Plus 50% surcharge on top of the fee`s for fast tracking.

That is faster tracking than the scheduled 12 weeks.

Who would pay a 50% surcharge to fast track a 12-week procedure?

The applicant would be vetted by the same company, Henley, who are paid to do the vetting by the government of Malta.

Henley has a monoply of sourcing the applicants, vetting the applicants and recommending the applicants for citizenship, i.e. a Malta/EU passport.

1. Henley should highlight an appropriate disclaimer notifying the applicants that their passport/citizenship can be nullified in the future.

2. Henley can simultaneously assure the applicants that their full `investment` and fee`s will be re-imbursed by Henley in the event of the government of Malta nullifying the process.

3. The Nationalist Party has declared that this whole process shall be nullified, so will they please log a legal position stating that this is the case and that Henley shall be liable for the applicants consequential costs and not the tax payers of Malta.

4. Most European Union countries have a wide variety of residency schemes which generally, after 5 years, allow the individual to apply for citizenship without any certainty that it will be granted. Some countries have reduced this to 3 years if there is genuine investment of a substantial sum, for example in the UK this is an investment of GBP10 million in UK government bonds.

This raises a number of questions.

1. What exactly is “our religion” which ‘they’ want to take away? I know there are a number of Catholics (nominal and/or practising). But can we still be described as Malta Catolicissima?

2. To what religion will those applying to buy Maltese citizenship show allegiance?

3. Will it be a condition that one has to be of the same religious persuasion as many Maltese if his application is to be successful?

4. Has “making a lot of money by any good or bad means” become a form of religion acceptable to and conformable with “OUR religion”?

I agree totally.

The concept itself is also a problem. I really find it difficult to swallow that the passport of a hitherto fairly respectable country can be up for sale – with discounts for bulk to boot.

I can assure you that the damage has been done already. I live in an EU member state other than Malta and work in this business.

I am repeatedly being told that Malta is turning into a tax haven and that unless one wants to attract the attention of one’s home tax department, then better steer clear. It was not the case six months ago. Extremely worrying.

Spot on David, too much damage will be done to the country, it will be too late in four years time. ACT NOW.

This clause refers to the Contribution Option which implies there are other options. We obviously do not have the full picture here.

Simon knows full well that “stomping” his feet abroad would further highlight and compound the now almost irreparable damage to Malta’s image. We have spent over 20 years trying to convince the world we are not an offshore tax haven. Clearly the people in government were toeing a different line.

This is where the problem lies. The industry and clients see this as a huge faux pas but EZL in the video sees this as the next big thing since sliced bread.

The reason is simple, a criminal lawyer, two glorified village lawyers and their brave leader’s exposure to what they think is financial services consisted in helping one or two shady client relocate their wives, set up a seedy company or offer nominee services. Mur ghidilhom li the type of clients we are after and that they will scare away with this scheme pay €30m in taxes (at even if at 5%) each, every year.

If you elect hard-headed cabbages you will be left with a cabbage-patch.

He should go abroad on a mission to make everyone aware about this stupid proposal and get the Europeans, the Americans and just about every Faustian alien to wreck total havoc on this dastardly plan to sell (and so cheaply too) the little that makes us, us.

I just don’t care if he stamps his feet or puts his foot down; what is important is that this institutionalized nonsense is stopped altogether.

For the Opposition to say “I’ll revoke later” is just lazy, means absolutely nothing and doesn’t address the very serious problem that’s being created by some irresponsible idiot whose name has yet to be made known.