Comments on: Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando challenged about his underhand deal on Mistra by his party bosses: “I feel unwell.”

By: Jozef

Jozef — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:24:41 +0000

In reply to L Gatt. Simon will be more like himself. The worst to do is a repeat of Labour's Mintoff/Sant analogy. Even because the PN doesn't have to.

By: Dez

Dez — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:25:26 +0000

Pulcinell bil-provi. Kien u ghadu.

By: Denis

Denis — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:47:31 +0000

In reply to Corvo Attano. What good is he doing for the PL , they still however find him good enough to protect.

By: L Gatt

L Gatt — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:30:32 +0000

Gonzi was never a great leader. Did he have vision for Malta? Yes. For the Nationalust Party? NO.

I am pretty sure that Eddie Fenech Adami would have called their bluff. I have seen both PN leaders at work. No comparison.

My hope is that Simon Busuttil (who gives me the feeling that he is a genuine and sincere no-frills man) could grow up to be more like Fenech Adami and less like Gonzi. However he needs a very strong solid team around him to help him plan a winning strategy.

If they play it right, a Nationalist Party victory in five years is not impossibile.

Muscat’s government has been a disaster on all fronts so far, and its future is bleak. A government of “nani e burattini” as they say in Italy. A circus announced by billboards.

Even their people are baffled by these appointments which are surely neither winnig the Labour Party votes nor helping them retain the one the got last time round.

By: Joe Micallef

Joe Micallef — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:05:58 +0000

Gives me the creeps! Too bad this country needed a PN government to lead it through the world financial catastrophe.

Had the PN lost, the moron would have been ostracised for the mutiny and held by all for what he really is. I bet not even the PL would not have picked him up for their skip.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:20:19 +0000

In reply to Angus Black. Surely, 'proven wrong'? He squandered a 12,000-vote majority.

By: Corvo Attano

Corvo Attano — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:57:41 +0000

I sometimes get the awkward feeling that JPO was never a Nationalist but in reality a Labour Trojan horse all the way. I mean, what did he ever do for the benefit of PN?

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:23:28 +0000

In reply to Evarist Saliba.

It is not futile at all, because many Nationalists are still in “kemm kien kbir Gonzi u kemm hu irreplaceable” mode.

In hindsight, we realise Gonzi wasn’t all he was cranked up to be.

And that puts Simon Busuttil in quite another light.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:19:42 +0000

In reply to Jar Jar. "And then they wondered why they got what was coming to them." That phrase should be engraved in gold lettering on granite over the main doorway at the PN headquarters building.

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:12:23 +0000

In reply to Edgar. Running a country in a responsible manner never involves taking unnecessary risks. Dr Gonzi knew what lay ahead of him for the following five years but he also figured out that taking the risk of another Sant administration (had he kicked JPO out) would have been fatal for the Maltese economy. Dr Gonzi chose the hard way forward and was proven right.