Good thing she was only suspended from work under false charges and those people hadn’t managed to get rid of her yet
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July 29, 2014 at 11:48am
Imagine if Marisa Farrugia’s enemies in the Taghna Lkoll government had managed to get rid of her completely already when this thing happened.
Who would they have sent to work on Martin Galea’s release – Silvio ‘I Know My Way Around Libya’ Scerri? Actually, I’m beginning to wonder if he was one of those who wanted her out of the way.
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The bottom photograph is appalling. What a w*nker.
The look on her face is golden, though. Pity it was obscured from all other angles by HRH The Prince of Whales.
Prince of Whales. I like it.
I am relieved Martin Galea has been released. I feared that the militia would demand his exchange for the Libyan Deputy PM.
Now that this matter has been positively resolved, I believe we should focus on what truly constitutes “national security”.
Does prolonging the stay of Maltese nationals in a war-torn country exposing them to the risk of kidnapping in the national security?
Is providing state protection to key political figures from Libya in the national interest?
Can the government spell out its foreign and security policy regarding Libya?
X’policy? Hallih dak igawdi irrid u iffaddal halli kif il-poplu iddabbbarlu rasu ikun sta bene.
This government can’t spell. Full stop.
George Vella will have to comb his eyebrows before answering this
Marisa Farrugia is the real hero and she deserves a public apology and Gieh ir-Repubblika.
Yes, one does wonder what else she had to do not to deserve it.
It will also be highly appropriate of Maltatoday to take up her side of story.
But then, I happen to think there’s some decency left in those people. Dead parrots, referenda and all.
Muscat, please get out of the way and let Marisa Farrugia be given the credit she deserves.
Or are you planning to have her interrogated by the police again any time soon?
Where’s Mannie?
Selling passports.
Drawing the new plans for Tripoli after the civil war?
Muscat mhux ta’ minn jafdah: giddieb, arroganti, bully u vendikattiv hafna.
Bil-farsa li ghamel il-bierah fl-airport, il-poplu induna li mhux veru kien inkwetat bil-htif ta’ Martin Galea imma la gietu tajba, rrid jiehu l-glorja kollha hu. Persuna opportunista u shallow.
Ghagir ta’ tifel zghir li jrid l-attenzjoni dejjem fuqu. Ma nafx ta’ madwaru kif jissaportuh.
Għid dan kollu lil dawk li jsegwuh. Ara l-kummenti fuq it-Times u l-facebook. Il-maġġorparti tagħhom jifirħu liż-żatat kemm ħasibha tajjeb.. x’biċċa xogħol għamel, qisu mar hu jippoppa sidru l-Libja biex iġib lura lis-Sur Galea. U lil Dr Farrugia ta dahru u lanqas biss semmiha fid-diskors li għamel. U l-ġurnalisti qishom in-nagħaġ ta’ Bendu, fejn jgħidilhom imorru jmorru, jibżgħu minn dellhom.
This morning, the words on everyone’s lips were exactly as you said : kemm iffanfra Joseph Muscat, gietu tajba.
I strongly suggest Martin Galea read every statement made by Muscat last week.
I think he’ll find the disclaimers at the very end of each rather telling.
I love Dr Farrugia’s expression: her eyes reveal a genuine relief and joy that Martin has been returned safely to his family. Well done.
Just like Muscat’s.
Marisa Farrugia’s must have been a very inconvenient presence in Malta’s Tripoli embassy.
This government is averse to competence and professionalism.
At least she did not end up in Kordin.
That would have necessitated an urgent presidential pardon to get her back to Tripoli.
Then Marie Louise would have been the heroine.
The second photo absolutely true to form.
Muscat literally in the way.
Looking again at the pictures and the video clips from yesterday one can now understand better why the PM ignored Marisa Farrugia and gave gave her his back.
Not only is it typical of a man who does not know how to act amongst successful women, but he must have been at a loss what to say to a woman who had to be brought out of disciplinary suspension in order to save the day.
As they say, “ma kienx jaf fejn iqieghed wiccu” around her. But I have one question. Other than readers of this blog, does anybody know of the way the PL has treated Dr Farrugia? Has any journalist asked the minister if her suspension has been lifted permanently and all charges dropped?
Will she be re-instated in her old job or equivalent, if not even given a promotion?
And does this mean that the charges brought against her were fabricated?
If so, who will be charged with this fabrication? And what about the persons who took over her responsibilities without her capabilites?
Sorry, that was more than one question. But there are others.
Basically we should all be asking ourselves if this year of cronyism has created more potential situations where, should a crisis turn up, someone will have to pay a bitter price for the iced bun. And that someone could be all of us.
I had the pleasure of knowing Dr Farrugia when she taught in the Dept of Arabic at the University of Malta. And I am not the least surprised she pulled this off. She has always been a highly intelligent and effective woman who means business.
If Dr.Farrugia was instrumental in his release she should have been allowed to talk about it as soon as they landed.
The prime minister and the other ministers were not in Libya so the negotiations must have been conducted by her.
Credit should be given where due. What if things turned out to be bad or different? Kulhadd jaf jipposa.
And what of Jeffrey Curmi, the amazing new commanding officer of the Armed Forces of Malta? Why was he even there at the airport? What difference could he have possibly made to any ransom attempt?