Time od Malta, Sunday, December 13, 2009, 11:28 by Carmel Grima, St Paul’s Bay

Black Monday shooting: the truth will out

Much has been written on Black Monday, glorifying one saint and demonising several sinners.

I refer to Kurt Sansone’s version that an elderly man from Mosta had shot at Dom Mintoff’s office; to Laurence Grech’s contribution in A Tribute to Lino Spiteri (page 231): “An elderly man fired some shots at the door leading to the prime minister’s office”, and to Maria Camilleri’s eye-opening reference on Bondiplus to Edgar Mizzi’s version of events in his book, the incidents of October 15, 1979 seem to make out the victim to be a callous murderer.

As a result, the Labour Cabinet, led by the untiring Lorry Sant, became the perfect government; Opposition Leader Eddie Fenech Adami the most saintly of saints; the two defence lawyers, the best around, obtained a sentence of life imprisonment for the madman at Mount Carmel Hospital; The Times ended up with a modern interior structure and new equipment installed thanks to the insurance money; and Mr Mintoff’s supporters’ rampage justified by the action and their reactions because of the course of events.

The man’s family, on the other hand, had to suffer in silence and accept the lies fed to the Maltese media since 1979.

But one day the truth will surface and the facts will become known that Karm Grima was no murderer but a simple and upright citizen who went to meet his Prime Minister, as was agreed weeks before with Mr Mintoff himself. He went to report, in writing, a misdemeanour by one of his senior ministers; that the PRO at Castille knew about Mr Grima’s intentions days before and informed the minister involved, and that it was a premeditated attempt on Mr Grima’s life by two men in the corridors of Castille to shut up anyone who complained against the regime.

Unfortunately, four shots were fired at our father, two of them near misses, and three bullets were lodged in his body; this pushed us to the very edge and we had to swallow the untrue version of events fed to the Maltese by unscrupulous politicians.

The aim was to close the chapter. We thought wisely that he who fights and runs away has at least the chance to fight another day.

However, as too many big shots are involved in this frame-up, truth has to fight an uphill battle. It will certainly emerge if the two inquiries carried out by Magistrate (now Judge) Joseph Filletti and former Judge Godwin Muscat Azzopardi are found.

Both established that Mr Grima did not shoot but was shot at three times and the bullets were still in his body when he passed away.

What is wrong? It’s that the world is ruled by a cabal of evil groups of people intent on destroying our moral values. That’s what’s wrong. Can’t you see it?

Hi JJ, how is it possible to contact you, plz, since this news that I`ve just read concerns my family. We`ve been trying to follow this case for years. Thanks.

Mr. “Insider” I would appreciate if you would not mis-quote me or any of my siblings on this matter or any other. I do not know who you are or if you indeed are a friend of a close friend but I can assure you that you are misinformed!

I would also greatly appreciate it if you would not spread false rumours about me or any of my family just because they were heard along the grapevine! My family is neither your business nor anyone else’s to discuss on the internet!

Jesus Christ.

ken il malti, “as a Blue Lodge degree member in good standing for many years” I hope you realise that you are less than a minion, that is, you not only don’t know what goes on above your rank, but you also haven’t a clue of what lies beyond the 33rd degree.

And Baxxter. Elsewhere… grown-up scouts? Never mind…

The original complaint in Malta was always about Freemasonry being in opposition to the Roman Catholic Church and its hegemony on the islands.

150 to 60 years ago Freemasons in Malta were accused of being Satanists, performing black mass, plotting to overthrow the Catholic Church, to being atheist, bound for hell etc.

They were ostracized and their business was boycotted.

Sometimes if you were not seen at Sunday mass in Malta or Gozo, the rumour that you were a Freemason could be maliciously bandied about with no solid evidence, and that is all it took for you to lose your job or to ruin your business.

My late father knew of a barber in Malta that had his business ruined on just this type of false hearsay alone, all because he did not attend mass.

Blaming Freemasonry for the possibility of not having a free and transparent justice system is a red – herring as there are many other ways for the Justice system not to be transparent.

Political polarization and who you are connected to familial wise is the largest culprit for Judicial hanky-panky on the island and it is far greater than Freemasonry can ever be in Malta.

This is old wines in news skins.

The problem is not Freemasonry but the Judicial System in general if the Judicial System is that easy to throw off balance, it is built on a foundation of sand, therefor it should be soundly rebuilt as soon as possible.

Other countries do not seem to have this problem.