GSLP Liberals Manifesto 2019 ...Aspire to the Best Gibraltar Generations.Gi
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GSLP Liberals Manifesto 2019 ...aspire to the best Gibraltar generations.gi #greenGibraltar the child friendly city This manifesto does not contain every commitment we have made in press releases and direct communications with organisations, and to which we remain committed, as space does not allow us to include everything. Wish lists from associations etc. are being answered directly in writing and those responses are binding on the parties also. All developments illustrated in this Manifesto are artists’ impressions and all will be subject to open and transparent tendering procedures and final geo-technical surveys. An interactive version of this manifesto is available on the following websites: www.gslp.gi www.liberal.gi www.generations.gi On those websites you will also find the spoken word version of this document for the visually impaired. Our Electoral Broadcasts are also available there with sub-titles for the hearing impaired. ALL technical designs and architects drawings (which are not already in the public domain, free from copyright) included in this manifesto have been paid for and are the property of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party and the Liberal Party or are the property of third parties who have specifically authorised us to use them. Unlike the GSD in 2011, we are not including here any designs which are the property of the Government of Gibraltar. We could not be prouder that this manifesto has been designed and printed in Gibraltar by Gibraltarian talent and printers. Thank you to all of you who have been involved! Design: Stephen Perera Election Agents: GSLP - Joseph Baldachino, Peter Cabezutto, Aidan Cleverly, Dennis Cardona, Joe Cortes, Kaylan Lucas, Jane Webber: Watergardens 3, Suite 16, Gibraltar. Liberals - Neil Costa, Troy Jeffries: 95 Irish Town, Gibraltar Published by the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party, Suite 16, Watergardens 3, Gibraltar and the Liberal Party of Gibraltar, 95 Irish Town, Gibraltar. Printed by Easiprint of New Harbours, Gibraltar 2 ...aspire to the best Gibraltar CONTENTS PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM FABIAN PICARDO ........5 LET’S TALK ABOUT...VIJAY .............................................. 99 PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM JOSEPH GARCIA ........ 11 HEALTH SERVICES ........................................................................... 99 ELDERLY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES .............................................105 LET’S TALK ABOUT...FABIAN ......................................... 15 THE CARE AGENCY - PLEDGES ..................................................110 PROTECTING THE CIVIL SERVICE & PUBLIC SECTOR ..........15 LET’S TALK ABOUT...ALBERT .......................................113 OUR SOCIETY .................................................................................... 19 FINANCIAL SERVICES ...................................................................113 DRUGS ................................................................................................. 22 BUSINESS AND COMMERCE ......................................................114 MISCELLANEOUS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES ...........................23 LET’S TALK ABOUT...GILBERT ........................................ 11 LET’S TALK ABOUT...JOSEPH ......................................... 29 THE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE .....................................................117 DEMOCRATIC AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ....................29 THE PORT .........................................................................................117 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ....................................... 33 CIVIL AVIATION...............................................................................119 THE UNIVERSITY ............................................................................120 LET’S TALK ABOUT SIR JOE ............................................ 43 TOURISM ..........................................................................................121 ECONOMIC PLAN ............................................................. 44 EMPLOYMENT ................................................................................124 APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINING ............................ 48 LET’S TALK ABOUT...STEVEN .......................................129 LET’S TALK ABOUT...PAUL .............................................. 51 SPORT ................................................................................................129 TOWN PLANNING ........................................................................... 51 YOUTH ...............................................................................................129 TRAFFIC, PARKING AND TRANSPORT ......................................51 CULTURE ...........................................................................................134 LET’S TALK ABOUT JOHN ............................................... 61 LET’S TALK ABOUT...SAMANTHA ...............................137 ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE .................................62 HOUSING ..........................................................................................137 HERITAGE AND URBAN RENEWAL ............................................66 LAW & ORDER - THE MINISTRY FOR JUSTICE ......................139 ENERGY AND AIR QUALITY ..........................................................79 THE JUSTICE SYSTEM ...................................................................144 EDUCATION ....................................................................................... 82 EQUALITY .........................................................................................146 ...aspire to the best Gibraltar 3 Safety, stability, security ...steady as we go 4 ...aspire to the best Gibraltar Personal message from Fabian Picardo My dear fellow Gibraltarians, circumstances in which we find ourselves as a result of Brexit. That is why the choice you face this year is as stark as These are difficult and challenging times for our country. it is simple. A simple choice in a complex world. The international political background against which you are In this election you of course have the right to choose the going to decide who should run Gibraltar in the next four WRONG people for the job, but you have the responsibility years has never been more complex. But the choice you to elect the RIGHT people for the job, and that means face is a simple one. Do you return to Government those of choosing the GSLP Liberals. us who have been successfully running our nation for the past eight years, or do you take a risk and instead gamble by MANAGING THE ECONOMY, betting on one of the teams opposing us? DEFENDING OUR INTERESTS I know you will not want to take the slightest risk with There are two key objectives for any government in our nation’s future. You will not want to take any risk Gibraltar. The first is to ensure the successful management whatsoever with our children’s well being. You know that of our economy, powering the growth and, therefore, we are the team that has kept Gibraltar secure in these progress for our people. The second objective should be to turbulent times and that we are the safest choice for your combine the successful management of the economy with family in this election. a strong, mature and responsible defence of our interests It has now been eight years since you first entrusted us on an increasingly complex international stage. We have with stewardship of our small but proud Nation. You were delivered on both of those two key objectives in the past impressed with the work we did in our first term in office and eight years. We have done so despite the head winds we you resoundingly renewed our mandate to work for you. In have faced. The first from the aggressive tactics of the PP/ the past four years we have worked even harder to continue Margallo in Spain. The second from the many dilemmas to deliver on our commitments to you whilst dealing with we have had to deal with given the ongoing convulsions the political tsunami that Brexit represents. of Brexit. Now, I want to tell you a little bit about our exciting and excellent plans for the next four years and about how our BREXIT track record in the last eight years is your guarantee that we We are all tired of talking and hearing about Brexit. I am will deliver on our promises to you. being totally honest with you when I say that Brexit has been the single hardest thing I have ever dealt with in the A DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY whole of my life. It has literally been my ‘Hell on Earth’ in Everything we are saying in this manifesto is said with politics – and it is not over yet. Dealing with Brexit there the deep sense of responsibility that comes with the are no rules other than that the rules are changing daily. privilege of being ‘handed the keys to Convent Place’. That Key players in the Brexit saga have come and gone. No less is a responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. Being in than three Prime Ministers and four Foreign Secretaries Government - in Gibraltar in particular - is not a game. It is a and DeExEu Ministers in the UK and two Prime Ministers serious responsibility that can affect the life of every citizen. and three Foreign Ministers in Spain, and counting. With every changing of the guard we have had to deal with a Working day and night with my team of ministers, making wholesale change in approach. We have had to start almost decisions every day that affect the livelihoods of thousands from scratch to develop new key relationships with new key of us, often on a knife edge and on the basis of facts