Comments on: Best of luck to the new ministers, and also to the rest of us https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Claude Sciberras https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-882536 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:35:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-882536 In reply to Pawlu.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Add the salaries needed to keep an additional 6 ministries, an additional 6 ministerial cars, an additional 6 ministerial offices etc etc…

Mind you I was never in favour of reducing the cabinet to the size that Dr. Gonzi did and he said this was not a good idea, I also think that the ministers usually deserve getting much more than they do and in fact still think that the increases that were given to ministers should have remained but politically the opposition had made a real killing with that and so the government had to backtrack.

What is dishonest is to have used the increase for 5 years to badger government and then make the same thing (but in a different manner) yourself.

]]> By: David https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-882488 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:15:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-882488 In reply to David.

As far as I know Dr Raymond Pace was not a criminal lawyer. Besides in Malta as in the UK judges and magistrates are appointed from practising lawyers.

[Daphne – Yes he was.]

]]> By: Catsrbest https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-882416 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:37:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-882416 Imma l-ahjar li tiktbulu l-hsibijiet taghkom bil-Malti, ghax zgur mhux qed jifhimkom. U jekk il-Malti jkun kif jinhass ferm ahjar.

]]> By: ken il malti https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-882384 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:22:32 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-882384 Can’t Labour build a trailer park in the south so Silvio can be given a job looking after it?

]]> By: Pawlu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-882303 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:52:16 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-882303 The PN was heavily criticised for the introduction of the €500 a week honoraria in the previous legislature but take a look at this, it’s simple maths.

Current Government: 14 ministers x €42002 each = €588,028
Previous Government: 8 ministers x €42002 each + €500 a week honoraria (€ 208000) = €544,016

TOTAL INCREASE IN SALARIES = €44,012

This is the money they’re taking from our pockets.

It is the most expensive cabinet ever.

]]> By: marks https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-881948 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:37:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-881948 He could at least be given a Ministry in charge of drainage and sanitary ware.

]]> By: yor/malta https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-881937 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:34:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-881937 In reply to gianni.

Daphne, coconuts take time to absorb information – please note that the harder the shell…

]]> By: David https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-881927 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:31:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-881927 Your argument disciminates against criminal trial lawyers as you imply that civil law or commercial law lawyers can be appointed ministers.

Can a trial lawyer be appointed as judge?

[Daphne – Discrimination does not come into it. I can think of very few cases in which a trial lawyer was made a judge. One of them is Ray Pace, so there you go.]

]]> By: Wilson https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-881865 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:07:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-881865 In reply to Makjavel.

I completely concur with your point here, Daphne. It would be an outright conflict of interest, just like Dalli passed a law on Japanese car imports when we know he had partial representation of a Japanese car importer.

]]> By: Wilson https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/best-of-luck-to-the-new-ministers-and-also-to-the-rest-of-us/#comment-881858 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:04:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=29992#comment-881858 In reply to random.

The last time he mentioned it, was it not in his garage?

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