UPDATED - Franco Debono: crisis will be solved when the oligarchy goes; PM optimistic solution could be found
MP insists on urgent Constitutional and justice reforms
Franco Debono reacted to a Times debate today and said that the current political crisis will only be solved when the oligarchy within the government goes.
The Times debate, held at the InterContinental, asked the question - Is the political crisis over?.
Asked for his comments by timesofmalta.com, Dr Debono said: "The crisis was created by the establishment of the oligarchy. I had made it clear that I would support the prime minister, as I had always done, but not one who was held hostage by a clique. This statement was made before the reshuffle, I stress, before the reshuffle, or whatever it was."
Last November during the PN general council Dr Debono had already hinted at this theme by saying that a political party could expand to a political movement or restrict itself to a clique.
"The crisis will only be over when the oligarchy is dismantled, the elitist rule of 'planet clique' comes down to earth and democracy is strengthened. Even certain quarters of the business community have been complaining for some time about this clique mentality."
Dr Debono, a prominent criminal lawyer who has been campaigning for Constitutional reforms, said that after the French revolution one of Napoleon's greatest conquests was not military in nature. It was the establishment of meritocracy where careers were open to talent. It was the call to dismantle privileges enjoyed by the nobility and the oligarchy. Meritocracy was even more important in a small country like Malta, he said. "These are the foundation of our European culture and identity."
Dr Debono, insisted, passionately that Malta needed to commit to urgent constitutional and justice reforms. "We have taken years debating the honoraria lack of teamwork issue, the highly polluting power station extension, the public transport reform fiasco and the disappearance of primary health reform, when we should have dedicated this time to the strengthening of democracy and constitutional reforms." It was wrong decisions and bad implementation which caused instability," he said, and not legitimate calls for matters to be done correctly and in a transparent manner.
Asked about reports that he had not been communication with the prime minister since the no confidence vote, Dr Debono said he would not comment.
Dr Debono said he acknowledged and appreciated recent delcarations by the prime minister.
However he hoped that the PN leadership issue would also focus attention primarily and in great detail on party financing and the state of party finances - an area where he has been calling for major reform. The leadership vote, he pointed out, had come about after the prime minister, following his comments, had admitted that mistakes were made and assumed responsibility. In other countries, he said, party funding laws were one of the ways to prevent the formation of oligarchies. Councillors, he said should also focus on the role and performance of Paul Borg Olivier as General Secretary.
Dr Debono stressed that he is not a rebel but a reformer from the backbench, despite the limited resources available to him.
He pointed out how he has for years been calling for reforms meant to raise the dignity of parliament and improve its efficiency. He had been influential in the creation of the role of parliamentary assistants. He also managed to convince the government to introduce the right to legal assistance for arrested persons.
Dr Debono was also been behind the setting up of the parliamentary law consolidation committee, which he chairs. The committee is discussing fundamental justice reforms. He also pointed out that he managed to put the environment and infrastructural deficit of the south on the national agenda. He also managed to convince the prime minister to split the justice and home affairs portfolios, something which would become entrenched in the Maltese system. He also drafted a Bill on political party funding and presented it as a private member's motion - along with a 22 point motion on justice reforms.
PM REACTS TO DEBONO'S COMMENTS
In a reaction to Dr Debono's comments, Dr Gonzi said the fact that he had put his leadership to the scrutiny of the PN councillors was the strongest reaction he could give to the current reality and Dr Debono had acknowledged this. He hoped that they would be able to reach agreement and he hoped all those who held democratic rules at heart would move in this direction.
Dr Gonzi said he had not had personal contacts with Dr Debono but there had been contacts through another person and he was always optimistic that problems could be resolved. He said he always heeded criticism since one could learn from it.
Asked if there should be resignations, Dr Gonzi said solutions should be in the national interest.
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george camilleri
Feb 10th, 13:48
jien nahseb li din hija sikkina taqtt min zewg nahat jekk il prim minstru jamel dak li ir rid franco alura dan se jigi osstag tiejaw u jekk il nprim ma i zommx mal pass li ha li jara li ghejed jaghmel dan ikun ghal gid tal malta u franco x idd ezzat li i sir minstru
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 10th, 08:33
Gonzi biex jehles min nies jghatihom promotion, John Dalli l-isbah ezempju wara li hamguh.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 10th, 05:02
Go Franco go - keep it up! This country needs people like you - we're all sick of the ...kissers.
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 9th, 16:31
@ Robert Camilleri
"in nazzjonalisti mdorrija jihdu promotions fuq il postijiet tax xoghol taghhom ta!!!!!! specjalment li jahdmu mal gvern jew parastatali".
Ma nistax nifhem kif nies bhalek jibqghu jaghmlu dawk li bl-ingliz jissejhu "blanket statements". Inti bhalek fejn taf? Kif taf? Tahdem mal-gvern jew mal-parastatali? Inti kien imissek promotion u ghax inti lejburist qabzuk? Taf xi hadd li gralu hekk? Jekk grat lilek jew lil xi lejburist iehor li taf, nissuggerilek li tkellem lill-union tieghek biex taqbez ghalik.
A. Mizzi
Feb 9th, 13:16
UPDATED - Franco Debono: crisis will be solved when the oligarchy goes; PM optimistic solution could be found
Does this mean that OLIGARCHY goes.......OR FRANCO DEBONO goes?
Or has Dr. Franco Debono already gone?
Didn't he submit his resignation to Gonzipn.....or not?
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 9th, 08:46
Dr. Debono if you want to understand what real men are made of, you have just been served with a perfect example. Fabio Capello
Sandro Pace
Feb 9th, 09:25
And Prospero. He patiently waited till 86 to get a promotion, no matter how much he thought he merited it.
Robert Camilleri
Feb 9th, 13:03
@sandro pace
billi franco jrid promotion ma qedt jitlob xejn hazin !! in nazzjonalisti mdorrija jihdu promotions fuq il postijiet tax xoghol taghhom ta!!!!!! specjalment li jahdmu mal gvern jew parastatali
albert galea
Feb 9th, 08:26
Franco Debono talks and talks, but when the time for action comes he escapes his responsability. Abstaining from voting is a proof of cowardise. He knows that by abstaining nothing will change. Now he has to decide wether to vote against the government and brings the 'klikka' down or shut his mouth and humbly asks the PN and its supporters for pardon and let the 'klikka' go on to govern.
Alfred Falzon
Feb 9th, 15:42
@ albert galea
Better still...
Kneel down before the power-hungry PL and apologize for refraining from voting in favour of the no confidence motion!
Or better still...
Do just like some turncoats and join the bandwagon in the hope of picking up the few crumbs left by the power- eaters!
Will Dr Franco Debono fall for that tripe?
He should know better! And I have a feeling that he is not all that naive!
He will not bring down the temple warts and all just for the pleasure of it!
Alfred A. Falzon
Peppi Borg
Feb 9th, 05:39
GonziPN has established an oligarchy because he is incapable of governing. GonziPN has failed as a Prime Minister and this can be confirmed by the dire situation of the country's finances. GonziPN has failed as a PN leader because he did not manage to ensure a harmonious working relationship amongst his MPs. GonziPN has failed the working class and the middle class because of the added financial strain and taxes which he needed to mask his financial and managerial fiascos. GonziPN has failed professionals and students because he has eradicated meritocracy and replaced it by mediocrity. But now he will play his final act in the voting gimmick within the PN executive where his 3 musketeers - Austin Gatt, RCC and Joe Saliba - have run the rehearsals to secure the desired showdown. Clapping please !
Mr Hans Borg
Feb 8th, 21:31
GonziPN has shown that he has not settled matters within his own PN backbenchers and he is only concerned with finding excuses and using delaying tactics to avoid an early election.
mario piscopo
Feb 8th, 21:14
ergajna f'sitwazzjoni li tikkonferma kemm il-krizi qedgha go l-parlament! U sadanitant mhu qed jsir assolutament xejn biex tigi indirizzata din l-problema. GonziPN wake up, aghtu kaz ghal dak li qed jghidu n-nies minghajr iktar zmien mitluf
david vella
Feb 8th, 20:59
Naqbel ma dak li ghed tejd sur debono ghax vera jezistu klikek u il minn jahdem f'certi departimenti jista jikonfermalek dak li ghed tejd , specjalment ghal certa individwi li ghandhom karigi gholja f'certa departimenti tal gvern ghandhom jiegu investigati bil kbier u alla jbierek issu qatt ma gara xejn ghax hemm dawn l'individwi li jzommu investigazjoni mohbija ghax ikunu ta gewwa nett.
M. Bezzina
Feb 8th, 20:41
Franco if there was any oligarchy that you are mentioning you must have voted against.But instead you decided to abstain.So pls shut yr mouth up now and let Malta move ahead.
mark borg
Feb 8th, 19:14
FEJN HUWA IL-PRESIDENT ?????? Dawn allegazzjonijiet serji hafna li ta l anqas ghandhom jigu irrapurtati lil Unioni Ewropea !
DIN HIJA XEJN ALTRU MIN MAFIA ! MIKXUFA MIN WIEHED TA GEWWA !
Anthony Agius
Feb 8th, 19:51
forsi ghandu jdejh marbutin? hokkli dahri biex inhokklok tieghak.........
Andy Farrugia
Feb 8th, 20:27
U inti tahseb li l-President , jew l-Unjoni Ewropeja, ghandu/hom il-hin jaghtu kaz id-dellirju, ukoll jekk imsieheb u sostnut b'hafna punteggjatura u b'ittri kapitali?
John Schembri
Feb 9th, 05:54
Il-President fil-hin li staqsejt int kien qieghed jippartecipa fic-celebrazzjoni ta’ Patri gharef u umli li se jsir Kardinal.
Qatt ma ghajjat u qatt ma sabbat saqajh biex isir isqof jew Kardinal.
La l-president u l-anqas l-unjoni Ewropeja m’ghandom x’jaqsmu , issa jekk ghandu l-istonku Franco jmur japplika ghal-mexxej tal-partit ,la hu daqshekk konvint li hemm Mafia tahdem kontra l-poplu!
Franco dejjaq lin-Nazzjonalisti u lil-Laburisti , it-tnejn lesti biex jarmuh ‘il barra mix-xena politika.
George Azzopardi
Feb 9th, 15:04
@John Schembri
propjament lil GonziPN dejjaq .. tkellem ghalik gbin .. :)
Patrick Zahra
Feb 8th, 17:52
Yes Dr Gonzi solutions should be in the national interests but, if I may ask, was the HFO powered Delimara extention in the national interest or in the interest of the clique and those close to it ? Franco was right all along Political party Funding needs to be urgently regulated, accountability and transparency have to be introduced. Those who fail us should be made to resign and not cheered in public because after all it is our children which will bear the brunt of their incompetence.
We are fed up of Ministers who are chummy with prominent buisenesmen and arrogant with the rest of the population! You have a few months to put your house in order - and your one man race at Dar centrali will not get you anywhere !! So get busy delivering or face the anger of the electorate.
Charles J. Buttigieg
Feb 8th, 17:42
@ Michael Seychelle.,
What you stated can’t be denied, but I hope that you’re not suggesting that two wrongs make a right.
Dynasties ought to become only a thing of the past. Surely nobody thinks that Carmelo Mifsud-Bonnici il Gross, his son Ugo, UGu’s son Carmel, Ugo’s brother Giuseppe, Ugo’s cousins KMB, Antoine and now his daughter Paola as well as Sir Giuseppe Borg Olivier, George Borg Olivier, the late Minister Pawlu Borg Olivier, Albert Borg Olivier de Puget, Paul Borg-Olivier the PN General Secretary and other prominent personalities bearing the same surname, had a God’s mandate or a super brain power to rule our land.
John Borg
Feb 8th, 17:14
Franco Debono wants to become part of history. When he realised he's no longer in the spotlight, he says something so that the spotlight turns on him again. Grow up Franco. The seat you have in parliament is meant to represent those who voted for you not to boost your hungry ego
Victor Mallia
Feb 8th, 17:10
Nisthi nghid li dan il priministru ta pajjizi
SHAME ON YOU DR GONZI
mario piscopo
Feb 8th, 21:16
l-mod ta kif tkellem llum qed juri kemm ghandu daru ma l-hajt....diskors mil-iktar partigjan! U mbaghad nibqghu nsostnu li ngibu l-interess ta' pajjizna l-ewwel!
John Borg
Feb 8th, 17:09
Franco Debono wants to become part of history. When he realised he's no longer in the spotlight, he says something so that the spotlight turns on him again. Grow up Franco. The seat you have in parliament is meant to represent those who voted for you not to boost your hungry ego
DUNCAN FABRI
Feb 8th, 17:03
hahahahhaahhahahahaha
m hawnx krizi qallilna il gonz !! umbad fl artilu tal istess gazzetta naqraw li hawn krizi . Il gon ahjar jidhol idoqq mall WINTER MOODS ha joqod ikkanta NEVERLAND ax ek qiesu . Neil amstorng qed jghir ghall prim taghna ax qieghed fil qamar iktar minnhu .
Kuragg dottore ghax mill maltemp issa qed tehodna fuq lispazju ukoll
Vincent Farrugia
Feb 8th, 19:52
As far as I know, Neil Armstrong and his fellow 2 American astronauts returned safely to Earth after their mission to the moon... that's why it was deemed successful. So no, Armstrong is not on the moon at the moment.
priscilla ciangura
Feb 8th, 16:56
prim mur orqod ghax qiesek qed tghix f dinja ohra . F daqqa wahda daqsek maltemp issa kollox on the right track
Please do bother what the people are going through ghax int mohhok biss biex tirbah lelezzjoni u ma jippurtak xejn min dak li qed ihoos il pajjiz
Joseph Grech Attard
Feb 8th, 16:40
Very well indeed! So we first ruin the country, financially and morally;then we admit we made mistakes and we apologise; then we go through a 'no confidence' vote, which needs the vote of the referee (sic) no to pass; then we go to the GonziPN general assembly; etc! The PM starts getting messages of 'miskin Gonzi,' photos of him are of the 'suffering, mater dolorosa' type, and the farce goes on. In the meantime, mathematically speaking, with one weight and one measure:
1. In the last general elections, GonziPN received 143,468 first count votes and MLP 141,888, a difference of 1,580 votes in favour of GonziPN. Thanks to legislation by the then MLP, GonziPN, rightly and justly, governed. Dr. Franco Debono received 2,228 first count votes!
2. At the present moment: GonziPN has 141,240 votes (143,468-2,228); MLP remains with 141,888 votes, a difference of 648 votes IN FAVOUR OF THE MLP! Hence it is the PL who has the majority. Being prudent, and putting the good of then country before oligarchy and party benefits, the PL is not asking to govern, but for fresh general elections. Is that unfair?
Andy Farrugia
Feb 8th, 17:11
Prosit, hej, kemm taf taghmilhom is-somom int! Ghandi nahseb kont iggib rizultati favoluzi fil-matematika, u mhux biss fil-Form 2!
Joseph Grech Attard
Feb 8th, 17:28
@Andy Farrugia. Jealousy gets you nowhere!
Andy Farrugia
Feb 8th, 17:55
"Jealousy"? You probably mean "envy". Even then, me envious of this self-aggrandising maverick? In your dreams!
Joseph Calleja
Feb 8th, 16:13
Same question Dr Franco Debono. Who is this "CLIQUE" you keep talking about? Can you be more specific? Name and shame FD, name and shame. Is it a clique of one, or of many? Who are these people that are swaying Dr Gonzi one way or the other? I have a hard time believing any "Clique" can sway Dr Gonzi. This is not a hide and seek game, these are very serious accusations. You have put our nation and our economy on the line so we have a right to ask WHY? What is your real agenda if any? Procrastinating makes a lousy leader. If you make the talk, you are committed to do the walk and so far you have done nothing but talk.
Lino Busuttil
Feb 8th, 17:00
I am sure some unelected enlighted consultants are part of the clique, it is useless mentioning names to those who do not want to listen eh? A REFORMER NEEDS A GOOD AUDIENCE TO BE HERD and guts to plunge forward. Big changes are not automatically earned but done with lots of input and controversy. Abstaining not voting in favour of the Opposition motion gave Franco the tools and time to finish his job. I sense some sort of win win situation coming, politics is the art of compromise or is it not?
Joseph Calleja
Feb 8th, 17:35
Lino, is the glass half full or half empty?
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 8th, 16:04
@ Guido farrugia.
Inti qiesek l-avukat tal-fqar. Ghandu jkun l-anqas biss taf taqra jew m'intix tara bil-fixkla li ghandek biex tehles mill-gvern ta' GONZIPN, l-istess Gvern li ser isebbahhlek id-Dahla "Grandjuza" tal-Belt Valletta fis-sena 2013. Issa la titlesta u Dr. Lawrence onzi jaqta z-zigarella tkun taf kemm hija grandjuza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Fil-kontribuzzjoni tieghu Noel kien qieghed jindirizza direttament lil Franco Debono u Noel qallu precizament hekk lil Franco "Sur Debono please ghalaq halqek u hallih imexxi, ghalkemm qed imexxi bil klikka, hallih ghaddej, imissek meta tkellimt bqajt isostni il pozzizjoni tieghek........................." Kien Noel li semma l-klikka. Mela l-klikka tal-1981 li baqghu mwahhlin bil-kolla tal-mastrudaxxa mas-siggijiet tal-Parlament insejta? Lil Mintoff shabu stess l-anqas biss ikkalkulawh u ma tawx kasu meta ried jirranga l-affarijiet u jaghmel elezzjoni ohra.
Joseph Grech Attard
Feb 8th, 16:42
Two wrongs NEVER make a right!
lilly vella
Feb 8th, 15:46
pm tal misthijja.
Alfred Galea
Feb 8th, 15:36
Pass the money bill finish this farce. I would stop immediately the new building of parliament as what we need is not monuments but hard working persons of integrity and not humans eating away the citizen’s money.
Andy Farrugia
Feb 8th, 15:06
Super-/Hyper-inflated ego? You must be kidding! BTW, did Napoleon get an excellent Form 2 mid-yearly result? This guy needs help, mucho pronto!
B Borg
Feb 8th, 15:04
@Franco.
You are the one who is holding the government hostage, its time to shut up
charles caruana
Feb 8th, 14:43
Such was Napoleon's profound sense of meritocracy that in return for the beautifully conceived Napoleonic code he imposed, he felt that he merited the right to ransack and rob by sheer force of arms the national and cultural treasures of the nations he 'liberated'. Moreover he believed so strongly in meritocracy that he elected himself as emperor, created a family dynasty and distributed thrones and fiefdoms to his closest relatives. All in the name of liberty, fraternity, and equality eh, Dr Debono? You are not doing a Dominique de Villepain now are you?
J. Debono
Feb 8th, 14:43
The English have a wise saying "Empty vessels make most sound"
Franco Debono is making the most sound.
France Debono showed his true nature when he abstained. Now it is better for him to shut up. He made his arguments, he acted by abstaining, any other arguments are superfluous.
Joseph Calleja
Feb 8th, 15:51
Mr Debono, you hit the nail on the head. When Franco Debono "ABSTAINED" he committed political suicide. You cannot trust someone that does not have enough guts and stamina to carry out his threats. You play with fire, you get burned and I think Franco Debono will get burned because he is no match to Dr Gonzi.
John Farrugia
Feb 8th, 14:40
Franco stop playing this game........ Game is over now!
Joseph Grech Attard
Feb 8th, 16:49
i would ask Gonzi to stop the farce as well! Or it is an anticipation of Carnival?
mario piscopo
Feb 8th, 21:18
The PM can finish this farce instead he is opting for more extra time!
GEORGE CUTAJAR
Feb 8th, 14:39
'Planet Clique', 'Oligarchs', 'The Elite' - looks like coming straight out of some cold war thriller.
I think it is about time that Debono names these people who, he claims, are holding the PM hostage. We have heard him throw enough tantrums over the past weeks and yet apart from the odd minister with whom he has a personal pique he mentions no names.
Every time he decides to open his mouth he looses what little credibility he may have left .
Please Debono pack your back and fly off to Tuscany or Tibet and leave us in peace once and for all.
George Azzopardi
Feb 9th, 15:15
I believe that Dr.Debono made it obvious who some of the clique are ... these are those ending with names like Mifsud Bonnici, Gonzi, Fenech Adami, Borg Olivier etc .. you can also include in the list Austin Gatt, Pulicino. Giovanna Debono. Isn't this so obvious!!!
John Farrugia
Feb 8th, 14:38
Dr Franco Debono, mhux ahjar tieqaf hawn l-istoria ghax issa il-PM ha jkollu sahha tal-kunsilliera u jfisser li ahna Komdi bih, ghax inhoss li qeghdin indahqu nies too much is to much jghidu.
A Spiteri
Feb 8th, 14:03
the only great revolution was that inspired by Thomas Paine!
Napoleon was as corrupt as the forces of corruption he faught!
Joseph Brincat
Feb 8th, 13:51
THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RESEARCH POLL ABOUT WHO
IS ' RIGHT ' BETWEEN GONZI PN AND DR DEBONO ??????
Jean Camilleri
Feb 8th, 13:42
From 15 minutes of fame, now you want the whole 15 months. What i can't understand here is, if you can't have the cake and eat it, you want the GOVN to fall. You had the chance to vote against but you chose otherwise. Why try to be a Prime Minister when you can't? This is what its all about. You turning a few colleagues in your favour offering them a place in office. We as Maltese citizens have to suffer your bluff moves. Make space for others that are willing to be more respectful to our country. Have to leave you now as my mobile although is OFF still receives messages. Joke of the Year 2012
Wenzu Vella
Feb 8th, 13:40
Franco Debono, you have started a movement that it is unstoppable with or without you. Many PN and PL supporters are looking up to you, to, not just change the PN’s agenda but improve democracy in Malta.
Malta is very small and because its size and the size of the population corruption amongst cliques of people from similar background is rife. This is found across the spectrum of Maltese society. This is not easy to stop but if every now and again someone like Franco comes along and tries to instil some sort of honesty in the system the beneficiaries would be the Maltese people as a whole.
We have seen many comments for and against Franco’s personal revolution some where good and some where personal and vicious because they could see themselves, a relative, or even a very close friend loosing a poshly job or perhaps a very lucrative contract if Franco keep exposing the corruptive manners of some top PN people.
I say to Franco you are a top man in your profession you have shown honesty and courage with your conviction to try to stamp out corruption in this stale PN government, to stop now means that you have been defeated by people of lesser stature of yourself and believe.
Joseph Calleja
Feb 8th, 15:58
It seems like Franco Debono is one good defense lawyer but he is not a good politician. He has demonstrated that he is no match to Dr Gonzi. Twice he had the chance to challenge Dr Gonzi and twice he decided to 'ABSTAIN" on the vote. Franco Debono has to learn that if you do the talk, you must do the walk. Maybe the third time is a charm, how about it Franco Debono?
Wenzu Vella
Feb 9th, 07:45
Joseph I expected you to comment on the other bits but you chose not to because I am spot on about the stale and corrupt PN government. Tell us I am wrong and you win a price.
John Borg
Feb 8th, 13:35
Franco. The oligarchy you want to dismantle exists only in your mind. we have a government that had given us jobs and guaranteed them, brought investment and keeps striving to protect everyone's job. stop playing with our livelyhood.
Manuel Scicluna
Feb 8th, 20:40
"Gonzipn that had giving us jobs and guaranteed them" WHAT JOBS ??? with 3 months contract jobs, part time jobs, minimum wage jobs.... do you call them jobs??? ...and how about the conditions of such jobs eh???
MD Fenech
Feb 8th, 13:30
Dr Debono hadd m hu qed jaghti kasek, l-anqas il-PM ghax jaf li paroli fil-vojt biss ghandek. Il-PM issa mar ghall-vot tad-delegati tal-partit u KULHADD irid joqghod ghal dak li jigi decis. Hadd m hu aqwa mill-partit.
Empty vessels make most sound.
Joseph Calleja
Feb 8th, 16:00
I believe that the Italians have the right phrase. " Paroli si, fatti no". That is a perfect description.
Jonathan Zammit Lapira
Feb 8th, 13:11
Dr. Franco Debono you are now speakind "ad naseum" on the same things and every time your Prime Minister promises that he will change and change the things you are complaining of. One of the things being that he will race on his own (without any competitor) for a PN leader which to much of our surprise you approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now it is either you taking the maltese people for a ride or else GonziPn is hanging in front of your nose a carrot that YOU KNOW you will never get. Hence i suggest you give a target date (not next year ta) to GonziPN and if nothing is changed until that date, YOU VOTE AGAINST THE PN.
Can we have your comments re this please?
M.Dolores Vassallo
Feb 8th, 13:26
Well said. I would like even to add or ask more likely Dr.Debono did you resign or still in the PN?
Because if you are I am sorry to say that you have approved everything even the evil Clique, that you mentioned yourself.
Joseph Portelli
Feb 8th, 13:33
target date biex tara l-elezzjoni sur lapira: latest August 2013 :) - not before March 2013
Kurt Vella
Feb 8th, 13:10
As many others did, I have followed closely much of the political debate in the past weeks and I am really sorry to say that Joseph Muscat and many other PL speakers have missed the woods for the trees. The heart of the problem, the root of all evil, that Malta and its government is prisoner to is the clique, the oligarchy that the dire weakness of Lawrence Gonzi character and position has allowed to take over and rule. The manouvres of the clique are the explanation to the sordid decisions taken in major projects like BWSC and the Delimara powerstation, Arriva, Air Malta, Transport Malta and others that I do not need to mention. This also explains the musical chairs in appointments of the same core group of people to chair or head important government authorities, people part of or servants to the clique that Franco Debono and also Robert Arrigo, Jean Pierre Farrugia, JPO and Jesmond Mugliett have seen at work and are disgusted with. This is what has driven Lawrence Gonzi and the PN to the path of no return and the many good honest people in the party know this. This is what Joseph Muscat and the PL should be focusing on, this is what they should tackle and draw up plans to avoid a repeat of this sorry situation, that has bled our Islands dry, in future. This is what the people want and deserve.
joseph saliba
Feb 8th, 14:04
R they?!?
Joseph Sammut
Feb 8th, 13:00
Gheneb qares!!!!
John Neville Ebejer
Feb 8th, 12:56
MMM........Napoleon meritocracy.............. brothers, sisters, family members and friends being instated as heads of states and then from revolution to crowning oneself Emperor of a republic?!? tens of thousands of conquered populations forced to join his armed forces in a worthless campaign costing tens of thousnad of lives .................. give us another historical figure model and maybe we will consider. In any case what was the issue?
Angelo Vassallo
Feb 8th, 12:55
@ Charles J. Buttigieg @ Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Il-kilba ghall-poter ma tixtax tkun aktar milli hi. Stennejtu 9 snin biex ghamiltu 22 xahar BISS fil-gvern u issa stennejtu 15 sena ohra u minthomx kapaci tistennew 15-il xahar? Possibbli?
@ Noel Mifsud
"qed imexxi bil-klikka" - semmihom b'isimhom minn huma dawn il-membri tal-klikka halli nkunu nafu ahna ukoll?
Guido Farrugia
Feb 8th, 13:58
Skuzi ta, staqsi lil Dr. Debono ghal tal-klikka ghax huwa qed isemmihom u mhux Noel.Parir, mur stahba kif ghamel Angus Black malli Astrid qaltlu/qalitila li hija Daphne CG.Nerga nighdlek, ghal darb'ohra, kemm int ghajjien fl-argumenti. Din sieheb id-dahla glorjuza tal Belt Valletta.
Andrea Giallombardo
Feb 8th, 12:43
and here we go again!
M Grima
Feb 8th, 12:43
"We have taken years debating the honoraria lack of teamwork issue, the highly polluting power station extension, the public transport reform fiasco and the disappearance of primary health reform, when we should have dedicated this time to the strengthening of democracy and constitutional reforms." It was wrong decisions and bad implementation which caused instability," he said, and not legitimate calls for matters to be done correctly and in a transparent manner"
You had the chance to vote against all this mess but you chose the cowardly act of abstaining. So, please do us a favour, you either shut up or else put your mioney where your mouth is. You have shouted a lot but at crunch time you vanished.
joseph saliba
Feb 8th, 12:32
Dr. Franco Debono firmlly believes that the PN consequently the Gov. is being managed by an oligarchy. He even mentioned some names publicly. Come next elections suppose the PL wins. Will it be a better clique?
maria aquilina
Feb 8th, 12:29
Dr.Debono,what do you want?By criticising you are going nowhere.Dr.Gonzi and his ministers are going to remain there.It is now time that from words you go into action,which means that you not only abstain but vote against.No one is believing you.
John Borg
Feb 8th, 12:22
Xebbajt lill kull min hu sincier Franco. L-ahjar haga li jista jigrilna hu lio ninsewk, u iktar ma tghinna biex ninsewk malajr, ahjar ghax qazzist lil kulhadd... barra lill lejber li ghandhom ghatx ghall poter iktar minnek.
Joe Farrugia
Feb 8th, 12:55
nahseb lilek dejjaq ghax qedin imdendlin u bla poter fil parlament
j brincat
Feb 8th, 12:20
"Councillors, he said should also focus on the role and performance of Paul Borg Olivier as General Secretary"
How will the PN react to this statement!
There is no doubt that the the PN is in a sorry mess.
A general election is the only way forward for the love of this nation!
Will the PM listen?
(jb)
godwin difesa
Feb 8th, 13:22
Yes PM will listen he will do election but in a year time.Why are you so inpatient or you are going to be one of TAL Kilkka of PL if one day will be in power.Take it easy be patient 25 years had past wait 1 more year but only for the race to start then we see after what will be the result may be like 2008 photo finish.
Marc Ivantab
Feb 8th, 12:16
Boring
M. Spiteri
Feb 8th, 12:16
Missek ghall inqas hadt stand fil vojt Dr. Debono, favur jew kontra l gvern. Kulhadd jaf jitkellem kieku u jastjeni
Joe Scerri
Feb 8th, 11:55
YAWN
S. Bonello
Feb 8th, 12:34
DOUBLE YAWN UKOLL
Joseph Brincat
Feb 8th, 11:54
Franco Debono
Crisis will be solved when the oligarchy goes !!!!!
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE BEHIND YOU
KEEP IT UP AND MY GOD HELP YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph Portelli
Feb 8th, 12:37
minn meta joseph brincat jitkellem f'isem il-maggoranza?
Tony Agius
Feb 8th, 13:37
HEY HEY , witch majority are you shouting about ? , who gave you the right to call your self majority ? , and witch GOD are you referring to as your GOD ?
John L Galea
Feb 8th, 11:52
Dear Franco, the oligarchy will remain there as long as GonziPN will remain in power. You had one chance of breaking the clique and oligarchy. You didn't take it because you are still hoping for your prize from the GonziPN. Perhaps the optimistic solution Gonzi mentioned is a very appealing prize for you, while we continue to pay.
Darren Muscat
Feb 8th, 12:10
Very well said!
Robert Zammit
Feb 8th, 12:16
To me it just seems that Franco is just seeking attention. He seems comfused and unreliable as some one who says he resigned from PN should at least should sit in the middle of the house as he does not form part of the PN goverment any more but maybe has become now just an independent MP supporting the government where he sees fit.Untill he does that he will never be taken seriously now I think. Having said that , we don't know what he's been told could happen to him if he rocks the boat any more than he's done already !
Mr Albert Dimech
Feb 8th, 11:52
Just shows that nothing has changed, the problem is still there. Dr Gonzi was taken aback by this during his debate with Dr Muscat. His one man contest is just a time buying gimmick, Dr Debono is clearly not impressed. Dr Gonzi can hit two birds with one stone by calling a general election i.e. abolish the instability and satisfy his great desire to know what Labour has in store in its manifesto.
Mario Bonnici
Feb 8th, 11:52
Huwa evidenti aktar minn qatt qabel li Dr. Franco Debono huwa attention seeker.
Issa f'idejn il-Prim Ministru x'se jaghmel b'dan id-deputat.
S. Bonello
Feb 8th, 12:38
U tghid mhux ser jirrepjah (wrap) u jibaghtu lÁlaska !!!
Ghajjejtna Dr. Gonzi !!!
j brincat
Feb 8th, 11:50
"In a reaction to Dr Debono's comments, Dr Gonzi said the fact that he had put his leadership to the scrutiny of the PN councillors was the strongest reaction he could give to the current reality and Dr Debono had acknowledged this"
How has the PM put his leadership to the test? By being the sole contender for the race when it's obvious that in this crucial time just months before the general election it is not the time to contest the leader of the party. The real race would come after the elections if the PN, after 25 years, lose the seat of power. Then, the race would not be a one man show!
Quote:"PM optimistic solution could be found"
How? By hiding this clique behind curtains so as to make believe it is no longer there?
(jb)
godwin difesa
Feb 8th, 12:56
Yesterday the PL and the Maltese people had the answer of the instability that the PL are saying there is.
Where there is instability no person or Companies will even think to invest but thank God this country and most of all the Government have the best certificate of trust.If i am not wrong there was almost double demand for the Government Bonds.Franco had the cans and the freedom to say what he believe in public about the political party he belongs too,in democracy that how it should be but only from the PN party we can expect his deputy's criticizes there own party.About cliques there are there in bought party s and will remain there for ever in politics.I do not understand how PL want to talk about cliques or you already forget after the election of 2008 it was only 4 years ago.Franco is free to say what he wants and any where he wants because he is still part of PN family as the PM sad because he wants that PN will win the next election ,if he wished to see PN in the opposition he could ha stayed quiet even not attend the parliament like others do for this few months left and see PN drawn,but he is giving PN the warning so they will be on alert before it will be to late as there is not to much left.
maria aquilina
Feb 8th, 11:50
Dr.Debono,what do you want?By criticising you are going nowhere.Dr.Gonzi and his ministers are going to remain there.It is now time that from words you go into action,which means that you not only abstain but vote against.No one is believing you.
mario gellel
Feb 8th, 11:49
KEEPING MALTA AND PARLAMENT HOSTAGE IS AGAINST DEMOCRACY, Dr. GONZIPN.
CALL A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PARLAMENT TO SETTLE MATTERS.
OR ELSE YOU ARE ANOUTHER "ARABIC TYRANT".
A Trapani
Feb 8th, 13:43
mario... int taf x'qed tghid? you want another vote of confidence in parliament ? we just had one few days ago and the PN won.
mario gellel
Feb 8th, 11:49
KEEPING MALTA AND PARLAMENT HOSTAGE IS AGAINST DEMOCRACY, Dr. GONZIPN.
CALL A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PARLAMENT TO SETTLE MATTERS.
C Pisani
Feb 8th, 11:47
The way i see it, it looks like LG is trying to implement what FD has been suggesting, but I doubt he will have the courage to go through it all. As FD rightly mentions, it is the oligarchy that has to go, and I very much doubt that they will relinquish their grip on power so easily. If LG tries to do something about this so called clique, to minimize their influence, all that is needed is a couple of threats, such as a couple of jobs out of the window, and LG will have to back down. That is why it is important for everyone to know who is financing the parties, as the biggest contributors, are the one with the most strings attached, and hence most influence. The CLIQUE DOES NOT WANT that.
John Scerri
Feb 8th, 11:43
At last thanks Dr.Debono ....I can continue writing my book ... The title ??? ...this could be a block buster.
ummmmmmm....
The title !! ....'A Tale of Two Titles ..PN or PM ' .........yes.?.... i wonder ..why not?.... it seems to inspire Curiosity in the......... Old Shop with a........ Twist of...... Great Expectations coming from two characters who chose........ Hard times for These Times but will end amidst..... The Chimes of a ....Christmas Carol after having fought the .......Battle of Life.
A Tonna
Feb 8th, 13:17
A Game of Seats !
Mr James Rizzo
Feb 8th, 11:34
child's play
K. Vella
Feb 8th, 11:24
Why don't Franco goes and contest for the PN leadership?
If he thinks that he knows it better and he is so intelligent, sharp, procative, and all these nice promising cliches (which makes him happy and so important) he MUST go for it.
This person is Ad nauseum, and now it is getting boring as well.
Nowadays, amending, reviewing, implementing legislative laws is a norm which creates more pressure to prioritise which goes first..
Franco, be mature, keep aside your egocentricity attitude and work within the Party framework.
Philip Hili
Feb 8th, 11:19
"UPDATED - Franco Debono: crisis will be solved when the oligarchy goes"
Do you know when Franco?
When within a year and a half, fresh general elections will be held and you together with the other grumpy, disloyal backbenchers - today, these onor. known by everybody, who used the power lent to you by the electorate will disappear from the local political scene.
Then we the Maltese electorate will be redeemed once and for your hostage!.
M camilleri
Feb 8th, 12:38
mur ghamel siegha xoghol sur Hili forsi idahal lira il pajjiez min fuqek :)
Philip Hili
Feb 8th, 13:06
@ M Camilleri,
Sur Camilleri,
Mohhi mistrieh, zaqqi mimlija, hemm inti tahdem ghalija!!!!
U grazzi.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 8th, 11:14
Oligarchy is government by unelected people, look at who funds gonzipn,who runs their PR, who runs things in Brussels and you'll have your oligarchy.
Ms.D. Galea
Feb 8th, 11:10
Appeasing the monster in the hope that you will be the last he will gobble up.
Richard Price
Feb 8th, 11:01
Dr Debono is motivated by blind ambition and will act with reptilian ruthlessness
to achieve his goal of becoming Prime Minister. The fact that voters elected him to
represent PN is of scant concern to Dr Debono who seems hellbent on damaging the
party in order to advance his own personal ambitions. His Machiavellian designs are
clear for all to see and will inevitably backfire in due course. Dishonourable conduct will
yield the results it assuredly deserves.
Jo Meli
Feb 8th, 11:00
Proud VERY Proud of you Franco.
Virtute et Constantia was the Motto of Malta when Giorgio Borg Olivier made La Patria Sovreign.
Oligarchia et Pecunia IS the Motto of Malta under Gonzipn !
Keep the good work GOING Franco and NEVER look back.
Philip Hili
Feb 8th, 11:49
@ Jo Meli
Taf kemm tibqa' "Proud VERY Proud of you Franco."? Sakemm taqla xi wahda "below the belt" ghax ma jkunx ghogbok!! Dan l-ezempju diga' gara!!
Imbaghad nahseb li tghid li mhux ragel dan!!!!!
Hawn Maaann!!!! - ghad fadlilha l-elezzjoni!!!
Mario Bonnici
Feb 8th, 12:09
@ Philip Hili
L-iktar li fadlilha l-elezzjoni sena ohra. Jigifieri hemm qieghdin. Bdejna l-countdown.
F. Pisani
Feb 8th, 11:00
hawadni ha nifhmek.............
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Feb 8th, 11:00
The ongoing instability of the country only two Government's MPs can solve it.
The Prime Minister but whom it is clear that he do not want to solve it as he does not want to go to the polls at all cost. It is also crystal clear that the Prime Minister does not want to montion a 'vote of confidence' in Parliament as at the moment the PM knows very well that GonziPN will not win such a vote.
So than only Dr. Franco Debono MP can solve the acute instability that our country is in and has been facing for weeks.
Dr Debono either retreat all the serious accusations that he made against GonziPN and vote with the government. Or call a 'no confidence vote' and will join the Opposition in the 'no confidecne vote.'
In this way the acute instability that our country is in will end once and for all. Besides our country will not continue to be the laughing stock of the EU. Because our government is the only one who is afraid at the moment to submit a motion of a 'confidence vote' in Parliament. As GonziPN knows well that he will loose such a vote. Further more at the moment the Maltese Government is the only Government in the whole of the EU that does not has all his MPs supporting him. Also Malta has a 'Hung Parliament' that is, that no Party has a clear majority. Such situation does not exist in any other Parliament in the whole of the EU !!!
Jo Meli
Feb 8th, 11:20
Blame it on Lawrence Gonzi's MANAGEMENT style !
It is NOT just Franco Debono who is stating these accusations so but the ORDINARY man and woman in the street who have eyes to see.
The ONLY way out is a General Election which Lawrence Gonzi is delaying so that what he, Lawrence Gonzi, and his minions took BEHIND the Parliament's back and and the Tax-payer's (YOU and the rest of the People of Malta and Gozo) is rectified and rendered as "approved".
Philip Hili
Feb 8th, 11:31
@ VINCENT WILLIAMS
Are you joking Mr. Williams?
Can you explain to the readers your meaning of "The ongoing instability of the country "?
But don't forget to take into consideration the " INSTABILITY"!!!! SHOWN BY THE MALTESE PEOPLE YESTERDAY - when the government stocks were launched!!
U Hallina Maaannnn!! Lanqas daqshekk ma taraw????? Nehhu l-ghamad politiku u mbaghad kunu ppreparati biex forsi, forsi, u forsi xi darba tiggvernaw lil dan in-Nazzjon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May be Franco Debono can help you to define the meaning of your nonsense!!
Philip Hili
Feb 8th, 11:36
@ Vince Williams
"Besides our country will not continue to be the laughing stock of the EU. "
Hawn Maaaaaannnnnnnn!! ahna ahna jew m'ahniex?? Kif skirt ghal poter!!! Jekk tista' tikkritika fuq kollox zgur ma tistax tghid li ahna "our country will not continue to be the laughing stock of the EU".
Inkunu "the laughing stock of the EU", jekk Alla jikkastigana u Dr. Emails (remember Sabrina Agius???) jahtaf il-poter.
Hemm xi Email ohra jew?
Philip Hili
Feb 8th, 11:41
@ Jo Meli
U dan il-"mismanagement" gie fdat bid-doppju ta' fondi li ried!!!
Mela kieku!!!! kellu "management style" ahjar u forsi kif tixtieq int, kemm kien jafdah aktar IL-POPLU MALTI?!!!!!!!!!
Zepp, qabel tikteb ara l-affarijiet sew.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 8th, 10:59
"In a reaction to Dr Debono's comments, Dr Gonzi said the fact that he had put his leadership to the scrutiny of the PN councillors was the strongest reaction he could give to the current reality....." But dear prime minister it is not the gonzipn councillors only that live in Malta there are a whole lot of more people who would love to tell you what they think of your government whose scrutiny is essential.
It is not a party crisis, it was until Franco abstained in a no confidence vote, now it is a national crisis and the only gentlemanly way out of it is to call general elections.
Mr Charles Falzon
Feb 8th, 10:54
PM optimistic solution could be found....when Dr Gonzi, when? Taf xi hsara qed tghamel lil pajjiz? By the fact that you put your leadership to the scrutinity of the PN councillors ma jfisser xejn. Mhux ovvja li YOU and only YOU are going to be confirmed as a leader with a huge majority....democracy does not work like this.
A Tonna
Feb 8th, 13:11
Who dares contest Dr Gonzi !
joe vella
Feb 8th, 10:52
do I get the impression that the PM is franco debono and not lawrence gonzi ?
parliament is not meeting, because his ex party is obviously trying to avoid the vote - avoiding the unknown in realistic terms
and reading his statements he seems to be calling the shots
so do we now have a PM who is subject to a clique from one side and a reformist backbencher who pulls the vote from the other side?
it is making dr gonzi look very much like a puppet on a string - and the election to reconfirm him as party leader is not going to lead anywhere except perhaps some more weeks in trying to build bridges with dr debono
Mr Joseph Apap
Feb 8th, 10:52
What does Dr. Franco Debono means by Oligarchy
The persons who are helping the Prime Minister are the Cabinet members or does he mean some other persons outside the actual government
It is high time that Dr. F. Debono makes himself clear to the general public
Ramon Casha
Feb 8th, 10:47
"PM optimistic solution could be found"
Apart from the obvious one, that is.
John L Galea
Feb 8th, 10:29
Dr Gonzi said the fact that he had put his leadership to the scrutiny of the PN councillors was the strongest reaction he could give to the current reality - is Gonzi for real? I can't understand how there are peple who still believe this.
d. attard
Feb 8th, 10:26
The PN have a great opportuity to ditch the now failed Gonzipn trade mark and come to the elections with some new hope. Instead, they seem to have decided to continue racing up a blind alleyway. Franco Debono gave the PN a life line.Will they take it or will the narrow partizan interests Of Dr Gonzi and his entorage carry the day at the party's and nation's cost? A Gonzi PN victory from the few hundred councillors will be a major embarrasement.
Rodnick Abdilla
Feb 8th, 10:22
So this means no majority in parliament by gonzi PN
Rachel Borg
Feb 8th, 10:20
Oh not Franco again! He can't stand being out of the news for a week!
Frans Aguis
Feb 8th, 10:43
No you can't stand him BEING in the news at all.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 8th, 10:18
"Dr Debono stressed that he is not a rebel but a reformer from the backbench, despite the limited resources available to him."
With all due respect you have no idea of what a reformer is - sustainable reform can never be achieved through blackmail. Through blackmail one achieves personal gain! What is your gain Dr. Debono?
m. borg (slm)
Feb 8th, 11:17
Wrong Mr Micallef, reform at times has been achieved even through violence and wars brush up your history.
.
""We have taken years debating the honoraria lack of teamwork issue, the highly polluting power station extension, the public transport reform fiasco and the disappearance of primary health reform, when we should have dedicated this time to the strengthening of democracy and constitutional reforms." It was wrong decisions and bad implementation which caused instability," have you read this part Mr Micallef.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 8th, 11:45
when was sustainabe reform achieved through violence? maybe in the 80s
m. borg (slm)
Feb 8th, 13:02
Don't be puerile Mr Micallef. Keep to the argument you sound so hollow I will not enter into anargument about the past not there is any shame in it but I prefer to look foward in mending the damage this government managed to bring to the country.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 8th, 14:00
borg reply
when was sustainabe reform achieved through violence?
Victor Vella
Feb 8th, 10:13
Dr Debono all the Maltese people will appreciate if you tell us whether you resigned from the party or not. You said more than twice that you resigned from the party. If you truly resigned from the party there is no sense in continuing to criticize your party. You are now paraphrasing the same things over and over again, this time twisting also what you have said before. First you said that you do not want to work with Gonzi and even asked for his resignation, now you want to work with Gonzi, but not with the oligarchy of elites that you are saying are a net of evil people. The party is an organization and it is made up of individuals and groups that make up the PN team. If you do not feel welcomed in the team because you are given the side, it will be better to decide which way you are going to side. Either stay in the side and resign from the party or else shut your mouth and continue. Just say sorry and get back. Whatever way you go the people already formed an opinion of you. Some say you are on the right track because you were always consistent with your arguments while other are saying that you are no more reliable because now you are changing the former version and you are not consistent in your arguments.
Tony Busuttil
Feb 8th, 10:07
Debono is not a common surname within the PN, Borg Olivier, Fenech Adami, Gonzi, Mifsud Bonnici, DeMarco Zammit Dimech, these surnames garantee a better seat !!!!!!!!
Michael Seychell
Feb 8th, 10:46
Your own Comment shows that you are talking nonsense, so much so that Dr. L. Gonzi is the first Member of Parliament with this surname - albeit his uncle Mons M. Gonzi served in the Senate as an M.L.P. representative.
One may also mention Dr. P Borg Olivier who although he is the general secretary of the P.N. he was never a member of Parliament, and in all probability there will not be another Borg Olivier M.P. for a long number of years.
.
Finally I can mention Dr.F. Zammit Dimech, who is the only M.P. ever with that surname, and in his case he served as a Minister in previous P.N. goverments. I may add that despite the fact that is now serving the country as a back bancher, he is one of the front liners of the P.N. always putting forward and explaining the Goverments programme, not only in the House but also on various media.
Michael Seychell
Tal-Pieta
Jo Meli
Feb 8th, 11:02
GAFFE by the Great Michael Seychell :)
Sir Michael Gonzi was the BROTHER of Lawrence Gonzi's GRAND FATHER !!
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Feb 8th, 15:30
And another gaffe: there was no M.L.P. at the time Mons. Gonzi served as senator.
Tony Busuttil
Feb 8th, 09:59
the above statment does not garantee a majority goverment at all. Some body should pass this statment to Dr Gonzi while having his breakfast conference because it is much different from what he is saying.
Noel Mifsud
Feb 8th, 09:57
Sur Debono please ghalaq halqek u hallih imexxi, ghalkemm qed imexxi bil klikka, hallih ghaddej, imissek meta tkellimt bqajt isostni il pozzizjoni tieghek, ghax inutli qed twahhal hafna flus lil pajjiz mifni bid dejn bil paroli li qed tohloq. Jien nemmnek u nammirak, imma issa iskot u hallih igerfex,m almenu ma jzidx id dejn tort tieghek, ghax jghid li ma sifirx habba fik jew joseph muscat. Grazzi.
Edward Curmi
Feb 8th, 10:18
Ghaziz Sur debono...tibqax tghamel b'satten fir roti u halli lill min imexxi jghamel xoghlu.
Nispera li tiehu risposta wara l-elezzjoni ta kap tal partit li qed tiggieled wahdek!!
Joseph E Briffa
Feb 8th, 10:28
Ma nistax nifhem certu kummenti. Min huma il-klikka, Mr Mifsud? Jaqaw il-membri tal-kabinett saru jissejhu 'klikka'? Jekk dan huwa l-kaz mela il-gvernijiet kollha imexxu bil-klikka. Il-kabinett irid jiehu d-decizjonijiet kollha fl-ahhar mill-ahhar. Kull membru parlamentari jista' jwassal l-idejat tieghu kemm fill-parlament fil-miftuh, jew inkella billi jibghad memorandum sigriet lill-kabinett u jressaq il-proposti tieghu. Xi membri parlamentari jippreferu mod u ohrajn jippreferu mod iehor. Jiddependi xi jkun jaqbel lilhom personalment. Jekk membru parlamentari jhoss li ghandu pont jew kaz li ser izidlu l-popolarita' u l-voti, juza' il-parlament, jekk il-proposta ma tkunx wahda popolari, allura jaghzel li jibghat memo sigriet.
pat muscat
Feb 8th, 09:48
Franco is saying that in the PN its the family surname that counts and not meritocracy?
Charles J. Buttigieg
Feb 8th, 10:37
Franco is stating the obvious and preaching to the converted. He's been trying to disestablish the unrepentant establishment to change its ways to no avail. What is he going to do about it ? Isn't it high time for him now to move from talk to solid actions?
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Feb 8th, 10:54
I agree with Charles a 100%. You cannot be taken seriously if you say you will vote against a motion of confidence and then you abstain. You are either a man of your word or not!
Michael Seychell
Feb 8th, 10:55
Ms. Muscat - just a short reminder. There was a time that a Labour Goverment had two Mintoffs and two - if not three Sants since I am not certain whether Dr. Alfred Sant was already an M.P at the time Lorry and Salvu Sant were M.Ps.
Michael Seychell
Tal-Pieta
pat muscat
Feb 8th, 13:31
@Seychell: There were two Mintoffs ...'.were' not 'are! For the PN who who's, look nowhere except in the family tree: minghandu il-busnannu li kien Ministru, min ghandu li missieru li kien Prim Ministru, min ghandu lil zijuh li kien tal-qalba, min ghandu lil kuginuh li kien speaker; imsomma' Its all in the family' u nies bhalek, Mr Seychell, tajbin biss biex tibqa 'foot soldiers' jigiefieri TOBDU dak li jghidulkom tal-family tree!