Thousands follow six-hour Dom Mintoff cortège

Charles.C. Brown

Aug 26th 2012, 12:04

Me too i found all Times of Malta" videos of the send off clear and best by far , its not just the videos but all news in the Time is more detailed and presentable. looks to me like they have the best journalists and cameramen in the country. Well done all.

Bill Khan

Aug 26th 2012, 00:47

Just like to thank Times of Malta for the ellaborate pictures and videos of the final send off of Dom Mintoff.
I would like to have been there too to pay my respect to the great man. He was a man of vision. Such people become contraversial simply because not all can fully comprehend their visionary path. For malta he strived for independence and dignity at a time of all kinds of external threats. Rest in peace Dom Mintoff.

Charles.C. Brown

Aug 24th 2012, 20:01

@ John Doneo, John if you and your friends joined the malta port division or the maltese navy as many used to call it in 1957 and all of you qulified for a full 22 year pension that means that you and your friends left the Navy in 1979 seven years after Mintoff and the MOD agreed on a new pay deal for the maltese servicemen of all three sevices. Yes its true that the maltese never had it so good as you put it ,but with the maltese being cooks and stewards, the lowest categories in the navy offered to them, we all know why they did had it so good. no need to go into detail there! as for being treated the same as the british servicemen that is a lot of rubbish ,the british they wouldnt even sit next to a maltese rating . And can you explain why a rating in the MPD never rose above the rank of CPO? Wasnt that discremination?

Joe Xuereb

Aug 24th 2012, 13:59

@ M Darmanin (Today, 12:30). My sentiments exactly (about Malta titla' fuq saqajha bil-prodott u xogħol għall-Maltin). Mintoff was merely using the socialist, Communist if you like, model. So?! Communism then as now was a dirty word (as a fiveyear old attending catechism sessions being told that, under duress to convert to Communism, I was to choose martyrdom. I WAS FRIGGIN' FIVE YEARS OLD! Hey mister! Give me communism/socialism any time).

Whether Mintoff like the British or not is a discussion worthy only of a shallow debate round the kitchen table. Mintoff merely wanted what was due to Malta for all the indignities suffered over the years (like talk of ceding Malta to Mussolini to appease the spineless, Hitler lackey fascist aided and abetted by the Vatican who thought, 'they're only Jews!). Interestingly, he married an Englishwoman.

Mintoff seeing eye-to-eye with Ceausescu and Gaddafi at the time, the first for the socialist model, and the second for monetary profit (but the Man stood up to the despot over the digging for oil in Maltese waters debacle). To be fair to the man, how was he supposed to see into the future? If I have one gripe against Mintoff it is that, true to his profession, and a' la Ceausescu, he altered village cores to afford the villagers a breath of fresh air, an air of possibly inappropriate pseudo sophistication. This was the megalomaniac in him but I can imagine worse. Like, for instance, building a roofless theatre and at what a cost?! twice over because the first project some 25 years ago came to nothing but still cost an arm and a leg. Megalomania is often excusable - since when have the spineless achieved anything - and at other times, a mania for its own sake to prop up the non-achieving, is not.

Mintoff, and his indelible aura, passed this way and that is good enough for him to be remembered by those who shared his vision. Any true patriot (as opposed to dangerous nationalism), having shed their agenda-laden bigotry, can see this. All one has to do is embrace working-class values as opposed to the val the hollow priviled. It's a biggish step, but necessary. What have we to lose but our self-serving, false dignities?

Joe Xuereb

Aug 24th 2012, 13:18

@ Rich Brad saunders (Yesterday, 17:42). Mr. Saunders, coming from you, that's rick(pun intended). That's the funny bit, brushed and dusted. Now for the serious stuff.

I grew up at a time with a British rating, in his married quarters in Malta, could afford a Maltese servant. Totally duped by colonialism, the Maltese looked up at the foreigner especially if they had blue eyes, blond hair, and freckles. Which explains your having had many friends in Malta as a schoolboy. So no surprises there!
The British keep coming to their second home where they experience no language problem. Many of them still try to lord it over us and some Maltese still can't get it. Colonialism does that to the mind - it sticks around like the smell of a putrid kipper. British tourists can go elsewhere of course but they'll have to learn foreign languages - now there's a hurdle! - or stick to their ghetto. Often clutches or retirees who are dying (literally) to get back home but cannot. They'd assumed 'Spain' was a permanent move. Il-bniedem jipproponi w Alla jiddisponi (man proposes and god disposes). Oh dear!

Malta's never lorded it over anyone so it will never stand to lose an Empire. In this sense it will never sink. As for Dom Mintoff's bid for integration with Britain, with Malta becoming an English shire across the seas - not unlike Northern Ireland and we know the sorry state that is in in spite of appeasing handshakes by the queen to rehabilitate her cousin's 'murderer' (a Mr. McGuiness something or other) - which thank goodness never happened because look at the 'once and empire' now. Read the British press and week. Go to any of a number of ghettos in London and Bradford, etc., and weep. Read about corrupt banking systems that are untouchable because the demise of such august and powerful institutions would spell the beginning of the end a long time coming(they get fined a few million but otherwise keep afloat. Corruption begets corruption and such matters surfacing have become daily news items these last few years. Cases go to Court and drag on and on (telephone hacking) and finally, the guilty get rehabilitated elsewhere. The powerful always get rehbailitated because the are the backbone of British institutions, even if corrupt ones. Without them, the System would flounder. Or sink, as Mr. Saunders would say). And you, Mr. Saunders, talk about sinking?! And any fool who responded to your insensitive, misinformed, biased little piece, saying that an integrated Malta would have joined the EU in 1973 - and at a price tag that would have been the total loss of any autonomy. Ill advised in any case for, as anyone knows, the UK does not sit comfortably in the EU setup. How could it with those pain in the whotsit, France and Germany especially? Any day soon a referendum will come about to Britain to opt out of the humiliation. Britain looks, and always has done, towards the USA for support (as we cynics say, the USA is flatulent and Britain basks in the smell). Reading the British press, one learns that the country is now bowing East, towards Qatar (the funding of the Shard, the river-crossing cable-car and dozens of other projects, all with Qatari oil-money). AND WITH STRINGS ATTACHED in case you don't bother with the British Press Mr. Saunders. Now Mr. Saunders, we can start talking about sinking, or just about floating, just! In spite of a successful Olympic Games (with millions spent on necessary security measures) and a wonderful Jubilee celebrations. All rather jingoistic of course. And the delusional still think of empire as if it hadn't a single dent in it. Surprise! surprise!

And last but most important of all Mr. Saunders, there might come a time when you would come grovelling and give anything to be Maltese.

M Darmanin

Aug 24th 2012, 12:30

@ Mark Cassar .... you remember all these ...... and they way you remember them is like it was a one sided thing ..... I am not in anyway justifying any wrong doings but if you want to call a spade a spade with your so called respect you have for Mintoff do so in an orderly and reasoned manner whilst putting yourself in the context of that time and therefore to answer to your issues above ....:
3rd world country ???? Malta - Infrastructurally Malta was still being built and during his 'regime' look at how many schools were built and improvement was being introduced gradually .... don't forget the british only took care of their areas not where the maltese were living. I am sure you realise that even roads and cars were not the same as it is today so having bypasses when you have a couple of thousand cars on the island for sure was not needed. But then again do you remember the number of houses that were being built by the workers who previously could not afford to dream of looking at a house let alone owning it. I also remember Airmalta, SeaMalta, TeleMalta etc .... they are all gone now at least the Malta in them has gone since everything is privatised.
Don’t you remember the daily water and electricity cuts - water yes but electricity no ... I do remember them and I still suffer them today regularly. even though I pay so much more now on water and electricity bills.
Don’t you remember the decadent telephone system we had? Yes I do remember and I also remember that you had to know someone to get a telephone at home ...... see I am not justifying anything.
You couldn't buy what you wanted? - Mintoff's perspective was introducing work for the Maltese and building Industrial Estates and getting the maltese to produce their own thing was the order of the day. At that time it was the best choice for the country since the aim was to get it on its own feet. We had everything we just werent spoilt for the choice we have today and to which nowadays the problem has reverted .... we have the choice but not all can afford it. That is why Lidl is flocked daily and you dont have a choice there its just Lidl's products .... same as bulk buying my dear.
You mention rights ...... I do remember all you said and YES it was wrong, however I dont remember anyone being beaten up for walking in the streets with the In-....Taghna and I live in a highly labourite village. The other rights which I also remember are voting rights for women, free education rights etc.
I also remember the burning down of not of all the PN clubs in Malta but some of them and YES IT WAS WRONG. The burning down of “The Times”? Eddie Fenech Adami's house yes and I also remember garage pits filled with fire arms, I also remember Karin Grech and I also remember Raymond Caruana and yes times were not nice at all but I also remember being promised justice by EFA since he knew who committed the crimes and which justice never came. I also remember once you're dead being thrown in the dumps and dont tell me it was the church not the PN .... If you dont condone you are an accomplice and that is what the PN was.
You have the nerve to mention public holidays ..... have you forgotten that only in recent years PN deducted the public holidays that fall on the weekend.
The friendships Mintoff had with Communist leaders only served for Mintoff to gain all he could financially for Malta ..... Because I remember that when communism fell, the countries had poverty all around them whereas in Malta under the 'Communist Mintoff' era poverty was removed and all the social benefits were introduced ... so for sure he wasn't copying they way of living.
Dont play funny when mentioning PC's and internet we all know that these where unheard of in the 80's unless you think that it is Mintoff's fault as well that technology was being introduced during those years.
See Mr Cassar I remember a lot of things which you dont seem to want to remember or else have been influenced / brainwashed to see the bad only. Coming from a working class family myslef, I can only praise the improvements in the workers' standards whilst condoning wrong doings from both parties.

Angelo Vassallo

Aug 24th 2012, 12:24

@ Joe Fenech

Li qallek joe xuereb m'ghandu x'jaqsam xejn fuq il-hoss tal-Baned.

Ma nahsibx li l-kumment tieghek fuq il-baned kien floku u f'waqtu meta tghid li l-baned li daqqew huma "amateurs bands". Dawn il-baned u l-bandisti huma kollha nies professjonisti.

Il-Korteo Funebri tal-bierah kien organizzat mill-Partit Laburista. Il-Funeral Statali ta' ghada ser ikun organizzat mill-Istat, u allura hemm iddoq il-Banda tal-Forzi Armati.

Dan kollu jissejjah PROTOKOL jekk ma tafx.

Joe Xuereb

Aug 24th 2012, 12:01

@ Joe Fenech(Today, 08:37). Mr. Fenech, if the AFM is only slightly better, why bother to use it. A shallow, and irrelevant(?) comment if ever there was one?! Music, wonderful as it is, is merely disturbance of the air-waves in case you didn't know.

Mintoff was unpopular in his time - and still - because he dared undermine the religious identity of the Maltese by challenging Church authorities. The Maltese religious identity persists even today. He also undermined that other great Maltese identifier, the middle-class. They too (very much part and parcel of the religious elite) would skin their mother alive in order to retain the image the have built around themselves. What I call the entrapment of the self and staying there in spite of a million indicators showing the fallacies. For these reasons, Mintoff was unpopular with many and will continue to be. Salvation and social status, if penniless, is what propels these self-deceiving Maltese.

@ Gerry Cowie (Today, 09:41). Mr. Cowie, this is not the time for daft flippancy.

@ William Caligari (Today, 09:27). Sur Caligari, fiż-żmien ma konniex nieklu ċikkulata ta' barra għaliex il-Kbir, TA' VERU SOĊJALIST LI KIEN, u biex jgħiln lil Malta tqum fuq saqajha, ried imexxi l-prodott Malti. Dak kollox!

@ Mark Cassar (Today, 07:59). Mr. Cassar, you seem to have a grudge against Socialism. It's not all bad, you know. In fact, it all damn good! And with regard to 'Malta' being part of a newspaper's title, I can imagine anything being described as Malta this and Malta that. A kind of desperate attempt to draw attention to oneself in case one is missed out. Mintoff's thought on this was the elimination of a crippling nationalism and the uplifting of patriotism. Neither is evident these days, not in some sections of the population. In fear of losing what they have built for themselves - vacuous and transparent - they stand to lose the very thing they've come to cherish, their bogus identity.

@ Brian Farrugia (Today, 06:39). Mr. Farrugia, one does not dabble in socialist ideologies without paying a price, and especially in a holier-than-thou country like Catholic Malta. One needs only mention the paranoia of the McCarthy era in the USA. These days both Capitalism and Socialism have come home to roost.

@ Charles Muscat (Today, 04:45). Mr. Muscat, as a socialist, Dom Mintoff knew very well that life was about searching for the truth and, by inference, justice. Deep but what else is there?!

Mintoff hu uman. Għaldaqstant dgħajjef bħal kull uman ieħor. Imma kellu d-dehen u l-kuraġġ li jistaqsi mistoqsijiet li l-uman medju jibża' minnhom għax jibża mir-risposta. Dal kollu! Dak li bl-Ingliż insejjħulu 'raġel tad-destin'. Sakemm ils-Soċjaliżmu jibqa' iseħħ, isem Mintoff jibqa' f'moħħ ġensu, l-akbar monument li jistħoqlu.

Angelo Vassallo

Aug 24th 2012, 12:00

@ EDDIE privitera

EDDIE ma tistax tichad xejn min dak li jiena ktibt.

Imma lil dak li llum fl-2012 u bir-ragun kollu, qeghdin taghmlulu dawn elogji shah, fl-1998 ghajjartuh TRADITUR. Min huma l-IPOKRITI EDDIE?.

Joe Xuereb

Aug 24th 2012, 11:53

@ Joe Fenech(Today, 08:37). Mr. Fenech, if the AFM is only slightly better, why bother to use it. A shallow, and irrelevant(?) comment if ever there was one?! Music, wonderful as it is, is merely disturbance of the air-waves in case you didn't know.

Mintoff was unpopular in his time - and still - because he dared undermine the religious identity of the Maltese by challenging Church authorities. The Maltese religious identity persists even today (the apologists for the Jesuits - JRS - with regards to the refugee problem). He also undermined that other great Maltese identifier, the middle-class. They too (very much part and parcel of the religious elite) would skin their mother alive in order to retain the image the have built around themselves. What I call the entrapment of the self and staying there in spite of a million indicators showing the fallacies. For these reasons, Mintoff was unpopular with many and will continue to be. Salvation and social status, if penniless, is what propels these self-deceiving Maltese.


@ Gerry Cowie (Today, 09:41). Mr. Cowie, this is not the time for daft flippancy.


@ William Caligari (Today, 09:27). Sur Caligari, fiż-żmien ma konniex nieklu ċikkulata ta' barra għaliex il-Kbir, TA' VERU SOĊJALIST LI KIEN, u biex jgħiln lil Malta tqum fuq saqajha, ried imexxi l-prodott Malti. Dak kollox!


@ Mark Cassar (Today, 07:59). Mr. Cassar, you seem to have a grudge against Socialism. It's not all bad, you know. In fact, it all damn good! And with regard to 'Malta' being part of a newspaper's title, I can imagine anything being described as Malta this and Malta that. A kind of desperate attempt to draw attention to oneself in case one is missed out. Mintoff's thought on this was the elimination of a crippling nationalism and the uplifting of patriotism. Neither is evident these days, not in some sections of the population. In fear of losing what they have built for themselves - vacuous and transparent - they stand to lose the very thing they've come to cherish, their bogus identity.


@ Brian Farrugia (Today, 06:39). Mr. Farrugia, one does not dabble in socialist ideologies without paying a price, and especially in a holier-than-thou country like Catholic Malta. One needs only mention the paranoia of the McCarthy era in the USA. These days both Capitalism and Socialism have come home to roost.

@ Charles Muscat (Today, 04:45). Mr. Muscat, as a socialist, Dom Mintoff knew very well that life was about searching for the truth and, by inference, justice. Deep but what else is there?!

Angelo Vassallo

Aug 24th 2012, 11:41

@ Joseph Mifsud

Verament ghandek l-immaginazzjoni tieghek fertili hafna jew qieghed tohlom imqajjem u bil-wiefqa!

Mr John Doneo

Aug 24th 2012, 10:57

@ Mr Brown
In 1957 ti I joined the Maltese Navy. We were stationed in St Angelo. We had one ship which was HMS Mediator (Tug Boat). All my friends including my brother served on British Navy ships as stewards and chefs. They were treated the same as a british service men, when they retired they even received a british pension. In The rest of the maltese navy was about 20, stoker mechanics and able seamen, these included CPO's and other ranks. We never had it so good. In 1958 I transferred to the british navy. From all my maltese friends that were on the same ships that I served, i never heard them complaining about wages or pensions.
Mr Mintoff was a good prime minister. He done a lot of good things for Malta, but he also done stupid things. ( We cannot be perfect all of ther time)
RIP MR Prime Minister.

G Buhagiar

Aug 24th 2012, 09:45

Inhossuna kburin li ahna Maltin, u ahna l-Bormlizi nhossuna iktar kburin ghax il-Perit Duminku Mintoff, kien Bormliz u kellu mhabba specjali ghall-Bormlizi. Kienet ix-xewqa tieghu li meta jmut jittiehed fil-knisja Kollegjata u Santwarju ta' Marija Immakulata Kuncizzjoni. Inghata tislima sabiha u kbira , lill-Perit Mintoff hekk kif it-tebut fegg riesaq lejn il-parrocca. Kien mument sabih hafna, li hadd minna mhu ha jinsa. Il-kant tal-innu lill-Madonna fl-ahhar tac-celebrazzjoni tal-bierah, sinonimu maghna l-Bormilizi u b'mod specjali mal-Perit Mintoff, meta fl-1955 zamm f'idejh l-Istellarju, li gie mqieghed madwar Ras tax-xbieha ghaziza tal-Madonna mill-Arcipriet tal-Vatikan ta' dak iz-zmien, il-Kardinal Tedeschini. Min hu Malti ghandu jhossu Grat lejn dan il-bniedem kbir li la kien hawn u lanqas ikun hawn. Grazzi Perit u strieh fis-Sliem!

Gerry Cowie

Aug 24th 2012, 09:41

May God have mercy on his immortal soul.
However calls for his sainthood are somewhat premature.
To be a saint there has to be enough evidence.
Let him rest in peace.
S Calleja hits the nail on the head with the very first comment below.

Angelo Vassallo

Aug 24th 2012, 09:32

@ Mr. Michael Parnis

"In his life the bells were rung so that he could not be heard, and in his death, we shout Mintoff, Mintoff inside the church"

And precisely that was the ONLY thing that SHOULD NOT have happened yesterday. Continuous clapping of hands in silence inside the church would have been much much more decent and appropriate. The Cospicua Church was rendered, for a while, a Labour Party Club.

May I just remind you that the bells which were rung so that he could not be heard during his meetings, were rung, besides others, by no one else than KMB, who eventually was imposed by Mr. Mintoff himself to be his successor as Leader of the Malta Labour Party.

In the 1960s, at the height of the dispute between the Maltese Church and the Malta Labour Party, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici was an official of a number of lay organisations connected to the Church and supported the "diocesan junta" of Church organisations opposing Dom Mintoff and his Party.

jason cassar

Aug 24th 2012, 09:31

ix xeni li rajna l bierah fit toroq zgur li qatt ma rajna bhalhom , Mintoff kien , ghadu u jibqa l akbar ragel fl istorja politika ta pajjizna .
RIP Dom Mintoff

William Caligari

Aug 24th 2012, 09:27

Grazzi perit;

inti ma tajtnix Mars........ imma tajtni Children Allowance
inti ma tajtnix Bounty... ..imma tajtni Pensjoni
inti ma tajtnix Kit Kat....... imma tajtni Bonus
Inti ma tajtnix Maltesers...imma tajtni Paga gusta

inti tajtna , djar fejn noqghodu, tajtna sahha b'xejn
tajtna skejjel b'xejn.

Bir-ragun nghidulek 'grazzi' ta' dak kollhu li ghamelt
ma gensnek.

Int perit ma tmut qatt!!

Joseph Brincat

Aug 24th 2012, 09:23

Mark Cassar
Today, 07:59
With all respect to Mr.Mintoff, but you are all boasting about the social services, about the fact that he got rid of the British, that he did this and that…why don’t you remember about the glorious days the Labour regime gave Malta from 1971 to 1987? You boast that Mintoff left Malta’s coffers full of money…but have you ever considered why?
YES BECAUSE THE PN HAD NEVER BEEN CAPABLE TO DO SO
FOR TODAY WHATEVER THE PN HAD DONE IS ALL ARTIFICIAL
FOR WHATEVER YOU SEE IS ALL DEBIT ( 6 BILLION EUROS )
SO IN THEORY THEY DIDN'T DO NOTING FOR WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT >> MARK CASSAR !!!!!

Claire Busuttil

Aug 24th 2012, 09:20

the biggest funeral ever on this island.....very well deserved.

A. Xuereb

Aug 24th 2012, 09:19

Well done Times for the coverage you have been giving us since last Monday evening, especially for this service. I am sure it was a mammoth task given the thousands who thronged the streets to bid farewell to Mr Mintoff. Condolonces to his loved ones for their loss.

John Caruana

Aug 24th 2012, 09:15

Sur Mark Cassa, Int l-izbalji biss tara? Allura Mintoff m'ghamel xejn ta' gid ghalija u ghalik u ghal Malta? Ma tafx li qabel Mintoff Malta kienet semplicement fortizza tal-Inglizi? Veru li Dr. Borg Olivier gab l-indipendenza imma irridu nametu li nofs Malta kienet ghada taht l-Inglizi u l-Inglizi wara li qdejnihom fil-gwerra kienu ihalsuna mizerja. Ejja inkunu onesti u nghidu l-gid mhux l-izbalji biss.

Wenzu Vella

Aug 24th 2012, 08:54

A big thank you to The Times for keeping us emigrants informed of this great part of our story that will go down in history. I have never waivered to believe that the wealth of a nation should be shared by all for the good of everyone. The tree that the Great Man Duminku Mintoff planted started bearing good fruit from day one and if it is looked after it will remain bearing fruit for generations to come.

Many are those who where vehemently against the reform because it has not suited them and still bitterly hate the Great Man. The first thing they should do is first search their conscience to see if they where not being too self centred about their egoistic position of power. Secondly would they refuse any benefits that could flow to them and members of their family from the system? I dare say I do not think that they will.

Joe Fenech

Aug 24th 2012, 08:37

Why amateurs bands playing? Why not the AFM band which at least should be slightly better?

Mark Cassar

Aug 24th 2012, 07:59

With all respect to Mr.Mintoff, but you are all boasting about the social services, about the fact that he got rid of the British, that he did this and that…why don’t you remember about the glorious days the Labour regime gave Malta from 1971 to 1987? You boast that Mintoff left Malta’s coffers full of money…but have you ever considered why? Don’t you remember that infrastructurally Malta was worse than a third world country? Don’t you remember the daily water and electricity cuts (and these not due to faults but scheduled!!). Don’t you remember the decadent telephone system we had? Don't you remember that you couldn't buy what you wanted?
You boast that Mintoff gave us rights….Do you remember the removal of theword “Malta” from the name “Times of Malta”, or from the magazine “Malta Missjunarja”? Do you remember removing the word “Nazzjon” from the name “In-Nazzjon Taghna”? Do you remember that on Xandir Malta the name of Eddie Fenech Adami could not be mentioned? Do you remember the time when one risked ending up beaten if s/he had a copy of “In-Nazzjon Taghna” on the street? DO you remember the election of 1981, when on Xandir Malta, the celebration for a Socialist victory was greeted with a night of continuous playing of socialist anthems, with the MLP banner on the screen.
Do you remember the burning down of all the PN clubs in Malta? Do you remember the burning down of “The Times”? Eddie Fenech Adami's house....does it ring a bell?
Do you remember bulk buying? Do you remember going to the grocer and being forced to buy a kilo of rotten apples in order to be given 250g of ham, or a kilo of sugar? Do you remember waiting for weeks to find something basic at the grocer?
Do you remember the removal of all the public holidays?
Did you forget the special friendships he had with Gaddafi, Ceausescu, and all the Communist leaders in the world?
I have respect for Mr. Mintoff. May God give him eternal rest. But please, do not try to make the world forget what Malta had to endure under his rule!
Oh and by the way…the right that you can write and say what you want is NOT something Mintoff gave you! The fact that you can do so on a PC through the internet is not something he gave you…since if it was for him, we would not have access to these things!

mark borg

Aug 24th 2012, 07:04

Dom Mintoff -What a cult !

Brian Farrugia

Aug 24th 2012, 06:50

Mr Mintoff you died but you are not dead, your dream of a free country and free though will be followed by your followers. You once said that the vast majority of M

Steve Pace

Aug 24th 2012, 06:43

The band plays the International, the socialist anthem - Found this version on a wikipedia

Second stanza
Il n'est pas de sauveurs suprêmes
Ni Dieu, ni César, ni tribun
Producteurs, sauvons-nous nous-mêmes
Décrétons le salut commun
Pour que le voleur rende gorge
Pour tirer l'esprit du cachot
Soufflons nous-mêmes notre forge
Battons le fer quand il est chaud
|: C'est la lutte finale
Groupons-nous, et demain
L'Internationale
Sera le genre humain :|


There are no supreme saviours
Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune.
Producers, let us save ourselves,
Decree the common salvation.
So that the thief expires,
So that the spirit be pulled from its prison,
Let us fan the forge ourselves
Strike the iron while it is hot.
|: This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow
The Internationale
Will be the human race.

Is this the same.... again ,,, just asking ..

Josephine Muscat

Aug 24th 2012, 06:43

One should seriously recommend the renaming of the street where he lived most his life in Tarxien to Triq Duminku Mintoff. And if we truly believe that Dom Mintoff was our man behind the welfare state then all Offices relating to the welfare system should be named so.....servizzi Socjali Duminku Mintoff

Brian Farrugia

Aug 24th 2012, 06:39

Who once said that the Russians would invade us, we would become a communist state and a million other lies?

Jack Attard

Aug 24th 2012, 05:36

You were simply the best,Dom Mintoff.Dr Joseph Muscat will be just as good, give him the chance.

Charles Muscat

Aug 24th 2012, 04:45

This is all politics and nothing else.

R. Gauci

Aug 24th 2012, 01:53

Insellimlek Perit - Missier Malta Hielsa mill-hakma barranija u fuq kollox hielsa mill-faqar.

L-ammont ta` nies Nazzjonalisti li rajt illum jaghtuh tislima kienet haga ma titwemminx, min inehhik mill-faqar ma tista tinsih qatt int x'kulur int. Zbalji ghamel mela ma ghamilx Sur Twanny Borg bhal kullhadd f'din id-Dinja imma fi zmien li tant thobb int mhux il-prezz tat-tonn taz-zejt konnha naghtu kaz izda li nilhqu ftit gaxin, li ghal min ma jafx kienu l-leftovers ta` l-Inglizi, flok jispicca fil-landa taz-zibel kien jispicca fl-istonku tal-Maltin .. u nhallsu ghalih.

Joe Xuereb

Aug 24th 2012, 00:58

Fi żmieni spiss bkejt minħabba xi żgħażugħ imma qatt ma għaddieli minn moħħi li fi xjuħiti kellu jasal il-jum li nibki għal raġel ta' sitta u disgħin sena.
Niżżik ħajr Perit li int lgħabt parti biex jien tgħallimt x'jiġifieri 'ruħ' fonda daqs l-akbar baħar, ruħ li qajl qajl wieħed jifhimha. Insellimlek missier!

@ H Stafrace (Today, 16:19). Sur? Stafrace, Mintoff kellu l-barka ta' poplu Malti ġenwin. Ma kellux bżonn ta' tberik ieħor. U dan għaliex kellu saqajh pjantati sew fl-art, u idejh soda ta' veru. L-idejn soda trid tagħti prova li huma tassew hekk u mhux jistrieħu fuq il-'kapaċita' ta' ħaddieħor - bi prezz enormi, bi flus il-poplu. U agħar, fis-sens ta' ċaħda.


@ David Buttigieg (Today, 18:24) and @ Lesley Darmanin (Today, 17:12). Mr. Darmanin, Mintoff trampled on our rights you say?! I won't list his achievements as they are well known (but ignored by you who prefers to speak of trampling. You are so wrong. Wrong, because a great mind like Mintoff's could not trample on anything even if he wanted to. He sought justice - to minds like Mintoff's, justice is the only thing that matters - so by definition he was no tramp-ler. Seeker of justice, that yes! I know that neither Buttigieg, and even more so Darmanin, have what it takes to understand this. So their problem; and so not mine!

And one final comment Darmanin. You talk of worrying. Is that worry about things to come? Because if any worrying is to be done, it should start here and now. Unless you are ecstatically happy with the status quo, that is. Wonders never cease. Ferħanin għax ċwieċ is very much part and parcel of the Maltese mindset of far to many for one not to be irked somewhat.

Joe Xuereb

Aug 24th 2012, 00:51

Fi żmieni spiss bkejt minħabba xi żgħażugħ imma qatt ma għaddieli minn moħħi li fi xjuħiti kellu jasal il-jum li nibki għal raġel ta' sitta u disgħin sena.
Niżżik ħajr Perit li int lgħabt parti biex jien tgħallimt x'jiġifieri 'ruħ' fonda daqs l-akbar baħar, ruħ li qajl qajl wieħed jifhimha. Insellimlek missier!

@ H Stafrace (Today, 16:19). Sur? Stafrace, Mintoff kellu l-barka ta' poplu Malti ġenwin. Ma kellux bżonn ta' tberik ieħor. U dan għaliex kellu saqajh pjantati sew fl-art, u idejh soda ta' veru. L-idejn soda trid tagħti prova li huma tassew hekk u mhux jistrieħu fuq il-'kapaċita' ta' ħaddieħor - bi prezz enormi, bi flus il-poplu. U agħar, fis-sens ta' ċaħda.

@ David Buttigieg (Today, 18:24) and @ Lesley Darmanin (Today, 17:12). Mr. Darmanin, Mintoff trampled on our rights you say?! I won't list his achievements as they are well known (but ignored by you who prefers to speak of trampling. You are so wrong. Wrong, because a great mind like Mintoff's could not trample on anything even if he wanted to. He sought justice - to minds like Mintoff's, justice is the only thing that matters - so by definition he was no tramp-ler. Seeker of justice, that yes! I know that neither Buttigieg, and even more so Darmanin, have what it takes to understand this. So their problem; and so not mine!

Matthew Balzan

Aug 24th 2012, 00:43

Anke f'mewtek irnexxielek taghti risposta lil min ikkritikak perit! Ma ninsewk qatt u bhalek ma jkunx hawn!

Charles.C. Brown

Aug 23rd 2012, 23:50

@ RICH BRAD SAUNDERS, Sound to me like youre one of the many idiots who believe what they read in the british tabloids, grow up man and know the true facts about Mintoff and the good deeds he did for these islands. Something that you certainly dont know is that on the very next day that Mintoff took office he flew to Westminster and told Mr Heath(the british prime minister of the time in case you dont know) to start treating the maltese servicemen including those in the Navy, like your father, equally cos one thing that you dont know is that while the maltese servicemen was doing the same job as there british counterparts they were being payed half the wage of a british serviceman.. Mintoff not only succeded in bringing equal pay and a decent pension for the servicmen but also made the Mod pay £14000000 a year for thier bases in Malta .And as for Mintoff kicking the british out that is totally untrue the british base closed down when the 7 year contruct signed beween Mintoff and the MOD came to and end on the 31th march 1979.

Victor Vella

Aug 23rd 2012, 22:57

Li kieku Mintoff ma kellux tfixkil mill-knisja, mit-tixwix tal-partit nazzjonalista, u mill-prepotenza tal-gvern Ingliz li ried juza` lill-Malta bhala fortizza, li kieku Malta hija hafna ahjar milli qeghda illum. Illum minn dak kollu li ghamel Mintoff gie mkisser minn dan ir-Regim ta` GonziPN. Malta illum giet imnezza` minn kollhox u ergajna gejna laqgha tal-barrani u rajna rega` gie f`idejn il-barrani. Fil-futur Malta ghad trid tghaddi minn martitju u zminijiet koroh. Iz-zmien ittina parir.. Pero jekk nahdmu flimkien, kif kien jghallimna Mintoff, nirbhu zgur.

M camilleri

Aug 23rd 2012, 22:55

Grazzi Perit,

Ghax bis sahha tieghek jien taghlimt fis skola tas snajja li infethu taht gvern laburista u il lum nista nejd li jien sinjur u mux fil middle class imma min ta fuq, li kikku ta 13 il sena ma thaltx ga skolla ta snajja il lum min jaf xgara mini ghax qatt ma kelli hajra nibqa is secondarja wisq probali kikku ma wasalt imkien.il lum dawn liskejjel inalqu ghal kollox u hafna zaghzah li ma iridux jitaghlmu is secondarja qedin jispicaw ma jafu xejn..
Perit nawguralek il vjagg it tajjeb sa kemm nargaw nintaqaw..

Michael A. Saliba

Aug 23rd 2012, 22:34

Like most Maltese, irrespective of what party they vote, I cannot but feel Dom MIntoff's death and his moving funeral ceremony as historic events, very rare in Malta, a country full of fleeting figures who look so large for a while and then simpy dwindle into oblivion. This is surely NOT the case with Mintoff, a man whose foresight, ability, determination and intellectual honesty made him one of the very few Maltese who could and did act on the world stage not as an imitator or as a yes-man, but as a respected leader and negoziator, acting of course within the limits that the size of his country imposed on him, but never showing any trace of psychological submissiveness.
Before leaving for Italy in 1971 I had the chance to vote, my first and only vote in Malta, for MIntoff's Labour Party of course! After that I followed closely all his efforts to adapt Malta to a changing world, usually agreeing wiht his choices, sometimes disagreeing. But always respecting and admiring his exceptional qualities.
Now I find it a bit strange that everybody wants to pay him homage, even those who (mostly, but not only, before 1971) did a lot to destroy his attempts to extend civil rights and reduce old-style priveleges, making themselves and Malta a laughing-stock in the eyes of the world.
But that's life! The most vital thing now is not to forget the undeniable seriousness with which Dom Mintoff took up his job of leading the country. I hope that when the new General Elections are held both politicians and electors will keep this not so common quality in mind!

Mr David Ganado

Aug 23rd 2012, 22:29

What a disgrace having all that shouting in God's House! However much they love Mintoff it was totally out of place to let that rabble desecrate the church.

John Smith

Aug 23rd 2012, 22:07

Prosit lis-societa' filarmonica La Valette ghal marci funerbi li daqqew fi triq ir-Repubblika!! Vera ghamlu atmosfera sabieha u xierqa ghal dan il-mument! Grazzi!

Michael Rizzo

Aug 23rd 2012, 22:05

If you dont think that Going around in five towns with a coffin is not grotesque to say the least. If you call that giving such an important person, who had an effect on all our lives, respect . Then we were not watching the same programme. My argument is the MAN deserved more respect than what was done to him today

DR EMMANUEL BEZZINA,MA,MAG.JUR.[EU Law],LL.D.,

Aug 23rd 2012, 22:02

THANK YOU DEEPLY TIMES.......................for one you arose personal past history which is not something easy: WELL DONE, but then you gave us a coverage which no doubt no succeeding Prime Minister will ever have as THE PEOPLE have shown that THIS MAN, DEAR DOM, have remembered that MALTA was a non-productive barren rock, used as a Fortress and dominated to suit BRITISH interests. MINTOFF altered this trend of acceptance..............he did not go and waste months on end awaiting the courtesy of some British Politician..........upon taking over the reigns of power, DOM showed the way : MALTA will be mastered only by MALTESE and not by any other State or Institution.

It is a pity that our personal pride and pique did nothing to appreciate what we witnessed today during the 28 year period DOM was formally out of the official political life. But then nobody has referred to THE SAMARITANI which did alot of good during a few most active years where some individuals truly in need were helped out. MALTA could have used the experience, expertise and expositions of this GREAT MAN.........regrettably we did not : let us now hope his varied contributions will be compiled, an unbiased biography published and may MALTA and the MALTESE get back that reality that MALTA can do well as a country with wealth being distributed among all, not restricted to the established and corrupt encircled circles.

A. Attard

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:42

@ H Stafrace i really dont know why are u leaving such negative comments on here? U are the only one today who totaly went way beyong low!! Let us mourn in peace pls go somewhere else to be negative!! What a farewell!! Fit for a king!!! Thank u Dom!!!

S. Bugeja

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:33

Bin-nies li rajt illum stajt nikkonferma li Mintoff ħalla impatt pożittiv kbir fuq pajjiżna.

M Farrugia

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:32

Il-kumment tad-deputy segretarju generali tal-GWU kien wihed purament politku u barra minn loku f'dan il-mument ta niket u dieqa. Kumment li l-avversarju politci tal-L.P. jistaw jghamlu kapital minnu .

M Farrugia

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:30

Li kieku il-corteo sar f'normla fejn twieled, u l-kwartieri generali tal-parit ma kontx nikteb dan il-kummnet. Jiena li ma noqgodx il-Kottonera inhoss li saret diskriminazzjoni ma irhula u bliet ohra ghajr bormla fejn twieled u Hal Tarxien fejn kien jghix. Ghax id-distrett kollu tal-kottonera biss. Mela Mintoff gha dawn in-nies biss hadem mhux ghal Malta kollha. Min gietu din l-idea f'rasu u wettaqa ghamel hazin ghax ghamel diskriminazjoni man-nies ta sanpawl, mellihea, mgarr, gudja birzebbugia, sliema u hafna postijiet ohra. Ghalkemm dan kien id-distrett politiku ta Mintoff u forsi se jkun anki ta Joseph Muscat ilMaltin tal-komplament ta Malta jiehdu ghalihom ghal din id-diskriminazzjoni.

Eddy Privitera

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:27

Michael Rizzo: Ma tisthix tikteb dak il-kliem ? possibbli, ghax rajt din l-espressjoni enormi ta' mhabba lejn bniedem li refa mill-faqar tant eluf ta' nies, ma flahtx tissapporti l-mibgheda li hud minnkhom ghandlkhom ghal dan il-bniedem li pogga lil pajjizna fuq il-mappa tad dinja , u holoq il-welfare State biex il-maltin ikunu mghejjuna minn meta jitwieldu sakemm imutu !

Joseph Cauchi Senior

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:17

X’ironija din!

Mintoff jindifen ġo art sakra u is-segwaċi tiegħu ġol miżbla!

JC.

Paul Gauci

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:04

Rest in peace Perit! Thank you for giving most of your life for our country. As a 27 year old I don't remember you as Prime Minister but I remember very well what my dad used to tell me about you since I was a child. Co-incidently my father passed exactly 35 days before you. I'm sure you're both together now in heaven watching over us. Grazzi ta kollox!

Mr B Busuttil

Aug 23rd 2012, 21:02

Sahha Perit! u Grazzi ta Kollox!

Nick Carter

Aug 23rd 2012, 20:47

This is why I, as a foreigner, love your island. No British reserved farewell but an emotional occasion with an argument in the background! Perhaps its time over the next two days to put differences aside and remember THE MOST FAMOUS MALTSESE in the last hundred years.

A Farrugia

Aug 23rd 2012, 20:43

Tislima xierqa lill Perit Duminku Mintoff intweriet illum, wiehed mill gganti tal politka Maltija, ghas sehem u xoghol mill aktar siewi li ghamel ghal dan il pajjjz, xoghol li ghamel b' tant dedika u mhabba li dejjem wera lejn Art Twielidu. Il- folol tan- nies uriet l apprezzament ghax xoghol kollu li wettaq bla distinzjoni ta xejn ghal KULLHADD. Grazzi Perit, issa haqqek il mistrieh ta dejjem, inti tibqa ikona ghal istorja ta Malta, bhalha l' bennej ta Malta moderna u hielsa mill hakma tal- barrani.

M Micallef

Aug 23rd 2012, 20:34

Correct me if I am wrong .. but as far as I know the national anthem is not played at funerals?

Mr saviour magro

Aug 23rd 2012, 20:15

@twanny borg
taf xhini differenza bejn Mintoff u G.Borg olivier siehbi?li wiehed halla lill inglizi jinneggozjaw l-Indipendenza kif riedu huma u kif kien jaqbel lilhom ghal l-iskopijiet taghom u bqajna bazi taghhom sa 79 filwaqt li mintoff innegozzja hu ma l-ingliz dak li kien jaqbel ghalik siehbi u ghal pajjizek. dak kull ma ha nghajdlek sur borg.Grazzi perit tghalli erfajt lill missieri mill faqar.geazzzi perit tghalli serraht lill missieri li meta jigi nieqes nhu ommi kellha mohha mistrieh li kienet ha tiehu il-pensjoni ta romol wara li ta il-vot.Grazzi perit ta kemm il-cekk ircevejna ta children's allowance li ghadna ingawduhom sal lum b'differenza li qatt ma zdiedu meta dak iz zmien kont taghmel id -dinja bihom xhin jigi il-milied mhux bhal lum tiehu qattgha meta jigi il-milied ghax il paga baqat pjaga.
grazzi Perit bhalek ma jkun hawnx .

Michael Rizzo

Aug 23rd 2012, 20:05

You are making a mockery of the man. Watching it on TV, everything staged for the cameras. U should all be ashamed for trying to gain political mileage out of a dead man.

DR EMMANUEL BEZZINA,MA,MAG.JUR.[EU Law],LL.D.,

Aug 23rd 2012, 20:04

WELL DONE FOR THIS MARATHONIC COVERAGE. SO MANY THOUSANDS OUT THERE IN THIS ANOTHER VERY HOT AND HUMID DAY HAS ALSO ITS POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE - THE PEOPLE UNDER ANY CONDITIONS ARE SENDING THEIR CLEAR MESSAGE. THE SPIRIT OF DOM WILL PRESIDE OVER THE FORTHCOMING GENERAL ELECTIONS AND EXPERTS CONCLUDE THAT THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE AN OUTSTANDING ONE.........................ALL THE RECENT SIGNS CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO ONE CONCLUSION.

PERIT ERGAJT GHAQQAD IL-PARTIT U L-PARTIT ISSA HUWA RISURGAT B`ENTUZJASMU ENORMI.

Notwithstanding this, A THIRD POLITICAL FORCE IS MORE NECESSARY THAN EVER BEFORE.........After all that is what GREAT DOM had done in BOFFA`s time going back to the 1943 / 1947 years when these islands were granted SELF GOVERNMENT. MINTOFF has stamped MALTA yet again in his PASSING OVER, NOT DYING, TO A REALM which is of a completely different hue to the muddled and corrupt one we know over here.

Joseph Brincat

Aug 23rd 2012, 19:53

THE BIGGEST CORTEGE OF AN EX PRIM MINISTER
OF MALTA, EVER HAD
GOD BLESS YOU DOM MINTOFF

Josef Borg

Aug 23rd 2012, 19:48

Bli rajt illum indunajt kemm kien ragel KBIR. Ma jista qatt ikun li kellu l-hazin kollu li jsemmu u mbghad tara dan l-isterizmu li rajna llum.

Michael Rizzo

Aug 23rd 2012, 19:35

What a load of hypocrites. The same people who called him traitor. No need for "teatrini" !!!! Just let the man rest in peace an

A Dimech

Aug 23rd 2012, 19:32

Sahha Missier

Kevin Mifsud

Aug 23rd 2012, 19:27

YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.....GO REST IN PEACE...AMEN

MALCOLM SEYCHELL

Aug 23rd 2012, 19:14

May you rest in peace. The best prime minister Malta ever had

Jonathan Gatt

Aug 23rd 2012, 18:41

Grazzi Perit

Jay Aquilina

Aug 23rd 2012, 18:26

Grazzi Perit, ghax int hloqt lis skejjel tas snajja u biss sahha tieghek u tat tmexxija li jien ninsab nahdem fejn ninsab illum.

B. Theuma

Aug 23rd 2012, 18:20

Grazzi ta' kollox Perit !

twanny borg

Aug 23rd 2012, 18:14

bormla...........probabbli l-istes nies li ghajruh traditur............................................

twanny borg

Aug 23rd 2012, 18:09

ghadni kemm smajt lil wiehed kelliem fuq super one fejn dan qal li t-tfal ma jiftakrux per ezempju ta' zieda ta' lm.4 fil-gimgha. li ma qalx dan huwa li dik kienet sena tal-elezzjoni. naqqas milli jghid kemm il-sena ghamel wara bla ebda zieda. bl-iskuza billi rahhas it-tonn taz-zejt. jekk ghandha tinkiteb l-istorja huwa l-karattru tieghu. kien jitla jigri kastilja biex jimpresjona. pero l-akbar zbal tieghu kien meta halla marmalja u pulizija tkisser u taghmel li trid anarkija shiha. meta tara s-snin kollha li mexxa l-partit ma tantx il-mlp ghamel zmien jikverna aktar jekk tnehhi is-snin li ghamel kontra r-rieda tal-poplu. kien huwa li isserva BIL-KNISJA U GHAMEL HSARA KBIRA. din min-naha politika fejn nghid li anki ghamel tajjeb ukoll. ghalkemm hafna nies imwegga xorta onestament nixtieqlu l-paci ta' dejjem.

D. Xerri

Aug 23rd 2012, 18:00

Grazzi Dom Mintoff talli ghallimt lill-Maltin ma jibqghux rashom baxxuta meta quddiem il-barrani imma li kull Malti jhossu Kburi li hu Malti u jhares ghajn m`ghajn mal-barrani .... l-akbar kisba ghal Malta u l-Maltin li ghal tant snin minn dejjem kienu mahkuma u sfruttati mill-hakma barranijja - Wara Vassalli gie Dimech imbaghad gie Dom Mintoff - is-salvatur ta Malta Hielsa minn kull hakma barranijja !

Wayne Borg

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:53

these few days that have passed, we can confirm that, tough what some FEW people can say and the poison that comes out, Il-Perit was, is and will always be influential and loved! Grazzi Perit!!!

effie stafrace

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:53

grazzi mintoff.

Mohammed Hazzouri

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:48

God Bless you Dom Mintoff !!! May God rest you in peace... salute...

Rich Brad saunders

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:42

My father at the time a> Scotsman from Glasgow was serving in the RN, i was only a young lad and i remember we lived in Misida for a while, i can also remember in the late 70's the problems we had with the locals cause of the political situation at the time, some maltese used to shout abuse at us and many or our lads who were at the time serving on HM ships, i also attended Stella Maris College in Gzira where i made many friends some British some Maltese and ofcourse i loved the place and loved Malta, however now my father has passed on,i still fly to Malta for a break spending my money and ofcourse enjoying the sun, but even now i can honestly say and ofcourse many ex-servicemen, that i shall NOT be losseing any sleep over his passing, he made it difficult for the British at the time, many Maltese were employed by the British and when as you say this Mintoff guy kicked us out, many of your citizens found themselves out of work, ofcourse they all got this guy to thank for all the trouble he caused then in the 70's, as i said earlier no skin off my nose and definitly many of us will not be mourning his passing., now that alot of my countrymen spend alot of money in your country, all i can say is that without us bringing in the cash Malta will sink.

Eve Axiaq

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:29

Staqsi ftit lir romol, ommijiet u pensjonanti ta dak iz zmien ara x'jghidulek. Min holoq l industrial estates u l'airmalta fejn ta spinta lit turizmu? Li tara lil Gonzipn irid jibqa fil poter immexxi min klikka mhuwiex ta dwejjaq?

Joe Portelli

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:27

Half of us may not have voted for him - but he is/was an ex Prime Minister , failrly elected by the system and the people of Malta and this should be remembered by the whole nation. Like all retired and dead politicians , they are not in the 'ring' anymore and certain critisms is uncalled for. To those that don't accept this, please remeber, what goes round comes around and thats no nice experience - only uncivilised people behave in such ways.

john muscat

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:22

Mr. John Borg,

Did the fact that when our late President Dr. Censu Tabone and Dr. Guido Demarco passed away, God rest their souls, who were also given a very the farewell they deserved by the nation also remind you of North Korea? Speak sense please, if you didn't like Mintoff you had a right to do so but please speak sense.

Lesley Darmanin

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:12

All this show in the streets goes to prove that despite all that Malta went through in the 70s and 80s under the despotic rule of Labour, we have learnt nothing. No wonder the PN only managed to scrape through the 1987 elections, despite those atrocious years of KMB. Labour will always be Labour. And here they are idolising a man who wreaked havoc on our country, destroyed thousands of lives and made Malta an international mockery. These Labour supporters have not changed. They are still there, clamouring for this man who bought off their votes through handouts and favours. If they had their way, they would like to have it all back again, just like it was under those degenerate Labour administrations. It is sad, very sad to see such scenes. And what is more, a very sad future lies ahead for Malta come the next election. It leaves you with such an empty feeling that such a large portion of the Maltese population continues to support, even glorify, the very person who trampled on our rights, on our livelihood, on our very dignity. How very very sad, and worrying.

Malicia Dabrowicz

Aug 23rd 2012, 17:03

@H Stafrace/ John Borg

How about we allow people to mourn the way the want it? Without mockery, you know.

Joseph Mifsud

Aug 23rd 2012, 16:59

The Mintoff story is not over. They say he is a giant of Maltese politics. I say he is the Samsun of Maltese politics after what he had done in 1997 bringing down his own government. He destroyed the Temple on himself and his opponents the result of which is only begining to surface now on his death.
Malta's elit and the PN will regret Malta's entry in the EU while the PL will take all opportunities to re-develop Malta with EU help, and be free to apply EU laws the PN doesn't want to apply.
Thank you Dom you surely satisfied with what you've done.

Anthony A. Mifsud

Aug 23rd 2012, 16:38

Dear Dom, thank you. Go in peace
Tony

DR EMMANUEL BEZZINA,MA,MAG.JUR.[EU Law],LL.D.,

Aug 23rd 2012, 16:31

B`SAHHTEK PERIT...............as we all present were accustomed to loudly utter with you as the very witty host there at L-GHARIX.............

B`SAHHTEK PERIT AS YOU NOW ROAM IN YOUR COSMIC & EVER ETERNAL FREEDOM.............

B`SAHHTEK PERIT AS YOUR SPIRIT HELPS GUIDE THIS OUR COUNTRY FROM ITS CONSTITUTIONILIZED CORRUPTION IT HAS PROFOUNDLY FALLEN INTO.....................................

B`SAHHTEK PERIT AS YOU ASSIST THIS ONCE BARE FORTRESS ROCK THEN TURNED INTO A FLOURISHING COMMERCIALLY-ORIENTED REPUBLIC UNDER YOUR RIGID GUIDANCE,NOW IMPOVERISHED YET AGAIN.......................

B`SAHHTEK PERIT AS WE WARMLY RECEIVED YOUR EVERLASTING ,DEEPLY-FELT & INGRAINED MESSAGE OF

MALTA L-EWWEL U QABEL KOLLOX..........................B`SAHHTEK PERIT INTO ETERNAL PEACE.

Alfred Cassar

Aug 23rd 2012, 16:27

I think whether you approved or disliked the policies of this man, deep down in the hearts of all Maltese, for one reason or another, they can all say God save his Soul. May he Rest in Peace.

stephen mifsud

Aug 23rd 2012, 15:49

God Bless Dom Mintoff God Bless Dom Mintoff