Muscat admits 'mistake' in Safi club drugs case
Muscat admits 'mistake' in Safi club drugs case. Video: Jason Borg
Labour leader Joseph Muscat has admitted making a “mistake” in the Safi drugs case involving deputy leader Toni Abela but insisted he never lied.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Dr Muscat says Dr Abela would have had to withdraw his candidature if he were an election candidate.
Full story in The Sunday Times.
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Alfred Falzon
Feb 26th, 10:15
Apologetics for one case, not necessarily a cover-up for what was meted out to Dr Anglu Farrugia, betrayed by elements in his own Party to pave the way for others!
This is no Labour AT ALL!
"Come on boys, come on girls"!
aaf
victor cassar
Feb 25th, 23:13
IT IS SO TOO LATE FOR FORGIVENESS NOW ONLY DAYS BEFORE ELECTION TIME . YOUR TIMING HAS BEEN WRONG JOSEPH . YOU WILL REGRET IT
victor cassar
Feb 25th, 23:10
too late joseph . the harm done to PL is not reversible . you should have not chosen Toni abela as your deputy in the first place . Both his appearance and performance are poor.
he got you in a deep mess to which it will take years to clear off your name . it was badly handled .
Anglu Farruggia declaration was a heavenly gift to PN .
ONE CAN'T MAKE SUCH MISTAKES AND PRETEND TO WIN .
K CASSAR
Feb 24th, 23:58
12 points go to Joseph Muscat!!!! If PN was as humble as this man, they would be far better off. Keep it up Joseph!
S S. Warren
Feb 25th, 11:01
Keep it up why? The hummble thing that Dr. Muscat did was to admin fault. The fault done by the PL isn't a joke. We're talking about drugs. Drugs are nothing but a threat to our society. Mr. Cassar, please defend the truth and think with your brains not your heart. especially on such matters.
Joseph Meli
Feb 25th, 15:15
Are there any other clubs to operate in this business and near a school for students to buy such staff ? Shameful and not keep it up!!! Points not even one point to Joseph, what is happening in Malta, or we have gone upside down in what is good and what is bad ? Good to know !!!!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 25th, 18:55
@K Cassar.
I hope that you realize that you are asking Joseph Muscat to keep up making horrible mistakes and admitting them. What a sorry quality to request from and to expect from an "almost" LP prime minister.
Ruth Camilleri Borg
Feb 24th, 22:29
Naqbel ma' dak li qal s'issa Twanny Borg. Joseph Muscat issa gie daru mall-hajt ghax hemm ir-recordings li jixhdu l-kontra ta' dak li qal. Kieku kienet blokka silg-tahseb li kien ser jitfahha fiz-zibel?! jew fis-sink ?! Iddahhkux!! Meta xi persuna takkuza lill-politici b'xi malafama,malajr imorru l-ghassa jifthu libell; izda traffikar ta' droga le-veru jimpurtakhom minn uliedna!!
Ms Xixi Caruana
Feb 24th, 21:35
Unacceptable. This is too serious ...
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Feb 24th, 20:40
With hindsight, most of us may have behaved differently. I do not even accept that a mistake was done. Courts do not usually accept hearsay evidence. So what if things could have been done differently? The trouble in Malta is that Maltese politicians cannot afford to be honest and admit that they could have done things better because all the pappagalli will come out calling for blood.
G Tonna
Feb 24th, 19:59
Covering up and lying about drug business is not only a mistake but a shortfall of civic duty to the Maltese people. As a political leader it tant amounts to political suicide.
Frank Zammit
Feb 25th, 01:19
TOTALLY agree with you Mr. Tonna. Thats why the PN should explain why a Brazilian DRUG TRAFFICKER was released from prison. In your opinion WHO should carry the political responsibility for this blunder? Come to think of it, perhaps it was not a political Blunder at all but a deliberate cover-up.
r agius
Feb 24th, 19:52
Another from a long list of reasons why you should not vote for PL. If this case had remained hidden we would have known that among other things these people even on Drugs they were able to hide for each other, and now you want us to believe that you made a mistake. Thanks to PN today there's no more stupid people that believe everything That PL says.
Massimo Gatt
Feb 24th, 18:31
Keep it up joseph. Another reason why one should vote PL is that you're ready to admit mistakes instead of pointing fingers at others.
A Trapani
Feb 24th, 19:08
lol... so why does all labour supporters keep mentioning the honoraria ?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 24th, 19:38
@MGatt
Read the title of the blog and please understand that you are urging Muscat to make mistakes about a serious crime that merits a sentence of life imprisonment, to hide it for many months after he learns about it and to admit it only when he can no longer avoid it! The nation deserves political leaders who do not hide serious crime, who don't make such mistakes and voters who condone it.
A. Muscat
Feb 24th, 18:29
A.Muscat
MY NAMESAKE MUST RESIGN FROM CONTESTING THE ELECTION IF HE IS A GENTLEMAN.
Julian Borg
Feb 24th, 18:19
I cannot afford for Joseph Muscat to make more bad judgement calls. While he is in Opposition he can make all the bad judgement calls he likes because they are of no consequence but running a country is no joke. He made bad calls on VAT, EU membership, Cyprus, Libya and now drug trafficking. He even made a bad call on the discovery of America and the Great Siege. Dont trust his bluff!
Eman Formosa
Feb 24th, 18:10
Dear Joseph. Where DRUGS are involved a mistake can never be condoned. I'm sorry, you lost a pn vote!
Victor Laiviera
Feb 24th, 18:37
Tgħid nemmnuk?
J Martinelli
Feb 24th, 15:23
He kept the 'mistake' hidden for two years+.
A mistake is forgivable but a deliberate mistake is not so easily condoned.
Will Labour supporters themselves ask (as a minimum) that Toni Abela be removed from Deputy leader of their beloved, Moviment, NOW?
Muscat is guilty of omission, Abela is guilty of commission & both allegedly lied!
No wonder the LP keeps throwing filth, they have so much of it!
Mike Hunt
Feb 24th, 15:53
Maybe they are just being good Catholics. Catholic authorties are good at covering up abuse ...
Malcolm Farrugia
Feb 24th, 15:19
Dr. Muscat never lied about this story, however somebody else prefered to bring this story to the attention of GonziPn rather than go to the police. This is the attitude of someone longing for a personal vendetta against the person who didn't tollerate potential illegalities within the boundries of a PL club!
Mike Hunt
Feb 24th, 15:07
A great philosopher once wrote ... naughty naughty ... very naughty ...
James Dewar
Feb 24th, 15:04
Some mistakes are excusable and some not. The Maltese electorate must decide which category this one falls into.
James Dewar
Feb 24th, 15:01
Some mistakes are excusable and some not. The Maltese electorate must decide which category this one falls into.
C Briffa
Feb 24th, 13:37
This is the type of politics that Malta needs. Admitting a mistake is something that very few politicians do, Joseph Muscat is one of the few who have done that. Here we can make a very clear distinction between a 'moderate politician' and an 'extremist politician'. I would definitely go for the first type of politician. With an 'extremist politician' you can never have a constructive discussion.
Richard Caruana
Feb 24th, 13:19
"Joseph Muscat said in this interview, published in The Sunday Times today, that he would have liked to have lived in Spain around 1565, before Columbus discovered America."
Veru cucun: America was discovered in 1492.
Matthew Tanti
Feb 24th, 13:16
Possibbli li l-moralita' tal-PN tieqaf fejn jibda l-kapital politiku. Ghalxiex min kien direttament involut fil-kas sab kenn fil-PN?
Darren Agius
Feb 24th, 13:07
L-irgulija titlob li meta xi hadd taht ir-responsabilita' tieghek jizbalja tammetti. JM hekk ghamel u dan juri l-irgulija tieghu. Haddiehor m'ghamilx hekk. Din hi d-differenza, l-irgulija u l-affidabblita'. Din hi l-bidla li qed jofri l-PL u li l-poplu u l-pajjiz ghandu bzonn.
Matthew Tanti
Feb 24th, 13:01
"Qatt ma kellna cucati u skandli" - Simon Busuttil. Il-kultura tal-PN li ma jizbaljaw qatt. Kif tista temminhom?
Chris Cocker
Feb 24th, 12:51
Imagine Gonzi admitting that he made a mistake or that he was wrong in certain decisions!! That will ge the day. Did he ever admit that he was wrong?
James Michael Galea
Feb 24th, 12:43
So with the reasoning of many found in the comment section, if one lies about a harsh case and then appollogizes later in court, he won't be punished? Try and do that, I dare you! Shame on you Dr.Muscat!
miriam mestre
Feb 24th, 12:27
Joseph Muscat shows admirable traits in this interview...Admitting a mistake rather than insisting that he did nothing wrong indicates that a man has high ethical standards. We need politicians like these, people of substance, because dishonesty is too much a trait of our politicians.
Eve Axiaq
Feb 24th, 13:08
You are right.
Forza Joseph!
R. Gauci
Feb 24th, 13:44
Naqbel 100% - Hawn xi hadd jiblaha li Dr Gonzi ma ltaqax ma sitwazzjonijiet simili?? Imma l-PL ma juzax stejjer simili biex jakkwista xi vot bl-irhis u ghax hafna drabi aktar itellfuk. Jien kazini ta' kullhadd nidhol u tahwid f'ta' kullhadd nara ghalhekk aktar ma jhammgu aktar il-PN qed jitlef nies u dan juruh il-polls ghax il-PL qed izied flok inaqqas kif stennew tal-PN.
twanny borg
Feb 24th, 14:02
@ miriam mestre- hallina!! ammetta wara ghax inqabad bir-recordings li ixxandru wara. Zgur mhux bhal ma qed tghid int m'ghandniex bzonn din il-kwalita ta' politici jghid li hallat kaz ta' blokka droga bajda ma' kaz iehor ta' blokka silg. B'min tahseb se tidhaq? Il-pl baqgha l-istess tal-iskuzi u jghawweg il-fatti kif jaqbel lilu,
Carmel Camilleri
Feb 24th, 17:56
Admitting his mistake after he is caught is to say the least admirable, even when the mistake is about drugs which by now have been distributed to many innocent victims by the traffickers from the PL club.
M Grima
Feb 24th, 12:23
When Dr. Muscat stated that he did not know about the case until the distinction was made that this incident happened at the Safi club and not the Attard one, he was branded a liar. Now that he is admitting that he made a judgmental mistake, he is being branded all sorts and is even being suggested by PBO to withdraw his candidature. Am I surprised? Hell no, what do you expect better from the PN.
M Grima
Feb 24th, 12:17
Admitting a mistake is a rare attribute from a politician and Dr. Muscat has not kept back from doing it. This is a sign of a great politician who does politics as it should be done, in an honorable way.
James Dewar
Feb 24th, 12:24
Aye right!
twanny borg
Feb 24th, 14:05
Bis-sahha tar-recordings...... U ghax hadd ma emmnu u ghax dahhaq lil malta kollha blokka silg flok droga.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 24th, 14:23
Grima integrity, honesty and manliness dictate that you own up to a "criminal" mistake when you make one, not when your exposed!
PHILIP CAMILLERI
Feb 24th, 12:14
If J Muscat admitts that he had knowledge of drug trafficing and instead of reporting the matter to the police, which is the only right and proper thing to do, he decided to use his discretion and do what HE thinks is right to do. My questions are: 1) Should there be a Police investigation? 2) If Muscat becomes P Minister is this the way he will deal with drug pushers, ie. use his discretion ?
George Cassar
Feb 24th, 12:34
Remember that PBO and PN and by inference even the Dr. Gonzi, had this same knowledge for 6 months. Why don't you ask the same questions to them as well? Don't you think that the PM was leading a government that knew about things and never mentioned them so that it could later score political points? Justice vs remaining in power - for the PN the latter wins! Unfortunately!
Charlon Briffa
Feb 24th, 14:19
First of all, a police investigation has already begun and ended! Second of all, the future prime minister should not be afraid to admit that he made a mistake!!!
Carmel Camilleri
Feb 24th, 18:00
And a big mistake indeed if one can call it a mistake . It was an act to say the face of his party at the expense of many innocent victims of Drugs.
Rita Coleiro
Feb 24th, 12:03
This is what Partit Nazzjonalista wants JM resignation . Why Why Why !!!!! Please do mention the people from PN side that they did resign after all the mess they did these last five years.
j brincat
Feb 24th, 11:58
@Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
"Tajba din Joseph Muscat"
X'jaghmel Nen tghid, jirezzenja?
The PN should lead by example, first!
jb
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Feb 24th, 11:57
With this reasoning all politicians should resign as they all know there are illegal immigrants working without papers, there is drug trafficking going on, some evade tax, some have no car insurance and so on. I think this responsibility lark won't work in Malta or Gozo. Imagine if ministers start resigning - There'd be no Government!
Joe Tabone
Feb 24th, 11:57
ANOTHER MISTAKE?!?
What does Joseph know about Joe Cordina? Is it possible that after more than FOUR (4) WEEKS that this issue has been in media, Joseph did not know about the involvement of this Fiduciary company??
MISTAKE?!?
M Grima
Feb 24th, 12:27
You should ask Tonio Fenech what he knows about George Farrugia, the one who together with his brother gave him a clock. He did not only forget about the clock but after vouching that he never met George Farrugia he suddenly remembered that he met him on two separate occasions. You should also ask Austin Gatt why he forgot to mention his Swiss bank account. These are the real issues Mr. Tabone!
Carmel Camilleri
Feb 24th, 18:12
Perhaps one can come to a conclusion from where all the PL campaign money is coming from.
o
V. Grech
Feb 24th, 11:54
Issa kulhadd sar sebaw dritt f dan il pajjiz ghax ma nghidux kemm postijiet hawn li jdahhlu tfal taht 17 il sena u jbieghu xorb..taht ghajnejn il pulizija..kulhadd jigri ghand il pulizija meta jara affarjiet hziena...jiena nahseb veru il pl kellu jmur jigri ghand il pulizija u ma jjallix lil pn jinqeda b din listorja meta ghandna dan il hmieg kollu ma saqajna.
J. Gauci
Feb 24th, 11:54
Here we are dealing with drugs issue and you say 'Prosit Joseph' its not a LOL case but truly a COL case, eee ... first Dr. Muscat said he did not know about it, then recollected it somewhere in his memory and said it was a block of ice and now ... he is finally admitting, this is not black on white, if it was, he would have reported STRAIGHT to the police ... no excuses on drug issue, NO EXCUSE
R. Cilia
Feb 24th, 16:36
It was the barman who said that he was cutting a block of ice not Joseph. Get your facts right .
Carmel Camilleri
Feb 24th, 18:15
The barman reported to Abela about the cutting of a white block. Joseph said that he concluded that it was an ice block. As if an ice block can produce white powder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matthew Cassar
Feb 24th, 11:53
Tametti li tizbalja mal-ewwel..mhux wara li tghid li ma taf bxejn, imbaghad tibda issemmi blokka silg u meta tara li in-nies mhux temnek, tametti l-izball. Iz-zewg partiti ghandhom il-kazi taghhom u it-tnejn ghandhom johorgu il-verita. Izda qatt ma kont nistenna li kap ta partit li jista jkun prim ministru jaghmel hekk. Mhix serjeta!
George Sciberras
Feb 24th, 11:53
Evidently Muscat has a lot of hindsight but no foresight.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 24th, 11:45
Tajba din Joseph Muscat, li għall sentejn sħaħa ħbejt mill-ġustizzja abbuż mid-droga f' każin tal-PL!
Issa kun raġel erfa r-responsabilta ta' dak id-dover li inqast li tagħmel li tmur għand il-pulizija u tirraporta dak l-abbuż gravismu tad-droga!
Inti taf li dawk li sofrew minn dan in-nuqqas ta' dover tiegħek,flimkien mal-poplu Malti qed jitolbu ġustizzja minnek, Joseph Muscat?
Eve Axiaq
Feb 24th, 11:52
U min qed isofri ghax aktar facli ssib d-droga fil-habs milli barra ma tghidlu xejn lil ministru??
Patrick Zammit
Feb 24th, 12:05
GonziPN knew of this for over two years. Why didn't HE take any action?
"Oqbra mbajda" springs to mind.
M. Baron
Feb 24th, 11:45
To err is Human, to persist is Diabolical...
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Feb 24th, 11:42
Tajba din Joseph Muscat, li għall sentejn sħaħa ħbejt mill-ġustizzja abbuż mid-droga f' każin tal-PL!
Issa kun raġel erfa r-responsabilta ta' dak id-dover li inqast li tagħmel li tmur għand il-pulizija u tirraporta dak l-abbuż gravismu tad-droga!
Inti taf li dawk li sofrew minn dan in-nuqqas ta' dover tiegħek,flimkien mal-poplu Malti qed jitolbu ġustizzja minnek, Joseph Muscat?
R. Gauci
Feb 24th, 11:51
Ma ndahhqux Nenu, mela tahseb li Queiroz kien fil-kazin? dak zgur kien se jirrovina liz-zaghzagh maltin ghax xi hadd helsu fuq importazzjoni ta' 4 kilos.Irrizenja xi hadd dakinhar???
Cristinu Vella
Feb 24th, 12:40
Nenu,jien nahseb li Malta hemm drug TRAFICKERS iktar milli hemm grieden imma il gvern TIEGHEK daqs kemm hu corrot dejjem iz zghir jinqabad,mela insejtu it tifel tal ministru NAZZJONALISTA li harab lejn il CANADA.Nenu mur ara x-balla ghandek fuq li- stonku tieghek ghax JOSEPH gie rekonexut aktar minn Lawrence.
twanny borg
Feb 24th, 14:20
Titraffika blokka droga bajda mhux traffikant zghir kif qed tghid int u jekk haddiehor harab minn malta min kien involut f'dan il-kaz tal-kazin ta' safi ma kellux ghalfejn jahrab ghax ma giex irraportat mill-pl. tista' tghidli minn min muscat gie rikonnoxut fuq dan il-kaz kif qed tghid int?
Saviour Aquilina
Feb 24th, 11:41
So are you going to resign?? Because you always say to other... give example and resign Joesph...You LIE.
Carmel Camilleri
Feb 24th, 18:18
Joseph has just forgotten the culture of resigning so much preached by him and his party.
R. Gauci
Feb 24th, 11:39
Nahseb li GonziPN qed jonfhuha zzejjed din l-istorja. Jigifieri jekk 2 zaghzagh jiehdu droga f'kazin politku jkun kaz nazzjonali u jehlu l-kapjijiet ta' dak il-partit? Ghax dawn l-affarijiet illum fkull kazin isiru u l-unika soluzzjoni hi li l-partiti jaghlquhom darba ghal dejjem. Illum kazin m'ghadux post fejn ix-xjuh imorru jiehdu t-te filghodu u taz-zewg nahat.
RONALD ARRY
Feb 24th, 11:38
kollox pjanat kellom gonziPaNic , riedu litwal kampanja elettorali flistorja biex ikunu jistu jattakkaw negativament lil pl , ax minflok ma jifukawx fuq il 5 snin li gejjin xandom xjoffru??qisom qed jipruvaw inessu lproposti li wghedu?? hallina , kemm ametta zbalji gonzi lbirah fuq disett imma hadd mil parlamentari tiju ma rizzenja , kellu jkun franco debono biex qedom bi kwietom ISTHU
R. Gauci
Feb 24th, 11:44
Jekk GonziPN minghalihom li se jirbhu xi vot sejrin zbaljati b'dawn il-kazi, staqsu lill-PL stess bil-kazi JPO u meta kien isemmi lil Zeppi l-Hafi, min rebah dawk l-elezzjonijiet? In-nies mill-but jinteressa ghax ghalxejn jipprovaw iwahhlu li JM japprova xi tip ta' kriminalita ghax kullhadd jaf li mhux veru daqs li kieku l-PL jipprova jaghmel l-istess fuq Gonzi.
anthony sultana
Feb 24th, 11:32
Lots of dirt came into surface on this election,now we know why the past gevernments made us suffer.We had suffered, where we should 'nt had to suffer unbelievable.They treat us like flies.Definitly I will vote for a third party to send a massage to PL & PN that we know wat is going on under the table.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 24th, 11:28
According to Muscat had Dr T Abela been a candidate for the election he would have been requested to withdraw. Also that had Dr T Abela offered his resignation from deputy leader, Muscat would accepted it. The inevitable conclusion is that he qualities expected from an LP deputy leader are lower than those of a candidate and that Dr Abela be treated more gently than deputy leader Anglu Farrugia.
Tonio Mallia
Feb 24th, 12:04
Hear hear. Muscat said Joseph Cordina did nothing wrong but he accepted his resignation. But muscat admits making a mistake yet HE should not resign
C Mallia
Feb 24th, 11:27
Admirable of Joseph to speak black is black, white is white. A most refreshing way in doing politics in Malta which disarms and gives an example to all those know-it-alls who persist in their errors for fear of appearing weak.
Peter Bonnici
Feb 24th, 12:01
How refreshing to see party leader admitting keeping a drugs case under wraps for the sake of the party's image.
Refreshing? for drug lords maybe!
Eddy Privitera
Feb 24th, 11:25
Addio l-program elettorali ta' GonziPN ! Jidhru li qed jisthu jippruvaw jispjegawh ghax jafu li mimli HOLM LI MA JISTAX JITWETTAQ !
Joe Busuttil
Feb 24th, 12:10
Program elettorali' my foot. Do you call that an electoral program? The Nats. came out running by using a smear campaign. They never discussed their electoral program. How could they if it's so flimsy and childish (written by a 15 year old).? On the other hand the PL explained its program day by day.
jm busuttil
Feb 24th, 12:46
Addio il-Power station ta' Konrad. Chi l'ha visto ?
Addio politica serja li Joseph riedna nemmnu.
Addio il- Whistle blower li mar ghandu, anzi ha ritratt mieghu.
Shame on you Joseph Muscat.
Joseph Cini
Feb 24th, 12:48
Jidher izda li l-verita twegga. Il-programm tal PN huwa programm li veru jista jitwettaq u dan bil provi.!!!!!
twanny borg
Feb 24th, 12:53
Dan ik-kumment aktar jghodd ghal pl.....
jm busuttil
Feb 24th, 11:22
Joseph you are responsible and so you have to go.
J.C. Borg
Feb 24th, 11:21
Well, well. Here Joseph Muscat admits he made a mistake in the DRUG case. However, he reiterates Tonio Fenech should withdraw his candidature for the forthcoming election.because he accepted a present.
In this election we have to choose the LESS evil between two evils. What would parents choose??????
James Dewar
Feb 24th, 11:20
A "mistake"? More a serious errror of judgement which calls into question Dr Muscat's integrity and decision making skills. Not a good time for such doubts to be raised.
sammy cassar
Feb 24th, 11:14
is he really aspiring to be our future Prime Minister? Evidently it was not a mistake but a lie and now changed into a mistake, biex jidher 'ragel'. Qed jidhaq bin-nies f wicchom u l-kummenti li juru li hafna emmnuh. X'tattika dik eh!
M. Cachia
Feb 24th, 11:13
Fransisco De Assis Queroz - l-akbar traffikant u baruni tad-droga f'Malta.
Inghata l-mahfra mill-Gvern Immexxi mill-PN!
Stop talking then.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 24th, 15:01
What a stupid comparison. First of all the person was prosecuted and convicted and above all there was not secret about it. Not only various MLP journalists tried to spin the story and some of them only escaped criminal justice because EFA became president. Maybe you wish to add you baloney to the story and take up the legal procedures where they were interrupted!
ISTHI JEKK TAF
Tonio Mallia
Feb 24th, 11:11
This man is full of mistakes but its ok once he admits them......oh my! Eu, Cyprus, drugs, etc...
Now when he's prime minister and screws up the economy he will admit his mistakes and you sorry lot can say ...ahhhh an honest politician albeit a hopeless one
Eve Axiaq
Feb 24th, 11:07
Kellu bzonn Gonzipn jibdew jitkellmu bhal Joseph Muscat! Din li l PN jippruvaw ipingu lilhom infushom dejjem dritti, safjin u qatt m'ghandhom htija u responsabilta qed iddejjaq lil min ghandu mohh biex jirraguna u floating voters(mhux lil die hard PNs ghax l-istess jibqghu).
Prosit Joseph!
Catlyn Buttigieg
Feb 24th, 11:06
Mela issa kull meta jinkixef xi haga u ninqabdu biex inserhu l kuxjenza nghidu dak kien zball li ma tkellimniex qabel. Tal PL li jemnu tant bi trasparenza u li kullhadd irrid, jekk kien hemm zball jew xi haga intenzjonata irid jerfa ir-responsabilta ta ghemilu, pero il PL le u jekk minn naha l ohra iva iridu jerfaw ir-responsabilta.
Two weights and two measures .
Jo Camilleri
Feb 24th, 11:05
Qed jammetti li ghamel hafna bzalji, qed jametti li ha decizzjonijiet zbaljati b'hekk qed juri u qed jinkonvici li hu bniedem li jiehu decizjonijiet hzienza u li qed jati ragun lil partit nazzjonlista kemm ghandom ragun jghidulna ma nafdawhx, ghax d decisjoniet importanti dejjem hadhom bil ghaqal il PN. Wara kulhadd gharef ux imma jkun too late
J Cauchi
Feb 24th, 11:05
@ RICHARD CARUANA
Excuse me Richard are you trying to tell me that
Gonzi PN and Ministers are Angles and they don't
lie. You are very Na
M BUHAGIAR
Feb 24th, 11:04
PROSIT JOSEPH!!
Catlyn Buttigieg
Feb 24th, 11:08
Ha jerfa ir responsabilta ta l izball xi hadd ?
Joseph Cini
Feb 24th, 17:45
Prosit ta x'hiex ?
Tonio Mallia
Feb 24th, 11:03
Some really screwed up reasoning here. So Abela did wrong, hiding alleged criminal activity I hasten to add, and if he were a candidate for the election he would have been asked to withdraw. Yet he gets to remain the Deputy Leader. I bet poor old Anglu feels he was really treated fairly.
I'm just amazed that people commenting here actually admire Joey 'ice block ' Muscat and even worse trust the guy
Eddy Privitera
Feb 24th, 11:21
Tonio Mallia. According to you people should trust Lawrence Gonzi who spent years breaking solemn written promises to thousands of people in our country ! Need I remind you ? Surely you remember.
M. Baron
Feb 24th, 11:46
Tonio, Toni Abela hid nothing, he chose not to report a possible illegal act...Like all of us do when we see a car parked on a double line...!!!
Tonio Mallia
Feb 24th, 11:57
Mr Baron .. I really hope you are not seriously saying that double parking and drug dealing should be handled the same? If I a saw someone double parking I'd hardly bat an eyelid....but someone dealing drugs on my property? I'd definitely take the case to the police.
Double parking gets you a 30 euro fine...trafficking drugs years in prison
Tonio Mallia
Feb 24th, 12:01
Eddy.. You're out of subject... Breaking electoral promises is one thing. Covering up CRIMINAL ACTIVITY is another far more serious matter and shows, in my opinion, very poor error in judgement! But coming from someone who showed such poor judgement in voting against EU accession, that is hardly surprising.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 24th, 12:13
@ M Baron
Nawguralek li ma ddumx hafna qabel titghallem id-differenza bejn parking hazin u traffikar ta' kokajina f'kazin laburista qrib ta' skola.
Tonio Mallia
Feb 24th, 13:02
Eddy .... You are out of point. We're not talking about broken electoral promises but about covering up drug trafficking in a Labour Party club....and lying about it in the process.
Joe muscat can not be trusted....
M. Baron
Feb 27th, 16:48
Tonio, as far as i know no-one has established that it was drug trafficking....the matter was REPORTED to Toni Abela, and the substance could have been for private use...so are we now expected to report every drug use we stumble upon?
j brincat
Feb 24th, 11:03
@Emanuel Micallef
"possibli"
FLIMKIEN biss kollox possibli.
Flimkien means of course those of the innermost circle, those of the oligarchy THOSE who never had so good along the years under a PN goverment.
Flimkien also refers to the PM, the Ministers and Parliamentary Sec. who TOGETHER lavishly pocketed € 500 a WEEK - AND behind our backs.
Flimkien excludes the small fry!
jb
j brincat
Feb 24th, 10:58
@W Azzopardi
"Admitting after lying and when everybody knows the truth!!
Are you referring to the one who received his admirer's clock but only has vague recollection of this?
Biex tisgongra trid tkun pur!
jb
W Azzopardi
Feb 24th, 12:01
Hemm dnubiet venjali u dnubiet mejta!!.
James Grech
Feb 24th, 10:57
Maybe PN acolytes can tell us whether their noble stalwarts have in fact paid back what they had took in honoraria? Cause many have been hearing whispers that they have not effectively been paid back?
m. borg (slm)
Feb 24th, 11:27
We will know after 10th March when the government accounts are scrutenized.
No wonder there panic. Some of those elected will be attending parliament on a lesser pay untill the cough all the extra cash bthey pocketed.
Kenneth Williams
Feb 24th, 10:54
lill apologisti tal PN...insejtuh il Whiskey li sar ilma xi hadd irrezenja??????
Joe Pace Asciak
Feb 24th, 10:54
Hu Dr Muscat li ghandu jirrizenja, fost ragunijiet ohra, wara l-kaz ta’ Anglu Farrugia u, issa, wara li qed jitfa’ l-htija kollha fuq Toni Abela. Min hu l-Kap tal-PL? Ipotezi (mhux biss, wara dak li qal Farrugia): inhoss li sfrutta b’mod ciniku l-lealta’ ta’ tnejn minn nies ta’ madwaru.
j brincat
Feb 24th, 10:53
AND we have to thank our lucky stars that we have GonziPN who for his political expediency embarked on the longest election campaign since time immemorial.
Remember that for GonziPN the love for power comes first and foremost - as the last year has shown!
jb
carmelo buttigieg
Feb 24th, 10:51
Prosit Joseph. Kellu bzonn il-politikanti kollha hekk. Mhux twebbes rasek u tibqa' TIPPROVA titmejjel bin-nies.
Catlyn Buttigieg
Feb 24th, 10:57
Prosit wara li inqabad jigdeb kieku ma harigx fil media xorta kont tghidlu prosit. Tinsiex id droga l-ikbar pjaga fid dinja.
Alex Debono
Feb 24th, 12:31
Mhu vera xejn li nqabad jigdeb, dik qed tgħidha int għax hekk jippruvaw ibbelawielek Catlyn. Ir-referenza kien qegħeda ssir fuq każin, imbagħad daret fuq każin ieħor. Kulħadd jaf min gideb fil-verita Catlyn, u l-poplu mhux iblaħ. Imma possibli mhux qed tinduna bil-mod kif qed jippruvaw jiddevjaw mil-kwistjonijiet reali u mperattivi attwalment!?
j brincat
Feb 24th, 10:50
@Francis Saliba
"is someone who craves to be a prime minster"
Have you conveniently forgotten that GonziPN remained prime minister for a whole year even though he knew that he had NO majority in the House!
Have you forgotten the record Parliament holidays?
Have you forgotten laws that had to be enacted but did not because of his phobia of losing the vote - like the Whistleblower's?
jb
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 24th, 16:50
I remember that Dr Gonzi remained prime minister only as long as conspiratorial votes of confidence against him failed. He did not enjoy any parliament recesses to which he wasn't entitled and I have not forgottenthat it was Joseph Muscat's fault (aided and abetted by a Debono of despised memory) that was responsible for the failure to pass a good budget.
Have you forgotten how how to think?
Peppi Borg
Feb 24th, 10:49
Gonzipn mixed two issues for a reason. They want to play dirty with people's minds. Why did they leave for the election eve to come out with the story. Joseph Muscat not only recognized the mistake but gave directions on how the case would be redeemed. Joseph Muscat showed true Honesty and democratic values as only dictators do not admit their mistakes.
Alex Debono
Feb 24th, 10:47
That is the new way of doing politics. Mhux nibqgħu sa l-aħħar nittrattaw in-nies ta' boloħ, kif qed jagħmlu Tonio, Gonzi u Austin. People are tired of the old politics!!
michael scicluna
Feb 24th, 10:46
Joseph Muscat jwettaq dak li jippriedka!!! Ghadu lanqas biss inghata l-fiducja u diga qieghed juza stil ta politika gdida li pajjizna tant jehtieg! Dan gha lkuntrarju ta min ilu snin jaf b'dak li sar u qieghed juzah sempliciment ghal gwadann politiku!!
Graajjiet bhal dawn ikomplu jikkonvincuni li ghandi naghzel Labour hmistax ohra!
Peppi Borg
Feb 24th, 10:45
That's what progressive politicians in Europe are all about. When there is a mistake they say it clearly; "We did a mistake". Recognizing a mistake is a virtue and shows honesty. We need much more politicians like Joseph Muscat.
Richard Caruana
Feb 24th, 11:06
This was not just a mistake, it was a mistake about drugs, and an aspiring prime minister who blatantly lied.
There are no excuses for this, it's JM who should tender his resignation. If not, the whole of Labour is not to believed from now on.
All the glitter and glitz is over. The blue ties and backgrounds are of no use any more.
Joanne Camilleri
Feb 24th, 10:36
L -ikbar ragel huwa dak li jammetti!!
Lucienne Spiteri
Feb 24th, 10:35
Qed sew dan. l-ewwel trasforma blokka droga fi blokka silg u issa induna ...forsi ghax ra li waqa' ghac-cajt...mur afdah...illum jghid mod u ghada iehor.shame on you
Mr Alistaire Gill
Feb 24th, 10:33
To err is human to persist is diabolical.
Ethelbert Schembri
Feb 24th, 10:27
And yet again Joseph is leading by example .. Honesty, Responsibility and Accountability are things that GonziPN will never understand. Even if one only listen to the PN exponents spinning and inflating this non story one will realist that it's only a gimmick, and when one listens to Joseph and the PL all will come clear that it was only a set up by the PN, yet another Terinata !! Well done Joseph
Noel Abela
Feb 24th, 10:24
When GonziPn will start to admit their mistakes, only then would we start to take him seriously.
j brincat
Feb 24th, 10:44
They cannot admit a mistake cause the culture of resignations a is simply NOT in their blood!
They are holy of the holiest - God's gift to Malta, or so they think!
jb
m. borg (slm)
Feb 24th, 11:30
When the moon turns blue.
Noel Abela
Feb 24th, 10:24
The only person who is never wrong and who has never committed a mistake is Lawrence Gonzi. He not only is God's gift to Malta but to the universe.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 24th, 10:35
"The only person who is never wrong and who has never committed a mistake ..." is someone who craves to be a prime minster but has never been a prime minister and who had never been trusted by the country to be a minister, let alone a prime minister, in his short period as a tyro member of parliament.
That description fits Joseph Muscat, not Lawrence Gonzi.
Noel Abela
Feb 24th, 10:50
@ Francis Saliba
I think you better get a good grip of yourself because over the past week you have been hailing Gonzi as if he is impeccable. Jekk il gemel jara hotobtu jaqa u imut zopptu.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 24th, 11:04
@Francis Abela. After all that we have seen over the past 5 years, the only floating voters who are not moving from PN to PL are the dumb, those who prefer not to see or those who are corrupt themselves. This country needs a new broom.
W. Cassar
Feb 24th, 11:22
The only reason PN floaters are moving to the PL is because there is no other choice! Having said that I think the majority of thinking voters know that Gonzi's best days are over. If he had stepped down and taken a few ministers with him the PN would win the next election. But his thirst for power has stopped that, its obvious.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 24th, 14:05
@ W Cassar
I agree with you, however it will be very difficult to change the 2 party system here. It's always a question of choosing the lesser of two evils. However having said this I think Joseph Muscat will gave it a good try and hopefully succeed (fingers crossed). With Dr Gonzi & Gang there's not an iota of hope.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 24th, 14:09
@ W Cassar
I agree with you, however it will be very difficult to change the 2 party system here. It's always a question of choosing the lesser of two evils. However having said this I think Joseph Muscat will gave it a good try and hopefully succeed (fingers crossed). With Dr Gonzi & Gang there's not an iota of hope.
Noel Abela
Feb 24th, 10:23
Admitting a mistake is a virtue. Unlike GonziPn who never admit their failures Joseph Muscat is show the new way forward and the right way to do politics.
W Azzopardi
Feb 24th, 10:28
Admitting after lying and when everybody knows the truth!!
Andre Briffa
Feb 24th, 10:22
JM you made a mistake...you know what you must do....resign!
j brincat
Feb 24th, 10:27
Who has resigned in the last 25 years, Maltese clock and all!
jb
Charles Camilleri
Feb 24th, 10:41
Tajba Sur Briffa dahhaktni naqra dalodu!
Alfred Vassallo
Feb 24th, 11:16
Ah but Gonzi + Klikka FIRST! Lead by example. No??? Too many oil stenches from every quarter.
Andre Briffa
Feb 24th, 12:58
JM preaches about accountability but doesn't follow his own believes!!
D. Manzo
Feb 24th, 17:03
i think you misunderstood the whole situation here... let's pretend you own a house and you rent it out. Immagine also that someone who help you in cleaning, maintenance or collecting the rent tells you that the tenant is dealing drugs. Would you call the police with the risk of having the case bounced back against you for causing bad reputation (due to no visual proofs)?
George Cassar
Feb 24th, 10:18
While the PL is still going forward with its positive campaign and informing us of the 5-year program, the PN and PBO knew about this case for around 6 months and slept on it. They stored it as good campaign fodder. Why didn't the justice seeking PN go to the police when they got to know about this case? Now it is a plus point of virtue to JM. Dr. Gonzi, please note how things SHOULD be done!
Paul Micallef
Feb 24th, 10:17
Il-MINISTRU FENECH, le qatt ma intqajt mieghui, iva, imma ma tkellimnix fuq zejt, le qatt ma taghani xejn, eh iva taghani arrlog, iva tghatuli il-MARA TIEGHU GHAX TAMMIRANI, imma intkhom taghajru lil LEADER tal PL, u ghandkhom CABINET MIMLI GIDDIBIN???? Taf xnaf li sfaccatament GONZI jaqbez ghal ministri li ghuma GIDDIBIN.And dont forget, the Pl got rid of this RUBBISH and now he is in your ranks.
P Caruana
Feb 24th, 10:17
At least we have a Maltese politician who admits of making a mistake.
How many mistakes were taken by Gonzi and his PN and never admitted ? On the contrary they lied, and lied, and lied and .........
Compared to all the mistakes taken by Gonzi PN, this issue is irrelevant, whatever the PN diehards say.
VV Bartolo
Feb 24th, 10:16
m'hawnx isbah mis-sincerita! prosit Dr Joseph Muscat tal-irgulija!!
P Caruana
Feb 24th, 10:16
At least we have a Maltese politician who admits of making a mistake.
How many mistakes were taken by Gonzi and his PN and never admitted ? On the contrary they lied, and lied, and lied and .........
Compared to all the mistakes taken by Gonzi PN, this issue is irrelevant, whatever the PN diehards say.
James Grech
Feb 24th, 10:13
The facts are quite clear now. Furthermore, the police took action, 2 yrs ago & the case was closed. What amazes is the creativity of the PN strategist to take up this old incident & spin it into such a saga. Nonetheless Dr.Muscat takes the bull by its horns, admit that things could have been handled differently & he goes further than that by committing himself to reform these clubs. Prosit!!
Maria Borg
Feb 24th, 10:12
This is a sign of positiveness. This is how politicians should act - to admit a mistake is a virtue not everyone has. It is so unfair of having two stories mingled together by GonziPn to try to give another picture of the true stories. But as they say.. iz-zejt xi darba jitla fwicc l'ilma u l-Maltin mhux "cwiec" biex jifhmu d differenza bejn l-arroganza ta GonziPn u l-honesta ta Joseph Muscat.
Edward Zammit
Feb 24th, 10:11
if Dr Abela was a canditate he would have to withdraw his candidature! But why two weights two measures? Why didn't Joseph Muscat ask Dr Abela, the same person under the limelight, to resign as Deputy Leader like he forced Dr Anglu Farrugia to do?
Victor Caruana
Feb 24th, 10:53
Ghandek it-twegiba fl-intervista.
Noel Borg
Feb 24th, 10:08
Ragel fuq l-irgiel, there's nothing more honorable that that of admitting ones mistake I humbly ask, when was the last time somebody from GonziPn admitted a mistake? I'm sure that the electorate out there is pretty much aware of this. I predict that after the elections we will be hearing loads of stories from the PN admitting admitting stories that were after-all mistakes. Only time will tell.
Tonio Micallef
Feb 24th, 10:07
Mhux li kien ghandna politici sincieri bhal Joseph Muscat. Jizbalja kulhadd u m'hawnx isbah milli tammetti u tiehu l-passi biex l-affarijiet ma jergghux jigru. Anke Lawrence Gonzi ammetta li zbalja f'bosta decizjonijiet li ha u talab mahfra. Hekk ikunu politici serji. Fuq kollox iridu jkunu umli ghax kulhadd uman u kulhadd jista jizbalja.
Joseph Xuereb
Feb 24th, 09:58
Tajba din. Mela wara li nqabad, dawwar id-diskors u ammetta li zbalja bhal ma ammetta li zbalja fuq tal-ghazla jekk nidhlux fl-EU u lista shiha ta zbalji ohra. Sa issa bla effett. Qed nimmagina jghaffeg wahda hoxna fl-ekonomija tal-pajjiz u jbati kulhadd. Imbaghad ghalxejn joqghod jammetti li zbalja bhas-soltu ghax il-Poplu ikollu jhallas. L-ghazla issa trid issir mil-poplu u mhux wara li jizbalja
Emanuel Micallef
Feb 24th, 09:51
possibli
Peter Midler
Feb 24th, 09:47
"Labour leader Joseph Muscat has admitted making a “mistake” in the Safi drugs case involving deputy leader Toni Abela but insisted he never lied."
This is exactly what mature people do when they err, they apologise. Treating the people like idiots should be left to those that have only rhetoric but no substance. And this brinngs 2 particular ministers to my mind! People are not stupiid.
HENRY FENECH AZZOPARDI
Feb 24th, 09:46
Dr. Muscat vera li il hmar iwahhal f denbu. Toni Abela should resign but you are also in this pie because you knew all along what was happening and you contributed to the staying of legal procedures. There are if and buts you pretend to lead our country with such a track record that jeopardise our integrity.
We want law and order and not hide and seek.
Joe Sammut
Feb 24th, 09:46
Mr Hindsight fought tooth and nail against our EU membership he regretted the mistake.
Mr Hindsight recommended Gonzi to emulate Cyprus's , and Spain’s economy.
Now we have Mr Hindsight stating that he would have handled the Safi Drug Case differently.
He takes the wrong decisions , than he admits his mistakes when there’s no way out and if it were for him we suffer the consequences.
j brincat
Feb 24th, 10:35
Have you forgotten the prokloma to free a drug baron (not under Labour).
Guess you have for your obvious political convenience!
jb
Joe Sammut
Feb 24th, 22:53
Joseph ma qalilniex biex ninsew il-passat?
Ghal-dik il-mahfra il-PN hallas qares..... u tghallem.
M cauchi
Feb 24th, 09:45
to those parents, whose children were part of this, by direct or indirect contact.
SORRY!!!!!
Emanuel Micallef
Feb 24th, 09:42
qieghed naqra sew gieb rispett ghalinqas lin niies tieghek
Emanuel Micallef
Feb 24th, 09:39
x tahwid dan ma nistax nifhem kull gurnata verzjoni differnt. gie fuq sieq wahda u kekku jammett.
Austin Grech
Feb 24th, 09:38
a mistake has been made and the people have been told. Others just offend our intelligence by lie's. Thankyou Mr Muscat for treating us like intelligent people, that we are.
Joseph Buhagiar
Feb 24th, 09:37
Dear Dr. Saliba, you are quite right.
However I feel that intelligent voters are those that, like me, they are die hearts of neither party.
Malta has forgotten how Mid Med was sold for Peanuts by three prominent NP behind Dr. Fenech Adami's back while he was in hospital doing a bypass (just to mention one serious instance.) Worst of all they got away with it scott free.
E Bonello
Feb 24th, 09:37
PT3. JM and TA should immediately withdraw their candidature, voters must take this into consideration that these people fabricated stories and were deceitful to you to hide their tracks do you think they will be honest when they have your vote....????
Victor Caruana
Feb 24th, 10:56
Lol, x'kandidatura tridu jnehhi Dr.Abela??? Dak mhux hiereg ghall-elezzjoni! Tant ilhom jidhku bik tal-Pienne li lanqas taf ir-realta' x'inhi ahseb u ara kemm taf taghti ragunijiet tajbin!
E Bonello
Feb 24th, 09:36
PT1. If he had the face to come on camera and lie to our nation pretend that he never knew about the case then he should not be trusted, no use to apologies now you should have acted when you had the information instead you lied to hide your tracks. What other lies we have been told no wonder the studies on the energy proposal was kept in the dark.
A. Mizzi
Feb 24th, 09:32
Is it wrong to be honest now? It seems so by certain standards of comments on this article which are truly 'missing the wood for the trees'!
Well done Dr. Muscat, you certainly got what it takes to make a GREAT LEADER!
Julian Grech
Feb 24th, 09:27
mela jekk tghid li ma kontx taf- giddieb, jekk tghid li kont zbaljat- giddieb. tal-PL taghmel x'taghmel giddieb, ara jekk tkun PN kollox vangelu u sagrosant
K Stivala
Feb 24th, 09:23
It takes a big man to admit he made a mistake.. We're all human..
grace cassar
Feb 24th, 09:14
Mela l ewwel gideb u issa qed jghid li kollha zbaljaw. Is this the way he is going to God forbid become PM. We are not playing with marbles here but the future of our country. You are clearly not ready to take the reins in my eyes. So inexperienced. Keep t it. Maybe in another 5years time. So much to learn and I certainly would not like you to do that at Malta s expense.
carlos ellul
Feb 24th, 09:12
One mustn't forget that the biggest drug related arrest that had ever happened in Malta was during the PN administration. It is also true that it ended up with the person involved being given a presidential pardon and a one way ticket to Brazil. I wonder why the PN apologists didn't asked for heads back then.
David Borg
Feb 24th, 09:09
I think Dr Muscat spoke well.. im no labourite.. the worst a leader could do is not admit a mistake or not admit that he has divisions just like someone did and held the country hostage in the longest campaign ever..
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 24th, 09:03
I dont like these stories of drugs at clubs (both PL and PN). However we must not miss the wood for the trees -with these blown-up-out-of-all- proportion affairs. The real drug problem areas in Malta are Paceville and the bars around our higher educational institutions - this is where the pushers operate. What I would like our politicians is to tell us what they are going to do about this.
Lawrence Attard
Feb 24th, 09:02
Tagu li fit 3 snin inxtraw madwar 1000 miljun ewro miz zewg kumpanji li jirrapprezenta George Farrugia tal proklama? Li sa issa tressqu 4 persuni l qorti fuq tixhim u korruzzjoni? Tafu kemm hadu "kummissjoni" u ma kien hemm hadt aktar forsi aktar il fuq? Shame on You! Shame pn You! Dan kollu tort ta Joseph? U int taghmel hmerija u jsallbuk! Jien bil qalb se nivvota LABOUR
Kenneth Williams
Feb 24th, 08:59
Li stess bhal gonzipn Tonio fenech ametta li ha rigal minghand farrugia u il prim jghid li qed ihawdu tas super one.
Joe Sammut
Feb 24th, 13:27
Tghidlix li biex tihu l-miljuni f’tixhim , kull ma trid taghmel hu li tqabbad il-mara ta’ huk taghti xi haga mill hobby taghha lil xi ministru , u pumm , tibda iddahhal l-eluf tal-Ewro?
Kemm hsibtu iblah il-poplu Ken?
Lawrence Attard
Feb 24th, 08:57
Xsar mill programmi elettorali? Il PN jixtieq iddawwar l ARLOGG lura (le mhux ta Toninu) u jittratta lill kullhadd bhala xi cuc Malti li jaccetta kollox. Il PL se jindirizza d djun li hallew il pn innaqas konkretament il korruzzjoni u jerfa u jerga jaghti d dinjieta lill istituzzjonijiet li tkissru taht il pn!
carl Barthet
Feb 24th, 08:52
What a joke, tad-dahk...partit tal-looney tunes...
j brincat
Feb 24th, 08:41
@Francis Saliba M.D.
"This country does not need to be governed by a cabinet of liars"
On the contrary is needs to be governed for 5 more years to bring the total to 30 years BY the holiest of all holy, wall clocks and all!
U hallina!
jb
M Farrugia
Feb 24th, 08:38
mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Mistakes are done by accident, premeditated actions to ensure no damage is done to the PL is not a mistake. Dr Cordina is not a candidate but resigned from his PL post, why not De Abela?
j brincat
Feb 24th, 08:38
@Kevin Bonnici
"if he admitted he made a mistake, than he admits lying"
As far as I know all dictionaries in English distinguish between the word to lie and to make a mistake.
You then incredibility call for resignations.
I have never saw you clamour for any resignations from the PN's camp!
Is it a case of two weights but to different measures to suit your political whims?
jb
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 24th, 08:31
What intelligent voters would like to know from Joseph Muscat is who else does he consider as an unworthy candidate on the LP list because he has been exposed as a liar. This country does not need to be governed by a cabinet of liars.
J. Borg
Feb 24th, 09:06
Remember our pre-1987 government? So far this lot have been caught lying ... but think about the way they have behaved so far, and look at their line-up of candidates, and you'll know that it's all a charade trying to dupe people into thinking they have changed. Muscat even thought he needed to go as far as to tell us explicitly that they have changed - but can you believe him about anything now?
Carmel Zammit
Feb 24th, 09:06
It is precisley for that reason that we need a new cabinet.
Benjamin Cassar
Feb 24th, 09:07
I strongly suggest you as being an "intelligent voter" re ask this question to Gonzi, Gatt and Fenech... Never have i heard about a corruption case like the oil scandal!!! And yet you are lambasting JM for not reporting a case to the media, which the police found no guilt! At least he have the guts to shoulder responsability, not as your Prime, which ruled the country without seat majority!!!
Roy Fava
Feb 24th, 09:22
when talking about lying GonziPn springs to mind......
James Grech
Feb 24th, 09:32
It has been amply demonstrated and corroborated that GonziPN has been lying through its teeth, even by its own MPs. Do you believe that minister Fenech had a divine apparition during the divorce debate and that he never met George Farrugia? or that minister Gatt forgot abt his swiss account? or that Gonzi was happy when the honoraria saga was uncovered? The list is never ending!!
A.Felix Busuttil
Feb 24th, 09:46
you mean like Minister Fenech?
Emanuel Said
Feb 24th, 09:58
You may be right on this... the country is already governed by a cabinet of liars... and this needs to be punished.
Michael Magri
Feb 24th, 10:08
" This country does not need to be governed by a cabinet of liars."
OMG Dr Saliba.. The fact is that political history in Malta confirms that it is the PN that EXCELS in lies and spins of all kinds or sorts, so when in government and more so during general elections..
George Cassar
Feb 24th, 10:15
Do you have to post everything twice to try to make a point? The incumbent cabinet has been proven to contain a very good share of what you mentioned
C J Vassallo
Feb 24th, 10:20
Intelligent voters don't support a party when it has lost direction; What was good has clearly changed to bad. Its no big deal to turn the page when the what's been offered by the PN today is bad administration at its best.
Martin Saliba
Feb 24th, 10:55
Pleased to see that you agree that we need a change of goverment and cabinet . Good on you francis.
Kevin Bonnici
Feb 24th, 08:30
Mela li sfaccatament tiddikjara li ma kontx taf bil kas, imabaghd bil provi tinqabad li ma kienx minnu mhux gidba???
Pauline Busuttil
Feb 24th, 09:08
Le ghall Joseph Muscat mhux gidba..... U ghad irrid jghati iktar twegibijiet ghall mistoqsijiet li ghamilhu Tonio Fenech. Ha naraw b'hiex ser johrog.
Marion Storace
Feb 24th, 10:06
@ Kevin Borg - hi gidba li Tonio Fenech cahad li qatt ma ltaqgha ma' Farrugia imbaghad ammetta li kien prezenti ma' huh biex tah l-arlogg bhal rigal mill-mara ta'hu Farrugia???? Biex tiskongra trid tkun pur
Kenneth Williams
Feb 24th, 10:57
pauline |Busuttil int bis serjeta???? Mela ma tafx li skond il kejl ta TONIO FENECh il kas miet spicca mghaluq. Tajba taghkhom maghluq u taghna jirrezenja. Veru ma tafux tisthu!!
J Cauchi
Feb 24th, 08:29
A man of true words a man that can addmit
if it was a mistake or not. Proset Dr Muscat
for telling as it is and not like some other Ministers
who goes
A round and round in circles and lies behind
our backs who took the 500. We will judge when
Gonzi has an interview with the times on AUST.AG
Proud to vote for you Dr Muscat !!!!!!!!!!!!
Richard Caruana
Feb 24th, 09:14
Telling it as it is...
I have no idea about a drgu case
It was only a block of ice
Hallina! Gideb u gideb, xejn iktar
E Bonello
Feb 24th, 09:24
It took him some time to admit, beside it had to be the PN to uncover all these lies from JM and the LP, what other lies remians in mystery with this people......will now TA resign and withdraw his candidature ????? A party made of lies, fabrications & deceits. A new direction Indeed
Joe Borg
Feb 24th, 09:53
Ir-realta hi li meta il-partit nazjonalista kellu listless kas fil-Mosta, dahlu il-puluzija, kif suppost, u inqabdu tlett min nies, kif hu xieraq. Il-partit laburista mhux talli ma amel xejn imma gab skuza li hasibha blokka silg. Dik is serjeta li qed tfahhar? Kap ta partit li ma jafx xini id diferenza bejn droga u silg?
W Azzopardi
Feb 24th, 10:24
JM is admitting what he did only after a lot of lies and only because he got caught and knew there was no way out.
David Bezzina
Feb 24th, 11:09
At Joe Borg : First of all,it has to be clarified that no one was caught in possession of drugs at the Safi club as Toni Abela reacted on the basis of what witnesses told him.The Police found no proof of wrong-doing.A case of an alleged drug use does not hold water in court as the proof is the drug itself.And yet,the PN conveniently hid the Mosta PN club case which was far more serious.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Feb 24th, 08:28
What intelligent voters would like to know from Joseph Muscat is who else does he consider as an unworthy candidate on the LP list because he has been exposed as a liar. This country does not need to be governed by a cabinet of liars.
A. Mizzi
Feb 24th, 09:35
Busuttil’s gaffe – ‘If I wanted to lie I would have stayed in European Parliament’
twanny borg
Feb 24th, 08:25
skont intervista mat-times toni abela kien qal li huwa ma infurmax u ma kellimx lil muscat bil-kaz tad-droga sintendi allura lanqas muscat ma informa l-toni abela responsabbli mill-kazini. mhux hekk?
Richard Caruana
Feb 24th, 08:24
It is not like I wish to give Muscat the right of the argument which he does have not but speaking for myself, I prefer to solve illegalities in my work place by myself like fining or sacking instead of involving the police and then if the guy goes away peacefully, I write him a good employer note for his cv. It is common practice.
Joe Pace Asciak
Feb 24th, 08:11
"Dr Muscat says Dr Abela would have had to withdraw his candidature if he were an election candidate”. Minn dak li hareg u minn dak li ntqal, ir-responsabbilta’ politika ewlenija hi ta’ Dr Muscat u mhux ta’ Dr Abela.
Lawrence Attard
Feb 24th, 08:10
At least this guy comes clean and has the decency to apologize. Which cannot be said to pn ministers. Who of them is going to apologize for the oil scandal and all the crap we have had to endure these last few years? PN needs to loose heavily this forthcoming elections so it can go to the cleaners and weed out the chaff. Their sheer arrogance is palatable no more. Get off your high horses!
Ms Maria Vella
Feb 24th, 08:33
The crap you had to endure all these years also meant that Malta didn't suffer the recession as much as other European countries. Yes mistakes were made but please remove your red colored blinkers
Lawrence Attard
Feb 24th, 08:53
@maria vella so you believe the spin that we are better off than other EUcountries. Do you believe all the yarns PN spinners tell? I travel very frequently to EU countries & can assure you they are in more ways than one better off than us. No O dont hve red blinkers I am a floater who has had enough of the pn and yes I shall vote pl cause I cant take any more bull from pieta!
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 24th, 09:13
Ms Vella are you sure that we dont suffer from recession? At the moment the effects of recession are being covered up by increased national debt. It is an artificial feel good factor. This is sheer irresponsibility - it's called 'do anything to get re-elected'. It is lying to the electorate.
Carmel J. Caruana
Feb 24th, 09:26
Ms Vella are you sure that we dont suffer from recession? At the moment the effects of recession are being covered up by increased national debt. It is an artificial feel good factor. It's a repeat of what happened in the last election. This is sheer irresponsibility - it's called 'do anything to get re-elected'. It is lying to the electorate.
Kevin Bonnici
Feb 24th, 08:08
if he admitted he made a mistake, than he admits lying.
The mistake was therefore either Muscat's fault as he lied, or Toni Abela's fault...
If Muscat wants to be taken seriously then him or Abela should resign, like he asked for Anglu Farrugia's resignation.
Marion Storace
Feb 24th, 10:08
@ Kevin Bonnici - if GonziPN wants to be taken seriously then they should resign en masse
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 24th, 08:07
This is unbelievable (part2)
One has to have an evil brass neck to say that if Toni had resigned he would have accepted his resignation and find nothing wrong with oneself being party to a concealment of a drug trafficking case! Even more so to ask Fenech to withdraw his candidature for have accepted a gift of insignificant value.
Malta Taghna Lkoll – drug traffickers included
W. Cassar
Feb 24th, 08:24
Joe... Who are you going to vote for? If its PN then you should stop writing as the old saying ... people in glass houses ... comes to mind.
j brincat
Feb 24th, 08:50
Remember the proklama to free a drug baron?
What is of significant value to you?
What is an evil brass neck - as far as I know Maltese wall clocks are not made of brass but wood with a fine gold leaf on top!
jb
Alfred Vassallo
Feb 24th, 09:52
Fenech is notorious for being in all sorts of hotspots yet he NEVER had the decency to admit it, let alone resign forthwith. As for your way of expounding a 'gift of insignificant value' that's your muddled opinion, ask any upright person and you would get your straight answer.
Also this Safi saga PALES into significance if one compares it with the notorious Querioz revolting story.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 24th, 10:38
Caesar in your case an animal comes to mind - ostrich. As for you Vasallo you would need to add "confused"
Alfred Vassallo
Feb 24th, 11:09
Micallef
Can't make you out, if a person writes logic, you call him confused!! Then what's yours?? Oh btw my surname comes with a double 's'....hope it's not this a 'confusing' matter as well!
W. Cassar
Feb 24th, 11:17
Calling me names ...just means you know Im right. when will the Maltese voter wake up!
P.S... Im not endorsing the PL in anyway here.
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 25th, 05:02
Cassar and Vassallo apologies for the surnames ( due to auto corrector) - given your replies the rest holds even more then before!
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 24th, 08:06
This is unbelievable (part1)
FACT: Toni Abela knew about reports of alleged drug trafficking case but he only fired the barman
FACT: Mistakes Joe was subsequently informed of case but he is, did not rectify situation which he should have being the Leader of the party & a politician
FACT: Had Toni submitted his resignation, Mistakes Joe would have accepted it
Roberta Micallef
Feb 24th, 09:13
Has anyone from PN resigned when Mosta PN club was being investigated for drug trafficking ? Story was in the Times Friday. At least JM admitted his fault. Who took responsibility for the Mosta PN club case ??
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 24th, 10:34
You Roberta are very silly. In the Mistake case the PN did what Toni and Cyprus Joe should have done - report to the police!
M BUHAGIAR
Feb 24th, 11:02
@MIcallef
In the case of the PN Mosta club the police started investigating after they got a tip off .
It was NOT the PN who brought forward the case!!!
Mr Joe Micallef
Feb 24th, 12:28
Buhagiar sure the police got the tip off and unlike what Toni did they weren't stopped from investigating. Muscat had the duty to tip off the police and he didn't - not only but he lied about it. Stop digging.
twanny borg
Feb 24th, 08:04
la zbalja fuq kaz serju ta' blokka bajda droga ghandu jwarrab. il-president ta' safi mula ghalhekk mar ghand il-mexxejja gholja tal-partit biex tiehdu passi u tirraporta l-pulizija. milli intqal kien biss il-president li kecca l-barman lanqas il-partit ma qallu biex jitlaq. ir-recordings gidbuh lil muscat u gab skuza li haltu ma' kaz ta' blokka silg. x'insult!! kieku kien serju kien jitlaq.
Marion Storace
Feb 24th, 10:11
@ Twanny Borg - kemm imisshu iwarrab minhu mcappas bix-xiri ta' zejt mela? Araw it-travu f'dajrkom u mhux it-tiben ta' haddiehor
Albert Bonello
Feb 24th, 07:59
Isn’t it obvious, now that d tables have turned on a number of scandalous issues JM.Com does not want a mud slinging match and is preaching love & peace? The truth of d matter is that JM.Com who is aspiring to become d PM of Malta lied to us & his fellow colleagues did nothing less but lie, lie & lie. These r the people who keep on harping that they need to clean up our country, what a joke!
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