Comments on: Comment of the day https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Last Post https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1237027 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:20:21 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1237027 In reply to Mister.

Well done, Vera for a no-frills assessment of the Police Board report.

@Mister: ‘Why are they picking on Taliana so badly? There must be some reason they want to punish him for stopping their prosecution of an innocent man. There is much more to this than meets the eye.’

Daphne has given a few clues in earlier posts concerning Taliana’s relationship to the Minister of Police himself and Saviour Balzan’s irrational onslaught as soon as Taliana arrested the real culprit.

]]> By: AE https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1235481 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:44:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1235481 This is frightening stuff – not just for this poor man Taliana, but for all of us. Besides the absolute absurdity of it all – directing a witch-hunt on the one that got it right instead of posing questions to those who got it wrong – they are about to destroy this man by going though with this.

Someone obviously has another agenda here. Whatever it is, have they not given any thought to the repercussions of destroying this man who by all accounts is an able officer.

He probably has a family to take care of, who are dependant on him. Not only does he stand to lose his career and all the years he has invested in it, but they are planning to press criminal charges against him.

Not only does he risk losing his livelihood but he will have to spend a lot of time, money and energy to defend himself. All this for doing his job right. It is enough for any one to despair.

]]> By: Catsrbest https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1235404 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:44:28 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1235404 In reply to Victor.

Dream on. He is probably afraid he might lose his iced bun.

]]> By: Arturo Mercieca https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1235180 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:05:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1235180 Are you still of the opinion that judge emeritus Franco Depasquale is a “respectable person” (http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/another-member-of-the-police-board-the-police-ministers-friend-client-and-associate-at-the-rent-a-car-association/)?

This is the judge who lamented in his parting address in court prior to retirement that now he will no longer have free newspapers. He is also the judge responsible for the Safi riots enquiry which practically absolved everyone of any responsability. But everyone kept quiet because the colour of the AFM commander at the time is very well known.

He is typical of the choices for the judiciary (and not only) of the Nationalist government: he was selected as a judge as he was a safe pair of hands and not for his industriousness or his juridical knowledge.

He can be expected not to upturn the apple-cart – under any government. And he can be expected to remain chair of the Police Board and supplement his pension (another stratagem of the Nationalist government for select retired members of the judiciary) for many aeons to come.

]]> By: Victor https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1235121 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 17:09:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1235121 In reply to Pink panther.

That is exactly what I was thinking.

If there is anything left of the old Giovanni Bonello, he would be bulldozing the report.

However, I wonder.

I have lost faith completely in everyone.

]]> By: just me https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1235064 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:20:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1235064 He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. – Martin Luther King

]]> By: S.H. Rinke https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1234591 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 10:11:53 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1234591 If this incident had happened elsewhere or in the movies, Inspector Taliana would be hailed as a hardworking hero who did his job very well, and thanks to whom justice could be done.

]]> By: Alexander Ball https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1234513 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 09:12:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1234513 Aren’t official reports, like the government gazette, supposed to be in both official languges?

]]> By: Vagabond king https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1234425 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 07:48:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1234425 I am shocked by Victor Gruppetta’s involvement in this lynching. I always considered him to be a gentleman, but it seems that the potential new business possibilities for his car hire and computer companies were too tempting, and that he values the friendship and support of Manuel Mallia more than his principles.

Shame on you, Victor. You have disappointed all your friends.

]]> By: Mister https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/comment-of-the-day-54/#comment-1234410 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 07:36:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37361#comment-1234410 He is being punished for following his gut feeling and continuing the investigation, even though he was told to stop. The guy should be given a medal instead.

Why are they picking on Taliana so badly? There must be some reason they want to punish him for stopping their prosecution of an innocent man. There is much more to this than meets the eye.

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