Comments on: What a great day for Muscat to land in the United States to sell citizenship. Just look at all the newspaper coverage greeting him there today.

By: I'm impressed

I'm impressed — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:29:35 +0000

In reply to Augustus. Tajba ta'veru.

By: Malti Pur

Malti Pur — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:27:54 +0000

I am afraid of having a referendum on this subject. I think that the question will not be if one is in favour or against. But rather they will give two options or variants of the current scheme. But there will be none to reject the sale. And definitely it will not be in lines of what PN wants. That would essentially mean that PN will not have grounds to repeal it when in power as it cannot go against the people wish. Like the EU referendum. There would even be no point in pushing for a protest vote, by not voting, as that would mean loosing the right to choose and referendum would need 51% of the valid cast votes.

By: Evarist Saliba

Evarist Saliba — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:24:06 +0000

This reminds me of the occasion when I had to chair an investment seminar in Zurich, organised by UNIDO, the Swiss Office for Development and Trade, the Malta Development Corporation, the Bank of Valletta and the Embassy of Malta in Geneva, which I headed, on 17 October 1979.

The international press on that day was prominently reporting the burning of the Times of Malta and the attack on the family and residence of the Leader of the Opposition, Eddie Fenech Adami, by Mintoff’s supporters two days earlier.

It took all my diplomatic experience and the cooperation of one guest to elicit some reaction from the audience.

By: Augustus

Augustus — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:03:24 +0000

Il-PL kien jaghmel iktar success kieku fetah pastizzerija, ghax zgur m’hawn hadd go Malta li jaf jaghmel qassatat ahjar minnhom.

By: gan bello

gan bello — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:16:13 +0000

Perhaps he should go with the twins to Disneyland. The Prime Minister is doing all this work to ease the burdens from the shoulders of the taxpayer. We will forgive him if he has some fun with his twins in between at the expense of the taxpayer. Why shouldn’t we?

By: Manuel

Manuel — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:59:22 +0000

In reply to unhappy.

If a referendum is held, the PM will win outright. That is what he is aiming at. Like Daphne says, he relies on the ignorance of thousands of gullible supporters, even of those in their 50s who are supposedly “well-educated”.

Many people in Malta, when referendums are held, vote not on principles but on popularity.

Besides, like Daphne herself noted, the question for the referendum will be formulated by Dr. Muscat himself. Therefore he will play again on the shallowness of many of his supporters. He does not want them to think: just vote for his “sale”.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:50:35 +0000

As for those who leave comments accusing the PN of orchestrating this opposition together with the world media, I can only express myself through this short video:

http://vitaminl.tv/video/885?ref=fbs

By: vic

vic — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:34:19 +0000

“postponed . . . following massive outcry . . .”
But that word “MASSIVE” did not come from Simon Busuttil.

By: TROY

TROY — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:11:57 +0000

and the president signed it. (Benedict Arnold)

By: unhappy

unhappy — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:46:41 +0000

Must repeal the law once and for all – you cannot legalize an immorality.