Update 2: Sliema councillor, mayor resigns from PN
PN has no space for people who do not act in the correct manner
Video: Alan Adami
(Adds PN's reaction)
Sliema mayor Nikki Dimech and councillor Sandra Camilleri this afternoon resigned from the Nationalist Party but retained their positions in the council.
The PN had asked Mr Dimech to resign from mayor following allegations he had admitted to taking a bribe from a contractor. Mr Dimech refused and the PN decided to kick Mr Dimech out of the party.
Speaking to the media just after submitting his resignation, Mr Dimech said he was resigning from the PN irrespective of the letter which had dismissed him from the party.
He insisted that he had nothing to hide and that he had not done anything wrong.
Mr Dimech said he could not work with the present administration of the Nationalist Party, clarifying that it was not the Prime Minister that was the problem but the party's "internal administration".
In his resignation letter address to PN general secretary Paul Borg Olivier, Mr Dimech reiterated that his resignation should not be interpreted as an admission of any wrongdoing.
“ I reiterate my complete innocence and my resentment to the fact that you personally have chosen to act as my accuser, prosecutor, judge and hangman all in one, and to pass summary judgement upon me in spite of the presumption of innocence," he wrote.
Shortly before Mr Dimech resigned, councillor Camilleri also submitted her resignation but pledged that she would always remain a Nationalist and as an independent councillor she would continue working for the benefit of her locality.
Councillor Camilleri, who is 63, claimed last week that she had been forced to sign a motion of no confidence in the mayor by PN general secretary Paul Borg Olivier.
PN’S REACTION
The Nationalist Party said in a statement there was no space within it for people who declared and admitted they had not acted in the correct manner.
It said that when a councillor admitted, out of his own will, that he did not act seriously and according to high ethical standards, admitting that he requested a commission for tenders, he no longer deserved to represent it in the community.
That was why it had dismissed Mr Dimech.
The PN said that Mr Dimech information the general secretary of his admission after he went out of the depot. On the following day, he had to meet the secretary general but did not attend for the meeting. He did not even reply to telephone calls and e-mails.
The PN had acted consistently in line with the principles and values of honesty and correctness which should serve as a basis for political work, it said.
The general secretary and his assistant categorically denied what Ms Camilleri alleged and said that their position was that she should act in line with the party’s code of ethics.
The PN reiterated that it expected every councillor to carry out his duties according to high ethical and moral standards.
Ms Camilleri said she was convinced Mr Dimech was innocent and that this was a political issue because the party wanted to get rid of Mr Dimech.
In comments to the press just after she submitted her resignation, Ms Camilleri said she believed Mr Dimech had been framed.
She said that a vote of no confidence motion was presented at the council, she would vote against.
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Allan Gatt
Aug 27th 2010, 23:20
I have a question. Why then did he admit soliciting bribes? Did the police talk him into it? Did they shine a light in his face? Put out cigarettes on his back? Drive toothpicks under his fingernails? Deprive him of sleep for days on end by blaring out Milli Vanilli music into his ears?
M Schembri
Aug 27th 2010, 14:20
All the fuss ! Still waiting for a councillor to finally action the sliema residents parking and to organise/get rid of the cranes blocking our streets without warning.
D Vella
Aug 26th 2010, 22:16
I don't understand this mentality of" my party right or wrong " .It's not only illogical but downright absurd. No wonder the two leading parties are laughing all the way to the next building constructor.
Dani.Mangion
Aug 26th 2010, 18:28
First of all I admire Sandra Camilleri's courage to stand up, for what she believes is true. She was ready to give up her post just to prove a point.
On the other hand I agree about the party's stand. If there was a suspect of foul play he should be kicked out. At Fgura for example the mayor was faced with a vote of no confidence due to alleged corruption even though nothing was brought against him. The Fgura Mayor resigned. Still Nicky Dimech addmited he requested commission for tenders and he doesn't want to leave his beloved Mayor chair.
Moreover PBO should never force councillers to sign a vote of no confidence, because that is not democracy, it is a dictatorship!
Albert Gauci Cunningham
Aug 26th 2010, 19:32
Good argument!! Its' only flaw is that the same line of reasoning is not upheld when other much bigger cases (which have been the cause of similar embarassment to the PN) were brought forward by the media. Clearly Nikki Dimech is the guinea pig not of a party trying to instill transparency but of a Party which is doing its utmost to break him and get rid of him in the most disgusting of manners. Diametrically opposed to the notion of seriousness (which no one believes anyway) that the PN is trying to portray this unfolding episode unmasks the political game of chess at its' very worst!! It shows the true colours of those to whom we entrusted the governance of this country!
P. Cutajar
Aug 26th 2010, 15:15
I strongly believe that Nikki Dimech is guilty and I cannot understand why Sandra Camilleri him. I could be dying or in severe pain but i would never and repeat NEVER would admit to false accusations in confront of me. Such people do not even deserve to be called Nationalists. Shame on you both of you!!
R Cassar
Aug 26th 2010, 16:15
Bravo...very patriotic. And would you also coerce someone into signing a vote of no confidence in someone who has not even been tried? Judging by what you wrote, I guess your answer would be YES
Valerio Zahra
Aug 26th 2010, 16:40
INT BIS-SERJETA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Issa hu pjacir u ghajtilhom "Indipendant" ghax kienu 2 min-nies ta guts u li ma jhallu ebda hmieg ihamgu lilhom sur P. Cutajar.
Julian Borg
Aug 26th 2010, 16:45
"I could be dying or in severe pain ...."
Wow. That's the stuff covert CIA agents are made of. I don't think it's one of the criteria for holding the position of mayor of a Maltese town, though.
Wayne Scicluna
Aug 26th 2010, 13:49
"PN has no space for people who do not act in the correct manner"
ok waqaft naqra l-artiklu...
Joe Sammut
Aug 26th 2010, 12:16
Hawduni ha nifhimkhom!!!!!
X'kawlata ta kabocci spiccajna...u leeeee
ABorg
Aug 26th 2010, 12:02
I can't understand why everybody is jumping into conclusions. Why is nothing being heard on how the tender process was handled? Why is nothing being heard on how the bidder was selected? There is much more then finger pointing towards PBO and the party. Most probably the answers to my questions above are all ready in the hand of the Police and the Internal Audit dept. These will be used as proof in court against the accused. This will also reflect to Mr Buhagiar's side of the story is possibly true. The accused might be Lying big time to cover up as much as possible. The bigger the lie the more it is believed. Plus he probably knows that his career in politics is over so it is in his interest to safe guard his accountant and auditor license. Think about it with a pinch of salt as they say. It's a very hard time for the family of the accused. At the end of the day it's our own money (tax payer) that's ending up in someone's greedy pockets probably feeding an expensive lifestyle and not Kids.
J.Pace
Aug 26th 2010, 13:01
What about the 4,000,000 commission of BWSC? Are those from our taxes?
Why not wait and see, before accusing? If he was guilt, in my opinion, he would have resigned immediately to keep the thing out of the media as possible and try to safe guard his job, instead of continue fighting in the media against the PN & PBO club.
This guy seem to be saying the truth, the only thing that smells fishy here is how the PN club, with PBO this time acting as leader, (as it seems everyone is leading this party, except who really should, Austin now PBO), acted with all his means to kick him out. PBO had also gone in a bar and allegedly forced a person of a certain age to sign against her will.
ABorg
Aug 26th 2010, 14:31
Indeed Mr. Pace the 4 Million is from our hard earned taxes. You see, there are certain ways and discreet means on how to net a slice from a tender/contract. However in my opinion people get caught when they rush and not rubbing shoulders with the correct people on the small scale "local councils" Clearly the PN seemed so frustrated since the accused did not resign upon request, it's as if they know more about "evidence" of course then the public. What frustrated the PN is the way the accused behaved after being asked to resign. Insisting it's a frame up and sweet talking others. Having an idea of how the police operates, the accused is "interviewed" for his side of the story "statement" only when they have enough hard proof against him to prove in court. This as always is just a presumption of course. but since you have asked.
Albert Gauci Cunningham
Aug 26th 2010, 10:40
Trial by media (note theway the Net journalists are firing questions to the lady as if she were the staunchest of Labourites)...Interesting!! It seems the new PN, under the able hands of Gonzi and PBO choose (shall we say wisely?) when to respeect authorities (auditor gen. report on the PS sagarings a bell?) When the PN wants to get rid of someone the "innocent until proven guilty" is instantly thrown out of the window. Still surprised why so many are so adamant at not supporting the PN anymore?
charles philip zammit
Aug 26th 2010, 10:16
why hasnt the prime minister not taken any measures against borg olivier about the threathening attitude which he allegedly used against ms camilleri because apparently she did not want to toe his line. this was captured on video by a third party. this is a shame on your party gonzi. either you censor your right hand man for the way he went down on a docile person or else you will lose your credibility with your supporters....you have already lost it with the absolute majority of the maltese at the last national elections. and what about the police. what right had they to question ms camilleri on dimech personal matters as reported in other press. are we living in a police state where everything we do is shadowed by the dictatorship so that it will be used against us to muzzle our mouth
David Gatt
Aug 26th 2010, 10:07
PBO's silence speaks volumes
FN Farrugia
Aug 26th 2010, 09:33
your party have become everything that you always despised. your time is up. the wind of change is fast approaching us
Sandra White
Aug 26th 2010, 09:07
@ gonzipn
Kawlata gibtuh partit!!
Stephen Koludrovic
Aug 26th 2010, 09:00
Hi Sandra,
Once a rebel, always a rebel eh.
Good luck and best regards,
Ino
Ray Spiteri
Aug 26th 2010, 08:35
So many tenders have been issued during the past 20 years. Are you all readers convinced that no commission passed hands. Who dares to stand up and claim he received any sort of tipping during or after the process of small ,medium or large tenders? By the way, is there anybody out there who owns a mega yacht and allows me spend 1 week vacation cruising in Croatia please. im off on vacation from 6th - 11th Sept. n.b. i am not a big contractor, just a simple worker.
Gerard Cassar
Aug 26th 2010, 08:24
The PN had acted consistently in line with the principles and values of honesty and correctness which should serve as a basis for political work, it said.
Shades of Mr J. Dalli and sequence.
Words by the Secretary general of the P.N. Every MP and minister is still in place. Strong with the weak.
Can anyone stomach this mistatement
Pauline Magro
Aug 26th 2010, 06:12
Il-partit tieghi issa gie bhal ma kienu il-labour. Ma hemmx differenza bejn iz-zewg partiti.
R. Azzopardi
Aug 26th 2010, 08:35
Qatt kellek xi dubju? Jien nazzjonalist to the bone imma xorta naf that politics stinks!
Ray Buttigieg
Aug 26th 2010, 06:04
i wonder if there will be leading Nationalist, who will now take up paid adverts in the local media and publish adverts stating that they are morally convinced that Mr Dimech was framed and he is innocent, just like they did in the 80s when Pietru Pawl Busutil was framed!!!
David Mizzi
Aug 26th 2010, 03:41
Sfortunatament minkejja li jkollok principji sodi, il-merhla tal-partit iggorrok. Alfred Sant kien qal li l-partiti mhux posthom fil-Kunsilli, imma la l-PN ried jikkontestahom, il-PL kien jigi fi zvantagg.
Kellu bzonn ikun hemm xi hadd iehor kuragguz mill-kunsilliera PN li fadal f' Tas-Sliema.
Ovvjament dawn hadu l-istess trattament li rceviet Camilleri.
X' ried jghid biha PBO : "Jew Nikki jew Ommok ?"
Omm Camilleri ghadha hajja ?
Kieku ma ffirmatx x' kien jigri minn ommha ??!!
Dan jista jkun theddid bil-hajja ta' xi hadd ??
Wasalna s' hawn Pawl ??
Ara veru Xoghol, Gustizzja u Liberta' !
Xoghol tghidx kemm hawn !
Gustizzja ??!! PBO style ?
Liberta' ?? Libertinagg trid tghid !
Tislijiet u s-Sliem
P. Borg
Aug 26th 2010, 12:07
Naqbel mieghek 100%, Dan il-pajjiz mess il-qiegh u ilu.
Karl Consiglio
Aug 26th 2010, 01:28
And whats with the police interrogating him in that manner? Trials are made in court.
Karl Consiglio
Aug 26th 2010, 01:21
If there was stabbing in the back, if the story was untrue, then he ought to be in a rage, why behave so timidly? If he did nothing wrong then the PN he so believes in, ought to protect him and not turn its back on him, well at least not until proven guilty or not guilty, a proper court case is in order.
Matthew Attard
Aug 26th 2010, 00:06
Mela insejt PBO , li go Birkirkara tliftu Sergio Carbonaro wkoll u kienet t mossa hazina u ta hsara kbira ghal partit u int kont il kagun ghax ridtu jwarrab mILL- kunsillu ghax kellu cans. jsir Sindku U tellifilu lill fenech adami, Dejjem hadem ghalina fil-kunsil u gid biss rajna minghandu, meta jkollok hin iccekja kemm ma jvuttawx fl-ahhar elezzjoni Birkirkara u malajr tkun taf, jiena u il familja kollha ma jvuttajniex u hafna ghamlu bhalna. Nawguralek li tbiddel direzzjoni u tigbed nies lejn il-partit..........
J Farrugia
Aug 25th 2010, 22:27
Din il-mara mhuix denja li tkun membru tal-PN. U sewwa ghamel il-PN li keccihom it-tnejn 'l barra. Ma rriddux din is-slealta kollha kontra l-PN. wara li harighom jikkontestaw mal-PN. Misshom jisthu t-tnejn. Tkellem bil-Malti sinjura ghax ahna lkoll ahwa Maltin.
GTESTA
Aug 25th 2010, 21:57
mY HUMBLE PBO IS IT YOU WHO HAS TO TALK ABOUT ETICA FIL POLITIKA TIEGHEK. TAF XINHI ETIKA I DOUBT IT BECAUSE YOU BROKE ALL THE RULES OF THE ETIKA YOURSELF WHEN ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO FORCE AND THREATEN SANDRA TO SIGN FOR YOU. AGAINST HER WILL. WHAT A CHEAK. FLAHAR ISSIB KAPELL JIEGEK..............................
J VELLA
Aug 25th 2010, 21:50
PBO you are damaging the party's image. Why didn't you make sure that Mr Dimech is taken to court and cut the crap if he is truely guilty?
alfred p. camenzuli
Aug 25th 2010, 21:46
There was no need for a resignation, YOU WERE ALREADY EXPELLED by the PN administration and Ms Camilleri was to follow you. Only those in good faith can remain in the
PN., so out you go.
George Pavia
Aug 25th 2010, 21:40
Everyone deserves a fair trial including Nikki Dimech.
Joe Cocker
Aug 25th 2010, 21:19
Time changes everything! Mr Borg Olivier became Labours best asset.
aborg
Aug 25th 2010, 21:17
May i ASK WHY NET TV DID NOT LET US VIEWERS HEAR WHAT NIKKI AND SANDRA WERE BEING ASKED AND THEIR ANSWERS OF COURSE...........TINTEN IL BICCA BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAVE TWO OTHER CHANNELS WHO WERE DECENT ENOUGH TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT REALLY TOOK PLACE AT THE DAR CENTRALI .................
C.camilleri
Aug 25th 2010, 21:16
Dimech u Camilleri daqu ftit mill politika ta' perswazjoni li jiftahar bija il-PN.
Tghid l-elezzjoni li gejja jergghu jaghmlu xi Billboard iehor b'xi ritratt ta xi politikant jaghmel il qassatat?
Tahwid u tgerfix manja.
Lino Fava
Aug 25th 2010, 21:01
Ahna zghar Nikki Dimech. Ma intix ser tiehu palju ma min ma jridekx ma saqajh. Kumbinazzloni
kellna iehor b'kunjomhok dak eziljawh biex huma jibqghu jaghmlu li jridu. Kien hemm professur iddiskrivieh bhala nazzjonalist xellugi. Tridx tmur ghax bil-kemm ma riedux jixkuppaw il-memorja tieghu minn hdejn Kastilja. Kunu boloh ghidu li ser tibqghu mal-partit . Ara lill-JPO ma ghamlulux hekk. Ma tajruhx tafu ghala, mhux ghal wicchu, izda biex ma jmorrux jitilfu is-siggu mill-parlament.
Frans Attard
Aug 25th 2010, 20:53
'The Nationalist Party said in a statement there was no space within it for people who declared and admitted they had not acted in the corect manner.'
Veru tajba din !
Biex ikollok spazju fil-PN trid li l-hazin li taghmel ma tiddikjarahx u ma tammettihx. U minn dawk nahseb li hemm mhux ftit u li hemm min ghamel ghar milli ghamel Dimech.
Jekk hawn min ghadu jahseb li n-nazzjonalisti huma xi qaddisin jimxu fl'art qed jizbalja bil-kbir. Jiena kont nahseb hekk, izda llum intbaht li kont zbaljat.
joe messi
Aug 25th 2010, 20:42
Dear PBO, is this your clan's revenge to the party for chucking out your ancestor way back when EFA took over PN leadership when his predecessor became incompetent? Please GET OUT OF THE HOUSE NOW!!!! We, as fervent nationalists DO NOT WANT YOU! Got it? WE DO NOT WANT YOU!!!!! And please if you want to contest the general elections do so - give us the pleasure to see another Borg Olivier's downfall.
MBorg
Aug 25th 2010, 21:22
Stay put Sandra and Nikki do not resign. You have not been found guilty so why the fuss ? When did all the PN come out against you?
E. Vassallo
Aug 25th 2010, 22:06
You are simply hilarious....Are you serious?
M. Farrugia
Aug 25th 2010, 20:35
Why all this fuss about taking sides with one side or another. those who are supporting Nikki dimech knows that THE FIRST ITEM MAKES NEWS WHAT FOLLOWS IS JUST A CORRECTION SO THIS IS WHY THEY ARE THROWING ALL THIS MUD BEFORE A DECISION IS TAKEN MOST PROBABLE IN COURT IF THE NEED ARISE AND THEN WE LEARN ALL THE TRUTH. THE POLICE MUST TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST WHAT HAVE BEEN STATED BY DIMECH AGAINST HOW HE WAS TREATED ECT. The only news which we have not yet heard is who is the contractor, involved. if he speaks out all this nonsense will come to an end
Henry Fenech Azzopardi
Aug 25th 2010, 19:47
To all those who were in disagreement with my assessment of MS Sandra Camilleri, I stress the point that I have a right for my own opinion and time will prove me right.
I hope that Ms Sandra Camilleri will contest once again as an Independent and than will see the end result of her contestation. May be she manages to top the voters and elected Mayor but till such time I regret having voted for her.
M. Fenech
Aug 25th 2010, 19:54
We(the readers of this site) respect your opinion, but you have to respect ours too, my friend! And take these issues as a pinch of salt!!!!
Jon Vercellono
Aug 25th 2010, 22:23
We the readers also respectfully regret that you actually have a vote.
martin saliba
Aug 25th 2010, 19:41
I urge these two persons to stay on the sliema council and contest the next elections as separate independantes. I have a feeling that if the sliema residents really want for what is good for sliema they would be reelected.
Patrick bellia
Aug 25th 2010, 19:35
Il kunsilli messhom qatt ma saru aktar u aktar bil politka mdeffsa fin nofs. ahjar flok il kunsilli kien isir hekk jinhatar sindku b elzzjoni, twaddab forman jaghmel xoghol gol ufficju, u f kull lokalita timpjega nies milli hawn jirregistraw ghax xol. nies tpoggi skond il kobor tal lokalita bil paga mal gvern, tnaqqas il qaghad u fl istess hin tiffranka balal tal liri ghax ma taghtix pagi daqs kemm taghti l kunsilli u x xol li jkun hemm bzonn isir fil lokalita isir min dawn in nies u l kuntrattur. jekk ha ssir triq jaghtu daqqa t id fix xol, jizbhu l iskejjel u li jkun hemm bzonn fil lokalita.
VV Bartolo
Aug 25th 2010, 19:20
we should ALL take advantage of whats going on and start voting for whats best for our country and not for the political parties!! FLOATING VOTERS SHOULD BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY!!
Andrew B. Gatt
Aug 25th 2010, 19:41
Once upon a time in Malta existed a political party - it used to be called PN ! Veru hasra li spiccajna f'dan l-istat !
M. Fenech
Aug 25th 2010, 19:46
I agree 1000% with you! But Malta is still very laid back in this!!!! Lol
M.Fenech
Aug 25th 2010, 19:18
All I'm thinking is that Mr. Dimech is obstructing some type of projects, which probably are the interest of some heads! Keep strong Mr. Dimech, many people are behind you not only from Sliema, but all around Malta. This story stinks alot like many other stories that took place not so long ago! May I ask if Mr. Dimech was offered a commission of 4 million Euros? Then I'm sure he would have alot of protecting ANGELS around him!
J s Borg
Aug 25th 2010, 18:54
It seems that the prime minister lost control of the party. I think that the party is being run by cliques. It is a pity that Dr Gonzi was capable to take decisions which not even a strong Labour Government was able to. The Nationalist party should go back to a central administration otherwise they might cheerio to the next election.
Joseph Brincat
Aug 25th 2010, 18:50
All this saga simply shows that there is no room for any political party in the running of LOCAL COUNCILS. Punto e basta.
a.pace
Aug 26th 2010, 18:15
Only one solution, boycot local councils. That s what I ve been doing for a long time. In England, Australia etc. thats were the local councils realy are. Here everything is for power.
Peter Bonnici
Aug 25th 2010, 18:46
I too believe that Dimech was framed, but by none other than himself.
Fenech MD
Aug 25th 2010, 18:31
What is most interesting is that when JPO was accused by Dr Sant that he bribed MEPA's officials, the PN stood by him and said that it will wait until after the GA's verdict to act. (Even though JPO had made some very confusing declarations himself....)
But in the case of Nikky Dimech, the PN chose to act differently.
Two ways two measures, even between two (now three if including Ms Camilleri) Nationalists?
Why?
Peter Bonnici
Aug 25th 2010, 19:13
JPO was accused by Alfred Sant, was not interrogated by police, and did not sign any statements admitting guilt to bribery.
Dimech was questioned at the Police HQ and signed an admission.
You'd see the difference even with blinkers on; you must be wearing eye-patches!
J.Zammit
Aug 25th 2010, 20:26
@Peter Bonnici JPO was not treated like Nikki Dimech not even after the elections when it became evident that what Alfred Sant alleged was true.
d sullivan
Aug 25th 2010, 18:27
'no space for people who do not work in correct manner' - ha! ha! is this a joke?
R Cassar
Aug 25th 2010, 19:20
Then there should be no party...
J Pace
Aug 25th 2010, 18:19
@ Nikki Dimech
Please quit charading and file a lawsuit against the contractor who has accused you of corruption!!!
Only then will the truth come out.
Until then, both you and Mrs Camilleri should resign from the Sliema Council since you have been elected in office on the ticket of the PN. Now that you're no longer PN, you can no longer continue to serve PN constituents.
M.Fenech
Aug 25th 2010, 19:01
Why should they resign? We heard alot of wrong doings, including corruption, but nobody resigns here in Malta! And remember the law states that a person is innocent until proven guilty! So stop all the crap that you and people with your opinion are writing. Hold on Mr. Dimech! And if you are innocent, it will be very hard for you, but at the end, all these brainwashed persons will get their answer.
joh muscat
Aug 25th 2010, 19:35
Why should they resign when minister D. Christina kept her chair after what happened to the money lost to the detriment of so many students under her responsibility? What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
T Borg
Aug 25th 2010, 21:46
@ M Fenech and joh muscat
No wonder li qatt ma nfiequ go dal pajjiz biex jigu nies bhalkom jappogaw lil xi hadd
illi gie majjar korott u flok jilqa lizfida u jidhol il qorti joqghod imkahhal mas siggu tal poter!
Jekk irid Dimech ghandu triq tal irgulija miftuha. Il fatt li ma jridx juza, hemm xi haga tinten!
M.Gauci
Aug 25th 2010, 18:17
Ovjament mhux ta min jghati karlin ghal kummenti li gejjien min naha l-ohra. Forsi tajjeb jaraw x'gara fil-fgura meta keccew is-sindku huma u baqqew sikta fuq xiex (Tiftakaru l-Mhux Fl-Interess Tal-Poplu?)
Izda bhala Nazzjonalist u kif tafu dejjem ktibt hawn bhala tali, nisthi min xiex qieghed jigri fil-partit. Ma nafx min ghandu ragun, pero nemmen li fuq allegazzjoni dan is-sindku ma kellux jigi trattat hekk min Pawlu Borg O.
PBO mhuwiex popolari man Nazzjonalisti daqs kemm Natura Ambient kien mal-Laburisti u fl-opinjoni tieghi qieghed fejn qieghed ghax hadd ma rid jiehu dik il-pozzizjoni (verament rid ha nghidu hekk) minhabba li hija l-hot seat tas-seklu. Izda pero nemmen li PBO qieghed jaghmel hsara tremenda daqs kemm kien ghamel l-ekks tal-Labour.
L-unika parir tieghi huwa li twarrab min hemm.
Nerga nghid ma nafx min ghandu ragun, jista vera kien hemm il-korruzjoni, izda sakemm persuna tigi kundanata m'ghandhiex nitolbu r-rizenja tieghu anka jekk hemm statement. Min kellu x'jaqsam mal-puluzija jaf li statement malghajr tohrogg biex tehless mit-turmoil psycologiku li jghadduk minnhu.
E. Vassallo
Aug 25th 2010, 18:16
@T.camilleri
??? General Election??? Ilkhom tikbu biex ma kull nitfa tiggvernaw!!!! Ma ntikhomx tort 23 sena fl-oppozizzjoni!!!
AZammit
Aug 25th 2010, 17:55
One ventures to think that by not resigning Nikki may in fact, as he has already stated, spill the beans. Interesting times ahead !!!!!
Joseph Micallef
Aug 25th 2010, 17:26
PBO has turned the party into a laughing stock. Where is the Joe Saliba management style?
Bring back the principles of the 87 cabinet.... The principles upheld by true Nationalists giants like EFA, Guido, Louis Galea, Censu, etc ... the current crop is nothing more than a bunch of amateurs compared to them...
D. Caruana
Aug 25th 2010, 17:17
Sur Prim Ministru and co. IL-Partit miexi min sqaq li ma jinfidx. Hemm cans kbirrrr li titilfu l-elezjoni li jmiss u ma tmissux is-siggu li qedin fih ghal snin kbar bhal ma gralu l-PL minhabba l-ingustizzji li saru. Qed titilfu l-fiducja, li gab fil-Partit Dr Fenech Adami, minn hafna inkluz jiena. Il-poplu qed jistenna investigazzjoni gusta minghandek u jekk hemm bzonn iktar rizenji. Par idejn sodi bis-serjeta` irridu mhux biss paroli....
pdimech
Aug 25th 2010, 17:16
From what I have just seen and heard from this video the P. N. and the Sliema Local Council have lost nothing and I pity all those Sliema voters who have voted for these two in the last local elections.
T Camilleri
Aug 25th 2010, 17:09
The power station scandal confirmed by the EU Commission, setups, frameups, threats.....
TAKE THE ONLY DECENT STEP ANY DECENT PERSON WOULD TAKE GONZI. RESIGN AND CALL A GENERAL ELECTION. ARE YOU DECENT ENOUGH TO DO SO?
T Haze
Aug 25th 2010, 22:26
and who will then govern? PL??? the guarantee of nepotism, corruption and discrimination!
Look at the past. This is the only instance were the past is a guarantee of the future!
O Bugeja
Aug 27th 2010, 14:38
@ T Camilleri: Hahaha the funniest comment of them all! Call an election for the wrongdoings of a mayor who has been expelled by the party! Goes on to show that all the PL is after is clinching power at all costs!! Same old mentality!!! On the other hand I agree with may that PBO should come out in public and EXPLAIN!! I bet he will be contesting the 10th District in the coming elections! He is truly ruining the PN with his attitude and tyranny!! Shame on you PBO!!
Mario Bonnici
Aug 25th 2010, 16:52
WHAT A MESS...
P.Cassar
Aug 25th 2010, 16:50
GONZIPN=
MINISTERS DISMISSED BY SMS
COUNCILLORS SHOUTED AT IN PUBLIC BARS BY OFFICIALS
RESIGNATIONS DEMANDED ACCORDING TO WHO THE PERSON IS (ALL MINISTERS ARE INFALLIBLE)
EVERY CONTRACT SMELLS BY ALL CONCERNED
PLEASE ADD......................
.......................
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
S.Vella
Aug 25th 2010, 16:39
So the PN takes Ms.Camilleri to hell and back.........after taking her to hell and back the same party sends journalists working within their ranks to ask tricky questions with the aim of casting more shadows on her character and the woman cheerfully says that she will always be a Nationalist!!!!!!
With this kind of tribal mentality were people still believe that they "belong" to a party or that political beliefs are enshrined in their DNA no wonder then Malta is in such a pitifull state.
C. Conti
Aug 25th 2010, 16:30
Nicky & Sandra,
I voted for you because you were on the PN ticket. Now that you've resigned from the PN it is only logical and ETHICAL that you also resign from the Sliema Council.
Your relationship with the PN and PBO and what happened is irrelevant, the matter is more simple than all that, I am sure that you realise that PN Voters want PN Councillors and not Independent ones.
Kindly Resign.
martin saliba
Aug 25th 2010, 18:23
You should vote for a person for his / her capabilities not because they belong to the same party as you. Who knows , you might be better off with independent councilors.
Neville Calleja
Aug 25th 2010, 19:25
It is indeed a shame that people openly admit to voting for candidates because they belong to a particular political party or another. Way to go for electoral maturity.
C. Conti
Aug 26th 2010, 09:30
Granted - you vote for the Brightest and Wisest and most Intellegent and Social person etc. etc. in the Political party that you support - in this case the PN. It does not mean that an opposing party does not have such persons... Martin the Sliema councillor from the PL is such an example.
My point is simply that if I voted for a PN Councillor, there should be a PN councillor and not an independent one (given that he / she is elected)
ABorg
Aug 25th 2010, 16:29
@ ALL
PLEASE STOP THIS NONSENSE. DO NOT GIVE IN TO SWEET TALKING. WAIT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN COURT ONCE THE EVIDENCE IS PUT FORWARD. WAIT AND SEE..............I HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THE GOV IN GENERAL BUT NOT ON THIS CASE.
c. camilleri
Aug 25th 2010, 16:25
Nike Dimech should not have resigned from the party but from his post as Mayor or Sliema. He is to blame for all this trouble from the very beginning and he should do as other Mayors both labour and Nationalists have done when faced with similar circumstance. In this way he will save his reputation from further damage..
GVella
Aug 25th 2010, 16:25
The stupid thing is that somebody had the idea years back to allow party politics to enter our local council elections. The Labour Party, to its credit, had resisted the idea for a time, but had then finally succumbed. This system is preventing many competent people from contesting elections as many individuals do not want to get involved in party politics. The end result of this absurd notion is there for all to see in many different local councils.
Joe Camilleri (Sliema)
Aug 25th 2010, 16:07
Now this is one very dirty piece of linen.
Horrible horrible horrible!
Mario Vella Laurenti
Aug 25th 2010, 16:04
At the moment the reaction from PBO is zippo! I'm still waiting for his reaction. Please PBO, make a statement about all this, as the Nationalist supporters like me, would like to hear a statement from you.
Andrew B. Gatt
Aug 25th 2010, 16:03
@ PBO - Xmas is only 4 mts away. Time to start thinking about presents. PBO, at one go you can give Malta, its people and above all the PN and all Nazzjonalisti ta' veru a fantastic present : RESIGN ! Thank you, I'm assuming that you will be taking my advice !
Valerio Zahra
Aug 25th 2010, 15:28
PBO AND PN you should be ashamed of youserlves for what you did to these 2 innocent persons. How can it be you are still governing??!!!!!!
Well-done NIKKI and SANDRA, both of you made a brave decision.
Other politics should learn from you.
mpace2
Aug 25th 2010, 15:28
its time that Nikki and Sandra formed a rebel political party that can attracted several p.n supporters whom are disgusted with their own political wing
Dimech and Camilleri and co are prepared for internal battles regards their rebel and true ideas
Joanne Micallef
Aug 25th 2010, 15:17
FINALLY 2 people in politics who object to being used as puppets on a string. Well done
Now lets see how the rest of the PN councillors will act, will they go on business as usual and work in favour of the locality or maybe follow party's orders and object to anything the mayor says and tries to do.
James Darmanin
Aug 25th 2010, 15:14
As a fellow neighbour, I am with Henry Fenech Azzopardi 100%
Robert Agius
Aug 25th 2010, 15:11
Some people's blue blinkers have finally totally taken total control of their sight, and reason. You should be expecting answers from PBO not asking Nikki and Sandra do resign from the council.
A.Busuttil
Aug 25th 2010, 14:55
Henry Frendo Azzopardi you sounded very bombastic.Wrong attitude
M Meli
Aug 25th 2010, 14:47
I agree 100% with what Henry Fenech Azzopardi wrote. Please Sandra, my friend, please note.
MBorg
Aug 25th 2010, 14:47
Well done to Nikki Dimech and Sandra Camilleri. They shoud not resign from the Sliema Council. If Nikki resigns he would be admitting that he did something wrong, so stay on if your really did nothing against the law. As for Sandra ,stay on you should not have been treated the way you did. On the PN ticket or not I am sure both of you will work for the best of Sliema.
joe vella
Aug 25th 2010, 14:45
x'tahwid ! b'dawn in-nies qed jimxi l-pajjiz? qisna qieghdin f'tigrija min jahtaf l-aktar!
mhux ta' b'xejn dat-tahwid kollu li hawn
mulej salvana!!
G. Borg
Aug 25th 2010, 14:44
They were elected with the PN ! They are only betraying their voters, so the only honourable thing to do is resign. If the Nationalist Party does not have any more confidence in them, so do the voters. Any honourable people around ?
H Caruana
Aug 25th 2010, 15:13
I voted for both and I do not feel betrayed. Well done Nikki and Sandra, keep it up!
JOHN O SCERRI
Aug 25th 2010, 15:16
'..If the Nationalist Party does not have any more confidence in them, so do the voters....'
No...
Every person on this earth is free to decide what is good and bad and what to have confidence in or not.
Such sweeping statements do not reflect the basic ideology of PN ...which is ..Social Justice in Freedom ...Freedom of expression and Freedom of decision.
If some PN voters favour without questioning, every decision taken by PN or the PN Govt. be it good or bad they must be lacking the fundamental part of reasoning .
I Abela
Aug 25th 2010, 15:24
Honourable people around? You mean from the PN side? I pretty much doubt it my friend !!
Charles Busuttil
Aug 25th 2010, 16:56
Do you mean to say that you follow BLINDLY what your party does? Don't you have a mind of your own? If you really do this, in my opinion, you are not worthy of having the right to vote since you are not capable of forming an opinion of your own.
Manuel Dimech
Aug 25th 2010, 14:33
Dear Paul Borg Olivier
I am sure that you are satisfied that you will be remembered in the history of Maltese politics. But, unfortunately for you it will be for the way you mishandled the situation in Sliema by your arrogance and your desperate determination to remove Nikki Dimech from the PN and the Sliema Local Council (something you cannot do). You have caused the credibility mof the PN to go daow and I am sure this will effect future elections (General or Local Council).
You yourself, Stephen Buhagiar (by his accusations that Nikki had asked for a commission but never took any money as stated by Buhagiar himself) and his instigator/s, have caused a lot of trouble for the Party.
Abig well done to Nikki (my son and hero) and Sandra Camilleri.
Adrian Borg
Aug 25th 2010, 15:20
If I am not mistaken, in the Maltese electoral system one is voting for the person and not the Party. Persons evolve, Parties may be mistaken who knows. One can not condemn or pass judgement with out knowing all the facts.
We can not accept that our elected representatives be held at ransom by any party. I would also expect my elected representatives not to be like Bendu’s sheep.
M. Fenech
Aug 25th 2010, 15:28
Remember my friend, 'li s-sewwa jirbah zgur', or NOT?
Ann Vella
Aug 25th 2010, 14:32
Both Nikki Dimech and Sandra Camilleri still clinging on to their positions in the Local Council !
Please resign.
Esther Refalo
Aug 25th 2010, 14:28
Ms Camilleri and Mr Dimech should resign and if they wish contest as independent candidates in the next election. I gave them my vote because they declared that they will be representing the sliema residents according to the PN sound principles. I am impressed by the PN that they are sticking to their guns and declare zero tolerance in practice! Like many others I question the party in government on several issues but on this he has my support.
E. Vassallo
Aug 25th 2010, 14:27
Nikki, you were kicked out and your decision to resign is just a gimmick. The PN should consider expelling Ms. Camilleri as well. If they had stood on their own in the elections, they suwould have garnered only a handful of votes.
The PN needs to filter more their chosen candidates.
Henry Fenech Azzopardi
Aug 25th 2010, 14:20
Ms Sandra Camilleri,
I gave you my first preference through the old good times in travel and obviously because you contested on a PN ticket. I am convinced you do remember my absolute following of the Nationalist Party. Consequently, your resigntion from the PN and declare yourself independent is definitely not acceptable by voters such as me who trusted you with our vote.
You cannot bake the cake and eat it. Your position in the Sliema Council is now contrary to the many PN Voters who trusted you implicitly.
I, therefore request you to relinquish your seat in the Sliema Council immedeatly and make way for the next councillor backed by the PN voters.
I always held you in high esteem but your way of action is unacceptable to the Sliema PN Voters.
We feel cheated and betrayed.
Mark Seychell
Aug 25th 2010, 14:56
Typical Maltese voter. Voting for a party, and not for a politician. If Daffy Duck contested on a PN ticket, you'd probably vote for him.
Would be an interesting contest when Bugs Bunny contests for PL, most of their supporters would probably vote for him too.
Kevin Zammit
Aug 25th 2010, 15:07
Henry F. Azzoppardi ... the self proclaimed 50 + 1% majority Sliema district.
I Abela
Aug 25th 2010, 15:20
Actually what is not acceptable is people like you voting for a candidate only because he/she contests on your party ticket. You mean that if a highly qualified person possessing several university degrees contests the election with PL or AD and a mechanic contest with PN you would choose the mechanic to manage your locality? Come on Mr. Fenech Azzopardi it's time to grow up. The Independent Sandra Camilleri is the same PN Sandra Camilleri whom you trusted with your vote. Are you perhaps telling us that now that she is independent she is incompetent?
M. Fenech
Aug 25th 2010, 15:26
Now you have just to wait for another sliema local council election to get rid of the people you yourself voted for, and elected!!! Just like some backbenchers. There are all gone quite now about the issues that irritated them, but i'm sure that when election time comes they will have a surprise from there own party, and they will know that their political career is over! Just wait and see! Just like what is going on in Italy, under the dictator Berlusconi.
Jon Vercellono
Aug 25th 2010, 15:47
@I Abela - please read my comment way down the line. The majority of voters who profess to vote for the PN can do so if they desire; however, as 'responsible' voters they should at least know what the manifesto is of the party they are voting for. The majority of individuals who voted for this council have absolutely no idea that what they profess to want for their community is diametrically opposed to what their professed choice of party actually stands for; re - community garden, Qui-Si-Sana traffic, Fort Cambridge land, etc.
S.Farrugia
Aug 25th 2010, 16:22
So what's wrong with eating the cake after you finish baking it?
I always thought that cakes were meant to be eaten.
Charles Busuttil
Aug 25th 2010, 16:59
Do you mean to say that you follow BLINDLY what your party does? Don't you have a mind of your own? If you really do this, in my opinion, you are not worthy of having the right to vote since you are not capable of forming an opinion of your own.
Charles Busuttil
Aug 25th 2010, 17:02
@ I. Abela
Why do you consider a mechanic a lowly job. It's the grey matter and guts to stand up and be counted that really matters.
Sergio Vassallo
Aug 25th 2010, 17:06
Henry Fenech Azzopardi So if to take an extreme case a criminal or mafioso was on the PN voting list, do you still vote for him because he is on the party list? I didn't expect such drivel from someone in Sliema. You're a disgrace to Sliema residents because people may get the impression that Sliema residents don't think but follow blindly whatever the party says.
Albert Gauci Cunningham
Aug 26th 2010, 10:15
Oh dear......poor Mr.Fenech azzopardi feels betrayed!! Thought you had got used to it by now being a hunter who has voted under the premise of hunting in spring to continue only to find that the promise was a load of hot air a few months after that. But ,by the by, I remain rather perplexed how people like you are easily shocked and betrayed by people's reaction to backstabbing and yet you don't feel the same for the power hungry backstabbers thanks to whom your Party is suffering yet another huge blow in the face. Says a-lot about your warped logic!!
P. Borg
Aug 26th 2010, 12:01
This is the proof of the low poor mentality of many people in Malta. They would vote for a party because they are used to it. This is why this country never grows up.
A person remains the same person no matter what. I would feel better to vote for the person because I know him/her than for a party that doesn't know I exist. This population sees blue and red and no other colours. I bet that if a known criminal is a candidate of a party, they would still vote for him/her irrespective of the actions done. Aren't you mature enough to form an opinion and trust someone depending on his/her actions instead of because belonging to a party?
Whatever the party, as long as good things are done I am ready to vote for him/her. Voting by party is just childish.
JOHN O SCERRI
Aug 25th 2010, 14:18
Deja vue of years gone by .
There were times when some in MLP were accused such doings and now some in the PN are doing the same.
A sick situation where a few inside a party dictate all and decide all.
Very bad ....very bad for a political party public image.
The president and the leader of PN should take immediate action to get the facts right, rectify any wrong doing and if needed eliminate the arrogant section within PN , which might be doing much harm.
Local council members are elected by us .
Personally I do not care about the political creed of a contestant but rather how qualified and capable such a person is to administer public funding correctly . This accompanied by his/her record if one is contesting for re election.
YES ........ALL political parties do in fact interfere some how or other starting from pre election meetings for local councils
I am against political parties contesting elections for local councils ..because block votes do nothing but harm.
Secondly contestants should be elected based on their own capabilites and not under any party's emblem .
victor borg
Aug 25th 2010, 14:13
The sooner we leave politics out of local councils the better for every one.
leo attard
Aug 25th 2010, 14:11
And the house divided is the house that will fall!....All this is hubris! ` the big fish get away, the small fish end up on the platter! Nikki dimech gets his name published ( allegedly for a bribe) while others (accused of raping a minor) dont get their name published....What is the criteria for geting your name plastered on the news? And then others, whose ministry mismanaged millions of EU educational funds, they get a spiffy new expensive mobile instead of being asked to resign.........It is so sad that such a high number of Maltese are faithful to a political / religious party or idea not because of conviction but because of conditioning! (Perhaps this is true for all people and not just the Maltese)
L. Azzopardi
Aug 25th 2010, 16:59
I fully agree with you. Could not have put it better myself.
m farrugia
Aug 25th 2010, 14:11
pawlu borg olivier warrab ghal gid ta Malta u halli lil gonzi jahdem b'mohhu misrieh bhal fi zmien joe saliba.
trid tkun wiccek tisthi biex issa qed tipponta li tohrog ghall elezzjoni generali wara li wassalt lil partit fl-aghar zmien ta l-istorja tieghu.
diga ghamilt hafna hsara fil partit, qed izzarma kull ma bena il partit tul iz zmenijiet. hasra ghal prim ministru tant kapaci ghal gonzi u ghal pajjiz.
robert attard
Aug 25th 2010, 14:09
where is joe saliba??? :-(
K Cassar
Aug 25th 2010, 14:06
unless a CLEAR explanation from PBO comes out ASAP ... he should resign
M.Pule'
Aug 25th 2010, 14:00
Both Sandra Camilleri & Nikki Dimech should respect the will of their voters & resign. Honesty & loyalty dictates this. After all, it was Dimech himself who admitted to the police that he accepted bribes ( later he changed this theory). It wasn't PBO who said this. So be a gentleman and for the sake of the Sliema residents, make way for other people who really want to do something for Sliema.
Wayne Criggs
Aug 25th 2010, 13:40
Paul Borg Olivier = Jason Micallef
Lawrence Gonzi = Alfred Sant
Andrew Cachia
Aug 25th 2010, 13:52
The vast majority of the PN members and also the Maltese electorate wouldnt seem to agree to your statement. PBO was voted in democratically by PN's members and Lawrence Gonzi was voted in as PrimeMinister just 28 months ago by the Maltese electorate
JAFarrugia
Aug 25th 2010, 14:05
@Andrew cachia.
28 months can make a lot of difference, for one its has convinced me to never ever vote for PN again. lies, corruption and way too many fingers in the pie.
Wayne Criggs
Aug 25th 2010, 14:09
@ Andrew Cachia
The vast majority of PN members and the Maltese electorate WISH that things weren't like this. But unfortunately for all of us PBO is making the same 'qassati' and is not seen in good light, similar to how Micallef was looked at. Gonzi won one election with 1,500 votes against Sant but it really seems that his best has already passed. History repeates itself. PN are in need of a huge refurbishment. Nothing in the new PN (GonziPN) is even close to EFA's PN.
Fenech MD
Aug 25th 2010, 15:20
@JAFarrugia
Prior to the 2008 election, Joe Saliba said that there were 24,000 floating voters or persons who did not think that they were going to vote PN. During the electoral campaign, GonziPN diplomatically** promised that 'finanzi fis-sod, par idejn sodi fil-mepa' etc. Now those 24000 voters and maybe some PN voters as well have realised that they have been taken for a ride by a very good lawyer - the PM.
**diplomatic= sending people to hell and make them enjoy the journey.
Joe Grima
Aug 25th 2010, 15:53
Ommi ma!.Bl-equation tieghek qabbattni l'bard. Qieghed tajjeb il PN jekk qieghed hekk u mill boghod jien nahseb li hekk qieghed. Gonzi ilu li tilef il boxxla bhal ma kien tilifha Sant u PBO lanqas jimmerita kumment. L'uiniku port hieles li baqa li ghandu futur huwa dak ta Joseph Muscat. Ms Camilleri bhalissa ghadha mwegga u mhux se tikkonsidra alternattivi. Infakkarha biss, waqt li nammira l'kuragg taghha, li meta l'bahar ikun imqalleb izzejjed, kwalikwe vapur ifittex il port li jista jsalvah. F'dal kaz mhix is salvazzjoni ndividwali li hi mportanti imma li jigi salvat il pajjiz u dal poplu mid dizastru bla tmiem li jinsab fih
Joseph Gerada
Aug 25th 2010, 13:34
Why did Ms.Camilleri resign after 'having been forced' to sign the motion of no confidence, rather than stick to her horses and resign prior to signing the motion? I believe that if she was so convinced of Mr.Dimech's innocence, and if she is such a person of strong morals as she is trying to project herself - nothing and no one could have forced her to sign the motion, especially since she ended up resigning from the Nationalist Party anyway! Not a very smart sequence of events now is it Ms.Camilleri???
Philip B Cortis
Aug 25th 2010, 14:08
The motion and the voting have not yet took place. The council have 11 members, the Mayor and 8 councilors. In the 2006 (last election), the parties got: 1 for AD, 2 for PL, 6 for PN. PN now have 4 (6 less the 2 that resigned today). If a vote of no confidence is taken today, and all 4 current PN vote in favor and the others vote against, then it will fail. So now PN will either work to get the support of another counselor or will not present the motion.
Paul Gauci
Aug 25th 2010, 23:28
The sliema council is made up of 11 councillors 8pn 3pl. Now there will be 6pn 3pl and 2 independents so the pn still has a majority of 1 councillor.
gcForte
Aug 25th 2010, 13:34
U min qal li fil P.N. hemm it tahwid ? Dan diga bassartu xi ftit granet ilu. Issa imiss lil Nikki Dimech li jirrezenja bil kwiet, u imbaghad narawhom fil kariga ta xi chairman l-hemm jew fuq xi bord l-ghawn, u kollox imut fuq ruh ommu.
CCamilleri
Aug 25th 2010, 13:30
Paul Borg Olivier took the role of Jason Micallef ! the difference is that now the PN are suffering the consequences. Viva PBO !
D Borg
Aug 25th 2010, 13:28
Ms. Camilleri should also resign from the council since we elected her as a councillor that represents the residents according to the nationalist party's electoral manifesto..so should nikki dimech..anyway..what have both of them one in the past year for Sliema?
R Cassar
Aug 25th 2010, 14:01
Sure, perhaps you could tell us what the other PN councillors have done in the past year also???
Jon Vercellono
Aug 25th 2010, 14:16
Please pull the other one - you did not elect them according to any manifesto - simply that they were blue (or so you thought). The PN Manifesto - should you care to examine it - is dedicated to the free market and capitalism (nothing wrong with that within reason) - however, that also means that commercial interests (which you bemoan constantly) come first above your own. If that is the case, hopefully, you are not a member of the SRA or other community associations bemoaning pollution, traffic, lack of public space, etc. An Independent representing their conscience as well as their constituents (and not an electoral manifesto - manifestly against the best interests of the residents) should be a welcome change - and perhaps things will be moving in your locality. You cannot have your cake and eat it too - you did have the opportunity to elect a councillor which did have the community's best interests at heart and who was not reelected due to your wanting someone representative of the Nationalist manifesto.
John Micallef
Aug 25th 2010, 13:28
Hasra li wara esperjenza bhal dik, tasal tibqa tghid li tibqa ma l-istess partit. Huma nies bhal dawn li jahsbu politikament bqalbom mhux bmohhom, li jgghielu il- politikanti taghna ihossuhom siguri fis-siggu taghom u jghamlu li jridu.
Make up your mind!
Franco Scicluna
Aug 25th 2010, 13:28
in today's world the best one can be politically is choosing the middle ground, this goes for all types of elections.Be a floating voter, and vote with your brains.
Anthony Borg
Aug 25th 2010, 14:57
Back you 100% Mr.Scicluna, good advice. I learnt that a little late in life until I realised how manipulative the media of the political parties are. In the 70's and 80's we had to endure the violent tactics of the MLP. Now in this decade, we are submerged by the incompetence and arrogance of the PN.
martin saliba
Aug 25th 2010, 19:28
At anthony borg. It might be true that some mlp supporters were violent but the instigators are just as guilty.
joe cutajar
Aug 25th 2010, 13:27
YOU DONT DESERVE TO BE P.N. MRS.CAMMILERI
Mark Seychell
Aug 25th 2010, 13:44
Says the supreme ruler of the universe.
I sincerely wish more members of PN were like Ms Camilleri, we need people of principle around.
The saying 'no person is bigger than the party' is true, but for political parties which represent the people, it has to work both ways.
Sean Grima
Aug 25th 2010, 13:26
seems it is time to kick PBO out!
Sergio Vassallo
Aug 25th 2010, 13:26
Prosit Sandra ghax ma hallejtx min jinqeda bik ghall-iskopijiet ta' mohhu. Kellu bzonn il-kunsilliera kienu kollha bhalek.
I Abela
Aug 25th 2010, 13:22
Sandra Camilleri said she was forced to sign a motion of no confidence by the PN. She is convinced Nikki is innocent and she believes Nikki is being framed by the same PN to get rid of him. Yet she resigns BUT pledges to always remain a Nationalist. How could Malta ever mature politically ?
CCamilleri
Aug 25th 2010, 13:21
GOOD JOB SANDRA! PBO will lead to the downfall of the PN
J.pace
Aug 25th 2010, 13:16
Prosit !!!!
A lady of principle! Showed all the country that she in charge of herself and not another puppet.
l fenech
Aug 25th 2010, 13:14
Prosit Sandra ghamilt sew la ix-xoghol li kont qed taghmel ma giex stmat u bla rispett. Hrigt ta' mara aktar milli hargu tar-rgiel Is sur Nikki u PBO.
Gawdi il-hin tieghek u nawguralek.
Alex Borg
Aug 25th 2010, 13:13
Mrs. Camilleri is ethically sound in her decision. If I were in her position I would have argued that ideology wise I would remain a conservative, nut not a Nationalist. It is very likely that another party will better represent her ideology at the next election.