Marlene Mizzi sticks up for John Dalli just before the Bahamas story breaks over her head
Labour MEP Marlene Mizzi, writing on Facebook on 26 June:
This morning I attended an event where Saviour Balzan was one of the guest speakers entitiled : Democratic Slide.
The thrust of the event was the lack of democracy which may exist in an institution like the EU. Balzan presented a factual version of how the Maltese, former Commissioner , John Dalli, was treated by Barroso and Kessler.
No other Maltese MEP was present for this event – considering that, the discussion was about a Maltese citizen who might have been unjustly treated by the powers that be in the EU.
MEPs should stand up for their own citizens, even if we have to stand up to the big powerful boys, especially when the Comm of Police and the Attorney General have exhonerated this citizen for, any wrong doing.
It seems to me, that a Maltese citizen has been rubbished and humiliated , possibly without just cause, and above all, Malta’s reputation was dragged through the mud…… and for me, this is not on!
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Does she always write so badly?
Biex tara kemm jemmnu fl-EU dawn in-nies. Gimmicks wahedhom.
What is “the thrust of the event”?
Oh, looking forward to seeing how these people ‘enlighten’ us on the democratic deficit of the EU with their academic background on the subject and recent Dalli-related events.
‘MEP’s should stand up for their own citizens’.
Indeed, Marlene.
Especially when EU commissioners use their position to better untold personal interests.
How is it that Labour’s always attracted to this sort of thing?
What fine, twisted morals from this woman.
MEPs should stand up for justice. They should stand up for what is right.
But I wouldn’t expect her to know this. She’s Maltese after all.
Kemm waqghat ghac-cajt! These old ladies should stop using Facebook to voice their opinion. I hope she learnt her lesson. Thank you for posting this, Daphne.
Hanqa ta’ hmar qatt ma telghet is-sema, tafux.
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I can’t stand this argument of the Maltese sticking up for their own when dealing with foreign institutions.
I will argue for what is right and just and not for what is Maltese.
EU is not a foreign institution. Malta forms part of the EU.
Freudian slip. You imply that the two are mutually exclusive.
Agree with you on that 100%!
Hear, hear
“…especially when the Comm of Police and the Attorney General have exhonerated this citizen for, any wrong doing…”
Does this mean that the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police have become the independent courts in Malta, absolving individuals from any guilt, without recourse to the courts and the legal process?
The situation is that there is not enough evidence to support criminal action but, and as subsequent events have now amply shown, there is more than enough evidence to justify J Dalli BA having been summarily dismissed as EU Commissioner.
No. It means what it says on the tin. No grounds for prosecution doesn’t mean there was no political wrong doing.
Exactly. Also the Attorney General can never exonerate any body from ‘any wrong doing’ except on a specific scenario and based on information in hand. Its not as if the Attorney General or the Commissioner of Police are Dalli’s conscience.
1. Not having enough evidence does not mean that Dalli did not do anything illegal. It just means there is not enough evidence to prove it.
2. It is obvious that the Police Commissioner decided not to investigate further and hence not to seek any potential evidence. For example, was Dalli interrogated upon his return to Malta?
3. Even if there was no wrongdoing by Dalli (which is most unlikely), there were sufficient POLITICAL reasons for Barroso to ask for his resignation. For the Commission to retain its credibility, it cannot afford to have one of its commissioners with so many doubts cast upon him.
Marlene Mizzi, let’s talk about the lack of democracy in Malta, if the PL keep censoring Daphne’s blog, they will kill democracy.
Appalling sentence construction and punctuation. I find it both distressing and humiliating that such people represent my country (and hence, me!) in the European Parliament.
It makes me feel ashamed to be Maltese — just like I used to be in the days of Mintoff and his cronies.
The bar is just so low when you are elected on the Labour ticket that literally any idiot can make it (in fact, just look at the Labour MEPs!).
The fool thinks that ‘exhonerate’ has something to do with honor.
Maybe she used to skip her Latin lessons.
Tghid marret liebsa il-leopard jacket biex tisma lil Saviour?