Pullicino Orlando, John Dalli hit out at Bondi'
Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando launched a scathing attack on broadcaster Lou Bondi today, telling the One TV programme Inkontri that people like him, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Fr Joe Borg and Andrew Borg Cardona were doing incalculable harm to the Nationalist Party.
Reacting to comments by Labour MP Gino Cauchi who singled out Bondi' as an example of PBS partiality in favour of the Nationalist Party, Pullicino Orlando said nothing could be further from the truth.
Pullicino Orlando criticised Bondi' over the way he presents his programmes and said he could not understand how PBS ended up giving Bondi' two programmes per week, when the better prepared discussion programme Dissett was relegated to a Saturday evening slot. No other public broadcaster in the world gave two discussion programmes to the same presenter as had happened in Malta.
Pullicino Orlando said he regretted ever appearing on Bondi' Plus and would never do so again, but he was prepared to meet Bondi' even in a programme chaired by Peppi Azzopardi.
Dr Pullicino Orlando did not wish to say more than he said in court on the 'coaching' he was given before the general election by Peppi Azzopardi . Later, he said he had asked Mr Azzopardi to help him to convey his message. Mr Azzopardi did not give him political help but helped him convey his message.
PBS CEO Anton Attard said Lou Bondi' had the same number of hours as in the past and he now had a later time slot, which was not the prime slot. Furthermore, Dissett had a more mature audience and surveys showed it was doing well on Saturdays.
During the programme, Peppi Azzopardi repeatedly called on programme presenter Joe Grima to phone Lou Bondi' were he to be the subject of the discussion, more so as he was speaking about fairness.
Mr Azzopardi said he had helped a number of people convey their message, including Alternattiva Demokratika, and he accepted a request from Joseph Muscat to raise the credibility of the PL radio and television.
European Commissioner John Dalli, interviewed separately by Joe Grima, also laid into Lou Bondi'.
Mr Dalli said one of the fundamentals of democracy was pluralism , but he feared there was now an erosion in Malta and this was creating a problem of real information to the people.
Mr Dalli spoke on how Joe Zahra, who had drawn up a false report about him with regard to a tendering process, used to work closely in a company with Lou Bondi.'
Lou Bondi' had used one of his programmes to wield the axe down on him, Mr Dalli said. Mr Bondi' had used the pretext of the sale of air tickets as a further attempt to discredit him. Later Mr Bondi' boasted that he had caused John Dalli's resignation – even though it later resulted he had done nothing wrong, Mr Dalli said.
Mr Dalli said there had been a concentration of reporting against him including The Sunday Times and The Times, with Bondi' producing one programme after another against him.
Joe Zahra had been offered Lm2m should the company he worked for been awarded the contract. He now wondered, Mr Dalli said, whether Mr Zahra would have kept the money for himself or whether he would have shared it.
Asked why there was so much opposition to him, Mr Dalli said he did not think it was the PN leadership issue, as he had accepted the result after the first round. But he would have opposed various things. One thing he was very proud of was the democratisation of the economy, but now he was seeing the economy concentrated into the hands of a few people again, Mr Dalli said.
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Lawrence Fenech
Nov 7th 2011, 14:30
Bondi mintix tinduna li hadd ma jista ghal buzullotti tieghek. Qed iduru ghalik tal-partiti tieghek stess, Gonzi fadal.
j brincat
Oct 19th 2011, 18:57
@Francis Coquelin
Quote: "I like Joe Grima and his fellow Old Labour rabble rousers who show up on One TV. Thanks to them the PN snatched victory from the jaws of defeat last time round. As some of the commentators on this website might say "keep it upon Joe!"
You are entitled to your own opinion. But is this the real reason why the PN won the last election? Don't you remember the 101 promises by GonziPN, the most prominent of which was the tax cut. What about MEPA and the gross government incumbency?
After all it was won by a whisker. I wouldn't have said ' snatched'.
(jb)
Mark Abela
Oct 19th 2011, 17:31
The problem with PL is that due to their track record, they lack any credibility and so they are butchered by practically all the media except their own (and the ones under their influence). Unfortunately they seem to perceive this as being treated unfairly when in actual fact it is to do with their lack of proper policies and not so enviable track record. It seems to me that they have accepted the fact that they are not capable of competing in this world of free press and now need to stir up a controversy making it seem like they are victims.
To the PL I would like to say this: If you say rubbish on tv, you will not be respected and the press will treat you accordingly. It may seem unjust but if you are not speaking sense, people will criticise you and they have every right to do so. I have yet to hear a proper policy or idea coming out of Joseph Muscat's party. All they do is criticise and make it seem like we are living in hell. If the party actually proposes some solutions we might start to take it seriously.
What is labour's policy on: the economy? health? education? infrastructure? transport? foreign policy? etc etc etc...What is labour going to do about water and electricity? Will it reduce tariffs? Where will it obtain the reduced income from?
The current government with all its faults, arrogance and nepotism has somehow kept Malta afloat in the Mediterranean. I invite all of you to have a look around and tell me what you see around this region. Spain, Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt... The Mediterranean is a mess and yet Malta is still afloat. I was recently in Greece and the unemployment there is ridiculous!! Kemm hawn min hu veru bla xoghol Malta?!?! Mod tithallas inqas imma mod iehor ukoll li veru tkun bla xoghol! Hawn min qieghed ibghati iva, pero d-dinja kollha qeghda tbghati bhalissa u ara ma tahsbux li jekk jitla' partit iehor fil-gvern, insiru kollha miljunarji.
To anyone who mentions the ministers' raises, I agree that it was very wrong. Not a raise in itself but how it was done. The prime minister however had the decency to apologise for it and take it back.
I invite you all to at least be sensible .
Paul Vella
Oct 25th 2011, 11:28
Well said! Cannot agree more with what you mentioned... especially
" I have yet to hear a proper policy or idea coming out of Joseph Muscat's party. All they do is criticise and make it seem like we are living in hell. If the party actually proposes some solutions we might start to take it seriously."
Well said Mark Abela.
pat muscat
Oct 19th 2011, 16:01
It was gratifying to see Peppi taste some of his own medicine at Inkontri. You see, when one has the mike, the cameras and the production under your command, you can get away with murder: that is what Peppi has been doing for many years!
H Agius
Oct 18th 2011, 20:12
Ghadni kif rajt Net News u ma irridx nemmen ! Ghall min jara Net news biss il-bicca fejn JPO u John Dalli hargu jattakaw lil Lou Bondi qatawa ! Possibli li min imexxi il-kamra ta l-ahbarijiet ta Net news ghadu jahseb li ghad hawn daqshekk nies cwiec ! Zgur u mhux forsi li dawk in-Nazzjonalisti li raw Inkontri u raw Net News jafu x'qed nghid! Jafu dawn li min irrid jista jara il-programme meta jrid fuq l-internet !
Francis Coquelin
Oct 18th 2011, 20:43
Whoever expects Net TV and One TV to produce impartial news needs his or her head tested.
Aaron Vella
Oct 18th 2011, 17:53
Yesterday's programme was horrendous. Jaghtu bl-idejn kien jonqoshom. Prosit Jeffrey "keep it up" e!
cesco di luigi
Oct 18th 2011, 17:48
I always said, if you don't like a restaurant...don't go eat there...If you don't like a shop-keeper, keep away from his store. And , if you don't like a TV "personality" switch to another channel.
Problem is these people are making pigs of themselves out of public funds. Many people now can tell the subtle or not so subtle bias of these two guys in particular the one with the braces. The PL on the other hand is such a lackey that even it embraces Azzopardi as though he were some guru. The only guy who saw through all this, years ago, was Alfred Sant, but then he was hounded by his own short-sighted and ignorant party.
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 18th 2011, 17:25
How right (again) was Dr. Sant when he felt that 'Where's Everybody' should be a 'no go' venue for MLP.
Paul Micallef
Oct 18th 2011, 17:21
J.P.O,realy looked and felt angry at Lou Bondi, even Dalli, but Dalli was a bit more calmer.
I think that the PN is falling to pieces, and that the cracks, and split are now there.
I saw the programe and it was quit interesting. I hope that Mr Azzopardi excepts the invitation that J.P.O put foward, to make a programe on xarabank with J.P.O and Bondi, a lot of juicey stuff will come out, and why not even John Dalli.
When people from your own party start to fight among one another, its because the leader is weak.The only ticket that the PN has left is to scare people with the past, so i think that a dose of cheap propoganda will come out from the P.N side, but people are not quite stubid, when someone asks you a question you do not answer by asking another question, when the guy with Peppi was asked how much money, Where is everybody gets, he didint say nothing but quoted a paper he had and brang up some story from the past.
To all the P.N on this Blogg, TWO WRONGS DONT MAKE ONE RIGHT, and just to remined you how the DEAMON Alfred Sant acted when he was in power, he left these two on the National T.V to attack him and the MLP.
PS sorry for my spelling and grammer, but me being a PL supporter i was told that i was stupid, i may not have a peddigre from some fancy school, but i have a street peddigre.And as somebody once said HADD MA HU GHAR RIMMI.
D Galea
Oct 18th 2011, 16:52
If they were not all men at yesterday's free-for-all on tv, this forum here would have been overflowing with sexist comments about cat fights, PMTs and HRT for menopause.
Men!
m. borg
Oct 18th 2011, 14:55
Like someone said PBS stands for : Peppi Bondi Services.
R Axisa
Oct 18th 2011, 17:45
good one!
Brian Gatt
Oct 19th 2011, 10:28
or Public Brainwashing Services
E. Azzopardi
Oct 18th 2011, 14:38
Haven't you all anything better to do and waste your valuable time by watching all this rubbish? Time is precious. No wonder we are regressing rapidly in this country.
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 15:36
@ E. Azzopardi
I agree with you. But how many viewers consider such programs as rubbish and an insult to their intelligence?
Lawrence Fenech
Nov 7th 2011, 14:35
@Azzopardi.
Anything will do to see Bondi get a bashing from people of his adoring party.
Francis Coquelin
Oct 18th 2011, 14:12
I like Joe Grima and his fellow Old Labour rabble rousers who show up on One TV. Thanks to them the PN snatched victory from the jaws of defeat last time round. As some of the commentators on this website might say "keep it up" Joe!
m. borg
Oct 18th 2011, 14:45
Wishful thinking
Francis Coquelin
Oct 18th 2011, 14:52
P.S. The real problem for the Labour Party is not Borg Cardona, Caruana Galizia, Bondi and Fr. Borg. Rather it is that the LP has no one who can use the written media or TV as effectively as they do - irrespective of whether you agree with their views or not. It's an old fairytale that pro-Labour opinions are sidelined in the Times. But whose fault is it that present, past or potential pro-Labour columnists are either mind-numbingly boring or write pidgin English (a la Maltastar) or (ahem) plagiarize because they cannot think for themselves?
ALBERT FENECH
Oct 18th 2011, 15:17
@Mr Coquelin,
I was wondering whether you had a Masters in English, but after reading your piece I have assured myself that you have not. You see, you gave yourself away when you claimed that some of the Famous Four wrote English of a certain calibre and standard. If you class gutter-thrash as good written English, then certainly you are not a Master. Rubbish can be and is written by any hack and before you post your ripost that my writing proves my point, may I state that I do not churn out regular weekly coloumns and that I have never been paid thousands of euros for my writing.
ALBERT FENECH
Qawra
Joseph Grima
Oct 18th 2011, 17:49
Francis Coquelin.I like you too Francis. You.re so good at fatacising. during the last election campaign I was in Gozo twiddling my toes and watching the proceedings. Don't blame me for the PN victory. Blame the one who couldn't handle criticism and had a drive mentality that bordered on the psychopathic. As for keeping it up: I intend to. Last night your heroes got the verbal exposure of their lives. They stood in front of a huge audience wearing the King's new suit of clothes. No wonder people like you feel denuded and exposed today as the great communicator Peppi felt yesterday that in spot of tgesuggestions tgat kept coming to him on his tablet. Now isn't that interesting. Who was texting Peppi yeterday during the show? Where was this tower of strength who verbally manhandled Joseph Muscst when Joseph was a guest on Xarabank? Is he so weak that he needed prompting in order to get out of his mess? So where were the suggestions comn to his tablet originating from...castle ...Bondi the Larry King fake clone, WE experts.....the whole island saw that Out of his Xarabank environment Peppi can't handle it.
Peter Agius
Oct 18th 2011, 20:44
I am not sure if this Joseph Grima is the Joe grima I know, but if he is it would be better that he keeps a low profile. His past endeavours would surely betray him.
j brincat
Oct 18th 2011, 13:18
@Joseph Cauchi Senior
Quote: "After all, we all know that L A V E R I T A O F F E N D E !"
Never knew that John Dalli and JPO contested the election on a Labour ticket?
Yes, I agree that truth hurts. So what JPO and J Dalli are saying is hurting you!
(jb)
Angus Black
Oct 18th 2011, 15:00
It's more likely that the truth is hurting JPO and John Dalli.
matthew tanti
Oct 18th 2011, 13:12
these people are harming maltese society in general, they are spreading a culture of hate, of shooting the messenger instead of the message, rather than promoting a climate where civilised discussion free from partisanship takes place - where we discuss the argument, not the person making it. that is why the continually hark back to the dark days of the 1980s, and remind people of what someone might have done ages ago: as if we people do not commit mistakes which they later regret, or are never free to change their opinion.
Lynn Zahra
Oct 18th 2011, 13:05
Peppi why didn't you defend Lou Bondi?
Why did you boast about the "investigative trips" you've made to Libya etc, but not the trip to
Australia to interview Giga's daughter? Were the costs of that interview , airline tickets, hotel accodation, food and extras for yourself and a crew , justified?
M Borg
Oct 18th 2011, 16:40
As far as I and all of us know WE pays for the costs of the programmes. So who are we to ask if costs of any of the programmes are justified.
They are the ones to pay not us . They are the ones who decided how to spend their cash !!
j brincat
Oct 18th 2011, 12:56
@ Joseph Cauchi Senior
Who said anything about being afraid of them?
You are, as usual, missing the wood for the trees!
(jb)
j brincat
Oct 18th 2011, 12:52
I. Cilia
"Mr Dalli should know that pluralism is a theory, which works fine in the abstract but in practice it just turns out to be exactly what he is saying.. ie. economy concentrate in the hands of a few people again... ie. elitism..
etc......."
I enjoyed reading your missive BUT is there an alternative to our present democratic process?
No!
(jb)
Lynn Zahra
Oct 18th 2011, 13:09
Mr.Cauchi, how gullible you are. If all these people you mention werew capable of writing about the truth in a truly objective way, instead of only as they see it ,and instead of avoiding telling where it doesn't suit them, your eyes would pop. And I know what I'm saying.
I. Cilia
Oct 18th 2011, 13:40
J. Brincat
as a student of such a subject I can assure you that no single theory is ever in place, in any government.
It is usually a mix of theories all rolled into one. Theories and ideologies are never absolute as academia portrays them to be.
Theories just help you understand human behaviour.
and in my view pluralism is not the "best" either... with such an ideology (again in abstract and absolute sense) we can easily do away with elections and all forms of representative democracies.
Pluralism is good in a sense that it allows groups (selected as I explained before) to participate in society and decision making processes, which is actually the case in malta since it allows for participation.
But it cannot be something that is adhered strictly to because ultimately those responsible for decisions are those elected by the electorate and not groups which represent a minority.
in simple terms what is good for a union is not good for an employer... and their agendas might be often against the common good of the population.
It is a difficult balance that needs to be achieved. As lord acton rightly said, " power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely"... so giving to much power to groups results in exactly that... corruption..
At least those who are elected have to answer every 5 years to what they do.... those who are not elected have really no one to answer to...
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Oct 18th 2011, 12:24
Why is it that the (M)LP media is that SCARED STIFF of Lou Bondi, Peppi Azzopardi, Daphne Caruana Galizia and Andrew Borg Cardona?
Is it perhaps they all say the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH?
After all, we all know that L A V E R I T A O F F E N D E !
JC.
W Cassar
Oct 18th 2011, 16:09
Or maybe they are above trash!
John Borg
Oct 18th 2011, 10:34
What a cheek! Labourites always complain when someone mentions their past... our past. Those who forget history will be made to re live it. Anton Attard did well to mention how many news items TVM did about the government in 1997 when Sant was in Government, and compared them to what is done today.
I think he said there were some 2700 news items about government and now there are about 700 about government and the nationalist party in the news annually. One must add that Sant's Government was not announcing projects and investments, which is what we often see these days., so one wonders about what these items were concoted. Gino Cauchi, the former PBS jhournalist then independent councillor now a labour parliamentarian, saw red when he head the figure. Kepp telling us what they used to do as it hurts them....
And Mr Cauchi, you have not yet said who will be presenting programs on TVM when labour is in government. Will you give us a guarantee there will be no labourites with pedigrees?
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 12:35
@John Borg
Mr. Borg, your commet above is very light when you take into consideration that when these gys, the Gino Cauchi type listen of the LP past, they tremble - "jitwerwru", ikun ser jaghmlu tahthom!!! Qatt ma kont nipprettendi li "newcaster" ta' zmien ir-regim laborista ma jafx x'kien qieghed ikun jaqra. Allura, meta kien jaqra l-abharijiet kien ikun fis-shab? U hallina Gino!!! Issa li carratt il-maskara ghalxejn qoqghod tilghab ghal gallerija biex forsi tigbor xi ftit voti u terga' takkwista siggu. Insejthom il-hnizrijiet ta' zmien gvern laborista? Insejt meta kul filghodu l-istazzjoni jiftah bl-arma tal-labour u wara bil-famuza taqbila "In-Nazzjonalisti kollha fniek?" Jekk insejt, ahjar tiftakar. Insejt meta fuq ordni ta' Charles Flores dik il-hbata il-kap tieghek, isem Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami ma setghax jissemma! Din ukoll insejta l-bierah waqt il-programm!
Paul Caruana
Oct 18th 2011, 10:28
The power struggle with the PN is getting uglier and uglier.
Note to PM: what happens at PNHQ is your problem.....so long as the whole country does not end up being bogged down while you sort out your internal mess, what with these uncertain economic times with the euro crisis unfolding in full force!
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 12:38
@ Paul Caruana
Pawl, ma tafx li hemm proverbju li jghid "twaddabx gebel jekk inti toqghod f'dar tal-hgieg"!!!
Francesca Abela
Oct 18th 2011, 10:23
Min hu mejjet ghall qatra u min hu mejjet fis sakra. Simple - if you're in with the current administration you get the cake and eat it too. It seems that in Malta we have a dearth of capable presenters since Peppi and Lou seem to hog all the airtime on the National Station ie TVM.
Frank Gauci
Oct 18th 2011, 10:18
I think that Dr Pullicino Orlando realised that the election is on the step therefore he wants to make friends.... Are you being attacked by these people ??? Are you going to cry this time ??? Dr. John Dalli, you should be in the Maltese parliament cause you're an intelligent and hard worker... hope to see you there soon!!!
Anthony Farrugia
Oct 18th 2011, 09:46
It is evident from his performance in yesterday's Inkontri that John Dalli is still in wannabe Prime Minister mode and that he should acknowledge that a miss is as good as a mile; he should just give up and retire to his golden cage in Brussels. It seems that he spends more of his time on his local personal affairs than on his duties as a well remunerated EU Commissioner.
Brian Gatt
Oct 18th 2011, 11:38
Sur Farrugia,
Ghala qieghed tghid hekk mela ma daqqx ghal-widnejk li qal - come on if he still wanted the hot seat he would have refused the post as a commisioner in the EU. Now you nationalists are feeling the pinch because one of your own Heros (John Dalli) cant take anymore of the current situation were Democracy is a thing of the past and he is standing up and letting everyone know what he thinks.
Anthony Farrugia
Oct 18th 2011, 12:37
John Dalli speaks his mind all right but also puts his foot in his mouth. Anybody remember when he spoke out of line about the Libyan situation in March showing a barely veiled slant towards Gaddafi; he was pulled up by Barroso and had to issue a statement refuting what he had stated before. As for refusing the post of EU commissioner, no way as there are big euros involved.
If, as you say, Democracy is a thing of the past would we be commenting on this blog without finding ourselves guests of Malta's finest and maybe dumped in Wied is-Sewda.
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 13:03
@ Brian Gatt
"current situation were Democracy is a thing of the past "
What a cheek! It seem that you are of a tender age to tell us that "Democracy is a thing of the past."
So, in your opinion, during Labour Party administration when the country was governed against the will of the majority for five years, the Maltese people were living in democracy??
"were Democracy is a thing of the past" when the building of the newspaper where you are airing your opinion was gutter by MLP tugs and the lives of many employees were at risk, besides the heavy damage caused? Was this because of democracy which according to you, "Democracy is a thing of the past "?
Hallina Man!! Nahseb li kont ghadek bil-harqa!!
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 13:18
@ Anthony Gatt.
Fakkartni f'episodju makabru li nnsejt ikkwotalu lil Brian Gatt fuq id-demokrazija tal-passat - " Democracy is a thing of the past"!!
Insejt Sur Gatt meta fi zmien "id-demokrazija laborista"!!! bniedem jidhol id-depot tal-pulizija u jispicca katavru f'Wied ic-Cawsli"?!
Insejt Sur Gatt kemm issawtu nies fi zmien "id-demokrazija lanorista"? Qatt smajt bil-kaz ta' l-ahwa Vella??
Ahjar nieqaf ghax ftakkartni f'hafna episodji li trid seklu biex tigborhom f'rumanz jew ktieb u fl-ahhar diddedikah ghad-"demokrazija ta' zmien il-Labour"!!!
Brian Gatt
Oct 18th 2011, 14:29
Sur Farrugia,
Yes we can blog here freely and yes I like the situation where everyone can speak his mind, and yes there were times were you couldnt, just to remind you since you are bringing up the past that there was a time were you were condemed for buying th newspaper of your choice, where if you bought that particular newspapaer you couldnt take it in any govt institutions like the hospital for example...so yes I agree, Malta went through dark periods no denying that but please do not be selective in mentioning them. If I am not mistaken Mr Dalli was mentioning the lack of economic Democracy which is step one going to the direction of the past Dark Ages
Brian Gatt
Oct 18th 2011, 14:47
@ Philip Hili,
The lack of democracy was shouted to all the 4 winds by one of your own, alebit an ex Minister and now occupying an official post as a commisioner in the EU - I was merely pointing out his words. The lack of Democracy in question is the Financial Democracy.
Yes you are right i am still young but you better then me can remember the Dark Ages started well before the bad times you mentioned - Remember the Interdett period, the period where you couldnt even buy the MLP newspaper, where you couldnt take the same news paper in Govt establishments like the hospital. Yes I am used to the freedom of speach something that my forefathers did not have and yes I got worried when I heard such an estimed person in a high up official position voicing his concerns.
Do I have the right to air my views and my concerns or not !!!
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 16:24
@ Brian Gatt
"Do I have the right to air my views and my concerns or not"
First and foremost, this is the "past democracy" mentioned by you!!! Owing to the fact that from your comments you seemed to be still young and later you admitted this in your reply, you don't remember the times when nobody could air his views except Labour sympathisers, be it on Radio, TV etc. You do not remember when the NP had to transmit by radio form Sicily thanks for Richard Muscat. Now who told you that you cannot air your views? But when airing your views, you must be correct and not misquote persons according to your liking so that what you want to deliver is twisted and thus seems that it is the whole truth.
Second. Being still young as you said, I am sure that you did not live the "Interdett period," or remember when "you couldnt even buy the MLP newspaper,where you couldnt take the same news paper in Govt establishments like the hospital. " So you either learn history properly because history is history and no Brian Gatt or any other staunch labour supporter can change it, or inform the person who spoon-fed you these instances to tell you the truth nothing but the truth.
Third. "Yes I am used to the freedom of speach something" You should thank your lucky stars that you were brought up in this atmosphere where everybody can speak freely with out being punished for talking his mind. As I have already told you, in the dark ages of the MLP regime not only you were barred from buying the PN newspapers but also you could not speak or air your opinion against the regime because if you are reported, you find yourself transfered to Gozo or deported to "Filfla!!!!!" I would be very grateful if you quote an instance where your forefathers could not speak freely.
Finally, when you quote somebody, do not quote him according to your liking to an extent that you quote the person out of context.
Brian Gatt
Oct 19th 2011, 11:12
PhiIip Hili,
1) I am young but not that young I was born in the 70's so yes I remember quite a number of things you mentioned.
2) Are you saying that what happened during the Interdett period is not true? are you saying that their was always freedom of speech under a PN Govt? Are you saying that the news paper instance I mentioned is not true? Mela if I or you did not live it means it never happened.
If you are better informed enlighten us !!!
I know that somewhere on the PN text book (creed) it’s written that you should only mention the “bad things” PL has ever done and ignore the PN dark ages were the lack of freedom of speech was a minor problem compared to the lack of food and basic needs. May I suggest that you inform yourself better from other reliable sources other than the ones that teach you at your Headquarters on how to answer bloggers who happen to have different opinion from yours.
Also a small clarification - go and check out the Program again Mr Dalli said that he is worried about the lack of Economic Democracy, where the money was more or less equally distributed, now only a chosen few are seeing real money . If you did not hear that then I suggest that you should go and see an ENT specialist and have yourself checked out because my friend you have a serious hearing problem..... Or could it be you have selective hearing !!!!!
Mr Ernest Vella
Oct 18th 2011, 09:44
programm mill-aktar dizgustanti ghal mod falz u ipokrita kif tmexxa min persuni li min bilanc m'ghandhom xejn. Mhux ghax Lou Bondi jien fan tieghu ghax anke hu jdejjaqni ghal imgieba oxxena tieghu imma irid ikollhom id-dicenza jistednuh b'right of reply. JPO m'ghamel xejn differenti minn Alfred Sant; Grima rega were l-arroganza tieghu bhal ma ghamel waqt id-divorzju; fuq Grixti ma nghidu xejn ghax dak ex-editur ta gazzetta "independenti"...JPO nawguralek li jqeghduk ma MPO meta tkun fil-Gvern Laburista gdid....haw ridt nghid Nazzjonalista!!! dizgustanti!!! Mhux ta b'xejn il-politika hija mahmuga, min rasa sa saqajha
J. Scicluna
Oct 18th 2011, 11:21
Had you listened carefully you might have noticed that Joe Grima state that he sent an invitation to Where's Everybody to send A representative to the program. The rest is history.
W.E. was represented on the program and its representative (P.Azzopardi) FAILED to "defend" him; he let Bondi go to the dogs.
Joe Grima managed HIS program the same way Azzopardi and Bondi run theirs; no more and no less.
Brian Gatt
Oct 18th 2011, 11:49
Sure you are not related to Lou Bondi? JPO gave him a good answer to that, Peppi Azzopardi is a Director of W.E. he is responsible as much as Lou Bondi what his company does, he had a right of reply and the opportunity to do so but all he did was wave Lou Bondi's number and tell everyone how Good his program is and to which Destinations he went to film !!
This is a load of Bull.....and I want to see the PN political machine with all its friendly what spin they are going to give it, its going to be difficult to make this crap smell good as they usually do
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 13:30
@ Ernest Vella
Li "chairman", bniedem biex imexxi programm jispicca jppartecipa daqs li kieku kien qieghd fil-"panel" dik tifsser "meskinita'"u tfisser ukoll li l-mistednin li c-"Chairman" stieden biex ikunu fil-"panel" u jiehdu sehem fil-programm ma kellhomx argumenti sodi u validi, tant li nhasset il-htiega li c-Chairman, li ghandu l-kontroll tal-program jippartecipa hu wkoll.
Ramon Casha
Oct 18th 2011, 09:34
FOOD FIGHT!!!
pat muscat
Oct 18th 2011, 09:21
PBS-the State Broadcasting Service has become worse than Net TV or One TV for that matter; we saw it yesterday with its CEO and Peppi Azzopardi, claiming ipso facto that they have a right to carry their political agenda at the tax payers expense! Some balanced State Broadcasting! The Broadcasting Authority should wake up and take note, otherwise we will continue to have Mickey Mouse State Broadcasting with the Broadcasting Authority as an accomplice!
Andre Cilia
Oct 18th 2011, 10:35
What tax payer's expense??
TVM makes a profit from Where's Everybody... or would you rather believe some facts and ignore others??
Brian Gatt
Oct 18th 2011, 11:51
Andre,
the state TV is not supposed to make profits only to give us good up to standard ,educational programs, which are impartial.
George Calleja
Oct 18th 2011, 16:48
At least we now have a Broadcasting Authority....because in your days the MLP had abolished the Authority so that it could braodcast anything it liked!!
Malcolm Mifsud
Oct 18th 2011, 09:02
Imhawra mhux hazin il-borma.
victor caruana
Oct 18th 2011, 08:31
I do not agree that IM Beck/abc/boccu is harming the PN....his scribbling is almost childish, nobody really bothers or take him seriously. In fact, without the need to read his essays, I always try to pull his leg every saturday, just for the fun of it...and he falls for it sometimes.....
Giovann Demartino
Oct 18th 2011, 08:31
Il-veru thoss l-istonku tieghek jiddardar meta tiftakar li ahna, irridu u marridux, ikollna niddependu mill-politici.
A. Mizzi
Oct 18th 2011, 08:30
Will Peppi Azzopardi take up the challenge and get JPO and Loo Bondi together on Coach/ Xarabank.... and he can also be a guest on his own program for once.....
Richard Galea
Oct 18th 2011, 08:24
I disconnected my TV........I had enough of the local media charlatans .....
A Spiteri
Oct 18th 2011, 08:23
privatize PBS...and you will get rid of all these hassles!
governments should never own tv stations...they will undoubtly use such powerful tool to their advantage. we saw this kind of propaganda in the 80s and we're witnessing again today!
PRIVATIZE PBS!
C Demanuele
Oct 18th 2011, 10:00
good idea.
WE can buy it!! hehe
j brincat
Oct 18th 2011, 08:15
"Mr Dalli said one of the fundamentals of democracy was pluralism , but he feared there was now an erosion in Malta and this was creating a problem of real information to the people".
"One thing he was very proud of was the democratisation of the economy, but now he was seeing the economy concentrated into the hands of a few people again, Mr Dalli said"
Now these two statements are very strong and serious and put in doubt whether the fundamentals of democracy are really working in this country.
The mind boggles at the implications involved.
Who can put my mind at rest that this is not the case as stated by Mr Dalli who at the end of the day was, until very recently, a prominent and cabinet minister both under EFA and Dr Gonzi?
(jb)
I. Cilia
Oct 18th 2011, 10:29
Mr Dalli should know that pluralism is a theory, which works fine in the abstract but in practice it just turns out to be exactly what he is saying.. ie. economy concentrate in the hands of a few people again... ie. elitism..
I think he is trying to impress without knowing exactly what he is talking about.
A prominent critique of pluralism which is backed through a number of case studies is that those who participate in the decision making process are in fact just lobbyists, who have their own agenda... The common citizen has often no interest, resources, technical ability to participate in the decision making process. Thus the case often ends up those selected few who are capable of participating, have a major impact on policy making.
These are often representatives of a small group and surely not elected.
in this scenario, I would actually venture to say that pluralism would actually undermine democracy as we understand it (representative democracy) as the powers held by representatives through elections are eroded in favour of unelected pressure groups with their own agenda.
Mr Joe Micallef
Oct 18th 2011, 08:13
JPO you are in a pretty sorry state, even worst than that of John Dalli. How very sad!
Ernest Cilia
Oct 18th 2011, 08:06
The great unheard yesterday during the Inkontri programme was Godfrey Grima.
I wish he was given more time to say all that he had to say.
Richard Caruana
Oct 18th 2011, 08:28
I know Godfrey Grima and expected better from him. Sorry to see him lose his cool like that and bang with both fists on the table.... certainly not the right way to bring one's argument forward.
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 13:46
To everybody including myself.
When commenting on yesterday's program, the program itself is gaining popularity besides he who want to have some free popularity, now that the general elections are coming is achieving his goal.
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 13:57
Maybe he had to proof his point - that the PN criticize and lambasted him on the PN media with regards to the new GWU emblem, when at that time he kept his mouth shut and had it not been to he papers of the MediaLink Communications, his collaboration in this competition would have been kept unknown.
neville pace
Oct 18th 2011, 07:51
I think it wad jpo who did harm to the pn, by his non-team play in the party. His level of dicourse is concerning.as it goes beyond the rational....grow up jeff.
ALBERT FENECH
Oct 18th 2011, 07:33
I am not sure whether Dr JPO has done a service or a dis-service to this country. The persons he mentioned i.e. Lou Lou, DCG (commonly dubbed "The Witch of Bdnija" in street parlance), Father Joe Borg and ABC have all been highly contributory to continuing the internal and external destruction of the PN, through broadcasting and writing that makes many people feel truly sick and has helped to push many further away from voting PN. By exposing them in this manner Dr JPO has given the game away to the remaining few who harboured any pretence that anyone of the four aforementioned had a grain of neutrality or fair play in them. They should be peacefully allowed to continue along their suicidal path of destruction to PN hopes.
ALBERT FENECH
Qawra
David Mangion
Oct 18th 2011, 09:03
Mr. Fenech,
We are both somewhat veterans as far as politics is concerned.
We also have different political roots, but through age and intelligence we have grown out of fanatism and thankfully, we can be somewhat objective in our analysis of things.
Many a time I find myself in full agreement with most of your comments, and you have helped me to discover the "socialist part" of my inner spirit.
Even on this above comment I found myself in agreement with you.....but I would like to share a worry with you (and the rest of the leaders).
"During the 80's socialist rule (allow me to call it the way I viewed it) the MLP had it's own version of "the witch" . She used to run radio programmes and her favourite song was "run rabbit run".
Remember ?
However, what still amazes me today is that the (then) winds of change, did not blow her into oblivion !
She survived ! She survived and how ! She almost obtained sainthood !
Can we rest assured that these 4 musketeers will not "see the opportunistic light" at the right moment when their time comes ?
Let us not forget that even the presenter of yesterday's discussion show, once claimed to have "seen the light" at the right moment.......only to change route yet again when the opportunity arose.
All this happens whilst the real idealists are left alone stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Will the new PL (in its rush to incorporate everybody into the same ship) somehow manage to bring onboard these "famous 4" and thus save the day for them ?
The way I see it......they are ALREADY doing this, in regards to JPO.
I have this strange feeling that JPO is struggling for his OWN political survival and is moving in synthony with the PL just like (il-qahba u r-ruffjana) both exploiting each other to for their own advantage.....a very nauseating way of doing things.
At the end of the day........every people, every nation, every populace has the leaders that it deserves.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Oct 18th 2011, 09:50
"Can we rest assured that these 4 musketeers will not "see the opportunistic light" at the right moment when their time comes ?" Of course they will try - its all about status and money, isn't it? Recently I was shocked to see her of "run-rabbit-run" fame presenting a programme on NET TV!
W Cassar
Oct 18th 2011, 09:50
Well said David Mangion.
Joseph Grima
Oct 18th 2011, 10:43
@David Mangion. Your memory is playing tricks on you sir. I never said tgat I had been on the Damascus road and had seen the light. I was and am a former labour minister , whose experience and intuition, gained in 23 years working with Malta 's greatest ever prime Minister, told me clearly that when Dr Sant became leader, the MLP had gained a very cultured and erudite man for Labouites to follow but also ryat his myriad chips on his shoulder and his obvious inability to rally his troops would drive the MLP into the wall.
I dedicated my page onthe independent on Sunday mainly to explaining to those who would read me my interpretation of th MLP leader's words and actions.
I was invited to present my programs on Net Tv not by the PN but the then director general of NET tv Roger Degiorgio, the same person who had invited me to write for the independent. Our agreement was tgat I was a free agent, would not consult anyone at Net or anywhere else about my choice of subjects or panels, that I would nit receive any payment from Net tv or rom any other source associated with net but that I would get my own sponsors. I had one sponsor: maltacom, who supported my programme for seven whole years. Maltacom refused to continue their support when I went to One tv.
At Net I was a laborite and they knew it as recently declared by former President of the PN council Pierre Portelli who still has my respect together with Anton Attard and later Gordon Pisani who never interfered, never tried to pressuise me and were loyal colleagues who politically were not at one but who had earned one another 's respect in every sense of the word
It is obviously difficult for some people to understand a situation such as this and even more difficult for some to accept it but that is a part of my life that I am thankful for. People if different opinions can easily live together if the rotweilers who have no one's interests to protect but their own, let the people of this country to move on.
The Labour Party has changed dramatically. Joseph Muscat has brought in both old and new values into his leadership. I see him as Malta's only hope for a bright future and that is why I accepted his navigation to move to One Tv and now also to One radio as soon as he became leader. I want to assure you contributor that at my age, what I have not achieved so far, I cannot achieve just by seeing the light in any circumstance. I am doing now what I have always done. Explaining to those who want to watch and to listen my tame on what is happening.
Insofar as yesterday's Inkontri is concerned: my only regret is that at times it became a rowdy affair and the losers were the viewers who could not always follow because of the din. What remains after yesterday is Peppi's total inability to defend any of the many accusations levelled against Where's Everybody and their unfathomable privileged position at PBS, John Dalli's serious accusations about the democratic deficit as well as the role that PBS, Lou Bondi and Ivan Camilleri's role in his political troubles of some years ago and the revelations that JPO must have decided to save for another day. Malta has a very serious situatioon it's hands with e manipulative people at PBS who seem to be the lords and masters of all they survey. The real minister responsible for PBS is none other than the Prime Minister himself. If all the filth tgat was revealed yesterday happened and is still happening n his watch, then he is the one ulitimately responsible for the mess.
ALBERT FENECH
Oct 18th 2011, 11:01
@Mr. David Mangion,
Many thanks for your positive comments. Just one clarification, "she who would make the rabbit run" was never strictly a political figure but more a show-biz personality. The famous four are pure political animals and I am more than certain that any St Paul of Tarsus Conversion at "seeing the light" would be repelled by the PL and ALL of its adherents.
ALBERT FENECH
Qawra
David Mangion
Oct 18th 2011, 14:47
@ Mr. Albert Fenech
Se son rose...fioriranno.
I will however copy and save your comment, and expect your mature reaction should your prophecy fail.
Still I wonder.....does the rabbit run lady still stand a chance of survival if she manages to board the PL ship in time ?
@Mr Joseph Grima,
I do have some friends at NET and 101. Please do not force me to ask them for the sound bite where you said exactly "this can happen....it is possible....it happened to Paul on his way to Damascus...and still happens nowadays" and I can still remember the context in which you said it.
No.....I may be getting old and decrepid......I might not even remember what I have eaten last week, but certain words just remain stamped in one's memory and are not erasable.
However I, do concede that Joseph is doing a magnificent job in re-grouping all those who had felt sidelined during the previous Labour leadership (who incidentally is still my preferred Labour leader, and whom I believe that someday be re-evaluated in history). I am in no position to blame you for feeling again at home within the Labour fold, but being a conservative by nature it takes time for me to rebuild trust.
.
David Mangion
Oct 18th 2011, 15:39
@ Joseph Grima
By the way....PROSIT TAL-PROGRAM
This myriad of posts shows that your programme was very much followed last night.
I may not be in agreement with your way of viewing things, but yesterday, your success was astounding.
Noel Mifsud
Oct 18th 2011, 07:11
Sur Attard l ikbar balbuljata li int ghamilt huwa li tfajt Disett is sibt. Tghid mhux se nhallat lil Reno BUgeja ma Lou Bondi, apparti li wiehed ghajnejh blue. U fuq il programm inkontri thassartu lil Peppi Azzopardi kwazi beka u qal li hu il vittma. Fuq Bondi Plus Sur Attard, tajjeb li jekk ghandek memorja qasira, infakkrek, li l ewwel bedaq Pjazza Tlieta, u dejjem sar Tuesday, u Bondi+ komple dejjem Tuesdays, u meta stazzjon privat ghamel sensiela f zewg staguni, mhux se nsemmi x jisima, imma minn ghandu commen sense jaf ghal liema qed najd, u raw li Bondi+ ma beda jamel xejn ma dan l istazzjon private gabuh Monday, u dan wara li kollox kien ippreparat. Issa dis sena regaw tefawh Tuesday u Thursday. U tghid Sur Attard mhux se nikkalkula li bdejt tghid int meta l fatti juru mod iehor. Sur Azzopardi, u mhux fuq Xarabank ghax jien ghalija int Direttur ta Kumpanija, jekk dan mhux manipulazzjoni tal hinijiet li jogbok lil WE ghidli x inhuma pl.
David Mangion
Oct 18th 2011, 09:11
Reno Bugeja is the best journalist that the local television has ever produced.
He is the Maltese version of the famous Italian journalist Gianni MIna'.
The type of journalist that gets the information that is needed, by making his guests feel respected and relaxed enought to say the truth.
The absolute opposite of Lou Bondi who uses the method of agressivity in order to squeeze out some sort of truth from his "guests".
If TVM expects its viewers to feel respected, it should give us more of Reno and less of Lou. (pardon the pun)
Francis Saliba M.D.
Oct 18th 2011, 06:35
"(Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando tells) the One TV programme Inkontri that people like (Lou Bondi), Daphne Caruana Galizia, Fr Joe Borg and Andrew Borg Cardona were doing incalculable harm to the Nationalist Party."
Dear JPO.
Nosce (et cura) te ipsum. In plain English: "Know (and cure) thyself.
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 18th 2011, 10:14
Why is it that you always have to show off. Can't you for once put on a humble garb for everyone to appreciate.
Joseph Camilleri
Oct 18th 2011, 10:42
Not sure what you mean by this, but what's evident to me is that the NP is currently fragmented, having different factions at loggerheads fighting it out, just under the surface. Should, as one augurs, the NP lose the next general elections, the euphoria of the winning Party will soon become second page news, as the headlines will be dominated by the "out in the open" fight within the NP. And it will get nasty too in my opinion.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Oct 18th 2011, 11:27
@ Alfred Vassallo.
I do not relish the appreciation of anyone suffering from a "sour grapes" syndrome, who would like me to put on "humble garb" for his delectation and who resorts to silly personal attacks instead of engaing in reasoned dialogue.
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 18th 2011, 13:08
@ Francis Saliba M.D.
There you go off again on the same tangent. I guess if (as you' say and I don't agree with you) if someone suffers from "sour grapes" syndrome others might suffer from personal compexities syndrome'
Carmel Cilia
Oct 18th 2011, 06:28
Darba politiku ewlieni Malti li illum sfortunatament ma ghadux maghna kien qal fuq il gustizzja li din mhux biss trid issir izda tidher li qeghda issir. Jien nghid li listess ghandu jinghad ghax xandir ta l-istat(voldieri talpoplu) dan ghandu jidher li ma hux marbut ma l-ebda partit. Izda ghiduli kif jista qat ikun hekk meta il-gvern ta GonziP.N> li wieghed stijl ta tmexxija gdida(ZINN) dejjem ghamel fit tmexxija tal P.B.S mhux nies newtrali izda lil dawk li kienu parti integra fit tmexxija u l-kontrol ta Partit politiku.
Tghiduli dawn l-affarijiet saru fl-imghoddi veru saru hnizrijiet bhal dawn imma skuzi ta illum tletin sena wara ghadna niggustifikaw dawn il-hnizrijiet. Allura ghax kienu jaharqu mara li kien ikellha qattus iswed illum naghmlu l-istess. Miskina Malta taghna.
Paul Giordimaina
Oct 18th 2011, 09:24
Sur Cilia taf lil xi hadd li hu newtrali?Nidubita.Taht il PL il Partit Nazzjonalista kjellu ixandar minn barra minn Malta.
Philip Hili
Oct 18th 2011, 13:36
Another one.....afraid of the past!!!!!
"imma skuzi ta illum tletin sena wara ghadna niggustifikaw dawn il-hnizrijiet."
Charles Micallef
Oct 18th 2011, 02:02
One is always much more comfortable watching Dissett as it asks questions that people in the street would like to know the answers to and is certainly a more unbiased programme for the more mature audience. With the Peppi & Lou politically biased programmes, one is never sure if he or she is watching TVM or Net!
PBS, can we please have more of Dissett and less politically motivated programmes on the so called impartial broadcasting channel, that is if PBS want to be really credible with the audience of both political persuasions!
j brincat
Oct 18th 2011, 08:24
Remember that during this crying act there was Dr Gonzi applauding him side by side!
(jb)
Mary Ann Borg
Oct 18th 2011, 00:38
Ix-xirka tal-bikkejja li ma jemminha hadd, jekk ma tkunx trumbetta
vincent a galea
Oct 18th 2011, 09:47
Talking in riddles!!
MA' FHIMTEKX ......!!
Mark Piscopo
Oct 18th 2011, 00:11
B’Lou Bondi jipprezenta 2 programmi fuq ix-Xandir Nazzjonali it-telliefa se tkun id-demokrazjija u l-liberta.
Francis Coquelin
Oct 17th 2011, 23:53
None of the people mentioned by Pullicino Orlando are elected representatives of the PN. I invite readers to have a look at what MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando is writing and posting on his Facebook wall. Then they can decide for themselves whether an elected representative of any political party should be publicly saying what he says on the internet.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Oct 17th 2011, 23:22
"PBS CEO Anton Attard said Lou Bondi' had the same number of hours as in the past ". What a poor excuse. What the CEO did not say is that Bondi has now the opportunity of discussing more topics in his two programmes. I watched the show and I was horrified at the timgs I have learnt, especially about certain bloggers.
Henry S. Pace
Oct 17th 2011, 23:10
These so-called presenters and certain poiticians are doing a great mess in Maltese we call it a FROGA. Please do respect te peoples inteligence and give the people what they really deserve. Certain programmes cater for the marmalja and not for intelligent and respected audience. The way certain programmes are presented leave much to be desired.
According to Joe Azzopardi he does not like to take people for a ride (JIt---ek bin-nies.)
Victor Vella
Oct 17th 2011, 23:02
I do not want to get involved in the fray of filth that is the b rand of the PN under Gonzi the Hypo. The PN has been reduced to a party of conspiracy and is swimming in murky waters that this nation never reached such depths. It is really a regime mastered by Gonzi and C o. They discredited those that critisized them even those that internally do not agree with their way of governance let alone those that are externally in the ring. I am not going to mention any names because I do not want to sacrifice anybody on the altar of opportunism and those that pretend to have a halo around their heads.But, for sure the PN has returned to the same illicit tacticts that internally are ruining the soul and spirit of a party that in the past they used externally to their opponents and now the tide has been drawn against them, using the same tactic internally to continue sinking in a sea of corruption, conspiracies, filth, hypocresy and any type of mental violence that is the seed of their own destruction.
Karl Consiglio
Oct 17th 2011, 22:59
Without Bondi this country would be in a right bloody mess.
Victor Laiviera
Oct 18th 2011, 09:12
You mean ....... "Santo Subito"?
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 18th 2011, 10:19
Allow me to correct your wording.
With Bondi this country is in a right bloody mess. There!!! don't you think that's more appropriate and true to form.
Andrew Borg-Cardona
Oct 17th 2011, 22:52
I'm sincerely honoured to be in the company of the people named by Mr Pullicino Orlando. He is, of course, entitled to his opinion as to the effects of my writing and he will, no doubt, forgive me for failing to give it the credence he indubitably thinks his opinion, such as it is, deserves.
Chris Farrugia
Oct 18th 2011, 06:28
I am always surprised how you can use more than 50 words to say nothing. No different than your blogs. ABC, you truely are a champion.
Victor Laiviera
Oct 18th 2011, 07:41
He only said what we have known for a very long time.
Mario Grima
Oct 18th 2011, 08:32
What I am really amazed about is how some readers manage to read your crap and those of your miserable friends.
W Cassar
Oct 18th 2011, 09:45
Next!
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 18th 2011, 10:09
If you are sincerely HONOURED to be in the company of DCG......Weeeeell I guess then that says everything that is to say.
Mr Stephen Borg
Oct 18th 2011, 23:44
Guys Guys. Take it easy on dear Andrew because you might burst his bubble. I think that Times of Malta deserves better writers than Andrew Borg Cardona. Andrew you are an asset for the Labour Party because your writings are a reflection of pure arrogance and utter insensitivity towards the believes of others.
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Oct 17th 2011, 22:48
Thank you Jeffrey.
You are 100%. Not maybe about Bondi, but all the others you mentioned. Daphne, Joe Borg and the Bocca are the PN's version of Manuel Cuschieri.
Cuschieri can do it because he is employed by the party, but these people say they are independent............
stephen koludrovic
Oct 17th 2011, 22:33
Its about time that PBS cancels some of these boring bla bla bla talk shows and shows some decent foreign, entertainemt productions.