SWALLOWING SUMMERS
The Hon. Dr. Helena Dalli has fired a warning shot across the bows of the good ship MV State Sector, saying that if Labour get that for which they are fairly gagging, the keys to Castille, "unqualified" people will be removed from their posts.
As always with this sort of statement, at face-value, it has some vestiges of merit, although one has to wonder at the hardness of heart that a Labour, forsooth, MP seems to be displaying, when she talks about dumping people from their jobs.
One used to get the same sort of impression on reading that Debono fellow's utterings on law and order, though that was before his irresistible tendency to rant and rave and lash out against everyone and about everything rendered his opinions worth less than those of a burbling infant.
So, according to Dalli, who one assumes was speaking with the full authority of the Church of Labour, you can only keep your job if you are qualified to keep it. This goes hand in hand with her Leader's dictum, some time ago, that "people will be held responsible" at Enemalta when he gets to be boss.
But with the experience of long years with Labour at the helm, and the knowledge of expertise and qualifications of many people who had seen stellar advancement in those years, one has to wonder, with all due respect, what Dr Dalli and her mates really mean by "qualified".
In those times, the only qualification needed was a healthy respect towards the regime, which translates, if translation is needed, into waving the MLP flag, preferably literally, and making sure that you came across as being a servile and humble servant of the powers that were.
It is fair comment, I would submit, to conclude that what Dalli really did was give a good boost of optimism to the thousands of Labour supporters whose general frame of mind is "it's our turn now, move over you horrid Nats".
She may not have intended it, as one has to assume that she was not speaking in code, but to my mind, a code was discerned and well and truly understood.So there you have it, you there, having a good whine at the Government and parroting the "it's time for a change" mantra that is on the lips of so many.You, or someone close to you, is going to be part of the change. Hope you enjoy it.
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Alex Ellul
Oct 27th 2012, 12:54
The Partit Lejburista is becoming a victim of its own 'success'. The party men and woman have now been so much convinced and certain of a lejber victory that they are already demanding positions of importance (as in money) or else.
So, having got the message from their party faithful, they must now make them feel assured by declaring what the good madam doctor Dalli has uttered.
Eddy Privitera
Oct 27th 2012, 09:14
ABC : I suppose you have a conflict of interest on the subject Dr. Helena Dalli spoke about. You may lose the various retainers you have been getting from GonziPn and its para-statal companies for so many years, isn't that so ?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Oct 27th 2012, 08:39
In the bad old days of Mintoff's MLP I was deemed "unqualified" to be a police doctor because I would not climb on the violent bandwagon of its criminal police. So an attempt was made to frame by by perjured evidence and when that failed I was compulsorily retired, illegally, "on grounds of public interest".
Are we being promised "more of the same"?
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Oct 27th 2012, 17:54
good to see you're back in form after you illness, Frenky.
We missed your amazing anecdotes.... hopefully more to come too: this blog(sic!) would not be complete without them!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Oct 29th 2012, 13:59
"Hopefully more to come too" (IGM)
Helena Dalli apears to be all set not to disappoint you by providing more "anecdotes" for your delectation. They won't be humourous anecdotes at all but tyrannical experiences that civilised people would not wish for anybody, not even their enemies.
P.S. I wasn't a consultant with my "snout in a trough", just a doctor doing his job of mercy towards the sick.
Andy Farrugia
Oct 26th 2012, 21:43
@ blogger
I do not usually agree with the scribblings/ mutterings of the Hon Dr H Dalli, perhaps due to her irritating tendency to bash the Church and her insufferable "fifth wave" feminist militancy. However, this time I fail to see anything wrong with what she said; after all, the Hon Min Dr A Gatt once said something on the same lines - about loyal people who have "our" trust, etc.
Eddy Privitera
Oct 27th 2012, 09:18
Andy Farrugia: No, Dr. Austin Gatt had said that the PN government has to work with people who they could trust, i.e nationalists whom they knew well. Dr. Helena Dalli said that a PL government wants truly qualified and competent people in the top positions. Very different to what Dr. Austin Gatt had said. And which GonziPN implemented TO THE LETTER !
Andy Farrugia
Oct 27th 2012, 12:39
@ Mr E Privitera
What gave you the impression that I was soliciting your "advice", your "interpretation", or your typical "ranting and raving"?
Eddy Privitera
Oct 27th 2012, 17:31
Andy Farrugia; When you post a comment you are inviting replies to your comment, even if you do not like such replies !
Andy Farrugia
Oct 26th 2012, 14:55
"I expect a lot of consultants will have to get their snouts out of the trough as well." V Laiviera.
I predict that they ( a lot of....) will be replaced by other pigs (snouts...trough) who have been itching to get at the swill for quite some time now. So long, really, that I anticipate that they might bolt the goodies, or choke on them, or even go down with a severe bout of indigestion.
Ronald Cauchi
Oct 27th 2012, 15:24
Of course there will be other pigs with other snouts in the swill. But since we will always have snouts and troughs for them to wallow in , we might as well have different snouts every five or ten years. That way they might not get too cocky (if Im allowed to mix bestial metaphors). But snouts like the poor will always be with us.
Charles Zammit
Oct 26th 2012, 12:04
How right you are Mr A L Ganado. I am positive that there are jobs that have not followed the " Due process of selection " i e . such as an internal call for a specific job and it has been known that an unqualified person was imposed and a subordinate that had been doing the job for years had to show the ropes to the new Boss .
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
Oct 26th 2012, 09:23
I fully agree with ABC that those who had the requisite qualifications for a post and followed a due process of selection be reassured. However this does not preclude that those who felt discriminated against in the appointment seek redress and get satisfaction from the commission for injustices which will be expected to to carry out a full transparent investigation. No need for scaremongering
Victor Laiviera
Oct 25th 2012, 22:53
I expect a lot of consultants will have to get their snouts out of the trough as well.
Andrew Borg-Cardona
Oct 26th 2012, 12:21
If you have something to say, say it, Laiviera, don't be bashful.
Antoine Vella
Oct 27th 2012, 23:02
Victor, just as Eddy Privitera said, you have a conflict of interest on the subject.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Oct 25th 2012, 21:58
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121025/local/ep-socialists-on-tonio-borg-s-nomination-we-do-not-need-a-second-rocco-buttiglione.442598
Andy Farrugia
Oct 26th 2012, 14:28
Herr Swoboda and his gang can only dream about having an infinitesimal fraction of the integrity, dignity, honesty, transparency and wisdom of Prof Rocco Buttiglione. I say: let the nihilists continue to wallow in their iniquity.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Oct 25th 2012, 20:25
"Serious questions about a plot against Mr Dalli have been raised. These questions must be answered and there must be full transparency on the specific circumstances that led to his resignation. At the moment it seems like the situation may have been mishandled by the Commission President and by the director general of OLAF.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Oct 25th 2012, 20:22
Let's stick to the REAL topic on everyone's mind shall we?
"There are serious doubts about the entire process that led to Mr Dalli's resignation. We demand that the involvement of OLAF and in particular the role and public appearances of its director general, Giovanni Kessler, be clarified immediately.
There are serious doubts about the entire process that led to Mr Dalli's resignation"
J Martinelli
Oct 25th 2012, 16:17
Yes, Helena Dalli is right.
As soon as they grab the keys to Castille, they SHOULD throw out 'unqualified people' - themselves!
We would then have a very much premature election. Will beat 22 months!
Franco Farrugia
Oct 25th 2012, 19:31
Somehow I feel that that would be wishful thinking. Especially if Labour wins by some seven (7) Parliamentary seats, thanks to the PN's marvelous way of governing - a scandal a day, is it?
Franco Farrugia
Oct 25th 2012, 15:27
The court's sentence against the Government, totalling one million euros to be paid for architect's fees for plans WHICH WERE NOT USED, must have escaped you. One million euros, to be forked out from the taxpayer, for sheer negligence and irresponsbility in decision-making! Must have escaped you, you seem to be so updated with the news. And very conveniently, too. Shameful. Downright condemnable.
Andrew Borg-Cardona
Oct 25th 2012, 19:30
What in ....'s name does this comment have to do with the blog?????
Franco Farrugia
Oct 26th 2012, 10:07
Well, again, it suits you to say so, doesn't it? You, who are so fast at reacting to what's in the news, go on ... comment about this one million euro waste of money! That's my point. Go on: comment about this subject which is so important in the life of the Maltese. What Helena Dalli says she will do in the near future is not as important as this.
Andrew Borg-Cardona
Oct 26th 2012, 12:20
Precisely why should I comment on anything that takes your fancy, simply because you think I should? On the case itself, I know little, and care less, except to point out that in the real world, disputes such as this are commonplace.
Paul Ellul
Oct 27th 2012, 11:25
Mr ABC has every right to his opinion and choice of what to write about.
That he cares less than little about such waste, unlike most tax payers is incredulous.
And thousands like me doubt very much that this is commonplace in the real world, but again that's his opinion. The problem is that his opinions fuel our ministers to carry on unashamedly. And coming from a lawyer, is a bit rich!
Franco Farrugia
Oct 27th 2012, 11:52
I never thought you were indulging in conversation with moi: I thought you were ignoring me.
Secondly, I have a damn right to comment about anything under the sun as you have the right to blog about whatever picks your fancy ... let's see now, ... PL, ... PL ... PL ... etc...
Mr patrick mifsud
Oct 25th 2012, 14:30
there is only one qualifacation required - to be red. where was she during the labour era when everyone used to get a job at any post even if he had no qualifications?
A Attard
Oct 26th 2012, 09:42
She was plain Mrs. or Ms.
J Farrugia
Oct 25th 2012, 14:28
I know i'll be one of the first in line to take the proverbial piss out of them when they find their '' i got a top job because daddy/minister/laqqi got it for me'' no longer exists. After all 20 odd years of finger in the pie is long enough me thinks.
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