Labour councillor resigns after conviction

R.Borg

Sep 12th 2010, 20:35

No, Mr. Bonnici, you have to be a gentleman and also resign from the local council. No excuses.

j.azzopardi

Sep 12th 2010, 07:43

come on : after considering the admission : was she having a nap while the inspector was giving evidence and said he denied any involvement to the crime till some witness came forward LOL

j.schembri

Sep 12th 2010, 01:15

tony mangion qieghed thallat il-hass mal-pastard biex ma nghiduiex bil-malti pur. x'ghandux x'jaqsam progett tal-gvern ma twaqqih ta balabostri minn individwu. Nammettu li zbalja issa jekk hux f'rabja jew ghax kellu pressjoni fuq mill-kazin tal-banda hija haga oħra. Irraguna ta ragel u mhux ta tifel zghir

A. Brincat

Sep 11th 2010, 23:40

I am really sorry for all you guys. It is true that this person should not have taken the matter in his own hands. Modern juridical and legal systems have better ways to protect the weak and the disabled in our society. Theoretically we have a government that acts as a legislator in order to make laws that protect society and its values. It also delegates powers to local councils who act in the interests of the locality. There are however imperfections in the system. When these imperfections become so unfair on certain individuals who do not have the inner strenght to compromise, such undividuals break due to factors such as stress and indifference from others. People make mistakes becasue they are human. And as humans we understand and forgive, if they seek forgiveness and seek remedy.

To some of you there is only "Labour". There is no compassion or understanding. There is only premature judgement. So the ones who judge prematurely a
have personal issues with something that no longer exists, a past that is long past. To some of you, returning to the middle ages of burning someone at the stake would be the rule.

Good night.

reno calleja

Sep 11th 2010, 21:54

I happen to know John. He is one of the finest, honest men I have every met. He is a true labour supporter in a village which supports the Nationalist Party. I am sure, as he said, he lost his temper and that his intentions were good. However the road to hell is full of good intentions.
I am sure that he cried his heart out when he had to resign from the Party. He never asked for anything from the party. He always gave to the Party. These people are becoming a scarce commodity in both parties now-a-days. Gone are the days when people work for a Party with religous zeal.
John. The Party will miss people like you. On the other hand you did wrong to loose your temper. In my whole political career I only lost my temper once. I apoligized profusely to the person I offended and almot hit. He did provoke me immensley but I had no right to react the way I did. We are all human but Labour party activists should always keep what Mintoff used to tell us. We must must use brains not brawns.

Emanuel Farrugia

Sep 11th 2010, 21:35

Qieghed jirrizulta u jidher tajjeb xi kwalita ' ta' nies qeghdin imexxu 'l lokalitajiet Maltin. Guramenti fuq guramenti jittiehdu, imma x' jiswa? Minn johrog ghal Kunsilli lokali jridu jkunu l-ewwel net nies ta' certu livel ta' edukazzjoni u ta' moral gholi u dejjem lesti li jaghmlu dak il-vera gied lil lokal u mhux lil hbieb tal-hbieb. Ejjew ma' nkunux ipokriti.

Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council

Manuel Micallef

Sep 11th 2010, 21:34

The guy has done a mistake by loosing his temper, but his objective, in his own way was to help people.

He doesn't wnat to damage the party and hence he resigned.

He admitted a guilty plea.... an honourable gesture, even though what he did is not commendable.

I suggest we leave him alone... as whilst he did wrong, it seems to me a "humane" mistake which was not triggerred by greed, but rather to help others...although in the worng way.

d.attard

Sep 11th 2010, 21:21

I mean would any party find any candidates to volunteer for local council elections. When I read how the party in government bayed for the blood of this man I wondered what henious crime he may have committed. There was a time when a good word, some cement and a bottle of beer would have been the end of it. But it now appears that partizan politics demand otherwise. The pressure that this poor man must have gone through to end up having a five month prison suspended sentence to reward him for his 'pains' must scare away all men of good will...has it become a case of fools rush in...? another gentleman facing the music because his daughter dared access facebook from his council laptop...seriously...i say let the big guys take care of the bulb replacements, pot hole filling, rickety manhole and a local concert among yapping constituents deanding that the council should fix the weather. So have councillors now become the meat that the fat guys feed the armchair chatterboxes? And how many suspended months did anyone get, for example, for letting the marsa powerstation billow filterless to our collective detriment? halluna...

c.t. busuttil

Sep 11th 2010, 20:58

"Sorry is the hardest word to say".

Joseph Agius

Sep 11th 2010, 20:53

Humans err. But why do most of humans who err get nominated to our Local Councils? That is my question!

Julian Taliana

Sep 11th 2010, 20:43

This is the true face of lejbir... . Look at the PN... The complete opposite.

GEORGE CUTAJAR

Sep 11th 2010, 20:22

A Labour councillor pleads guilty to vandalism in the same village where he is a local councillor, is handed a suspended jail term and a fine, resigns from the party but stays on as a a council member representing nobody - ONLY IN MALTA.COM.
Mr. Bonnici should simply resign and leave Attard council business to those who truly love the locality.
What does working for 'free' mean, anyway?

Tony Mangion

Sep 11th 2010, 20:16

Surely I'll not support Mr John Bonnici for his wrongdoings on the Attard Church parvis, but neither do I approve the demolition of the old part of Cospicua, which is being done by the authorities concerned. Shame on them.

Franco Farrugia

Sep 11th 2010, 19:55

I think it would have been more appropriate for him to resign from council altogether. Heaven forbid if everyone had to take the law into his own hands. And promising constituents this, that and the other ... has he a right to do this?