Taghna Lkoll arrogance update: the prime minister’s wife, parking her car illegally in the taxi stand down at the Ferries in Sliema
Last Saturday (5 April) Michelle Muscat, the prime minister’s wife, was seen parking her car with blatant arrogance in the taxi stand at St Anne’s Square (former location of Magic Kiosk) at around 2pm.
She and her children got out, went shopping at Mothercare in the same square, and were seen at few other shops in the immediate vicinity, and returned an hour later.
Anybody else would have got a ticket immediately from a flying warden, and a barrage of insults (tipparkjax hemm, hi! Aqlali dik il-karozza minn hemm! Min tahseb li int!).
Min tahseb li int? Well, next time we can all reply: mhux mart il-prim ministru, zgur.
This woman is not just arrogant, but as lazy as her fat husband: it would have done her good to park at the car-park like the rest of us and walked the four minutes down to Mothercare, instead of parking on Mothercare’s doorstep in an illegal spot.
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I believe that the law states that Y plated vehicles have to be “chauffeur” driven. Not sure if these vehicles have a 30% reduction in the registration tax.
I think it means they are on a lease.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20060423/letters/number-plates.56413
A bit dated, but I am not aware of any recent amendments. I stand to be corrected.
Y is garage hire, so if she hasn’t got the appropriate licence she broke the law.
Pero din tista taghmel li trid ghax zewga huwa id-dittatur ta’ Malta.
Y plate, more specifically GY is a black taxi, like those from Wembley and so on. You can only drive one with a special tag/permit and it is to be used as a taxi.
That I am 100% positive about.
Vehicles on lease would end with a Z
Number-plates with the XXX999 format, where the third letter is a ‘Y’ (as the one in the photo above) are meant to be solely for taxis or chauffeur-driven vehicles.
Rented cars and leased-out vehicles have number-plates in the XXX999 format, with the third letter being ‘K’, not ‘Y’.
Although Mrs Muscat was actually driving the car, I suspect that that it is licensed (and, hence, insured) as a taxi, but is being used otherwise. As for Mrs Muscat – she must have abused of two things:
1) being the presumed-to-be-untouchable prime minister’s wife and
2) seeing that the car probably does have a taxi number-plate, she saw no wrong in using the taxi-stand to park.
Splitting hairs. Driving a taxi when one is not licensed to do so is an aggravating factor, not a mitigating one. Mrs Muscat is not a licensed taxi driver and she is using a licensed taxi as a private car. That makes it two offences, not none.
She doesn’t need to actually be licensed for us to refer to her as “Michelle tat-taxi” from now on.
No doubt she was teaching her daughters how no one is, nor ever should be, above the law.
And who exactly is paying the bill for that hired car?
Let me guess – it’s probably us.
Mhux hekk- Malta Taghna Lkoll. Ahna nhallsu u huma jixxallaw. Viva l-lejber.
Why is the numberplate KGY? Y is for taxis and rental cars, minibuses etc. Always being abused on large SUVs and luxury cars by owners of black taxis/minibuses. Did she purchase this car as well using this system to exempt VAT and registration tax? Is she using some kind of loophole?
You need a special license to drive a Y plate car.
Daphne, she was driving a taxi :)…it’s a “Y” plate!
[Daphne – The reserved parking is for white taxis. But the question is, what car is she driving and who is paying for it.]
You did get the hint :)
[Daphne – No, sorry, what hint? I prefer people to be specific.]
You said it – what car is she driving and who is paying for it? I am sure you will find out soon and tell us all about it.
Keith Mallia Milanes – How about you find out and tell us about it? Surely it’s been discussed in your work circles, insurance being your line?
Judging from the vehicle’s number-plate, it would appear that it might very well have been its owner who would have had to pay the parking fine – not the missus herself, however bare-faced her actions.
Why is she wearing a sports bra?
Now that I’ve seen the gargantuan size of her derrière, it explains the size of the car.
Hardly seems like the same woman in the heavily-edited magazine photos we had a few months back, does she?
If she was driving that car herself, can she kindly show us her driving licence with the required category for a “Y” plate vehicle?
The car in question is not a taxi but a chauffeur-driven vehicle. Such cars can NOT park on taxi stands. Those are for white taxis only.
Also you still need a permit from Transport Malta to drive it.
Does Michelle Muscat have one?
According to registration tax rules, such vehicles can NEVER be used for personal reasons, e.g. shopping, but only for economic gain by chauffeuring.
If I’m not mistaken these cars pay no registration tax but an yearly alternative licence which for such an SUV is much cheaper than the circulation tax a privately-owned vehicle would pay.
If this is a leased vehicle from the Auberge de Castille for her use (remember she’s part of her own husband’s secretariat) and her chauffeur was off for the weekend, it is still forbidden for her to drive it unless she got a chauffeur licence from somewhere *cough* AND she shouldn’t use it to go shopping either.
So wrong and so illegal on so many levels.
Do Mothercare also sell metabolisms?
Look at the plate. It’s a Y plate which indicates it’s a chauffeur-driven car. How is this her personal car?
“It’s Labour, stupid” should come to mind every time everything is not as it should be.
No insult to Luciano intended: The insult is delivered by Labour to each and every one of us as part of its daily “clever short-cut thinking” routine. And this is only what is picked up.
She is being driven by a chauffeur. If one had to enlarge the first photo you would see a head on the right hand side if not even on the left side. That is why the car is on the taxi stand as it was being attended.
[Daphne – Waiting is not allowed on taxi-stands. Why does the prime minister’s wife have a chauffeur? Whose car is that?]
Is the car and chauffeur being paid by the taxpayer given her ‘official position’ at the OPM?
Her personal car is/was a Kia Sportage.
Don’t tell me we’re footing the bill for that leased Chevrolet.
Kemm kibrilha sorma.
Y plate = annual road tax, insurance and Malta Tourist Authority contribution.
Y plate = chauffeur-driven vehicle, driver of such vehicles can be owner or employer of a “transport operator” – operation licence is issued every five years by Transport Malta.
The driver of a Y plate vehicle has to be over 19 years and 6 months and in possession of a “Public Vehicle License and Driving Permit” both issued by Transport Malta after a test.
If Mrs Muscat is not in possession of:
1] public vehicle license
2] driving permit for public vehicle
3] owner or employed by a transport operator
she was breaking the above mentioned laws plus driving without insurance.
Mr Mizzi Transport Minister should investigate this abuse.
Dik hi zgur? Ghax tidher qawwija. U dak il bra!
Vera bilhaqq ghax is-soltu tkun vera skinny fir-ritratti hux?
For a minute I thought It was Suor Makbir.
It’s a Y plate. The driver of that car had every right to park there since the vehicle is a garage hire (black taxi). They can also park temporarily in taxi stands to load/ alight passengers and objects.
She is seen unloading her children and stuff out of the car. Therefore she had every right to make use of the taxi stand in a Y reg car.
Waiting for Mrs Muscat to do her shopping is not “alighting and loading passengers and objects”.
I’ve had it up to here with people bending over backwards to justify these upstarts’ abusive behaviour.
You are incorrect. The taxi stand is reserved for white cabs ONLY. Black cabs, such as Wembley’s, are not permitted to use that spot.
This causes a large amount of bother for companies such as Wembley’s and John’s Garage because there is nowhere for them to stop legally if there is no parking available and the person they are due to pick up has not left the house/office/pick up point yet.
Qalu li se nesportaw aktar patata.
Where’s Photoshop when you need it.
It’s potatoshop we need here.
That’s not the prime minister’s wife. Can’t be. I’ve seen her picture in a magazine, and it’s definitely not her.
I am sure she had a driver as she is always driven around.
Excuse me? By what stretch of the imagination is a prime minister’s wife entitled to a chauffeur-driven car at any time at all, let alone when shopping for her children?
M – Unlike you, I commented revealing my full name and surname and if you know me well, I am sure you will understand that I will never divulge such information not even if it is glaring at my face.
Yes she is breaking the law as she has to have a TM tag to drive Y Plated vehicle. Labour cannot understand how much harm was done to Malta in 13months
No law was broken here… If you have a vehicle with a Y plate that means that the vehicle is a taxi, therefore such vehicle can park in any taxi stands all over the country, she will be breaking the law only if she has no special license to drive the Y plate, therefore if she has no special licence and the police will find out she is driving without such lic, the vehicle can be confiscated and issued tickets accordingly, this is taken from the motor vehicle regulations law Malta
You are incorrect. The taxi stand is reserved for white cabs ONLY.
Black cabs, such as Wembley’s, are not permitted to use that spot. This causes a large amount of bother for companies such as Wembley’s and John’s Garage because there is nowhere for them to stop legally if there is no parking available and the person they are due to pick up has not left the house/office/pick up point yet.
Joanne, you’re wrong. A GY registered car is not a taxi but a “chauffeur” driven car and cannot park on a taxi stand.
No class, no class at all.
MALTA TAGHNA ! Whatever happened to LKOLL?
With a backside like that she needs to do some walking.
Quite the derriere, I would say
We appreciate informative journalism and reporting of people who may abuse of their power or their political position but how dare you call our Prime Minister fat?
I think it is very rude and disrespectful. Whatever your opinion you should stick to the facts and not insult people about their physical appearance.
[Daphne: Dare I insult you, Romina? You need to take a crash course in English comprehension. I didn’t call her fat. I called her lazy. I called her husband fat:
This woman is not just arrogant, but as lazy as her fat husband: it would have done her good to park at the car-park like the rest of us and walked the four minutes down to Mothercare, instead of parking on Mothercare’s doorstep in an illegal spot.]
yes, in fact I only mentioned the fact that you called her husband (The Prime Minister) fat, I did not mention the fact that you called his wife lazy….whose comprehension skills are we testing? :)
[Daphne – It’s a free country (unlike some others we could mention). You should celebrate the fact that we call the prime minister fat, not seek to stop it. You clearly have no idea how valuable the freedom is to call your prime minister fat.]
yes that’s very true.. I’m sure he appreciates it too…have a good day Daphne :)