Those who can’t see that he suffers from a serious personality disorder need to check their own minds
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March 18, 2013 at 12:36pm
Watching the Bloody Bastards Show on Super One last Friday night, with five depressed and demoralised men – why so sad, gentlemen, when you have got what you wanted? – kvetching and bitching about the girl who made them cry in the school playground, I noticed the sign of what’s next to come.
Franco produced his infamous phone to show his fellow knaves the many messages he has received telling him that he should be leader of the Nationalist Party.
Perhaps he didn’t notice the massive crowds that turned up to cheer on Zaren tal-Ajkla.
He takes them and his chances seriously and has now blogged about it.
He is, of course, a psychiatric case study, but in this island of crazy people…
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Zaren ta’ l-Ajkla, King!
U vera, Zaren il-King. U hemm King iehor li baqa’ l-art (tal-Mosta). Issa naraw x’hemm lest ghalih. Nahseb li x’imkien fix-xandir mhux hekk? Kemm gej hmieg dawn il-5 snin.
Zaren tal-Ajkla
Franco tas-Serduq
Can anyone see the difference? I can’t.
Is it birds of a feather?
Did you notice that in the photo accompanying his interview in yesterday’s MaltaToday he is sitting beside a framed picture of what looks like him in school uniform receiving a prize or certificate?
Certifikat tal-Form 2?
Is Franco Debono still a member of the Nationalist Party ? I would have chucked him out immediately the election results were known. We do not need the PN kow-towing to this man (?!)
I am hoping that after the last programme of Affari Taghna, the PN will chuck out these people from the party.
It will have a healing effect on the rest of us apart from being the right thing to do.
Daphne, please allow me to rephrase your last sentence: “…in this land of brave people…”.
I’ve heard a Maltese saying, which used to amuse me: “cut the nose to spite your face”. The general election result made me truly understand this Maltese expression & the bravery of the Maltese people.
However, this time, one is not amused.
Did Franco come third out of 3 contestants?
Yes he came last in the MT survey.
What kept Franco from forming a party and winning votes, when he has all those fans and admirers?
It would have been a fantastic opportunity for his self-esteem. I am just guessing – perhaps he felt the risks of failure were too high?
[Daphne – No. He’s in competition with Joseph Muscat, remember. Joseph is at the helm of the Labour Party, and he’s going to be at the helm of the PN.]
Exactly, and Muscat knows how to turn this to his advantage, substituting the PN in parliament with Franco Debono. Franco will obviously consider it an endorsement.
It is now expected of the PN to cooperate with Franco on the party financing act, electoral reform, constitutional reforms.
We need one sharp legal mind to lead the opposition. Preferably one who’ll instinctively recognise what motivates devious individuals.
@ Daphne
‘and he’s going to be at the helm of the PN’
Am I to understand that the NP is on the threshold of becoming the beggar with the one and only choice? I am feeling dizzy.
Are Franco Debono, Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, Jesmond Mugliett, John Dalli still on the books as PN members?
What is the PN Executive waiting to drum them out of the party, once and for all?
Short memory, Pecksniff. JPO resigned from the PN.
What about the other three stooges ?
Surely not?
Hekk imisshom jaghmlu issa – kap tal-P.N li ivvota Labour fl-ahhar elezzjoni generali.
Dak bniedem indannat li ghamel minn kollox biex farrak partit u tellef futur lil Malta u hammeg lil Gonzi sempliciment ghax ma lahaqx l-ghan tieghu.
Dan bis-serjeta jew?
Funny how he’s always third….or should that read turd.
It’s a small wonder the grass seemed greener on the other side of the fence.
It may be a natural consequence of all those turds sitting there.
Franco, Jeffrey, Jesmond, and the other traitors should be immediately expelled from the PN now. If any of them returns to the party, even perhaps as a cleaner , let alone leader, I would expell myself from the party and never vote PN again.
[Daphne – Jeffrey is no longer a member. He withdrew in a major hissy fit last summer, when the Nationalist Party failed to do his bidding and expel Richard Cachia Caruana. Surely you remember his drama-queen tantrum.]
He wants to be leader of the Nationalist Party – yet he’s the man who brought down the Nationalist government, cooperated with Labour, bragged about voting Labour, and celebrated with Labour supporters at the Gudja Labour club, then went on Super One to boast about it all.
Nuts.
If Franco Debono becomes PN leader, I’ll take a train down to Rome, a taxi to the Lungo Tevere and will hand in my passport to the Maltese embassy fully renouncing to my dual citizenship with no reservations. And I’m not joking.
Franco, eff off. There is no way the PN will ever trust you again. Who needs megalomaniacs like you. Buzz off Franco.
Daphne, I don’t agree with many of your posts but I believe you have a right to your opinion. I respect your opinion.
I do have some reservations about your expressing “He is, of course, a psychiatric case study, but in this island of crazy people…”
I appreciate that people who have never been close to psychiatric patients may not be aware of the suffering that such people go through.
A psychiatric illness is caused by no more than a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is no fault of the victim.
Unfortunately such victims than suffer the ‘crazy’ stigma that goes with the illness which makes recovery much harder.
Would you consider not contributing to the growth of this stigma in the future? Thanks.
[Daphne – I appreciate your point, but if a politician who constantly parades himself about has a personality disorder or a psychiatric illness, then we can’t be expected not to talk about it so as not to upset other people in the same situation. The stigma which psychiatric patients and those with a personality disorder suffer from is precisely because of people like this man and not because of the people who write/talk about them. The reason people are afraid of those who are mentally unwell is because mental illness affects our thoughts and behaviour in a way that physical illness does not. Again, this man is an example of that – abnormal behaviour and unpredictability are looked at as a problem because they destabilise other people and situations, unless they are properly looked after by people who care about them, which is clearly not happening in this case, making him a problem for others.]