Comments on: The missionary position https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: hedila https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-307963 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:46:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-307963 In reply to Kenny.

‘opportunists’ in other words

]]> By: Steve https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-221596 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:20:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-221596 “If they can’t afford to buy a ticket to Peru, they shouldn’t go.”

According to The Times –

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120414/local/-It-s-not-a-vacation-.415363

This is one of the Malta Community Chest Fund’s projects. Sponsored by Rocs, volunteers will be expected to pay €1,500 to cover the flights, accommodation, food and transport. Those aged between 18 and 30 and who do not work full-time will pay a subsidised rate of €750.

The President pointed out that all those on the team – including himself – would be paying for the trip, which, he added, was not some vacation.

No further comment –

]]> By: Kenny https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220965 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:55:50 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220965 I want to crawl under a rock and hide. While I fork out thousands of euros to give my son the therapy he needs, because our income exceeds by just ten euros a year the cut-off point to be eligible for help by the Community Chest Fund, the president seems comfortable paying for a holiday for all these ‘volunteers’.

]]> By: verita https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220895 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:40:21 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220895 Skond In-Nazzjon Taghna, iL-Maggur Mark Mallia diga zar il-post fil-Peru biex jahdem fuq il-logostika. Jista xi hadd jghidilna min hallas ghal din il-mawra tal-Maggur Mallia fil-Peru?

]]> By: J Abela https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220884 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:24:59 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220884 I personally see little wrong in having a president who volunteers for missionary work. I think President Abela is trying to change the idea of the president. He’s been trying to do things differently from the very beginning. He takes part in the President’s Fun Run, for example.

The only thing that I question is why does he have to go to Peru? It’s a bit controversial. As a president of Malta, I would have volunteered for missionary work in Malta.

]]> By: elephant https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220791 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:01:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220791 Everybody is entitled to a break, especially a fully-paid break.

]]> By: Stephen Forster https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220780 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:49:12 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220780 I hope that the PM has a quiet word with him on his duties as Head of State and that swanning off to Peru to perform “missionary work” whilst seemingly promoting a private business and using funds collected by the presidents charity to subsidise trips is just not the done thing.

Has he lost his marbles? The past scandal involving the media company and the shabby treatment of a senior civil servant is still fresh in a lot of peoples minds.

]]> By: Bubu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220689 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:43:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220689 In reply to Bubu.

In which – as head of state, mind you – he lamented the separation of church and state. I couldn’t believe my ears.

]]> By: Bubu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220687 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:41:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220687 When I first saw this news item, I didn’t realise that he would be making use of Community Chest fund money. I just thought it was odd that a head of state would do something like that.

When I realised that he would be using funds from the Community Chest fund for this fool’s errand I was outraged. George Abela as a person has every right to go perform missionary work wherever he wants to, as long as he does it as George Abela and not as the President of Malta, but he has NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to take money meant to help people in need in MALTA to fulfill his dream.

I must admit that this is the most useless president that this country has ever had the misfortune to find itself encumbered with. He is prone to gaffes, shoots his mouth off in public without thinking of the consequences, and can hardly put a couple of words in English together and make sense doing so. I remember his speech during the pope’s visit for example, and the delivery was positively embarrassing – not to mention the content.

]]> By: Mark Sciberras https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-missionary-position/#comment-220680 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:23:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18289#comment-220680 For heavens sake! Can’t you see the benefit, in this insular country of ours, of having the Head of State doing something like this? Most people had never heard of Arequipa before this became news! Even for that alone, this should be applauded!

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