EFA: Young people not interested in the past - would have called election earlier
Dr Fenech Adami replies to questions by The Sunday Times.
Youngsters are not interested in what happened in the 1980s, former President and Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami says in an interview today.
“My own strong belief is there’s no going back... I don’t think people care about it.”
“People are conscious the country has moved forward and there’s no going back,” he said, while warning that it would be a mistake to take everything for granted.
Dr Fenech Adami said he was proud to have contributed to the elimination of political divisions. Now there are no parties with leftist or rightist ideologies but parties “gathering round the centre”.
He says that if it were up to him he would have called the general election earlier. “What I have to do, I do. I don’t put it off till tomorrow,” he says.
Full interview in The Sunday Times.
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Eddy Privitera
Jan 28th, 18:01
Henry Fenech Azzopardi: The last two words of your comment were " Priorities first". Such as the new monstrous parliament which we did not need , for example ?
C. Dimech
Jan 29th, 16:18
Mhux hekk Sur Privitera, daqs kemm ghandha bzonn power station ohra hux?!!! that is not a monstrosity!!! Go enjoy your retirement Eddy!!
Neville Debattista
Jan 28th, 17:04
@Francis Saliba. If you had read very carefully the article above you would have met with the phrase...' My own strong beleif is there's no going back...". Which in simple english should mean that he is of the opinion that the young should NOT care about the past anymore. On the contrary and I cannot understand from where you got it you still insist that he is of the opinion that they should care.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 28th, 18:16
Don't pin your interpretation on a phrase taken out of context - read all. EFA believes that it would be difficult for Malta to relapse into the evil conditions of the 70s and 80s. I agree, as long as no one takes us out of the EU a cherished dream of Joseph Muscat, Alfred Sant etc. No! he is not recommending that the young generation should not care. He issued a warning that you failed to read.
Neville Debattista
Jan 28th, 16:57
@J.Martinelli. I never complained for the fact that EFA used to harp on the past. He had every right to do. I used the expression ' ad nauseam ' in order to pinpoint the fact that he used to do so very frequently. I wonder though why he should declare that the young are not and should not care about the past anymore. Do you get me now?
saviour marquette
Jan 28th, 04:53
Gonzipn and his clique just keep talking a about labour's past conveniently forgetting their dirty past. But then again for 600 euros extra per week its not easy to let go.
stephen koludrovic
Jan 28th, 03:59
I personally think that at the time of the divorce issue, Gonzi should have called for an election and not go for a referendum.
Joe Xuereb
Jan 27th, 23:47
@C Briffa((Today, 11:28). Briffa, if you looked around you with eyes wide open you would realise that what threatens your family's future is here and now and has absolutely nothing to do with the MLP/LP. Go on, be brave! All it takes is some honest, clear thinking.
Joe Xuereb
Jan 27th, 23:44
@C Briffa((Today, 11:28). Briffa, if you looked around you with eyes wide open you would realise that what threatens your family's future is here and now and has absolutely nothing to do with the MLP/LP. Go on, be brave! All it takes is some honest, clear thinking.
Joe Xuereb
Jan 27th, 23:25
@J Martinelli(Today, 15:37). What?! Playing the elitist, social-class card, and its stranglehold? DIVORCE REFERENDUM SAGA, ditto? Social class irrelevant now (look around you). And many of today's young are too savvy to pay much heed to the religious stranglehold (especially with the Church's history since the 1960s, ongoing still. With too much on it's plate to play intimidating silly games).
B. Farrugia
Jan 27th, 22:43
You did reduced political divisions, but it still remains 25 years later.
but my family quite innocently suffered a lot from people who for personal jealousy used the political excuse to hurt my family. We never were active at all.
Minister Hyzler helped us without our even asking for help.
But still we suffered a lot and even you were informed of our case.
B. Theuma
Jan 27th, 22:02
Il-politika tal-biza' llum il-gurnata m'ghadhiex taghmel sens. Kulhadd ghandu mohh biex jahseb, u ebda persuna m'ghandha bzonn politkanti li joqoghdu jbezzghuha bil-babaw. Min qieghed jipprova jbezza' m'huwiex qieghed jirrispetta l-intelligenza tal-poplu.
Joseph Buhagiar
Jan 27th, 21:46
You are so right. You do not postpone the important to tomorrow. - we needed a changed - we voted for YOU - we do not regret it. May you live forever.
But now look at Joseph. Like any good mission statement should be, it applies for EVERYTHING.
He understands how we need to take EVERYTHING away from the hands of the corrupt, and give EVERYTHING back to All Of Us the people of Malta.
A J Rose
Jan 27th, 21:31
With great respect and admiration for EFD, He might want to forget..... but history will remain and cannot be blotted out. We all hope it won't repeat itself for everyone's sake, including the YOUNGTSTERS!
Thomas C. Cassar
Jan 27th, 21:27
EFA ghandu ragun, iz-zaghzagh ghandhom jivvutaw fuq il-futur mhux il-passat. Dan bhal ma z-zaghzagh fl-1987 insew li fis-snin 60 il-PN kien ghoddu qatilna bil-guh u regghu elegguh u kienet ghazla tajba. Illum hemm bzonn bidla fid-direzzjoni ohra, l-arroganza ixxommha kullimkien, dejn dejjem jizdied, decizjonijiet fl-interess tal-ftit flok tal-poplu, qaghad u faqar li qed jergghu jerfghu rashom etc
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jm busuttil
Jan 27th, 21:05
" “People are conscious the country has moved forward and there’s no going back,” he said, while warning that it would be a mistake to take everything for granted. "
The same old PL faces are still there it would be a mistake to take everything for granted.
I doubt it if most of the commentators even took the time to read the whole article
Joe Fenech
Jan 27th, 21:02
“What I have to do, I do. I don’t put it off till tomorrow,” he says.
Gonzi is buying time making empty promises!
John Spiteri
Jan 27th, 20:54
We do respect grey hairs and we do thank you very much from saving us from the tyranny and hatred of the socialist regeme. But this time you are very wrong. How can one forget those years without water, without electricity. To eat a dish of spaghetti we had to cross over to Ragusa. The Police Headquarters still bear the stigma of a concentration camp of torture and murder.
Neville Debattista
Jan 27th, 20:28
@J.Martinelli. If you had had a little bit of common sense you would have understood that the past DOES concern me. It concerns me a lot, much much more than you will ever imagine. That is why I do not share EFA's idea that young people do not and should not care about the past. Unfortunately, since you do not have a little bit of the above mentioned you totally misunderstood me.
J Martinelli
Jan 27th, 22:02
Debattista, read my comment again, maybe you'll get it right this time. YOU complained that "EFA kept harping on the past ad nauseam" and yet you didn't notice that all I said was that EFA was right because for him it was his RECENT past and had every right to mention it especially after burying Raymond Caruana and visited many hospitalized by Labour thugs in the years preceding his 1987 victory.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 23:48
EFA did not say that young people SHOULD NOT care. He said that although they do not care they SHOULD care, because even though it is unlikely that things could ever go back to the depths of the 70s and 80s he warned that this could not be taken for granted. Eternal vigilance is necessary to ensure the survival of our hard-won freedoms and continued EU membership.
Neville Debattista
Jan 27th, 20:27
@E.Vassallo and Francis Saliba. I will repeat to you with all respect to your very good selves that which I have just said to Mr.Martinelli. I always was ,still am and will always be AGAINST any form of violence and suppression.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 29th, 06:42
@NevilleDebattista.
I am so glad that you "repeat" that you are against violence. I am also against violence but unlike many I do not defend it, I do not make excuses for it and I do not insist that political violence is admissible and then try to pretend that I never said it.
Pierre Fenech
Jan 27th, 19:54
For all those PN Eye Blinkered bloggers, be ashamed to criticise our great leader. PN Is not the PN I knew over the past under his leadership. I never voted PL but always considered myslef as a person who think before voting. I always taught the PN was the better option but this time round with all the mess Gonzi has put the party and the country in I will for the 1st time switch vote.
jm busuttil
Jan 27th, 20:59
Good luck and hear from you ( i doubt it as you will be to ashamed to do so ) in a few months time.
J Martinelli
Jan 27th, 22:14
You must be one of Joey's team posing as a 'new' PL voter. Well, that's fine Pierre but I suspect that your one vote will be drowned in the sea of votes by fresh minds, recently graduated & educated for free happy to have escaped Varist & Dwardu's net ready to be cast on students & their stipends, if they have their way, that is.
Labour never got it right, is not getting it right and never will.
Brian Bonnici
Jan 27th, 19:42
The truth hurts the stubborn.
John Azzopoardi
Jan 27th, 19:33
I think what our President Emeritus is telling us is that Labour will be elected, so we must be prepared for that change. And Democracy will solidify and life goes on until the next election after March 9th. To lose is not the end of the world. If people want change, so be it. sometimes we need to get realistic and realize that change of gevernments is what elections & democracy are all about.
HENRY FENECH AZZOPARDI
Jan 27th, 19:31
When all around us we hear of bail outs and austerity measures we in Malta hear of :
PILLS OUT OF STOCK
WAITING OPERATION LIST
PATIENTS IN CORRIDORS
UNPROVEN CORRUPTION
JUDICATORY PROBLEMS
W & E BILLS
and other minor irrelevnt issues that may be attended to by any Government elected without the need to increase the deficit, if only both parties stop pomising heaven on earth. Priorities first
Clayton Bartolo
Jan 27th, 19:17
To all of u who are stating that what the pl did can be never be forgotten, let me remind you that even the pn did terrible things in the past and if one thinks that you are enjoying the goodies of the pn you are very wrong.
We are still enjoying benefits introduced by the pl and im sure that because 25yrs have passed now these are owned by the pn. So ppl stop moaning on the past and move on
Victor Vella
Jan 27th, 19:14
Let us give some statistics so that young people will have a clear picture of the horrors some bloggers are trying to depict. In 1981 the MLP got 49.1% while PN 50.9%. A difference of 1.8%. In 2008 the difference was 00.5%. If one says that in 1981 we were living in horror with 1.8% difference , in 2008 with 00.5% inwhat horror we were living?And the PN still in power. Horror was EFA gimmicks.
George Cutajar
Jan 27th, 22:29
@ Victor Vella - it is because of people li,e you who try to rewrite history that we cannot forget the past. In 1981 Labour did not get a majority of votes but got a majority of seats and they governed full term with all the physical violence, corruption and death that came along. In 2008 PN got a majority of votes -0.5% more than Labour. Where's the horror mate?
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 27th, 18:11
Young people must be interested in what happened in the last 200 years since the departures of the knights, and see how Malta's elit class managed to dictate every aspect of Maltese life even under Mintoff's so called, quasi dictatorship. Why were history lessons in schools reduced to a bare minimum lately ?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 23:54
Reducing to a bare minimum Malta's history since our independence would serve only the agenda of those who are continually urging us to forget the lessons of the 70s and the 80s - and everyone knows who those people are, don't we?
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Jan 27th, 18:03
But GonziPN is in such a mess that it was impossible to call the general election earlier. That is why GonziPN took such a long campaign in the hope that the party will do another electoral miracle like it did in 2008.
Without any doubt Malta is the only EU country which has the longest electoral campaign in the whole western world !!
G Mangion
Jan 27th, 17:34
EFA: Young people not interested in the past:
Maybe so the Young People are not, But We the parents do care for the best of Our Children ( The new voters )
The mlp's Regime of the 70's & 80's Cannot be erased as easy as that, They should know that If
Somebody is not interested let's say, that a fire can burn, the odd's are someone gets Fried . We There
Parents are very Aware of that .....
G Mangion
Jan 27th, 17:33
EFA: Young people not interested in the past:
Maybe so the Young People are not, But We the parents do care for the best of Our Children ( The new voters )
The mlp's Regime of the 70's & 80's Cannot be erased as easy as that, They should know that If
Somebody is not interested let's say, that a fire can burn, the odd's are someone gets Fried . We There
Parents are very Aware of that .....
Eddy Privitera
Jan 27th, 20:04
G Mangion: You should be more concerned about the present and future for your children and grand children. Do you want them to live in a country where corruption becomes a normal thing ?
Mr Stephen Borg
Jan 27th, 16:40
This man was a cataylist for the change Malta needed and deserved in 1987 and now we have come at those cross roads yet again. Gonzi dismanteled all EFA built in the past.
Daniel Borg
Jan 27th, 16:37
Konferma ohra kemm gonzipn u l klikka tieghu se jibqaw hemm..
D Agius
Jan 27th, 16:34
Spoken like a true leader - a far cry from the fishmongers that the two parties now have as their leader.
Malta is regressing, unless a new EFA becomes leader of one of the parties, both parties are a mistake for Malta.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 27th, 20:06
D Agius: It seems you never listen to Dr. Muscat's speeches. Even Dr. Fenech Adami seems to be learning from Dr. Muscat !
Derek Grillo
Jan 28th, 11:47
@ Privitera
Int imma bis-serjetà?! lol...
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 27th, 16:19
What i cannot understand is why some PN and GonziPN bloggers, who have also, like me, lived the 60's, start past history from the 80's. If 'atrocities' were done in the 80's, they were done before in the 60's. If gerrymandering was done in the 80's, it was done, even in a worse manner, before the '71 election. With his 'civil disobedience,' etc EFA divided not united the people.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 17:03
It is hypocritical of any MLP supporter to criticise NON-VIOLENT civil disobedience by a political party that had been denied democratic government when the majority of the electorate voted for it, when it was official Mintoff policy (his 6th point) to demand the acceptance of VIOLENCE in politics.
That should help you to understand.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Jan 27th, 18:09
>It is hypocritical of any MLP supporter to criticise NON-VIOLENT civil disobedience by a political party
Therein lies your BS, FS...
The civil disobedience was anything but NON_VIOLENT.
We know-we suffered it DIRECTLY whether you deny it or not. It was true & stopped abruptly once the govt changed.
Of course you will deny, but the link I gave is there for all to see and make their minds up.
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 27th, 18:38
Francis Saliba M.D. I do not need the help of a megalomaniac like you to understand. I have lived 66 happy years so far without your nasty help. Pjacir bla mitlub kollu mirluf. You twist tacts as you please, living as you are deep down in the earth's darkness. Enjoy. Provocation and violence are in the minds of sad people like you who dare call others hypocrites!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 28th, 00:03
@IvanGrechAttard.
During the civil disobedience campaign the VERY VIOLENT INCIDENT I recall was the beating up of dockyard workers by their MLP fellow workers for observing the traditional Mnarja holiday. Yes, that incident was violent and as usual the MLP suldati tal-azzar carried it out.
@JGA
Temper! Temper!
A Spiteri
Jan 27th, 16:18
Imma kif tista tinsa, meta ghadhom l-istess nies pero ghalissa mohbijien. Bhal Alex Sciberras Trigona, Joe Debono Grech, Karmenu Vella, Marie Louise Tedesco, etc etc etc. wara l-elezzjoni jinhargu. Irovinawli iz-zoghzija tieghi. Grazzi ghalina qed igawdu iz-zghazagh tal-lum dak li xtaqt jien u hafna ohrajn bhali ma stajniex. Le ma ninsew qatt!!!
C Busuttil
Jan 27th, 18:16
Fuq Marie Louise Coliero staqsi lin-nies ta' Hal-Qormi Kemm hija mara sewwa u tghin fejn tista lil kulhadd lavurist jew nazzjonalist!!!!
Sciberras Trigona mhux hiereg u Debono Grech bilkemm jitla
Imma fil-labour hemm ucuh ohra jigifiri int qed tghid li xi Michael Falzon, Franco Mercieca jew Ian Borg ha jkunu bhal Lorry Sant.
Irovinawlu z-zghozija tesagerax ta' qed tpingi Malta bhas-Siria
J Grech
Jan 27th, 15:40
Part 2
It has lost my trust. What Eddie did and built is in my opinion being rotten by others, by a group of people who seem not to care of the people. I don't feel belonging to this party any longer. I'll not however forget the past. But I want to look at the future. And it is Joseph Muscat's thoughts and beliefs which are making the most impact on me. Yes,EFA is right, youngsters want to move on
Michael Seychell
Jan 27th, 15:39
Eddy is telling us N.P. supporters on the MLP past, and yet Walley Vella Zarb went as back as the 1930 - how upsurd can one be.
My view is that those who forget the past will re-live it in the future, and that is why I will continue to write & talk about the Labour's past from violent past, as I believe that if Labour will be elected, yes we will relive the past.
Michael Seychell Tal-Pieta
GL Calleja
Jan 27th, 18:02
Mr Seychell no matter which political party wins, we will again be reliving the past. A FREE TABLET and a FREEBIE TICKET on the ailing Air Malta is not going to change anything. The corruption is well set in, the crime is here, the incompetence and injustice in our courts is known all over, and the deficit is getting out of reach. Fix the present before you try to leap into the future.
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 27th, 19:33
Mr. seychell.
Apart from stating that both parties have their uglies, and that's a Fact. Did you or anyone re-live it in 1996 when LP was in power? The answer is NO. So Why the hysterics?
Johnny Xerri
Jan 27th, 20:06
The by your own yard stick if we vote PN we will be in for a repeat of;
(1) a power station that pollutes & is full of faults.
(2) lies to hunters.
(3) a public transport fiasco
(4) arrogant ministers...tipo augostino pi...pi...pi..pio
(5) a state of the art hospital...that needs to be supplemented by a 'friend's' hospital
(6) no tax cut
(7) & all the lies PN dished out.
No thanks
GL Calleja
Jan 27th, 15:37
No disrespect Dr Fenech Adami but if people were not to look back, the PL will win this election hands down. It is everybody's duty to look back so it won't be repeated. Not looking back will give the Labour Party the advantage, and like I said before there is still that fear that is a part of the Labour Party. Ask any of your constituents or any PN follower about what they think?
Roberta Sciberras
Jan 27th, 16:48
That's what you would like to think and that is the PN strategy. It will fail miserably.... and the more negative they are the greater the defeat will be. I have never agreed much with EFA but on this one he is spot on.
Keep looking backwards and the PN defeat will more closely resemble an avalanche. Wake up and smell the coffee.
GL Calleja
Jan 27th, 17:54
Roberta i think that the young children should look back from the sixties onward, not to criticize maybe, but to learn from the past so they do not repeat it. I was there in the sixties ad onward and both parties did a lot of damage to the country, same as has been happening in the last fifteen or so years. This country has become so politically corrupt, full of crime and full of hatred.
J Grech
Jan 27th, 21:34
Leave the past to our History books Mr Calleja - we want to move on ... past is past, full stop.
A Spiteri
Jan 27th, 15:36
L-istorja miktuba tat-80 u ma tistax tithassar kif tal-JosephPL jixtiequ. Kif qatt tista tinsa meta iz-zaghzagh qed igawdu it-tbatija li batejna ghalijhom biex ilum qed jghixu kif qed jghixu... Ghalhekk ilum il-kanditati l-antiki lanqas biss qed jithallew jidru ghax aktar ifakkruni li ghadhom hemm.
J Grech
Jan 27th, 15:35
I'm 39 yrs old coming from a Nationalist family - I have bad memories of the eighties - I was still young then but the memories are still very clear ! And I am truly grateful to Dr Fenech Adami for what he did - you were and still are a person whom I respect a lot! God bless!
But without you, the PN is no longer the same. It has distanced itself from the people - it will not get my vote this time
GL Calleja
Jan 27th, 18:11
Mr Grech you know nothing until you have lived the sixties and seventies. Ask around on both sides and you will be amazed. The government was brave enough to requisition (confiscate) empty properties without the right compensation to property owners, it is still that way up to this day. Talk to Lino Spiteri and maybe he will explain.
J Grech
Jan 27th, 21:31
@ GL Calleja
Read further up please - there is part 2 of my comment. And reread the last sentence! The past is history - I don't "care" what happened in the past - I leave that to History books. What I care about is my future, mine and my children's.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 15:34
Once and for all, Dr Eddie Fenech Adami is NOT congratulating any young generation of today because it shows no interest in the political reality of the violence of the 70s and the 80s - he is deploring that lack of interest and WARNING them not to take the non-violent era that he introduced too much for granted. It can be lost and the unconcern of the inexperienced could precipitate it now.
Johnny Xerri
Jan 27th, 20:12
ohhh...my...shall we lock up our homes in despair if PL win...
in 1996 Pl won...true it was not the best of govt that malta has ever had...but we did not have the violence you are trying to scare us with.
& what about the burial of people under the pre PL administration...& the mortal sin?
& what's the fixation with the MD...trying to boost a comment coz its coming from a MD...
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 29th, 17:16
Providence decreed that the PL government elected in 1996 devastated our economy for 22 months only. Malta should not rely that a similar deliverance would be repeated now.
I use the MD after my name to identify me from all others with the same name. If I felt the need "to boost a comment" I would use all my degrees and diplomas. I do not hide behind anonymity such as your plain Johnny Xerri
Alfred J. McEwen
Mar 12th, 14:53
Your pomposity knows no bounds bursting your buttons at the slightest excuse, top world class surgeons in Australia go by their first names and don`t even bother placing their degrees after their names.
Henry S Pace
Jan 27th, 15:19
@ Albert Leone Ganado:
This is why I have high hopes in Joseph Muscat because in him I see similar qualities of leadership'
Quite far away to compare Joey with Eddie.
Johan Grech
Jan 27th, 15:19
Would vote PN if a leader like him was present but not a party made up of GonziPN and his close acolytes like Gatt, etc.
Cecil Herbert Jones
Jan 27th, 14:34
From my recollection it was EFA who insisted, during the Franco Debono debacle, that the Government doesn't not go for early election. Why say the opposite now?
I agree about his contribution towards the achievement of centrist politics, but does however also mean that the distance in scratching your back and I scratch yours is encroached, with all that it implies.
Neville Debattista
Jan 27th, 13:57
@EFA. Fact remains that in the past when you were P.M. and leader of the P.N. you had the habit of harping on the past. This you did ad nauseam. Logic will tell me that if you would have never believed that young people did not care about the past you would have refrained from doing so. So why may I ask you will have us now believe that young people do not care about the past anymore?
E. Vassallo
Jan 27th, 14:54
If EFAhad been harping on the past as you have alleged, he would have not stopped mentioning the fact that your fellow supporters beat up his wife , attacked his family and ransacked his home. You and your party should be ashamed.
J Martinelli
Jan 27th, 15:14
Why does the past bother you so much, Neville? The young don't care because they have not lived the 70s and 80s but the older folk did, & there are more of us than those born after the 80s.
In EFA's time the 'past' was a few months or years old not 30 years, so, EFA is right on both counts.
So you infer that unsolved crimes of political murders should be forgotten because they happened long ago?!
Paul Micallef
Jan 27th, 15:28
@J martinelli
You have SELECTIVE MEMORY, it must be the CANADIAN AIR, well what about the INTERDET???? And the FAXIST PN, ejja la tridu issemghu il passat ejja, tahseb lil ilum ghawn xi hadd li jimprutah mil 80s???? We as a party that loosk foward, we are not dinasaurs locked in the past as we look foward, not like the PN and bloggers, reminisent of a gone by era.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 15:55
@NDebattista.
No matter how often in the past EFA harped on the past violent Mintoff-KMB era, clearly it was not often enough if a young generation has grown up disinterested in their nation's post independence turbulent history during which our newly acquired freedoms were imperilled by wholesale suppression of our basic fundamental human rights. Nauseated would be those who hanker for a return.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 17:33
@PaulMicallef.
The Nationalist Party couldn't and didn't issue any "interdett". That was brought down on the heads of MLP hardliners who supported Mintoff in his quarrel with the Archbishop because Mintoff wanted to suppress every different opinion i.e. the press, the free trade unions, the intelligentia, the professional class, the banks, the teachers and all who wouldn't lick his boots.
Joe Xuereb
Jan 27th, 13:40
I cannot/will not forget the past because I am enjoying its fruit today. My distancing myself from the 'maltese rc Church' has its roots in the 50s/60s. In a way I am grateful for Arch.Gonzi then, in tandem with the PN 'konfoffa' of the time. What could be worse for a man's soul than to be blackmailed into submission? and see his father destroyed a little more every day. HAP-PEN-ED!!! FACT!
J Martinelli
Jan 27th, 15:37
Joe, the NP was never in cahoots with the Church. It was the LP's lame excuse for losing the Integration referendum and election. Whether you espouse the church or not is immaterial. What counts is the huge progress we experienced since 1987 without having to ride on any dictator's back. Nobody 'blackmailed' anyone voting NP in & the NP never sent thugs at polling stations to scare LP voters away.
Mr Nathan zammit
Jan 28th, 02:33
@j martinelli in nies li indifnu fil mizbla jew izzewgu fis sagristija ghax kienu laburisti ta veru kienu ukoll!! specjalment dak iz zmien fejn kien ghawn tant nies devoti.
saru hafna ingustizzji mil-labour fit 80ijat. vera. kien hemm minn baghta, pero hafna gawdew..
u jekk tridu issemmu lil mintoff.. sar hafna hazen tahtu specjalment al nies PN.. imma l malta gabarha. libbisha dewwieha u temahha
Anthony Portelli
Jan 27th, 13:13
When you read between the lines , read what is written and not what you think should be written. Capish...
Patrick Cumbo
Jan 27th, 13:09
So for those who wish to identify and act according to the past. If you or a member of the family made a mistake or you made a mistake of any kind in the past you are saying that your or herhis life
is over and there is no chance for a present and future. And if I am not mistaken we are Christians and all this goes against the teaching of our beliefs morals and values. Hypocrisy
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 14:31
@P Cumbo
As long as the LP rostrum is crowded with the relics from the 70s and the 80s there is no credible proof that Joseph Muscat's LP had distanced itself from the perpetrators of its technique of violence, that it has put that violence behind it, that it regrets it and won't ever revert to it again. That clear repentence and contrition are an essential prerequisite for Christian forgiveness
Michael Seychell
Jan 27th, 15:11
How can one accept not to talk on the past when persons like me are still around onlyby the grace of God, more so when J.M. called back and is surrounded by people like AST,KV, JDG and others including some of the thugs that were involved in my case and in many other cases.
I may forgive the thugs and the M/L.Party, but will never forget what I & my family went through.
M.Seychel T'Pieta
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Jan 27th, 13:06
It is true that both parties are in principle are more ore less looking like merging BUT it is the LP that moved towards the PN Ideologies and that is why Gonzi is right in saying that the LP only copies the excellent party (i.e.) PN BUT the original is always better that a copy , if anything a copy comes after the original, always late though it is better than never. So vote Gonzi &PN Great
Paul Micallef
Jan 27th, 15:32
@ inglott
Ghandek ragun PL HAS ADDAPTID, just like GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, ROMANIA, RUSSIA.
Billi tbidel hsibek naturali ghalina tal PL ara intkhom tal PN, DINOSAURI, IMWAHLIN FIL PASSAT, Ghalekm il-poplu ha warrabkhom ghax xebbaw mil LISTESS IDEJAT U UCUH skaduti.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 17:38
@PaulMicallef today 15:32.
Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia etc have adapted themselves following their sour experience with dictatorships by BANNING the return of the criminals that had plagued their countries not by reinstating them into any position of power. We should do the same.
P Bonnici
Jan 27th, 12:56
A man (Nicolas Azzopardi) died following police custody and to this day no one has been charged.
I can't imagine such a death in the UK and no police officer is found accountable for the injuries sustained by Mr Azzorpardi.
The PN failed to reform the police force and the court. I have less hope in the PL of doing so either.
Illegal immigration seems not to be an issue in Malta.
Michael Seychell
Jan 27th, 15:22
P.B. I cannot accept that those who murdered R.Caruana; L.Cauchi; Kr.Grech, Il-Fusellu; & W.Cardona are still enjoying their life with their family, in most cases because the Police acted very wrongly, including not protecting the scene of the crime, and/or accusing innocent people like the case of P.Busuttil. How can the families of these people ever forget the past.
M. Seychell Pieta
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 16:02
Evidently, you know absolutely nothing about the incidence of unsolved crime, including homicide, in the UK and all over the world. It has nothing to do with the efficiency of the police in Malta. Let us only hope that our Police Force will never return to its black days of conspirators in aid of institutionalised political violence.
P Bonnici
Jan 27th, 19:30
Under the PN the police force remind to a certain extent in the dark days of the Mintoff regime. I believe that this crime should have been solved by the police.
We also has a double murder last year with a surviving witness, this remains unsolved. If there were no witness, I could understand why it would remain unsolved. I understand the PN inherited a semi-functional police force from the LP.
HERMANN PAUL FARRUGIA
Jan 27th, 12:43
Dr Eddie,in this Modern Age,young people have only been miserably interested in the past whether recent or distant.Already in the seventies,I distinctly recall fellow colleagues in the Science course at College undermining the subject inspite of the efforts of everpatient history teachers.
The crux of the fate society is affronted with is exactly what you always termed"effacement of human values".
John Azzopoardi
Jan 27th, 12:33
Totally agree. The 80's were the 80's and as such we move forward. what happened 25-30 years ago is along time in terms of history. If we keep harping on the past we will never move forward. We moved forward from wars, etc etc. EFA was a great leader who lead us to the EU but not today's EU full of problems. I don't think Gonzi and now Busittil will ever match him.
J Martinelli
Jan 27th, 15:52
John, 25 yrs are a bat of an eye in terms of history and though the 80s are gone, we still suffer the effects of division, of 'them and us' & there appear no signs of change. It had to be 'them and us' because the NP supporters 'battle front' consisted of unarmed citizens who got a fair dose of tear gas, rubber & real bullets, beatings etc, for doing what people did in democratic countries.
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Jan 27th, 12:29
He is right who cares about the past. People who think like that do not understand the meaning of reforming. I for one am sick and tired with; in the past bla bla bla and so on. People are more educated, have access to outside media, most can read and do not repeat what they heard from someone else.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 14:33
EFA did not say that he does not care about the past. He WARNED of the danger of returning to it.
J Martinelli
Jan 27th, 15:59
People who have walls plastered with certificates and degrees but who have little knowledge of their country's history are just zombies living in a world of their own.
Your status today, Shaun is the product of your country's past, good or bad, hopefully more good than bad.
Going back to the bad era is like taking drugs for a few minutes of euphoria but a lifetime of pain.
Mark Spiteri
Jan 27th, 12:16
Leader - Legend and Master.....Gonzi take note !!
Ronald Borg
Jan 27th, 12:10
Does Gonzi not realise that very few are really behind him?
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
Jan 27th, 12:06
EFA had to work very hard in difficult circumstances to achieve power. This moulded him in a way that he could understand the needs and problems of ordinary people and anticipate the political corrective adjustments needed. This is why I have high hopes in Joseph Muscat because in him I see similar qualities of leadership ,of course adjusted to the new demands and needs of the Maltese society.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 14:40
EFA did not "work very hard ... to achieve power" He worked hard and risked his life to restore a true functioning democracy to the nation respecting fundamental human rights and freedoms. Joseph Muscat is not faced with the same problems EFA had to face. He is unlikely to have to face them as long as Malta remains in the EU where EFA planted Malta while Joseoh Muscat strenuously opposed it.
ANTHONY PAVIA
Jan 27th, 16:27
Agreed!
E. Vassallo
Jan 27th, 17:12
Joseph Muscat used to ridicule EFA at every opporunity. Muscat is just rehashing marketing tactics with the ultimate vision being elected prime minister
Victor Pulis
Jan 27th, 12:02
Being interested in the past, both ancient and modern doea not mean living in it. History is one of the most essential subjects studied by humans. Hiostory is a great teacher when it's not twisted to one's advantage. One has to remember that there is not just black and white but a vast grey area when learning history.
Carmel Muscat
Jan 27th, 11:57
I fully agree with Dr Fenech Adami when he said that he it was up to him,he would have called a earlier general election. In my opinion, the time was when Gonzi was faced with the diviorce issue. I cannot accept that the PN govenment passed the divorce bill. IT is a black mark in the history of the PN
.
Peter Simpson
Jan 27th, 11:52
In other words, Dr Fenech Adami is telling Dr Gonzi to stop blaming Labour as a scapegoat for his own failings!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 14:42
No! he is doing nothing of the sort. Your interpretation is invalid.
V Caruana
Jan 27th, 11:52
EFA first lessons should begin @ home. Your views are not reflected in your Beppe.
I agree, we ARE NOT going back. We don't have an opposition that encourages
a) civil disobedience - which can topple a legitimate elected government
b) organize a phisically strong squad - to "protect" the party
Joe Grech
Jan 27th, 12:09
If there had not been a governing party containing ministers whose hired thugs beat up anyone who peacefully demonstrated then there may not have been the need for any "protection". The legitimacy of a government taking power when the opposition party has polled the majority of votes cast is more than a bit dubious, surely even for a dyed-in-the-wool Labourite.
David Spiteri
Jan 27th, 12:35
@V Caruana by "Civil Disobedience" do you mean standing up for your rights? Stop twisting history please. The protestors in Valletta asking for water in their homes .. yes, water .. the students chaining themselves in protest .. I need not repeat facts we lived through and repeated many times! If you need a refresher, see the article in TheTimes by A Borg Cardona titled "Gone, not to be forgotten"
Anthony Portelli
Jan 27th, 13:17
we had civil disobiedience when we had an illegitimate government-a DIKTATORIAT- int kont thix hawn jew? Il-poplu ried haga u il labor dawwar id-distrewtti biex ikollu siggijiet iktar fil parlament-
Fejn kienet id-demokrazija
Jew jaghzel il poplu jew Diktatorjat
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Jan 27th, 11:46
part 2/2
as a reference I use:
http://www.maltapolitics.com/vjolenzanazzjonalista.htm
In truth, violence in those days came from BOTH sides.
Today's kids are NOT stupid - they have worked the above a long time ago.
It is therefore somewhat patronising to say that they do not know about this era.
Perhaps they too feel that PN NEVER admitting involvement speaks louder than any "nice" words.
HERMANN PAUL FARRUGIA
Jan 27th, 13:14
Mr Grech Mintoff: Your leader has just acknowledged that Dr Eddie Fenech Adami's election was crucial for Malta in1987.What authority are you to assert "In truth"?Your reference quoted is baseless as it is a partisan presentation of the facts and nowhere does it state that the PN was acting as a National Movement against SocialistTotalitarianism & Oppression of the majority of Malta's Electorate
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Jan 27th, 15:03
@HPF
1)In 1987 change was needed. Thereafter, violence stopped OVERNIGHT and people accused of being violent were PROMOTED. How strange!
2)Change is equally required now.
3)I backed my claim with pictures dates & places and even EFA's own voice making up excuses to justify the PN violence! How you claim that to be baseless is beyond me unless your claim is an emotional rather than logical one.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Jan 27th, 11:39
Part 1/2
Nice words but anyone using logic not emotion will not take them seriously unless they are accompanied by:
- an acknowledgement that violence in the 80's was instigated with an aim to topple down the government
- an explanation about the bombs placed outside embassies etc
- who was behind Karen Grech's death (as once publicly promised)
- an apology for PN violence (physical and mental)
H. Psaila
Jan 27th, 12:30
Did ever Mintoff or the Labour party ever apologize to Maltese citizens for the hardship in those days for violence of personal and public properties, breaking the laws, lack of commodities, unemployment, riots and many much more. You are calling PN violence, why dont you read the history way back in the 80's and read all about the violence that MLP has done to all Maltese citizens.
Anthony Portelli
Jan 27th, 13:24
Int bis-serjeta Mintoff?
ghandek hafna baggage man.
fiz-zmienkom ma kont tista tixtri
Prodotti Francizi
Corned Beef
Tonn taz-zejt
Ma kenx hawn dawl (Eleticku)
Ma kien hawn ilkma( tax-xorb)
u hafna affariet ohra, inkluz ma kontx tista tuza Malat fil titolu ta xi kumpanijia, gazetta, ma kont tista tixtri karozza radio controlled, ghax keinu jahsbu li se taghmel xi att-- bruuuuu,
Anthony Borg
Jan 27th, 14:35
@ A portelli Dr fenech adami says “My own strong belief is there’s no going back... I don’t think people care about it.”.. tergax taqa ghal passat .... Illum infaqna il miljuni u xorta ghadna li inkunu bla dawl (2013) ......
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Jan 27th, 15:07
@HP
Read what o wrote carefully!
@AP
Serjissimu.
Jien ghixthom dak iz-zmienijiet ukoll u soffrejna HAFNA vjolenza wkoll...
nerga nghidlek tizax emozjoni halli tahseb fic-car:
illum hawn faqar tmissu kuljum: mur ghid lil hafna biex imoru ihalsu kontijiet tad -dawl ecc ahseb u ara jixtru l-lussu.
Int tahseb li ma kienx hawn vjolenza nazzjonalista? Ara l-link li bghatlek ta l-anqas..
Joe Fenech
Jan 27th, 21:20
U t-transfers u l-korruzzjoni taht il-PN li ikkrejeaw tant vjolenza psikologika....
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 11:39
@ all those falsely alleging any disagreement between EFA and myself.
That is one more lie. We say the same thing. That is why he warned that it would be a mistake for us to take our present respect for the fundamental human rights for granted. If we did that, Malta would run the risk of regressing. Our membership of the EU is our only protection and we all know Muscat's past views re EU.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Jan 27th, 12:09
>@ all those falsely alleging any disagreement between EFA and myself.
>That is one more lie.
More classic FS!!!
George Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 12:20
EFA's own words
“My own strong belief is there’s no going back... I don’t think people care about it.”
Wally Vella-Zarb
Jan 27th, 12:44
We also know the PNs opposition to the 'one man,one vote' system, votes for women, voting at age eighteen, state pensions, compulsory education, virtually no decent employment for labourites in the fifties and sixties, the casting aside of labourites after 1987, the minister who boasted that he'd rather see desks empty than occupied by labour supporters...etc., etc. We will all remember on 9 March
David Farrugia
Jan 27th, 12:54
Francis, don't despair...remember, Malta Taghna Lkoll!
George Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 13:55
You say the same thing!! Here is what EFA is saying ..
EFA: Young people not interested in the past - would have called election earlier!
Do you agree with this? Earlier on, you weren't!!
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 27th, 14:35
Dottore .. ghandek problema kbira ta kredibilita!! Biex anqas qed taqbel ma EFA .. issa kbira!!! issa izzejjed!!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 14:50
@GeorgeAzzopardi.
EFA clearly did not say that today's generation doesn't care whether or not we actually went back to the violence of the 70s and 80s. He is warning the young generation against taking things for granted and that the present situation cannot be endangered by their unconcern.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 15:00
@George Azzopardi today at 13:55
I agree with EFA that Franco Debono & Co should have been ejected earlier even if that meant an earlier election with a cleansed NP better poised to win that election.
EFA is no way approving the young generation's disinterest in past MLP atrocities. He is warning them that their unconcern poses the risk of a return to that past.
W. Cassar
Jan 27th, 11:35
“What I have to do, I do. I don’t put it off till tomorrow,” he says.
wise words EFA pity Gonzi never learnt anything from you!
George Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 11:30
@Francis Saliba M.D. Today, 10:18
.. Malta would crash into the same potholes while striving to move "FORWARDS" under the same leaders of that violent past.
unquote ..
You are so politically blind as to not even trying to understand what was said in this clip by EFA himself. If you do not understand or believe what PN's greateast leader is saying then you have a serious problem!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 13:05
I understand better than you do what EFA meant when he WARNED "that it would be a mistake to take everything for granted". That meant that whilst forgiving, we should not forget
George Azzopardi
Jan 27th, 14:27
Dr.Saliba, we should not take everything for granted who's saying that's not true but please start the sentence from the beginning ..
People are conscious the country has moved forward and there’s no going back,”
Like GonziPN you're still trying to scare people when EFA has realized that this strategy is wrong! Malta Today's survey is the result of GonziPN strategy. PL now leading by 14%!
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 27th, 14:29
@Francis Saliba M.D. ... whilst forgiving, we should not forget
issa qed tikwotta lil Kbir Duminku Mintoff ghax din i-frazi hu kien qala!!!
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 27th, 15:26
@Dr.Saliba ..Like GonziPN you're still trying to scare people when EFA has realized that this strategy is wrong! From surveys done today by other newspaper PL now leading by 14%! This is the result of GonziPN strategy.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 16:33
@JoeBorg(sen)
Both Mintoff and myself may be quoting the same aphorism - but take my word for it, I never quote Mintoff in support of anything I say (sew jekk Mintoff kbir fil-gid, sew jekk kbir biss fid-deni).
Noel Borg
Jan 27th, 11:18
.....let me be straight about it, I (almost) never supported EFA, but I must admit, he was and still is great politician, his political analysis is focused and detailed. Smart and intelligent man indeed who did so much for his country ....
Roger Mifsud
Jan 27th, 11:18
Roger Mifsud:
EFA appeals to people to vote for whoever wants the best things for the country. Asked who he thinks is best, he says he is a former PN leader, so he won't disown his own party. Good on yer, Eddie. That's a diplomatic way of disowning Lawrence Gonzi. There's some honestly at last.
I Mercieca
Jan 27th, 11:10
Is-Sabieha hi, li bosta esponenti tal-MLP tas-70's u l-80's, ghadhom hemm fis-saqajn. Iktar minn hekk Muscat tghhom promotion fi gradi ghola. Bizzejjed insemmu lill-Perit Karmenu Vella, Is-Sur Joe Debono Grech, Is-Sinjura Marie Loiuse Coliero Preca, Is-Sur Leo Brincat, In-Nutar Alex Sciberras Trigona u bosta ohrajn.
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 27th, 11:24
Jahasra mhux qed tindunha li bi kliemek qeed tmerri is-sewwa marruf li qed ghid u jinsisti EFA stess. Int rajti dal-Klip jew tant ghami bli qed jghid GonziPN li mhux qed tisma x'qed jghid l-aqwa leader li qatt kellu l-PN!!!!
jane galea
Jan 27th, 11:43
Jiddispjacini ghalik I Mercieca int mintiex hlief fanatiku tal-PN ghax jghidu x' jghidu jkun min jkun ghandek amad li tara parti wahda biss,ghid jekk xi darba dawn in-nies ghamlulek xi haga lilek personali gia la darba qed takkuzhom.Naqbel ma EFA ahna se jsir irridu nafu u li jinghad jkun kredibli.
I Mercieca
Jan 27th, 13:56
Da zgur li ghamluli Jane, JIen kont zaghzugh fi zmien ir-Regim Socjalista (jew tisthu ltghidu llum li intom Socjalisti), kien zmien meta biex tavvanza fl-edukazzjoni kellek bzonn il-PARRINU, mhux bhall -lum min hu kapaci jkompli javvanza.
Joe, nahseb iktar ghami int f'kull kumment li tikteb tixhed dan. X'hinu s-sewwa mgharuf ghidilna?
Li l-polpu irregetta l-Partit tieghek elezzjoni wara l-ohra.
I Mercieca
Jan 27th, 14:01
Tassew ma tafnix biex tghidli fanatiku.
Jien din l-elezzjoni ma kontx se nivvota 100% u l-bosta u bosta nies li jafuni jafuh dan, izda wara li naqra dak kollu li intom is-Socjalisti, Laburisti, Progressivi, Moderati (LOL) u x'naf jien, tiktbu bilfors nerga nivvota PN.
Jekk ikun se jibdieli u ma mmurx nivvota kemm nara ftit is-Super 1 u mmur gas down....
E. Vassallo
Jan 27th, 15:01
The truth is that Joseph muscat is trying to lure disgruntled PN voters by various marketing ploys.....gloryfying Eddie fenech Adami,.wearing blue ties, never mention his party by name but referring to as a Moviment but the greatest electoral weapon is attacking Austin Gatt and vilify him through not only the MLP media but with the help of so called independent media.
Vincent Mercieca
Jan 27th, 11:00
@ A Tonna
I think that the PN are not only ashamed of the 60’s but also of the 40’s; 50; and 70’s.
They were against (1) votes for women (2) one man one vote (3) free education for all (4) introduction of pensions and the list goes on.
Charles Caruana Carabez
Jan 27th, 10:57
Noble words by a man with a noble soul. Of course he had his shortcomings, but he is speaking as a man who is liberated from the shackles of contingency, with the wisdom and equanimity which only maturity and experience can give. He, and other men of goodwill, ripe in age, have still got much to give, and may we see the day that they are asked to give it.
j brincat
Jan 27th, 10:54
"He says that if it were up to him he would have called the general election earlier. “What I have to do, I do. I don’t put it off till tomorrow,” - E F A
UNLIKE GonziPN who (for the love for power) kept procrastination even though he knew perfectly he had NO majority, thus bringing instability and uncertainty in Malta!
jb
Eddy Privitera
Jan 27th, 10:51
It seems that Dr. Joseph Muscat has influenced also Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami that Dr.Muscat and the PL's policy of urging for unity in the country is the best policy for Malta and its people ! Of course, I do not agree with Dr. Fenech Adami when he said that he "contributed for the elimination of political divisions". Certainly NOT when he was prime minister. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE !
M Farrugia
Jan 27th, 11:34
Best joke ever......Muscat influencing EFA......perhaps when he was still at school or a journalist with Super 1 ???????? Kif qatt ma tghid wahda tajba Sur Privitera.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 11:48
@ Eddy Privitera
There were many MLP stalwarts who expected that they continue to enjoy the privileges that their party had bestowed on them undeservedly and at the expense of worthier people on the principle that benefits were to be heaped on Labourites first and foremost and if any goodies remained they would be assignd also to Labourites. What brazen cheek!
H. Psaila
Jan 27th, 12:33
All Maltese have their personal experience during the 80's especially of the MLP violence in those days. So dont talk about personal experience.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 27th, 13:13
M. Farrugia: Dr. MUscat is Influencing Dr. EFA TODAY with his speeches on unity ! But you are too blinkered to realize this !
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 15:08
@EddyPrivitera
Your brash opinion that Eddie Fenech Adami would ever take any lessons from the same Muscat who has recalled to LP service the perpetrators of the Mintoff-KMB violence against his family and wrecked his home is gross banality that exceeds anything you have ever produced.
Alfred J. McEwen
Jan 27th, 16:41
@ Francis Saliba M.D
This Brazen Cheek may also be attributed to the Partit Nazionalista, so it`s ditto on all counts I`m afraid as the have had their fair share of bazulismo and probably still do. Talk about throwing stones at glass windows....!!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 18:17
@A.J McEwen
You’ve got everything wrong. It is “Those who live in glasshouses shouldn’t throw stones” and the glasshouse is at the Mile End.
Even if your allegation of “bazulismo” were true (it isn’t) that is hardly a good reason to change a government with an outstanding success in surmounting an international recession and to adopt an MLP with the VAT shambles to its discredit.
A Tonna
Jan 27th, 10:43
It seems that for the PN the political past starts in the 80s. They completely forget the 60s because it their shameful past. They try to erase these times from history. Now the present is their shameful time as well for the uncontrollable corruption that exists in this country. Everyday something new pops up!
Giov DeMartino
Jan 27th, 10:52
When I mention labour's atrocious past I always give concrete facts. I challenge you to do the same with regards
to the 60's shameful past.
Joe Vella
Jan 27th, 10:57
A. Tonna,I can guarantee you as a Nationalist Party supporter the 1960's is a glory part of the great history of the PN. The PN gave the Maltese a Nation to the Maltese, equal among all Nations at the UN. A. Tonna, the PL and it's exponents always talk about corruption; the Alfred Sant had set up a commission to investigate and what the commission told him that there was none.
Joe Tabone
Jan 27th, 11:03
@ Tonna,
That's what Labour and A Sant said before they were elected in 1996, but after 22 months in Government NOT ONE person was prosecuted. PL Labour today with the same mud slinging!!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 11:09
The PN does not forget and it does not try to make anyone forget the bitter confrontation stirred up by Mintoff against the Church in Malta and against its archbishop. It was one facet of Mintoff's policy to suppress the voice of the intelligentia, of the professional class, of the free (unmarried) trade unions, of the educators and of the free press. The NP was in favour of fundamental freedoms.
C Muscat
Jan 27th, 12:54
60's shamefu lpast.
a, biex tidhol mal-gvern trid tkun nazzjonalist; ir-rikmandazzjoni tal-kappilankienet tkun bl-iswed jew bil-blu skond kien PL jew PN;
b. il-gazetti laburisti ma kont issibhom imkien mill-gfvern;
c. min kien laburist kellu dnub mejjet u ma kienx jista jiehju l-ebda sagrament fosthom bdil tal- buletttin.
d. tahdem ta serva paga mizera;
e. tallaba
f.. handicapped mohbija.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 27th, 13:17
Giov DeMartinio: So you are rubbishing what Dr. Fenech ADami has told The Sunday Times in today's interview ! Dr. Gonzi seems to have lost even Dr. EFA's support !
Mr Anthony Briffa
Jan 27th, 10:37
It seems that EFA has not seen the recent clips by Debono Grech, and he is not aware that the PN is facing the same people we confronted for democarcy in the 80's. We, who lived that time, and followed EFA to achieve what we have today, have a duty to tell the young people what we went through in order that they, now, can lead the life style they have today.
David Bezzina
Jan 27th, 10:23
While EFA made a stern effort to eliminate political division.Lawrence Gonzi isn't fit to tie his shoe laces.There is such a big gap between the 2 PN leaders.
A. Muscat
Jan 27th, 10:22
A.Muscat
@ Mario Gellel I FOR ONE WILL NEVER FORGET THE BRUTALLITY YOU PARTY (MLP) DID IN 70 & 80s.
Marion Storace
Jan 27th, 11:39
@ A. Muscat - People in glass houses should not throw stones. I for one will never forget the 60@s during a PN administration and Archbishop Gonzi at its helm. Interdett, if you sympathised with a political party, no absolution or rather one could not go to confession, no receiving of holy communion, people being buried in the trash, pealing of church bells during the MPL meetings (Pt.1).
Marion Storace
Jan 27th, 11:44
A. Muscat (Pt. 2)
During this last PN legislature, it has gone worse with arrogance, CORRUPTION and LIES galore, u-turns, division amongst the people (which started with EFA) and then you have the audacity to mention the 70's and 80's. Other comments will be superfluous.
Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
Jan 27th, 13:53
@ Marion Storace,
No one was literally buried in the trash, they were buried in coffins and in normal Maltese style public graves that happened to be in non consecrated grounds as a mean punishment by the Maltese version of the Roman Catholic church as it was playing mind games with the living that did not share its political views.
The dead, as the Bible says" know nothing" & don't care.
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 27th, 10:22
In my humble opinion I would dare venture that in actual fact the credit for the START of political elimination division should really go to Dr. Alfred Sant in the 1996 election. He showed this by distancing himself from all that was violent both in the LP&PN camp.
Unfortunately the pn always keep bringing up these sagas to the front which I think are doing more harm to them than good.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 10:57
@Alfred Vassallo
The eradication of violence as a political weapon had been accomplished by EFA for a decade before Alfred Sant appeared on the scene. Don't forget that although Sant distanced himself from the MLP authors of the violence they were reinstalled by Muscat and they are still there prominently. If the remembrance of that MLP violence really harmed the NP you would not be opposing it.
Jay Oatmon
Jan 27th, 10:19
There have been opportunities to reform the ancient courts procedures and the appalling low work ethic of the judiciary. However they seem to be 'sacred cows' and untouchable - so we get immense unacceptable delays in justice, along with corruption and daft sentences for career criminals.
I think Dr Adami knows Malta needs action not talk - and the PN has failed to take action.
Margaret Galea
Jan 27th, 10:18
Wise man and a true politician , which unfortunately I lost all faith on All politicians, promising us the moon the stars and runing the country with billions of debt.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 27th, 10:56
Margaret: You have a chance to have a very DIFFERENT type of politician running the country. A young man who has a vision so different to former politicians. Why not give him a chance to prove to you that he is different ? His name is JOSEPH MUSCAT !
C Briffa
Jan 27th, 11:28
@eddy he already had the chance to prove himself but he voted against the EU membership, he kept the old faces from the 70's & behind closed doors he says that Malta will be tal-Laburisti. I will not gamble with my family's future
M Farrugia
Jan 27th, 11:39
Margaret, all governments around the world are in debt, some governments like our current one are capable of managing the debt and keep the country going well, others governed by poor inexperienced politicians went to the wall in the last 4 years. Choose wisely in the next election.
L Zammit
Jan 27th, 12:29
@Eddie Privitera: Voting for Labour is a leap in the dark.
H. Psaila
Jan 27th, 12:38
Margaret - As E. Privitera is telling you, vote for a young man who is an uncapable politician only full of dreams, a young man without a single vision, only illusions. He is the man who wanted us to choose our style like Cyprus did and see what happened to Cyprus. He is saying that as soon as he is elected he will lower W& E, but now he is saying not after 3years. It this the kind of PM we want?
Joseph Micallef
Jan 27th, 18:28
@ C Briffa, L Zammit,
The problem is that as time goes by, the majority of the voters are not thinking it your way. I am one of those who will vote PL for the first time. I've been a member of PN for decades but I can't see myself associated with PN anymore. On the other side, PL is appealing for me and many others.
Joseph Micallef
Jan 27th, 18:29
@ L Zammit,
A leap in the dark would be caused by voting for PN... with all these regular power cuts.
L Zammit
Jan 27th, 21:48
@ J.Micallef: A typical labour reply. Always trying to ridicule. No, labour will never change.
Charles Micallef
Jan 27th, 09:58
Beppe, please listen to your father as he knows best and stop bringing up the past, voters are only interested in the future, and it does look that gonzipn is already in the past!
Clayton Borg
Jan 27th, 09:57
I have no problem in voting PN the next elections if this gentleman will be at helm of the party . Sadly dr.Gonzi an his party (not recognisible as PN anymore) won't win my vote ....
A.Felix Busuttil
Jan 27th, 09:48
Ex Presidents representing all MALTESE (Malta taghna l-koll) has to refrain from political comments especially during an election campaign. This is not the first timer and I am sure its not going to be the last especially after the PN defeat. Mr President if you really want the respect of all Maltese you need to respect all Maltese.
Stephen Florian
Jan 27th, 09:44
Maltese saying : Biex tiskongra trid tkun pur.
Charles J. Buttigieg
Jan 27th, 09:44
If for a moment I were to accept as a fact that the Labour Government 1971-1987 and its supporters were the tyrants and the rest were the victims, I’ll say this: To compare those times to today’s it would be just like comparing the times of the Holy Inquisition within the Catholic Church of today.
A M Bonello
Jan 27th, 09:37
The country went to the dogs as soon as Gonzi took over and that is why it is time for change.
Paul Pulis
Jan 27th, 09:26
Being interested in what happened in the past, does not neccessarily mean becoming stuck in the past. History is a great teacher and its a pity that our students are so culturally poor because of the lack of it.
Josephine Tanti
Jan 27th, 09:22
EFA has my utmost respect and I praise his efforts together with those of GDM (RIP) during the late 80s and early to mid 90s. That admin truly changed the direction of the country from the horrific days of 82-87.
But that was then and this is now. The present PN admin is trying its best, and failing, to retain power by fear. Malta now desperately needs a fresh admin to lead the country FORWARD!
Joseph M. Grech.
Jan 27th, 10:09
And Ms Tanti who is trying to gain power through fear?
Is it not the MLP/PL when they are sending letters to families in the south where Dr Muscat is telling them how horrified he was when they came to the knowledge of how a certain family had 8 people with cancer, the increase in the amount of cancers due to the power station? Or that Pn will increase the utility tariffs? Come on let's be fair!
Martin Attard
Jan 27th, 10:15
that's it ! well done josephine
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 10:18
@JosephineTanti.
If we do not keep in mind the potholes into which Malta stumbled the last times the MLP/LP governed, Malta would crash into the same potholes while striving to move "FORWARDS" under the same leaders of that violent past.
Donna Parnis
Jan 27th, 11:02
Joseph M Grech, and is it not Gonzi who is sending letters to workers telling them that if the LP get in their jobs would go, Like he sent letters last election telling workers their jobs were safe then after the election they got their notice, Now hes promising jobs again, but saying labour will take them away, Scare tactics always from the PN.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 27th, 11:02
Joseph M. Grech: That power stations using heavy fuel oil are dangerous to health, is not an inventyion of Dr. Muscat. This has been said by the World Health Organization. And even prominent oncologists, including the former Chief of the oncology department at Boffa Hospital, Dr. Stephen Brincat, and various other Specialists !
Don't you believe Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami any longer then ?
Joseph Micallef
Jan 27th, 18:31
@ Joseph M Grech,
You're speaking about fairness? for fairness sake! Power through fear: żewġ bombi tal-gass daqs il-knisja tal-mosta, l-labour jeħodna lura għas-snin 80. Bil-labour taqla transfer (do you recall those nasty leaflets?), il-labour jaqtalek l-istipendju ecc... Possibli, ma tafx bihom dawn? Welcome to Malta.
mario gellel
Jan 27th, 09:21
Well you can start by putting it through the head of your party leader and his small clique. they are the only ones on the island that are preaching hate and scare mongering. They are the only ones that want to keep Malta divided in Half.
Josephine Tanti
Jan 27th, 09:33
Well said. The present PN has become unrecognisable to most except the inner circle of friends. They, like the MLP of the past, will have to go through a transition of self-reflection, acceptance of reality and hopefully change. I pray to God that they will be ready in 10 years
Should the LP, who I believe will win the coming election, fall into complacency at least we'll then have an option.
twanny borg
Jan 27th, 10:01
Mario nahseb int ma fehmtx xejn. X'differenza minn dak iz-zmien ghal-lum!! Il-fatt biss li l-pulizija tiehu passi kontra kullhadd hija bizzejjed. Tista' tikritika bla biza. Mhux kollox fuq ir-rubini imma nafu fejn qeghdin.
Joseph John Zammit
Jan 27th, 09:20
Wise man words.
Karl Consiglio
Jan 27th, 09:11
He's just saying things we all know.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 09:25
Eddie Fenech Adami is saying things that we all know but which LP stalwarts want to sweep under the carpet while their leadership is crowded with leaders from the MLP violent past. He felt the need to warn that we must not take our present peace for granted.
David Magro
Jan 27th, 11:01
Dr.Saliba, l-istorja had ma jistgha jhassara. Daqstant iehor wiehed ma jistghax ihassa l-ugieh ta qalb ta dak li gara way back in the 1960`s. Jien ma nafx kemm ghandek zmien, pero hnizrijiet saru hafna ta f`dawk iz-zminijiet, specjalment l-interdiction lil Laburisti, vendikazzjonijiet, emigrazzjoni qawwija lil eluf ta Laburisti ( missieri wiehed minnhom ). Anke L-orizzont banned from san Luqa!
David Magro
Jan 27th, 11:01
Dr.Saliba, l-istorja had ma jistgha jhassara. Daqstant iehor wiehed ma jistghax ihassa l-ugieh ta qalb ta dak li gara way back in the 1960`s. Jien ma nafx kemm ghandek zmien, pero hnizrijiet saru hafna ta f`dawk iz-zminijiet, specjalment l-interdiction lil Laburisti, vendikazzjonijiet, emigrazzjoni qawwija lil eluf ta Laburisti ( missieri wiehed minnhom ). Anke L-orizzont banned from san Luqa!
Karl Consiglio
Jan 27th, 11:05
So true.
Mark Muscat
Jan 27th, 09:04
I left Malta in 1980 because of what happened to me and my family.My son knows very well what happened in the 1970/1980's, youngsters do know and are interested in the past but sometimes they show an air of disinterest, it is the way they operate. They are interested but can't show it, it isn't cool!!!!!
mark muscat
Mr Aldo Grech
Jan 27th, 09:22
Guess its exactly how our generation feels about the 7 gugnio events...
Ronnie Callus
Jan 27th, 09:48
Mark, they do not want to recall the past because it does not smell good for them. If it was otherwise they surely do.
David Magro
Jan 27th, 10:28
Mark, its the same for me, what happened way back to my father in the 60`s when he was interdicted by the church because of his beliiefs...today its cool for my child to understand what occuered!
David Farrugia
Jan 27th, 08:59
Basically, EFA is telling GonziPN that he is losing the election bigtime
Anna Camilleri
Jan 27th, 09:28
I invite you to read the full interview on The Sunday Times.....
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 10:13
@DavidFarrugia
You are another one who pretends a contested wisdom to pontificate what EFA "basically" meant as if the rest do not have brains of their own.
Mr Peter Vella
Jan 27th, 08:56
The Laburisti want us to forget the past because they are ashamed of it and want to twist the facts about who was violent and undemocratic. But don't worry, those of us that lived in those terrible years will NEVER forget.
Kevin Bonello
Jan 27th, 09:10
Ahjar terga taqra SEW xqal siehbek Eddie! Kolla angli ta Pn tibqaw issemmu passat forsi taqbdu ma tibna fil maltemp!
M. Bezzina
Jan 27th, 09:12
If the MLP has to be ashamed with he past I would be ashamed with the current situation where corruption is 1st and foremost....the misery of salaries we have ...where the MPS had 500E weekly, fairmouth, arriva, mater dei, power station you mention it you will never stop writing!!!
I forgot that its PL fault sorry!!!!
Luciano Chetcuti
Jan 27th, 09:36
Look around and compare if you wish. Illum is-sinjur sar iktar sinjur u l-fqir ftaqar iktar. Imma l-aqwa li ghanda ftit state-of-the art items which have cost the taxpayer (including you if you pay taxes) millions and nothing is gained from them: Mater Dei: lesser patient space; Open air theatre: farce with a canvas top; Parliament building: monster/barumbara tal-hamiem; and so on and so on.
Joseph Bugeja
Jan 27th, 09:49
Mr Vella,
What is the past for you? Years and events you care to pick up? Weren't the 'dnub il-mejjet' years with the government mum or helping on the sidelines past too? You could not even take a left leaning newspaper in a 'public' hospital! I can go on and on and like you pick what I choose. The truth is everyone has skeletons in his cupboard and that includes you and me.
carmel cassar
Jan 27th, 10:35
Why dont we go further back, like the sixties,or even further. both parties cant afford to air their arm pits, but what we are going to achieve? Let move forward and plan for a better living, hoping that we get a maltese government.
Victor Vella
Jan 27th, 08:39
Eddie of course young people are not idiots.A book has to be written and scientifically answer the questions: What exactly happened in the 80s? Why that happened? Who were the actors that instigated a nearly civil unrest? Your party today through Busuttil is trying to put the country back to the 80s exactly as you did remember sending people at shops and on work talking about politics.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 08:52
If your comment is typical of today's young people then, sorry to say, they woulde be prime idiots and not people giving scientific(!) answers. Science has nothing to do with discarding the bitter lessons of our recent history. The only obstruction to a reversion to the horrors of the 70s and 80s is our membership of the European Union (thanks to EFA) rather than membership to the AAPSO of MLP.
Andre Briffa
Jan 27th, 08:58
@Victor Vella, are you serious? Whats so scientific about it ?
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Jan 27th, 08:59
Francis, your hero (EFA) does not support your stance. You are on the outer.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 09:13
@JosephCarmelChetcuti
I do not acknowledge any competence by you to interpret Eddie Fenech Adami's stance regarding anything.
Victor Vella
Jan 27th, 09:19
Dear Francis. As usual. You say a lot of things without answering the questions. The `horrors` you are talking about are the instigation brought about by EFA. While I dissociated with the perpetrators of criminal offenses even small ones, they were so small in number that you are trying to draw the picture as `horror`. Today the horrors are psychological brought by GonziPN.
Denis Pace
Jan 27th, 09:23
Missed the whole point..
That was not the 80's. Those days were characterised by:
Lack of freedom of Speech
Lack of jobs
Lack of educational opportunities
Lack of choice for consumers
Lack of investment
Economic stagnation
Plenty of power in the hands of an arrogant, at times, violent, clique which was above the law.
Ronnie Callus
Jan 27th, 09:39
Well said Victor. May I ask who was the one who called people infront of him in a meeting to crucifix one of our leaders?
Jesmond Chetcuti
Jan 27th, 09:48
the political violence in the 80 `s served a purpose and the real loser were the maltese people...EFA got what he wanted by dividing the nation, and then afterwards he preached for unity...before his time as PN leader, politic was banter nothing else, he changed it to hatred..
he wasnt the pioneer of such strategy other foregin leaders tried it and worked for them too...
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 10:30
@VictorVella today 09:19
I hate it when people ask silly questions instead of using what brains the good God gave them to understand comments in plain English! Do not ask. Make statements about the violence of the MLP in the 70s and 80s and I will tear them to shreds as I have done in the past. The LP ploy is to beg that its past violence be forgotten. We forgive but do not stupidly forget it
David Magro
Jan 27th, 10:31
Dr.Saliba, may I remind you the horrors that happened during the 60`s, when my father suffered interdiction because of his belief`s and the amount of vendication he suffered because he supported the MLP. My generation will remember what happened by my children will find it difficult to understand.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Jan 27th, 10:49
@FS
Not that you will listen to anyone, even your hero is telling you to get yourself a life...
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 11:27
@DMagro
I deprecate the Church-MLP confrontation as much as you do but I do not attach blame to the Nationalist Party. I lay the blame, fare and square, on a MIntoff who brooked no different opinion from the intelligentia, from the professions, from the banking community, from the free trade unions, from the press, from the teaching profession and anything else that obstructed his lust for power.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 12:53
@IvanGrechMintoff
I listen to all who have anything worth listening to. And since you do not take a hint I state clearly that is why I do not listen to you.
Joseph Agius
Jan 27th, 08:30
a true statesman! missing such wise leaders in today's Malta.
Joseph Bugeja
Jan 27th, 08:29
Nehhejt il-qasma bejn il-Maltin . FEJN HUMA L-LABURISTI ?
Ronnie Callus
Jan 27th, 08:25
Mela ma'jafx Dr.Fenech Adami li l-present jibqa jinbena fuq il-passat. Kif qed jghid hu allura messa ma'tinkitibx li storja ta' kull pajjiz kif ukoll ma'jistudjawhiex fli skejjel. Anke meta issir xi invenzjoni gdida tkun inbnit fuq li sabu fil-passat sa'fejn naf jien u kull haga ohra..
t aguis
Jan 27th, 10:12
U l futur , jinbena fuq l present !!!!!!
Mauro debattista
Jan 27th, 10:32
Mr Callus, History is about the historical knowledge. With your argument we should not accept the germans or italians who form the biggest number of tourists after the british. Let's just grow up and mature.
j camilleri
Jan 27th, 08:23
Why not preach this to your son please. The citizens are so fed up of hearing of the past. Next time pull gonzipn aside and tell them. Even the campaign they managed to turn it into a circus.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 08:58
Eddie Fenech Adami always practised what he preaches. It was his statesmanship that prevented his aggrieved followers from exacting retribution against an MLP violent persecutiion and suppression of civil liberties for 16 years culminating in the murder of Raymond Caruana,
Denis Pace
Jan 27th, 09:26
Young people did not live through those dark times and cannot feel "involved" when discussing the 80's.
That does not mean that they are fed up, as you described it.
Can you EVER imagine a violent PN crowd attacking the leader of the opposition's home and destroying everything in site, terrifying his children???? Not in a million years...
BUT THIS HAPPENED!
tony abela
Jan 27th, 08:13
Eliminated the political division??? Ask all those people who were discriminated against because of their political believe. Jobs and Promotions for the Blue Eyed ONLY, workers had to resign due to the ill-treatment they received during you governments, the numerous cases of injustices which some of them were acknowledge by theCourts, etc. It is true that under GonziPN these injustices increas
Ronnie Callus
Jan 27th, 09:45
Hundred percent correct tony.
twanny borg
Jan 27th, 10:06
Hemm bahar kbir jaqsam. X'differenza!!
A. Mizzi
Jan 27th, 08:11
Why didn't the Emmeritus not pronounce himself on John Dalli at all and how he was treated and continues to be trested?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130127/local/prosecutors-seek-john-dalli-report-publication-delay.454898
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 09:19
@A Mizzi
Because Eddie Fenech Adami has a brilliant mind of his own and does not have to anybody's bidding. least if all yours.
R. Balzan
Jan 27th, 08:05
Granted that EFA contributed to the reduction of political ideologies among the parties themselves, but he will also go down in history as the main instigator of political divisiveness and partisanship among the blue/red party followers which flourished from 1981 and which is still being practiced to this day by his successor.
Joseph M. Grech.
Jan 27th, 08:24
How easy it is to point fingers!
What about the perverse result and the interpretation of 'democracy' by MLP?
I wonder what would have happened had the election result been the other way round!
The real instigators were the marmalja that took over the law into their hands.
Mr Balzan unfortunately you cannot change history.
If you condemn EFA you can condemn Gandhi as well for peaceful protests.
Anton Zammit
Jan 27th, 08:34
Well, I for one will never forget, beatings, insults, lock outs, university lockdown, etc. It seems that you Mr Balzan had as Maltese state halqek fix-xghir..., maybe you were one of the few who could buy a colour TV, who could choose a building plot donated by the Government, ...maybe you are not the brother of Raymond Caruana.....
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 09:09
@ R Balzan
You are heavily blinkered. The politicians who until very recently threatened Nationalists that they do not know what is going to hit them if they lose the coming election or that Nationalists were excluded from the family, all belonged to the LP with no counterparts in the NP camp.
P. Ciantar
Jan 27th, 09:27
mt Balzan you are trying to re write history . Typical labour Borg Olivier was better than Eddie in 1981 and Eddie better than Gonzi always the same kantalena but always 40 yrs late
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 10:45
It is a lie that EFA was "the main instigator of political divisiveness and partisanship among the blue/red party followers ... " I was by his side in 1987 when news filtered to PN stamperija that the election had been won. He sent us out immediately to restrain any pent up celebrations at the return of suppressed fundamental freedoms without tV provocations about the end of "Malta Socjalista"
L Zammit
Jan 27th, 11:15
Veru ma tafx x'qed tghid sur Balzan. Alla hares ma kien hawn Eddie dak iz-zmien. Konna ga nezlin il-precipizzju u Eddie gibidna minn xgharna.Ma nafx kif ma tisthix tghid dawn il-kliem. Forsi ghadek zghir u ma tiftakarx?
R. Balzan
Jan 27th, 11:21
@ Joseph M. Grech, Anton Zammit, Francis Saliba and P. Ciantar. I happen to know Dr EFA perhaps better than all of you and have followed his career from Day 1, probably also because my family and his are related. I repeat: Dr EFA did a lot of good BUT he sowed divisiveness among Maltese families (through his action or inaction) more than any other Maltese politician.
R. Balzan
Jan 27th, 12:47
@ L. Zammit - ghadni zghir? Nixtieq. Ghandi aktar minn 70 sena u naf sewwa x'qed nghid. Dr EFA ghamel hafna gid kemm dam Prim Ministru imma certamentghamel ftit li xejn biex igib ir-rikoncilljazzjoni bejn il-partiti, tant li l-politka tieghu gabet akatar firda fost il-familji. Biex taqghad spicca l-karriera tieghu bhala self-appointed President ta' nofs il-Maltin biss. Fact.
E. Vassallo
Jan 27th, 14:56
R.Balzan
The main political division was brought about by the British, Dom Mintoff and Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici and his acolytes in the eighties.
L Zammit
Jan 27th, 15:13
X'qed tghid? Gab il-firda? Gab ir-rikonciljazzjoni meta kienet tidher impossibbli. Il-firda gabitha l-ghira li kellkhom ghalin u ghal PN. Nerga nghidlek Alla hares ma kienx hu u shabu.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 27th, 15:25
@R Balzan today at 11:21
It is unbelievable that any 70 year old would lie execrably and accuse EFA that he sowed divisiveness among Maltese families. Any honest witness of those days knows that the diviseveness, up to political murders, was there for 16 years before and that EFA actually suppressed it as soon as he became prime minister.
Charles Micallef
Jan 27th, 08:04
Spoken like a true statesman.... gonzipn please note!
Joseph Camilleri
Jan 27th, 08:04
Without any doubt Dr Edward Fenech Adami will go down in history as a milestone in Maltese Political history. Malta was divided and scenes of violence was on the rise. He was a pivotal figure to bring stability and restored Maltas reputation on the international Fora. Dr Fenech Adami managed to change Malta into a thriving pulsating little island within the European Union.
Carmen Micallef
Jan 27th, 07:46
Mela ghax ma jghidx dawn il-hsibijiet tieghu lil Gonzi u b'mod specjali lit-tifel tieghu Beppe li tant ihobb igib cuttings minn gazzetti tal-passat!!!!!!!!!!!
Charles Micallef
Jan 27th, 09:44
Beppe please listen to your father's advice!
Mario zerafa
Jan 27th, 11:20
You think it's easy when this family suffered the injustice and physical infliction first hand themselves.. easier said than done.
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