Twanny, if the PL disassociated itself from Sandro Schembri Adami ‘many many years ago’ how is it that he’s not back in the fold together with AST and Joseph(Joe) Grima?

‘The PN has many skeletons in its closets.’

And in Labour’s closets you’ll find Ronnie Pellegrini, Jason Micallef and Manuel Mallia.

“Ministers of government cannot interfere in the business of the courts.”

True – but the use of the presidential pardon is NOT a court matter or decision but an administrative/political measure.

[Daphne – No, it isn’t. It is obviously – I say ‘obviously’, but with people who vote Labour one never knows what is obvious and what is not – a decision for the prosecution: the police/AG. Perhaps I should have been more specific, and not said ‘courts’, lest you imagine the chief justice is involved.]

Ideally, the path should be from the police to the AG to the Minister of Justice to the PM (who takes and is responsible for the final decision) and finally to the President who’s role is simply to sign the “proklama”.

[Daphne – Satisfy my curiosity here: did you vote for Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici after he said in an interview with a London newspaper that the government will remove the law courts and replace them with ‘people’s courts’? If you did, I can’t take you seriously on any discussion of this nature.]

Yes, duly noted. That’s something he can’t deny.

That would be difficult. He’s been interdicted.

Wrong again.

1) Fenech Adami DID meet Żeppi l-Ħafi under the road bridge at St Julian’s – that was not denied.

2) Regarding the way the President can give pardons, check out Chapter 85 of the constitution.

3) The pardons given to Il-Ħafi were conditional on him telling the truth. He did not, so they should have been withdrawn.

[Daphne – He did. You seem to forget that there was another person present: the victim – somebody with a forensic memory, powers of observation and attention to detail – unlike Nicholas Jensen.]