It has become customary for political parties, after exhausting their arguments, to end up accusing each other over “political interests”.

In the case of the decision by the Żebbuġ local council to rename Bishop Caruana Street after a staunch Labour Party political figure, it is quite evident which of the two political parties is politicising this issue.

After reading the insults towards the bishop uttered by the Żebbuġ mayor (August 29), I quote what the late and respectable Maltese novelist Frans Sammut had to say about Bishop F.S. Caruana: “He was a leading pioneer among the Maltese at the time of the turbulent period of 1799-1800”.

Unlike the mayor, locals have quite different views of Caruana and keep his memory in high esteem. The marble slab on the façade of St Philip Band Club makes this quite evident.

Let intelligent readers decide whether the Latin saying Quod non fecerunt barberi, facerunt Barberini should be quoted in reverse: Quod non fecerunt Barberini, facerunt barberi.