How many ‘zieda ta’ hames mitt ewro fil-gimgha’ would have paid for all those flights, hotel beds and other expenses?
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June 25, 2013 at 12:40am
The prime minister went to the Vatican to discuss changes to our marriage law, something he shouldn’t have done at all because this is what diplomats are for, and look at this – he took a coach party of hangers-on with him.
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Does anyone know if his highness Muscat left the pope waiting?
“Come on say bye!”
“Ara, gejt jien ukoll tafx. Orrajt? Okay”
Why was a meeting with the Pope necessary to change a law?
This was just a holiday and an opportunity to add some more snaps to the Muscat’s dream album. Ridiculous.
Was Emy Bezzina with the journalists this time?
Yes he was. He was the first to be drawn up by lot. X’kumbinazzjoni.
Unbelievable.
Thank god I’m from Mars.
Big heads, but very small minds.
The Pope turned down his invitation a concert featuring music by Beethoven – which, according to him was a’ mundane event’ – to entertain the Maltese delegation.
http://www.agi.it/cronaca/notizie/201306221821-cro-rt10130-papa_non_partecipa_a_concerto_per_l_anno_della_fede
http://www.annusfidei.va/content/novaevangelizatio/it/news/17-6-2013.html
The Pope did not ‘turn down his invitation’ but cancelled last minute…
Michelle is definitely making the best of these 5 years. She did not say an untruth there.
Any excuse to travel and meet important people with the little girls. But of course the elves will never see it that way, seeing that they’re Labour.
Haqq Malta Taghna Lkoll – How it’s turned out to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmHUeaarSY
I remember the many many and all of Eddie’s family and friends when they went to meet the pope.I remember also if I am not mistaken Censu Tabone’s too.They were much and much more and a lot .Please I just hate two weights and two measures …all our maltese politicians are free loaders.
[Daphne – Times have changed, Silvio, by about two decades. And you don’t use justification of wrong-doing in the past to justify wrong-doing in the present. This is sheer, outright freeloading by people who, before they got into government, spoke about waste and cost-cutting. We were told that Muscat went to the Vatican to discuss changes to our marriage law. I thought that was strange, because that is the remit of senior public servants and diplomats, not the prime minister. Now we see they’d wangled an audience with the new Pope (God knows why, not very liberal and progressive after all) and needed justification for a trip in which they were planning to include as many people as possible. We should be grateful that Manuel Mallia has had justice removed from his portfolio, as he would otherwise have been there with his wife and three children, too.]
If Joseph Muscat felt he should go and see the Pope, why didn’t he go alone or just with his family?
Why did George Vella and Owen Bonnici and their families have to tag along?
Labour MPs and ministers won’t get the 500 euro honoraria but they’re going to get much more in other ways. Just wait and see. This is going to be a pattern.
We’ll invent excuses for all the ministers and permanent secretaries to go on jaunts as much as possible.
Joseph’s plan was to visit the Vatican before the MEP elections for a photo-shoot with the Pope and to make a statement about marriage, divorce, annulment declarations, civil unions and adoptions by gay couples, that way he would have had a head start in the electoral race.
The Maltese Curia, not wanting to get involved in all this, anticipated his plan and alerted the Vatican authorities, we’ve been there, done it with Mintoff in the 1981 elections.
So they called the shots and ‘invited’ our scheming Joey for a premature unplanned half-hour visit to tell him to do whatever he planned but make it quick.
What will the big issue be for the next EP elections? Surely not marriage, divorce and adoption issues.
The carpet has been removed from under the emperor’s feet.
Can someone from the opposition ask how much the total cost of the delegation came to?
Dak Cunningham tal-bowser hara kien jonqos ha jispjega lill-Papa kif jifhem hu il-messagg tal-Evangelu li jitratta ‘ghajn b’ghajn u sinna ghal sinna’. Dak qieghed fil-Family Commission, wara kollox.
Did he actually say “Come va”?
So who’s the 3rd kid? Is Owen Bonnici following the great leader’s example and having his children miss school?
Why is Michelle Muscat dressed like a bereaved widow from downtown Corleone, Sicily?
And what is that collection of phallic-like symbols given to the pontiff?
Michelle qisha d-Duluri
I was wondering why all the women were dressed in black? They looked like they were going to a funeral. Is there some protocol that women must wear black when meeting the Pope?
[Daphne – http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/protocollo-vaticano-baciamano-frac-velo-sofia-di-spagna-paola-del-belgio-824/ ]
Joseph with tails?
Thank you for the link. That was very informative.
They all had a free holiday. What has this cost the taxpayer?
The gifts given to the Pope look horrendous.
0:34 “…..ispirata ai quattro vangeli”
1:14 after kissing the pope’s hand “…reciprocita’”
Did I hear correctly?
I think I know who wrote the G.K correspondence leaked from Castille!
Ahjar baqa mutu, ghax kien jaghmel figura ahjar. Ghandu bzonn jitghallem kif jitkellem bit-Taljan dan Joseph.
Imma forsi ghax kien ecitat ghax qatt ma basar li xi darba ser jintaqa mal-Papa.
Non si dice ‘come va’ ma ‘come sta?’ in queste circostanze.