@Grezz Not saying is stands for dual citizenship, but the point remains that someone with dual citizenship (such as myself) might have it.

[Daphne – Yes, right, of course. The prime minister’s PA rang Mr Cini and said ‘I’m afraid he’s not coming after all because you took part in porn.’ Illum! The Julia Farrugia Notebook.]

“I think I’ve achieved enough. An apology from the PM is the most one can expect from this country with its lack of accountability. At least we’ll have our routes back to Mater Dei and the Senglea route to St Thomas Bay too,” said Cini on the phone to MaltaToday.

Cini stopped his hunger-stike after meeting the PM. His voice sounded much better than the past few days. He also said his eyesight is also getting better. He started eating fruit and other light foods for now. He’ll build up his diet slowly in the next few days.

According to Cini, TV presenter Peppi Azzopardi visited his house yesterday, after reading the story on MaltaToday portal. Azzopardi told Cini he haven’t spoken to Gonzi for the past few weeks but had left a message with one of Gonzi’s secretaries about his concern on Cini’s state of health. Yesterday Azzopardi, during the house visit, phoned directly the PM to encourage him to meet Cini, which he did.

Cini also recalled the phonecall Gonzi made to Austin Gatt during their meeting.

“The PM phoned Austin Gatt in front of me to check if the route from Senglea to Marsaskala actually got to St Thomas Bay, which it didn’t. He made him phone Arriva and fix the route there and then, which he did.”

On Facebook yesterday, the hunger-striker posted: “I met the PM for 2 hours. He agreed an apology was more than due. He asked me if he apologised will I eat. I told him not to me but to the people. He said ok. I ate a kiwi and we shook hands. I think that serves a purpose of sorts.”

After the meeting, Gonzi sent this email to Cini:

“Dear Mr Cini,

Thank you for your email dated 23rd July.

Thank you also for the opportunity to meet with you this evening and to discuss your concerns regarding the new bus routes announced as a result of the Public Transport Reform.

I have personally apologised for the fact that this reform has so far failed to achieve the high standard of service which I and my government expect as a result of the agreements that had been negotiated with the operator. More importantly, I confirm my government’s determination to address the public’s complaints and to deliver a reformed Public Transport system that achieves European standards both environmentally and operationally.

I take this opportunity to send you my best regards.

Lawrence Gonzi

Prime Minister”

[Daphne – The prime minister seems to spend much of his time dealing with demanding cranks and crackpots, like a psychiatric nurse. I don’t know which aspect of this story is the most ridiculous.]

Sorry to disappoint you, but L does not stand for Layered.

For those who are interested in what the final letter of one’s ID card means:

M stands for births registered in Malta from 1900 to 1999. (This includes all persons naturalised as Maltese citizens prior to 2000.)
G stands for births registered in Gozo from 1900 to 1999.
A stands for resident aliens.
L stands for births registered in Malta from 2000 onwards and as at April 2011 included 5,039 persons naturalised as Maltese citizens from 2000 onwards.
H stands for births registered in Gozo from 2000 onwards.
B stands for births registered in Malta from 1800 to 1899; the last one having passed away before October 2004.
P – I’m not sure, but they are now Maltese citizens and there are only 330 in number as per the April 2011 Electoral Register.

You may ask, why use L and H for the year 2000+ Malta and Gozo registered births.

Good question.

The official answer I got from the electoral office about 10 years ago is that L is the next available letter in the word Malta (with ‘A’ already being used by ‘resident aliens’) and H . . . wait for it. . is the next available letter in the word Ghawdex. This is technically incorrect as ‘Għ’ is a single letter in Maltese – or at least it was when I was at school.

[Daphne – One is a bear and the other collects bears.]

That explains it all then :) On a more serious note, I generally agree with most of your views and publications and at no point I am trying to imply that you’re stupid. Anyway hopefully your view towards people from bormla will change in the near future..

Regards,

Andrew

Daphne, I find your comments to be quite racist, what do you mean by “pretty good for a Bormliz”? are you trying to imply that people from Bormla are inferior to other people from other localities? I was born and brought up in Cospicua and yes I am fluent in english and so are the majority of the residents here. I find your reference to be quite degrading towards our locality and this has nothing to do with topic you’re talking about. Why drag a whole locality on a mere statement by one person… Is it because you have nothing better to say?

[Daphne – Possibly, yes. I’m quite stupid and often lost for words.]

Daphne has the journalistic insight and precision of a top surgeon and, to mangle a metaphor, leaves no turn unstoned.

I miss Malta very much by the way.

Whichever it is, Maltastar will have to be careful not to translate “Il-Prim Ministru poggieh bhala kap” as “The PM gave him head”.

Harry, It seems that those Labour yahoos are easily attracted to anything that is related to porn. It is another entry to add to Baxxter’s list of subjects that awaken the defence mechanisms of the Maltese. Some of the others were Mintoff, Joseph’s hair etc.