Franco Debono had boasted, in those heady days of spewing bile against the party which had unintentionally propelled him to political notoriety, that, “he never embarked on, or was given a task, which he did not successfully conclude and in good time”.

Seven months after his appointment, he starts asking for help from the Chamber of Advocates?

Fil-ghodu jkun (suppost) il-Qorti u fil-ghaxija (ghandi nifhem) ikun l-ufficcju (ma nafx fejn) jipprepara r-revizjoni tal-ligijiet, ecc. Meta jkun irid jiehu ‘break’ minn dax-xoghol kollu, Alla biss jaf fejn ikun. Ghamel habta jghid li se jmur jghix l-Italja.

Mel’allura lil min qed tipprotegi l-Pulizija b’ghassa kontinwa l-gurnata kollha mad-dar tieghu?

All loopholes have now been listed and are duly being used to lighten the load of criminals and get them back on the streets as quickly as possible. There was never a more opportune time to be a criminal lawyer.

Cachink…

He can prepare his report in the form of short poems. Haiku-style. Can even call the report: Law Reform with Almond Blossoms.

Just a suggestion.

After close to seven months one would have thought that something should have materialised. Is Joseph monitoring FD or was his appointment just an iced bun to eat without giving anything back?

He can still strut around Valletta as Law Commissioner, pony on his chest, billing his misfits, checking on his cocks, collecting his new found Labour salary and, Duh, ‘I gotta do some thinking and write a report? Little Joey didn’t say anything about that! Thought he was going to do that’.

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