TUKS FORS: A Speaker of the House to be proud of – I imagine this is not what was intended by those who wrote the Constitution

Published: March 26, 2013 at 11:24am




25 Comments Comment

  1. H.P. Baxxter says:

    The thing with Labour, dear Daphne, is that they set the bar so unbelievably low at some point that anything they do later is bound to be an improvement.

    Two words: Kalcidon Agius.

    (Kalci to those who knew him.)

  2. J says:

    And Muscat shows off his complete failure to understand propriety again. If a deputy leader of a political party may not make inappropriate statements about a member of the judiciary, how is it OK for the speaker to do so?

    Here’s an honest question since I do not live in Malta and am not in touch with what people say: do people not realise that Muscat has chucked protocol and, to some extent, the rule of law out the window?

    Do they not see that he may be abusing the fact that the Opposition is in no fit state to be an Opposition at the moment? Do people not realise that this is dangerous?

    I’m not suggesting that this is a return to the 80s, but is this the change that people wanted?

    I think not, but do they see it?

    • aston says:

      Yes, that is exactly the point here. With this move, Joseph Muscat is blatantly telling us that the standards required from a Speaker of the House of Representatives are lower than those of a Deputy Leader of the PL before an election.

      That last qualifier is important, as I suspect Farrugia would still be Deputy Leader if an election was not round the corner.

    • Calculator says:

      The intelligent portion of the population does and is alarmed, the switchers seemingly don’t care as long as the PN is punished, while the rest are content with whatever the Great Leader does. In my opinion it’s not a question of who sees it and who doesn’t, really, but who cares about the situation because they’re intelligent enough to realise the ramifications.

    • Min Jaf says:

      No, not yet. But they should be getting there fairly soon. Only it is already too late.

      The structures of government and of the state are already badly damaged. That process will be near completion on expiry of the current Presidency. The current incumbent, for all his good qualities, has been tainted and let down by the public pro-Partit Laburista activism of members of his immediate family, heightened in the lead up to the general election.

      The appointment of the next President will set the seal on Mintoff’s and Joseph Muscat’s project to turn Malta into a socialist vassal of the Labour Party.

  3. Cesca says:

    Hamalli the lot of them.

  4. edgar says:

    J says that he is not expecting a return to the 80s. I sincerely believe that Muscat is more dangerous than Mintoff.

    As the Maltese saying goes. ”Mutu, mutu zrunu f’butu”. We shall know whether I am right in a few months’ time.

  5. ciccio says:

    The change ‘people’ voted for is coming through. A veritable fresh breeze of modern administration.

    I wonder: if the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat did not trust this man to be his DEPUTY because of his alleged slur against the Judiciary, one of the pillars of our democracy, how does he trust him to hold one of the key positions of our democracy and a Constitutional office?

    And another question: did Anglu Farrugia regain his trust in Joseph Muscat? Back in December he had stated in writing that he had no trust in Joseph Muscat.

    “…given that I have lost faith in you…”

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121222/local/An-lu-Farrugia-I-ve-lost-faith-in-Joseph.450485

    • maryanne says:

      I have a feeling that Anglu will tease Joseph Muscat when taking certain minor decisions. Nothing disruptive, of course.

  6. Strakku says:

    No they don’t. The Maltese have allowed themselves to be beguiled.

    This is merely the beginning. Do not underestimate our ‘beloved leader’. He is conniving and portrays himself to be Malta’s saviour.

    Methinks he wants to be another Duminku.

  7. canon says:

    Ara issa x’gej mil-Ispeaker “Hares leja Simon”.

  8. Candida says:

    Yes of course I realise J, even before the elections, that is the big pity because it was all so obvious; to change a government should not really be such a disastrous thing to go through but to have a change to something like this is so disastrous Yes the situation is scary to say the least and still most people can’t even see it

  9. observer says:

    Can anyone imagine this creature delving into the Parliamentarians’ bible to come up with a justifiable decision when a point of order is raised in the House? Sorry, I can’t by any means.

  10. Rita Camilleri says:

    U iva mohhna mistrieh li kollox on the rekort ha jkun.

  11. Bloody 'ell says:

    After being subjected to national humiliation a few weeks ago … a spineless Speaker.

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