Labour leader proving to be weak on corruption - PN
People accused of corruption have found in Labour leader Joseph Muscat an agony aunt, the Nationalist Party said in a statement.
The PN said it was shocking that Dr Muscat found it normal to associate himself and his party’s media with a former mayor who declared he had taken a bribe, for cheap political gain.
Dr Muscat was proving to be weak on corruption when faced with the real thing. Dr Muscat, the party said, had declared he was comfortable that the former Sliema mayor was using his party’s media as his mouthpiece.
The Labour leader, the PN said, had also kept mum when criminal allegations against the Zebbug Labour deputy mayor surfaced in the media and when a Labour councillor in Attard was charged with damaging the church parvis to accommodate the Labour Party club in the vicinity.
In both cases it took Joseph Muscat’s Labour ages to sack both councillors.
He also felt it unnecessary to explain to the people of Fgura.
The PN said that Dr Muscat’s sole ambition was to become Prime Minister. However, he lacked substance and had no moral bearing where corruption was concerned.
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A Cassar
Oct 18th 2010, 19:03
Nikki Dimech (accused with soliciting a bribe) Michael Woods (his brother convicted of corruption) Edwin Bartolo (notorious labour thug who allegedly assaulted two PN activists during the last MEP election) Bastjan Dalli ( accused of conspiracy to import drugs) THEY HAVE ALL FOUND REFUGE WITH THE LABOUR PARTY AND JOSEPH MUSCAT!
c falzon
Oct 18th 2010, 08:21
L- Ispizjar milli jkollu jtik!!!!! Ara vera vera kulhadd jara t travu f ghajnejn haddiehor u hadd ma jara t tibna f ghajnejh!!!! Kif ma tisthux titkellmu, hemm daqs dik korruzjoni fil PN. Dr Gonzi what about the BWSC???? Truly hypocrites. LP keep up the good work you are doing.
A.Attard
Oct 18th 2010, 13:18
He asked the Mlp to investigate if they wanted to prove anything...but as usual any reply?
Carmel Cilia
Oct 18th 2010, 07:29
Corrupt is that man who does not want the question of the BWSC to be investigated by PAC. Corrupt is that man who has been dragging his feet on the whisleblower act for so many years. Corrupt is that man who is seeing his citizens drowning below the poverty line struggling to pay the water and electricity bills, the new gas tariffs, the new imposed car licences the higher prices of bread and of every essential commodity and then gives to the four or five people who are mercilessly issuing overbilling on estimates of electricity and water consumption thousands of euros in salaries.
These are the corrupt people who has turned this island into the times of Robin hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham taxing the poor bone dry.
Mentioning Robin Hood the time maybe is ripe to have one like him amongst us.
Kenneth Grima
Oct 17th 2010, 20:21
I am impressed how the Leader of the Opposition Dr Joseph Muscat keeps these stunts going...anyone who can offer any political mileage to help out in his dream to become PM is welcome on board (his dream is to become PM and not to SERVE as a PM).
No matter who they are, no matter what baggage. If you re a bad guy, you're welcome too. At most, they'll throw you as an 'INDEPENDENT' undercover agent in a local council...
IF nikki dimech and bastjan dalli for instance say things that are good for your ears, its not enough to bring them on board....
Pierre Borg
Oct 17th 2010, 15:45
AND WEAK HE IS BIL-PROVI ....FIRST NIKKI DIMECH AND NOW BASTJAN DALLI!
C.Camilleri
Oct 17th 2010, 19:49
@ Pierre Borg
Would it have been ok for you had Nikki Dimech accepted to appear on Xarabank instead of Affari Taghna? Regarding Mr.Dalli I think you meant John not Bastjan. Does John Dalli also needs a permission from the PN to give interviews to speak his mind out? The problem is not Joseph being weak, its that people are deserting the PN. Period.
Dr Joe Brincat
Oct 17th 2010, 10:51
The government promised legislation on corruption. There is a saying in Latin : parturiunt montes et nascitur minusculus mus (The mountain gave birth to a minute mouse). The Permanent Commission Against Corruption Act is being amended. In a very ridiculous and inefficient way.
The Bill creates the office of a Special Prosecutor, who is going to be equivalent to a "private party" in criminal proceedings. He has no effective tools of investigation, as all must go through the Police. Can he, for example, cause a thorough search for assets of the suspected public official ? The answer is no. Can he carry out a search in the property of an official for documents ? No. He must go through the Police.
He is appointed for 4 years. Then he has the carrot that his position may be extended for another four years. Such a post must have security of tenure as he should be challenging auhtorities. Where is his independence ?
This is substance ! And no mention of abolishing prescription in corruption.
Dr Joe Brincat
Oct 17th 2010, 10:03
Last week I met Minister Mifsud Bonnici, and I briefly discussed with him the issue of "trial by the press". He said that he had looked into the matter, with his advisers.
The Italians are the worst example to follow. Witness what is happening with the case of Sarah in Italy. Now the media are examining whether it is proper for them to run discussion programmes on the guilt or otherwise, the psychological pattern of the families, the past of the victim, the reliability of witnesses etc etc.
I bookmarked a website on ethics of the press. www.ethicnet.uta.fi . See what a democratic country as Norway lays down for the press : " In particular avoid presumption of guilt in crime and court reporting. Make it evident that the question of guilt, whether relating to somebody under suspicion, reported, accused or charged, has not been decided until the sentence has legal efficacy."
lisa galea
Oct 17th 2010, 09:53
shame on joseph muscat
Dr Joe Brincat
Oct 17th 2010, 09:48
I have been trying to raise a conscience about whether there should be trial by the press. I do not think it is right to examine the "evidence" in the media, whether in favour or against the accused person. Mr X has a right to be judged according to the Constitution, and I do not think it is right for him to defend his case on television. Both are wrong.
Equally wrong is the statement of the PN. A political party is an "authority" in any state, especially if that party is in government. The Maltese Constitution Court has already declared that Dr E Fenech Adami, then Prime Minister, violated the Constitution and the Covention in a press conference on the Judges' case. The case went to Strasbourg, which confirmed that the Maltese Constitutional Court was correct, both on the merits and on the remedy given.
Nothing learnt from those judgments ?
Are we going to have a trial divided between two television stations ? A for the prosecution and B for the defence ? Ridiculous !!!!
a.dalli
Oct 17th 2010, 08:28
Will the same be said about EU commissioner Mr. John Dalli for appearing on One tv yesterday. After all he was also accused of a number of misdeeds.
Lee H. Oswald is reincarnated in the form of the PN
Franco Debono (Xghara, Gozo)
Oct 17th 2010, 08:13
The contrasts are too much for some people to avoid. But avoid they do. Without entering into the merits if any case the following should be brought to the fore.
1. The John Dalli Case. One TV is giving John Dalli all the time in the world to explain his case and how badly he was treated by GoniPN. I am certain John Dalli would have wished to explain his case on his own party's TV and Radio. However, I am equally certain this opportunity was not given. Is the PL therefore committing such a sin in giving John Dalli the space?
2. The case of Dr. Chris Said. Chris Said is accused of perjury. Yet the GonziPN machinery provided not only the space but the opportunity at the first instance in Ghajnsielem where he was even proudly applauded by our Prime Minister himself. Should Net TV or even the PM have stopped this?
3. Nikki Dimech/Sandra Cammillieri. These people were given space by the Bundy programme which is gaining in popularity although boycotted by GonziPN. I heard what both had to say and made my own conclusions.
Lawrence Cardona
Oct 17th 2010, 07:19
Let's see what is shoking in this country Electricity bills,fuel prices.gas prices,distruction of a valley,24 cases of unsoved murders,members of parlament cought copying during an exam.member of parlaments lying while testifying in court,building properties in valleys with a smell of corruption,having a smell of corruption in desicions in contracts like that of the power station,people found that they suffered injustice under this govt in court and still waiting for compensation,minister having a holiday for just 70euros but having a maid working without paying tax.IF I CONTINUE I NEED 23 YEARS OF THIS SITE TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING MALTA UNDER THE PN MEANS ONLY SHOCKING MOMENTS EVERY SECOND..
a borg
Oct 16th 2010, 23:54
Can anyone tell me how Robert Arrigo was invited on a labour station i.e.superone t.v for TX programme and nothing was mentioned in the P;N, news. VERU IPPOKRITI NAZZJONALISTI......
C. Zammit
Oct 16th 2010, 23:53
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...............Sorry can't comment cause I can't stop laughing!!!!!!!!!
The PN's hypocrecy has no limits!!!!!!!!!! HA HA HA HA
anthony mizzi
Oct 16th 2010, 23:47
You must be very young in age my friend. qoute from michael seychel,
Michael can you tell us if the CARE that was suppose to be distributed to the maltese people, was it being sold at the valletta market or any near by?And who was selling it?
you seems to be old enough now not like your friend as i qoute from your letter
A.Gauci Cunningham
Oct 16th 2010, 22:41
@all those getting shocked at Nikki's presence on Bundy's show----I get the impression that you didn't really watch the programme because if you did you would also find the fact that Peppi Azzopardi invited Nikki Dimech to Xarabank shocking too. But I suppose some people choose when and at what they get shocked. These people are the kind who wouldn't get shocked by an unfolding scandal such as the BWSC contract but would then get all hot under the collar about Joseph Muscat's choice of ties, receding hairline and something someone says on ONE. Infact as of late I've noticed this emerging obsession by some with anything being featured/said on ONE hoping to cling to the first faux pax and making a song and dance about it. In short as the saying goes "clutching at straws"
l fenech
Oct 16th 2010, 22:09
GonziPN "People in glass houses should not throw stones".
S Inglott
Oct 16th 2010, 22:05
Ha Ha Ha, dahhaktna gonz, dahhaktna hafna!! Tridx nghidlek min hu weak fuq il-korruzzjoni? Min ikollu kumpanija bsahhita bhal AirMalta u tispicca falluta u hadd ma ikun responsabbli u il-prim ministru (jekk tista issejjahlu hekk) jibqa cass u ma jiehu l-ebda passi u ma jiftah l-ebda investigazzjoni! RJ`s, Azzurra, UK operation, min ha dawn id-decizjonijiet ? Fejn Marru flus il-kumpanija li kienet tal poplu? Imisskom tisthu, u int bhala prim ministru imissek tisthi iktar minn kullhadd, ma nafx kif ghad ghandek il-wicc tidher quddiem il-poplu malti.
leo attard
Oct 16th 2010, 21:36
Dr Gonzi, you can do and say whatever you want and Dr Muscat can do and say whatever he wants ---- come election time, the citizens of malta are going to say and do what they want then. every dog will have his day, some sooner than others!
ALEXANDER GENUIS
Oct 16th 2010, 21:00
SHOCKING!!!SHOCKING!!!!WHY HI???GHAX FUQ ONE TV??ONE IS INNOCENT,ONNOCENT BEFORE PROVEN GUILTY!!!!!!!IF NICKY GOES TO ANOTHER PROGRAM WILL IT BE SHOCKING?????AHNA KONNHA HFIRNA LILL BARUNI TAD-DROGA U HLISNIH MIN PAJJIZNA!!!!!!DIK STORJA SHOCKING ZGUR!!!!!!!U EJJA,MA NOQGHODUX NILGHABUHA TAL- FIDILI U NISTGHAGBU META JAQBLILNA!!!!MA NKUNUX IPOKRITI!!!!!TAJJEB DEJJEM TAJJEB U HAZIN DEJJEM HAZIN!!!!!!!!!!
Mariella Borg
Oct 16th 2010, 20:43
The issue here is not John Bundy (who cares?!) but the very fact that in less than a month Nikki Dimech was invited on the Labour Party TV station to defend himself whilst undergoing criminal proceedings AND the bigger issue and the most worrying is that Nikki Dimech thanked Joseph Muscat for giving him the opportunity to defend himself on the Party's station! This is shocking
I Abela
Oct 16th 2010, 21:11
Mariella Borg - In many democratic countries, you are still innocent until PROVEN guilty. And admission (allegedly) doesn't automatically make you guilty, the court still has to declare you guilty. So for the time being Nikki Dimech is presumed innocent not the other way round. What I find absolutely shocking is that people who have your same line of reasoning still exist in this country. You should be living in far away places like Thailand, Iran, Cuba etc where people are guilty until proven innocent.
J. Borg
Oct 16th 2010, 20:22
@ J. Cassar
didn't you hear Nikki that he was invited by Peppi Azzopardi to be interviewed on Xarabank.
or waht is wrong for one is wrong for the other!!!!!!!!
what about Sandra Camilleri decalaring that she was told " ghax irid inpattielu"!!
I don't know what the PN is shouting about... John Bundy declared solemnly that the programme is his own and he does what he likes...so why keep on saying that Nikki yesterday was invited by the PL media?
Tracy Caruana
Oct 16th 2010, 19:18
Jekk inhu veru li John Bundy stqarr fuq One TV li huwa nazzjonalist, allura issa naf ghax kull ma min niltaqa, hafna diehards laburisti lanqas biss iridu jisimghuj bil-partit laburista.
Issa sew. Lil Mintoff domna ghoxrin sena biex dahhalnih fil-kwartieri laburista u lill Bundy tajnih il-One Tv f'idejh.
Laburisti ejjew habtutli l-bieb ghal vot darb'ohra.
Frank Cassar
Oct 16th 2010, 19:45
Ezattament minhabba nies bhalek li l-PL ilu aktar minn 20 sena fl-oppozzizjoni.
joyce aquilina
Oct 16th 2010, 19:49
int qeda isemmi l`20 sena ta leadership taht Alfred Sant,b`hekk MIntoff ma Dahalx il HQ imma issa lil Joseph ghandna
axuereb
Oct 18th 2010, 03:40
@ Tracy: mhu veru xejn li qed tghid! Is super one dejjem ta spazju lil kulhadd, hu ta liema kulur hu. L-aqwa li min ikun jipproduci programm tajjeb. Nazzjonalist jew le is-Sur Bundy huwa prezentatur ta kalibru.
u ohra, ghalfejn zeffint il-kunsill ta Hal Luqa fin nofs? Ma nahsibx li ghandhom ghalfejn jigu jhabbtulek il bieb tal-PL ghal vot ghaz zgur qatt ma vvutajt Labour minn kliemek.
Tracy Caruana
Oct 16th 2010, 19:12
And the very latest. The Luqa council irregularities.
V Caruana
Oct 16th 2010, 19:04
Prosit John tal-programm. Għallinqas diskusjoni politika immexxija aħjar minn Xarabank. Ħasra li l-PN kellu biss lil Robert. Prosit Rob.
Pierre Farrugia
Oct 16th 2010, 18:43
I don't care about John Bundy or about Xarabank or whatever programme you mention down here...what I care is that a person who admitted of wrong doing and who is IN COURT FACING CRIMINAL ACCUSATIONS was on the Labour Party's TV defending his case in public ... Imagine a person accused of any other criminal action goes on TC to defend his case in public!! And to make matters worse this person accused of criminal action thanks the Leader of the Opposition for giving him the opportunity to defend his case in public!
No this is simply not on not not on at all!
A.Gauci Cunningham
Oct 16th 2010, 18:42
Oh right!! So I get the gist of a few (desperate if I may add) comments hereunder. All of a sudden, as has happened to so many valuable politicians and nationalists in these last 2 years, Bundy has gone from hero to zero. It's quite a vivid memory actually of being in PN mass meetings with the crowd throwing bouts of hysteria everytime Bundy was on stage. But I guess now that Bundy has had the "temerity" to produce a programme on ONE now he has become mediocre, ridiculous and should instantly become subject to public humiliation and who knows? A Pn boycott too. The attempt is subtle but clear. Demonise Bundy. Turn him into a liability. Get the labour party into a corner where they'd have no choice but to kick Bundy out of ONE and voila....problem solved! Honestly, it might have worked with another PL leader. I'm not too sure it's going to work with Muscat.
A. Mamo
Oct 16th 2010, 18:38
I did not watch the program. I do not bother anymore to watch programms discussing politics. But from this blog it seems that this new bundy show is gaining popularity. That's what exactly did Peppi for the last ten years or more. Obviously this bundy show is more prone to critics simply because it is featuring on ONE. Did you ever noticed how many people found guilty of bribes featured in WE programmes. The difference is only at the second letter of the presenter's surname: BONDI and BUNDY
Marco Caruana
Oct 16th 2010, 18:33
It is unacceptable that a former Sliema Mayor accused of corruption is given a carte' blanche on the Labour Party media and its is shocking that the former mayor himself thanks the Leader of the Opposistion and a Prime Minister in waiting for the opportunity he is giving him to defend his case in public. This is simply not on and as a young voter i expect this obscenity to stop once and for all.
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 20:13
What is really shockin is that the PN do not want to discuss the BWSC deal. A deal which is costing the taxpayer millions of euro, apart from the fact that this powerstation extention might casue cancers and other serious illnesses to people living in its locality.
That is what a young (or old) voter should be worrying about and not a silly programm on a private TV station.
Grow up, and use your brains.
Jason Attard
Oct 16th 2010, 18:24
Yes! the PL is weak in corruption and the PN is very strong in corruption. I think is a valid statement.
Simon Caruana
Oct 16th 2010, 17:59
Personalment minn dejjem ammirajt hafna l-personalita ta John Bundy u segwejtu kull fejn mar. Lanqas xejn ma jdejjaqni l-fatt li issa qieghed fuq l-istazzjon tal-PL, lili ma taghmilli l-ebda differenza xorta ha nibqa nsegwih, fuq kollox huma tawh l-opportunita u sewwa ghamel familja ghandu xi jmantni. Forsi min jaf xi darba jerga jirranga d-differenzi li hemm u jirritorna lura fuq l-istazzjon ta l-istat. Sadattant PROSIT JOHN.
M Busuttil
Oct 16th 2010, 17:55
Sur Manuel Lia, taf meta jghamlu, John Bandi l-Programm ta’ bejn 1971 u 1987, meta Peppi ta’ Xarabank u Bondi jghamlu programm ta’ bejn 1962 u 1971.
Meta sawtuna l-Kavalerija, meta l-gazzeta l-Helsien ma kontx tista d-dahala l-isptar San Luqa, meta ma kienux ihallu lill MLP isemma lehnu fil-meetings jew fuq ir-Redifjuxien, jew meta konna nghamlu xi ezami mal-Gvern u ghax ikollna salib ahmar wara isimna, li jkun sar mill Kappilan ma jaghadukx, bhal ma gralu hija fl-ezami tad-dokjard fejn gie it-tielet u meta hareg irrizultat lanqas kien issemma.
Jew meta konna tfal u immoru nqerru u l-qassies jistaqsiena jekk ahniex fil-Brigata.
Sur Lia mhux ahjar tara t-travu li ghandek f’ghajnejk milli t-tibna f’ghajnejn haddiehor.
Anthony Mizzi
Oct 16th 2010, 17:51
Labour leader proving to be weak on corruption - as stated by the PN, but the PN certainly isn't .... or is it only a PERCEPTION that Corruption is rampant?
E Mifsud
Oct 16th 2010, 17:36
Bundy remembered his old hit Pajjiz tal-Micky Mouse and sang it yesterday. Well this statement here just goes to confirm it.
The program is produced by a private company and John Bundy invited several PN officials who first accepted and then declined to attend. Why? Bundy runs the show and he is free to invite anyone he likes. Mr Dimech has a right to express himself and everyone people will make their own conclusions. He also declared that he was invited to participate on Bondi+ and Xarabank. He decided to go on Bundy's show, simple.
C.Camilleri
Oct 16th 2010, 17:34
To all those shedding crocodile tears because the ex PN Sliema mayor was invited on a program on One TV conducted by an ex PN Candidate. Does the presenter needs your permission whom to invite or not for his shows? Is'nt this arrogance from your side to pretend that you should dictate who should be invited or not on a private TV station. Have you ever felt the need to protest when other popular TV programs invited people found guilty of murder and after escaped from prison only to be given a hero's welcome? What would you say had Joseph met a well known criminal in the darkness of the night under St.Julians Bridge? What about the release from prison of a brazilian drug lord? Does that makes the PN in favour of drugs? What about the allegations of former PN president when he alleged of commissions changing hands in the mater dei contract?
The list goes on and on, so please stop playing the victims and keep your can of worms tightly closed.
Mark Saliba
Oct 16th 2010, 17:34
Ma nistax nifhem kif dal-programm qed jurta daqshekk lill-PN meta John Bundy iddikjara solennament li l-programm la hu tal-PL u lanqas ta Joseph Muscat. Fuq kollox kulhadd jaf John Bundy x'inhu u nirrispetta hafna l-opinjoni tieghu imma b'daqshekk m'ghandu xejn li jzommu li jaghmel programm fuq OneTV meta haddiehor li kien ghalih qatlu bil-guh. Well done u keep it up John jien konvintissimu li kapaci ttella programm newtrali minghajr mazzri politici.
Ramon Casha
Oct 16th 2010, 17:33
Pot, meet kettle.
Kettle, meet pot.
joh muscat
Oct 16th 2010, 17:10
The PN is trying to alienate the people so as to try laying aside the scandal of BWSC, ARMS, part time farmer(ex minister) . But only poor Mr. Dalli took the brunt , otherwise corruption is only in the minds of the Maltese people.
Joseph Cassar
Oct 16th 2010, 17:00
What I really found amusing yesterday was that John Bundy said that Nikki Dimech turned up in the programme making it sound as if Dimech turned up unexpectedly...and then Bundy started questioning him and referring to magazine references he found about Dimech... they were so credible !
And then John Bundy asking him why on earth he was arraingned in court - Dimech replying 'Jien naf' and the crowd clapped furiously....THIS GUY ADMITTED OF SOLICITING A BRIBE!
And then the cherry on the cake when Dimech said ''Nirringrazzja lill-mexxej laburista talli waqt Bondiplus qal li jien ghandu jkollhi opportunita nitkellem fuq Super One'!
Tal-wahx!
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 19:58
Now I quite believe you were zapping. John Bundy never said Mr Dimech turned up unexpectedly. In fact he said he had invited him. John Bundy said he was surprised Nikki Dimech had accepted his invitation, since the PN councillors were afraid to accept this invitation, maybe they had more to hide than Nikki Dimech.
You seemed not to have heard Nikki Dimech say that the present Sliema Mayor signed a contract losing a large educational programm and some 600 dustbins, from the original contract he was going to sign when very conviently he was removed from his position as Sliema Mayor.
adrian bellizzi
Oct 16th 2010, 16:57
The pot calling who black?
B Gatt
Oct 16th 2010, 16:57
Very interesting that no one here is stating that the programme is of a certain PN stalwart JOHN BUNDY who declared his nationalist views on one tv.
What the PN is not saying as well is that Darren Marmara, Labour's Fgura disgraced mayor, was present and he was also given the opportunity to state his views... SO FAR FROM HIDING ANYTHING IN FGURA, ONE AND BUNDY GAVE ALSO TIME AN EX-PL MAYOR TO SPEAK UP.
Darren Marmara could well have attacked the PL on its own tv station. But because PL is turning into an open party, the PN, Gonzi and PBO cannot understand what being an open party means.
Chris Finch
Oct 16th 2010, 16:49
I forgot to add that in all these cases, Gonzi has not sacked any one of the people involved.
Oh and I also forgot the biggest scandal - ARMS. And again, not a single sacking.
Chris Finch
Oct 16th 2010, 16:47
I am not defending Labour's record because I believe they are both as bad as each other, however I think this is just a smokescreen because of the BWSC issue arising this week.
APart from that, we have had:
The VAT corruption scandal, = Finance ministry
The ADT (now rebranded as TM) scandal - Transport ministry
The Loss of EU education funds scandal - Education ministry
The ongoing MEPA scandals - OPM
Judiciary scandal - Home secretary
I think there is only tourism left.
manuel lia
Oct 16th 2010, 16:44
tajba din.....mela is sur sindku ta tas sliema professjonist,bil kumpannija tal awdituri tieghu u jmur id depot u jammetti li nxtara....dan ammetta ta li ha bribe.....hadd ma geghlu jammetti imma ghazel hu li jammetti........il partit nazzjonalista keccih minn sindku u minn membru tal istess partit....serjeta......bhas soltu il mlp haseb li ha jiskorja xi points u haddnu mieghu u tah importanza u anke exposure fuq is super one ghall hafna drabi....min hu serju nistaqsi jien?min kecca lill min ammetta li nxtara jew lill min ghamlu hero?dejjem listess storja tal mlp...ma jitghallmu qatt.....jistghu mhux ibiddlu larma.....tal ahhar.....john bundy huwa bniedem bis sens hafna pero nahseb li zbalja bil kbir li stieden bniedem li ammetta li nxtara meta kien fpozizzjoni ta sindku.......insejt kemm issawwatna john?insejt kemm insulentawna john?insejt kemm ghamlulna hsara john?insejt meta ma stajniex naplikaw ghall imkien ghax konna bit timbru blue john?insejtu il kazin tal pn ta rahal twelidek jaqbad john?insejta il marmalja ta lorry sant tigri go rahal gdid john?jien ma nsejtx......u mhux ha ninsa qatt......nistiednek taghmel programm fuq il hnizrijiet li saru 1971-1987......jekk ihalluk......
p dimech
Oct 16th 2010, 17:00
Bundy issa jrid jilghabha tal unbiased meta ilbierah dam nofs siegha jintervista lil Nicky Dimech u lis-Sur Marmara miskin nesa jikkonfrontah mas Sur Camilleri li kien wiehed li ressaq mozzjoni ta sfiducja kontrih.
Jaqaw issa sirt inti il pupazz tal One TV Sur John Bundy u nahseb int ghandek programm tal Mickey Mouse u mhux dan il pajjiz !!
L.Bugeja
Oct 16th 2010, 17:25
Well done and well said ghaziz cittadin......
V Caruana
Oct 16th 2010, 18:51
Le Sur Lia mhux se ninsew. Dawn jibqgġu fl-istorja... mhux biex inpattuha. Mhux se ninsew li Lorry Sant biex ixandar mar l-Eġittu bħal Richard li mar Sqallija. Mhux se ninsew lill-kap ta' partit li fl-1977 ħajjar li jifforma armata tal-partit biex "jipprotegih". Mhux se ninsew li l-istess kap ħajjar li "disubbidjenza ċivili twaqqa' anke gvern leġittimu". Disubbidjenza saret bi strajkijiet minn ; tal-linja, tobba, għalliema, telemalta, etc. Niftakru li bombi ma postijiet sensittivi bħal ma l-computer centre fis-Swatar. U li fl-Imnarja ta' (1982?) immorru L-għadira taħt forma ta' protesta. DAN PASSAT. Dr. Gonzi jgħidilna biex inħarsu 'l quddiem lejn viżjoni 2015. U hekk nagħmlu.
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 20:01
Is -Sindku ta tas-Sliema la gie akkuzat u wisq anqas ammetta li ha Bribe, hu gie akkuzat li talab bribe.
a. dalli
Oct 17th 2010, 08:43
And why not another much longer programme to cover 1987-1996 u 1998 - 2010.
Keith Goodlip
Oct 16th 2010, 16:31
"Labour leader proving to be weak on corruption - PN"
Was'nt the same PN and Dr. Lawarence Gonzi who said that the Maltese only perceive corruption? (Meaning there is no corruption!!)
john micallef
Oct 16th 2010, 16:16
hahaj!!
Mela nesewh il- john dalli f'din listqarrija? jew dak kaz jahraq aktar. Ghax il-john dalli aktar sirna narawh jitkellem fuq one dan l-ahhar (ironikament)
Thabilx raek PN il -poplu perswaz li wasal iz-zmien li tmur fl-opozizjoni, ghallhekk, twaddab kemm twaddab tajn ghalxejn.
martha grech
Oct 16th 2010, 16:12
How can we take the PL seriously if as a party it continues to give space to people like Nikki Dimech?!
A. Vassallo
Oct 16th 2010, 16:01
@ A. Brincat
According to you the “€200 million power station contract that has the stench of corruption perceptible hundreds of miles away; even from Brussels”.
So I presume that if you have a good sense of smell to have smelt corruption in that way, and I also presume that two other of your senses, your sight and your hear are also that good, that you might have seen or heard about who these corrupt people may be. It also seems that you have a good pen, so why don’t you write this book about PN corruption? If you do not have any concrete proof, please shut up.
And come on, give us a break A. Brincat.
edith micallef
Oct 16th 2010, 16:00
A simple question to Joseph Muscat and Jason Micallef....are your charged for services by the GWU? is an invoice issued? is it declared? is it Vattable? is a vat receipt issued?
I would like to see John Buny waving these documents next friday...A friend of mine, an actor, told me that a request to use the hall resulted in a quote of more than Euros 750 per evening...is this paid by labour...is vat paid by GWU....I, wonder, ponder, and wait......
C Gatt
Oct 16th 2010, 17:58
@E Micallef
I really don't understand your point. If the GWU wants to give the space free to One TV and/or John Bundy, what's to stop them? Its their premises. Surely they can decide who to give it to, and for how much?
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 19:46
Your so called actor friend must have been mistaken as far as I know that theater is leased to ZOO, I believe it is Zoo who hire it out. Affari Taghna is produced by 26th Frame productions, who buy the time on One TV - like Where's Everybody buy the time to produced many programms on PBS. So you see Jason Micallef and Joseph Muscat have nothing to do with yesterday's programm. Better get your facts right, and don 't believe anything your media tells you as God's Bible.
Stephanie Cassar
Oct 16th 2010, 20:21
Edith is probably the only person on the island not aware that City theatre has been let on long lease to Zoo. The directors of Zoo rented it to One. Can' t understand where Joseph Muscat is involved. I hope that after discovering this fact she will excuse herself
Stepanie Cassar
Oct 17th 2010, 15:04
Edith , swallowed a tennis ball ? , can't find your excuse. Apparently instead of yellow the ball is blue ;)
nigel fenech
Oct 16th 2010, 15:46
I was watching nikkid dimech on the bundi show. A real show indeed. The statements of nikki dimech thanking joseph muscat are in sync with what joseph muscat said on bondi plus...there Joseph Muscat said that he applies a politics of "the end justifies the means". Nikki dimech' s association with one Tv is purely that...reminds me od sant's patt max-xitan....JUSEPH MUSCAT SHOULD HAVE COME OUT CLEAN OF THIS.....HE DID NOT...dnub jahasra
Fleur Borg
Oct 16th 2010, 15:24
I happened to be zapping yesterday night and on Bundy's (mediocre) show there was Nikki Dimech ... the labour audience in the GWU studios @ Valletta clapped enthusiastically and supprted the former Sliema Mayor currently undergoing criminal proceedings on bribery charges....and then Dimech thanked Joseph Muscat for his support and the crowd simply loved it ? Obscene
J. Mifsud
Oct 16th 2010, 15:57
" I Happened to be zapping yesterday night"............ Go tell it to the marines. Who are you kidding? I bet you were so curious to view the programme that you could'nt wait for the time to arrive!!!!!!!
I think that what hurt you most is that it is being presented by Mr John Bundy, an ex-PN activist, an ex-PN Electoral candidate and an ex-PN presenter on prime time on the PN's media.
Do I smell an aura of a boycott for Mr Bundy's programme?
Is this what your party's democracy stand for?
Eh....kemm hsibthom bciecen in-nies!!!!!!!!!
Guido Farrugia
Oct 16th 2010, 18:06
La verita offende Fleur!!!! Zapping?... i understand you watched the programme entirely... no problem at all,keep following, it might assist you to understand what the PN is made of.
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 19:39
Funny you happened to be zapping and heard Nikki Dimech thanking Joseph Muscat, I watched the entire programme twice, yesterday and today and did not hear him. Can you please refer to the exact time when Nikki Dimech thanked JOSEPH MUSCAT. The capitals are not meant as screaming but for you to read clearly.
Joe Caruana
Oct 16th 2010, 15:14
This is not the first time that Nikki Dimech was on One TV since his arraingment in court ... what i find truly ironic is that when the PM expressed his hope that Chris Said would return a free man to resume his post as Parliamenatry Secretary, Joseph Muscat accused Lawrence Gonzi of trying to influence the court's decision but Muscat find's no difficulty in inviting the former Sliema Mayor, accused of bribery, on his party station not once but several times!
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 19:36
Does One TV need Joseph's permission to invite someone on TV? I get the feeling it;s PN MPs and councilors who are puppets in Dr Gonzi's hands rather than One TV in Joseph Muscat's. All those who wished to attend yesterday's programm were stopped by some hidden hand, with excuses of being abroad, being sick or being otherwise occupied, It seems PN are the puppets on a string in a dictator's hands.
a.dalli
Oct 16th 2010, 15:13
You have to have grown skin as tick as that of a crocodile - to issue such statements.
Jennifer Depasquale
Oct 16th 2010, 15:00
Labour was yesterday nothing short of obscene. Its tolerance for corruption has seen it giving a platform to an ex-mayor accused with corruption. Simply disgusting.
Gerard Cassar
Oct 16th 2010, 15:51
I do recall and everybody recalls that Mr.Joseph Fenech,"il-hafi" one must give him his title of Mister and il-hafi, was given time more than once on theNational Television and was described as having both good and less good qualities by nobody less than the President Emereitus then Prime Minister Dr Eddie Fenech Adami. who ointed the Hon. Dr Lawrence Gonzi as Prime Miister and vice versa as President of the Republic.
B. Storace
Oct 16th 2010, 15:00
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.........if the PN is so bothered and concerned then why has the whistle blower act not been put into action.........
M Debono
Oct 16th 2010, 14:58
I watched Nikki Dimech last night on super one and i was disgusted...i honestly can't believe why on earth labour is giving this disgraced sliema mayor all this publicity on super one...and to make matters worse Dimech yesterday thanked Joseph Muscat for giving him the opportunity to go on Super One...unbelievable and shocking
wally vella-zarb
Oct 16th 2010, 15:38
"Honi soit qui mal-y-pense!"
What is so 'disgusting' in hearing the other side of a story?
"It is a sign of intelligence when a man can entertain a thought without necessarily accepting it" (Aristotle)
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 19:29
I watched John Bundyu's programm twice and never heard Nikki Dimech thanking Joseph Muscat. After all Joseph Muscat has nothing to do with Budny''s programm. Which I must say is very good much better than Xarabank. But then John Bundy was always a much better showman than Joe Azzopardi.
Robert Callus
Oct 16th 2010, 14:56
Politics is just a game for you PNPL isn't it? (a really profitable one of course). Kind of "braccio the ferro" we used to play at school - between two weaklings. Very comfortable pinning it on the "other side", when in reality you're both sides of the same coin.
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 19:20
s@ Monica Muscat it what you call the bad old days The PN gave as much if not more than it received. The then leader of the opposition enjoyed hearing his crowd shouting 'Salbu Salbu@ on the granaries. Many businessman were ruined with the famous boycott, and many workers lost their job.
Policeman who were accused of maltreating people were promoted as soon as the PN came into power. If you did not live those years I suggest you go look up the newspapers maybe you'll learn what the Bad days were all about.
A. Brincat
Oct 16th 2010, 14:56
I don't recall Joseph Muscat approving a €200 million powerstation contract that has the stench of corruption perceptible hundreds of miles away; even from Brussels!!!
And there is much more corruption in and around the PN you can mention. A book can be written on such instances. However within PN you can rest assured that you can walk away with murder.
Joseph Scicluna
Oct 16th 2010, 15:46
please can you start writing this book about corruption. as an introduction you can start with the years1971 to 1987. thank you
Monica Muscat
Oct 16th 2010, 15:55
I do not think the PN (or rather the people that form the policy) need rest assured that they can get away with murder. Just because murder is not their daily bread - as happened with the Old Labour during the "bad old days". Least anyone try to pin a libel action on me. - For me murder is not only the knife,gun or poisen business. Drivng a person to ruin or self distruction, slandering, mud-slinging etc., are all "murders". Those who kill the spirit are murderers... far worse than those that kill the body.
Michael Seychell
Oct 16th 2010, 16:00
You must be very young in age my friend.
In the past we have had Institutionalised Corruption which included a Corrupt Police Force.
We had aslo Ex Ministers who today comment or write on corruption, whilst in tjheir time they remaind mum. It suffice to mention a Thug who was importing Mars Choclate and selliing it at Citygate , and yet He was never stopped by rthe Police or the Minister of Trade, Commerce or whatever the name of the Ministry was at that time.
Not only that but this same person was given a Quasi State Funeral.
These last years the police have taken various persons to court on corruption, some were found guilty and were sentenced, others were not. Under Labour only one person - a Whistle Blower, a certain Mr. Cachia had accused an ex Minister with Corruption, yet Instead of the Minister, He himself was taken to Court and ended ended in prison.
Years later it was proved that his allegations on the Minister were right.
I hope Dr. Bountempo MP/MLP will not say that I am rewriting History, because these two incidfents are Historical Facts.
Michael Seychell
Tal-Pieta
Philip Zahra
Oct 16th 2010, 19:06
@ Mike Seychell
BTW are you referring to the corrupt Police Officers who were promoted after May 1987?
Promoted instead of being suspended or sacked from the Police Force and taken to Court, as a sign of gratitude maybe? This was taken care of by A Sant in 1996.
Taf tisthi Sur Seychell jew illum ghandek l-interessi? It's a case of the pot calling the kettle black!! Are you another hypocrite who wants to teach us on what's right & ethical like PBO maybe?
G.Schembri
Oct 16th 2010, 19:25
@ Michael Sehchel We also had drug trafficers who were given a presidential pardo, and corrupt policemen who were later given a promotion. Ah no that was later, But then you are too politically presjudiced to remember.