Comments on: Trying to prove they’re doing something, or what?

By: Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:55:33 +0000

Just saw Owen Bonnici wearingg brand new shiny lace ups.

By: blue

blue — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:50:42 +0000

In reply to Francis Saliba M.D.. Pity he didn't hit a mine.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:33:41 +0000

In reply to vic.

Baxxter, are you referring to this?

http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Karmenu-Vella-with-Dom-Mintoff-Silvio-of-La-Spiaggia-and-Valletta-footballer-Carlo-Seychell5.jpg

By: Francis Saliba M.D.

Francis Saliba M.D. — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:47:06 +0000

@Baxxter 31 May at 10:50 pm

The cheap skate did not have a yacht. He borrowed one. And he very nearly blew it up when he sailed unannounced and uninvited straight into an Albanian minefield and had to be rescued.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 31 May 2013 23:00:44 +0000

In reply to Josette. Yepp, it represents what we have to live with for the next five years.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 31 May 2013 23:00:10 +0000

In reply to ciccio. oops, this was a reply to Fenka.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 31 May 2013 22:59:44 +0000

Then it is most probable that this law has no purpose about the past. The ECHR would most likely not accept that a law that removes the statute of limitations be used to reopen past acts.

By: Fenka

Fenka — Fri, 31 May 2013 21:16:57 +0000

May I comment about the Times report re the law just announced in this press conference.

Mr Muscat is quoted as saying ” …but those politicians who committed corruption in the PAST will, from now on, be very worried because their sins will not be forgotten”.

The report further adds “The law does not explicitly say it can be applied retroactively but is worded in a way that leaves it up to the courts to decide”.

If Muscat wanted the removal of the statute of limitations to apply to corruption committed PRIOR (“PAST”) to the enactment of this law, why did he not specify this in the law?

Is it because he did not want to be censored by the European Court, for enacting a law with retroactive effect? It is well known that no law can be effective retroactively.

So why is the retroactive element being left to the courts?

Is he expecting the courts to risk being censured by the European Court?
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I expect a prime minister to lead, not hide behind other institutions.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Fri, 31 May 2013 20:50:19 +0000

In reply to vic. Mintoff had his aboard his yacht.

By: Josette

Josette — Fri, 31 May 2013 20:28:10 +0000

Is it just my tired dirty mind or does that lectern really look like an oversized phallic symbol?