And sure enough, back from his holiday break in Rome, the primadonna made a comeback, this time on (political) party financing.

Yet, for some odd reason, notwithstanding your spot on prediction, we had no word from you on this, on this blog. Strange, considering you are generally so quick on the mark!

[Daphne – I have been busy over the last few days with distractions far more interesting than Franco Debono who is, in any case, something of an irrelevance at the moment. The only matter pressing enough to get me to my computer was the need to ask everybody to please stop gossiping about the New Year’s Day dead. I don’t usually do much work over Christmas and New Year and, because my ability to sniff the wind is still fairly functional, I can sense that Debono’s hour has passed. To have leverage on the government like that, you don’t only need to be sitting in the ‘hostage taker’ seat. You also need credibility with the public, and the respect of the electorate. He’s lost that, good and proper. Another Jeffrey.]

It looks like Franco’s worries could be debbie’s and mark’s :

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111223/local/Debono-not-comfortable-in-ministry-vote.399641

Frank Muscat
Dec 23rd, 13:02
Dr. Debono, beware, there are crazy people out there.

Reply to Frank Muscat

debbie Voss
Dec 23rd, 14:07
Is this a threat Frank? than you are playing with fire. It is criminal to threaten anyone.

mark borg
Dec 25th, 09:29
Be Frank please Frank on what are stating…..as this is very serious …..

George you’ve got mail:

mary mifsud
Yesterday, 19:20
@ George Cutajar:
Are you the same George Cutajar who said that you are a great friend of Ninu Zammit on NET TV programme “Evidenza”?

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120102/local/debono-says-declaration-should-be-interpreted-in-a-reasonable-manner.400741

“X’kumbinazzjoni” I received similar mail from Franco himself.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111025/local/Debono-softens-stand.390650

franco debono
Oct 25th, 19:25
@ j schembri

are you the same j schembri that a few days after the last election had hoped for and predicted on another site that as a consequence of my election to parliament this country will have “a Lady Speaker and a President as a side effect of your unseating of Dr Galea and Ms D’amato.”

Surely Franco is not mary ,if he were it would be scandalous, all that preaching about Schiavone’s anonymous letter and the suffering Franco has been suffering… or?

Min jaghmel qoffa jaghmel qartalla.

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Your concern is misplaced. You seem to equate PN to Government as if the two were synomyms. They are not. Yes I do agree, the country needs stability and in the current scenario, there is no such thing.

And as DCG stated on various occasions, FD will keeping coming back for more, as we’ve seen today. Thus there’s no other way about it but address the REAL concern, that is, stability and governability, by doing the only senible option available, that is, go to the polls.

“Kicking” some sense into FD’s head (as a relative or friend should do!), or resorting to a slap across the face (as a mother in her right mind would, according to DCG), are not the solution to the evident problem. Normal and modern democracies do not turn to kicking and slapping to deal with problems of the sort.

I wonder who is the inadequate one…the incompetent people surrounding Dr Gonzi (even Gonzi himself perhaps?) or is it Dr Debono?

What a sense of apathy the ministers of this administration possess. And please, don’t tell me it’s because they’re all focused on the economic crises!

Without sympathising with other issues, it is an achievement (however achieved) to be an MP when relatively young; it is not without pitfalls however; look at Josie Muscat in his heyday.

Youth is synonymous with energy, verve and joie de vivre. Old age is fraught with too much caution. Both are generalisations that deserve to be individualised.

William Pitt was young yet he is considered to have been as good and effective as any elder statesman preceding or succeeding him.

Debbie, try police attacking PN supporters with bullets and tear gas.

The disappearance of people from police custody, to be found later DEAD.

Ministers who owned not just companies but the lives of people who had no choice but to do as told.

The EU alternative was Svizzera fil-Mediterran! That didn’t work, Debbie.

As for feeding imigrants, I believe the good book says, blessed are those………

And for the passport racket, I believe we should go back to the green one and stop this illegality.

Dear Dr. Debono,

This is not about campaigning or about the reform you desire for the law courts. This is about holding the Prime Minister to ransom, and in doing so you are holding the PN and the country to ransom. You are creating instability at a time when the country least needs it. That is totally unacceptable no matter how justified your cause may seem (to you).

Come the next elections your political career will be over. In the unlikely event that the PN allows you to contest the elections as a candidate, no PN supporter in his right mind will vote for you because a vote for you will be a vote for instability.

jae

PS: Is there any relative or friend out there who can kick some sense into the head of this political moron?

Your comment shows that you know nothing about Kate Gonzi.

You must be in a confused state.

“Government in shambles?” Why because of one dissenter?”
“The disappearance of confiscated property under police custody?” What are you talking about? The alleged cash which may not have been in the envelope in question, to begin with?
“A minister who owns a taxi company and other few businesses” – name him/her.
“The EU which wants to tax the poor maltese workers who earn less than the Germans and the French?” How? 10% of e100 = 10. 10% of e200 = 20, so if Germans earn twice, they pay twice what Maltese pay.
“Our prisoners are full with emigrants …” Do you mean ‘immigrants’? Do you mean that immigrants who break the law should be given suspended sentences while Maltese criminals are jailed? Or, do you prefer that immigrants be starved to death? A typical Labour solution?
“…the passport visa racket in our embassy in Libya…” is under investigation and up to now are mere allegations. You have to wait and see.

Who is the ‘messenger’ people are directed to shoot? The one who blabbered 51 inanities while being unable to answer ONE of ten simple questions directed at him by the Prime Minister?

Disappearance of money is remediable, disappearance of evidence, files and tampering of evidence is irreparable and prevents justice being done. A regular event during Socialist times – the ‘golden years’.

Ministers owning business? Now that’s a good one! The last Minister who made a business out of his portfolio, now has a monument in Paola. He happened to be a Labour minister.

Police beating bystanders? Beats police beating up ‘alleged’ (but innocent) criminals at Police HQ, the ‘disappearance (and later found dead) of persons held in Police custody, and others subject to ‘frame-ups’?

The EU overtaxing Maltese? We were not even EU members when our application was frozen by the genius known as Alfred Sant when the W&E bills were raised to the skies when oil was selling at $12 a barrel?

Immigrants costing us money? If I recall, the EU which Labour hates so much, is helping out and we would have been in the same or worse position EU members or not. So we should adopt Joseph’s advice to “turn back immigrant laden boats in danger of sinking to where they came from”?

Any racket is deplorable and if proven, the culprits will be dealt with. Who was ‘dealt with’ when one had to pay a ‘fee’ to MLP clubs in order to be put ahead of others to buy a colour television? And that’s after Ministers were ‘caught’ watching their colour television while importation of colour sets for the public were prohibited!

Now which messenger do you suggest we shoot?