Wenzu Mintoff claims discrimination by Malta Enterprise

Mike Magri

Feb 10th 2010, 12:03

@ A Zahra... Permit me if you please... Your immagined `Immagination` does not hold any grounds at all...

What you and all of your GonziPN allies are doing is simply TRYING VERY HARD to `build` a mountain out of a mole hill... However, with an unsuccesful result to your goals/wishes..!!,

Remember that old saying..?? People living in glass houses should not throw ANY stones.!!

lgalea

Feb 9th 2010, 21:37

A. Zahra
How about those who are in the PN and also hold government offices Zahra?

C.camilleri

Feb 9th 2010, 20:26

@ pn apologists

It appears that you have no answer what so ever to Mr.Laviera's comments.

Well said Mr.Laviera and you just mentioned only two from a much bigger number of similar cases.

Silvan Cutajar

Feb 9th 2010, 20:24

One should distinguish between a political post and an editorial post. This is the objective pespective to the situation. If we fail to see this, we may perhaps simply be using the argument for other motives. Both sides to the argument and including those directly involved.

Christopher Cutajar

Feb 9th 2010, 19:22

I would like to show my earnest solidarity with Dr. Mintoff.

As Orwell wrote, 'Some are more equal than others'.

Charles J. Buttigieg

Feb 9th 2010, 19:04

During the period 1987-1996 I was savagely discriminated against, three different Cabinet Ministers suggested to stop writing in the papers and my carrier will progress. Once in 1990 I was held up for five hours at the airport when I was returning from Australia where I was interviewed by the media and criticised the PN government. Looks like now its Wenzu’s turn.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Feb 9th 2010, 18:21

J Farrugia...your tactics of attacking the messenger rather than the message while puerile and childish to say the least are not unpredictable...

As t the message, Mr Laiviera mentioned a number of facts...are they true or false? if they are true, what is your position?

J Brincat

Feb 9th 2010, 18:01

The PN is obviously a party of two weights two measures.

To all the PN pundits who are mentioning labour discrimination of the 70’s have they conveniently forgotten the scores of cases awarded by the ‘Tribunal tal-Ingustizzji’ favour of those who suffered injustice during the period 1988 to 1996 when Dr E Fenech Adami was at the helm even though PN was elected on the slogan of ‘Insuru ahwa ilkoll’

@ Ernest Vella

They proof of the pudding is in the eating they say. What better proof do you want than the shining example shown by Dr Sant when he came to power in 1996 but was not again reciprocated when the PN regained seat in 1998 till the present day.

J Farrugia

Feb 9th 2010, 17:58

cannot comment dear Jeremey because the editor will censor me comments. and I have lots to write above this Victor Laiviera.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Feb 9th 2010, 17:46

Can any blue eyed boys comment about Mr. Laiviera's comments?

COme on now...if you think Dr Mintoff has a conflict of interest, I m sure you must be getting hot under the collar with regards to the gentlemen mentioned by Mr. Laiviera?!

Of course...no comment would mean that you';re all a bunch of hypocrites...but I would assume that such a tag would not bother you!

MSciberras

Feb 9th 2010, 17:44

I may fully agree with the reasoning behind Alan Camilleri's actions, but unfortunately cannot support them because its a blatant case of two weights two measures, which leads one to strongly suspect that the underlying reason behind this attempt to get Wenzu Mintoff to choose between his roles is pure politics. Incidentally its interesting how someone who is both a newspaper editor and 'Head of Legal Services' at ME finds the time........... However to get back to the subject........the following are some people who were happily paid out of public funds performing 'work' while fully and primarily immersed in politics:
The now famous ROBERT MUSUMECI appointed Chairman of the BICC months after graduating from University (the govt's intention was to nurture a budding photogenic political asset, who duly obliged by entering politics on the PN ticket)
ClYDE PULI, another 'asset' warming a seat in gov (somewhere...I do believe he is PS of Sport) and Parliament, who for years was the marketing manager (while a serving MP) of the utterly useless Foundation for Medical Services in the happy prosperous times (for some........) when Mater Dei was being built.
Only a 200 word limit I'm afraid..................................

Muscat. Pat

Feb 9th 2010, 17:05

The PN is the European Party? My foot! Is it the 'liberal party"? Look at the various ayotallahs taking decisons worthy of the Inquisitors trying to control how we live, what to dress and what to sing! Next time you pass infront of a window with mannequins, look askance, cause the "morality police" might be watching. As for Dr Wenzu Mintoff's punishment and discrimination by the Malta Enterprise, its back to the 60's! My uncle- a clerk- was given a transfer to Gozo because he read "il-Helsien" at home. PN "liberal" "human rights" champions please comment!

Victor Laiviera

Feb 9th 2010, 16:55

Recently, Dr Richard Cachia Caruana, while testifying under oath in a libel case, revealed the names of the PN’s Strategy Group which is a group set up to give the PN political advice.

Two names stand out:

One is that of Mr Edgar Galea Curmi, the PM’s personal assistant. Mr Galea Curmi is a civil servant, paid out of public funds, to assist Dr Gonzi in his role as Prime Minister not as leader of the PN. His involvement in this strategy group certainly breaches the spirit of civil service regulations; probably the letter as well.

The other is that of Dr Lawrence Zammit, for may years chairman of Air Malta and MISCO, surely privy to much more confidential information than Dr Mintoff ever was. Air Malta is charged with bringing many planeloads of Maltese voters to cast their vote in local and EU elections. There have been various allegations that the seats were not allocated as impartially as one would wish.

I think the above suffices to show that the actions against Dr Mintoff are a case of extreme discrimination and double standards.

A. Zahra

Feb 9th 2010, 16:52

To all MLP supporters.
If you are a ME lawyer and also the Editor of a newspaper, any newspaper, then you have a conflict of interest. As editor it is your job to unearth stories about businessmen, companies seeking aid from ME, ME and other government bodies. As an ME Lawyer it is your job to devise ways of helping ME's clients, often in borderline legal matters.Hence ME is right in pointing out to Dr. Mintoff that he has a conflict of interest and that he has to choose between his job at ME and his part-time job as editor.
Imagine Muscat as PM and Austin gatt as an employee of ME and editor of Il-
Mument. What would the Board of ME tell Dr. Austin Gatt? They would tell him to give up his editorship or move out and the Board would be right. As it is right in what it is telling Wenzu Mintoff. It cannot be one measure and two weights.

G.Schembri

Feb 9th 2010, 16:51

@ C. Sapiano As far as I know during the 80 the PN had their own newpapers "In-Nazzon" u "L-Mument" which you could buy from any newsagent. Not to mention the independent newpapers which gave the PN enough coverage, I hope you are not going to say that "The Times" was prejudiced against the PN as well. I seem to remember a TV station as well. So you can hardly say the PN had no media coverage. You can say PN had no say on the MTV, and there you are right, but then we can hardly say that the MLP and the PN are treated equally, although the difference is more subtle.

With regards to Dr Mintoff, if other political persons can work at ME why not Dr Mintoff, either everyone should be asked to resign or everyone can keep his jopb, Dr Mintoff should be informed that he cannot use information gained through his poition at ME to write on his newspaper or else he wouldl have to face the consequences, and left to do both his jobs properly.

Josephine Zahra

Feb 9th 2010, 16:44

So Dr Wenzu Mintoff is 'working to bring down the party in government' and helping to attract investment to Malta at the same time. How progressive!

Ernest Vella

Feb 9th 2010, 16:39

issa naraw kemm meta jitilghu l-labour fil-gvern...dan il-moviment gdid...kemm ha jhalli Nazzjonalisti jahdmu??? Mela nsejtu x'qalet Mrs.Justin...jew x'qalu ohrajn...li ha jkunu gvern tal-laburisti...x'meritokrazija...kliem sabih imma qatt ma jigi mwettaq...ara vera l-politici ma jisthux ta!!! Forsi dawn jahsbu li l-kliem titfghu hekk kif gie gie u n-nies jinsew...tad-dahk..iz-zewg nahat ta...biex ma tahsbux

lgalea

Feb 9th 2010, 16:34

Anthony Briffa
How about applying your reasoning to the PN Government and its political appointees Mr Briffa?
According to you when a lawyer defends a client he associates himself with what the accused had done, something which is unthinkable.

R Spiteri That's called Hobson's choice Mr Spiteri.

Noel Abela You're right Mr Abela.

C Muscat

Feb 9th 2010, 16:34

It is a shame that we are part of the EU we expect we are civilised and are not able to distinguish between politics and work. Are we a free country? Do we want dictatorship? Those that market democracy should aim to leave an oppositon to any view. It is sheer arrogance to permit only pro government workers. How different it was during 1996 and 1998. The government of the those years left all chairmen/women in place and now not even a worker is allowed to keep his position if he is not pro government. Shame on any citizen that is not pro democracy. and shame on AC if he is wearing PN goggles.
Somebody enlighten us what and where is the conflict of interest and when this happened or when it is envisaged to happen.
No surprise when even PN MPs will be fed up

E. Farrugia

Feb 9th 2010, 15:48

If they threw darts at the Hon. John Dalli, you can bet that they will throw arrows at Dr. Wenzu Mintoff. How come somebody suddenly realised now that Dr. Mintoff was in conflict of interest ? Conflict of interest my foot.

Anthony Briffa

Feb 9th 2010, 15:42

We have to remember that Wenzu Mintoff forms part of the 'progressivi' and moderati' and as such he expects to be allowed to wear two hats, which are completey incompatible. This is arrogance at its best. Imagine his reaction in il-Kulhadd had this situation been on the other side. His headlines would have read "Jobs ghal hieb tal-hbieb - tal-misthija"

C. Sapiano

Feb 9th 2010, 15:32

@Noel Abela

How can you compare the 80's with the 2010's. In those days Nationalists did not even have a say in the media whereas now Labour has all the media it wants, including Kullhadd, Super 1. What a difference Mr.Abela. Be sincere with yourself

R Spiteri

Feb 9th 2010, 15:28

Wenzu Mintoff can't have the best of both worlds....he was not kicked out of Malta Enterprise....he was asked to choose....so choose....it's either writing articles in the Opposition's paper or else striving hard every single day to increase foreign direct investment towards this country.

You can't have one's cake and eat it too!!! You've enjoyed more than enough.

@ Noel Abela...are you enjoying the same benefits of Mr Wenzu Mintoff?

J Farrugia

Feb 9th 2010, 14:56

It's very easy for Wenzu Mintoff to shout discrimination at work. How many workers have been discrimiinated by his party during the MLP rule in malta 1971-1987? His office at ME is a conflict of interest with his role as editor of Kulhadd.

Noel Abela

Feb 9th 2010, 14:52

What a shameful country we have been reduced to thanks to long years under the same PN administration. Power has really got to them and their air of superiority knows no bounds. Not to worry, whoever abused his position one time or another will have to answer and will be brought down to earth with a bang. It happened to the Labour klikka of the eighties and it will happen to these Nationalist schemers sooner or later. The longer the wait the bigger and more humilating the fall will be!!