Mintoff was 'father of the nation' - GWU

S.M. Cuschieri

Aug 22nd 2012, 13:26

I would not call Mr. Mintoff Father of the nation. That is exaggeration and pure idolation typical of the Labour Party.

Angelo Vassallo

Aug 21st 2012, 20:01

@ Aaron de Giorgio

"But to call Mr Mintoff "Father of the Nation" is absolutely hogwash. Mr Mintoff was a father figure, a saviour to 50% of Malta"

Agreed, but he was also the TRAITOR of 90% of those 50% who used to consider him a father and a saviour.

@ gwu

No mr gwu, the ONLY father that I can adopt instead of my biologcal father, is only DOTTOR GIORGIO BORG OLIVIER, the person that gave birth to Malta on the 21 st. SEPTEMBER 1964, INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Ms D. Borg

Aug 21st 2012, 17:12

He may have been father or husband, whatever, of the GWU but definitely not mine.

Christian Sciberras

Aug 21st 2012, 16:48

Outright ridiculous.


But then again, well deserving to a country whose citizens are not fit in a million years to govern such a country.


I'd like to add my voice to the people below, the General Slackers Union should sht the f up lest it tarnishes their reputation any further (assuming they do have any left).

matthew tanti

Aug 21st 2012, 15:41

missier il-medjokrita' kien!

Pierre John Agius

Aug 21st 2012, 15:26

Father of the nation? Mintoff will always be tge man who kept me out of university. Lost generations!

Ms Rudi Mcbeal

Aug 21st 2012, 15:00

Will you lot please STOP refering to Mintoff "father of the Nation"? I do NOT consider any Prime Minister, my father - this country is called MALTA and we are in the year 2012. If you insist that you want to refer to Dom Mintoff as "father" at least speak for yourselves and do not include me in.

Us, the common citizens made Malta what it is today, not the politicians. The politicians run the country because WE give them the mandate to do it - decisions are taken by them but at the end of the day we end up paying most of the price for any bad decisions and mistakes, not vice versa.

Mark. Galea

Aug 21st 2012, 14:26

Father of the GWU forsi, imma mhux tan-nazzjon !

Mr Joe Micallef

Aug 21st 2012, 13:56

Which father worth that responsibilty, divides his children, uses extreme violent methods on his own and above all destroys their aspirations if they're not his!

Patricia Farrugia

Aug 21st 2012, 13:49

Dear GWU,
Where was my father (Mintoff), when Lorry Sant closed my dad's shop for 6 whole months just because my family was not Labour?!
RIP Mr Mintoff

John Scerri

Aug 21st 2012, 13:40

If Mintoff was 'Father of a nation' not the same can be said about GWU for various reasons espcially that when it was married to the MLP government .

How can a union ever protect it's members when it is married to the employer ?

George Joseph Cauchi

Aug 21st 2012, 13:07

Respecting Dom is up to the individual's perception but no one can deny that it was Dom Mintoff who laid the foundations of this nation which rid itself of foreign dominance and established a social fabric for all Maltese and Gozitans. He made mistakes, of-course, but always put the Maltese islands first and foremost.

Joseph N. Attard

Aug 21st 2012, 12:32

Out of respest for a deceased person, I will not comment on Mr Mintoff, except to say may he rest in peace.
But the statement by the GWU is rich indeed. During Mintoff's time, they trampled on the interests of the workers right left and centre. Their only aim was to back whatever the MLP did to the hilt, and to hell with the workers and their families.

M Damato

Aug 21st 2012, 12:29

Whilst acknowledging his achievements, sorry guys, the 'role' of "Pater Patriae" as already been taken.......
Nevertheless may he be granted eternal rest......

James Attard

Aug 21st 2012, 12:25

Missier Malta. Libbisna temghana taghna fejn noqghidu taghna ghalxiex inqumu l ghada .. is salvatur ta Malta ..

Mintoff inhobbok sa ma nigi niltaqa mieghek il genna

J. Abela

Aug 21st 2012, 12:20

A father of the nation is someone who's respected by all the nation. In the USA, for example, George Washington is considered as such and everyone respects him. I don't think everyone respects Mintoff in Malta.

PAUL BUSUTTIL

Aug 21st 2012, 12:19

NEVER WAS OR EVER WILL BE CONSIDERED AS MY FATHER...

John Azzopoardi

Aug 21st 2012, 12:14

May he rest in peace. Let us not get too carried away with SLogans. MIntoff was the leader of a party and the Prime Minister of Malta. Malta never had a father not a mother. It is island nation that withstood time. IT's up to us Maltese and Gozitans collectively to protect it and cherish it.

Aaron de Giorgio

Aug 21st 2012, 12:04

Mr Mintoff was a legend to his supporters and anathema to his opponents. There is no doubt that he should be called the father of Malta's welfare state.

But to call Mr Mintoff "Father of the Nation" is absolutely hogwash. Mr Mintoff was a father figure, a saviour to 50% of Malta, and reviled by the other half. It is only communist and dictatorial regimes that bestow such titles!

Malta was on the world map long before Mr Mintoff came along, but it is his undoubted efforts that provided education, social services, healthcare and support to tens of thousands who would have otherwise languished until the modern state brought them into the fold.

As usual, the GWU fails to realise that unions are past their sell-by date.

Unions were formed to protect workers from exploitation. They then became political movements globally, which simply hinder the workers from working. Mr Mintoff was a legend in the political nationhood struggles of the sixties, across many former colonies, along with Archbishop Makarios III (Cyprus), General Nasser, Colonel Gaddafi, Fidel Castro and so on.

But that time is up and we simply need to move on, with a nod to a significant local political giant.

Mark Randon

Aug 21st 2012, 12:02

Oh please cmon Father of The Nation !!!! lol

victor bonello

Aug 21st 2012, 11:36

agreed 100%

Mr l. theuma

Aug 21st 2012, 11:29

May the Lord grant him the Eternal Life and rest in peace. Amen.
Deep sympathies go to his daughters and to his extended family.