V18 won’t be the climax of the next election, it would be the electoral grave for Labour because the people will have another costlier “Bridge to nowhere” to complain about.

The same switchers who moaned about the unneeded parliament, the roofless theatre and the bridge to nowhere will complain about the €40 million spent on this non event.

Unbelievable. Kenneth Zammit Tabona, ‘jirkeb minn fuq dar haddiehor’, not to use a much sharper Maltese expression.

“He added that Mr Micallef has the resources behind him to do a good job since he is supported “by a strong team lead by artistic director Wayne Marshall”. He said that Mr Micallef’s role has more to do with the organisational aspect of the event rather than content itself.”

@ Canon:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130505/local/spaniards-admit-offending-public-morals.468302

Jekk ikunu Maltin iwaddabom il-habs , jekk ikunu turisti liberati bil-kundizzjoni li ma jaghmlux rejat iehor.

My point was that the PM appointed Jason Micallef to do the job, because he beleives the person can do the job.

[Daphne – I’m afraid you’re wrong there. The prime minister did not appoint Jason Micallef; Jose Herrera appointed him without the prime minister’s knowledge or prior consent. The prime minister does not think Jason Micallef can organise so much as a piss-up in a brewery, which is why he had him removed as Labour Party secretary-general, though he had to give him Super One to play with.]

You are always going to have people who agree and disagree, and this is no different.

Furthermore my point was also that by somebody being a relative nobody, does not nessasary mean that person is not qualified to do a good job at making the right decisions.

[Daphne – You seem to forget that Micallef did not come out of nowhere and that he has a very public history of getting things badly wrong on the organisational front.]

Also one must not forget that the PM better gets it right on this, as the V – 18 may well be the climax before the next election, and if it is succesful, this may well be the momentum he will need at the time.

Would you choose your surgeon on the criteria of the post operative outcome of your major surgery?

If so, you must be completely mad.

I am sorry, but you must be.

Not giving credit to our PM, but somebody being a nobody (tv reporter), does not mean that person is not suited to become a good Prime Minister. After V-18 is over, we can judge how good or bad that decision (appointing Jason Micallef) was.

[Daphne – I’m sorry, Joe, but you just don’t get it. When a person is asked to do a job, it’s because the people doing the asking know already that he or she can do it. You don’t give a person a job to find out whether they can do it. That’s not how things work, and you should know that from your own life experience. When David Felice was appointed, it was because the government knew for a fact that he had what it took. They didn’t say “Oh there’s that David Felice who’s screaming and making scenes and threatening us – we’d better give him the job and you never know, he might turn out able to do it.” Please don’t shock me with your infantile reasoning. There are enough people doing that already.]

There were times where such extravagances were welcome. But the golden 1987 – 1992 era, so epitomized by jolly FDZ after the dark ages, has been over for a long time.

I do not know what will PL become into in 5 years time, but with an election looming, JM’s wisdom in terms of knowing where money, being a scarce resource, should be in order to win it (in the little man’s pocket as much as possible), I will bet that every Euro will be accounted for and effectively spent.

Whether liked or not, I do not think that the PL will put overdue importance on such events. They never did. There is no other way to interpret putting Mr. Micallef at the helm of this.

[Daphne – I suppose I could say that it takes a Laburist to know the price of everything and the value of nothing, to be penny wise and pound foolish. It is the story of the Labour Party from at least 1970. Nissikkaw ic-cinturin u kullhadd jghix fl-ghaks.]

He is certainly no fool and will know exactly how to deal with this uncomfortable and embarrassing situation.

I have a feeling though that, as a born and bred Belti and as a person of unquestionable integrity, he will put the interests of our beloved home town and capital city first and foremost.

I have known him since before he was a baby and I wish him all the luck he will surely need in the circumstances.

Bil-Malti Ian Farrugia ried jghid li Joseph Muscat basta hafna tghanniq ma Hollande u tal-ahhar dahalulu f’sormu.