Hey Robert, let's have a party for all those appearing before me in court!
And Saviour's witness is Toni Abela, deputy leader of the Labour Party
Magistrate Herrera said in court that she doesn’t know Saviour Balzan. Her only contact with him was when she invited him to a Christmas party at her house on 17 December.
We all have odd habits, so I’m not going to discuss the odd habit of inviting strangers to your home for Christmas drinks. She might have thought he was Michael Cassar.
Let her invite strangers to her home to celebrate Christmas if she wants to. She’s done odder things. What should interest us – and the Commission for the Administration of Justice – is that Magistrate Herrera issued that invitation to Saviour Balzan when the case Dr Michael Falzon v. Saviour Balzan was pending before her for judgement.
Judgement was delivered on 15 December, two days before the party at which Saviour was her guest. So unless she rang him up on 16 December and said ‘Look, Saviour, I know it’s short notice but Robert and I are throwing a party tomorrow and we’d like you to come’, there are some serious ethical issues here.
And that’s to say nothing of the case Albert Mizzi v. Savour Balzan, which remains pending before Magistrate Herrera while she invites Saviour to her home and would no doubt also invite Albert Mizzi were she able to get an entree there.
Now she and Malta Today’s MEPA Watch Man will be guests at Saviour Balzan’s wedding on 8 May. His witness? Toni Abela id-deputat mexxej tal-Partit Laburista.
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My, my, what a classy bunch.
My stomach churns!
Should the mayor’s lover somehow manage to organise free public lavatories, then you never know the marriage might be celebrated fuq it-Telgha tas-Salib tal-Gholja.
Is the Commission for the Administration of Justice doing anything about the shortcomings of this magistrate? As a Maltese citizen I have the right to know.
Ditto
Agreed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsnYTaUsH4&feature=related
Ajmajmajma! Il-verita’ twegga, le? hahahaha
And when is this busted thing of a Commission for the Maladministration of Justice doing to settle this matter once and for all? Just remove this magistrate. Send her home, send her her paycheck but remove her from the bench. The President’s reputation as a man of his word is now at stake.
Tkellem Seguccio, hej. Tuh medalja tal- valur. Ohorgu ir-Red Arrows!
Tfajtlek fazzolett, Segucc. Ejja hu grokk mieghi, hero.
It is either remove the magistrate, or let us change the Commission for Administration of Justice.
If we want to have a modern state, built on accountability etc then it all starts from the top. The President is accountable to the people as much as the magistrate, even though, like the magistrate, the President is not elected by the people.
We do not wish to hear about a trip to Australia, but about justice being properly delivered at home.
Now now, to complete the perfect picture MEPA Watch Man would be best man.
And the magistrate his bisexual bride’s witness. If Malta had gay marriage, would she still have married Saviour Balzan?
Agreed Seguccio. The President’s reputation is currently running on a very thin line, thanks to Consie. My only question is: ”Who the hell is responsible to ensure that our rights as private citizens are safeguarded against these people who are making a mockery of the judiciary?”
The President has no alternative but to play safe and I can assure you he knows what he is doing.
I think so too.
timesofmalta.com 21 March.
“President George Abela yesterday announced plans for an official visit to Australia during the closing speech of a week-long convention for Maltese living abroad. No dates have yet been given.”
Wrong. You cannot play safe and stay on the fence, when you are supposed to be a guardian of the constitution. Punto e basta.
Ta’ Ninu – agreed 100%. Without any hidden agenda I must admit that I am very let down with the new President. People do not need notes but actions. The sooner the better – PLEASE!
Many used to think (me included) that PN won all elections because Alfred Sant was the leader of the MLP. When Joseph Muscat was elected I thought that now the Maltese might have a real choice. Oh boy, how wrong I was!
Many voted PN because they had no alternative. What I mean is that the MLP did not provide an alternative government then, and neither is it doing so now. History repeats itself.
Can Albert Mizzi protest against having Magistrate Herrera hear his case based on such an unethical behaviour?
Anyone can protest. It’s just too much hassle for some.
Let us hope the magistrate did not give any interviews to Saviour Balzan. I am not saying anything new, but according to para. 28 of the Code of Ethics for the Judiciary of Malta:
“Members of the Judiciary shall avoid communicating with the media…” and “In general, members of the Judiciary shall not seek publicity or the approval of the public or the media.”
There is a chap called Toni who writes frequently on this blog, and he often repeats “milli ghedna ma hemm xejn.” I think this can be added as paragraph 30 of the Code of Ethics for the Judiciary.
According to The Sunday Times list of the president’s appointments for this week, a meeting of the Commission for the Administration of Justice is scheduled for this week.
Rocky Horror show?
@ Drinu
Jien kieku hekk naghmel. U issa nafu li mhux hu biss gralu hekk.
If there is no justice, how can there be a Commission for the “administration” of justice? The Chairman of this commission will soon be going Down Under in the hope that matters will cool down and the “friend” of his daughter-in-law will try and see sense herself and resign.