Excellent leading article in The Sunday Times, on the subject of Malta’s most famous Lidl customer
It’s called One Gaffe After Another. Here’s a bit of it. The link to the rest is below.
Dr Mallia described it as “a new style of doing politics”. He could not be more wrong. It is the oldest possible style and one this country does not want to see again in its history.
As if all this is not bad enough, today we are running a story reporting that the minister’s head of secretariat was involved in an exchange with the head of security at the Isle of MTV concert because restrictions were being placed on how many ‘VIPs’ (a euphemism for ministerial friends) were allowed onto a reserved platform.
Police were called in, indicating yet more political contact in area that should be devoid of it.
This piles further embarrassment on this fledgling Government, which clearly has difficulty when it comes to sound judgement. The Prime Minister needs to deal with this mess – unless of course, he approves of it – and do so without delay before he is overwhelmed.
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130630/editorial/One-gaffe-after-another.475945
He’s already been overwhelmed.
Anyone noticed how Michelle has to be deployed to keep an eye on everyone when he’s away?
Helena Dalli wreaked havoc on his visit to the Vatican, Marlene just started her escalation, Mercieca keeps hiding facts maybe even from Muscat himself, four of his cabinet have lied through their teeth regarding the amnesty and Leo’s happily issuing direct orders to Marion Mizzi’s family.
And that’s just this week.
What sort of direct orders? Marion Mizzi is in the massage business.
Siberian offices for non-MLP public civil servants.
This Siberian inhumane and dirty office in Marsa was leased through a direct order from the family of Marion Mizzi.
That lousy, derelict building, erroneously called Millennia, in Marsa.
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-06-30/news/secret-service-interviews-not-valid-busuttil-1955332096/
Soon they’ll be wearing the swastika round their arm.
“Issa taf min jien”
The extent of their electoral victory will prove to be their undoing.
‘We will hit the ground running’ said the PM a few days before the election.
Indeed, the hit the ground, but far from running and operating smoothly they tripped, and are still bouncing all over the place, particularly Mallia.
The only thing missing from the article is a call for the minister’s resignation.
I wish Maltese newspapers were bolder. British newspapers would be having a field day reporting on Manuel Mallia’s household alone.
Should the Public Service Commission speak up about this matter? Is it not their duty to ensure that procedures are scrupulously followed?