Marisa Micallef is victim of financial crisis - PBO

ray spiteri

Oct 3rd 2009, 01:16

@KEVIN BORG
I REALLY ADMIRE MODERATE PEOPLE LIKE KEVIN. EVENTHOUGH I DO NOT AGREE WITH HIM POLITICALLY. MR. BORG SHOULD REPLACE PBO, ALAS OR MAYBE GET A JOB WITH PL. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE KBORG WITH MY PARTY.
WELL DONE KEVIN AND SHAME ON PETER BO.

Kevin Borg

Oct 2nd 2009, 18:24

PART 2

The party needs to do some soul searching and identify exactly what it stands for so that at least in the next general election, even if this will eventually be lost, the result will be respectable. I am presuming a lost election, because these gaffes are becoming to frequent and remind us of the endless list of gaffes attributed to Dr.Sant. The PL paid a heavy price for his endless list of gaffes on local media and I think that the PN will soon be looking at the same price tag for its fare share of blunders.
The only asset the PN still posses is Dr.Gonzi but one can easily realise that this asset is rapidly wearing down. You only have to speak to other PN supporters to come to this conclusion. Their bleak outlook of the current party’s situation can easily be deciphered from the PL as a wakeup call to prepare itself for government. And indeed it should, because the PN needs a term in opposition to relieve itself from the burden of leading the country and concentrate more on party matters which from the current streak of blunders looks like it needs some urgent reconstruction.

Kevin Borg

Oct 2nd 2009, 18:23

PART 1

Although with doubts growing every day I can still call myself a PN adherent, as an adherent of this party in government I feel ashamed and utterly embarrassed that the secretary general has gone so low in his comments towards Ms. Micallef. I think Dr. Borg Olivier should know better what should be said in public and what not.
There are situations when even if your thought has a hint of truth in it, one should keep it for himself and not speak it out loudly in public. If these comments were coming from the likes of the ex-PL general secretary Jason Micallef, one could excuse him for his predominantly lack of prudence shown throughout his time in office. But from Dr. Borg Olivier this kind of approach is, at least, unacceptable.
More grave than the actual comments is the fact that it shows the state of panic the party is in when it comes out with such lambast comments. This is a state of panic that traces its origins to the catastrophic defeat of June’s elections and a result that the party has not yet come to terms with.

C.Zarb

Oct 2nd 2009, 16:38

@ Martin Brincat.

What about that famous presentator/tv series producer/actress who was once pretty much involved in Super 1 tv/radio to then go on Net/TVM? Is she an opportunist?

Mind you I do agree with Ms Micallef's decision since Im a firm believer of the free market. Yet you cant work with different weights and different measures.

Gatt Noel

Oct 2nd 2009, 15:31

This is what Robert Arrigo, the Nationalist MP had to say about this evvent "Marisa’s move is a result of the mass disgruntlement out there against the PN in government. I am definitely not surprised at her move. I would dare to define the situation as ‘forced’ disgruntlement, because all this could have easily been avoided only if the party could care to listen to the people’s calls and concerns". ( malta today 30/09/09) . Do you think Mr.Arigo and PBO are from the same party?

Ray Spiteri

Oct 2nd 2009, 12:38

Dear Paul BO, it seems your ship is sinking. just keep focused on your internal problems and less talk more action. your party has responsability to govern and you should monitor and make sure of good goverance. i hope this mail will reach the times and not other newspaper by mistake.......................food for thought pbo.

mbusuttil

Oct 2nd 2009, 12:00

@martin brincat
1st of all St.Paul of Tarsus (Taurus is an astrological star) ... ma tarax li ma tista qatt thallat lil bniedem bhal S.Pawl ma dawn l-erba dh's ...

K Sultana

Oct 2nd 2009, 10:25

@ Colin Camilleri
quote - By European standards her income is just about average!!! So I say to you all who do not agree and also to the government - Take heart from the PL because it is bringing about change! Yes may be we will pay EU prices for electricity and water but we will also EARN EU wages under the PL. And this is proven today by MM and the PL!! -

I agree with you that there is a much felt need for a change, big change and JM is taking the right decisions....but I am keeping this quote for in 3.5 years time I will be after you for to EARN EU SALARIES/WAGES under the PL...are you convinced or is it a joke??

Justin Tabone

Oct 2nd 2009, 00:28

OMG....unbelievable. People have brains to decide for themselves.I can't believe PBO's comments.
Its clearer then ever that we need a breath of fresh air. Our country is in a mess thanks to PN. We just need a change and JM is the answer.

charles zammit

Oct 1st 2009, 23:18

these comments go on to show how childish pbo is. has he gaffed once too many. who knows it appears that fools thread where angels dare not.

Neville Zammit

Oct 1st 2009, 22:53

"I understand she was unhappy the government was not able to provide her with a job but the government is not an a la carte restaurant or simply contributing to 'pocket money'," .... sell it to the marines PBO! As the maltese say: "lil min tafu tistaqsix ghalih!

martin brincat

Oct 1st 2009, 21:16

Dr.PBO , Pawlu ta' Taurus kien opportunist u jghamel ghal flus ukoll?

Mark Cushcieri

Oct 1st 2009, 20:41

li qal PBO ...ma missux qalu! kemm kienu jhallsuha huma fuq kollox? inqas ? izjed?

M.Gauci

Oct 1st 2009, 19:52

What happened is natural. If we go by what was stated and what happened, then one should not be surprised that certain words are said. Anzi you sort of expect them.

Ms Leyson asks for a Job (as PBO states) and does not get one. Naturallly without a job, nobody can blame her for going for a highly paid one from the opposite fence. Without a Job, hurt because the PN did not automatically give her one and while angry at the PN you're offered a 40K one from the opposition? What do you do?

It is obvious the opposition is using your present circumstances and showing a golden carrot to show to the nation that old opponents are turning to the MLP. She falls for it and Labour has a field day at the Nats.

It is only natural that the Nats hit back with what they proclaim are the facts. If you hit the BORG (The machine) it hits back at you with full force. We all remember how Louis Galea,JPO, the latest hunting/EFA issue, bus ticketing system etc.. stories went from the Labour side.
I think some people are a tad touchy though.

M. Catania

Oct 1st 2009, 19:00

@Godwin Farrugia

Jisthi min xiex?? Mhux il-verita qal?? Li qal PBO ma giex michud...

Godwin Farrugia

Oct 1st 2009, 17:42

Dal-kumment qatt ma kont nistennieh minn persuna ta' integrita bhal PBO. Kwazi kwazi nispicca nghid li missu jisthi u ma jixraqlux jitkellem hekk u ghandu jitlob apologija. Kulhadd ghandu dritt f'pajjiz demokratiku li jaghzel li jimpjega ruhu ma min jaqbillu u ma naqawx fl-izball tal-PL li n-nies naghtuhom bis-sieq u naghlqulhom il-bieb f'wicchom ghax bhalhom jigrilna u malajr nispiccaw ahna fl-oppozizjoni.

SIMON AMATO

Oct 1st 2009, 17:14

@SANDRA SMART.
UR A TYPICAL EXPIRED PN SUPPORTER WITH ALL RESPECT. IN MY OPINION,PBO BIL MALTI PARLA ZEJJED! GRALU LISTESS BHAL JASON MICALLEF!!.MA JIDIRLEKX LI MIKTAR GERREX LILL MARISA MICALLEF U IKTAR HAJBEDHA MILL PN??.GHAL NIES BHALEK IL PL BXI OBAMA KAP XORTA JIBQA HAZIN U REGIM!!. HALLINA SANDRA ZMIEN IR RAGUNAMENT TIEGHEK GHADDA U KIF!!!

R. Caruana

Oct 1st 2009, 17:00

And now for the comic bit....

Come 13 December 'One' will transmitt the usual money-collecting marathon asking Labourites to cough up. If they collect as much as last year there will not be much left after dishing out MML's salary!!

C. Busuttil

Oct 1st 2009, 16:51

@ J. Martinelli

L-ewwelnett jien nazzjonalist ghoxrin darba aktar minnek, pero bil-kuntrarju tieghek, jien fejn huwa tajjeb nghidlu tajjeb u fejn huwa hazin ma niddejjaq xejn nghid li huwa hekk. Jekk il-partit jaghmel hazin nghid li ghamel hazin. Ara int hlief tipprova ddawwar kollox fuq il-labour ma taghmilx, ghax il-labour ghamel hekk u jekk il-labour ikun fil-gvern jaghmel dik. dejjem b'skuza lesta biex tiddefendi lill-partit, l-anqas Gonzi mhuwa daqshekk biased.
Nerga nghidlek Int ma tistax tifhem xi hsara qed issir lil partit minn nies li jinsabu f'xi ministeru jew entitajiet. Minn dawn il-karigi jimxu b'arroganza tremenda mac-cittadin, jabbuzaw mill-poter taghhom u jghidulek f'wiccek li ma tista taghmilhom xejn ghax huma ta' dak il-ministeru jew l-iehor. Jien bhala nazzjonalist dan ma nistax naqbel mieghu u nghidu fil-miftuh. Mhux sewwa.
Semmejt lin-nazzjonalisti tal-llum huma l-istess bhal tal-bierah, sejjer hazin ukoll ghax illum fil-partit hemm nazzjonalisti imma ta' l-isem biss ghax fil-verita huma liberali b'principji li ma jaqblu xejn ma' dawk tal-partit u l-istorja tieghu. Il-Familja tieghi fil-gwerra ghax baqaw nazzjonalisti kienu mietu bil-guh minhabba li baqaw lejali lejn il-partit u l-principji tieghu w meta nara nies opportunisti juzaw il-partit ghall-iskopijiet taghhom ma nistax nacceta dan u nghidu apertament.

Joseph Borg

Oct 1st 2009, 16:38

Shouldn't PBO about his own crisis? He can't even send an email to its proper owner. I wonder why the PN haven't got rid of him months ago. He's a big ZERO.

Anthony Borg

Oct 1st 2009, 16:09

Pawl, min jghid hafna, jizbalja hafna..u int hekk gralek..

J Farrugia

Oct 1st 2009, 15:41

PN will go back to the opposition benches when the majority of the Maltese electorate says so in a general election, and the PN always accepted the people's verdict. And for such time until the same electorate will see the light from the darkness and empty promises as happened in 1998. And it will be a loyal opposition ready to work in the national interests. Yes the PN will accept gratiously such a move to opposition since it is a democratic party and for it the people come first, unlike labour who uses the people first for its own political interests.

James Bondin

Oct 1st 2009, 15:00

Hahaha! This is funny Sandra Smart! " Dialogue and Liberty of Speech" - is PBO's comment consistent with any of the principles of liberty of speech that you advocate? If so, I'd rather have the Taliban's "freedom of speech" rather than yours and your party's.

James Formosa

Oct 1st 2009, 14:58

@Sandra Smart - What Mintoff said then is exactly was the PN are doing and have been doing for a long time. Except when we say PN we mean a tight circle not all of PN either. Many Nationalists got something under Labour and under this gov't in all these years got almost nothing. So because Mintoff did or said things many years ago, then we should close down the Labour Party, open up a LIDL instead and proclaim Lawrence our Emporer.
Is that Smart?

Colin Camilleri

Oct 1st 2009, 14:47

Gentlemen,
the only way the PN can clean itself from within is by going back to the opposition benches for 10 to 15 years after the coming general election. People who have been there for long need to leave and new blood should be given opportunity to REALLY uphold the PN values!
Unfortunately the marginal majority that the PN got in the last election did not change anything to the better. On the opposite, it brought about more greed and deterioration in our nation!
MM did the RIGHT thing. You can quote her income how much you want. By European standards her income is just about average!!! So I say to you all who do not agree and also to the government - Take heart from the PL because it is bringing about change! Yes may be we will pay EU prices for electricity and water but we will also EARN EU wages under the PL. And this is proven today by MM and the PL!!
To all honest PN supporters I say - do not grumble. Show it with your vote. Do not get cold feet when voting for the PL in the next general election.

Andrew Mifsud

Oct 1st 2009, 13:41

Dr Paul Borg Oliver,do not get personal ,at the moment you have much more important agendas to worry about.Please focus on the country's real problems as it seems they are escalating at a fast rate.

r ferriggi

Oct 1st 2009, 13:19

PBO,,,, how are you not ashamed to be still there in power,,, AND HAVE THE CHEEK to comment on othrs liek that ,,,,,,,ESPECIALLY when YOU yourself had stooped so low in the emails issue???

lets concentrate on OUR OWN problems please.

sandra smart

Oct 1st 2009, 11:05

I think that maltese gemgem flu is still around, and no injection will cure the bloody disease, what do we maltese people want , the Labour Regim again, let me remind one thing tha Mr Dom Mintoff once said, " l-ewwel il labour, it tieni jiehdu l-labour u jekk jibqa jiehdu l-labour" well fine, us nationalist state that only the labour people " qeghdin jinqdew" the labour people state the nationalist govt is treating well only the nationalists, come on folks let us start working as one nation under this recession, not as an island divided into two. good luck marisa micallef, and may you find in the labour party what you found in the nationalist party " Dialogue and Liberty of Speech" !!

A.Gauci Cunningham

Oct 1st 2009, 10:52

Personal attacks never did any good to those who made them!! Those who did them in the not so distant past might have won a couple of brownie points with the die-hards of the party as PBO hopes to do but ultimately it backfires and PBO can assure himself that thats what this personal attack will do!!

Christian Azzopardi

Oct 1st 2009, 09:19

Hahaha! OMG PBO as hilarious as usual. Keep it up!

Pierre Agius

Oct 1st 2009, 03:02

PL's leader openely admitted bad old Labour habits by welcoming with open hands any ex-Labour followers for any past disagreements.

PN's General secretary is throwing stones at those who are leaving or abandoning the sinking ship.

Now choose the correct from the above. Who shows more dignity and not just power power power?

David Mizzi

Oct 1st 2009, 02:15

Pawl ... tweggax qlub in-nies li ma jistghu qatt jaqilbu l-vot ghax "minn guf ommhom" Nazzjonalisti

B' hekk tkun qed tfisser li Leyson hadmet maghkom sakemm kienet imhallsa ?!
u allura kienet mercenarja... u li llum mejta bil-guh ??

Bil-kumment tieghek, qalbi tinghafas ghal dawk in-Nazzjonalisti ...

Ghalik .. tkun Nazzjonalist biex takkwista xoghol ? M' hemmx principju ?? ideal ??

... ... Din l-ghaqda l-gdida ta' nies b' ideal wiehed... qed tkompli tissahhah...

Il-koalizzjoni l-gdida qed tattira nies ta hsibijiet wiesa hafna fi hdanha...

Jifdal biss li jekk kien hemm xi kumment minn xi hadd fil-hajja pubblika, li wegga' s-sentiment ta' sezzjoni mill-poplu tul iz-zmien, li dan jiskuza ruhu, u nemmen li l-poplu lest jahfer !

Wara kollox... min ma jizbaljax ?

Joe Fenech

Oct 1st 2009, 01:49

If PBO thinks that it is for Marisa to reinforce the law and reclaim land for any rightful owners, then he's showing us that the government is extremely feeble!

Or is he just slinging mud without having any evidence? Can he come up with some concrete facts about land stolen from its owners?

Take these stupid PL and PN and bring in a new right party!

Joe Fenech

Oct 1st 2009, 01:46

PBO is extremely unethical, unprofessional, and rude in stating this! People's personal situations are not his business. Who does he think he is?

As for repercussions of this move, it is for Labour to deal with them.

Joe Fenech

Oct 1st 2009, 00:11

The crazy one here is Joseph not Marisa. Yes, she might be an unscrupulous opportunist - possibly desperate for a job - but in politics there is also ideology . Marisa has shown complete hostility to anything Labour in the past - so how does this fit together?

PL is absolutely crazy to sleep with the enemy! It's risking big time! Not only its reputation but also another electoral defeat.

J Martinelli

Oct 1st 2009, 00:01

@ Josef Navarro

Revealing the salary of a high profile position is not an attack on any individual. Such salaries are bound to be leaked out anyway.

If any criticism came Marisa's way, it was due to the about face she managed to execute after having written so much against the LP for many years, yet she chose to accept a job from the Labour Party, albeit for a princely salary, few in Malta receive. Needless to say there are quite a few upset Laburisti both at the Mile End Headquarters and at One Productions at Marsa. As far as her career is concerned, good luck to her!

Marisa Micallef was not fired, did not lose her job, on the contrary, she left mid way through a four year contract. This information was revealed by Ms. Micallef herself and moreover she praised Mr. Dalli for being an "outstanding gentleman" when she informed him of her decision.

Shall we not believe Ms. Micallef's own words?

I. Cilia

Sep 30th 2009, 23:11

@G.Schembri

I said shut up because of accusations made by the person in question without any knowledge whatsoever apart from those made by the PL media..

when such an accusation is proved or otherwise I will be the first to agree with Ronald Camilleri... Until then it is useless blattering...

of course asking questions is your right and it should be done... jumping to conclusions without any shred of objective evidence is downright irresponsible... and thus should shut up!!!

others may of course beg to differ..

john fenech

Sep 30th 2009, 22:48

I dread to put my oars in the political sea so I will steer around known landmarks.
Ms Micallef ex-MLP (UK), pro EU/Gonzi equates con Sant, pro Divorce, pro Life, and Ex- Chairperson. So was where a local political alliance before the Muscat connection? Alternatively, was the alliance to the Malta- EU union? Is there a DAlli-Gonzi or Muscat-Micallef (Jason) cogitation in the equation?

Does media personalities change their political-believe if they ply their trade in opposite political establishment- of course not they have to earn their crust.

However, this is different, you say, this is policy making- hence impetus to change political perception. Might not captivating media programmes directly or indirectly also contribute to change / modify political opinion?

Most times, change find resistance due to fear of uncertainty hence - There is no cure for the human condition because every man read the present & plot the future in the light of his own past.

Ronald Camilleri

Sep 30th 2009, 21:31

@I.Cilia ... first of all as somebody else commented i'm a taxpayer and i shall not shut up!! secondly, have you ever heard of a power station generating power for at least 50Megawatts costing Eur10million??

I'm very sorry, from your words you don't seem to have an idea how big contracts are drawn up. Firstly an interested company draws up a list of main potential suppliers with their bids of similar deals during the past years. so, there you go, a price factor is set. on a contract of those millions 2% commission is by far a BIG FAT ONE. Mr.Mizzi may have been lucky, but surely it indicates that he has been working his socks up for some years to get such a deal.

As for your "how these supposed 4 million could have been diverted to other uses is simply ridiculous", ask your electricity bill - oh! i forgot! sometimes you seem to be using candles instead of electric bulbs!

Joe Vella

Sep 30th 2009, 20:44

Wally Vella-Zarb

Where there are convictions, money plays no part.

Josef Navarro

Sep 30th 2009, 20:38

its a shame to see PN insiders make the same mistake normally committed by the MLP; unfounded personal attacks, aimed at taking a go at an individual's popularity. How much Marisa earns and why she lost her previous job is none of anyone's business. If the MLP believe she has what it takes to direct them towards political success and are ready to pay a good sum of money for her services then good luck to her.
Let us not revert to namecalling PN. Jjust get on with the job.

JOSEPHINE FENECH

Sep 30th 2009, 20:26

And Dr P. Borg Olivier should also say that Ms Micallef should tell Dr Muscat to restore back lands which certain PN Ministers (now back benchers) hastled from old people to buy with a miserable amount cause they should have been expropriated by the goverment (case in point in Naxxar)

Ray Muscat

Sep 30th 2009, 20:11

Are the scandals of Mistra, Bahrija Valley, Power Station extension and the shameful Drydocks losses victims of the financial crisis, too?

J Martinelli

Sep 30th 2009, 19:17

@ Joe Vella

The irony of it all is that Jason Micallef will have the unenviable job of terminating a few employees in order to have enough to pay Marisa Micallef's salary notwithstanding the fact that she was the primary motivator for removing him from the post of Secretary General!

If the advices she will be giving Joseph are similar to this first one - hey, we can't wait for more laughs!

Poor Jason, he finds himself up the creek with Marisa holding the paddle. Some people are born under the wrong star indeed and Jason will quite unfairly be tagged as being the bad boy.

wally vella-zarb

Sep 30th 2009, 18:57

@ Joe Vella

"Was it her new found believes in the PL, or the 40,000.00 reasons per annum that she will be getting in salary? "

So what if it is both? One reason does not necessarily exclude the other.

P.S. I am still patiently waiting for my answer to your previous comment to appear.

M Portelli

Sep 30th 2009, 18:31

Some people get the best of both worlds!

Joe Vella

Sep 30th 2009, 17:51

@ Mark Borg

You are quite right in that the financial situation of Marisa Micallef is her own affairs. However, when the PL and Joseph Muscat plays political ball with her appoint, the real motives behind her acceptance of the appointment becomes public as well. The Public have a right to know what really motivated Marisa Micallef to accept such appointment.

Was it her new found believes in the PL, or the 40,000.00 reasons per annum that she will be getting in salary?

G.Schembri

Sep 30th 2009, 17:48

@ I. Cilia Who do you think you are to tell people to shut up. Ronald Camilleri like any other Maltese tax payer has the right to ask how our hard earned cash is being spent by our government. I remember way back in the 80s we used to say that Mintoff was a miser, then Malta saw the light, we got ourselves a new airport terminal, which is much better than the one we had, but we spent thousands of pounds more than planned. Every project after that cost the Maltese tax payer thousands more than planned. Let us not forget Mater Dei Hospital, which will be having an extension built to it. It seems that only some contractors who have become millionaires in the past 20years are gaining from all these gaffs. So yes we DO have the right to ask questions, not withstanding the party we decide to vote for in the general election .

Marcel Dingli

Sep 30th 2009, 17:42

@ C camilleri. Which bonds ? The Government bonds ? As far as i know they were not sold.

James De Giorgio

Sep 30th 2009, 17:40

The sooner Paul Borg Olivier is ejected from the party, the better.

Why can't the nationalists catch up with labour? They've just been rid of Jason Micallef, does Gonzi feel that he has to put up with the likes of Paul Borg Olivier?

Let's face it, PBO is unpopular even among the nationalists, why doesn't he just resign?

J Martinelli

Sep 30th 2009, 17:36

@ C Busuttil - Pt. 1

If you are the same Busuttil who commented in English to Mr Gatt, then I prefer to use English in an English language paper.

First of all, in my comments regarding Marisa Micallef's appointment at the LP, I didn't go into the merits of the PN's leadership - you did.

Telling me that I shouldn't write about things I don't know about, is silly, to use an adjective acceptable to the moderator. You know as much as I do regarding Ms. Micallef from her own statements and counter-statements from both sides of the political spectrum. So your comments are totally out of place.

Never in my comments do I promote a one party system since when it was attempted by repression (1971-87), it failed miserably. The ideal democratic system is the alternation of power but unfortunately in Malta, the two leading parties are so far apart that electing the alternative will definitely mean the re-invention of the wheel. You surely remember the VAT-CET-VAT comedy. You can blame Sant for it, but surely he must have had the MLP backing him, or was he another Mintoff?

Nahseb naf aktar milli tahseb!

Continued/ikompli

J Martinelli

Sep 30th 2009, 17:35

C Busuttil - Pt 2

True Nationalists never feared the bogeyman (babaw) and present Nationalists continue to have the same conviction as those who preceded the. It is not a matter of fearing Labour in government, it is a case that trusting Labour to do a good job is a very hard task for any level minded voter. Past and recent past records speak for themselves.

No government is perfect but no political party openly declares that if elected it will be a government of the people, followed by 'a government for our supporters, then come our supporters and if anything left over will go to them too' or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth'. What kind of trust can one have in that kind of rhetoric? Don't tell me that those phrases were uttered 'in the heat of an election campaign'. The fact that such orators remain within the LP, is not a good omen.

Maybe, after all, Marisa Micallef will bring about a culture change within the LP - let's hope so because under the stewardship of Joseph Muscat, the probability of a meaningful change seems anything but possible.

C.Busuttil

Sep 30th 2009, 17:06

@C. Camilleri

tista tghidli x'ghandu jaqsam l-bonds ? billi oversubscribed b'daqshekk ? mhux sigriet li f'dan il-pajjiz hawn minn jaffordja jaghmel dan it-tip ta' investiment imma dawn huma l-ftit mhux il-hafna. Kieku l-bonds huma indikazzjoni tal-voti 100% ha ngiebu fl-elezzjoni li jmiss.
Inkomplu ndahhlu rasna fir-ramel ghax b'daqshekk il-partit qed jaghmel xi gwadan, inkomplu nidhqu bina nfusna ghax bil-bonds ha nirbhu. Dan il-pajjiz qieghed fi krizi u jekk ahna n-nazzjonalisti mhux ser nigbdu l-attenzjoni tal-partit u l-gvern, komplici tad-disfatta li hemm tistenna lilna. Inutili wara wiehed jippunta subbajh lejn Gonzi jew Borg Olivier. Illum mhux ghada ghax gurnata wara l-ohra ha jkun tard wisq. Jekk tridu tghixu f'dinja virtwali ghamlu intom, imma l-fatti jitkellmu mhux bil-bonds imma bil-polz tal-poplu u thoss fil-pajjiz li kollox wieqaf, apatija generali, nuqqas ta' flus fl-idejn u dan gabuh dawk l-imbierka kontijiet tad-dawl. Bhala nazzjonalisti ghandna d-dover u dmir li nippretendu bidla tar-rotta ghax fuq kollox il-partit taghna u mhux ta' erba.

C.Busuttil

Sep 30th 2009, 16:51

Martin Spiteri

Il-gurnata li l-Partit nazzjonalista jehles minn dawk kollha f'ministeri, dipartimenti u entitajiet li jiehdu salarju fenomenali, qatt m'huwa ser jasal. il-Partit spicca mimli nies li jigu jaqaw u jqumu mic-cittadin/votant u mill-principji. Dawn Nies li bl-ghanjuna ta' xi uhud fil-partit holqu renju personali taghhom, mentri suppost huma qeghdin hemm biex jghinu lic-cittadin u mhux ser jakkwistaw ghalihom. Arroganza, Kilba ghall-flus, abbuz ta' poter dan huwa dak li kapaci ghalihom.
Rajt nazzjonalisti kapaci li dejjem kienu lejali lejn il-partit imwarba biex jilhqu erba li qatt m'ghamlu xejn ghall-partit anzi fi zmien iebes ma kienux jghidu li huma nazzjonalisti, illum saru diehards ghax jaqbel lilhom. Kieku sa hawn pacenzja imma li mill-posizzjonijiet taghhom jaghmlu l-hsara lil partit bl-agir taghhom dak mhux accettabli. Naf bosta nazzjonalisti ma jridux jafu izjed bil-partit minhabba dan u ghax l-istess partit holoq incertezza holoq piz kbir fuq il-pajjiz bil-kontijiet tad-dawl. Ma nistawx inkomplu ndahhlu rasna fir-ramel hemm bzonn ta' Wake UP call urgenti l-partit qed jistieden telfa katastrofika fl-elezjjoni li jmiss.
Illum ma nistawx imbezzaw in-nies aktar b'Sant u Micallef. Bhal Marisa Micallef ha jkun hemm hafna ohrajn - Il-PN huwa bhal vapur li qed jeghreq u kulhadd induna, issa naraw minn huma il-vera nazzjonalisti

Mark Cushcieri

Sep 30th 2009, 16:51

joe vella...everyone is opportunistic...why if your boss offered you a better paycheck would you refuse? come on...why dont they state their earnings before talking about other people's earnings?

Joseph A.borda

Sep 30th 2009, 16:48

Mr.Pace Bonello, for sure PBO is not another Jason in the making !............
paul. although sometimes in the past we didn't agree on certain issues.......my doors are still open for any help.............

c. camilleri

Sep 30th 2009, 16:38

@ Twanny Bugeja The latest bond issues show " kemm pajjizna sejjer lura."

Joe Vella

Sep 30th 2009, 16:24

@ Mark Borg & Wally Vella-Zarb

Perhaps the words opportuntism and convenience are new to your years.

Mark Cushcieri

Sep 30th 2009, 16:11

@Martin Spiteri - bil ghatx al -gvern?
nassigurak li lili personali ma tamillix differenza min ikun emm fil gvern mlp jew pn.
li tamilli differenza bhala malti. Xorta rrid nqum kuljum ax xol fis 7 ta filghodu...la gonzi u qas muscat mhuma se jgibuli flus ta xejn.
PB Olivier zbalja bdal kumment ammetuha...il finanzi taha huma kunfidenzjali u affariha sakemm mux allegat li min flusna affariha. Ghaliex ha jibqaw jifirduna u jhammgu nies imbaghad nibdew bil libelli u jimlew gazzetta u news b dac cucati.
PBO jaqaw jahdem volontarjat ma jaqlax flus?
@ gucci bag...uajma come on ma nkomplux naqaw ac cajt ..iccekjajt jek ux originali ax issa aw hafna fakes. Bhal certu nies msomma.
Ghalmenu Gonzi ma kkumentax qed jinduna li shabu qed iqazzu lil kulhadd issa jipruvaw ihammgu lin nies dejjem listess storja. Mbasta jitkellmu fuq blalen politiki ...imbad huma ballun wara lihor jitfaw. Prosit Gonzi you were cautious and smart yet you should control your people.

Martin Spiteri

Sep 30th 2009, 15:51

I am disgusted at you all who are commenting on PBO. tidru li inthom bil ghadx ghal gvern.

If Ms Micallef thinks that the Government is waiting for her at her leisure to move from one job to another I think she has a very high opinion of herself. How dare you lot talk about jobs?

I wont say another word but I am sure she was handsomely paid much much more than us citizens who barely make 1000 euro a month and these so called jobs by these so called important people. If she feels that going to joe muscats bosom is a very good idea, I call it opportunist and without any face and pride. Yes PBO was very right and I hope other jobs like hers are done with. There are many jobs which are paid hefty salaries like the so many executives in PBS limited. there are a handful of workers next to scores of executives who earn much much over the normal salary scale without mentioning names there are executives who take home well over 100 000 euros a year. The only good thing about a change of government is that these parasites are removed

wally vella-zarb

Sep 30th 2009, 15:33

@ Joe Vella

"@ all the bleeding Socialist hearts

How many of you are making the reported 40,000.00 Euros that Marisa Micallef is going to be paid in salary by the LP? "

What difference does it make? How is it relevant? I don't care what income YOU have so why should you care to know what I, or anybody else for that matter, earn or don't earn?

twanny bugeja

Sep 30th 2009, 15:31

PBO, ismi minni li naf cert li hija opinjoni ta' hafna eluf inkluzi nazzjonalisti, tibqghux titfghu lil pajjizna lura....morru ghal elezzjoni generali imbaghad naraw. pl.

Mark Cushcieri

Sep 30th 2009, 15:19

@Joe Vella
ghala gonzi u niesu jaqaw volontira ...ax ma jajdulnix kemm jaqlaw huma lewwel pbo u gonzi ??

Silvio Schembri

Sep 30th 2009, 15:12

haha lol @PBO & PN !!! joke of the day, nice comments you really made my day...

C.Busuttil

Sep 30th 2009, 15:10

Sur Martinelli

Xbajt nghidlek fuq affarijiet li ma tafx fuqhom tiktibx izjed. Jekk minghalik dan il-pajjiz ha jerga jivvota PN sejjer hazin. Sant u Micallef mghadhomx hemm ghaldaqstant mhemmx aktar il-babaw xi jzomm lin-nies milli jivvotaw labour.

Bil-kontra fil-partit taghna spiccajna b'nies opportunisti nies li mghandhom l-ebda kapacitajiet ta' xejn, l-uniku mertu taghhom li hbieb ta' x'hadd. Dawn qed jiehdu post nies nazzjonalisti u anke laburisti li huma ferm aktar kapaci minnhom u l-hsara li qed jaghmlu lil Partit ghadek l-anqas taf. Dawn nies, li ghax il-partit poggihom f'certu posizzjonijiet, qed jahsbu li saru xi allat. Dan ghad-dettriment tac-cittadin ghax jekk ikollu bzonn xhaga jew jiehu xi dritt sagrosant tieghu u dan jaqa taht xi dipartiment jew entitajiet fejn hemm dawn in-nies, miskin int. L-arroganza li biha jimxu man-nies hija fenomenali. L-abbuz tal-poter li ghandhom mac-cittadin tal-misthija. Xi uhud minnhom jghidu sfaccatament li hadd ma jista ghalihom ghax huma ma' dak il-ministru jew l-iehor. Qabel kellna l-abbuzi tal-marmalja laburista issa l-abbuzi ta' lis-snobs nazzjonalisti. U tista mhux tigbed l-attenzjoni tal-partit kollox ghalxejn, cirku vizzjuz. Il-PN ghandu bzonn jitnaddaf wahda u sewwa specjalment minn nies li qed jaghmlu l-hsara u minn dawk li ma jhaddnux il-valuri w il-principji tal-partit

r Pace Bonello

Sep 30th 2009, 15:06

The PN appears to have another 'Jason" in the making!

The TOM readers comments say it all.

John Micallef

Sep 30th 2009, 15:03

What a joke ! And nationalists supporters had the guts to say that Jason Micallef was bad ! at least he didnt say the famous quote Parole Si u Fatti No !

Joe Micallef

Sep 30th 2009, 14:41

I can only understand this hullabaloo in the context that PL followers are uncomfortable with history and the truth, otherwise I really cannot see the mountain made out of a molehill. What is personal and offensive in saying that like many worthy professional, Marisa lost her job because of the current financial crisis and she gladly jumped on the opportunity to earn €40,000 in Malta in an organisation where her knowledge and experience place her a good cut above the rest. The truth is that the PL irresponsibly shy away from the worldwide knowledge that we’re in the midst of a global recession.

As for the "a la carte" jobs I am wise enough to know that every government in the world reserves these for close friends, one because you cannot have someone who does not agree with you in a sensitive place and two because parochial politics is alive and kicking. The evaluation I make is a comparative one between what happened under a MLP administration and what happened under a PN administration. The level of institutionalised corruption under MLP is unreachable. Otherwise my level of self respect is too high to get me begging for jobs.

MBorg

Sep 30th 2009, 14:05

@R.Laurenti

I would not be impressed by the "beautiful Gucci bag " if I were you.
Ever heard of the very good sales they have on in London?

Jonathan Cachia

Sep 30th 2009, 13:58

Are these the democratic credentials of the PN?

In a democracy, which the PN has elicited and brought into so many an argument, anyone has the right to his opinion, and this may change, as did that of the many following the slap in the face given to them by the tragic farce that government that PN has come to represent.

With hindsight, when looking back at pre-election times and thinking to myself that no one can be worse than Alfred Sant, it now occurs to me that no one can be worse than Dr. Gonzi either. Now that an alternative (albeit not a perfect one) has come up, and given the gross lethargy, this web of corruption and the dilapidation the country is in, it should come as no surprise that core people are defecting to PL. Unless Gonzi acts urgently to re-shuffle his core team of people, he is doomed to go into the rubbish bin of history in 3 and a half year's time.

C.Busuttil

Sep 30th 2009, 13:56

@David Gatt

I agree 100%.
Thats the problem with the PN nowadays. People who have always been loyal to the party have been sidelined or not considered just to make way for opportunists that pretend to have been always staunch nationalists. The PN is filled with people that do not share the principles of the party. Besides to add insult to injury these people are harming the party with their arrogant and demi-god attitude. I personally know people who during the 70s & 80s never showed an sympathy for the PN or stayed "Gallarija", letting others do the fight for them. Some even went abroad and returned when it was convenient to come back.
These people have contaminated the party with selfishness, greed, arrogance and total disregard for the values the party has always championed.

Muscat.pat

Sep 30th 2009, 13:44

So the PN Government GRAVY TRAIN IS FULL OF PASSENGERS ? That is why Ms Micallef left the PN? The truth is that many bona fide people are leaving the PN because they feel betrayed and know that in the deep of their heart, the PN canNot solve Malta's problems; indeed it is Malta,s real MAJOR PROBLEM!

Tony Borg

Sep 30th 2009, 13:36

Pawl....an apology or resegnation!!!

Having known you for 30 odd years.....i always considered you to be a gentlement....how wrong I was!!!!

Charles Zammit

Sep 30th 2009, 13:27

How dare Dr. Paul Borg Olivier in his capacity of a fully fledged partisan position of secretary general of a political party speak for the government???? This shows that there is no segregation between the party and the government. Something which every sensible citizen should abhor.

Yet again, PBO's comments regarding the government and the so called a la carte menus are only assertions which need proving. The same cannot be said for the choice of who carries out the duties of secretary general of the PN during election time. The a la carte menu is very much desired and opted for that period of time. Where was PBO during the EU election campaign? Could it be that he was not on the menu?

Lawrence Gauci

Sep 30th 2009, 13:16

min qed jitfa it tajn issa? Marisa Micallef sabet opportunita u haditha good luck to her. Jason Micallef gie mcaqlaq mil post li kellu ma tkecciex jew inghata il "could shoulder" bhal ex ministri nazjonalisti. Ma nahsibx li DR. Joseph Muscat baghat SMS lil jason micallef u qallu ada ibdieli is- super one

Ma nistax nemmen l- arroganza u l- mod pastaz kif PBO kixef il- qaghda finanzjarja privata ta persuna fuq il- media nazzjonali. B' din li stqarrija issa hareg fil berah alfejn in- nies qed jeqilbu minn PN an PL. Jien nistenna li PBO johrog apologija fuq li qal jew il- PM jibatlu sms biex jirrizenja mil post.

PBO jekk Joseph muscat accetta lil Marisa fil PL dak ghax jipprattika dak li jghid haga li ma tafx xi tfisser int .

Jekk il- PL andu kazini fuq art pubblika u huma misruqa kif qed tallega int , xi tghid fuq il- kaz tac- caqnu fejn amel parking area bla permess u li sa fejn naf jien qatt ma gie mwaqqaf.. Tal- misthija ta vera !!

Joe Vella

Sep 30th 2009, 13:08

@ all the bleeding Socialist hearts

How many of you are making the reported 40,000.00 Euros that Marisa Micallef is going to be paid in salary by the LP?

fbonello

Sep 30th 2009, 13:06

PBO.......Partit Laburista greatest asset !!!!! Carry On like that Paul !!!

Mark Cushcieri

Sep 30th 2009, 13:01

it is surely better to change roles and do 'musical chairs' ..then letting ministers involved in bad scandals in their seats like gonzi does. his ministers will be his downfall.

A Fabri

Sep 30th 2009, 13:00

Another 'Jason MIcallef ' in the making !!!!!!!
So Sorry for the PN, how they miss the mastermind of Mr. Joe Saliba.

malcolm seychell

Sep 30th 2009, 12:54

@ J Busittil.

Top businessman help those parties which they think will be in government.

Definately Joseph Muscat attracted a good number of moderate people within the party.

Therefore people are seeing that investing in the MLP might be worthed, since they have a good chance to win the next general election.

About this comment from PBO, I think it was a mistake. I am sure Ms Micallef, can get a job

J Martinelli

Sep 30th 2009, 12:54

The bottom line in all this brouhaha is that the LP created one job which thus far did not exist.

A good contribution to job creation at a time of global recession!

Had the LP been governing, one can be assured that her knock at the government's door for a job, would have been answered in exchange for continued allegiance.

"Inkunu gvern ta kulhadd u niehdu hsieb il-Laburisti, imbaghad il-Laburisti u jekk jibqa xi haga - lill-Laburisti"

Mark Cushcieri

Sep 30th 2009, 12:54

why doesnt PB Olivier tell us how much he earns...or gonzi....or maybe they are volonteers? if so i admire them...but i bet they earn much more than her.

M.Caruana

Sep 30th 2009, 12:50

S.Camilleri - I could not stop laughing - THE PN IS GOOD AT CHARACTER ASSASSINATION?! Goodness gracious me! Ara veru kaz li tara t-traba u ma tarax it-travu.

Fuq Ms.Micallef Leyson, jien nahseb li ma ddumx ma tispicca impjegata ohra tas-super one. Ta l-MLP hemm jibghatu lin-nies biex jehilsu minnhom b'mod diplomatiku.

S Camilleri

Sep 30th 2009, 12:32

Character assassination is one thing the PN propaganda machine excels at. Poor Ms Micallef can expect much more of this as the Party tries to limit the damage.

jbusuttil

Sep 30th 2009, 12:18

The way I see it is that when PL readers see this statement they get hurt and rightly so. When the news came out that MM joined PL all said how come she crossed parties PL supporters were in feast mode. When the story started to be explained better it all boiled down that she was being given a job and a salary of quite an amount ( always as quoted in the press). More news started coming out that she could have advised JM to force JM to resign. In fact he did and moved to Super One by creating a new a new job for him. His salary will surely be compared to Marisa's. So in less than forty eight hours PL created two jobs that can cost the party circa 80K. From were is all this money coming. The party supporters would surely prefer giving the money to the party than for administration purposes. To act and write as a PL believer you have to be one from a very young age. You cannot cross parties and all of a sudden believe and write as a PL follower. Good luck to all involved.

Leo Bartolo

Sep 30th 2009, 12:12

Hahahahahahaha. Oh boy, what a joke!!!

m.portelli

Sep 30th 2009, 12:09

'government is not an a la carte restaurant ' really you don't say ? Consistent action on the part of this government has shown that is fully committed to the principle that the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to an another, a rather 'very select' other however! I think the news of disarray within the PN ranks has just received the sacrament of confirmation!

Marcel Dingli

Sep 30th 2009, 12:07

Pawl, intkom tal PN l ewwel tibilghu il hobza taghkom mbghad tahtfu hobz in nies u thalluhom bil guh. Wara tbellghulhom porga. Dak ugiegh ta zaqq akbar milli jaghmel id dahq li qed tipprovva ddahhaq. M ghadux il PN ta zijuk Lasta. Dak kien ragel.

Gianninu Saliba

Sep 30th 2009, 11:58

Marisa Micallef is a victim of financial crisis is the heading of this article. Immediately it reminded me of the rumours that went around when Alfred Baldacchino crossed the floor in 1971. Well, what can I say, some claim that Judas betrayed Jesus for money, others say that he did it with good intentions.
I sure hope that Ms Micallef deserves to be happy in her new job. May she not be influenced by the principles she upheld when she was a PN supporter when she advising Joseph.

Joe Fenech

Sep 30th 2009, 11:55

This sound a bit like the Troy story. Letting the enemy in is not wise Joseph!

Tonio Bone

Sep 30th 2009, 11:54

Well, as I see it Marisa Micallef was part of the 'musical chairs entourage' that the government shifts around to keep hold of the various agencies, authorities and places he's got his finger in. There is some spite in Dr Borg Olivier's comments, and perhaps a little regret too. He did say after the last General Elections that the party needed to be more 'sensitive' to the people's needs....so we are not new to rhetorical comments coming from him. It's obvious there is a 'reason' for Marisa Micallef's choice to cross the border the way she did. Maybe she too did it out of spite for something or other!!!!!

Colin Camilleri

Sep 30th 2009, 11:52

The PN is being deserted by the 100s if not 1000s and they still hang on to their stupid rethoric. I am loving it! Keep it up PN! It will be another nail in the coffin for the next general election!
What surprises me most is that up till now no MP decided to cross sides (yet). That would be interesting to GonziPN government.

philip pace

Sep 30th 2009, 11:46

This personal attack on Ms.Micallef is uncalled for and is besides the point.
It is a very futile attempt from PBO side to demolish what Ms. Micallef had every right to do in a democratic society.
If Ms.Micallef decided to join the PL than that it is within her personal right to do so and nobody can argue with that..
He has to face reality that the majority of Malta is not after his crumbling Government anymore and time shall be the judge of that.
He is still learning the trade and I think that his appointment of a General Secretary of the PN is driving people away from the PN. It was a very poor choice!
Ms.Micallef chose to serve the PL as she chose to serve the PM before.
So what is the problem dear young PBO?
Shall we delve in the past re the 1960's or are you trying to give us the impression that the PN has no skeletons to hide in the cupboards as if all the evil in Malta was committed only by the PL only and the PN is more white than white?

Grow up PBO!

John Mizzi

Sep 30th 2009, 11:38

My mother was thrown out of her home in 60's when the PN owners in Hamrun used to do anything they could do due to the political situation at that time. If you want to go on contact me and I will remind the right honorable what was done then when his party was in Government.
John Mizzi

Enzo Caruana

Sep 30th 2009, 11:23

This is rich coming from a man who is paid handsomely for pushing the wrong buttons and sending out emails that embarass his government and his party. PBO should remeber that he was not Gonzi's first choice for the post of ON secretary general. Gonzi's anointed one was Simon Busuttil who refused the post because the lure of Brussels was stroner than anything.

Take a good look around you Dr Borg Olivier before you pronounce nonsense such as these comments

t. borg

Sep 30th 2009, 11:20

tal-pn setghu sabulha job minflok xi laburisti li hlief hsara ma jaghmlux.

David Gatt

Sep 30th 2009, 11:17

X'ipokresija. Ghandi 28 sena, u ghamilt l-ahhar ghaxar snin nara lil nies, ex-studenti mieghi, jinghataw job fuq iehor, Brussels, f'xi Ministeru, Luxembourg, etc. etc jew scholarships bl-addocc, dan kollu ghax jafu lil dak u jafu lil haddiehor. Kelma wahda....X E B B A J T U N A !!

Charles Micallef

Sep 30th 2009, 11:14

@Dr Lawrence Gonzi, our Prime Minister,

I read the part where it is stated that you “denied that you appointed people to certain positions on grounds of political allegiance”.

Should you like to get in touch with the undersigned through the Times, I will clarify this issue once and for all for you Mr Prime Minister, not only you did not stick to your promise and advertised these positions but I can let you have a list of names that are Political appointees and they have absolutely no knowledge or qualifications to be in a particular appointment.

Unfortunately I am not allowed to quote names on a blog....! so please let us stop playing political roulette with your citizens!

Thanking you
Charles Micalle

Gerard Cassar

Sep 30th 2009, 11:11

Paul Borg Olivier elected Secretary General of the P.N. clan could not resist to try to brainwash the empty minds of the P.N. grass roots. He resolved the matter as a financial one. That 's in parralel with the mentality of the friends of friends mentality that fleurish within the inner circles of the P.N.
The leader of the P.N. Dr. Gonzi reacton is somewhat the same if studied carefully.
But Gonzi distributes the citizens money at his pleasure and that's an abuse, because he uses the government finances, not his own or his party to distribute, that,however in the long run benefits the party .
Finally, why try to interfer in other party's business. Jealousy? or something else? Everyone is free to manage hi/her own activities. Trying to demean a person is truly a characterisic of the P.N. tactics. And they pretend to be the cream of the cream of the high echelons of Maltese society. The Mandraggio has long been eliminated but not from the minds of certain people. Witness who these people are and compare it with what they pretend to be!

Furtu Navarro

Sep 30th 2009, 11:08

The more PBO opens his mouth to say something or scribbles press releases, the more PN supporters convince themselves that he's just not the right man for the job. But Gonzi thinks otherwise.

e.cortis

Sep 30th 2009, 11:00

Why all this hullaballoo?. When former labour supporters of some standing defected to the other side, they were welcomed as heroes !!. Why all this character assassination ?. What's good for the goose.......... I invite everyone to use the grey matter in our heads.....

m.portelli

Sep 30th 2009, 10:51

'government is not an a la carte restaurant ' really you don't say ? Consistent action on the part of this government has shown that is fully committed to the principle that the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to an another, a rather 'very select' other however! I think the news of disarray within the PN ranks has just received the sacrament of confirmation!

Roderick Bajada

Sep 30th 2009, 10:48

"but the government is not an a la carte restaurant or simply contributing to 'pocket money'," Dr. P.B.Olivier

VERA JEW???

Ninxef u niskanta! :-)

DIn zgur mhux l-impressjoni ta hafna Maltin...

maria falzon

Sep 30th 2009, 10:45

Usual character assisination of anyone who disagrees with the PN. A siege mentality which continues to crumble the govt.

Sandro Pace

Sep 30th 2009, 10:44

Futile.

Ivan Scicluna

Sep 30th 2009, 10:44

It's incredible how low PBO can go. Just unbelievable! The good thing for him is that if he is sacked for this incredible gaffe, he will return to practice as a lawyer and won't suffer financial losses. But don't worry, he won't loose his job. The sheer arrogance of who's part of the clique running the country won't suffer any consequences for such arrogant remarks. For a Secretary General of the government party to air such distasteful personal remarks on an ex-colleague is sheer madness, to say the least!!!

R Laurenti

Sep 30th 2009, 10:39

The beautiful Gucci bag I spotted her carrying just a few days ago seems to suggest otherwise PBO

r pace bonello

Sep 30th 2009, 10:38

Dr Borg Olivier's comments show his lack of political maturity, are spiteful and unnecessary
and , in the long run they will cause more damage. One expects much, better from the PN general secretary.

I. Cilia

Sep 30th 2009, 10:36

@ronald Camilleri 2/2

the only issue is if the tender process was flawed.. again.. it is the PL saying it.. and the PN denying it..

I guess it depends which newspaper, party you believe...

But PL is at fault for not letting the investigation process going on independendently... all the time bringing to the news the name of a guy who no one knows... If you do I have no idea who he is...

again this was not a appointment of some guy without a process... it is a procurement process with which could be flawed.. but until the investigation is concluded one cannot say..

so I advise you to shut up.. once it is concluded that it was incorrect by the competent authorities (and not the PL who seems to have an interest in this for maybe political or commercial reasons)... then you can rant and point fingers as much as you want... and I will the first to agree with you...

A.Busuttil

Sep 30th 2009, 10:36

It looks as the GONZIPN party has a big problem with their Secretary General. Insolenti, atteggament baxx

I. Cilia

Sep 30th 2009, 10:35

@Ronald Camilleri, 1/2

nice conclusion, particularly since you only heard this from the PL side...
a business deal is a business deal... private companies are not bound to divulge their business interests to you or me..

sure it is a public contract... but the commissions paid to anyone are the business of the company.. procurement process if you are not aware look at the total price and not how much commission is paid to the middle man!!!!! and the stupid, very stupid reasoning by the PL about how these supposed 4 million could have been diverted to other uses is simply ridiculous.. do you think that they write out in the tender document that 4 million are going to the middleman!!!!

R.Degiorgio

Sep 30th 2009, 10:34

No comment ... LOL @ PN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DUSTY WILLIAMS

Sep 30th 2009, 10:34

IDDAHHAKX NIES BIK! IMMA KIF MA TISTHUX THAMMGU ISEM TA DAWK LI MA JASBUWIEX BHALKOM. DEJJEM HEKK KONTU U HEKK TIBQAW INTOM U GHALXEJN TGHIDU LI TAL LABOUR QATT MA JINBIDLU GHAX INTOM M INTOMX WISQ AHJAR.

TYPICAL PN

I Brown

Sep 30th 2009, 10:30

She should have sought some advice from Tonio Fenech on how to tackle the financial crisis, not go to Labour. Unless of course, Tonio Fenech was unable to give her that advice.

PBO, why not hire Jason Micallef?

EJ Formosa

Sep 30th 2009, 10:18

GonziPN & PBO should have realised by now that what Marisa Micallef did PUBLICLY, many thousands are doing privately; i.e. LEAVING THE PN!!!

Sur PBO, stupid excuses are only for the diehards (what's left!)

deo micallef

Sep 30th 2009, 10:14

@ Dr Borg Olivier

And who is going to restore the millions upon millions of euros stolen from the govt coffers under this administration Dr Borg Olivier? Do you think that the people are stupid and do not know what is happening? As they say "biex tara it- tibna f'ghajn haddiehor trid tnehhi it-travu min ghajnejk"!!

Ronald Camilleri

Sep 30th 2009, 10:10

"but the government is not an a la carte restaurant or simply contributing to 'pocket money'" - so what about 2% commission on a eur200million project sound?? what is that?? bumper money?? people in business know well that for a project of such an amount commissions are much less, say 0.5% or 1% the most ..... pn in govt isn't providing "jobs for the boys" anyomore now, but "easy millions for the clique". min jaf joseph mizzi kemm 'il coffee morning tal-pn se jattendi qabel l-elezzjoni li gejja.......

Mark Cushcieri

Sep 30th 2009, 10:08

imma kif ma tixbawx tipruvaw thammgu isem in nies issemmu affarjit personali u timmalfamaw...qazziztuna..alekk ma narax news ta malta ax tara wihed tisma storja tara lihor tisma loppost.

Jason Attard

Sep 30th 2009, 10:05

This gentleman is full of surprises. I wonder how long he will last

D Ellul

Sep 30th 2009, 10:02

Sorry but I cannot stop laughing at these comments.

M.Brincat

Sep 30th 2009, 10:00

Qabel l-elezzjoni kulhadd issibulu job imma hehe. That's life