Comments on: So that’s what Karmenu Vella’s been up to!

By: Not Sandy :P

Not Sandy :P — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:40:59 +0000

In reply to GSD. That must be Editor Evarist's doing.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:28:32 +0000

Pussy show at Mile End:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000011740459&ref=ts#!/photo.php?fbid=188149034603211&set=t.100000011740459&type=1&theater

By: Jack of all trades

Jack of all trades — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:12:05 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia.

And what is this thing about being a consultant to the General Workers Union?
He’s got his hands into everything. A senior member of the Labour Party advising a union which engages in negotiation with business and the government.
Is this good for democracy?
Is this the meaning of “inhallukom tahdmu” and “safe for business”?

“Karmenu Vella, an architect by profession is since 1976 a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Malta and currently shadow finance minister for the Opposition and consultant to the General Workers Union. His previous posts included Minister for Tourism, Minister for Industry, Minister for Public Works, and Executive Chairman of Corinthia Hotels International. “

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:56:46 +0000

Oh dear, it gets better and better. Mondial Group merged with SMS this year and Karmenu Vella was picked to be the chairman.

I suppose it’s because of his amazing tourism prowess, and not because he’s writing Labour’s electoral programme and will be a senior cabinet minister before long.

Let’s leave aside whether the Orange Travel Group should have chosen him for his political connections. It’s a private company and does what suits it best.

But should the man who is writing the future government’s programme have accepted?

http://www.orangetravelgroup.com/directors.php

I see here that the merger happened in January this year: http://www.orangetravelgroup.com/

Karmenu Vella might well have been picked for his extensive diary of Gaddafi regime connections, only to have all that blow up just a few weeks later.

By: pippo

pippo — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:30:39 +0000

Imbaghad jghidu li il-Mafia qeghda l-Italja.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:56:36 +0000

Karmenu Vella, the man for all seasons.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:17:13 +0000

F**king disgusting. We should have beheaded the whole bloody lot long ago.

By: ciccio2011

ciccio2011 — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:51:58 +0000

In reply to La Redoute. You've actually put it better than I did, La Redoute.

By: GSD

GSD — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:40:08 +0000

Meanwhile… the elves at Maltastar have created a time-machine. Has anybody else realised that the HSBC article was published TOMORROW morning at 6am?

By: A. Charles

A. Charles — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:11:26 +0000

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/opiniondetails/blogs/opinion/A-lie-may-take-care-of-the-present-but-it-has-no-future

Look who’s talking!