Comments on: Michael Lucas of Henley & Partners says in private emails about Malta’s sale of citizenship programme and Government-Opposition discussion on changes: “We are doing all we can to ensure that any proposed changes will have minimal impact on the viability of the Programme.”

By: rpacebonello

rpacebonello — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 18:16:13 +0000

Michael Lucas, you should send a memo to the finance minister giving him your company’s name. Your company must have had a field day working with this bunch.

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 01:20:59 +0000

In reply to It all Stinks. They can't. It's pay back time for services rendered for the electoral campaign. Unless we, the Maltese citizens, do everything in our power to stop this horrendous scheme, the corrupt Labour government has no option but to let it happen. Debts have to be honoured.

By: It all Stinks

It all Stinks — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:17:36 +0000

The viability of the programme – huh. Viable for whom? Henleys of course. They were so pleased with themselves to have had this all wrapped up. That they had sold it to the government and found Government officials so gullible, corrupt or both to go along with their scheme to make themselves millions at the expense of Malta’s reputation.

So ARMS will earn 50% of the fees of their own clients – and this only when the application is successful. So they get the find the client, do all the work and only share 50% of the fees, if the application is successful.

And the gall of it – they are asking for professional restraint – when they were the ones to market this before it even was law even offering to fast track applications if they were paid more.

If the Government is to salvage any form of credibility in this mess, they should get rid of these mercenaries now.

By: Mikiel

Mikiel — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:46:08 +0000

There seems to be some major communication problem between our minister for finance and Henley & Co. Dawn jafu x’hinumha jaghmlu jew.

By: Last Post

Last Post — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:36:57 +0000

“We are doing all we can to ensure that any proposed changes will have minimal impact on the viability of the Programme.”

And yet, government officials insist that Henley & Co have no conflict of interest in being the seller and the evaluator (based on “our own due diligence formalities”) of the IIP scheme.

Shame on you JM and all the Lejber pimps and lackeys.

By: Rumplestiltskin

Rumplestiltskin — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:39:11 +0000

“Our goal is to be in a position to submit completed applications to the Government as early as late December/early January.”

So efficient aren’t they? They write this on the 29 November. So much for ‘the most thorough due diligence process’ promised.

By: tinnat

tinnat — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 12:50:38 +0000

In reply to Edward Caruana Galizia. why?

By: Tabatha White

Tabatha White — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:45:34 +0000

When the scam artist is discovered in a scam, it is renegotiated. Always. Important to remember that the scam remains a scam and that the party engaging in a renegotiation will only discover that the scam has continued despite the original renegotiation. What the scam artist is doing is buying time so that the original scam is then modified and kept from the table. The scam continues in the dark.

Anyone who negotiates with a scam artist is the loser for it.

It sometimes takes 15 years to get the full measure of just one of the artists scams. And a perspective on all that has been ground into oblivion by sabotage. Sabotage happens by the scam artist himself because the emphasis is on the scam benefits and not the true objectives that they are masked under.

The scam artist shrugs off negative media coverage. It forms part of the elements necessary to his act.If it was pristine there would be no space for con manoevering. Once he has achieved the position of power there is no real threat to that position, unless there is a rebellion within his own pyramids that refuses to be quashed.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:05:46 +0000

In reply to Jozef. Perhaps this Michael Lucas cares to explain what it is he's doing.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:01:31 +0000

‘We are doing all we can to ensure that any proposed changes will have minimal impact on the viability of the Programme’

Which implies Henley and Partners are now effectively piloting this government in ongoing discussions in parliament.

Or better, they’re doing everything to force this sham through notwithstanding the electorate.

Vote Labour get Henley.