Comments on: Toadying up to the toad

By: ClS

ClS — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:08:51 +0000

On di-ve news now:

“After a brief, rambling tirade about bloggers and journalists whom he accused of lying about him, Dr Debono said that the Nationalist government – which he referred to as GonziPN – needed to embark on a series of important changes. He said that the Opposition did not have a great track record of democracy either, and pledged to vote with the Government tonight.”

By: J. Schembri

J. Schembri — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:33:25 +0000

“I am left with the impression that he will hound and pursue for years those who he thinks have done him ill, and that even after he has been removed, by the electorate or the party, from politics, he will viciously and obsessively pursue those who he believes have hurt him.”

I can’t agree more,

Some proof here, from the timesofmalta.com comments board:

“franco debono
Oct 25th 2011, 19:25
@ j schembri

are you the same j schembri that a few days after the last election had hoped for and predicted on another site that as a consequence of my election to parliament this country will have “a Lady Speaker and a President as a side effect of your unseating of Dr Galea and Ms D’amato.”

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:om1t2iM2j-wJ:www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111025/local/Debono-softens-stand.390650

That was THREE YEARS earlier.

Thank God for pen names.

Ironically, I’m afraid of cowards.

People in our area don’t argue much; they express themselves with what they call gentle persuasion.

By: C Falzon

C Falzon — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:10:57 +0000

At least, whether he shoots his hostage or not, he will no longer have that machine gun in a few months’ time.

By: FP

FP — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:22:56 +0000

And what about this gem:

[ But in a reaction to Nationalist MP Charlò Bonnici’s comments, who told MaltaToday on Sunday that the “doors should be closed with the keys thrown away into the deep sea” with respect to Debono, the rebel backbencher said that unlike Bonnici he had not been elected through a by-election, and that he had “garnered double Bonnici’s vote count on my own steam”. ] – MaltaToday, 4 June.

If you, Franco, think that garnering double Bonnici’s vote count entitles you to act like the insatiable selfish bastard constantly on the lookout for the next back to stick your knives into, how does that compare you to those who garnered TRIPLE your vote count and more but know how to bring about the changes they believe in through the proper channels and NEVER put their party loyalty in doubt and would NEVER allow their political opponents to use them against their own party?

Get lost, why don’t you?

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:21:49 +0000

It serves little purpose to run Franco out of town and surely the ‘lily-livered behaviour’ will be gone as soon as an election is called. Kicking Debono out now will accomplish only one thing; an early election which results in an incomplete mandate.

There are Nationalist MPs who have spoken out and yet the press have chosen not to say much. Beppe Fenech Adami, for one, has quoted Franco’s confrontation with Carm Mifsud Bonnici after the vote and seems unafraid of Franco’s implied threats.

Yes, banishing Franco from the Nationalist Party would have been preferable years ago had the PM the luxury of more than a one seat majority.

This morning The Times reported that Debono will vote with the government in tonight’s vote of confidence.