Comments on: GUEST POST: On secrecy and the mini-revolt in Labour’s parliamentary group

By: Silvio Farrugia

Silvio Farrugia — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:50:16 +0000

Daphne were you ”skeptical of government” before or you ALWAYS praised it to high heavens ?
This country is pathetic ,even the supposedly intelligent ones.

[Daphne – You are quite obviously not a regular reader.]

By: Niku

Niku — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:23:48 +0000

In reply to Joseph Vassallo-Agius. Maybe the police commissioner can Investigate who called who first.

By: Tabatha White

Tabatha White — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:19:41 +0000

In reply to Watchful eye. I would tend to agree.

By: Edward

Edward — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:25:45 +0000

I think Marlene’s statement of being against it but voting for it none the less was an emotive statement made to stir up some sort of sense of duty towards Muscat and show those who were actually against it that there is a way of reconciling your opinion about the whole scheme with voting in favour of it anyway.

In other words it was bullshit.

By: Watchful eye

Watchful eye — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:10:30 +0000

I just do not believe anything of what they are now saying.

The law is as it is now, signed off by the president, complete with the secrecy clause.

By: Makjavel

Makjavel — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:04:49 +0000

In reply to La Redoute. Totally right.The promised land has been given to those that were on the initial list . These will have their citizenship under the black cloak and we will never find out who they are unless caught out by European Passport control.

By: Felix

Felix — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:38:53 +0000

Mini-revolt or not they are all accomplices. They all voted for it. It’s not just the Prime Minister now. They are all disgusting amateurs, arrogant, and visionless. This is gass down gol-hajt worse than expected.

By: Ghoxrin Punt

Ghoxrin Punt — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:10:42 +0000

It takes parliament, not government action, to remove the secrecy clause.

So when is it going to be discussed, or more importantly, is it going to be discussed?

Or has Joseph Muscat done what he usually does and lied in the hope that people will think that once he said it, it is true?

I trust that the press will pick this up and follow it through.

As for all the other Labour parliamentarians, miskom tisthu, imbasta hafna paroli, imbaghad thallu qrempucc jwaqghakom ghan-nejk

By: curious

curious — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:47:13 +0000

In reply to Joseph Vassallo-Agius. He didn't change his mind. He was forced to do something to calm the waters for a while.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:39:16 +0000

Muscat didn’t change his mind. He has bought himself enough time to sneak in the 50-60 new citizens he said are already lined up. Under the current law, their names needn’t be published.

The criteria for the due diligence tests haven’t been finalised yet, so we can safely assume that these 50-60 applicants will not be subjected to any sort of test.