Wounded Labour movement

Dom Mintoff, who was accused of treachery and of bringing down Alfred Sant's Labour government, was given a standing ovation by hundreds of labour supporters... Dr Sant, who had accused Mr Mintoff of the above mentioned crime, was also given a standing...

Dom Mintoff, who was accused of treachery and of bringing down Alfred Sant's Labour government, was given a standing ovation by hundreds of labour supporters... Dr Sant, who had accused Mr Mintoff of the above mentioned crime, was also given a standing ovation by the same Labour supporters.

Another standing ovation was reserved for Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici who still believes that we should have never joined the EU. According to Evarist Saliba's No Honourable Minister, page 383, Dr Mifsud Bonnici governed Malta through "one of the darkest pages in the history of independent Malta". Also, according to Brian Hitch "by 1987 the MLP (led by Dr Mifsud Bonnici) had become arrogant, corrupt and violent. Abuse of power and state intervention had become commonplace" (John Manduca, The Flavour of the Mintoff Era, p. 279).

Certainly, gonzipn has dealt a crippling blow to the so-called local Labour movement. Joseph Muscat is in for a very tough job.

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