JPO, Caruana Galizia, make counter-claims in court confrontation
JPO says he was 'coached' by Peppi Azzopardi
Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando said in court today that (Xarabank presenter) Peppi Azzopardi had coached him prior to his participation as a journalist in a televised press conference given by Alfred Sant in the run-up to the 2008 general election.
Dr Pullicino Orlando was replying to questions by defence counsel Toni Abela in a libel case instituted by Richard Cachia Caruana against MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan.
Pullicino Orlando last week admitted in a media interview that he was coached by the PN about how to react to Sant's accusations over his plans to set up an open-air disco at Mistra Bay.
Dr Pullicino Orlando said he was not told what to say, but how to tell the truth. He had also followed the instructions given to him by (then) General Secretary Joe Saliba and Cachia Caruana to the letter, because he had the party's interest at heart.
In his evidence, Pullicino Orlando said that he spoke to Caruana Galizia and had also been approached by Vanessa MacDonld over the Mistra case. The latter told him she had been asked by MPs from both sides to attack him but she did not give any names. This was said in the presence of other persons.
Caruana Galizia had told him after the elections she had been approached by PN officials to attack him on this issue.
Pullicino Orlando said there had been a drive by some people to make it seem like he had lied to the prime minister, and to make him resign, but he had never lied, and the prime minister had confirmed this.
Caruana Galizia had supported him at first, and he had shown his appreciation. Recently she seemed to have changed her mind about him.
Pullicino Orlando said that in a private conversation, Caruana Galizia admitted to him that it was Cachia Caruana who had asked her to attack him.
He knew that Cachia Caruana and Caruana Galizia were friends, and therefore, when she had backed him initially on Mistra, he thought that Cachia Caruana was also backing him.
Today, Pullicino Orlando said, there was mutual respect between him and Cachia Caruana.
On the coaching he was given prior to the televised press conference, Dr Pullicino Orlando said he was not told what to say, but how to tell the truth. He had followed the instructions given to him by (then) General Secretary Joe Saliba and Cachia Caruana to the letter, because he had the party's interest at heart.
CARUANA GALIZIA DENIAL
Daphne Caruana Galizia in a confrontation with Pullicino Orlando, denied that Cachia Caruana or MPs had asked her to attack him.
She said she had insisted on defending Pullicino Orlando after the elections amid calls for his resignations.
Nobody told her what to write, Mrs Caruana Galizia said.
Had Cachia Caruana pressured her to attack Pullicino Orlando, she would surely not have told Pullicino Orlando about it.
Caruana Galizia said she used to believe Pullicino Orlando. But JPO had lied to her and lied to the prime minister and now she did not speak to him any more. Pullicino Orlando had created a victim scenario through MaltaToday and the Labour Party and had created problems for the PN.
Reacting, Pullicino Orlando said he never trapped the PN or anyone and he had won the election for the PN 2008. He said he stood by his comments about what Caruana Galizia told him. During a phone call Caruana Galizia told him the shocking news and told him she would deny it if he ever spoke about it.
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George Azzopardi
Oct 12th 2011, 13:30
This is so more evident what PN party is all about .. 'Confoffi' .. and all these traps and mishaps coming out public now are within insiders and supposedly friends!! Imagine how they handle things against PL people .. what tricks and false tactics they use!!! Incredible but true!!
Mr Lawrence Fenech
Oct 11th 2011, 14:23
It's easy whom to believe.
Ms D Galea
Oct 11th 2011, 11:40
How could a green-politician-of-the-year award winner,even dream of developing a protected area like Mistra?
Daniel Dimech
Oct 11th 2011, 06:48
Sorry to tell but it's a farse to pay PBS licence when it's acting like NET 2 since the rest of the private stations are free of charge... and sorry to say that Dr. Sant was so Right
Philip Hili
Oct 11th 2011, 11:42
@ Daniel Dimech
Daniel, if Dr. Sant "was so Right", why didn't he called his bluff and stayed there to answer the questions which this person was going to make in front of the camera?
George Azzopardi
Oct 12th 2011, 11:49
@Mr.Hili .. as usual, you're so blue minded that you seem to forgot what actually happened later on when Mr.Sant confronted Dr.Gonzi .. and keep racing on .. you're better off in the racing track . so hold your horses ;).
Answer to your question is very simple. Mr.Sant did not want to confront JPO at the time because it was not the right place and time. Dr.Sant was wise enough not to fall to PN strategy of the usual provocation tactics. On the contrary Dr.Sant wanted to reveal thinks later on when things were appropriate, as it did happen!
Antoine Zammit
Oct 11th 2011, 05:46
@ Mr. Joe Borg,
Stay sure Mr. Borg, that as soon as JPO will resign from the P.N, and he will resign indeed, Dr. Joseph Muscat will be the first one to greet him with open arms and greet him in the big, and extended, Labour family. Coz its ALL in the family.
And it seems customary nowadays (Moda Gdida) to be a Nationalist, be found guilty of something, or accused, or being know for being corrupt, being banned by the PN, and join the PL.
U l-farsa tkompli, kummiedja bi tlett atti migjuba lilkom minn Bronk Productions!!!
Paul Micallef
Oct 11th 2011, 09:03
Imma biex jigi avzat u jintuza mill PN biex irebbhu elezzjoni mitlufa mhux hazin ghalik milli jidher sur Zammit. Milli jidher kellu ragun Alfred Sant, bhal ma kellu ragun f' hafna affarijiet ohra!
Antoine Zammit
Oct 11th 2011, 11:59
@ Mr. Paul Micallef,
Nista nassigurak Sur. Micallef, li daqsek kont dizappuntat dakinhar li l-elezzjoni ntilfet għal-nitfa. U daqshek nixtieq nara bidla. But at what cost. Partit qaħħabnieh! Tlifna ruħna u naċċettaw ir-renegades tan-naħa l-oħra... Le le, jien għad għandi prinċipju u għad għandi unur. U kieku jkolli ngħid li jien Laburist, ngħidha b'wiċċi lejn l-art bħalissa għax tal-mistħija.
Rigward Peppi. Jien tajtu tgħajjira hawn, u mhux talli ma kellix tweġiba. Talli t-ToM stess iċċensurawni.. għax is-Sur Azzopardi sagru sar! Aħjar imur jagħmel eżami tal-kuxjenza dak.
One last phrase.. BOYCOTT XARABANK, BOYCOTT WHERE'S EVERYBODY & BOYCOTT THE COMPANIES WHICH ADVERTISE.. to ALL NATIONALISTS AND LABOURITES.
George Azzopardi
Oct 12th 2011, 13:57
Antoine Zammit .. ma jitaghlem qatt. Hawn Malta, jekk inti tghid kontra partit ghalura bil-fors li int ma nahha l-ohra .. tghid x'tghid hadd mhu se jemnek gbin!! .. :)
Mr Edward Mallia
Oct 10th 2011, 22:00
What is this "truth" JPO was told to say? The truth was that he was directly involved in the Mistra disco business, despite his tears and denials, and that he was issued with a press card he was not entitled to the better to harass Alfred Sant. The second 'truth' was that he did indeed win the election for the PN, getting elected from two constituencies with a total number of first preference votes at least equal to the overall PN majority. The third "truth" is that somebody picked on those two fall guys on some Mepa board and had them up in court on a charge of "interesse privato in atti d'ufficio". From the court proceedings, which found them not guilty on those charges, it was clear who had actually committed such an act: the person who informed JPO of the time and place of the meeting, and not only allowed him to be present .but had actually allowed him to chivvy the board members "to make up their minds quickly". JPO did not have any right to be present and even less right to intervene. Did anybody in or out of Mepa worry about that?
Francis Attard
Oct 11th 2011, 20:18
Mr Mallia, is the building of a disco at Mistra illegal?
George Azzopardi
Oct 12th 2011, 12:31
@Francis Attard
I applied to close off one of the balconies of my appartment in a very commercial street and this was refused by MEPA!! Similar balconies have been closed off a coupl od blocks off!!
The area involved in this case was a Euro 2000 protected zone!!! Does this sound legal to you? Of course knowing the right persons and being one of the 'Hbieb tal-Hbieb' everything becomess legal!!
A Dimech
Oct 10th 2011, 21:30
Jistgha please Guzu Azzopardi jghid jekk hux veru jew le? Jekk veru ghandu jirrizenja mill-PBS. Postu mhux hemm. PBS ghandu jkun newtrali - hekk jghidu ir-regoli tax-xandir!
A Dimech
Oct 10th 2011, 21:12
PN zurzieqa!!
sometimes they fight, sometimes they argue, some time they deceive, other times they resign from teh part....
All is happening nowadays at PN "Dar Centrali"
and Austin says - PN will stay in government for 20 years!!! The pity for Malta is that hey have to stay there for another 2 years!!
Mr John Azzopoardi
Oct 10th 2011, 21:07
Very interesting stuff here. What does JPO reallly want. I wonder if he is looking to take the Prime Minister's seat or cross to the opposition. Would someone please ask him that question.
Adriano Spiteri
Oct 10th 2011, 21:07
Where's everybody?
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Oct 10th 2011, 20:47
Grazzi Gonzi. Ara fix irnexxilek iggieb il partit.
Mr Charles camilleri
Oct 10th 2011, 20:46
Lets face it Jeffrey you enjoy being in the limelight.
Mr Hans Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 20:38
Who says what and to whom and where and when ? This has the makings of an American Soap Opera. We will await the next show.
M.O. Micallef
Oct 10th 2011, 20:29
Who has any faith in any of our politicians......this is such a pitiful state we have come to, nobody to trust...I mean no politican ....I stil trust my mum and dad.
Mr Joseph Brincat
Oct 10th 2011, 20:20
IZ-ZEJT JITLA' F'WICC L-ILMA
Paul Giordimaina
Oct 11th 2011, 09:01
Iz zejt illu li tela F wicc l-ilma Joseph minn meta il poplu ma riedkomx iktar.
Mr Joe Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 19:41
I still can't believe how you people still believe anything that comes out of this persons mouth. It's clear that JPO has his own hidden agenda. You can't trust JPO. I hope that PN gets rid of him and that PL won't recruit him as one of them. This person is good for no party.
Ms Rudi Mcbeal
Oct 10th 2011, 21:05
I don't think they do actually, Mr Borg. They're just seeing him and his outbursts as a ray of hope which may be beneficial (they think) to win the PL the next elections.
mark borg
Oct 10th 2011, 19:40
Lets Boycott this Xarabank, firstly because its a mediocre programm and secondly giving a taste of their own medicine to the PN party .... remember the organised strikes and boycotts of the 70's and 80's ?????
Noel Mifsud
Oct 10th 2011, 23:27
jien ili li ghamiltlu boycott, ghax naf li il prezentatur mhux indipendenti, u iz zejt jitla f wicc l ilma. INsomma ghalhekk dejjem imorru tjb hux ghax hbieb ta hbieb. Issa naraw id dokumentarji li se jamlu fuq l isptar jekk hux b kumbiunazzjoni jirbhu l kuntratt il WE. thx
Ms Rudi Mcbeal
Oct 10th 2011, 19:40
I definitely believe DCG. I do NOT believe JPO. Not for a minute.
C Galea
Oct 10th 2011, 19:13
Peppi please call JPO .Daphnee and RCC so we can all make our own decisions of who is telling the truth.
This will be XARABANK at it`s best,A lot of info is coming out
Francis Attard
Oct 10th 2011, 19:10
About what did JPO lie toDCG and the prime minister?
cesco di luigi
Oct 10th 2011, 19:02
This one's rich. The presenter of the most subtle propaganda TV programme coaches an MP of all people how to tell the truth! Orwellian! !
Hey how about the Times running a poll on who d'you think is lying, DCG or JPO?
j brincat
Oct 10th 2011, 19:22
Yeah - that would be very interesting!
(jb)
M. Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 23:28
hahaha!
Mr Paul Cassar
Oct 10th 2011, 18:30
IS THIS PEPPI'S BEST SECRET ( or so he thinks) GONE TO THE WIND ??????
NAUGHTY QUESTIONS.................HOW WAS HE RECRUITED ?.............. WAS HE PAID ?..............HOW ?.......
BY WHOM ?.....................HOW MUCH ?
PLEASE ADD........................
Mr Paul Caruana
Oct 10th 2011, 18:24
Nothing beats a scorned MP when it comes to shining a little light into the murky world of Maltese Politics.
Carmel Zammit
Oct 10th 2011, 18:05
Truth hurts. This story does not surprise me at all if anything it shows how the spin doctors at tal-Pieta excel at back stabbing. Gonzipn fans might consider to endure while more of the fudge unfolds.
By the way any doubts what “Where's Everybody” stands for? Any doubts about the organisation's political leanings? Can “Where's Everybody” continue to claim political impartiality?
As some big head used to say "Is-sewwa jirbah zgur"! And it is abundantly clear where 'is-sewwa' lies. It lies on PL side with Joseph at it's helm.
John Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 18:05
Why are Labour so annoyed that JPO was coached to tell the truth? Truth apparently is the thing that hurts labour most. Whether JPO said the truth or not, we'll never know. At least he had the decency to say he was told to tell the truth!
Tony Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 18:20
"Why are Labour so annoyed that JPO was coached to tell the truth?"
It seems that within Gonzipn truth is a scarce "commodity" so much so that people have to be coached to say the truth.
Mr John Borg....truth should come naturally and no coaching is necessary.
Mark Piscopo
Oct 10th 2011, 17:54
Ix-xandir nazzjonali mhux suppost jkollhom prezentaturi marbutin ma partit partikolari. Bil Kaz tal llum fil- qorti ghandha tittiehed azzjoni mill l-lewwel . Fl-opinjoni tieghi Peppi Azzopardi mhux denju li jibqa jipprezenta fuq l-istazzjon Nazzjonali! Illum giet ikkonfermata min deputat nazzjonalista fil qorti li huwa "BIASED"issa bil provi! Ghanda tittiehed azzjoni b'urgenza mil l-awtorita tax Xandir!!
Mr David Bezzina
Oct 10th 2011, 17:49
FARSA SHIHA.
ARA JIGIX PEPPI AZZOPARDI U JGHIDILNA LI HU NEWTRALI.DAN KOLLU JURI KEMM IL-PBS HU TAHT KONTROLL ASSOLUT TAL-PN U LI L-ISTAZZJON NAZZJONALI QED JMEXXI 'IL QUDDIEM L-AGENDA TAL-PN.
Mr ALBERT FENECH
Oct 10th 2011, 17:37
In a Punch & Judy show a hidden man pulls strings and animates puppets; in the GonziPN Punch & Judy Show it is highly apparent that strings are being pulled by RCC and DCG, helped by claimants who protest the outstanding traits of their political "neutrality" (Lou Lou and Peppi), aided and abetted by ABC and a crew of other fossilised cronies. Each electorate gets the Government it deserves, in this case a creaking and disintegrating clique that leaps from one chasm of disaster into another. This is a real indictment on a Maltese electorate that for 30 years has been duped on a mixture of spin, deceit and string-pulling.
ALBERT FENECH
Qawra
John Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 18:03
Qed titkellem mill-esperjenza donnok Bert!
Henry S. Pace
Oct 10th 2011, 17:23
JPO is in a state of confusion. Maybe he is still savouring the Divorce Victory with a hangover.
PACK UP AND JOIN YOUR OTHER HALF WITH LABOUR.
David Magro
Oct 10th 2011, 18:31
Le Dear Henry Pace....iz-zejt tiela f`wicc l-ilma u s-sewwa qed iwwegga n-nies. Jekk ghandhom il-hila il-PN ikeccuh lil JPO jew jissospenduh kif il-Labour ghamel lil Lorry Sant u Wenzu Mintoff....don`t tell me you don`t remember.
Mr Stephen Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 23:06
Henry Pace.
I am amazed that in 2011 there are still people with your same reasoning. At this point I would rather believe Jeffery Pullicino Orlando rather then believing the other side of the coin because we all know how the people on the other side of the coin are glued to the political term of Power. Unfortunately the Nationalist party has become a broken family for those who really adhere to true Nationalist believes.
Noel Mifsud
Oct 10th 2011, 23:30
IMissu ha l parir tieghek JPO u ivvota kontra l power station, iz zieda tal 500 euro u konna nehilsu minn dal gvern bla sinsla
Philip Hili
Oct 10th 2011, 23:52
@ David Magro
David, trid iddahhaq? Meta gie sospiz Lorry Sant? Forsi Wenzu Mintoff biex ma jikxifx xi ritratti li kienu qeghdin jghidu li ghandu Lorry Sant, jew kif kienet imhawda l-borma. Imma Lorry Sant ma giex sospiz. Il-PN ikkeccieh biex jaghmluh aktar vittma milli qieghed jilghabha!!
Kieku kont inkeccieh hekk kif beda jibbuzullottja mhux issa, wara li ghamel mill-partit kummidja.
Mr Marcel Dingli
Oct 10th 2011, 17:18
Min fis sittinijiet beda jibni t torri ta babel, u b hidmietu tellef il PN l elezzjoni ta 1971, issa qed jara l istorja tal Bibbja ssehh. Hemm limitu ta kemm setgha joghla t torri ta babel, u issa qed jikkrolla u l bennejja qed jithawdu. F strada federico kellhom il pedamenti lesti, u bdew jibnu. Issa qed igawdu l frott tas sigra li zerghu.
Maria Cassar
Oct 10th 2011, 17:15
How can JPO say that “he had won the election for the PN 2008”?
In an article which was published in the Sunday Times (Winning by a whisker - 16 March 2008) Cachia Caruana and Lawrence Zammit stated: “Also towards the end of the campaign we started to pick up a slight swing from MLP to PN which could have given the PN a majority in the region of 3000-4000 votes and brought it closer to, if not over, the 50 per cent threshold. However, the last five days of the campaign – both the Pullicino Orlando episode and Harry Vassallo’s comments that he was to be sent to prison – worked against the Nationalist Party and meant that the Nationalist Party won by a whisker – 1,580 votes”
So it was not JPO who won the election for the PN. Actually it was despite JPO that the PN won the 2008 election!
Mr Victor Laiviera
Oct 10th 2011, 17:45
Naturally, you take what they say as Gospel Truth, right?
Maria Cassar
Oct 10th 2011, 18:15
Their analysis was spot on. The PN won the election and the JPO episode left the PN with a reduced majority.
Do you have any proof to the contrary?
Mr Victor Laiviera
Oct 10th 2011, 20:24
@ M Maria Cassar
Analysis after the event is ALWAYS spot-on.. It's called hindsight. Or, as we say in Maltese "wara kulħadd bravu".
A Dimech
Oct 10th 2011, 21:28
Nobody could predict an election so close. it was up in the air until the very last minute.
Mr Angus Black
Oct 11th 2011, 00:24
Mr Laiviera, Cachia Caruana and Lawrence Zammit's calculation was much more accurate than Jason Micallef's prediction of the MLP winning by 12,000 vote majority.
We rather take Cachia Caruana's statements as Gospel Truth than take any Labour Party spokesperson's since their statements are always either unfounded allegations or downright lies.
Mr paul fava
Oct 10th 2011, 17:14
Oh. I never doubted that Peppi Azzopardi was neutral !!! Why don't we from now onwards call his programme, 'Xarabank driven by the GonziPn', at least we cannot argue about the title. Well done Peppi.....keep it up......Partit Laburista kindly note.
David Magro
Oct 10th 2011, 18:33
Joseph...its now black on white....Peppi cannot be trusted and his programs are to censoured just like the PN used to do in the 80`s to program on Xandir Malta...Peppi has a political agenda together with his dear friend the cousin of Wenzu Gatt...Mr.No Problem....Mr.Lou Bonit
j brincat
Oct 10th 2011, 16:57
Is this the way the PN plans to win the next election?
(jb)
m. borg
Oct 10th 2011, 16:55
Back stabbing seems to be the gonziPN/PN 's forte, reminds one how uncermoniously Dr G. Borg Olivier was swept away by his supposedly friends and colleagues.
Wilfred Camilleri
Oct 10th 2011, 19:10
Don't kid yourself M. Borg. Back stabbing happen in every party and in every country. It's part of politics. It's not the forte of any particular party. If you believe otherwise, you either don't understand politics or you are so partisan that you actually believe such nonsense.
Mr Aristide Galea
Oct 10th 2011, 16:46
Mr Azzopardi , if you don't give an explanation and deny what JPO said when he was under oath , the little credibility that you have left is over .
Mr Kevin Tanti
Oct 10th 2011, 16:44
Ghalfejn qed tiskantaw. Ilna tant nafu xi jfisser xarabank, kemm taghmel translation u tigi coach.
Nistenna cahda qawwija minn persuna li jaghmel lilu nnifsu imparzjali. Meta tqis dan il-kliem li ntqal fil-qorti, kif ukoll x'qal il-prezentatur l-iehor (Bondi) fuq Net TV (li se jivvota PN), tikkonferma kemm TVM ghadu imparzjali u bilancjat.
Jekk trid tara x'jigifieri tkun imparzjali u bilancjat ta' veru, araw Dissett ta' Reno Bugeja. Prosit Reno. X'differenza!
Ray Zammit
Oct 10th 2011, 16:30
What a farse! Who is managing our country? Am very disappointed, can someone have the courage & speak the truth? Unless a denial from all concern, will leave me no option but to make my own conclusions.
Roderick Camilleri
Oct 10th 2011, 16:48
We will get a denial as early as tonight on PBS, where we will get a full twisting story. Who is managing our country? haha, someone who lives in the silent city......
Charles J. Buttigieg
Oct 10th 2011, 16:30
This evidence points to collusions between the tandem of RCC, DCG, Peppi Azzopardi and the Gonzipn spin doctors.
Mr Angus Black
Oct 10th 2011, 20:55
What's the title of your next tale Charles?
May I suggest 'Wishful thinking' or perhaps 'Hallucinations"?
Mr J. Bonnici
Oct 10th 2011, 16:24
The funny part was when he said they told him how to say the truth.
How many ways are there of telling the truth Jeff?
Mr Marcel Dingli
Oct 10th 2011, 16:19
So is JPO going to show peppi and the pieta cronies how to cry ? If yes they have to learn well, crocodile tears are only teatrics. I bet they are learning fast !
Mr joseph farrugia
Oct 10th 2011, 16:10
John Borg jew x jismu qal li l labour giddibin jigifieri? Ara vera ma tisthux ta. Kieku Veru l istorja ta pinocchio li jikbirlek imniehrek ma kull gidba, kieku mnieher in nazzjonalisti (MP's) pont bejn Malta u L afrika.
John Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 15:57
Labourites will always remain labourites... JPO said in court he was coached and told to tell the truth.... what's wrong with that? Maybe labour expected to hear he was told to lie, ghax hekk mghallmin
R. Gauci
Oct 10th 2011, 16:32
Sur Borg (suppost) il-fatt li marru ghand bniedem bhal Peppi ghal parir f'mument hekk delikat ghall-pajjiz diga hi prova bizzejjed li hu bniedem ta` fiducja tal-PN u nieqaf hemm, ghandu kull dritt imma ghala din il-qdusija u tmashin meta jghidulu li hu jahdem ghal-PN??. Fuq Bondi, Daphne, RCC u bella kumpanijja hadd ma jista jghid xejn ghax huma Nazzjonalisti, anzi anti-PL, iddikjarati.
Mr Marcel Dingli
Oct 10th 2011, 16:49
Sur Gauci, il veri Nazzjonalisti gew eziljati, ghalkemm hemm min li internament hu favur l eziljati u ghadu jzomm il principji fondamentali ( dawk li ffirmajna ghalihom meta dhalna tesserati) bhala sagrosanti. Li huma anti PL huwa veru, imma min hu verament Nazzjonalist tal konvizjoni u l principju, ma hu anti hadd li jista jservi ta gid ghal Patria u l poplu Malti, inkluz il partit laburista. Dejjem ghidtha jien, li jien Nazzjonalist ta konvinzjoni mhux moghza tal partit. Min hu bhali ma jistghax jivvota pn qabel ma jerga il partit isib ruhu.
Mr Jeremy J Camilleri
Oct 10th 2011, 17:14
Does anyone need coaching to tell the truth?
G Schembri
Oct 10th 2011, 17:55
He was coached to say the truth and omit the bad things. Whenever I watch Xaraban and Bondi +, I realise that is what they are doing. The PN are experts at doing this, remember when balaustrates where thrown on MLP supporters in Zebbug, PN officials said that they had fallen, of course that was the truth, half the truth actually. They omitted to say that the balaustates had fallen because they were pushed. That is the type of truth JPO was trained in saying. Saying a truth and omitting the bad side of the truth.
John Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 18:03
mela nsejtu kemm beka JPO... jien qatt m'emmintu u lanqas qatt nemmnu... gab hafna nies fl-inkwiet ghalxejn, ghax ried jikri bicca art u gietu hazin...
silvio loporto
Oct 10th 2011, 15:48
I think that we are now seeing the begining of the end ot the P.N..
They can't even do their quarrelling and name calling in private, and what wha are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg.
One is reminded of the story of Tower of Babel,that we used to like hearing ,when we were young.
Joseph Muscat can sit back and let them literally destroy themselves.
anthony farrugia
Oct 10th 2011, 16:26
Wishful thinking. Peppi Azzopardi was selected by Joseph Muscat for Labour Etichs Committee when he was elected leader.
m. borg
Oct 10th 2011, 17:01
@anthony farrugia
That was a good move bring in Peppi so that Joseph would not be criticized that he put on LP supporters on the committee, so what's your point.
Mr L Zammit
Oct 10th 2011, 17:32
Kemm tohlom car, Silv.
Mr Marcel Dingli
Oct 10th 2011, 15:47
Patria Bella Noi Tuoi Figlii, del Partito Nazionale; The National interest takes priority over the interest of the party. He who is a moghza and follows instructions to the letter without using his brain does not deserve to serve in parliament. Gahan, igbed il bieb warajk - we all know the story !
Mr Victor vella
Oct 10th 2011, 15:44
The PN regime has turned to a mercenary type of regime that are making some people rich by manipulating the minds of the public to achieve the aims of the people`s oppressors and retain power in a scandalous and slanderous way. The PN regime and their mercenaries are giving the impression that without the PN regime Malta will fail and fall in the hands of ignorants because only the PN regime has the expertise to rule these islands. The same mentality that was used when Malta was under the Grandmasters and later on to Britain colonialists . This is the ages that the Gonzi PN wants his party history re-written in the dark ages of the 21st century.
carmen mamo
Oct 10th 2011, 15:40
BASTA NILGHBUWA TAL QADDISN TVM SIPPOST HUWA STAZZJON TA KULLHADD IMISSHOM JIBDLU L ISEM JAGHMLU NET2
Mr Joseph Cauchi Senior
Oct 10th 2011, 15:31
Does anyone still believe what this guy says?
He is KAPUT!
JC.
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 10th 2011, 19:54
No Mr. Cauchi PN credibility is KAPUT. Finished. Annihilated.
R. Gauci
Oct 10th 2011, 14:56
TODAY'S PN IS QUICKLY BECOMING SIMILAR TO THE MLP OF THE 80'S, IN EVERY SECTOR - PEOPLE MUST ACT SOON, HAVING IN POWER ALMOST THE SAME PEOPLE AND PARTY FOR 25 YEARS IS NOT HEALTHY IN EVERY DEMOCRACY.
Mr Joseph Calleja
Oct 10th 2011, 15:24
Agree
John Borg
Oct 10th 2011, 15:58
I agree, but the alternative has to be something better, not a concoction of has beens alongside power hungry non starters
R. Gauci
Oct 10th 2011, 16:14
Mr Borg, better being ruled by beginners who want to perform rather than by arrogant people who think they know it all but know nothing. The way our national media is being managed reflects the way our country is managed, power to the few and they put it in your face and you can do nothing about it, same as in 1985!!
Henry S. Pace
Oct 10th 2011, 14:53
These are todayy's breed. No Politicians of good stature and dedicated to give service to the people. The Media and Journalist are all hopeless in their profession. They only know how to speak and right without any good substance whatsoever as long as they hit the headlines and make news.
This is not Malta that we actually deserve. Boneless people should fall by the wayside and stay put.
Mr Victor Laiviera
Oct 10th 2011, 14:51
We nver really had any doubt that WE was just an offshoot of the PN (de facto, not de jure). This is just additional confirmation "from the horse's mouth".
R Saliba
Oct 10th 2011, 16:07
than why: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080619/local/commission-to-draft-code-of-ethics-for-labour-media.213166 ?
Sean Grima
Oct 10th 2011, 14:51
what a far cry from the way politics was conceived by the ancient greek philophers.
Mr Joseph N. Attard
Oct 10th 2011, 14:48
And then, some people are so misguided as to maintain that politics is not dirty. How is Joe public to determine who is telling the truth and who is lying through their teeth? Few and very far between are the politicians who are in it for the good of the Nation.
R. Gauci
Oct 10th 2011, 14:42
Bdew jinkixfu l-borom!! Mhux sewwa li min ikun fl-istazzjon nazzjonali u anke jmexxi kumpanijji li jiggieldu ghall-kuntratti televizivi jaghmlu dawn l-affarijiet, 1) dawn jithallsu minn flus il-poplu KOLLHU u 2) jista jinholoq konflitt ta` nteress meta tinhareg xi offerta ghal xi airtime. Qed nirreferi primarjament ghal Peppi Azzopardi u ghal Lou Bondi, li bejniethom jiddominaw 3 ijiem minn 7 ta` l-iskeda tal-PBS biex ma nsemmiex il-Where's Everybody?.
Mr Jo Camm
Oct 10th 2011, 14:35
In short, as we say in Maltese HAWWADNI HA NIFHMEK!!
Who are we going to beleive???
Mr Victor Calleja
Oct 10th 2011, 14:35
Mela ghandek agenda mohbijja Pepp? Jien ilni li ndunajt imma hawn hafna li jahsbuk xi prezentatut independenti.
Mur ara x'ghandek lest fil komma ghal Joseph Muscat. Imma nahseb li Joseph mhux se jaqa ghal lixka tieghek.
Mario Spiteri
Oct 10th 2011, 14:34
What a shamble! Accusations and denials flying all over Pieta! Arrogant ministers who see us plebs as just grumblers and nothing else! This kind of list is growing very fast.
Is this the PN I always had admired, worked and vote for? Certainly not!
Roderick Camilleri
Oct 10th 2011, 14:26
Peppi Azzopardi trains JPO to confront Alfred Sant in the eve of the election, Lou bondi gets pictured celebrating with pn supporters.
These are the two main presenters on national tv. They both own a company, WE which controls all the main public opinion programmes on Naitional TV.
No after 26 years of same government we hear no grumbling, no anti-government propaganda as in the rest of europe. This is 2011. This is not a democracy. PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!!!
Mr W Cassar
Oct 10th 2011, 15:55
...people in the Media especially... independent TV producers know that when they want to use PBS they have to speak to W.E. Its a known fact that Peppi gets certain privileges how else do you think he makes his money.
I for one will be glad to see the back of Bondi and Peppi once PN loses the next election!
Charles Micallef
Oct 10th 2011, 14:22
Politics, stinking politics where the truth always comes second
to the facts and they TRY to treat us the voters as idiots!!!!
Mr David Farrugia
Oct 10th 2011, 14:22
i recall the phrase "Xibka ta Poter". Well, the above article, apart from Mr. Pullicino Orlando, names some members of this "xibka"
Mr Jeremy J Camilleri
Oct 10th 2011, 14:21
One expects an immediate denial by Wheres' Everybody.
Mr A Spiteri
Oct 10th 2011, 14:21
If anything, the case is exposing a whole network of manipulators that work for the Nationalist Party, especially in a general election campain.
This is how an unpopular Gonzi managed to clinch the last general election, this, and what Dr Alfred Sant described as ‘the power of incumbency’.
Labour need to get serious next time, and instead of wasting time on billboards and visuals, they need to concentrate to expose all this, otherwise...Austin Gatt's vision of another 20 years of rule might actually materialize!
Ms D Galea
Oct 10th 2011, 14:19
Orlando as in Disneyland I presume.
Mr Charles Mizzi
Oct 10th 2011, 14:13
What is your hidden agenda Dr.Orlando?
Mr Pat Hobson
Oct 10th 2011, 14:09
Well, the truth is coming out! Now we have proof how independent Mr. Azzopardi is! No wonder when Dr. Sant was on Xtarabank, it was more like an interrogation than an interview, and when Dr. Gonzi was interview, it was more like a tit-a-tat between friends, than an interview with a Prime Minister. Now it's it the open, that Xtarabank is a vehicle for the PN party and a weapon to be used against the PL.
John Vella
Oct 10th 2011, 15:26
What makes you think anyone should be impartial in any discussion? An intelligent argument require oppose views. It is stupid for a politician or a journalist to think interviews should be bias. If I was a politician I would prefer hard question and an intelligent answer. Political bias or neutrality shows inability of journalist to report and works against the person interviewed.
Mr Pat Hobson
Oct 10th 2011, 15:48
Is the sense of fair play fair enough? That's what I expect from an interviewer, something which is sorely lacking in Mr. Peppi Azzopardi. The 2008 March elections were evidence enough.
Sean Grima
Oct 10th 2011, 13:59
iwa peppi jrid jilghabha tal-qaddis
mario gellel
Oct 10th 2011, 13:55
NO WONDER TVM HAS BECOME NET2.
VV Bartolo
Oct 10th 2011, 13:52
so after all mr sant was right all way long, come re banning of Xarabank, re EU and on so much more!!
but it seems no one understood (believed) him, starting from stupid me!!
Mr Patrik Larsson
Oct 10th 2011, 14:53
I don't like to put words in your mouth, but what you seem to be saying is that Malta would be better off if TV programmes were banned and EU membership was resisted. I just want to be clear what you mean, as such thoughts seems absolutely ludicrous to me.
Mr Michael Buhagiar
Oct 10th 2011, 13:51
Is it possible that people will believe what JPO is saying today. They did not believe him yesterday, neither will they do today except to throw mud at other people. Or are the Labour so stupid that they dont even know their heads from their tails? JPO is today a non entity.
Mr Vincent Cassar
Oct 10th 2011, 14:47
Mhux hekk Sur Buhagiar...hekk tixtieq. Jekk JPO hu non-entity, mela min hu entity? DCG jew??
F. Aquilina
Oct 10th 2011, 13:48
SHOCKER!!
Mr John Azzopoardi
Oct 10th 2011, 13:40
What is going on here. Is there a power struggle in the PN or is JPO ready to cross over to Labour. Something fishy going on. This is not good for democracy as it's shows the manipulations of the candidates. A close win can really go in the dustbin with this kind of talk.