Franco Debono tells PM: 'Li tkisser sewwi'
Says Dr Gonzi showed 'sensitivity' in yesterday's address
Nationalist MP Franco Debono said in parliament this evening that in view of yesterday's acknowledgement by the prime minister that mistakes had been made by the government, the formula for the future should be based on the phrase li tkisser, sewwi.
Referring to yesterday's speech by the prime minister, Dr Debono said that at last spin had given way to an acknowledgement of reality. Dr Gonzi had shown sensitivity in his speech yesterday.
Over the past months, Dr Debono said, he had been insulted for standing up to complain that things were not going well, and he therefore welcomed Dr Gonzi's comments with open arms.
Now that he was being proved right, he could not help wondering about those who had circulated a petition asking him to resign from the House.
An apology was in order, he said. At least he should be thanked, like hundreds of people had thanked him.
Dr Debono observed that over the past weeks, the metaphor of the car suffering a puncture had been used. But the problem was not the tyre - which was actually hard wearing, but the engine or the driver.
He could not understand how Mark Anthony Falzon, a sociology lecturer writing in The Sunday Times, had dismissed his arguments on the oligarchy - the power network. It was worrying that he did not seem to know about the manoeuvres by people who never stood for election but wielded enormous power. He did not seem to be concerned about some people having a finger in every pie, or that ministers stayed in office for ever, whatever they did or did not do.
It was worrying for him, Dr Debono said, that many in Malta said more about the secondary school certificate he produced when somebody accused him of acting like a child, but no one spoke on the pressing need for a party funding law - 20 years after tangentopoli and mani pulite in Italy.
Dr Debono said the principles which Dr Gonzi spoke about yesterday should also be applied to the Cabinet, including values such as merit. How could Malta continue to have a situation where no minister assumed responsibility for the eyesore of the law courts building, but then the home affairs minister turned up at the airport every time some six migrants left Malta?
The Nationalist MP said another Sunday Times writer, Michela Spiteri, made an interesting observation about growing up in a society with certain misconceptions, such as that Giga killed had son. It was important, Dr Debono said, that society took a hard look at itself.
He said he welcomed political satire. It was an art in itself, and it helped to break down hate. It also could help bring focus on values. The fact that for 70 years the people thought satire was disallowed was a reflection on a society that was submissive.
Dr Debono said that while he welcomed Dr Gonzi's speech, people who had been destructive, those who made mistakes and whoever built without a permit were still there.
But Dr Gonzi was different yesterday. He did not seem to be acting on the advice of his usual advisers. Yet the bottom line remained that what had been damaged needed to be fixed - li tkisser sewwi.
Yesterday's speech by Dr Gonzi was written by his own personal sacrifices and that of other MPs who had spoken internally, Dr Debono said.
In his speech Dr Debono also reiterated his criticism of the use of heavy fuel oil for the Delimara power station. He also referred to the trapping controversy with the EU and regretted that his suggestion for a capture breeding programme had been ignored. Dr Debono said he was a canary breeding enthusiast and had even suggested the setting up of a centre on bird migration programme and a bird ringing process. Those suggestions too were ignored, even though they would have married the interests of different sectors of society.
For the future, Dr Debono said, the key was to give justice to those people who had suffered.
'Li tkisser, sewwi,' he repeated.
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mary mifsud
Feb 29th, 06:30
@ Mark Anthony Falzon:
What do you lecture at University?
This question you are asking should be researched by you, don't you think?
Loredana Cassone
Feb 28th, 16:57
has it ever dawned on any of the staunch nationalists who write in favour of the current Ministers as if they were their relatives that perhaps this Franco Debono guy deserves some more respect? Could it possibly be that he is the only one who is risking his whole career in order to voice the truth of how things really stand?
John Azzopoardi
Feb 29th, 10:46
Larodana - Everyone in Malta, whether PL or PN writes that way. Because the minister is their friend or their relative. You just realized that now.
Loredana Cassone
Feb 29th, 12:00
that is exactly what is wrong with maltese politics.....
Neville Debattista
Feb 28th, 15:38
Bla, bla, bla, and more bla.
Angus Black
Feb 28th, 12:53
Franco Debono must realize that his political future is not in Dr Gonzi's hands, rather, it is in the hands of the electorate.
If Debono decides to run again, he first has to get the NP's approval to run under its banner and then it is up to the voters and not the PM to decide whether he is worthy of office.
Since the Franco controversies began, it appears that those objecting to his tactics run three to one, or worse.
Dr Gonzi has shown infinite patience with Debono, but I'm not so sure that the voters will be willing to go through the banalities, threats and blackmail which Dr Debono seems to excel in.
Dr Gonzi may wish to welcome Franco back with open arms, but Dr Gonzi has just one vote far less than the quota necessary to elect Franco, come next election. There is strength in numbers, they say, and surely the strength does not reside in Debono's camp.
Jonathan Camilleri
Feb 28th, 15:45
Mr. Black, it is the leaders who lay the path and prepare the rules, not the electorate.
J Degabriele
Feb 28th, 10:33
What's changed exactly?
G Mangion
Feb 28th, 10:16
'Li tkisser sewwi'
FD luniku wiehed li ghandu bzonn iswwei dak li kieser nahseb taf sew min heq issa tipredendix li xi hadd iehor jaghmel dan, Kullhadd jaf li anke jekk kellek nitfa ragun Agilt wisq, rajt kbir u li kellek f' rasek sfaxxa !
issa jekk int veru ragel kif nahseb jien, Irrispetta lil Malta u Oqod ghar rieda tal Partit u tibqax twebbes rasek
Sewwi dak li pruvajt tkisser u Malta kollha tgawdi u nispera li terga gib il - hrief li tlift ,,, issa jekk ma taqbilx affarik ! Sewwi dak li kissirt u haddem rasek Anzi int Avukat -------------
G. Mangion
Mr Mark-Anthony Falzon
Feb 28th, 10:05
Since he mentioned.
Dr. Debono should tell us who the oligarchs are, exactly which pies they have their fingers in, and why he thinks their fingers should be elsewhere. As an elected MP (and I fully respect his office, so much so that I have said elsewhere that the PM should have called an election - a real one I mean) he's in a uniquely privileged position to do so.
Mark-Anthony Falzon
Johnathan Cilia
Feb 28th, 11:14
Hear hear!
George Azzopardi
Feb 28th, 10:03
Mela GonziPN kisser xi haga!!
anthony farrugia
Feb 28th, 10:31
Kisser lill Alfred Sant u l-partit tal-labour!
Leonard Brincat
Feb 28th, 11:34
@ Anthony Farrugia
U kisser lilna ukoll. Forsi lilek le. Jista ikun tkun xi wiehed milli qed tgawdi. Nahseb li l-affarijiet gholew ghalik bhal ma gholew ghalina. Issa jekk ghandek xi 2,000 euro fix xahar good luck to you. Imma ma iffisirx li kulhadd komdu. Nahseb li taqbel mieghi li hawn hafna qed ibatu.
George Azzopardi
Feb 28th, 13:13
@ Anthony Farrugia .. dan saqsih lil Dr.F Debono gbin .. ghax hu qed jghidha. U dan taghkom f'taghkom!!
George Azzopardi
Feb 28th, 14:46
@ Anthony Farrugia .. mhux ahjar isaqsi lil Dr.F.Debono min qed ikisser .. dan min ta gewwa ta!
John Rizzo
Feb 28th, 10:02
It's a wrong question of hide and seek for Gonzi. You are still mistakenly hiding yourself behind a smokescreen of a favour vote by your own men in your own Party and seeking the vote of confidence within your party, GonziPN. You have to seek the vote in Parliament!
Meanwhile another month had gone by focusing your powers within your party affairs and not to address national issues.
Eve Axiaq
Feb 28th, 09:53
Sur Debono you welcomed Dr. Gonzi's speech. Imma paroli bil- kliem biss bizzejjed ghalik??
pat muscat
Feb 28th, 09:52
After weeks of backbiting and speculation, the personal loathing between GonziPN and Dr Franco Debono continues. In the meantime, Malta and Gozo are grinding to a halt whilst the GonziPN is not able to get legislation through parliament. We all can look at the mess GonziPN is; many Maltese don't want to follow that!
Charles Micallef
Feb 28th, 09:43
For all of those who were having seconds thoughts on Franco Debono, they now have to admit that if his proposals were wrong in the first instance, why have they now been adopted by the PM & PN ? ? ? ?
Tony Borg
Feb 28th, 09:36
Keep up the good work Dr. Debono..................Iz zejt dejjem telgha fil wicc,, fl ahhar!!!
Edward Curmi
Feb 28th, 09:31
Dear Dr.Debono..Now please tell us what your next move is...will you vote with the government now till the next election?? Will you resign since it is clear DR.Gonzi has full support?? Please enlighten us !!
Mario P. Sciberras
Feb 28th, 09:14
A man who has been the indisputable favourite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.
Sigmund Freud
You might say that this has nothing to do with the article above, and, probably you are right.
B Sant
Feb 28th, 09:12
ma jsewwi xej ... ghax jaghmel xi ghoxrin sena ohra hemm isewwi.....lol:)
T Cassar
Feb 28th, 08:58
'But the problem was not the tyre - which was actually hard wearing, but the engine or the driver'. It seems that the porblem is not only this or that law, this or that entity, this or that oligarchy.....would anyone want this person on his team?
Henry Mifsud
Feb 28th, 08:56
Same picture, different caption:
Jan 7th, 10:13
Update 2: Debono says he will support anyone but Dr Gonzi
What's next?
T Cassar
Feb 28th, 08:49
Now if I were a member of parliament, worth my salt, would I use that particular phrase 'Li-tkisser sewwi'? Is it possible that there is no other phrase which would express what Dr. Debono wanted to convey without the bagage of THAT phrase?
Nice of Dr. Debono to target Professor Mark-Anthony Falzon Sorry Dr. Debono, but his arguments actually make sense and he has this nice ability to call a spade a spade. I also would not be impressed by the use of somthing like a 'babaw', Dr. Debono's oligarchy, unless he could actually demonstrate what he says. Some people do actually think about what they are told and unfortunately some politicians are caught out in this way.....annoying for Dr. Debono, I know, but true!
pat muscat
Feb 28th, 08:40
Dr Lawrence Gonzi is very decisive when it come to avoiding decisions; this is called lack of leadership.
Joseph Borg
Feb 28th, 08:35
Looks like our prodigy wants to fix things asap so that we can see his face in the next elections!
But wait..... it is the people who decide! Good luck Franco! I am sure that the people who
look at the two new chimneys in Delimara will remember what you have done to help them!
J. Borg
Feb 28th, 08:32
What a big farce this turning out to be. Don't treat the Maltese like puppets, declare what you are going to do and not keep this problem hanging on.
This is more turning to be that all what happened was a big pantomine just to see how the PL will react and by seeing that an election is round the corner, the Pl will state it's policies now than when the right time comes.
It was good that Minister Demarco stated that Political sattire is eligible in carnival as we're living in Carnival time all year round.
Alfred Fenech
Feb 28th, 08:53
Dr. F. Debono, Stick to your guns, no matter what. Its a Mickey Mouse country and thats how it will
stay. Il gvern hu ta Gonzi, Issa hu iktar !!!
j brincat
Feb 28th, 08:29
@Nenu
"Li mingħajr iżjed diskors, naċċettaw u nirrispettaw il-vot tal-maġġioranza u nappoġjaw lill-Prim Ministru Dr Lawrence Gonzi u l-gvern tiegħu, mingħajr l-ebda kundizzjoni, iżda bi’ djalogu kontiniu!"
The only problem for Dr Gonzi, Nen, is that last Saturday he got the backing of the PN while the problem lies in Parliament. Everybody knew that the problem would persist but the PM seems to think differently.
Meanwhile, we have a hung parliament with no bill being put to vote and uncertainty and instability are bound to be on the increase!
(jb)
Maria Mangion
Feb 28th, 08:27
Kemm il Prim Ministru kif ukoll il Kap tal Oppozizjoni ghandhom jirrejalizzaw li ghandu jew ma ghandux ragun Franco Debono llum Franco qieghed izomm l ghola istutuzzjoni tal Pajjiz ( il PARLAMENT) ostagg. Jien nahseb li jekk din is sitwazzjoni ser tippersisti ghandu jirbah is sens komun billi z zewg mexxejja jwarrbu l interessi personali taghhom u jhallu l poplu jiddeciedi. Forsi decizjoni li llum difficli tehodha jaf tkun tiswa mitqlu deheb fil futur.
mario salnitro
Feb 28th, 08:27
Franco i agree with you but a better motto would be;
WARA IL-GIDEB SEWWI LI KISSIRT.
Tony Busuttil
Feb 28th, 08:10
prior to election delegates were promised Franco will not be there next election, and he knows it well. So what you did in the past months was in vaine. The game Gonzi loves to play is marking time, and you are managing to give him this. Soon Easter recess, than summer recess most propable election in October or we continue till the end. Franco you were used by the klikka li ghadha kastilja u b'sahhitha hafna, din mhux biss tinkludi top brass but even some business people . Franco you gave the chance to GONZIPN to burn you.
Mr Kevin Zammit
Feb 28th, 08:05
Dr. Debono ... prosit ... u nixtieqlek kull gid u kull rispett. Tibzax l elezjonijiet mhux bl ghomja jintrebhu. Il problema li l istorja ghalmitna li stituzjonijiet ikkankrati rarament jaqghu f daqqa imma jridu jibdew jitnaqru ftit ftit anke jekk jirrikjedu hafna sforzi. Bhal ilma ta xmara qawijja li tkun qieda tiekol pedament dghajjef. Fl ahhar izda jikrolla kollox.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 28th, 08:03
@B’rispett lejn l-inteliġenza tal-poplu!
Wara dik l-espressjoni unanima ta’fiduċja mill-għola organu tal-PN f’Dr Lawrence Gonzi bħala Kap u mexxej tal-Partit Nazzjonalista, u għallura l-Prim Ministru, issa ta' nies inteliġenti, dmir kull wieħed minnha hu:
Li mingħajr iżjed diskors, naċċettaw u nirrispettaw il-vot tal-maġġioranza u nappoġjaw lill-Prim Ministru Dr Lawrence Gonzi u l-gvern tiegħu, mingħajr l-ebda kundizzjoni, iżda bi’ djalogu kontiniu!
Kull minn verament jemmen fid-tħaddim tad-demokrazija, b’irġulija u b’inteliġenza, hekk għandu jagħmel!
Dan għandu jsir minn kullħad b’rispett sħiħ lejn l-inteliġenza tal-poplu wisq rispettat ta’ Malta u Għawdex!
joe muscat
Feb 28th, 08:22
Skuzani Carmel Aquilina , ghandek zball , skont l-inteligenza tal-poplu 96 % tal-voti li gab Dr Gonzi mhuwiex vot unanimu.
MD Fenech
Feb 28th, 08:25
Naqbel mieghek perfettament Mr Aquilina.
Se tibqa' sejjer biha Franco? Issa trid tbaxxi rasek biex kif qalet tajjeb Dr Marthese Portelli fuq TVAM nkomplu nahdmu u business as usual. Id-delegati f'Dr Gonzi ghandhom fiducja mhux fik. Tkomplix taghmel il-bsaten fir-roti qisek xi membru tal-opposizzjoni.
Urejt lil Malta li paroli biss ghandek. Mill-banda l-ohra Dr Gonzi azzjoni u xoghol biss. Halli lil min jahdem bi kwietu u jekk ma jghogbokx irrizenja.
Leonard Brincat
Feb 28th, 08:42
Skuzi Mr Aquilina
Ma Tahsibx li qed tkun arroganti, jigifieri ghax issa Il PN ikonferma li Dr Gonzi int tipretendi li il Maltin kollha jirrispettaw din id decissjoni. U qisek xi oraklu tghid fuq id demokrazja u l-intelligenza imbghad trid li kulhadd jaqbel mal PN inkella ma nkunux demokratici u inteligenti.
Mr Raymond Cassar
Feb 28th, 07:59
Prosit Franco. Keep it up. Nies bhalek hemm bzonn!
Alfred Fenech
Feb 28th, 08:56
I agree with you completely. Too many one minds, No juice!!!!
M Grima
Feb 28th, 07:49
And what about doing what you repeatedly promised to do, Dr. Franco Debono. You know what, the formula for your future should be based on the phrase "li twieghed, ghamlu".
Charles Bayliss
Feb 28th, 07:47
I do not believe that the Prime Minister's intentions are genuine. After what he said last Sunday, I made contact with him about discrimination being done towards me and my partner. He replied with some sweet talking but never came out with any concrete facts. In Maltese we say BEJN KLIEM U FATTI HEMM BAHAR JIKKUMBATTI. And why this change of heart, just a year before elections? Why not serve the people's wishes in all the 5 years of power? One politician once said TOO LITTLE TO LATE.
j brincat
Feb 28th, 07:44
"Dr Debono said that while he welcomed Dr Gonzi's speech, people who had been destructive, those who made mistakes and whoever built without a permit were still there"
Now, what will happen if these people are still around and what is the time frame considering that elections are due within a year's time?
(jb)
Paul Giordimaina
Feb 28th, 08:21
jb in your time you wouldn,'t dare mentioning anything so minn ghandu daru tal hgieg ma jitfax gebel.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 28th, 07:43
Franco Debono it is not just Mark Anthony Falzon, but it is the vast majority of the PN grassroots that do not share your misguided claims.
joe muscat
Feb 28th, 07:35
Franco Debono tells PM: 'Li tkisser sewwi'.....Id-diskors ta` Gonzi jista` jkun sabih imma inbidel xi haga ? il-klikka ghada hemm,il ministri ghadhom hemm ,dawk kollha li tawk kull titlu possibli ghadhom hemm , dawk kollha li rieduk tirrezenja ghadhom hemm , Lou Bondi ghadu ghaddej bil-kampanja tieghu . Franco issa il-mument biex turi verament jekk temminx dak kollu li kont qieghed tghid.
Anthony Micallef
Feb 28th, 07:30
Is this a surprise or not? The Nationalist MP admitting that they destroyed Malta as we know it in the space of 25 years and now he is asking his PM to fix the damage done.He must think everybody is stupid because they only have 1 year at the most to put band aids on all that is broken.
If he really wanted what is best for Malta Dr F Debono should have voted against the confidence motion in parliament and not be consoled by gimmicks.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 28th, 08:04
Where did you read that "The Nationalist MP admitting that they destroyed Malta .... "? The democratic institutions of Malta had been "destroyed" during the previous Mintoff-KMB reign of terror and it has been reconstructed (not destroyed) during the past 25 years.
Alfred Fenech
Feb 28th, 08:59
Valletta City entrance, a bridge at the gate, monstrous building now at the entrance, having no
trust in local architects. Open air theatre. Narrowed roads, complicated bus services, Want more.....
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 28th, 13:23
@ Alfred Fenech.
Are you by any chance asking us to accept your suggestion that the still uncompleted restructuring of the area around Valletta City Gate as proof of Anthony Micallef's alleged NP destruction of Malta "in the space of 25 years"?
When you observe the replacement of the architecture of Malta's traditional old homes by empty matchbox flats are you so awe-struck by the achievements of local architects when compared with Piano's?
Would you please consider prudently delaying judgment about your allegedly "monstrous building" until the project is completed?
Would you consider being honest with yourself and admit that the present bus service, after the initial problems and sabotage, is now infinitely better than it ever was before? It is only now that I have started to use public transport as a practical alternative to my private car.
Are you too young to have experienced life as it was when Mintoff and KMB ruled the roost, or are you old enough but prefer to close your eyes so as not to have to admit the obvious?
Robert Massa
Feb 28th, 07:23
You said that hundreds congratulated you yet thousands supported the Gonzi PN. Why didn't you contest Dr Gonzi if you are so bright ? Franco certificates are important in life but when you grow you will realise that experience is better ! Hungry for POWER ! If that is the case your place should be on the opposite benches ! !
Alfred Fenech
Feb 28th, 09:03
And why not cross over. He will not be the only one. Others have learnt their lesson and understood
the situation and will not run next election. Maybe this is what POLITICS is all about,... Follow the
Leader, follow the leader. Follow...
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 28th, 07:21
Since when should people apologise for petitioning for the resignation of any member of parliament? Is this Franco's version of democracy? Please get off your high horse, for your own good.
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
Feb 28th, 07:14
A man of many talents is this franco debono as we now also learn he breeds canaries. No wonder he is always singing and serenading to the PM..
Charles Mangion
Feb 28th, 06:50
Well said FrancoC.Mangion
Noel Mifsud
Feb 28th, 04:58
Filwaqt li Sur Debono int ghent lil Dr Gonzi jibqa bil klikkek madwaru, bil koruzzjoni u l hbieb tal hbieb, billi ma ivvutajtx kontrih, nahseb izjed ridt tghid mhux li tkisser sewwi imma li kissirt sewwi. Ghax dal pajjiz, u lil dal poplu, kissru u farrku bit taxxi u it tmexxija hazina tieghu. Kont nistenna minnek li la kellek idologija, u GonziPN ma kontra l idologija tieghek billi ghamel dal klikkek u korruzzjoni kollha, li tmur kontrih mhux tappogjah. Issa hallih jahdem kif ili nghid, halli lil klikka tgawdi, lil kbarat jiehu il commissions, lil maghzulin igawdu forsi dal poplu jiehu ftit mloqom milli ikun fadal. Grazzi Sur Debono.
Angus Black
Feb 28th, 01:39
This guy will not let go. He is right and the whole world, wrong.
He hangs a carrot but hides the stick.
He appoints himself as prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner.
He wants an apology to boot!
He rates the performance of his colleagues and of his boss, but heaven forbid someone dares to rate him!
He may have raised a few good points, but his method stinks and his priorities are skewed.
He remarks that Gonzi was different yesterday. Got that one right Franco - he got 96.5% approval and the monkey off his back!
Franco, be a good boy. We are in the Lenten season and an examination of conscience is in order. Maybe after all, we will all have a great Easter and a terrific Spring. I hope you will get a nice figolla.
c. saliba
Feb 28th, 00:15
Jigifieri ma ghadx hemm oligarkija Dr. Debono la tilqa kliem il-pm b'idejk miftuha?? Fhemni ftit ghax ma nistax naqbad art please???
Joe Fenech
Feb 28th, 00:09
It's all in your head, Franco !
Anthony Agius
Feb 28th, 00:00
qed jilghabuk biex jiggwadanjaw iz-zmien Franco ........... u int komplici maghhom! xejn m'hu ser jinbidel hlief li int mhux ha terga tikkontesta elezzjoni ohra! li kissirt int mhux ha jissewwa zgur!
William Flynn
Feb 27th, 23:51
@ Francis Saliba
Gonzi had one "disloyal colleague" for a few months; how was he hamstrung for the rest of his terms as PM?
Clearly the inbred shortcomings are the result of the extremist conservative cultural problems Debono highlighted within the government and the PN itself.
If the PM is admitting there are reparations to be made who are you to apologise for their existence? Why are you always pointing the finger at someone else and not see the obvious logic and the facts of a simple argument?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 28th, 13:40
@ William Flynn (27 Feb at 23:51)
I deny your allegation that Dr Gonzi was hamstrung "for the rest of his terms as PM" - the malignant attempt is confined to the recent past.
The "reparations" (your wrong word) that I desire, is for the Nationalist Party to pay more attention to the legitimate grievances of the families and the individuals. MEPA and the Warden service immediately spring to mind.
Let me assure you that I have submitted my fair share of complaints about personal and family grievances (what you might call "pointing the finger) but I have done so in a constructive manner where they had the best chance of benefitting the public good as well as my family - not as obviously mendacious political propaganda intended to harm.
Peter Azzopardi
Feb 27th, 23:41
Nahseb Sur Franco ahjar taghmel li ghandek taghmel ghax issa it tort hu kollhu tieghek fiex ninsabu u mhux ta GonziPn. Jekk ghandek tivvota kontra ivvota kontra forsi naqtawha, ghax hawn hafna bhali li jridu jippjanaw affarijiet personali ohra u minhabba din is sitwazzjoni kellna niqfu. Franco please act now. Thank you.
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Feb 27th, 23:27
In spite of his claims to the contrary, Debono has wasted his time and that of the government and the people. All this nonsense is merely a face-saving exercise.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 27th, 22:44
Dr Debono is walking a fine line - but he's on the right track - and he's got style.
Good luck Dr Debono but please take care of your health.
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Feb 27th, 22:37
Dear Franco, the Prime Minister doesn't take you even into consideration. You asked for accountability. Yet nobody resigned, but now you seem happy that the prime minister told you that he might have been wrong sometimes. We want accountability. Those who did not deliver must leave as you said a couple of months ago.
You cannot keep on threatening the government. Either declare you will back him till the end or else vote with labour. The country cannot be led by just one individual. We need stability.
lilly vella
Feb 27th, 22:16
il parlament sar it teatru tal istitut kattoliku
Franco Farrugia
Feb 28th, 00:28
Jekk joghgbok, tinsulentax l-Istitut Kattoliku. X'qatt ghamillek hazin?
P. Ciantar
Feb 28th, 07:21
and one tv il pantomina
Alfred Fenech
Feb 28th, 09:05
Ha Ha Ha. a branch for sure !!!
pat muscat
Feb 27th, 22:08
Hemm bzonn elezzjoni ohra ghal Gonzi, ghax milli qal il-bierah ma dbiddel xejn! Ghallura sahha kien hemm pantomina fil-Partit Nazzjonalista is-sibt, issa naghmlu pantomina shiha mill-pajjiz kollu? Let us be European, il-pika u l-ingranfar mas-siggu tal-poter, mhumiex valuri Ewropej: tkomplux tkissru il-pajjiz imhabba il-karriera politika taghkom!
anthony bartolo
Feb 27th, 23:12
Valuri ewropej.?.......... li kien ghal Joseph lanqas biss dhalna fl-ewropa ,anki taghjna parir lill -IZLANDA biex ma tidholx.
John Melbourne
Feb 28th, 00:09
I reckon a quick review of contemporary European politics could point towards both bi-partisan squabbling and throne hoarding to be the order of the day in our 'Grand european political theatre'. On another note I'm sure Dr Debono is quite right, what could Mark-Anthony Falzon possibly have to add to the equation, he's only a Professor of Sociology, incedently he just happens to be head of the Sociology department, so it stands to reason that Franco the weathercock and indeed the maltese polis have little need of the Cambridge man's insights..... wake me up at the end of the dark ages...
Paul Giordimaina
Feb 28th, 08:30
Pat mux ser inpaxxuk billi titkellem fuq valuri u ghalfejn semmejt lewropa il partit tieghek kontra lewropa.
Tonio Micallef
Feb 27th, 22:05
Back to square one!
M. Grech
Feb 27th, 22:04
I feel sorry for this man since he must have good intentions and advocates very good arguments. However, he now seems alone and tired from all that is happening. Definately not a long lasting match for the powerful PN machine which is addressing all its weak pionts and bocoming a strong fortress. We wait and see. That is all we mortals down here can do.
M. Bezzina
Feb 27th, 22:04
Franco Debono: 'Li tkisser sewwi'
missek ghamilt xogholok Franco !!!!
Manuel Camilleri
Feb 27th, 22:02
Bluffer. Resign! You are know trying to patch things up. Resign.
Paul Caruana
Feb 27th, 22:00
Looks like Franco Debono has every intention of keeping up the pressure!
Come next election, his party will move heaven and earth to ensure that he will not be re-elected to parliament - a pity, as the country (as opposed to the political parties) needs such principled individuals in the House.
DAVID D. PACE
Feb 27th, 21:59
l-incertezza ghadha hemm! L-ISPEACH ta' Gonzi kien sabih pero dan il-priministru qalilna biex niggudikawh fuq dak li jaghmel u mhux fuq dak li jghid. Mela ejja ghall-fatti issa DR.GONZI ghax s'issa parole SI ma fatti NOOOOOO.
A Dimech
Feb 27th, 21:53
Whilst I believe Dr Debono has a look of good arguments, I have lost trust in him.
Last time he said he will vote against the government - but he did not keep his word. Now he is no longer to be believed.
anthony bartolo
Feb 27th, 23:22
If the PN lost it's majority in parlament ,why do you need Franco to vote against the government?
Franco Farrugia
Feb 27th, 21:48
Quote: 'Over the past months, Dr Debono said, he had been insulted for standing up to complain that things were not going well, and he therefore welcomed Dr Gonzi's comments with open arms.'
That's not true!
If you were insulted - I would say you were heavily criticised - it was because of the WAY, the METHOD you chose, not because you stood up to complain!
You still seem to have not learned anything! Or are you, of all people, beyond needing to learn?It seems that everyone under the sun needs to learn and to apologise - except you!
U leeee!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 27th, 21:42
The Prime Minister would have a much better chance of taking Dr F Debono's advice to "Li tkisser, sewwi" if he is not hamstrung by subordinates snapping disloyally at his heels with for patently selfish reasons.
The task of destructive criticism and sabotage should be left to a disloyal opposition.
Victor Laiviera
Feb 27th, 22:40
"a disloyal opposition" - you mean like the time when the PN Leader would visit European industrialists and urge them not to invest in Malta in order to destabilise the Labour Government?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 28th, 13:55
@ Victor Laiviera (27 Feb at 22:40)
No! I did not mean that! Dom Mintoff, unaided, was much too efficient at scaring away foreign commerce and industrialists, all by himself, without any assistance from anybody else. For example, there was the case of the Japanese trade delegation who returned home in disgust, practically on the return plane, after the reception they got at Mintoff's hands. I could mention other instances. Let me give you a couple of hints to revive your memory (some hope!) - CAPERS and MARBLE.
And, for goodness's sake, don't come up with your usual refrain that I am wrong and that you have proved convincingly that I am doubly wrong. Your pontifications from on high, without any true "proofs" do not wash with me.