Comments on: Pertinent remark of the day

By: Jozef

Jozef — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:10:37 +0000

In reply to Martin.

Your statements are exactly what Andreotti used to say to justify the unspoken policy of trying to co-exist with the Mafia.

He once had the temerity to say that Falcone’s work and design disrupted the stasis in the judiciary leading to his assassination. Article 41, a law he proposed and managed to get enacted, isolating mafia bosses from the outside world was the crucial detail which changed everything.

Now imagine if Falcone used the law to set free the criminals he faced.

By: Francis Saliba MD

Francis Saliba MD — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:43:57 +0000

How does one correlate the alleged low IQ of Dr Franco Debono’s client with his choice of lawyer?

And how about introducing a new description for a lawyer who defends criminals to distinguish him from a lawyer that acts criminally himself?

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:04:58 +0000

l-irjurant: “ allura issa nista’ nitlaq ‘il-barra avulja ghent lil-ohrajn biex neqtlu lil Zerien?”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091019/local/two-to-face-jury-over-1989-murder.278027

By: mario sciberras

mario sciberras — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:32:05 +0000

Mela nistaw naqalaw ta’ zmien il-gwerra, sur Franco.

Dawk ukoll ma kellomx avukat.

Jew tant qieghed jonqoslok ix-xoghol, li trid tkun prezenti biex izzid l’onorarja tieghek?

Povra nies li jkunu ghaddew mill esperjenza kerha u INT tkun qieghed iccahhadhom min GUSTIZZJA li tkun misthoqqa lilhom.

Jiddispjacini li kelli nuza il proffessjoni tieghek ma l-avukati l-ohra kollha.

Mur gibek tkun il mummy tieghek u tiddefendi lil aggressur u tghid lil qorti li ma kellux lilek biex tkun prezenti fl’interrogazzjoni.

Avukati tal-kriminal ma jmorrux jaghmlu SHOWS fuq il-gazzetti u il-media.

Kellhi l-unur li niltaqa ma’ tlieta minnhom f’daqqa imma hadd minnhom ma qaghad jiftahar fuq il-kawza li kienu ghadhom kif mexxew.

U fla ebda hin ma talbu biex il-kaz jaqa ghax l-akkuzati ma kellhomx lilhom waqt l-interrogazzjoni.

By: Harry Purdie

Harry Purdie — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:31:34 +0000

‘a very low IQ and illiterate’ – an amazing self description?

By: Fed up of franco

Fed up of franco — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:42:55 +0000

And as wannabe Minister of Justice, what would he do?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:12:07 +0000

“….was compounded by the fact that he had a very low IQ ” … Dear Franco, you did not need to tell us that your client had low IQ. We know it because he chose you.

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:46:58 +0000

Oh, but this gives us a clue about Franco’s success as a defence lawyer assisting accused persons with a low I.Q.

Need I explain? But anyway, the way I read it, is that persons with the same I.Q. levels understand each other better than two with different levels of I.Q.

Debono’s actions, which may agree amount to no more than self immolation, reflect on his I.Q., ergo his ability to get low I.Q. clients off the hook. QED

By: Top class

Top class — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:38:02 +0000

In reply to Martin.

How can one possibly say that something is wrong, and then do it anyway on the premise that it’s currently acceptable and legal?

Imagine Lincoln calling for an end to slavery and justifying the presence of half a dozen slaves pruning trees in his backyard on the basis that “it’s still legal and that’s why the law needs to change”.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:22:17 +0000

Of you think about it objectively and dispassionately, you will see that is exactly what an ethical lawyer/MP should do.

– As an MP he calls for a reform of the law

– As a defense lawyer, he makes use of the law AS IT IS to help his client.

[Daphne – Were you raised in Sicily, perhaps?]