Martin Scicluna on Franco Debono (3)
Published:
January 19, 2012 at 4:14pm
In The Malta Independent on Sunday, last Sunday:
The country now faces a crisis at the very time when government stability in the face of the continuing eurozone uncertainty and looming recession should be paramount. A general election is only weeks away and, on current form unless Franco Debono succumbs to pressure to resign his seat, an untried and inexperienced government stands in the wings waiting to take up the reins of power.
It is doubtful that either Franco Debono or the Prime Minister envisaged that their misjudgements would lead to this outcome.
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What if Franco were to be given the impression that he won something? Something which would allow him to convince himself that he has won a personal victory and managed to make something out of it?
Surely, at this point even he cannot continue to delude himself that he is going to get anywhere by holding the government (and with it, the whole nation) hostage. Then again I am no psychologist.
So, what to do, Mr Martin Scicluna? Pass a law prohibiting the Labour Party since it would always produce an “untried, inexperienced government”? I am sure many would love that. Sorry, though, Labour is there to stay.
“It is doubtful that either Franco Debono or the Prime Minister envisaged that their misjudgements would lead to this outcome.”
What Prime Minister’s misjudgement? The only one I can think of is that he is ultimately responsible for letting Debono run on his ticket.
The way I see it (perhaps wrongly) is that Franco Debono, with all that he has said, will not vote in favour of the motion.
Debono will, (if he is a politician) abstain because he will not want to be labelled that he did Muscat’s job in toppling the government.
He will still be in the limelight (it is apparent that he likes to be there).