Comments on: The Maltese have had to work like dogs for decades to change a disreputable image as shifty, shady wheeler-dealers who can’t be trusted. And now this. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:16:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1325316 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:16:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1325316 In reply to George Grech.

In there it says:

“The program is planned to be operational for initial pilot cases by 1 November 2013.”

So that’s the time-frame within which the government is working.

]]> By: Dave https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323342 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:03:16 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323342 All work done to date to shed misperceptions about Malta is being undone alarmingly quickly and seemingly quite deliberately. So far all I can see at the end of the Rowdmap is queuing at immigration and feeling ashamed to own up to being Maltese.

]]> By: hmm https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323340 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:02:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323340 Do these passports come with the right to vote?

[Daphne – Only if the holders are registered at an address in Malta.]

]]> By: Tracy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323263 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:52:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323263 Is Franco Debono still concerned about oligarchies and meritocracies?

I doubt that. Having been given what he longed for, his mind is at rest.

But what would happen to him if in 5 years’ time there’s a change in government ?

]]> By: Victor https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323262 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:52:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323262 In reply to George Grech.

Definitely not. They are ‘partners in crime’ in driving Malta to the exact opposite of that review.

But re-writing a review is a very small price to pay in comparison to the goodies they will be receiving.

]]> By: Oscar the Wilde https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323056 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:31:47 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323056 In reply to La Redoute.

I didn’t either sir, but I’m afraid, as a nation we did.

And now we are all paying the price.

]]> By: il busu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323045 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:18:21 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323045 In reply to Oscar the Wilde.

I thank God that he made intelligent enough not to vote Labour.

After only seven months in government Muscat is proving to be a major embarrassment to us all.

]]> By: George Grech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323029 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:58:11 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323029 https://www.henleyglobal.com/countries/malta/

Will this review be valid in a couple of years time?

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1323027 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:57:49 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1323027 Isn’t it ironic that one MP in the previous legislature accused the former government of constituting an ‘oligarchy,’ when Malta is now bound to become a citizenship base for oligarchs from the most shady parts of the world, over whom we will have no control.

]]> By: We are living in Financial Times https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/the-maltese-have-had-to-work-like-dogs-for-decades-to-change-a-reputation-as-shifty-shady-wheeler-dealers-who-cant-be-trusted-and-now-this/#comment-1322993 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:32:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=39042#comment-1322993 How many dictators, for one, will be availing themselves of this option in case they may one day need another passport?

What name will they give?

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