Jose A. Herrera: Labour's solution to the "decadence" in Malta's justice system
The Labour Party has taken a break from its massive about-turn on Gaddafi to tell us instead that “the decadence in the justice system is extremely worrying”.
I’m with them on that.
The difference is that I don’t believe that making Jose A. Herrera minister of justice is going to help the situation at all. For heaven’s sake, the man is already, by his own admission, talking to judges about their salaries while still defending cases before them.
Horse-trading must not only not be done. It must be seen not to be done.
Nor do I think that the problems in the system of justice will be solved by making his sister a judge, though no doubt this will be done with perfect timing to export our problem to the European Court of Human Rights, as by that time Judge De Gaetano’s term will be over.
Labour’s commitment to cleaning out the decadence in our justice system was made clear in its refusal to cooperate with the government in the impeachment of at at least one magistrate and one judge, for which a two-thirds vote is required in parliament in terms of the Constitution.
Labour is not the solution. It is part of the problem.
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What decadence is he referring to, exactly?
Daphne, please refer to it by its correct name: not Labour, but GaddafiPL.
“Labour’s commitment to cleaning out the decadence in our justice system was made clear in its refusal to cooperate with the government in the impeachment of at least two magistrates”
first time i’m hearing about it! why were/are they defending them? where’s medialink?
[Daphne – Magistrate Peralta and Judge Depasquale, so that should have been one magistrate and a judge, not two magistrates.]
The PN had far too much time to overhaul the justice system including the police. The PN has no excuse for the current appalling situation.
Daphne you have also been a victim of the justice system.
My oh my! Some people do live in the clouds.
Never heard of the Peralta and Depasquale cases!
Admittedly their cases were not of the same category.
Then we wonder how it is at all possible for Labour to be in government in 18 months’ time.
Justice and the Herreras simply do not mix.
Labour’s third way moves in to save Joseph.
Such a pity, that Jose’ ‘retired’ his candidacy for deputy leader.
So will it be Jose Wink Wink Herrera as Minister for Justice and Anglu Iljunfant Farrugia as Minister for Home Affairs?
Are you sure he even knows what “decadence” means? I have a funny feeling he meant “deterioration” or something on those lines.
The sad thing is that Herrera has a background that should have ensured that he was properly educated, but it seems that he’s as much at sea with the English language as his compatriots on the so-called Left.
[Daphne – It was Michael Falzon who said it.]
“those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”-Plato
make that THREE, at least. What about The Hon Leather Hotpants?
Perhaps that’s who Michael Falzon meant when he mentioned decadence.
When will someone remind people of the Mintoff golden era when the constitutional courts were closed for three whole years? Was that done on Gheddafi advice?
I got a view of those brown leather hotpants at an auction once.
I can assure you it’s an intimidating sight, especially from the back rows.
The PN has a rising star competing with Dr Jose’ A Herrera .
I cannot see Dr Franco Debono as Minister for Justice.
Personally I would not trust a ‘Minister of Justice’ who wears blue Oakley sport sunglasses.
Dr. Herrera parks his car regularly on a double yellow line a few meters away from his house in Lija. I wonder what additional privileges he will expect when he is sworn in as Justice Minister in 18 months.
Josè Herrera some months ago at the Casino Maltese was overheard hectoring some minion on the possible partition of Libya into Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, as if it the idea were his own. I wondered why NATO didn’t take him on as a consultant.
He thinks he has some kind of divine right to be Minister of Justice.
I find absolutely no reason to disagree with Alfred Sant’s decision to sideline him, though it was under Sant that his sister was made a magistrate.
Herrera began to ingratiate himself with Muscat before Sant was out of the way. He has continued to do this, and he clearly has the cooperation of his sister, on whose guest list the Muscats so often are.
Joseph Muscat should perhaps follow in the steps of his former master and keep him at arm’s length.
What about Joseph Cuschieri whining about ‘his’ seat?
Way back in 2009 during the EP election campaign, Joseph Cuschieri claimed: “He is currently reading for an LL.M. degree in European Union Law with the University of London”.
That’s rich. Perhaps we could have some updates on how that’s going.
Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31JDhhRgDSM