Taking the post of Pope Benedict XVI maybe?

1. His always being first in class as a kid.

2. His request to The Times for credit (I think I deserve a bit of credit as well…).

3. His constant reminders on Dissett that he deserves credit for this that and the other.

I genuinely believe that D. Debono, unlike some other politicians, is not in politics to get rich, but solely for power and attention, as if he constantly needs to please someone.

I reached this conclusion as Dr. Debono seems to have a strong need to be told when he has done something right. He craves credit and praise.

This could be (please note I said could be) symptomatic of having over-ambitious parents or maybe having been ignored as a child.

[Daphne – Rather the opposite, I would say: a child born with a dominant personality to weak parents who admire his dominance.]

Austin Gatt never wanted him as a candidate, Debono was called urgently to contest on the fifth district because Hermann Schiavone (with nearly 2,000 first count votes in the previous election)had to drop out of the race because of an anonymous letter.

Lino Spiteri was eliminated by Sant with the same method. Remember MC?

These tactics catch the decision-makers unawares and they have to make fast decisions.

It is an open secret in Hal Ghaxaq that Debono spread the rumour in his house visits that Louis Galea was to succeed Eddie as president of Malta. So majtezwel vote for a fresh horse!

Now we have the party-loyal candidate Hermann Schiavone and the brand-new candidate Manuel Delia doing the house visits in our area and we voters are telling them that Franco is politically a dead man walking.He can do whatever he likes but we will not vote for him.

We have been invited for a get -together at the Garden of Eden by Hermann Schiavone on Saturday, 10th December 2011- profits will not go to fund his campaign by ‘his friends’, but for the Saint Theresa Institute of Nigret Zurrieq. Now this is original.

Will FD also object to this?

Can we have more prospective candidates doing the same thing?

[Daphne – One should not be praised for normal behaviour.]

I repeat ad nauseam that notwithstanding all the flak , Dr Gonzi and his cabinet have taken decisions and produced results –
Maghtab solved and forgotten
drainage purification plants
power station extension
city gate projects incl relocating all those shops plus new parliament building
new road network plus 300 new roads in villages
New schools that are the envy of private schools
university extensions incl ICT
Developing Malta as an airline maintenance base
Financial services booming
Tourism turnaround
Yacht marinas privatization
Liberalization of transport – taxis etc
Public transport reform ( in progress)
Restoration of all Valletta bastions
new Mcast campus planned
New Oncology hospital being qbuilt
Privatization of the shipyards
Closure of the Marsa power station
Development of Maltese merchant flag No 1 in Europe
Science Park being planned
Smart City ( hindered by the financial crisis , where most ICT companies have down sized )

Admittedly there were the banana skins of ministers remuneration , and water and electricity bills / Arms

But is this a government without a vision ?

All this despite the constant primadonna behavior of three backbenchers.

In other news (literally), I can see why Dr. Debono is now setting his sights on a better paid parliamentary position…….anything’s better than this:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111109/local/nigerian.393023