Following reports in the press that the PN and PL will not even consider a moratorium on fireworks production pending inquiries into repeated explosions this year, AD Secretary General Ralph Cassar said:"Certain situations call for difficult and strong measures. The fact the both the PL and the PN are ruling out a moratorium on firework production until the reason for the huge number of accidents is identified shows the sheer lack of respect that these parties have towards people, not only those who manufacture fireworks but also those who happen to live close to fireworks factories."

"The accidents points towards something which is repeatedly going wrong over and over again. In other industries where human life is affected, such as food production and medicine manufacturing authorities and even manufacturers go as far as recalling their products on the slightest suspicion of defective products, but it seems that since the PL and PN are only interested in getting one vote more than each other, in the case of fireworks anything goes. This attitude is disgusting."

"Labour and PN have once again formed an alliance against the common good of the Maltese and Gozitan people. Not even repeated deaths will quench their thirst and hunger for votes and power."

"Until the reason for the accidents is determined AD calls for a moratorium on the manufacture of fireworks. The safety and wellbeing of people is much more important than PN’s and Labour’s votes. Their alliance of death shows that we have really scraped the bottom in this country," Mr Cassar.

Photograph is by Lorne Cremona – www.lornecremona.com

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