Comments on: Why do I get the feeling that former EU Commissioner/Nationalist Foreign Minister Joe Borg voted Labour?

By: Pecksniff

Pecksniff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:35:46 +0000

In reply to charlie. Enough dosh to carry out building development in Swieqi area.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:52:21 +0000

In reply to David. David, I voted PN, and will never, ever succumb to this rubbish.

By: Pecksniff

Pecksniff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:24:42 +0000

In reply to tinnat.

Is that so, Tinnat? My experience of Dr. Borg’s wife is totally different from yours. And no, thankfully I was not a student of hers but had the misfortune to cross her path and was on the receiving end of this “unforgiving, spiteful, pushy woman”.

Just look at her husband and the interview he gave to The Sunday Times when he was not reappointed EU Commissioner as if it was his (or her?) divine right. As they say, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

By: Tinnat

Tinnat — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:58:26 +0000

In reply to tinnat. Yes, Pecksniff. Were you a student of hers, I wonder? At any rate, she is not as you describe.

By: fm

fm — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:57:42 +0000

Tohodhiex bi kbira li weghdu li ha jerga jibghatu EU Commissioner la jispicca Tonio Borg.

Anzi ma dahalx ghal-gurament il-palazz ukoll jigri wara JPO u Sandro Chetcuti li miskin ta ftit eluf jew mijiet ta’ eluf bhala karita ghall-campaign tal-PL.

B’ hekk gabha il-maggoranza, b’weghdiet u hmieg kbir.

Per ezempju x’ma jaghlaqx halqu Anglu Farrugia meta ha jkollu salarju kwazi daqs ta’ prim ministru u ovvjament ix-xoghol legali tal-ufficcju tieghu jibqa sejjer qisu ma gara xejn.

By: Selit

Selit — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:59:20 +0000

That is exactly what I thought.

By: Watchful eye

Watchful eye — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:41:01 +0000

Is it not forbidden to use the Maltese flag for such events? The mind boggles.

By: charlie

charlie — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:34:14 +0000

Just see what EU Commissioners are entitled to:
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/pdf/entitlements_en.pdf

By: charlie

charlie — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:30:42 +0000

Unbelievable! Thanks to Lawrence Gonzi, Joe Borg got an annual salary of over €238,000 annually which on a five-year period whould amount to €1.2 million. And I’m not sure whether he ended up with a Commissioner’s pension and an additional MP pension in Malta.

This is besides hundreds of thousands more in allowances and perks, and besides the fact that he was given an exemption from registration tax on a car which he both in Brussels and brought over to Malta. X’ried aktar ja hanzir li hu, meta Gonzi ghamlu miljunarju.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:21:15 +0000

How stupid can they get? The Maltese flag should never be used to unveil a plaque.

This is how it should have been done:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQW8LuMI0yvBkvUVBJUO_YFRTUd5M_NXK5XIotUAMhusKTI1AmPmg

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20070325/gozo/xaghra-public-library-opened.22358