Comments on: Way off the mark

By: Victor Formosa

Victor Formosa — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:59:20 +0000

How come no one mentions that Joe Attard Kingswell was also an unelected member in Mintoff’s Cabinet in representation of the General Workers Union?

By: ciccio

ciccio — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:42:38 +0000

Let Labour come out as the Pitch Fork Party.

By: Randon

Randon — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:41:03 +0000

In reply to Randon.

Martin Scicluna may be right of course (he usually is), but the common person hardly has the intellect that he has.

Think of the Inquisition and the mob clamouring to see people hung and quartered. I think the latter better reflects public sentment in Malta. Those are the emotions that politicians have nurtured in many people thanks to mass meetings and all these ‘mass events’.

[Daphne – With the people you mention, Richard Cachia Caruana isn’t even on the radar. It’s just not an issue.]

By: Randon

Randon — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:20:38 +0000

Accusations, whether founded or unfounded have made Richard Cachia Caruana a scapegoat for everything that may go wrong in this country. His support only comes from the PM and some ministers, not even the entire government side of parliament.

In the terminology of the Inquisition, Richard Cachia Caruana is burnt flesh.

[Daphne – You’re not a very good judge of public sentiment, are you. I think this sums up how most sensible people think: http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=144646 . Except, of course, that Cachia Caruana had denied ever referring to Franco Debono as ‘bicca deputat’, so Martin Scicluna got that bit wrong. But his conclusion pretty much sums up the situation, and how people see it.]