Just look at these two stories, side by side

Published: November 21, 2014 at 3:05pm

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The irony – one story is a court report about how a man was fined for ramming the Transport Minister’s car and driving off. The Transport Minister simply took his car-number and rang the police, who picked him up later. His driver did not give chase himself, drawing a gun and shooting at him all over town.

And then we have the case of the man who rammed the Police Minister’s wing mirror, about which you will by now be familiar with the available details.




18 Comments Comment

  1. J says:

    Have any human rights NGOs commented on this story, or are we allowed to descend into lawlessness so long as the victims are white heterosexual European males?

  2. Jozef says:

    That’s because the Transport Minister knew he wouldn’t get far.

  3. fm says:

    We have so many ministers that it seems we are having more accidents involving government cars than normal cars. Best in europe.com.

  4. gn says:

    Meanwhile, hemm ragel Mount Carmel ghax ipparkja l-karozza quddiem Kastilja, hareg karta li tghid li l-MEPA mhux fair u qaghad kwiet lanqas fetah halqu, jserrah mal-karozza u jixrob l-ilma.

    U dan l-imbarazz jigri barra.

  5. Philip says:

    The new Government started out by slipping and sliding all over the place.

    Two years in and it’s worse than ever.

    I knew they would not amount to much but I’m really gobsmacked at the complete and utter incompetence, disregard to democratic principles and unashamed lack of leadership qualities.

    Can we possibly survive another 3 years of this? Is it still conceivable that they may win the next elections?

  6. Gordon says:

    give the driver a break jahasra…he was conducting a ‘citizen’s arrest’

  7. missejna il- qiegh says:

    Remember that police promo on safe behaviour for tourists? “Malta is a safe place. Don’t disturb the Maltese when they are having their siesta.”

    And don’t dent any wing mirrors, either. A minister’s driver might get out and start shooting.

  8. John higgins says:

    People are fickle. In Mintoff’s words they will forget.

  9. Gorg Mizzi says:

    Habi, gideb, tghajjir lill-oppozizzjoni, abbuz ta’ poter, sparaturi fit-toroq minn pulcinelli tal-ministri: hekk irid imexxi dan il-bully beef?

  10. Kanun says:

    Now Mallia will have to bite the bullet.

  11. Rebellion says:

    Government ministers’ drivers are persons of trust, normally personally handpicked by the minister in question.

    This is because the driver, like all chauffeurs everywhere, is privy to all the conversations his boss has in the car, and to all the destinations to which he ferries his boss and from which he collects him, as also any passengers.

    Manuel Mallia chose his driver and is responsible for that choice.

    Irrespective of the outcome of the inquiry, the crux of the matter is that he is liable for gross error of judgement in selecting a person of such dubious temperament.

    One this basis alone, Mallia should dig deep for one remaining iota of decency and resign. This is a matter of good political judgement which he has demonstrated, and quite heavily too, that he consummately lacks.

  12. Marlowe says:

    You know you’ve effed up when Joe Mizzi ends up looking decent next to you.

  13. Peritocracy says:

    Am I the only one who’s sick of all the quotation marks the press keep using?

    “lying”

    “cover up”

    You’d think Simon Busuttil and everyone else keep doing an imitation of Dr Evil talking about his “laser”.

  14. Carl Savage says:

    Is it just me or does anybody else feel that the use of the word ‘rammed’ is totally inappropriate in this case and is being use to make things look much worse than what actually happened?

    My side mirrors have been hit plenty of times due to Malta’s narrow roads, both when parked and whilst driving. On finding my side-mirrors shattered or dislodged, I would never describe it as having had my mirrors rammed. I would simply say that they hit my side mirror.

    I would find it acceptable to say ‘he rammed a fist in my stomach/back’ but if someone tried to punch me in the face and swiped my ear lobe, I don’t think ‘he rammed my ear’ paints a true picture.

    [Daphne – You’re right. Rammed means full impact on the car body, and at speed.]

  15. wendy curls says:

    And why does TVM refer to this ‘incident’ as a hit and run? Or did they mean Hit (bullet) and run (Mr. Smith)?

  16. winston psaila says:

    Having survived Mintoff’s and KMB’s atrocities – Sant wasn’t equally bad – I honest to goodness thought nothing worse could touch me. Got it wrong again.

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