Taking a relative, putting her on the foundation’s board on the grounds that she’s following a master’s degree related to her new post, paying her tuition and related expenses through a charity fund while surely knowing that there could be tens of other people who are even more qualified and experienced then her, and who possible forked the expenses of their own education themselves, is blatantly corrupt and wrong. Unbelievable!

Or are they just naive? ghax manafx

Boq! L-akbar izball u dell ikrah tal-MCCF, mhux ta’ kugintek Charlot. Kugintek implikata imma l-MCCF qatt ma missu ha d-decizjoni li ha. Il-minuti kixfu kollox.
Hajr ghal DCG.

And please all those that are pleading for Dr Abela’s presidency to be renewed for another five years, go get a life. There are so many good and capable people who can be president.

If Ms Zerafa couldn’t pay for her own education, simple, just don’t do the masters and save for it until you can do it or apply to STEPS programmes like others have.

Dal-kumment probabbli m’hu se jarah ħadd għax din l-istorja issa ilha għaddejja. Pero ma tanix li ma nweġbikx.

Kuġintek tista’ tkun l-aktar spiżjara kkwalifikata u tiġi l-ewwel fil-kors li qed issegwi. Imma dak mhux il-punt.

Il-punt hu li kienet lesta li tieħu l-flus minn ħalq min għandu bżonnhom u li tagħmel riklam daqshekk ħażin għall-Community Chest Fund (l-ammont ta’ nies li qed jgħidu li mhux se jagħtu iktar flus iżda se jagħtu direttament lil karitajiet u fondazzjonijiet oħra ma jitwemminx!).

Il-punt hu li l-President kien lest li juża l-pożizzjoni tiegħu biex jagħti vantaġġ lil xi ħadd jiġi minnu.

Il-punt hu li l-familja kollha tidher qed tittratta l-Presidenza u l-Community Chest Fund qishom lotterija… Din mhux serjetà. U jgħidu x’jgħidu l-minuti jgiddbuhom. Il-President ikkonvinċa lil Bord biex jagħmlu pjaċir lil xi ħadd minn familtu, il-Bord qabel u hi aċċettat.

Kieku kienu serji kienu jiddeċiedu li hemm bżonn persuna b’ċerti kwalifiki u jirriklamawha il-pożizzjoni u jagħżlu l-aħjar applikant. Imma hawn veru għandna kwistjoni ta’ ħbieb ta’ ħbieb, ħadd ma jista’ għalina u l-Gvern tagħna nagħmlu li rridu! Dik veru arroganza!
U l-fatt li jidher li ma tara xejn ħażin f’dan juri eżattament x’tip int.

True.

Actually, I lost all confidence in this President on that occasion. He openly criticised Mr. Terribile in a press conference. For me that is a no-no because Mr. Terribile had no reasonable means of defending himself.

As a President he should have been more discreet and avoided being involved in anything remotely controversial.

I know nothing of the background of that story but I thought the way he handled his differences with Mr. Terribile were most inappropriate.

Is there any journalist willing to ask around to find out the real story?

Fejnu Kenneth Wain? Nsomma, ahjar xi spettur.

Basta hafna laicita’ u l-polemika perpetwa mal-knisja.

Nofs miljun euro fis-sena ghal-sitta minn nies?

It depends on who your relatives are.