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May 31, 2012 at 8:12pm
Posted by Jozef just now:
OK, we’re in psycho territory here.
“Daphne made me do it.”
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Actually I think that the man to come out with his head held high and intact reputation out of this pissing game is Carm Mifsud Bonnici.
If I were him I would contest the same district contested by Debono. Am sure that after last evening, the PN has no room for him.
And if I were Gonzi I would reshuffle the Cabinet and give Carm another Ministry – after all parliament motion was that he should resign from Minister of a particular portfolio, not that he is unfit to be a Minister.
I’m trying get him out of my system. I voted him in, and feel utterly responsible.
When he did it the first time, I was curious to see whether it was a genuine vocation to improve this country’s sense of state.
What I see today is someone who’s lost all decency, irgulija, to his rage. I also see his nemesis as a sly individual, willing to cower behind others to set his own agenda.
The sooner we see this, the better it is for all of us. These aren’t men of the state, they’re a construct of themselves.
I’ve just had a revelation, and it sure makes sense, guys. He wants Daphne’s blog.
Much is being said about Franco Debono. Some important conclusions need to be drawn about this ‘politician’. First, why has he decided to focus on former Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici, then, why does he think that he is entitled by some divine right to destabilise parliament AND our country according to his whim.
If Franco really wants the well-being of his country, he should have immediately put aside his personal agenda and ambitions. He was not only elected to represent his district or his own mind, but he also forms part of the government MPs in parliament.
The arguments produced by Franco are not all nonesense, but his attitude and conduct on the media and in parliament has a string touch of comedy and inconsistency. It’s a great pity that instead of using his wits and talents for the good of the country, he’s stupidly allowing the PL to abuse his whims.
Franco is neither the Prime Minister nor is he entitled to hijack the people’s most important democratic institution, parliament. Parliament is not a juke box, playing the tune you like when you press the right buttons.
His vote yesterday will bring his downfall. Apart from human justice, there is also divine justice, at least for believers. And I hope that justice will be done, even with Franco, whichever way it should go.
Franco Debono is a narcissist who is incapable of insight. There is another on the opposite side of the house waiting to take over, but I’m not mentioning any names.
To treat a true gentleman like Carm Mifsud Bonnici as you did, Franco, you must be nothing but a scumbag – a spoilt vindictive brat.
Stop blaming everyone and his dog – what the f**k do you think we are? No one believes you any more – you, and you alone brought this situation upon yourself.
Now please go away.
Daphne, some time ago you raised my eyebrows when you wrote about Franco needing psychiatric help, and fast.
Time has proved you right, one more time. This man is sick and I don’t say this because he hates Austin Gatt, Carm Mifsud Bonnici and Lawrence Gonzi but rather because sadistically he dealt a mortal blow to his own political (and perhaps legal) career and still acts as if he is proud of his accomplishment.
You were also right to question why a person in this state of mind is even allowed to destabilize the country at a very delicate point in time and continue to represent his constituents in the highest institution of the country.
Some States in the USA have legislation which gives the right to constituents to recall their elected legislator and to demand his impeachment. That is one piece of legislation Franco Debono should be working on.
Then, if passed, we would be able to see who will face the music, Debono or any of those who he attacked so underhandedly?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
And for your benefit: DSM-IV-TR 301.81
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition, DSM IV-TR, a widely used manual for diagnosing mental disorders, defines narcissistic personality disorder (in Axis II Cluster B) as:[1]
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
Requires excessive admiration
Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
—
I dare you to compare this analysis with Franco.
I loved it when Lou Bondi called the PL, DebonoPL.
Possibly. However, I would also consider the Oedipus Complex. ‘My mommy made me do it’.
I have to caution your readers that this is from Malta Today.
I do not know if this is what Franco Debono told them, or if it is what he did not tell them. There is no mention that he made three phone calls into Malta Today about it, so presumably this is what he said.
MaltaToday’s pieces have a tendency to put in many details from previous stories such that it becomes unclear who said what and when.
“The MP has however told MaltaToday he did ask the Prime Minister – even before the 9 May vote on the budget measures – to condemn “a blogger’s vile attack against my mother and family.”
“I asked him to be specific in his condemnation,” Debono said, but refused to name the blogger or whether he was referring to Malta Independent columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia, whose ‘poison-pen’ blogs were the subject of some of his parliamentary speeches.
Only this week in the House, he mocked the columnist as Daphne ‘Cachia Caruana’, to highlight the close friendship she has with permanent representative to the EU, Richard Cachia Caruana.”
Considering the fact that he did not mention anybody’s name and the name is only a conjecture of Malta Today, if the totality of the argument as presented by Malta Today is correct, and adding to this what he did yesterday in Parliament, this is ample evidence why Franco Debono did not and does not qualify to be a Minister of Justice and why the Prime Minister’s judgement about him was absolutely right.
“Meanwhile Opposition leader Joseph Muscat, when speaking in Gudja this evening condemned Ms Caruana Galizia’s comments on Dr Debono’s mother and said the prime minister should act to stop such attacks.” ( http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120531/local/yesterday-s-contacts-hinged-on-leader-of-the-house-resignation.422190 )
If Joseph Muscat’s comment above is a taste of things to come, then everybody should be worried, because he clearly thinks that the prime minister has the right to suppress freedom of speech.
NOTE TO JOSEPH MUSCAT – That, to me, is a clear sign that Labour has not changed and never will. It was a Labour government who used bully tactics to suppress free speech and to silence people. Don’t ever deny it. This is one clear example – http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091011/local/unfaded-memories-of-black-monday.277047
Let’s be slightly more specific. When Joseph Muscat is Prime Minister, he will seek to stop this blog, and others, which criticise him or his government.
We obviously do not know HOW he will try to do so.
That’s progressive, moderate and liberal.
Well, given Labour’s track record, we have already got a good idea what Labour and its supporters are capable of, and that is not a good thing.
Tonio Borg has just made a crucial point: the PL had voted against a motion to remove from office Honourable Justice Depasquale because he had refused to go to work for a full seven years.
His reason was a conscientious objection of sorts. However, he did not resign and the Nationalist government had proposed his removal. However, this required 2/3 of the House and Labour voted against.
Lawyers who are more senior than me say that the Courts started going to the dogs from that failed motion. The Judiciary understood that it is above everything and everybody.
There is also a magistrate who still sits at the bench when by right she should be removed, but again, requiring 2/3 Parliamentary majority, such a motion does not have an ice-cube’s chance in hell.
The Labour Party is no more than a front defending corruption, gross inefficiencies and self -serving opportunities.
The little prat took umbrage because you said his mother should be arrested for foisting her tifel biezel on us (The Times).
It is fine for him to suggest in parliament to Dr Carm Mifsud Bonnici that he should not have had his wife supporting him from the Strangers Gallery and referring to Mrs Mifsud Bonnici as if she were a chattel.
Il-veru bzieq.
This geek would have long been in Wasteserv territory if it were not for the PN’s one seat majority.
In retrospect he should never have been accorded the luxury of a PN ticket.
Also in retrospect he should have been expelled from the party two years ago.
Wara kulhadd gharef.
Presently, I am strongly of the opinion that the PN should bestow upon him the order of the boot without any further delay.
Irrespective of the consequences.
Attempts at compromise at this late stage are simply ludicrous and damaging to the party.
His demand to have Daphne chastised is a case in point.
Indeed, we are in psycho territory. So much so, the Commission has now called for Eurozone states to bail out banks through the ESM (you know, the permanent bailout fund, where everyone pours borrowed money into a pit in order to add it to the debt of the most indebted members):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9301415/European-Commission-calls-for-bank-union-in-radical-policy-shift.html
Meanwhile, the ECB has its eyes on that gold…, before the euro unwinds itself and gold becomes what it has always been…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9298180/Europes-debtors-must-pawn-their-gold-for-Eurobond-Redemption.html
Getting cheap gold for cheap money is a fun thing to do, especially if you’re the ECB and you have a Federal Reserve piggybank that supplies you with as much money as it can create ($16 trillion by the last count, $8 trillion to the ECB alone).
But do I see Franco Debono playing an invisible violin? Or is that a hangman’s rope?
Iva, hej. Epoka redikola tassew din. Is-sissien waslu biex jikkrollaw u hawnhekk jiddiskutu jekk il-biskuttin hux tajjeb infittel jew iqarmec.
Ahleb, Guz! The serfs believe they own the fiefdom.
Y-A-W-N.
ZZZZZZZ
My my how intelligent this guy is – probably he also believes that he has the answer to all the world’s problems. However, I do rather envy the guy – his party (or his wife’s party) was very much anti-EU and now they are both in Brussels have a great time all thanks to the PN.
kev boringdom
You have some consistant following on the no-to-divorce facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/notodivorceJPO
:)
I love their rooster pics.
[Daphne – That’s nice. I was one of the most vociferous opponents to their campaign, but still they upload my articles. But why are they using rooster pictures? I trust they do know that I use roosters to denote Franco and not Jeffrey.]
While generally speaking, Dr Debono made very valid comments and undoubtedly wished good reforms (I am ignoring, for the purpose of this comment whether these were in the electoral programme or not) for the general good of this country, I believe that instead of him maturing over his years in his political life (an expected natural development), where Dr Debono could have achieved significantly more than anyone could imagine, he worked in reverse mode to the detriment of his very same political life, which clearly degenerated at a very fast rate.
I believe he is not a man of guts but simply immature. There seems to be serious deficiency in this apparently high promising young MP to come out from his imaginative ideal world and be able to connect and deal with real-life facts in an imperfect world.
I still believe though that if Dr Debono was mature, planned his work and was considerate and careful in his words and actions, he could have changed A LOT and also made incredible contribution to our society.
Regretfully, he achieved little of what he and the general public expected, to which he is ultimately responsible and accountable.
It is a real pity as, for obvious reasons consequent to the events evolving up to 30 May, politically he may not have or be given the time and chance to deliver his desires. In any case, we all need to move forward……and wiser.
He must be so proud showing off his Rolex.
The rest of Europe is going through such major turbulence, and Franco is navel-gazing. Seeing his reaction to the vote last Wednesday, my conclusion is that he is “not fit for business”.