Comments on: Magistrate Herrera is patently not a private citizen

By: Joe Xuereb

Joe Xuereb — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:32:39 +0000

I had to ‘beg, steal and borrow’ to get a read of Daphne’s item on her notebook. Fascinating stuff Daph.
Anybody will tell you I’m no moralist. By the same toekn, anybody will tell you that taking responsibility for one’s action is my mantra. The long arm of the law is indeed long. But only as strong as its practitioners. If a female magistrate thinks it is fine to cavort like any partying young woman as regularly depicted in a profusion of cheap weeklies here in UK, then she should do that full time and leave the magistracy.

By: Frans Borg

Frans Borg — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:43:51 +0000

“Instead of making an example of me, it might choose to make an example of the magistrate, and send out the message to others who behave as she does, and to the disgusted public in general, that enough really is enough.”

And that nobody is above the all… I must be daydreaming.

By: Frans Borg

Frans Borg — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:38:36 +0000

“The system is now perfectly placed to work to protect itself and its own.”

Those are some wise words. I´d take the case to the ECHR if need be.

By: Kelinu

Kelinu — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:51:55 +0000

…and what about the ‘makeover’ carried out on Consuelo at her own home address and broadcast on TV?

[Daphne – Oh my god, yes. ‘Issa innaddfu wicc il-magistrat u naghmluha foundation tad-ditta X…’.]

By: Geronimo

Geronimo — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:29:46 +0000

You forgot to mention the “My favourite room” “interview” in First magazine a couple of years ago.

By: Antonia

Antonia — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:21:16 +0000

Well said, Daphne.

By: Grezz

Grezz — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:17:46 +0000

In reply to Ian. And it's not just one father/son combo we're talking about here who would fit perfectly in the above scenario regarding the case in question.

By: Joe Boswell

Joe Boswell — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:15:30 +0000

“She is a magistrate when she embraces Charlon Gouder, a magistrate when she dances with Labour Party officials, a magistrate when she invites Jason Micallef to tea and he turns up in court to support her (and when she hears libel suits filed against him and by him).

….

She is a magistrate when she ‘models’ for a jewellery retailer, a magistrate when she poses for a magazine cover with another woman on a sofa in a titillating pose (or rather, what she probably imagined was a titillating pose), and a magistrate when she consorts during her leisure time with police officers.”

….

I would suggest a visual summary of all allegations – a slide show of images for example.

By: antonius

antonius — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:06:38 +0000

Daphne,
The Maltese judicial system is indeed at the cliff-edge. The rot (at least in recent years) commenced with the antics of Emeritus Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici when he sent a court employee for not switching on his airconditioner, reached a peak with the bribery of Noel Arrigo, and is continuing with the crass stupidity of Consuelo Herrera.

If Joseph Muscat had any sense, he would offer support to the Prime Minister to pave the way for impeachment of the magistrate. The Labour Party should rise above its short term interest in supporting Jose Herrera’s sister and do what is right for the country.

By: Yanika

Yanika — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:58:53 +0000

Can’t you appeal to the European Court of Human rights? I’m not so knowledgeable about these things, but I think that you have the right to be tried in a European court if you think the local court did a bad job of it.

[Daphne – Yes, but all possibilities must be exhausted here first.]

I won’t wish you luck with your court hearing. You don’t need it. I rather think Consie will need it more than you, but she won’t be getting any from me.