Mintoff visits Labour HQ for first time

smifsud

Dec 17th 2009, 23:34

God Bless you Mintoff and God bless Joseph Muscat and Gonzi and all of Malta and its people because its going to get tough and we all need to stick together ....tough times are ahead folks ....Malta i love you !!!!

lino apap

Dec 8th 2009, 12:36

@Patrick Sacco - I'm sorry but are you referring to Drs Borg Olivier and Fenech Adami as nobodies? I come not to praise these two but come on, referring to them as nobodies doesn't do your assessment of history any good. Sure, Mintoff was the most notorious of our past politicians, in a time when notorious politicans were in fashion - Lorry Sant, Patrick Holland etc. But give credit where credit is due. Saying that all Maltese politicians were nobodies is hugely disrespectful - what about Censu Moran, Gudio DeMarco, Guze Cassar, Guze Abela, Censu Tabone etc? Do you really consider these politicians as nobodies? If you do, then most Maltese as well as those members of the international community who knew them will surely disagree with you. Please do not take these comments as some expresion of support for either today's PN or PL - they are not. But we have to keep things in perspective. Mintoff did A LOT of good especialy in the development of social services but he is more remembered for the harm he brought about. Although far from perfect, the good done by the other politicians mentioned far outweighs their negative sides.

Patrick Sacco

Dec 7th 2009, 22:31

Whether you love him or hate him is simply irrelevant: Mr. Dom Mintoff was, still is and will for ever be Malta's greatest politician. All others were nobodies.

However, I do feel that we need a new, a fresh party that will solve many of our problems - from monstrous deficits to drug trafficking, from petty crimes to corruption, from bureaucracy to illegal immigration - and I'm not referring to LPN here!! The June MEP Election was my eye opener and I saw the light.............FINALLY!!!!

Joe Busuttil

Dec 7th 2009, 20:41

@ Mry Ann Borg. The British used to mention Mintoff with respect for his tough bargaining attitude as British ministers of that day admitted. When there was a PN prime minister they used to say that they had won his trousers and underpants off him. The British always held tough opponents in great esteem. Read your history from the newly released Britsh records of some years ago.

rodnick abdilla

Dec 7th 2009, 20:10

Kemm niehu gost meta nara li nies mil PN jibdew jithasbu u jinkwetaw kif jaraw il tal PL jinaqdu jigu UTD . heh min irrid jitkellem sew jaf li ma ghandomx xi jghidu kontra mintoff. mintoff dak li holoq l ghasafar tac comb, mintoff li ta il penzzjoni, mintoff li tak children allowance, mintoff li ta dritt li liskola tkun obligatorja u bxejn ghall kullhadd , Mintoff li holoq lohombus biex int tkun tista tixtri dar tieghek bi ftit interessi, Dak ftit min Mintoff x ma insejjahlux Kbir ? mela min huwa kbir min bih u zarma il pajjizi ? min bghat il hutna Maltin l awstralja ? min irrid joqtol il uliedna b xi powerstation li pajjiz iehor tigi rigettata ? halluna u qumu min hemm u sellmu il missier il maltin ta rieda tajba. u bil haq lahwa dawn li jiktbu l istorja kif irridu huma anke il monument ta sette gunju raw kif nehhew mil belt ghax kien idejjaqom hafna dak kin ifakkarom fugieh il qalb

K Vella

Dec 7th 2009, 19:50

@ Jonathan Agius bis-serjeta??? ara wkoll! And don't we need nurses?! As I said in my post, we need a new brand of politicians: NOT MLP and NOT PN. Something real, something fresh, some party that could really lead us into a new era. 60 years of polarisation is too much for a country. Let's look forward people and turn our backs on them. None of them deserve our votes and our hard earned tax money

JGalea

Dec 7th 2009, 19:48

Kont qed naqra hafna mill kummenti li hafna minnkom hallejtu: Vera hadt impressjoni, ta certa nies, ta kemm kapaci joboghdu persuna, u partit. Hemm min ifahhar lil Alla, li qeghdin nghixu taht dan il gvern prezenti. Skuzi ta, imma kif jista jkun li nqabblu iz zmien tal lum, ma tletin sena ilu? Milli jider hadd ma semma is snin sittin... Konna taht il PN dak iz zmien, mhux vera? Jew ma jaqblilniex insemmuhom dawk iz zminijiet? Drabi ihossni vera dizgustat, b certa kummenti, fejn il figura ta Mintoff titpenga biss fin negattiv, qisu bhal li kieku dan il bniedem kollox iswed. Allura fil PN kollox sabih l ahwa? Allura il laburisti biss jizbaljaw? Jekk iva, allura il PN ghandu il barka ta Alla, u il PL le? My friends, ahna illum parti mill EU, izda ftit nixbhuhom tafx... Harsu lejn Spanja. Bhal issa hemm il partit tax xellug fil gvern, u Alla hares il partiti fil opposizjoni spanjola, joqodu jsemmu il passat vjolenti specjalment fil gwerra civili ta spanja, ax kieku hadd m'hu intitolat jigverna... So if we want to grow up in the EU, irridu innehhu dan l aspett negattiv dwar il partiti, u ninghaqdu filmiken :)

lino apap

Dec 7th 2009, 18:13

It is obvious that many of the commentators below were either on another planet or were not born when Mintoff was PM. D. Ellul had the audacity to state that Mintoff introduced stipends. Correction - when university students marched in favour of "grants" during Mintoff's time, they were beaten up and vilified mela given grants or stipends. Then there's the other one who said that Mintoff brought work and investment - yes he did - Id-Dejma, Dirghajn il-Maltin, Bahhar u Sewwi and myriad other groups of workers under military law. And why did no-one mention the democratic broadcasting we had under Mintoff with Xandir Malta when Dr. Fenech Adami's name could not be mentioned on the news! And what about Mintoff's finest hour when The Times was burnt down and Dr. Fenech Adami' house was ransacked and his family attacked? Mr. Mintoff's direct and immediate action immediatley brought the culprits to justice.. or did it? I'm not surprised that after reading comments made by Messrs. Ellul, N. Borg and Gauci Cunningham praising Mintoff all admit they "missed" his premiership. True, he introduced several social measures in the early 70's but boy did we pay the price from 1976 onwards.

Steve Borg

Dec 7th 2009, 16:13

@Mary Ann Borg Min qallek li f'Malta hawn it-trasparenza? Mela qed toħlom? Naħseb l-aktar bniedem li jista' jwieġbek dwar dan huwa l-Awditur tal-MEPA. Dwar il-kummissjoni fuq l-apparat tal-Power Station jiġifieri inti qed tinnega dan ukoll? Hija ħasra li għandek għamad tant partiġġjan. Ma jixraqlikx. Kieku qrajt il-kitba tiegħi mingħajr rabja u bil-kalma kont tinduna li jiena ktibt li: "Il-PL ħallas il-prezz ta' deċiżjonijiet amminstrattivi mhux tant tajba, imma ara ma naħsbuhx li l-PN huwa xi partit tal-qaddisin." Ara s-Sur K. Vella, li jiddikjara l-fehmiet tiegħu, kif wieġeb. Stennejtek se tgħidli dwar il-prattika tal-etika fis-saga kolossali tal-Kummissarju tal-UE Dr. Joe Borg. Imma għoġbok, u bir-raġun, tibqa fommok mitbuq għax huwa każ skomdu u tal-mistħija. Dwar id-Doom and Gloom mhux jien ngħidu, ara d-deficit finanzjarju tal-Gvern, ara wkoll il-klassifika dinjija tal-pajjiżi korrotti. Malta niżlet 'l isfel. Int qiegħda tgħid li hawn kulħadd sejjer jiekol ir-ristoranti! U li ma hawnx nies paga 'l bogħod minn falliment finanzjarju. U dan mhux għax marru jilgħabuhom fil-ħwienet tal-imħatri li l-Gvern infallibli tiegħek mela' lil Malta bihom. Jekk tkun tant ġentili ejja miegħi meta nkun qed indur lill-elettorat u fil-każ weġibhom int. Meta tara rġiel bid-dmugħ f'għajnejhom għax ma għandhomx flus għall-familja, meta tara nies ibatu bl-enemija...

Joe Fsadni

Dec 7th 2009, 15:31

L-isbah rigal li seta' jaghtina Joseph ghall-Milied. Grazzi Joseph.

J Brincat

Dec 7th 2009, 14:50

Should I pop open my reserved champain bottle because our former leader visted HQ after voting against his own party in that dreadful night of 1998? I have long drowned in my own tears to forget.

A Galea

Dec 7th 2009, 12:08

@ MaryAnn Borg: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091207/local/meat-production-value-decline this says it all on the 'fully booked' restaurants!

GiovDeMartino

Dec 7th 2009, 11:42

Kos kemm hi kiefra d-dinja. Dak li kien l-idolu taghhom ghal tant u tant snin, issa qed jifirhu u jiccelebraw ghax "stednuh???" u hu dahal ghall-ewwel darba fil-HQrs taghhom. Sic transit gloria mundi! Tghid Alfred Sant u Joe Debono Grech laqghuh ukoll? U ahna nccelebraw lil Eddie. x'differenza!

Philip Schembri

Dec 7th 2009, 11:39

Legend of the Past (Dom Mintoff) & Legend of the Future (Joseph Muscat)!!

A Zammit

Dec 7th 2009, 11:06

@ MaryAnn Borg: Semmejt ir restaurants. Ghax ma tarax kemm jieklu n nies, jew ghajnejk mhux f' wiccek? Tghid jaqsmu pizza bejn tnejn minhabba d dieta? Niddubita Ms Borg! Tghid ghalhekk li certu restaurants ghalqu? Ghax ma tarax kemm jiddejnu n nies biex jibqghu jaghmlu l kapricci li kienu draw jaghmlu qabel? Jew ma tmurx fil banek int?

Jon Agius

Dec 7th 2009, 00:55

@ K.Vella

"I cannot forget how labour told my brother that there weren't enough chairs at university for him to follow one course rather than another"

Maybe you didn't read the report by The Times recently that a lot of students applying for the Nursing course had their applications turned down due to "lack of chairs" despite the national need for nurses.

Joe Fenech

Dec 7th 2009, 00:09

Steve Borg :

You're right: Numerus Clausus exists in Italy, France and certainly other countries. It might not be called such but, yes, countries do base their university entries on the job market.

Mary Ann Borg

Dec 6th 2009, 23:52

Steve Borg wrote: 'Ara l-każ tal-Power Station u l-miljuni ta' kummissjoni(commission) li qed jissemmew waqt li eluf ta' Maltin qegħdin paga 'l bogħod minn falliment finazjarju. Is-saga kolossali tal-Kummissarju Ewropew Joe Borg tafferma dan. Aħseb u ara ma' min hu Laburista'

X'miljuni huma Sur Borg? Taf lil xi hadd li qala' xi flus b'qerq fil kaz tal-power station? Jekk filkas mur dritt ghand il-Pulizija. Wahdek se tkun ghax lanqas Joseph ma mar ghadu!
Toghogbni din il-frazi 'paga boghod minn falliment finanzjarju' Jien mhux hekk rajt illum. Illum bil kemm irnexxieli nsib mejda biex niekol f'restaurant ghax kollha fully booked. Ghax ma mortx tipprova tibbukja xi cruise ma ta' Hamilton, ha tara kemm hawn nies paga boghod mill falliment?
Doom & Gloom, u sadattant mur wasla sa Pjazza San Gorg li Mintoff tieghek kien ta parti minna lill 'Istitu Kulturali Libjan' u fejn quddiem il-palazz tal-President kienet tittajjar il-bicca l-hadra flok dik Maltija kif hemm illum. Mur u tpaxxa u f'qaleb saqsi lilek innifsek ghalfejn il-Lejber ilu 22 sena elezzjoni boghod minn rebha, u mela familji paga boghod minn falliment !

Mary Ann Borg

Dec 6th 2009, 23:43

Joe Busuttil wrote: 'I have been many times away in the UK and guess what many English people of a certain age ask you as soon as they get to know that you are Maltese? "How's Mintoff?" He is the only Maltese politician well known throught the world'
Yeah, as we do for Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Idi Amin in Uganda and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Given half the chance, your Dom will sell your 'dar tal-hgieg'!

John Falzon

Dec 6th 2009, 21:46

The Maltese people will always remember Dom Mintoff, for the way he managed to polarise Malta. He played on class hatred, divided and conquered with more zeal than any of our past colonial rulers.
In the eyes of many of us who remember those times very well, associating Mintoff with the current Labour party, will only cause damage to labour’s future electoral chances, and that cannot be good for democracy.

Mario Farrugia

Dec 6th 2009, 20:04

porsit Joseph !!

K Vella

Dec 6th 2009, 18:37

@ Steve Borg.
I am not an idealist, not any more. In my youth I believed that PN would provide a real democracy, one based on equality and "drittijiet mhux pjaciri"! But look where we all are today. I agree that violence is not necessarily physical but psychological and, believe me I was a victim of both in the MLP times and psychological under the PN. But this numerus klawsus cannot exist in a country with ONE university. all universities have it but if you want to go to one eventually you will find one. The availability of chairs is not a reason for not accepting an 18 year old to a higher degree. I have other examples of injustice which I do not want to share.

We need a new brand of politicians, not the ones who are tying us back to a past (ie both Gonzi and Muscat, there is no difference). I am not saying that out of two evils we choose the better, I am saying we need new people. and why not I would vote for Joe Borg and a few other individuals like him who are real!

Steve Borg

Dec 6th 2009, 17:34

@K Vella

Għandna t-tnejn raġun. Il-vjolenza ġġib il-vjolenza. Għalkemm ħafna jaħsbu li Malta kellha ftit vjolenza fil-perjodu modern tagħha, il-vjolenza tiġi mwettqa b'diversi modi. Għandek dik fiżika tat-tkissir u t-tixjir tal-ponnijiet u l-oħra psikoloġika ta' meta jkun hemm xibka minsuġa fejn kollox ikun orkestrat minn wara. Il-bibien kollha jingħalqu u jkollok titqanna b'kundizzjonijiet inġusti filwaqt li l-magħżulin - anki jekk inkompetenti u għażżiena - ikollhom il-manna nieżla f'ħalqhom u l-pagatella tħaxxen il-bwiet.

Dwar in-Numerus clausus li qed issemmi inti fl-Universita' jiena wkoll ma naqbilx magħha u miskin ħuk. Sfortunatament hija prattika universitarja fis-seħħ ukoll fl-Isvizerra, il-Ġermanja u l-Fillandja fost l-oħrajn.

Il-PL ħallas il-prezz ta' deċiżjonijiet amminstrattivi mhux tant tajba, imma ara ma naħsbuhx li l-PN huwa xi partit tal-qaddisin. Dejjem kellhu l-omnipotenzi, ossija l-Knisja, xi drabi l-Gvern Ingliż, jew il-Kummerċjanti, in-nobbli u n-nies influwenti ewlenin miegħu.

Tkun romantiku li kieku taħseb li l-PN huwa partit bi storja aktar nadifa mill-PL. L-istil ta' kif qiegħda ssir il-politika f'pajjiżna qed turi xquq kbar fl-amministrazzjoni. Ara l-każ tal-Power Station u l-miljuni ta' kummissjoni(commission) li qed jissemmew waqt li eluf ta' Maltin qegħdin paga 'l bogħod minn falliment finazjarju. Is-saga kolossali tal-Kummissarju Ewropew Joe Borg tafferma dan. Aħseb u ara ma' min hu Laburista.

Kevin Willie

Dec 6th 2009, 17:22

@ J Martinelli: Thanks for what??? For re-uniting the great Labour party. June 6 was just the beginning.

Joe Busuttil

Dec 6th 2009, 14:10

Mintoff once said that the PN (maduma) was like a worm which is cut in several pieces and each piece goes its own way. I heard him say so during a mass meeting and if he were to say so today it will be a perfect description of the Gonzi PN. Not so the Labour party,old soldiers are returning to the fold and it is getting stronger. As for replying to the furious PN apologists,others have given them a very good reply and there is nothing to add,except that I have been many times away in the UK and guess what many English people of a certain age ask you as soon as they get to know that you are Maltese? "How's Mintoff?" He is the only Maltese politician well known throught the world.

N. Borg

Dec 6th 2009, 14:02

Ghadni zghir fl-eta', biss dan il-bniedem huwa l-ikbar politiku li qatt rat Malta. Fi zmienu ma kien ghawn xejn f'dan il-pajjiz, hlief ghaks, guh, nies bla edukazzjoni, injoranza, pajjiz imfarrak kompletament wara it-tieni gwerra, Dom Mintoff kien il-politiku li rega' ghamel rigenerazzjoni tal-pajjiz. Bnieh mil-gdid, bghat lin-nies jitghalmu l-iskola b'xejn, ghamel social welfare biex jghin lil-batut u lil pensjonanti, holoq ix-xoghol, u xoghol mhux fuq bicca karta bl-isem prinjat fuqa "Smart City" imma xoghol ta' ħila u holoq pajjiz fejn kullhadd ghex dicenti u ghadu jgawdi sal-llum il-gurnata, fi zmien Mintoff il-pajjiz qas idea ta' dejn, jew ricessjoni, u il-Maltin qatt ma semghu il-frazi "Finanzi fis-sod" ghax Mintoff kien mexxej b'idu soda li mexxa il-pajjiz b-reqqa u precizjoni u bla hela.

Ta min isemmi ukoll li bis-sahha tal-kbir Dom Mintoff, Malta ghamlet trattati specjali bhaz-zejt migjub mil-libya dirett fost hafna ohrajn.

Dawn illum taht gvern tas-sinjur nazzjonalista daqshekk. minflok qed inpaxxu lil-ewropej bit-taxxi tghana!

Awguri Joseph, li irnexxielek tigbed lura lil dan il-ggant politiku fil-partit, kompli miexi u tghatix kas lil dawn l-apologisti nazzjonalisti, u imxi fuq is-sisien soda li ta lil-partit dan il-bniedem kbir.

Ad Multos Annos kbir Perit.

- Noel Borg (ammiratur).

A.Gauci Cunningham

Dec 6th 2009, 13:26

Joseph Muscat is one hell of a leader and the Nationalists know this...they know that Muscat is becoming a real threat, they fear that Muscat will be the one to rock the boat, they see in Muscat someone who can really lead the PL to victory and get us out of this status quo, they know that as the Maltese saying goes they don't have the metaphorical breast called Dr.Sant to milk from anymore. They know that with Muscat the PL will get stronger and those on the gravy train would risk loosing all they have worked for to get to where they are today. That's why we can expect more character assasinations, thats why we'll continue seeing "coloumnists" attacking his wife and children, that's why the people who persist in approving the way gonzi is governing can't stomach Muscat so much, thats why we are seeing a surge of anti-Joseph editorials all of a sudden, thats why the government has gone on a sudden pre-electoral-like PR blitz!!! But mark my words; nothing will stop change this time round.......no amount of venom, spite,attacks and strategies!!!

G Falzon

Dec 6th 2009, 12:55

@Joe Grima

"......The invitation to visit the LP......" Which invitation, Mr Grima? Your argument is built entirely on sand as Mintoff MADE A SURPRISE VISIT and caused some minutes of panic at PL headquarters!

J Martinelli

Dec 6th 2009, 12:44

@ Jonathan Agius

" Il-butir forsi kont tistennih biex tixtrih imma il-familjari tieghek ma kontx tibqa' tarahom wara li jkunu telqu ghall-Awstralja u l-Kanada bil-vapur".

Spjega daqsxejn. X'ghandu x'jaqsam? Ghalkemm nifhem li s-soluzzjoni ta Mintoff rigward il-qaghad, kien sempliciment l-esportazzjoni tal-haddiema Maltin.

@ Kevin Willie

"Thank you Dr.Muscat?" For what? For holding the door open for Mintoff? He didn't even know Mintoff was visiting!

K Vella

Dec 6th 2009, 11:49

Those of you who remember only the early 90s and later, have fallen prey to the romantic notion of Dom Mintoff rather than to the real personality that he was. I praise the man for having fought hard for the rights of Malta and the Maltese: he was a true statesman. HOWEVER, I cannot forget the beatings, the violence, the low standards of living, the hatred, the living in constant fear, the political division, being harassed by the police and by thugs at nationalist meetings for expressing an opinion ... I cannot forget how labour told my brother that there weren't enough chairs at university for him to follow one course rather than another, the 20 points system discriminating against us private school students just because Mintoff had issues with the Church (I am not contesting they were not right). Violence breeds violence. Joseph Muscat seems worse than Mintoff, he is a hardliner despite what he says. Be careful, pay attentions: this is a move to recruit the older MLPs, those loyal to Mintoff, those who truly benefited from his some of his excellent social policies. It is politics. We deserve better than our present politicians

Kevin Willie

Dec 6th 2009, 10:55

Tribute to Malta's greatest statesman. Well Done Dr Muscat...PL is getting stronger than ever!!

Jon Agius

Dec 6th 2009, 10:41

@ J Martinelli

Sorry jekk qed nhallas il-hass mal-bass. Izda lftit mill-punti tieghi:
Missieri kien xtara bicca art fi zmien Mintoff bic-"cicri" u hafna minn dawk tal-"pepe" xtraw hafna artijiet st'andrew "bic-cicri" ukoll. Jien illum biex nixtri flat, mhux dar ta, irrid naghmel xi 20 sena nhallsu. L-ewwel jien semmejt pensjonanti komdi fuq il-pultruna bil-pensjoni grazzi ghal Mintoff. Nerga nghidlek grazzi ghal Mintoff, hafna mill-anzjani illum immoru l-isptar ghal medicni b'xejn. Il-butir forsi kont tistennih biex tixtrih imma il-familjari tieghek ma kontx tibqa' tarahom wara li jkunu telqu ghall-Awstralja u l-Kanada bil-vapur.

Joe Portelli

Dec 6th 2009, 10:37

One should not insult retired prime ministers - they are retired and have every right like everone else to be respected. Why?

Because even though that person may not be so popular now, no one should be attacked because he was popular then. It was the Maltese people that elected Mintoff , he did not elect himself.

Worth remembering Sir Winston Churchill's words, in a democracy people get (elect) what they deserve - so better face it collectively and move on or we make the same mistakes.

Criticizing what a past prime mister did is fair but not the persona that's was the majority choice then and even now must be respected. Cant change history.

mario azzopardi

Dec 6th 2009, 08:33

Why did we not hear one squeak of a voice in protest during the Sant years when Mintoff was ostracized? Only Dr know it all Muscat had the guts to invite him to the headquarters of PL. Insomma dan glied ta bejniethom.

C.R.Taliana

Dec 6th 2009, 07:20

Mintoff is the only Maltese politician known worldwide! The rest were and are nobodies! Prosit Perit.

Ronnie Gauci

Dec 6th 2009, 02:00

Lil Mintoff inxebbhu ma Robin Hood, il-fqar ifahhruh ghax kien jisraq lis-sinjur biex jitma lilhom u lill-familja taghhom mentri s-sinjuri misruqa ma kienux jahmluh. Dik hi l-istorja kollha, min gie mcahhad minn bicca art minn mija li kellhu biex fuqha nbnew djar ghal ulied il-haddiema ghadom sal-lum joghboduh mentri l-haddiema li hadu saqaf fuq rashom bi ftit flus jadurawh.

Ovvjament hadd ma jiftah halqu fuq l-eluf ta` artijiet li hadet il-Knisja, hafna drabi minghand persuni fuq is-sodda tal-mewt taghhom bil-weghda tal-Genna, dawk jistghu u l-ebda DeMartino ma jiftah halqu.

George Pace

Dec 6th 2009, 00:42

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X' Bard.


Grazzi Eddie.

Joseph Borg

Dec 6th 2009, 00:35

Ara tal-PN... KIF INHUMA MAHRUQIN!!!

Keep up the great work Joseph

D Zammit

Dec 6th 2009, 00:12

@ De Martino

Why are you surprised? PN apologists are doing the same to Dr Joe Borg at the moment just because he spoke his mind!! and what did PN writers do to JPO? The MePA auditor? Violence and attacks do not just take place physically.

Simon Law

Dec 5th 2009, 23:50

What a contrast between parties... whereas one is not even capable of keeping his own MPS under control, the other is able to even reunite with various factions of society in one party.

It seems like Joseph Muscat indeed has mastered the art of consensus as opposed to cut throat confrontation. ALl this thanks to his extensive pro-EU experience in Brussels.

Paul Borg

Dec 5th 2009, 23:38

Yesterday's man with yesterday's universally discredited politics, policies and philosophies.

George Mifsud

Dec 5th 2009, 22:48

Say whatever you like I lived in the bleakest period of my life. I used to labourite in 1971 and welcomed the change of government. The lack of quality of life during this Mintoff reign was so felt in everyday life.

Antoine Vella

Dec 5th 2009, 22:19

A Times columnist recently described Alfred Sant as an albatross round Labour's neck. Mintoff is a millstone.

Raymond Sammut

Dec 5th 2009, 21:28

@ a. psaila -- "Gave his life for Malta,working class people and the poor." Just like Mother Theresa. He gives his life -- sure.

c. camilleri

Dec 5th 2009, 20:46

@ Enzo caruana. Do not count the chickens before they hatched. You labour apologists have a habit of celebrating premature victories. Anyhow so long as that makes you happy carry on.

Steve Borg

Dec 5th 2009, 20:41

@Joseph Gatt

Fuq liema pjaneta kont meta kienu qed jibgħatu lill-Maltin u Għawdxin ta' twemmin Laburista bl-eluf lejn l-Awstralja fis-Sittinijiet għax ma ridux jagħtuhom xogħol u ittra ta' rakomandazzjoni li huma ta' morali tajba mill-kappillan?

Fejn kont meta l-Partit Laburista ta l-ħobż f'ħalq l-eluf ta' foqra, ta xidd lil dawk ħafjin jiġġerrew fit-toroq jew jittalbu f'Bieb il-Belt, jew li għall-ewwel darba l-ħaddiema se jkollhom dar li hija tagħhom?

Jew meta waqqfu l-Airmalta taħt il-Gvern ta' Mintoff u kien hemm min għajjru u qallu li dawk għasafar taċ-ċomb?

Min jinstiga l-vjolenza u kellna sensiela ta' bombi wara djar tan-nies, mal-Computer Centre f'Ħad Dingli u meta kissru t-Terminal ta' Ħal Luqa?

Vjolenza, ġejja minn fejn ġejja hija ta' għajb għal pajjiż li jaspira li huwa ħieles. U meta partitarji Laburisti ħarqu t-Times u kissru l-każini għamlu ferm ħażin, bħal min qaleb il-ballavostri fuqhom u min kien imur barra jxewwex biex investiment f'Malta ma jiġix.

Imma li tgħid li l-PL kellna l-qamel, mhux qed tkun onest lanqas miegħek innifsek. Il-Perit Mintoff dejjem kien moħħu fil-Fond Konsolidat u dejjem iberren fuq il-kaxxa ta' Malta. Ixaħħaħ fl-għaqal tiegħu, tela' l-PartitNazzjonalista sab u nefaq il-flus u ħa l-kredtu hu. Dak l-ikbar żball li għamel il-PL. Il-għaqal.

GiovDeMartino

Dec 5th 2009, 20:20

Mintoff has done great things. Very great things. He brought down a labour govt. and helped Malta find a place in Europe. There's no one like Mintoff. What did you say? Eddie? OH no, please, do not compare. Mintoff was assaulted even by labour supporters. X'MISTHIJA. Mhux talli ghajruh traditur, imma ppruvaw isawtuh! M

Christopher Debattista

Dec 5th 2009, 20:10

Jien ghandhi 23 il-sena - u nixtieq li qieghed nghix f'dak iz-zmien ! Kullhadd seta jghix ta nies ! GRAZZI MINTOFF TA KOLLOX . Sfortunatament xogholok qieghed jigi mibjugh lill Barrani ghal profitti personali u mhux ghal pajjiz :(

a. psaila

Dec 5th 2009, 19:38

Dom Mintoff a true Maltese patriot.
The best man in politics.
Gave his life for Malta,working class people and the poor.
The best political leader Malta ever had.

Jesmond Micallef

Dec 5th 2009, 19:32

Mr. Dom Mintoff,

What I read in books about you is off course alot. No doubt you might have given alot to Malta. As a Maltese, I thank you.

I also lived through Malta of the 80's, that I do not read in books, but have it in my mind. As a human being, I do not wish that on anyone.

I don't hate you, I don't hate anyone.

Jesmond Micallef.

D Ellul

Dec 5th 2009, 19:01

The Maltese people should be grateful for what Mintoff has done to our country - Sea Malta, Air Malta, vote for women, pensions, social services, stipends (yes it was Mintoff who introduced the idea of students being paid), etc. Those who told Mintoff "traditur" have condemned the Labour Party to the opposition benches for years. Thank God for Dr Joseph Muscat who re-united the party once again.

Denis Catania

Dec 5th 2009, 18:53

@J Martinelli: PL showed their strength under Joseph Muscat by giving the PN the biggest defeat by any political party in Malta since the 1950's. Remember Mr. Martinelli, this only happened a few months ago.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Dec 5th 2009, 18:39

The fact that a 94 year old man's decision elicits such a reaction, only confirms this mans gigantic persona.....keep it up...Love him or hate him, your comments only help confirm his legendary status....

laurence schembri

Dec 5th 2009, 18:23

Dom, a true Socialist. Enough said.

James Piscopo

Dec 5th 2009, 18:05

Jane Dawson, Joseph Gatt, u ohrajn

Fi Zmien mintoff, vera ma stajtx tixtri ic-cikkulati u l-prodotti li ridt int, pero ninsew (jew tippruvaw tnessu) li dak iz-zmien ghalkemm ma stajnix nixtru ic-cikkulati, stajna nixtru l-postijiet, l-artijiet, saqaf fuq rasna.

D Zammit

Dec 5th 2009, 17:54

@ De Martino

Kellu bzonn min imexxi xi kunsill ikollu l ghaqal li kellu Mintoff. Vera li Mintof kien izomm wisq fil kaxxa imma ta l anqas mhux taht il-mejda!!!!

D Zammit

Dec 5th 2009, 17:50

@ Jane dawson

I remember that you as a woman had no right to vote and there was a party against you getting a vote. I remember Malta in desperate times and making progress and I remember social housing and can see my children paying absurd loans now a days. Doesn't mean that Mintoff did not commit mistakes but the chocolate argument is very peurile.

@ Mr Martinelli

don't you realise you are too biased? I have never read 1 positive comment from you about PL and a negative comment about PN. Could this be reality?

Daniel Bonello

Dec 5th 2009, 17:46

@ J Martinelli:

Joseph's leadership is getting stonger because he listens!!! He listens to the cries of the Maltese people! He listens & exerts pressure on the government to ease our financial sufferings and extravagent taxes & tariffs.

Besides he offers solutions and whilst he welcomes back people like Dom & welcomes newcomers, Lawrence Gonzi is tearing your party apart!! Only this week he contradicted Joe Borg regarding his reapointment!!!

It is easy to praise the PN & massacre anything related to PL from abroad!!! You should live here on a normal wage to taste our living!!!

What Mintoff fought for (the middle & the lower class) your beloved Gonzi is tearing us apart!!!!

Jane Dawson

Dec 5th 2009, 17:44

hmmm ... tiftakruha c-cikkulata DESERTA? yummy!!!! lol

Joseph Bartolo

Dec 5th 2009, 17:22

UNITED WE STAND : ), DIVIDED WE FALL : (
I would choose the 1st one, and not the latter : )
I am pretty sure that the VAST majority of the Maltese both in our native land and overseas, fully agree with me : ) Viva Malta God Bless and Inspire us all to stand united : )

J Martinelli

Dec 5th 2009, 17:02

@ Enzo Caruana

Thank you for acknowledging that we have a head on our shoulders which we may or may not bury in the sand.
That is a lot better than those who do not have that basic choice.
Joseph Muscat's leadership is getting stronger? How? By running and ducking simple questions from the journalists at a Press Conference he asked for himself? By arriving late at appointments? By ducking questions or not show up at Parliament? By continuing to throw mud? By the BWSC flop? By eating hamburgers instead of attending State Dinners? By using the GWU as a set of crutches?

What a joke!

Joe Grima

Dec 5th 2009, 17:01

Well done Joseph. Mintoff will remain the nation builder without whom Malta would not have arrived where it did. Both Parties have their revered heroes. Mintoff is ours. The invitation to visit the LP HQ will help to smooth over some of the past insults by Joseph's predecessor who thought he knew it all. Mintoff will not be erased by any other politician. He is a Labour icon and will be quoted long after his death. Long may you live Dom.

A.Gauci Cunningham

Dec 5th 2009, 16:54

I don't remember the Mintoff years but like anybody else I have read and seen arguments from both sides of the coin. Mintoff did things that only a revolutionary leader would do, he did great things but he erred too. His achievements were great and so were his mistakes. But i think that neither I nor all the commentators here have the right to seal any final judgement on Mintoff. We should leave that to those much more competent then ourselves i.e unbiased, future historians!! On the other hand though i have to comment about some comments here; history is not the PN's monoploy!!! The PL has every right to be proud of its forefathers as much as the PN. Just as the PN never misses an opportunity to mention Gorg Borg Olivier and Fenech Adami (and rightly so!!) without anyone batting an eyelid so should the PL. After all we are where we are thanks to great visionaries and Leaders from both Parties who ,warts and all, worked hard for the country!!!

Mike Magri

Dec 5th 2009, 16:54

Sur J. Martinelli.. L-ewwel nett il-B*** mal Hass, (jew bill-maqlub), qed thaltu int u hadt izjed, ghax dawk kollha li semmejt int, QATT hadt minnhom ma holom bis-servizzi socjali li taghna Mintoff, ghax sakemm kellna l-pensjoni, hafna haddiema kienu jmorru jittalbu god-djar, strada rjali il-Belt jew il-Hamrun, u wara l-bibien tad.dokjard, habib... Nahseb ghandek zmien biz-zejjed biex tiftakarhom dawn x-xeni ta swied il-qalb, hux..!! Habib, nassigurak li fejn tidholl l-ghajnuna lill-haddiem, jekk dawk li semmejt inti tghasarhom, ma tohrogg Duminku wiehed. Sahansitra wiehed minnhom, Censu Tabone, bill-barka ta l-erba` l-ohra, ecc.., ried jghaddi ligi biex jitfa lid-dirigenti tal-GWU il-habs, jekk dawn jordnaw strike.... Il-veru Gharukaza...

Raymond Sammut

Dec 5th 2009, 16:51

@ P. Farrugia -- "In- Nazzjonalisti kienu jghidu "SALLBU!!"" Not quite. They used to be a tiny group at the front. Fenech-Adamij would shut them up and order them to leave. And they would leave -- just like trained dogs.

Joseph Gatt

Dec 5th 2009, 16:48

min kien li ghajjar lil Mintoff traditur? Min kien li ipprova jahbat ghall-Mintoff quddiem il-parlament? Min kienu dawk il-folol li capcpu meta xi hadd ghajjar lil Mintoff traditur? U issa? x'gara? RAW ID-DAWL anke jiena rajt id-dawl. Id-dawl tal-gid kbir li gvernijiet nazzjonalisti wiehed wara l-iehor gabu. Mintoff jghidu li halla kaxxa mimlija flus u xejn dejn. Daz-zgur l-inqs bicca cikkulata ma kellna fil-pajjiz l-inqas naqra tootpaste ma kont issib fikl-pajjiz. L-inqas telefon sura ta' nies ma kont issib fil-pajjiz, l-inqas computer ma kont issib fil-pajjiz, l-inqas ajruport dicenti ma kont issib fil-pajjiz u l-inqas power station denja ma kont issib fil-pajjiz. Taht il-lajber il-pajjiz dejjem bata, dejjem bl-inkwiet u l-glied u llum? l-ikbar rpoblema tal-pajjiz? il-hmerijiet,. mela veru ghandna pajjiz mimli bil-grazzja t'Alla, Min ma jkollux problemi, imma minghajr vjolenza u bil-kelma t-tajba dejjem fenda dal-pajjiz. Mhux bhal zmien il-qamel tal-lajbour.

Enzo Caruana

Dec 5th 2009, 16:16

@All PN apologists, particularly Mr Martinelli

Keep on burying your heads in deep sands of the past while Labour under Joseph Muscat's leadership gets stronger and more united as the Nationalist Party tears itself apart.

c. camilleri

Dec 5th 2009, 16:09

Good to see Mintoff rehabilitated. At least he is no longer treated like the traitor who handed over the Govt to the Nationalist.
@ B. Busuttil. We all know that Mintoff don't know what deficit is. But the Maltese living at that time all know because we could not find the basic necessities to live even if we had the money which we had not. It is interested if one of those below to compare the hard times we went through during the Mintoff's era and the luxury life we lead to-day under the Nationalist's Administration. There is absolutely not comparison. Look at the statistics and there is the answer.

Anthony Ellul

Dec 5th 2009, 16:07

Why Mintoff has visit the MLP headquartes for the first time? I think that the election is behind the doors.

Graham Crocker

Dec 5th 2009, 16:07

A.Busuttil , consequently he didn't know what Quality of Living meant either. ;)

Mario Camilleri

Dec 5th 2009, 15:55

My memories of the Mintoff era are not so happy. I remember the mass meetings that the PN organized when thugs/police use to beat up the PN supporters, frame-ups, basic things like telephone lines only for MLP supporters, colour TV's, PC's and many others that will take me all day to write. Leave Mintoff to rest and Joseph grow up. Changing from MLP to PL is nothing. Substance please for once.

J Martinelli

Dec 5th 2009, 15:25

@ Jonathan Agius

L-ewwel net thallatx il-hass mal-b*** ghax meta n-Nazzjonalisti jsemmu lill EFA, GBO, MB. Censu Tabone, Guido deMarco, etc. mhux talli jsemmu izda jsellmu ghax dawn kollha gganti u l-LP jixtieq li ghandhom WIEHED biss bhalhom! In-Nazzjonalisti ma ghajru lill hadd 'traditur' bhal ma ghamlu l-MLP u ghaldaqstant ma kienx hemm ghalfejn naghmlu plejtu ghax stedilna lill xi wiehed minnhom ghax ghal xi ghaxar snin shah ma hallejnihomx hidhlu min bieb il-gewwa tad-dar ewlenija tal Partit.

Min hu pensjonant u 'komdu' x'aktarx ghax kien biezel bizzejjed u haseb ghal rashu ghax kieku bil-pensjoni li tah Mintoff anqas kafe ma kien jista jixtri kuljum. Ma nistax nifimkom ghax daqqa tghidu li l-penjonanti qed imutu bil-guh u daqqa tighdu li l-pensjonanti qieghdin komdi! Milli jidher int m'intiex pensjunant u allura x'aktarx ma tiftakarx meta biex tixtri ftit butir kont trid tistenna meta s-sur gvern Laburist kien komdu.

Billi Joseph stieden lill Mintoff biex izur il-HQ wara 14 il-sena tal ftuh taghha, dan mhux xi avveniment storiku - din hi wirja ll ghal zmien l-MLP cahad l-icken dritt lil eks Prim Ministru Laburist kellu li jzur is-successuri tieghu

A. Zahra

Dec 5th 2009, 15:12

Mintoff's first finest hour was when he led a revolt against Boffa which gave us a PN government. His second finest hour is when he revolted against Alfred Sant, voted against the Labour government which as a result had to call an election which it lost hands down to the PN. Thanks to that election we are now members of the EU. Viva is-Salvatur ta' Malta. I suggest that we nominate him for Gieh ir-Repubblika.

Dennis Zammit

Dec 5th 2009, 14:54

The old story.

Alfred Sant had done the same with Mintoff to gain his personal votes. Now, Sant's clone, Joseph Muscat is doing the same . . . just with a smile instead of calling him traitor.

Nothing changed in the Malta Labour Party; not even their emblem after all the propaganda about the new image. New image my foot (after a long walk!!).

A.Busuttil

Dec 5th 2009, 14:38

@lawrence Calleja
Vera Titkelmu kif jaqblilkgom, YOU talk about Old Faces??????////
Did you see Bondi Plus, Eddie, Gwido, Ugo, Micheal Falzon, Pullicino,Austin, Giovanna, Gonzi, Louise Galea ghandkhom kollezzjoni ta RELIKWI. Li spizjar milli jkollu jghatik dan jghidulu sour grapes

A.Busuttil

Dec 5th 2009, 14:31

@DeMartino

Mintoff doesn't know was deficit is , he handled the country financing to the upmost.Not like the Mosta councill and now B'Kara.

Mario Tabone

Dec 5th 2009, 14:21

Joseph Muscat does Malta a great service by showing his and his party's true colours. Nothing has changed . Labour is still and will always remain the same. Anybody associating themselves with Mintoff should be ashamed of calling themselves true politicians or even true Maltese.
This man brought hatred to our land. He divided not only his own party but the country and dare I say families. Malta's darkest days from the 1958 Riots to the carnage of the 70's were due to this man and his followers. Ultimately he was in charge and he should have been held to account.
One cannot argue with history and those of you who have over the years been indoctrinated by your peers into believing that Malta owes anything to Mintoff should read the history books and learn. I suggest that your present leader takes this advice as he was obviously still a twinkle in his parents eyes when Mintoff's policies were destroying our homeland !!!!!

Mr.Larry Gauchi Senior.

Dec 5th 2009, 14:15

Thank God we never J>Caruana, we would have ended up just like the English a hated or shall i say not the world's best friends ie., as you say in Afghanistan or Iraq and other countries in the world where are they not welcomed, as for us in Malta well we nned their cash, but then again as the saying goes, we don't have to marry them metaforic speaking ofcourse.

Tony Cini

Dec 5th 2009, 14:11

History will decide how big or small was Mintoff. However Mintoff himself gave a sentence on his validity. One at the close of his days as prime minister of Malta he stated unequovically "I wish I could have been able to provide jobs as much as I was able to obtain money. A second very important message he penned himself was the closing phrase in his famous 7 year plan: "beyond 1979 the future beckons".

Any further comments, I think, are superflous. Al buon intenditor poce parole.

mario zammit

Dec 5th 2009, 14:05

I'm proud and very glad to be Maltese and lived part of my life
in an era of a real man and a politician like Dom Mintoff

P. Farrugia

Dec 5th 2009, 13:52

@Giovanni De Martino,

Le, ghandek ragun. Mhux in- Nazzjonalisti ghajruh traditur.

In- Nazzjonalisti kienu jghidu "SALLBU!!"

Mario Camilleri

Dec 5th 2009, 13:46

@DEmartino. il-laburisti ghajruh traditur u nimmagina li int kont wiehed min dawk li ridt issalbu!!!! nispera li mintiex tgawdi il-pensjoni li dahhal mintoff wara kollox!!! jew tuza il-kura b'xejn li kumbinazzjoni ukoll mintoff ghamel!!! jew issifer bl-airmalta(jew ghasafar tac-comb?) li mintoff beda!!! u ghandek il-flus imfaddlin f'xi bank Malti li kumbinazzjoni ukoll Mintoff ghamel!!!!

Roderick Micallef

Dec 5th 2009, 13:32

Nawguraw lill perit Mintoff, lill Joseph Muscat u familji taghhom festi mill-isbah u sena tajba 2010. Jiena bhal hafna nhoss ferh u sodisfazzjon li nara il-PL maghqud u verament dak li qieghed jitwieghed bid-diskors qieghed isir realta bil-fatti.
Kuragg l-ahwa biex elezzjoni li jmiss ikollna partit gdid, partit differenti fil-gvern u jkun jista jaghti nifs iehor lill-pajjiz taghna illi tant ghandu bzonnu. Li kieku ma kienx ghall perit Mintoff kieku min jaf fejn qeghdin illum, li gara fil-passatt baqa gej maghna sal-gurnata tal-lum. Pero irridu naraw x'inhu jigri issa, ghax ahna issa qeghdin nghixu. Irridu naraw il-bzonnjiet ta Malta u il-Maltin verament x'inhuma.
Nittama li b'dak li diga nafu u kellna, nkomplu nibnu u nzidu fuqu biex fl-ahhar il-pajjiz taghna dejjem johrog rebbieh. B'nies kapaci u b'kelma soda nsolvu l-problemi li gvern prezenti baqa u jibqa jinjora dan kollu ghaliex mhumiex problemi fl-agenda tieghu.
Kieku jkollna nibdew nsemmu ma nispiccaw qatt, enemalta u power station, edukazzjoni, ambjent (mhux nizraw erba' fjuri u minghalina kollox ward u zghar) u sahha primarjament.
Tal-inqas issa qeghdin parti minn komunita ewropeja li rridu u ma rridux ikollna nigu konformi ma certu sett ta' regoli u nstruzzjonijiet irrilevanti liema partit hemm fil-gvern!

a.muscat

Dec 5th 2009, 13:32

@ mcutajar
You are right.

Malta’s very first diplomatic relations were boosted to both Libya and China: money and power.
Today after three decades plus we have:
- The financial global earthquakes predicting capitalism’s failure, thanks to the USA many unpopular failure wars practically in each corner of the globe.
- Soon a death certificate to capitalism would be issued (within less than a decade).
- The G8 is already a term from the past now we are talking about G 20
- The future of the dollar at stake…while the USA is no longer be among suzerain countries in the international arena (actually after 9 years and they are still scrambling over an [exit] for war zones they created.
- The ball is no longer in Wall Street’s ground, probably is heading to Beijing in China.

All this mean: Dom Mintoff = A leader with a vision.

T Mifsud

Dec 5th 2009, 13:25

PL huwa PINNUR BLA DRIREZZJONI! Skont min fejn jonfoh ir-rih. Daqqa l'hawn u daqqa l'hemm. L-ikbar maggoranza li l-PL gab fl-istorja ta Malta hija meta warbu lil-Mintoff l'hemm u l-PL ghijruh traditur! Possibli il-PL rega dar kutrumbajsa kolossali ohra u qed jghid lil-laburisti tal-maggoranza "Kontu injoranti ghax warrabtuh, ghallavolja tellajthu l-partit fil gvern!"

QUO VADIS PL?!
Back to the 80s ignoring those who gave you a majority?

M. Gatt

Dec 5th 2009, 13:24

Well done Joseph. Dom Mintoff should be given respect not only for the strong party he built but more importantly for what he did for this country. Ad Multos Annos Perit.

D Ellul

Dec 5th 2009, 13:22

Good to see the Labour Party re-united once again. Pity they lost so much time under the previous leadership.

J Martinelli

Dec 5th 2009, 12:48

@ Jonathan Agius

L-ewwel net thallatx il-hass mal-b*** ghax meta n-Nazzjonalisti jsemmu lill EFA, GBO, MB. Censu Tabone, Guido deMarco, etc. mhux talli jsemmu izda jsellmu ghax dawn kollha gganti u l-LP jixtieq li ghandhom WIEHED biss bhalhom! In-Nazzjonalisti ma ghajru lill hadd 'traditur' bhal ma ghamlu l-MLP u ghaldaqstant ma kienx hemm ghalfejn naghmlu plejtu ghax stedilna lill xi wiehed minnhom ghax ghal xi ghaxar snin shah ma hallejnihomx hidhlu min bieb il-gewwa tad-dar ewlenija tal Partit.

Min hu pensjonant u 'komdu' x'aktarx ghax kien biezel bizzejjed u haseb ghal rashu ghax kieku bil-pensjoni li tah Mintoff anqas kafe ma kien jista jixtri kuljum. Ma nistax nifimkom ghax daqqa tghidu li l-penjonanti qed imutu bil-guh u daqqa tighdu li l-pensjonanti qieghdin komdi! Milli jidher int m'intiex pensjunant u allura x'aktarx ma tiftakarx meta biex tixtri ftit butir kont trid tistenna meta s-sur gvern Laburist kien komdu.

Billi Joseph stieden lill Mintoff biex izur il-HQ wara 14 il-sena tal ftuh taghha, dan mhux xi avveniment storiku - din hi wirja ll ghal zmien l-MLP cahad l-icken dritt lil eks Prim Ministru Laburist kellu li jzur is-successuri tieghu .

Kulhadd jifrah b'rixhu, allura m'hemm xejn x'wiehed jghid barra j'Alla l-gid!

John Caruana

Dec 5th 2009, 12:41

I was thinking these days, that if Mr.Mintoff´s strategy to integrate Malta with Uk went through, today for sure we will have maltese serving in Baghdad and Kabul!
J.Caruana

Joanne Micallef

Dec 5th 2009, 12:38

So glad to read such news, I applaud Mr Joseph Muscat for his perseverance this is a truly fine day for the Labour party.

Joesph Briffa

Dec 5th 2009, 12:27

Welcome to our one of our greatest hero wellcome Mr.Mintoff, and Mr.Muscat you are both a legend.

GiovDeMartino

Dec 5th 2009, 12:24

Fl-ahhar mill-ahhar MHUX in-nazzjonalisti ghajruh traditur!

a.attard

Dec 5th 2009, 12:20

@Manuel Micallef

Mintoff gave ME a country?! You must be kidding...

Alan Pulis

Dec 5th 2009, 12:09

What a true act of leadership by Labour Leader Joseph Muscat!

Well done Joseph!!!!

Manuel Micallef

Dec 5th 2009, 12:01

Before Mintoff we didn't have a country. After Mintoff we had a country to be proud of - with very good social services, health care, national airlines, industry to mention a few.

People of Malta should realise what this man has done for the country - irrespective of their beliefs.

mcutajar

Dec 5th 2009, 11:53

If you Call Mintoff a granc, what can some other politicions be called? Mintoff gave us the 30s generation a future. He worked hard for free education and the Junior Lyceums created by him produced real men and women. He created social welfare which is second to no country. He created a heal;h department free and efficient. He was the front liner for middle and low class. He created links with countries like China and Libya, who at that time were taken for a ride from PN and now they are trying to do the same. Pn supporters often mentioned the lack of cikkulata at this time, but now under this administration we have cikkulata but no money to buy it, have a hospital state of the art but zero service, and we have also an electricty bill of a very high class value wise, and above all we are highly rated in corruption. May I ask now who is the granc?

Jon Agius

Dec 5th 2009, 11:45

lol qed tghidu ghal-labour li "same old faces" meta il-pn hlief fenech adami, borg olivier u mifsud bonnici ma tarax kwazi?? Intomx xi pensjonanti li qed titkellmu hekk li bhalissa qieghdin komdi fuq il-pultruna grazzi ghal-pensjoni li dahhal Mintoff?!?!?!

dusty williams

Dec 5th 2009, 11:31

Ara il -veru ma nafx jien ta. Meta il partit kisira ma mintoff kontu tghidu mod u issa ghax bil kapacita tieghu li jikkonvinci JM gabu lura qed tghidu mod iehor.
Tafu xi jmisskom tghidu nazzjonalisti? li allahares ma kienx mintoff ghalikom ghax kieku m'intomx qeghdin fil gvern u kieku lanqas go l ewropa ma ghadna dhalna. Mintoff ma jmut qatt.

Lawrence calleja

Dec 5th 2009, 11:07

Instead of moving forward, it seems that the MLP is haunted by the past. Same old ideas, same old faces. Poor Joseph.

Andrew Cumbo

Dec 5th 2009, 10:58

Well done Joseph. Congratulate Mr.Mintoff for this visit.

Mintoff visit to CNL and the coming back of others even some from PN to Pl earns more than 1500 votes in PL favour for next General Election.

With Joseph Muscat as a Leader PL is stronger than ever!

Dr. John Zammit

Dec 5th 2009, 10:45

The Front Favur Dom Mintoff - www.freewebs.com/mintoffjani - is happy to see this historic moment of Dom Mintoff's visit to the Labour Party Head Quarters and to meet Dr. Joseph Muscat and wish that Joseph Muscat will get rid of certain elements in the Labour Party so that he can be in government.

joe schembri

Dec 5th 2009, 10:43

GRAZZI PERIT ..ILLUM QED INGAWDU FROTT IL-HIDMA TIEGHEK,GHAX KIEKU INT MA BNEJTX SISIEN SODI FIS-SNIN LI KONT PRIM MINISTRU,KIEKU ILLUM L-EMIGRANTI ILLEGALI MHUX JIGU HAWN,IZDA AHNA IMMORRU GHANDHOM.....INT TWELIDT FIL-FESTA TAS-SALVATUR....ALLA BAGHTEK BIEX ISSALVANA.........GRAZZI TALLI IRNEXXIELEK ISSALVANA MILL-FAQAR,MILL-HAFA,U LAKTAR MILL-INJORANZA......INT TIBQA IS-SALVATUR TA MALTA.....GRAZZI PERIT ...NAWGURAKLE SAHHA

Lawrence Attard

Dec 5th 2009, 10:29

Dan hu t-terrimot li wieghed Joseph Muscat?
Immorru lura bhal granci. Veru m'ghandux ideat godda.
Nispera li Mintoff jehodlu postu ma jdumx.

Mario Bonnici

Dec 5th 2009, 10:00

Ad multos annos perit.

Well done Joseph.

M.Brincat

Dec 5th 2009, 09:13

Nice to see him politically active again.

salvu sammut

Dec 5th 2009, 07:57

Mintoff ! Mintoff!! Mintoff!!!!!!! Is-salvatur ta' Malta 1998. I suggest Paul Borg Olivier to do the same. Mintoff should be invited for a visit at the PN HQ. if it was not for him the Pn would have not been in Govt for these last 3 legislatures ie 15 years. He condemned Muscat's party for the samenumber of years in opposition. I m sure no one was happier and satisfied then Mintoff yesterday. Mintoff always manouvered the stage according to his own personal desires. Well done perit! min jitwieled tond ma jmutx kwadru.

c.camilleri

Dec 5th 2009, 07:48

Labour getting re united more the ever!