Comments on: The government doesn’t have an electoral mandate to sell passports

By: Evarist Saliba

Evarist Saliba — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:01:06 +0000

Has it bothered any political party if it introduced measures that were hidden from the electorate in the manifesto that it presented before the election?

Only an educated electorate will teach politicians to abide by their promises.

By: Pavia

Pavia — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:41:43 +0000

How about if the PN starts a drive to collect approximately 30,000 signatures needed to have a referendum on this matter?

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:29:15 +0000

In reply to J. Agius. I so agree!

By: django

django — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:15:49 +0000

You are right, as usual.

And that’s why the Labour started disussing the citizenship issue ahead of the Budget, so that once the electorate would again be presented with a propaganda Budget which taparsi fulfills the most salient electoral promises, the passport issue would again be camouflaged.

By: zunzana

zunzana — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:07:40 +0000

J. Agius, I totally agree with you.

By: We are living in Financial Times

We are living in Financial Times — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:13:24 +0000

The amoral definition of exclusivity: “it’s a big world, you had it first.”

Context: two contracts of exclusivity issued in quick succession to competitors – one secretly.

It’s the non-secretive one that “enjoys” the marketing costs.

By: J. Agius

J. Agius — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:24:15 +0000

We really should be out on the street protesting against the sale of our passports.

By: Peritocracy

Peritocracy — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:20:03 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter. Now, now, Baxxter. That's might be true, but it's more doom and gloom than anyone can stomach on a wet autumn evening.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 01:00:18 +0000

In reply to Dissident.

That’s assuming that Labour won’t be in power after 2018. The way things are going, it looks like Joseph Muscat will be PM well into the 2020s and 30s. (Goodness, we’ve already eaten into the best part of the new century. You’re getting old, H.P.)

Twenty years is as safe an investment as anything.

I mean we’ll all be China’s slaves after 2040 anyway. No passports then. Just chips instead of collars.

By: Dissident

Dissident — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:36:16 +0000

The PN should put up a website to hinder this make it clear that once they are back in government, all passports will be immediately revoked with no exceptions. No one would invest that money on an exipiry date package.