Comments on: Ah, so he’s decided not to bow out after all: the business opportunities of staying in the political race are far too good https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Paul Bonnici https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134499 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:47:02 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134499 In reply to pampalun.

I think this cannot be avoided in Malta being so small, upright lawyers would know when not to overstep the mark.

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134458 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:50:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134458 In reply to The Phoenix.

Now that’s news.

It would be nice to know if the properties are the ‘artijiet privati li s-sidien taghhom ihossuhom aktar komdi mal-Labour’.

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134422 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:11:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134422 In reply to maryanne.

A viceroy, at the very least.

]]> By: Driven Snow https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134257 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:56:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134257 Here’s an idea: how about paying MPs a decent wage for their parliamentary duties, and in exchange, enact and scrupulously enforce conflict of interest rules?

]]> By: The Phoenix https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134255 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:49:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134255 Husni Bey, one of Libya’s richest men, was a guest at the recent wedding of Karmenu Vella’s son to Miriam Dalli. He has bought several properties in Malta.

]]> By: xmun https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134235 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:22:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134235 in 2001 he had already spent nearly 30 years in Parliament. Fast forward to 2011 and he no longer wants to give way to the younger generation and is eagerly awaiting to become a minister once more, maybe not finance, ghax indahal Edward dak x’jismu.

Another interesting statement he made – Outside Parliament, all MPs have a job to do.

With the same reasoning, outside parliament, ministers also have a job to do. So why all the fuss when ministers were given the pay due to them as well.

But then does he really want to become a minister? With his heavy workload, his pay cheque is much more than he could ever dream of as a minister

]]> By: Antoine Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134206 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:49:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134206 Ten years ago there was Alfred Sant and, at 51, Karmenu Vella saw no future for himself in the MLP. Now there’s Joseph Muscat and, at 61, Karmenu Vella thinks that there’s a place for him in the Jurassic Park that Labour has become.

]]> By: pampalun https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134202 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:39:47 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134202 In reply to pampalun.

True. And as we have repeatedly seen over the years, a network of lawyers, judges/magistrates, and criminals can also be very dangerous.

]]> By: maryanne https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134147 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:13:12 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134147 In the terminology of another era, would Karmenu Vella qualify to be called a ‘baruni’?

]]> By: pampalun https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/ah-so-hes-decided-not-to-bow-out-after-all-the-business-opportunities-of-staying-in-the-political-race-are-far-too-good/#comment-134135 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:51:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15819#comment-134135 Not an easy one to tackle. There are the blatant ones like the ones mentioned above, and a bunch of others we all know about, on both sides. But what about the doctors, lawyers, periti… are they not all using their position to grow their consumer “market share”?

[Daphne – Oh, what a difference there is between getting more patients/briefs because you’re an MP, and using your political influence to further your business dealings. A business network can undermine democracy and transparency. A long list of GP patients can’t.]

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