Rizultat ahhari-tirufnat lejn L-Awstralija.

Imma hemm min jixtieq jirrevedi, jew inessi, dawk il-pagni tal-misthija fl-istorja ta’ Malta.

Mintoff did not have any respect for anybody in the police force who believed in the maintenance of law and order without fear or favour – hence the rapid turn over of Commissioners of Police until he hit on Cachia and Pullicino.

I am not saying that he had any genuine respect for these two either. He simply had a use for them in the promotion of his “sixth” point that political violence against his opponents was admissible.

As Police Medical Officer I was deeply distressed by the ruin of the careers of so many worthy policemen and their families. That concern was the real reason why Mintoff forced my illegal compulsory reirement ostensibly “on grounds of public ineterest”. Public interest indeed!

@ Silvio.

Check mate nothing. You are mixed up. I did not write anything about any policeman on “fixed point duty” outside Mintoff’s villa.

And policemen outside 10 Downing Street are sensibly provided with shelter from wind and rain. The policemen outside Mintoff’s residences weren’t. That is why Mintoff’s wife felt the need to pass them an occasional glass of water surreptitously when Mintoff was not “in residence”.

Dwar Boffa qala storja tal-wahx ghax akkuzah dwar kaz ta’ sess ma’ tifla taht l-eta’ li kienet tigi minn Boffa stess. U wara dan il-kaz Mintoff lahaq kap tal-partit.

Imma bil-Malti nghidu kif taghmel jaghmlulek ghax Lorry Sant xi haga simili prova jghamillu fil-Parlament meta beda jxejjer dak l-envelope il-kanella. Nahseb ghal Lorry Sant kienet it-teorija ta’ x’ghandek taghmel biex tilhaq kap fil-PL.

Dr. Saliba you are a great man and you played a great part during those times because you saved many jobs of police officers who were being inhumanely treated by the Mintoff regime, to the extent that some of them ended up with depression or anxiety.

But Mintoff had no respect for such people and their families either. We all thank you for what you did.

You yourself have suffered a lot too.

I really enjoy reading your comments because you know the story and certain events inside out.

The murder happened in 1980 when Mintoff was prime minister and Mintoff was also questioned in parliament about what had happened and what the police were doing about the brutal case. He had admitted that he believed the statements of those disgraceful high police officers.

May I refer you to page 8 of Liberta Mhedda.

Going back to what you wrote about that unfortunate policeman who was on guard duty outside Mintoff”s villa:

I wonder whether anyone has ever seen soilders sleeping in their cars while on guard duty in front of 10 Downing Street?

Dear Doctor, let’s call this checkmate and move on to something else.

Don’t you dare call the “salvatur” Mintoff, the subject of your proposed booklet of fairy tales, a “Gahan” and don’t you call your good self “an unbiased citizen”. That is a gross fairy tale that would not fool or frighten any child preparing to go to bed but it may make him giggle uncontrollably.

I think it was KMB who glibly accepted the perjured affidavits of the police officers involved, presented to him by the Commissiomer of Police Lawrence Pullicino, which successfully aborted any genuine investigation of that murder for many years.

I am not aware that the Commissioner of Police himself was so stupid as to be actually physically present during the violent “softening up” of Nardu Debono that led to his death.

PS 710’s immunity was, and is still is, a big mystery to me. I guessed that it was hoped in vain that he would divulge the truth if offered a presidential pardon – but he never did. He spent a good part of his subsequent police career on “sick leave” whilst actually participating in the construction of government flats in the Mandragg.

As the then Police Medical Officer I saw him doing it with my own eyes.

It should be made compulsory reading for all secondary-school children, instead of the nonsensical prose and poetry they are obliged to study.