers and then I would get those helping workers in the sun to be foreigners. “If possible, I do not want the Maltese to be picking up rubbish from the streets. Every job should be dignified but I do not want a situation where the foreigner is comfortable and the Maltese breaking their backs,” Dr Muscat said during the debate on TVM weekly show Extra. Quick to react to Dr Muscat’s claim, Dr Delia said that this was a “fundamental statement” which translated to “a classist system”. This, he added, was not what the Nationalist Party wanted, insisting that instead it was crucial that the country’s limitations are... Read more
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