Comments on: The government doesn’t ‘appoint’ the Speaker. It NOMINATES the Speaker in consultation with the Opposition. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jelle Houtsma https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-916885 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:51:01 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-916885 Rule
“The Speaker can either be appointed from within the House or from outside the House. However on appointment, if the Speaker is appointed from one of the members of the House, he or she loses his original vote within the House. For a Speaker to be appointed he must qualify to be a Member of the House of Representatives of Malta, this criterion being specifically of important consideration for those appointed from outside the House”

.therefore….

If one want to state that the government doesn’t ‘appoint’ the Speaker. then It NOMINATES the Speaker in consultation with the House. Not the opposition.

This kind of complaining is tomatos – tomatoes in MHO

]]> By: Gahan https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-915441 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:43:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-915441 In reply to ciccio.

..add with them the second hand car lobby “tal-Ingriterra”.

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-915333 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:37:55 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-915333 In reply to Weird no ?.

It is a pun intended by Joseph Muscat, of course.

]]> By: mister https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-915112 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:48:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-915112 In reply to ciccio.

If Joseph Muscat then wants a referendum…. we will all sign up to have a referendum to ban bird hunting.

You will then see his castle of cards crashing to the table.

The Nationalists underestimated the hunting lobby and the Normal Lowell lobby. They remained neutral, when they should have been vocal about their stand.

And now we have 5 years punishment as a result.

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-914795 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:12:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-914795 Not to provoke the usual violent defence or anything, but this is, yet again, the Maltese troglodytic language at work.

“jahtar” = ?

Nominate? Appoint? Elect?

Hence the confusion. Confused language leads to confused thought.

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-914660 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:53:41 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-914660 In reply to ciccio.

There is no reference to the word “referendum” anywhere in the Malta Labour Party’s Electoral Program sive Manifesto sive Roadmap. And specifically not in the paragraphs about the constitutional reform.
But then there wasn’t any reference to Frankie Tabone either.

Which is why I think that the PN should oppose right away the appointment of Frankie Tabone, and build a mass campaign on this matter, giving credible reasons why Frankie Tabone’s choice is unacceptable.

Then they should refrain from participating in any process which is vitiated from the start to bulldoze on the opposition.

If they do not take these measures now, they will be unable to oppose and to stop the process later.

]]> By: Il-Haxu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-914571 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:13:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-914571 In reply to Zunzana.

Zunzana, that is why they speak ill of her.

]]> By: Futur mill-aghar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-914541 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:03:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-914541 In reply to martha.

This is getting very confusing! I know it’s Easter, but the way gifts are being handed out gave me the impression that Christmas was coming exceptionally early this year – more of the ‘bidla’, you understand.

]]> By: Manuel https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-914525 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:58:37 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-914525 In reply to Liberta.

Exactly. Wake up PN!

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/the-government-doesnt-appoint-the-speaker-it-nominates-the-speaker-in-consultation-with-the-opposition/#comment-914503 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:49:47 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=30601#comment-914503 In reply to Dave.

As an out-and-proud Monarchist, I have to defend our Louis. That phrase is misinterpreted. When he said “l’état c’est moi” (or words to that effect) he meant the ultimate responsibility lay with him.

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