Comments on: Goverment and Opposition: the only time they cooperate is when they want to fox the electorate

By: jozef

jozef — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:09:00 +0000

I see…

By: jozef

jozef — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:42:44 +0000

Actually there is a word for intelligence: hazen.

eg; il-hazen ta’ mohhu,

[Daphne – Hazen does not translate as intelligence. It translates as cunning.]

By: Mario Mercieca

Mario Mercieca — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:46:39 +0000

In reply to ciccio2011. I think there is more than meets the eye in ML Coleiro Preca's decision not to stand for election. If Muscat is saying to his MPs that they have a free vote and then exerting undue pressure on them to vote Yes I would be the first to rebel. I think there are also other issues which made her take the decisions.

By: Paul Bonnici

Paul Bonnici — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:39:55 +0000

In reply to Paul Bonnici.

If you read this report one may suspect a link between the two cases:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110601/local/court.368391

The common denomitators are:

traffic policeman
Marsaskala
process of separation (from wife)
He was also accused of relapsing (ie previous offence committed)
age (wife/husband) difference 3 years only

Maybe just a coincidence.

By: ciccio2011

ciccio2011 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:27:11 +0000

Oh, I have another question about this: Since the MPs’ invidual vote will not be published, does this mean that Marie Louise Coleiro Preca’s descision that she will not stand again for Parliament in 2013, as communicated to Joseph Muscat on 31 May, was a hasty one?

By: ciccio2011

ciccio2011 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:48:28 +0000

As I see it, since the MPs are going to hide their individual vote from the public, we are not going to know who, after the vote, has a clean conscience, and who does not.
So much for their conscience bull. Do you think God and the bishops will know how they voted?

By: ciccio2011

ciccio2011 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:45:20 +0000

In reply to La Redoute.

There is no Maltese equivalent of the word “intelligent” which has a Latin origin.
The Maltese word with closest meaning is “ha**ej.”

By: Paul Bonnici

Paul Bonnici — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:44:09 +0000

This is an unrelated issue regarding a policeman who accepted a bribe, I’ll let readers make up there own minds:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110602/local/Traffic-policeman-took-bribes-to-write-off-tickets-.368455

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080709/local/policeman-accused-of-wifes-attempted-murder.215957

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080627/local/policeman-almost-strangles-wife-in-marsascala.214301

[Daphne – It’s unlikely to be the same policeman, unless he’s married to an older woman.]

By: Interested Bystander

Interested Bystander — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:41:50 +0000

For me, every day in this island paradise is a journey into the fantastic.

By: lino

lino — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:28:12 +0000

Daphne, I have posted a few contributions in favour of a free vote in parliament, but I contend that MPs are to be consistent with their prior positions on this issue, hence as you say we MUST know who’s voting and how; if that’s not the case, I am with you to extend the Arab Spring westwards.

[Daphne – It’s not me who’s on about the Arab spring. It’s Evarist. We’re in Malta. We have other options and don’t need to camp out in front of the palace or demonstrate in public spaces as we had to do when Evarist’s friends were in power.]