
Tuesday, 30th June 2009
PN's appointment of Labour supporter
Angelo Zahra from Żejtun, in his letter of June 25, challenged anyone to mention the name of a Labour supporter who, in the times of a Nationalist Administration, was appointed on any government board. Ċensu Moran was a member on the Malta Maritime Authority board and may I add a very respected member.
Dr Moran was not an ordinary Labour supporter, he was a Minister under Labour. I hope this satisfies Mr Zahra's lack of knowledge regarding current affairs.







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What shall I ask Marlene Mizzi?
Marlene Mizzi was appointed to carry out the Government's policies and objectives for Sea Malta. If she no longer could do that she should have had gracefully resigned and not carry on as she did.
I am not familiar with Edward Scicluna circumstances. What I know is that Edward Scicluna served on a number of Governmental Boards.
Marlene Mizzi's case perhaps makes the case why Government of the day should appoint individuals of the same persuasion as that of the Government of the day
To the credit of Dr Sant he tried hard to break this tradition with the result the he earned the ire of his party followers and was back stabbed by some of those of the opposite side in which he put trust.
Let us all admit that there are as many red eyed boys eagerly waiting to monopolise power as there are blue eyed ones currently enjoying it.
The only solution I feel is a statutory requirement that on every government board and organisation the leader of the opposition will have the right to nominate a certain proportion of the board members.
Just ask Marlene Mizzi and Professor Scicluna.
What about Mr Louis Grech and Ms Marlene Mizzi as Chairpersons of Air Malta and Sea Malta respectively form quite a number of years under Nationalist administrations!
More than one swallow, to make a summer, agreed, but be fair for fairness sake.
i barely say that you mention 1 member in a board in a span of over 20 years....my oh my that truly shows that PN appoints members from the opposition.
Only one person went along with the idea of appointin members from the opposite side, namely Dr.Alfred Sant and that worked against him.....
Mr Zahra is absolutely right. Gov appointed bodies are all packed solid with blue-eyed boys and girls - and this in direct breach of a PN election promise that all appointments would be made after a public call for applications. A promise which was broken and forgotton within hours after the election.