Comments on: And I give you….our 23-member cabinet office (1 prime minister, 14 ministers and 8 parliamentary secretaries)

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:07:28 +0000

In reply to Grezz. Fantastilicious.

By: brian casingena

brian casingena — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:31:08 +0000

In reply to brian casingena. what do my parents have to do with what i say ?? .. and they never failed me in anything ! On the other-hand , I can really imagine how proud of you you're parents must be !! [Daphne - Yes, they are, even though they're now the same age as our progressive, young and liberal new/old foreign minister. I think the way I do because of the way I was raised. I have three sisters who are all just the same. These things are learned in the home from babyhood, absorbed or taught directly. That you cannot understand basic principles of democracy beyond the five-year ballot would most definitely be your parents' fault, especially if, as I suspect you did, you grew up in a Labour household. There are, though, non-Labour households which were just as deleterious to the rational powers of those raised in them. I have in mind all those which banned any talk of politics and did so with pride as though it was somehow a virtue. The result of that is the catastrophe we are seeing now.]

By: brian casingena

brian casingena — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:07:01 +0000

yes , they should be held to account , but judged on their work not who they are before they even start ! i made my decision over the last five years after they started doing their job and not regarding who any of the ministers and segretaries were and their personal ‘ hobbies’ or lifestyles . everyone knows you’re out to get Labour ( and its a free country so do what you will ) and you still might attack , even if they are doing their jobs well .. so you might as well give it a rest for now and wait till you have something useful to write about !

[Daphne – Your parents have a lot to answer for. They failed to give you a proper education.]

By: brian casingena

brian casingena — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:44:17 +0000

Daph ,
i am not , in any way , a fan of most of you’re columns and thoughts ( except for the occasional valid point here and there).
In respect to this article , it think any judgment should be made after the five years are up and not before hand .
These men and women are more than capable of doing their job and working hard for the best of our country , irrelevant of their personal lives ( wich only a few are under-par to their highly ranked positions ) I believe that they put their jobs first and foremost .

[Daphne – You have absolutely no idea of democracy. A government should be scrutinised and held to account every step of the way, and not when the five years are up, at the polls. We have so much learning to do here in Malta. Also, scrutinise your own thoughts: did you want until 2013 before judging the last government, or were you one of those sniping every five minutes?]

By: C Falzon

C Falzon — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:24:23 +0000

Do parliamentary secretaries get the right to jump the queue at the Gozo ferry. If so Franco Mercieca will no longer need to use the lame excuse that patients are waiting for him.

By: rupert

rupert — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:38:58 +0000

What was Mr Kasco doing standing by the Chief Justice at the swearing-in? All the others standing at the table were figures who are constitutionally relevant: President, Prime Minister, AG, Chief Justice.

By: TROY

TROY — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:08:24 +0000

And now Joseph’s skip is full.

By: Augustus

Augustus — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:04:19 +0000

And to think that people voted for a time bomb next to their doorsteps.

By: observer

observer — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:48:48 +0000

In reply to Steve M.

I would define ‘active ageing’ by ‘the ability to keep on doing it ever so often even if you are quite near your hundredth’.

Have a good look at Mercieca’s photo again.

By: observer

observer — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:46:51 +0000

In reply to rjc.

I would not make mention of pressure when Gozo affairs are discussed – it was simply a ‘lapsus mentis’ – il-ginger forgot to include the place.

Even Homer sometimes nods!