It will not be worth the risk for such people to expose themselves. Rest assured that their gratitude will not be reciprocated with a simple first preference.

Sure, there will be elections every five years; but what and who will keep the government in check? The media won’t be enough since freedom of speech ultimately depends on the strength of the rule of law.

The rule of law in Malta is already weak as it is – we’re in for a bumpy ride.

Without institutional safeguards things can only get worse.

Vote for what?

These people will have no interest to vote.

They will just use their ill-gotten billions to keep the PL in power to maintain the status quo.

This is a small country with a pathetic, semi literate electorate, only interested in what they can pilfer from politics and politicians.

It only takes a few million euros to swing the vote.

I’m not at all eloquent but this should give some more food for thought:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F

Is there no real democratic solution to stop this citizenship sale madness? No legal means of slowing down the process so as to make it eventually worthless to any Individual Investing in himself (and extended family)?

I would have hoped that being part of the EU would allow ANY substantial minority of a member country some way to apply the brakes, or even hopefully stop such a mess from becoming a reality.

I really hope that some enlightened legal brain(s) can come up with a realistic solution that us mere mortals have not the IQ to figure out.

Ha ndardruha ftit iktar, u l-Eu ha titfana l-barra mill-Klubb.

Just a humble prediction. Not a remote possibility.

My fear is that the EU will find a way to penalise us for this. Third states certainly will: there’s nothing to stop the US and others from introducing restrictions on Maltese passport holders.

Of course they are going to sell Maltese passports! They are putting pressure on the EU, I agree with you, but not to burden share the illegal immigration problem.

They are putting pressure on the EU to throw us out of the union, then the labour party will not be blamed for taking us out of the European Union but the EU itself will do it for them.

What will happen to the scheme then? Who will want to buy a Maltese passport without the EU membership and without the freedom to enter the USA without a visa once they remove that agreement as well.

That is the reason why they are so cheap. It’s a quick bargain while stocks last scheme.

[Daphne – Stocks can never run out. All you do is print more.]

Pluribus, I respect your opinion.

I think it holds as much water as an old rusty sieve.

As I have said before. As long as the entire operation is not above board, transparent and open to scrutiny by Parliament and the Maltese public, it will stink of corruption.

It already does and is destined to sink for evermore into an abyss of filth.

Tonio Fenech’s clock will be the laugh of the twentyfirst century when compared to the millions of euros that will potentially disappear into thin air as a result of this obnoxious and obscene project.

We will never know will we?