Secretariat's 'best' employee probed

John Micallef

Jan 5th 2010, 08:36

@ Adrian Saliba Vella: 'My question, will he be arraigned in court and charged accordingly or is it just a case of 'turning a blind eye' and leave things as is?'
Quote: 'The suspect is expected to be arraigned shortly.'
Can people learn to read well and understand, before commenting?

R. Zammit

Jan 5th 2010, 08:13

A far fetched story in my opinion!!

How can a PS’s personal driver/employee (and the best one) feel as scared as a mouse to take the bull by the horns and report the incident normally and frankly to his superiors? Any car driver is vulnerable to accidents, and accidents do happen and can involve anyone. Is there anyone out there who is so perfect or immune to human error? No.

What disturbs me is not what the driver has done in the aftermath, but why on earth was he so terrified especially when declared the best of employees by his very superior?

If these events really form the true picture of the story, I must say, it’s a sad, sad story indeed!!

Maria Farrugia

Jan 4th 2010, 22:08

Mr. Galea's comments that the driver was one of the "best" employees doesn't say much for the level of the staff employed at his secretariat, if he was one of the best just imagine what the others are like. It also reflects pretty badly on Mr. Galea's judgement since secretariat staff are known to be handpicked, trusted and close assosciates of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.

Adrian Saliba Vella

Jan 4th 2010, 21:33

First and foremost a big pat on the back to the police officer who managed to solve this crime, cause after all wilful damage is a crime. My question, will he be arraigned in court and charged accordingly or is it just a case of 'turning a blind eye' and leave things as is?
My other question is, who will be paying for the damages, will it be you and I again from our taxes?

E Debono

Jan 4th 2010, 21:00

Makes me wonder how the "bosses" still boss with the small people in Malta these days in 2010 !
To have to make up such a story tells me how scared this man was.
In a good and healthy work place NO one would have to go to this length, Even without insurance this man would have been able to pay for this damage and keep his job.
So who / what is the problem ? This man ? Or the way the workforce and management is run ?
Any form of management is never better then its workforce.

Albert Flint

Jan 4th 2010, 19:54

Well i am not Maltese or Gozitan and we lived here for the past 11 monthis However we find that the Maltese tend to go over the top when it comes to politics and by all account there seems to be some nasty maltese so and so roaming the streets of this tiny weeny potsie little island, Why ? only God Knows - because it is really a nice place to retire, but unfortunitly we have to return due to the low exchange rate, otherwise its all chusty.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Jan 4th 2010, 18:04

G Debono..Actually, the problem is that everything is not as you would 'think' it is....

P. Schembri

Jan 4th 2010, 17:56

@George Cachia. I agree with you. But what if the shoe was on the other foot? Would your comment just be the same? Don't forget that in Malta, hatred spreads quickly like wildfire, especially where politics are concerned. This is a case in point. If you have followed the comments when this case first appeared, you would know what I mean.

George Cachia

Jan 4th 2010, 16:26

I don't know the man concerned, but I would like to believe the Parliamentary Secretary's judgement that he was a good and honest man. Everyone makes a mistake some time or another, and we should find it within our Christian selves to forgive a man of an incident such as this one. I think that most have missed the real cause of the problem, the driver's mistake was to have taken the car without his superior's permission. The cover-up is incidental. A bit of human compassion would have avoided him losing his job and possibly de-railing his career at least in the short term. Cmpassion is the operative word.

E. Azzopardi

Jan 4th 2010, 15:48

Can we please stop making all these "error of judgements?"
I cannot comprehend how the "best " employee with all those adjectives can do such a thing. At least he was not discribed as "honest."

marthese mussett

Jan 4th 2010, 15:17

Don t think it s going to be easy for him to get another job.

G.Debono

Jan 4th 2010, 14:40

Now now - I got your gist very well thank you - heh, in fact I think it's you who did not understand anything of what I replied to your commentator thing, but you can't take the criticisim, can you. Keep on enjoying hearing yourself, then.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Jan 4th 2010, 14:26

G Debono...Dont know who you are referring to and not interested...so why are you commenting?
It seemes that the driver was questioned by the police straight away, so why this was not noted by the media is strange enough, so the fact many people were quick in jumping on the band wagon to blame PL supporters is hardly surprising.


Regarding Karen Grech and Raymond caruana...don't know what they have got to do with this case, but I can assure you that I was not the one bragging that I would solve these cases soon.
The fact that you didn't get the gist behind my comments leaves an open question as to who is writing the non brainers.

P. Schembri

Jan 4th 2010, 13:42

This is some sort of deja vu! I, for one, always said that there was some hidden hand behind the violence perpetrated during the Labour legislatures. I wonder what really happened in those years and who were the hidden brains.

G.Debono

Jan 4th 2010, 13:11

@Jeremy J -

Don't know who you are refering to - and not interested at all. However you are speaking with the benefit of hindsight - so no brainer whatsoever from your part. Li kieku l-puluzija timxi bhal kliemek qatt ma ttella hadd il-qorti - ghax wara kollox rari hafna li jkollhom kollox 100%.

Barra min hekk - Dan il-blogger li semmejt int - ma hux il-poplu. Hemm barra hemm hafna nies jghidu hafna affarijiet . Hu min jum il-helsien - hemm nies li genwinament ghadhom jemnu li vera kien hekk u mhux bomba f'id mintoff meta tallab ghal izjjed flus biex l-inglizi jibqaw hawn (foldiri mhux vera rid il-helsien izda aktar flus). Raymond Caruana, Karen Grech - int taf min kien il-mohh wara dawn? >MLP fil-kas ta Ray u PN fil-kas ta Karen? Buq jien ma nafx - pero hawn hafna laburisiti li jahilfu lil l-PN through doctors, kienu wara ta Karen u min naha l-ohra ghal Raymond. Min jaf forsi fit-tnejn kienet just vendetta personali ghal familja taghhom and had nothing whatsoever to do with doctors strike jew political turmoil of 80s etc..
Issa forsi il-quddiem niskopru li kienu l-aljeni.

Gerard Cassar

Jan 4th 2010, 11:38

Why leave out what was scribbled to be considered as a political attack by some L.P
This proves how innocent people are being affected by the writings of hate.

mario gellel

Jan 4th 2010, 11:36

Mr.GALEA INSISTED THERE WAS NOTHING POLITICAL ABOUT THE INCIDENT. THEN WHY DID THE "BEST EMPLOYEE" SCRACHED "MLP" ON THE CAR SO IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A POLITICAL MOTIVE??? WHAT IS THE "WORST EMPLOYEE LIKE THEN???

leonardo vince

Jan 4th 2010, 11:35

the letter mlp were scratched on the car in order to pass blame to 'usual' sources. so much for pointing fingers at mlp in violent behaviour during the 80's. hidden hands are being exposed now.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Jan 4th 2010, 10:59

When this story was first printed, a certain comemntator stated that it was easy to note that the damage had obviously been caused by the car sideswiping another object.

He was ridiculed and called Sherlock by some commentators who were jumping the gun in their eagerness to classify this as a case of political violence...

I guess Sherlock was right....