Comments on: Joseph Muscat: says he wants to sell passports to “attract talent” and then sells them for money, not talent

By: Natalie Mallett

Natalie Mallett — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:44:03 +0000

By the end of this five year legislature the Labour Party is going to be so poor, all it will have to boast about is money and corruption.

What a difference from the previous 25 years of PN leadership. The only corruption and shame they had to endure is now lying in the Labour Party skip.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 02:13:31 +0000

Joseph Muscat says he wants to sell Maltese passports to talented individuals, but he doesn’t want to publicise the names of those individuals.

How exactly are we going to benefit from the association of Malta’s name with the name of talented persons if their identity is not disclosed?

By: corvo attano

corvo attano — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:04:07 +0000

If I won the grand lottery tonight would Joe classify me as talented?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:04:46 +0000

Moneytocracy?

By: seriously?!?!

seriously?!?! — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:37:39 +0000

Does he honestly think that the kind of people who are going to be buying a Maltese passport have any interest in setting up in Malta or lending their apparent ‘intelligence’ for the good of the Maltese? Is he THAT stupid? The only reason they would go down this route is that it allows them to continue live permanently in London and travel freely to the USA.

And what do you think the UK and US government will have to say about this when the shit hits the fan and someone who enters their country with a Maltese ‘bought’ passport causes some problems later down the line?

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:19:16 +0000

So Emmanuel Mallia must be very talented. Because he has a lot of cash.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:18:54 +0000

In reply to Kid inhi din.. Beautiful comment.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:42:38 +0000

In reply to Kevin.

La Redoute, that is not in dispute.

I did not appreciate the mockery I interpreted in the statement by M. The story has nothing to do with the “talent” that Muscat is trying to attract. As you said, the Chinese value life and family.

Also, aside from the tragic side to it, there is a possible cultural albeit completely alien explanation – the possibility that this youth jumped so as not to lose face given the significantly important role of a teacher in China (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24381946).

By: Evarist Saliba

Evarist Saliba — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:36:30 +0000

An analysis that should be taken on board by the intellectuals who have supported Joseph Muscat and worked hard to present him to the Maltese electorate as the epitome of essential and positive change.

By: Kid inhi din.

Kid inhi din. — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:30:49 +0000

Muscat is doing what Muscat does best: selling a pipedream via a teleprompter.