Matthew Xuereb
'No new faces' in Cabinet
There are unlikely to be any new faces in the Cabinet following John Dalli's departure, sources close to the government have told The Times.
The emerging scenario was that two ministers would have their portfolios changed and two parliamentary secretaries would be promoted to minister, the sources added.
The minor reshuffle will be needed after Mr Dalli, Social Policy Minister, tenders his resignation today to take up the post of European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs.
The sources said Education Minister Dolores Cristina was expected to make a return to the Social Policy Ministry to fill the post vacated by Mr Dalli, a portfolio she had first held in 2004 as a result of a reshuffle then.
The ministry would, however, drop the health portfolio with Parliamentary Secretary for Health Joe Cassar promoted to health minister.
In this scenario, Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono would take over the education portfolio while the Gozo Ministry, a post she has held for several years, would be entrusted to former Nadur mayor Chris Said, currently the Parliamentary Secretary for Public Dialogue.
Mrs Debono has been the Minister for Gozo since 1998, while Dr Said was elected to Parliament for the first time in the 2008 general election.
Dr Said would continue managing local councils, having spearheaded the Local Councils reform, the sources said.
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joseph saliba
Feb 10th 2010, 10:17
I cannot imagine what r. cutajar can hear if the doors are closed. There are those who build arguments on hearsay, others twist and stretch facts to fit there conclusions. There are also many false profets playing havoc on weak minds. Some even mix grey/black dust with oil to put down the throat of relative poor mesmerizing them with repetitive propoganda formulas about cancer, south and north in order to gain political mileage.
r cutajar
Feb 10th 2010, 08:30
As things stand as of NOW the athmospher is such that New Faces will definitely be around come next election
The PL should start and be SEEN to know how to run a country in the months to come .
The PN on the other hand should drop down from their Ivory Seats so as to sit on Joe Citizen's humble straw stool
N B to the PN ---make sure that Joe Citezen will not have to resort to use his stool's straw to make ends meet ---Seriously Wher are all the Intellectuals and great minds of this country ??
At ground level the country is in SHAMBLES that is the talk as they say wara l ' biebien maghaluqa!!! GHALIEX? il Malti ghandu qawl tajjeb hafna w' intkhom qatt ma taghatu khasu Onorevoli Gheziez