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"The Labour Party had proposed a metro system before the 2022 election."

Partit Nazzjonalista Opposition party · PN
Our verdict
TRUE

Confirmed: PL’s 2022 election manifesto (launched 11 March 2022) explicitly contained the metro proposal.

Full analysis

The claim in context

The Nationalist Party has pointed out that the Labour Party included a metro proposal in its 2022 election manifesto — intended to counter Labour's framing of the Malta in Motion plan as a fresh initiative.

What the manifesto says

The PL 2022 election manifesto, launched on 11 March 2022 ahead of the 26 March vote, contains an explicit reference to the metro project. The text reads (paraphrased from the manifesto release):

"More technical studies on the environmental, socio-economic and geological impact of a metro proposal will be carried out, and if it results that the metro is viable, work will start immediately."

The MaltaToday and The Shift News coverage of the manifesto launch both confirm the metro proposal was included as part of the >1,000-proposal manifesto. So the factual claim — "Labour proposed a metro before the 2022 election" — is straightforwardly correct.

Bottom line

Verdict: True. The PL 2022 manifesto explicitly contained a metro commitment.

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