Here’s another Freudian slip

Published: January 20, 2012 at 10:54pm

The underdogs

From Christian Peregin’s interview with Edward Scicluna, published in The Sunday Times on 11 December:

Q. As a 65-year-old technocrat, how do you view the prospects of door-to-door campaigning, only to end up in the Maltese parliament where you are paid less and end up under higher scrutiny?

A. I think a campaign is a strong dose for anybody to take. That’s why you find very few people offering their services to a party, because you have to go through a campaign which can turn dirty.

You end up asking yourself why you are doing it. In other countries, some people are just appointed ministers without having to go through such a campaign.




5 Comments Comment

  1. Angus Black says:
    January 20, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    Edward Scicluna must have learned a thing or two from Franco Debono. He too wanted to become the NP leader and prime minister instantly, without more ‘suffering’ and without the necessity of obtaining the Party’s approval.

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  2. Chairperson says:
    January 20, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    Se jitolbu s-sagrificcju ta’ xi siggu iehor, milli jidher.
    Forsi ta’ Silvio Parnis?

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  3. J Abela says:
    January 20, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    I think he’s referring to presidential systems like the one used in the US and France where a president appoints unelected officials to head different portfolios.

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  4. Ghoxrin Punt says:
    January 21, 2012 at 12:38 am

    Maybe he was hoping to do a Monti.

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