Comments on: The Frankfurter Allgemeine, one of Germany’s newspapers of record, today runs the headline ‘Criticism of sale of citizenship: “Malta traffics in human beings”

By: Trisha

Trisha — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 15:06:59 +0000

I may have missed it, but has Norman Lowell said anything yet about the sale of Maltese citizenship?

[Daphne – Do we give a damn? I mean, do you actually want him to speak out against it and foul up that side of the fence? Do you wish to share even one view with scum like that?]

By: Jozef

Jozef — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:50:04 +0000

In reply to P Shaw. The man can't even see architecture when it's there, needing plenty of scrollwork and fluted columns to avoid unsettling. Of course he can't think logically.

By: Not Henley and Partners

Not Henley and Partners — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:41:47 +0000

Selling Malta’s citizenship – how the world sees it:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sale-of-Maltese-citizenship-how-the-world-sees-it/176956612500193?ref=ts&fref=ts

By: George

George — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 07:19:55 +0000

One comment from Thomas Feige as translated by Google read like this: “A question of morality …

It is not forbidden to sell the nationality of a country, but I have to ask myself whether the time is well chosen. A moment on the many reports of refugees on Europe’s borders are in the newspapers, of which drown thousands and those who have survived this hell ride will be deported again, and no country would accept them. And just then Malta is small and therefore proclaims “Everyone can help us, € 650,000 per person please.”

By: P Shaw

P Shaw — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:24:07 +0000

Speaking of stupidity and utter nuttiness, the kitten from Malta is theorizing on Facebook that the international press, including those over the Atlantic, is being organized and maneuvered by a certain blogger – whose name is never mentioned. Apparently, this is being done to harm the economy and the country’s image.

Is this guy for real? Did he ever grow up or mature in a normal way?

I never thought I would say this. Kevin’s conspiracy theories pale by comparison.

By: Pied Piper

Pied Piper — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 04:26:44 +0000

Now that Malta is a EU member state and forms part of the Schengen zone, the Maltese passport has become an important and valuable tool to applicants of third world countries.

It is worrying that the whole world is taking the mickey out of our country which is being labelled as prostituting itself for hard cash.

It takes many a year to build up a good reputation but it takes just a very short time to lose it. Our government seems to be more afraid of losing money than of losing face.

The Labour government (Minister Owen Bonnici on last Friday’s Xarabank) is now pinning the blame for this bad publicity on the Opposition; how politically naïve to make this accusation when weeks ago it was government itself that has been advertising the scheme in China.

The international press was eagerly waiting for the scheme to become law in order to spread the news. It did spread like wildfire and it went viral with negative comments by individuals from all parts of the globe.

The die is cast and the damage is done.

The government knows this and it is now trying to make amends by announcing that the anonymity clause will be deleted; the ink has not yet dried up yet the law is already being amended.

One now awaits EU action or action by individual member states.

But, according to Labour, the future beckons.

By: Spock

Spock — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 02:42:38 +0000

I’ve got a feeling that the EU is now rallying its forces to stop this pimping of Maltese passports before it is allowed to take off and cause harm to the Union.

The utter humiliation and degradation that our country is going to suffer as a consequence of these actions will be unbearable. Malta’s name is being dragged through the mud of greed and dishonour…and stupidity.

By: Nik

Nik — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 00:57:12 +0000

Of course there will be consequences, but by then they will have sold passports to those to whom they are beholden and the debt will have been repaid. Moreover, if the new law is struck down because of measures taken in Brussels, Labour’s innate anti-EU stance will kick in, so it’s a win-win situation for these crass opportunists.

By: canon

canon — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 00:44:41 +0000

Joseph Muscat wants to stop the departure of illegal immigrants from Libya so that he can offer them the trip to Europe for 650,000 Euro. He lost all credibility as regards the illegal immigrants.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:52:29 +0000

Based on the Frankfurter Allgemeine report, the shit has hit the fan. The matter was stinking already. Now it’s getting messy.