PM 'to act fast' to nominate new Commissioner
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today he will be acting fast to nominate a new Commissioner from Malta.
Dr Gonzi was speaking at the European People’s Party Congress in Bucharest.
He referred to John Dalli’s resignation from the European Commission yesterday saying:
“This week we were all shocked by the unexpected resignation of Mr John Dalli, the member of the European Commissioner from Malta, following revelations of an investigation conducted by the anti-fraud office, OLAF. Mr Dalli has categorically denied any wrong-doing but resigned his post in order to defend his reputation and that of the Commission.”
Dr Gonzi said he was fully committed to the integrity of the institutions and will be acting fast to nominate a new Commissioner from Malta.
“I will be communicating with President Barroso in this sense immediately in order to make sure that this episode is quickly closed in the interest of public trust in the institutions.”
Dr Gonzi is accompanied by MEP Simon Busuttil, PN information director Frank Psaila and Ryan Callus, vice-president Youth of the EPP.
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George Camilleri
Oct 18th 2012, 09:23
one thing is for sure, Dr Gonzi and his merry men could learn a thing or two about responsibility from Dalli.
Guilty or not guilty, Dalli resigned !! Dik hi l-irgulija ! Now justice will take its course, correctly hopefully.
PN MPs would do well to follow suit due to their PROVEN disasters.
Charles Micallef
Oct 18th 2012, 09:01
Will we be seeing someone independent of politics appointed to this position? I doubt it!
mark borg
Oct 18th 2012, 06:50
our prime minister is in a rush on this issue and the selling of an abondoned private hospital to the state......usually he is very patient expecially when it comes to taking votes in parliament
Mario Tabone
Oct 18th 2012, 05:23
@ Victor Bonello
'GonziPN time is well over. They have brought Malta on its knees both financially as well as credibility. '
Well Mr Bonello , History is proof enough. If you check on any time Malta had the misfortune of having a Labour Government from the 1950's onwards you will see the results, huge unemployment, civil unrest, corruption,erosion of human rights and the list goes on .
Lawrence Fenech
Oct 18th 2012, 08:59
@Mario.
I was not born in the stone age you are refering to. Malta is now progressive.
M Farrugia
Oct 18th 2012, 10:19
sewwa qed tghid imma dawn in-nies iridu li ninsew l-istorja u nghixu fil-futur biss. Li jekk jerga jkun hemm gvern tal-labour bl-istess nies tal-passat ikollna l-istess stejjer. iridu jnessu l-passat sabiex jisirqu l-voti taz-zaghzagh li ma jghixuhx. Il-Malti jghid li min jitwieled tond ma imutx kwadru, u hemm proverbji ohra li ma nixtieqx insemmihom hawn ukoll.
manuel lia
Oct 17th 2012, 22:52
@william caligari......le ta ma qalilohomx.....taf xmessu qalilhom.....li fmalta kellna gvern li mexxa lpajjiz mill 1981 san 1987 minghajr maggoranza ta voti.....li saru likbar hnizrijiet fdawk iz zminijiet u li min kien ministru fdak il perjodu ghadu jimmilita fil malta labour party....dak messu qalilom sur caligari........
Brian Gatt
Oct 18th 2012, 09:11
Past, past, past....Manuel you are living in the past. both parties made mistakes in the Past. I am more interested in the present and even more in the future!!!
M Farrugia
Oct 18th 2012, 10:23
Brian, lil min tafu ma hemmx ghalfejn tistaqsi ghalih. Jiena kien hemm perjodu meta bdejt nahseb li l-LPse jaghmel is-success li kien qieghed isemmi tal-bidla bis-serjeta imma bdew diehla elementi fil-partit li minflok bihom jista isir rigress minflok il-progress li dejjem wieghed JOe MUsca bdejt bil-mod il-mod nitlef il-fiducja, ghax jiena nemmen li l-lupu jibdel sufu imma mhux ghemilu.
GAUCI JOSEPH C
Oct 17th 2012, 22:36
Dear Prime Minister
I think that the most adaptable peron to fill John Dalli's post is only Dr Simon Busuttil. He is well versed and known in Eoropean Affairs.
Paul Azzopardi
Oct 18th 2012, 09:22
Not a bad idea.
Joe Pavia
Oct 17th 2012, 20:50
Mark Borg I think that your Joseph should go back there and let the Labour Party become a serious opposition and not make promises that he will not be in a position to keep. He has already made a good figure for himself in Burssels so he should go back there and take all the old ex Mintoffian ministers with him to teach Europe how to save on fuel.
anthony dimech
Oct 17th 2012, 20:48
mister bonello i dont think you need any masters to understand what i meant and i think its true we need a change but there is no better maybe you were not old enough when we had labour government
N Callus
Oct 17th 2012, 20:05
I think OLAF should come and investigate malta. The smell of corruption is eveywhere.
A Trapani
Oct 17th 2012, 20:32
Why not report it then ? Dalli didn't report it and is now investigated for fraud. If I smell corruption, I will report it to the police commissioner and it will be investigated.
Joseph Aquilina
Oct 17th 2012, 21:59
starting from Joseph promising everything to everyone!!
M Farrugia
Oct 18th 2012, 10:26
N. Callus, jekk inti taf b'xi korruzzjoni u ghandek il-fatti jekk inti veru thobb il-pajjizek ghamel rapport lil pulizija. Jekk ma taghmilx hekk kull ma qed taghmel huwa li titfa it-tajn biex fost jkun hemm xi mazzun u jibilaw. Kun ragel u mhux kotard li hekk taf xi haga ikxef.
mark borg
Oct 17th 2012, 20:01
Austin should be an automatic choice,he is very well known in europe ,expecially in London
Noel Abela
Oct 17th 2012, 19:40
We the laughing stock of the whole world. Just tune in on different european or american stations and you regret being Maltese.
Dennis Zammit
Oct 17th 2012, 19:27
Well said Mr PM. Let's put this ugly image of our country in the past and show the rest of the EU we really mean business.
Pity the PM and our country had to go through this humiliation. Hekk, that's what you get from certain people.
William Caligari
Oct 17th 2012, 19:26
Qalhom li m'ghandhux maggoranza fil-parlament?
A Trapani
Oct 17th 2012, 20:35
Le, Qallom li ghandna pajjiz miexi il quddiem avolja nofs il pajjiz inkluz xi 4 MPs nazjonalisti imdejqin il hin kollu igergru u ifixklu il gvern f'xoghlu.
William Caligari
Oct 18th 2012, 09:46
A.Trapani,
Jekk ma qalhom xejn kien speech sabieh u onest u ghall gallerija,
"kliemek : avolja nofs il pajjiz inkluz xi 4 MPs nazzjonalisti imdejqin
il hin kollu jgergru u ifixklu il Gvern f'xoghol"
Tidher li 100 fil 100 taqbel mieghi.
Charles Massa
Oct 17th 2012, 19:06
Ma nohodiex bi kbira li jkun Austin Gatt. B HEhekk il ministru ikun telaq bl unuri, u Franco Debono jivvota favur il budget u jibqu imwahhlin mas siggu sa Marzu jekk mhux aktat
saviour frendo
Oct 17th 2012, 19:04
gonzi won't be obeying EU commisioner Swoboda advice then who said ( and i cut and paste)
Dwar il-ħatra ta' Kummissarju ġdid, Swoboda qal li jkun jagħmel sens l-gvern Malti għandu jistenna l-elezzjoni ġenerali ssir. Dan fid-dawl li din se ssir min hawn u ftit tax-xhur oħra biss.
this means panic station on the alert for gonzi pn
Paul Schembri
Oct 17th 2012, 18:37
Ilha imminent 4 snin l-elezzjoni Sur Laiviera. ghandkom ghatx ghall poter kielkhom. w all ahares titilghu ghax iddahhlu l-pajjiz gol hajt bl-inkompetenza grassa. Jorhos il-kont tad dawl u naghmlu hofra li ma jkun jista jimliha hadd
anthony dimech
Oct 17th 2012, 18:43
i wish all the maltese wil lthink like you cos its true if the maltese change government only one road there is that's kollox ghall gol hajt
M Busuttil
Oct 17th 2012, 19:01
U int sur Schembri il pajjiz tahseb li tajulkhom xi hadd b'cens biex tiggvernaw dejjem inthom? Bl-experts li ghandna mux hofra ghandna izda barriera!
victor bonello
Oct 17th 2012, 19:06
@ANTHONY DIMECH - I have managed to decipher what you tried to write because it makes no sense in english or substance.
We need a change as we are already head on course for collision , I hope this is what you meant.
GonziPN time is well over. They have brought Malta on its knees both financially as well as credibility.
Gorg Sciberras
Oct 17th 2012, 19:17
Why is Labour in such a hurry to appoint a commissioner. Whoever the government appoints now will only have two years to go anyway, then Labour can appoint Alfred Sant or whoever it wants.
Andrew Camilleri
Oct 17th 2012, 19:41
Taf li GVERN tieghek ser ihalli wirt ta'6 Biljun euro f'dejn. Din mhix hofra siehbi?
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 17th 2012, 19:49
Sorry ta sur schembri IMMA il hofor finanzjarji taghmlu INTKOM DEJJEM kif jaf kulhadd inkluz INT.
moira sciberras
Oct 17th 2012, 21:22
@ Victor bonello ,if we really need a change as you say for what can you explain as not even Muscat never mentioned any projects yet .and so for what the change????? To have Joe debono grech insulting people ???? To have more pedophiles as local mayors?????in Maltese we say ' fiex qeda naf fiex ha nigi ma nafx' but I have no doubt worse than ever!!!!
Victor Laiviera
Oct 17th 2012, 18:15
Why not wait until after the imminent election so that the new PM (whoever he is) will be able to take his own decision?
J Cassar
Oct 17th 2012, 18:19
good point Victor, I fully agree
Alfred Cassar
Oct 17th 2012, 19:23
3 or 4 months without a Commissioner? I don't think this will be acceptable to the EU Commission, they will probably select another commissioner from another country
Dennis Zammit
Oct 17th 2012, 19:30
Because the current PM has the country's mandate to govern this country and its people till at least March 2013. You have to accept that notwithstanding MLP's dreams of something else.
A Bellia
Oct 17th 2012, 21:21
let's ask kwazi prime minister joseph taghna to nominate someone
anthony bartolo
Oct 17th 2012, 22:52
Victor Laiviera............... what about the present PM.............. is'nt he able to take his own decision?
M Farrugia
Oct 18th 2012, 10:38
se thalli ufficju tal-kummissjoni bla kummissarju ghal sitt xhur. Mela veru ma tafx kemm titfa xoghol lura b'hekk Kummissjarju li jkun acting ghal ftit gighmatjew xhur kif trid inti zgur li mhux se jiehu certa decizzjonijiet.
Mr Mike Farrugia
Oct 17th 2012, 18:01
Will Austin Gatt take his place?
Ronnie Callus
Oct 17th 2012, 19:07
Could be or may be RCC again.
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