Time to begin reading The Government Gazette with renewed interest
From the current issue (d/d 28 March):
Government Notice No. 246
ASSIGNMENT TO MINISTERS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 82 of the Constitution of Malta, the President of Malta, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, has approved that responsibility for the following business of Government be re-assigned as follows:
(a) Land Registry from the Office of the Prime Minister to the Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security (as part of National Identity Management);
(b) National Library and National Archives from the Ministry for Tourism to the Ministry for Education and Employment; and
(c) Oil exploration from the Ministry for Energy and the Conservation of Water to the Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure.
27th March 2013
Just two weeks into the game and they’re already shifting bits of responsibility around and reassigning parts of portfolios to different ministri.
So the Land Registry has gone from Joseph Muscat (who is responsible for planning) to Manuel Mallia.
The National Library and Archives have gone from Karmenu Vella (or rather, from his PS Jose Herrera tal-Kultura) to Evarist Bartolo.
And oil exploration has been taken from Konrad Mizzi (the energy minister) and given to Joe Mizzi (the transport minister), who has been bitching about it from day one – apologies, since 1996, when he was last a minister. Wasn’t one of his electoral campaign promises that Malta would strike oil if we elect him?
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Ghax jaf fejn hawn iz-zejt. Hekk kien jghid qabel l-elezzjoni. Issa nistennewh isibu
Dak purcinell iehor u n-nies emmnuh u ivvutawlu. Issa ha jorhsu il-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma ghax ha jsibilna iz-zejt. Ha nistennewh halli issa jghidlilna fejn hu z-zejt.
Jekk tassew jaf fejn qieghed iz-zejt, m’ghandhux ghalfejn joqghod ifittxu.
Jista jaqbad ihaffer mil-ewwel. Inkella jekk jistenna ftit gimghat, jista jiffranka x-xoghol u juza l-hofra li ga qed tifforma sew fil-finanzi tal-pajjiz.
Fejn hu z-zejt jien ma nafx ezatt. Naf, izda, li f’wicc certi nies mhux zgur l-ahwa.
Zgur mhux f’wicc in-nazzjonalisti
Since his election, little Joey has been playing a new game which is called ‘Shockinawful’.
What is also interesting is National Identity Management, what on earth is this about? I thought that in the international community National identity has negative connotations so much so that the terms are avoided like the plague.
No no no the islands get confused and think they’re the Balearics.
National Identity Management is like a part-time course at MCAST.
Malta, Gozo and the smaller islands take it in turn to be reminded who they are and where they belong.
Frankie the Fluffer told me in a dream.
The Nazis had an office in Auschwitz, it was National Identity based. Management came later.
Last time our National Identity was managed we had a law forbidding anyone or any organisation from using the words Malta and/or its derivations, and National and/or its derivations.
We ended with such banalities as “Middle Sea” this and that. Altam, Nexinal, In- Taghna, etc.
Everything is possible in politics.
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-03-29/news/claudette-buttigieg-to-contest-for-pn-deputy-leadership-post-1289224196/
Quote from The Malta Independent:
“The newly-elected candidate was being pushed to go for the leadership post, but speaking to this portal – which had broken the news a few days ago – said it would have been too presumptuous of her to aim that high”
Is presumption contagious?
One Franco is not enough?
Contesting for the post of deputy leader is not presumptuous and filling the shoes of the late President Guide Demarco and Dr Tonio Borg?
I really hope the PN councillors see some sense as otherwise we will be stuck with these fools running the country.
Don’t be a snob, Baggio.
(Mhux hekk suppost nghid?)
It’s not about snobbery but about having the right leaders to get us out of this mess. With all due respect Claudette is not the right person to fill any leadership position.
Get a reality check and a dose of humility, Claudette, or the country may end truly down the drain.
What exactly is on Joseph Muscat’s list of responsibilities? He doesn’t seem to have anything to do, other than swan around.
Joseph is delegating all his responsibilities to his goons.
That way he can spend more time at the gym and will not be responsible for anything that requires brains.
Keep your eyes and ears open, the future is becoming darker.
It is simple really. This way we cannot blame him for mishaps.
And then can say, hand on heart, ‘it’s not my fault’.
Tic toc. Power station + lng terminal by April 2015 or he’s out.
For Baggio:
So you can keep an eye on the progress of Konrad’s power station.
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=255&iso=20150311T00&msg=Konrad's+power+station
Very good Gary, but do you honestly think Joseph Muscat will keep his word and resign?
I don’t think so, but scapegoats must be found and sacrificed. All for the common good and Malta taghna lkoll
OK, what happens to Heritage Malta and the Superintendence?
Who cares, maybe Sant Anglu will become a disco again, and they can organise motor bike shows on Hagar Qim temples.
U Wardakanta on the Tritons fountain.
Isn’t this effectively a cabinet reshuffle within the first 2 weeks?
Joseph is already afraid of a coup within his government. Will it be long before he takes national security under his wings?
I said it before. This is a ‘war cabinet.’
You guys are cracking me up tonight.
I hope this lot last a full term.
Gonzi was boring by comparison.
Bored we will not be. Appalled, certainly.
What happened to Konrad? Finding himself overworked already? His ministry is pitiful, especially if responsibilities are taken away from him too.
He’s just been demoted. Remember the fuss when Austin Gatt’s super-ministry lost Enemalta?
And there they were, condescending on energy and conservation of water as an organic design.
Marco Cremona may be behind this. Can’t have a minister checking your engineering credentials with his c’rrects and fuzzy logic.