Daphne – I’m sorry, but I haven’t looked well enough into this whole palaver.

I was obviously deluding myself when assuming that there could be a microscopic quantity of decency within the Labour Party. Compare that to:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/06/theresa-may-great-club-uk-visa-service-launch

Daphne, I am assuming that these people will be sold citizenship on condition that they are based in Malta in which case they should be able to vote.

[Daphne – Oh for heaven’s sake, Joe, haven’t you been following anything at all? Why do you assume that when it has been spelled out loudly and clearly, and been discussed endlessly on this very website and everywhere else, that all that is required is a single cash payment with no requirement for residency or an address in Malta?]

This all boils down to highly irregular dealings. And this makes us all responsible to allow such an act. This should be fought out with all the possible means.
If the government had any good intentions they would have chosen a very transparent method. The Government is avoiding transparency which means that irregular persons want a passport and freedom of movement. But what I am worried about is not the actual granting of a passport, it is the concealing of a notorious identity roaming around, that is what is really worrying. I wonder if they are actually intending to create false identities to avoid being stopped in other ports of entry.

I did not mention revocation. However, giving people citizenship also means giving them the right to vote which is a governmental ploy to accumulate voters.

[Daphne – No, it doesn’t give them the right to vote, as you yourself should know. You have a Maltese passport, but have lived in England for decades, and don’t have the right to vote in Maltese elections.]

In theory, Identity Malta should have a list of all those persons to whom a Maltese passport was issued under the Maltese Citizenship Prostitution Scam. Presumably, Identity Malta officers will be held responsible if they cannot produce such a list.

If names of holders are maliciously dropped from such a list, it means that any Maltese passport in the possession of those holders would be considered illegal, and can lead to arrest or prosecution.

In practice, for the purpose of revocation, such list is not necessary.

Once a new government revokes all passports sold, it would be interesting to see who of the secret holders of such passports would be willing to disclose their identity in the courts and under the scrutiny of the media.

We don’t. It is money laundering pure and simple.

Bona fide investors are allowed all over the world as is evidenced by the marked increase in Arab and Chinese investment across Europe and the States.

If the government really wanted it to be above board it would have delegated the due diligence to the MFSA which has ample tools at its disposal it check the legitimacy of the individual applying for the passport.

it would have published the names of the individuals who so purchased a Maltese passport.

It would allow itself to be transparent and accountable.

It is not, hence it indicates that the money will be dirty.

And that’s why it costs just Eur650,000. Labour know it will be revoked at a point in time. Which makes issuing the passport in the first place fraudulent as it is issued in bad faith.

[Daphne – No, I think the pricing has been done on the basis of ‘price ’em low and sell ’em fast’. It wants money quickly.]

Which is why it can also be revoked. It is ordinary law. It is a change in the Constitution that needs 2/3 majority.