They are always running after each other in twos, threes and in packs. I mean, take this example, this is a press conference called by the PM to announce a change in the law of crimes of corruption.

Therefore, you expect the PM to be accompanied by the minister of justice and the interior and the parliamentary secretary for justice at the most.

So why the hell are the other five present?

[Daphne – The PM and deputy PM shouldn’t even be there. That’s something that should be announced by the Justice Minister, and certainly not by his PS.]

Will those “Dear Philip” letters be investigated?

And how about pulling out those old detailed Malta Today dossiers from the hat for the next trick?

‘The PM announced the lifting of the statute of limitations on crimes of corruption involving politicians.’

Well here is the surprise.

Cronyism is a form of political corruption in which political officials show preference to friends when appointing people to positions of power, awarding contacts, and delegating tasks related to their office.

Friends who benefit from cronyism are usually awarded a position of privilege regardless of their skill level, ability, or suitability for the position, which means that better choices may be passed over.

This means that the appointments being dished out now and the people accepting them are liable to arrest, arraignment and sentencing forever.

As a legal scholar would say ‘strict in theory, fatal in fact’

Do they know something that we do not….yet ?

PS That white plastic lectern stands out like a sore thumb in the late renaissance/early baroque ambience of the Palazzo Zerafa.

Now the lectern is back in prominence, of all places, bang in the centre of the main corridor in the Palace.

Looks very much like harsh reality is rapidly taking its toll. Joseph Muscat is losing his self-confidence.

The lectern doubles as his security blanket and as a psychological force-field when confronting the media.

OK then let’s see the composition of some commission to handle this and they surely have a long list on their hands to investigate.

They can of course start from the close partners within their ranks such as the Lino Cauchi murder involving il Hawsla Piju with his backers and the investigators can start by collecting material from Savior the Maltatoday liberal.

Not to mention the property gurus who developed places like Fgura, Qawra, Mscala, Qajjenza etc. These issues are just the tip of an iceberg.

In Maltese we say its all “Bzar fl-ghajnejn” because if one starts investigating a particular corruption case then one should investigate all.

This charade will out to be a witchhunt for some particular case Muscat holds dear to spin for alienation and will stop. To say it all the PN had 25 years to prosecute the corruption of the previous 20 years and very little happened with the scum keeping their ill-gotten prizes.