A little blast from the past
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March 26, 2008 at 7:02pm
KMB and Tomb Raider
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici was getting bored with time on his hands. Partnership for Peace gives him something to get excited about. He’s claiming that it violates the Constitution (oh God, that old chestnut again) and flouts the neutrality bit. Check this story in The Times.
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And seeing we are going public with CVs, here is his:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karmenu_Mifsud_Bonnici
Folks may find this part interesting:
“Mifsud Bonnici’s tenure as Prime Minister was seen as a continuation of the Mintoff years (he even retained the same Cabinet). Political violence persisted, hightened and made more intense by the fact that the elections of 1987 were approaching. Relations with the Church deteriorated further on two fronts: the enactment of a Bill to devolve Church property without compensation and attempts by the Government to control and take over Church schools. Things climaxed in 1984 when a demonstration by the workers of the Malta Drydocks at which Mifsud Bonnici was present ransacked the offices of the Maltese Curia. Mifsud Bonnici simply thanked the workers, calling them “the aristocracy of the working class”.
Hmm this is odd:
http://www.erc2.org/39.0.html
Europarl, why is he on the same page with Sharon? I thought that he once said we get Aids if we go in Europe?
[Moderator – Vanni, the nugget you just posted from Karmenu’s Wikipedia page is on that website too: click ‘View CV’ beneath his picture. If that is not an embarrassment to the ERC cause then I don’t know what is. Here’s the direct link.]
Yup I had seen it, cheers mod.
BTW, I know a CV is supposed to be a complete thing, but they could have done a Cassola, and leave some bits out. “the aristocracy of the working class” indeed.
Vanni
Perhaps it’s because it’s not a pig farm, but an animal farm.
Vanni – I can add further to the quote you put (“Things climaxed in 1984 when a demonstration by the workers of the Malta Drydocks at which Mifsud Bonnici was present ransacked the offices of the Maltese Curia.”):
Not only was he present, but – on the way to/from the Curia, immediately after the attack on the law courts – he was on one of the trucks driving down Sta Lucia Street, Valletta (near the then “Bugelli” shop) signing autographs for adoring fans. I know, because I was barricaded in an office directly above that shop at the time. The date was possibly 24th September 1984, but though I may be wrong about the date, I will never forget the terror I felt.
…and did anyone see on TV news what makes up the CNI in addition to KMB? two guys on either side of him, and all much older than he. All no doubt (rusty) suldati tal-ghazzar left over from the 50’s.
I honestly fail to see why CNI should continue to be given prominent news coverage, bil-filmat and all. Actually, I do not see why they should EVER have been given news coverage; the thing was a non-starter from day one.
If KMB is so convinced that the ‘neutrality’ provision in the constitution is being flouted, he as a citizen is fully entitled to take the case to court, and he is particularly well placed to do so since he is a lawyer and so can initiate proceedings directly.
@Kieli – but he doesn’t believe in the law courts. When he was prime minister he had told one of the London broadsheets – I think it was The Telegraph – that he wanted to substitute them with ‘people’s courts’.
Daphne C G
Oh! so that is how it works. He goes on and on about neutrality being flouted so that eventuality a believer in the Law Courts will take action. Reminds me of the true story where a self-declared atheist actually asked a ‘believer’ to pray to Santa Rita on her behalf for a ‘grazzja’, since her [atheist] prayers do not work since she does not believe in saints.
lol @ Keili.
A real atheist would have trouble even using the word “Santa” unless it’s followed by Claus, let alone prayer by proxy.
Daphne / Keili – Maybe that is why he accompanied the “aristocracy of the workers” on their way from (and most probably during) the law courts rampage back in 1984