“Politically naive.”

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on his chief of staff and Energy Minister’s decision to opt for a financial set-up involving a company in blacklisted Panama.


“There is a crying need to clean up the political system and I’m ready to make this my mission.”

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil condemning the Prime Minister for not distinguishing between right and wrong amid the country’s “corruption crisis”.


“I was pressured and felt threatened.”

Ex- estate management director Carmel Camilleri in a sworn statement saying he protected Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon – who has since resigned after an NAO report on the Gaffarena scandal – because he was afraid to spill the beans on his boss.


“They knew or should have known what had been going on for years.”

Financial adviser Paul Bonello criticising the authorities for failing to root out an underground one-man banking operation in Żurrieq.


“I believe in the university of life; some people with a university education are among the biggest idiots.”

Malta Developers Association president Sandro Chetcuti doubting to what extent a proposed mandatory course for estate agents would raise the sector’s quality.


“The council is mostly Nationalist and so is the locality. I’ll leave it at that.”

Swieqi council mayor Noel Muscat claiming discrimination following unannounced roadworks in the valley leading to San Ġwann.


“They’re taking my sheep to be killed; they’re taking them away.”

Shepherd Ġanni Attard calling this news­paper in panic after his controversial herd was loaded on trucks to be killed. A court order aborted the cull.

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