Comments on: The Minister for Police Bikinis and half a million in cash: a good report

By: Alexander Ball

Alexander Ball — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:32:51 +0000

It’s a matter for the police.

Hang on, he IS the police.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:00:52 +0000

The Minister says “kien hemm certu propjeta li jien iddisponejt minnha…”

At this point, it is important for the media to establish what was this “certu propjeta.” It is possible that this was not real estate, and may have been anything else, including green soap or talcum powder – not that there is anything wrong with anyone selling green soap or talcum powder, let me be clear.

About the Euro 500,000 in cash, the Minister emphasises that this was the situation at the end of last year, so this is what he reported.

From what the Minister says in the video, it seems that soon after the end of last year, hence at the beginning of 2013, he may have deposited the cash of Euro 495,000 at the bank. My guess is that this was the reason why he was constrained to report that sum in his declaration as at the end of last year.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:47:53 +0000

In reply to Makjavel.

No minister can carry out services other than the ministerial duties while serving as a minister.

Keeping cash on behalf of others would amount to rendering the services of a custodian or equivalent, and this would be in violation of the ‘briksa.’ The same applies to dealing in the property of others, if, say, the minister sold property belonging to others – that would amount to the services of an administrator.

Unless of course the minister has a waiver from Joseph Muscat, the Prime Minister. But I think Joseph Muscat has already answered publicly that the only waiver he gave from the ‘briksa’ was to Franco Mercieca.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:22:30 +0000

Can you imagine this ad with Manuel Mallia instead? Makes me cringe! http://youtu.be/ygeWsoYYMuQ

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:07:32 +0000

B’500,000 euros id-dar u mhux kapaci jkollu nofs tuzzana suits biex ibiddel u jidher bhan-nies. Il-qalziet u glekk li jidher bihom f’dan il-video m’humix paricc, il-qalziet ahdar u l-glekk blu. Daqshekk hu qammiel ?

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:55:14 +0000

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130727/local/police-boats.479723

By: P Shaw

P Shaw — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:44:33 +0000

In reply to LIXU. I now understand the meaning of majjalata.

By: LIXU

LIXU — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 11:29:40 +0000

Somehow, I am convinced that Jose Herrera would have done a much better job than the present gaffe-prone minister responsible for the police.

[Daphne – Jose Herrera in charge of the police? Oh, please. It’s bad enough that we had his sister sleeping with an array of them for so many years.]

By: M. Cassar

M. Cassar — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 11:11:20 +0000

They must have off-loaded their spin guru. How else can anyone explain their inability to retain a semblance of propriety at least in the public eye?

“Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact” (Thomas Carlyle). Where are you proud switchers?

By: QahbuMalti

QahbuMalti — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:49:26 +0000

In five months Manuel Mallia has managed to destroy the image and morale of the police force. He has managed to undo all the great work done in recent years for the force to earn the respect of the public.

The police force has been busy quashing the John Dalli corruption debacle, providing a catering/waiter service, releasing gangland murder victim bodies before conclusively establishing cause of death, loaning their boats for sunbathing of bikini clad bimbos, favoured assistant police commissioner boating over to Sicily ghal platt ghagin.

What next?

Everyone who comes across a policeman looks at them in a totally different (and poorer) light than before the 9th of March.

Perception is reality. Just ask Joseph.