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	Comments on: Senior official at the Office of the Prime Minister admits that the government has hinged its budget on selling Maltese citizenship	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: The Phoenix		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Phoenix]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This guy Mario Farrugia Borg is a Ghaddafi lover par excellence. I quote from his letter to the times dated 29.12.2009, called: The Libya I have grown to love.

&lt;em&gt;&quot;Now, one can easily say, &quot;Ah! But you are not African, you are not black! You never stayed at a detention centre!&quot; That is right, but even so, Africans being treated in the manner described in this article is in total contrast to Libyan Leader Mu&#039;ammar Gaddafi&#039;s dreams and hopes for Africa, and to the Libyan government&#039;s policies on Africa, not to mention that racist behaviour is in total contradiction to the religion of Islam.

We in Malta are not very much aware of the great efforts being done by Colonel Gaddafi in respect of the African Union. And emigration out of Africa is a big issue for Colonel Gaddafi - he is totally against it! He believes that Africans should stay in Africa, thus avoiding a brain drain. I myself have heard him deliver speeches to this effect. The unity of the African continent is Gaddafi&#039;s goal, one Africa, one people, one economy, one army. Colonel Gaddafi at present holds the African Union presidency.&quot;
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This guy has invented himself as some kind of Revolutionary now, when all he did in the war was hide and drink coffee. he only came out when the coast was clear, along with his mates from the Islamic Call Society  in Paola, all of whom were fronts for Musa Kusa in Malta.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This guy Mario Farrugia Borg is a Ghaddafi lover par excellence. I quote from his letter to the times dated 29.12.2009, called: The Libya I have grown to love.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Now, one can easily say, &#8220;Ah! But you are not African, you are not black! You never stayed at a detention centre!&#8221; That is right, but even so, Africans being treated in the manner described in this article is in total contrast to Libyan Leader Mu&#8217;ammar Gaddafi&#8217;s dreams and hopes for Africa, and to the Libyan government&#8217;s policies on Africa, not to mention that racist behaviour is in total contradiction to the religion of Islam.</p>
<p>We in Malta are not very much aware of the great efforts being done by Colonel Gaddafi in respect of the African Union. And emigration out of Africa is a big issue for Colonel Gaddafi &#8211; he is totally against it! He believes that Africans should stay in Africa, thus avoiding a brain drain. I myself have heard him deliver speeches to this effect. The unity of the African continent is Gaddafi&#8217;s goal, one Africa, one people, one economy, one army. Colonel Gaddafi at present holds the African Union presidency.&#8221;<br />
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This guy has invented himself as some kind of Revolutionary now, when all he did in the war was hide and drink coffee. he only came out when the coast was clear, along with his mates from the Islamic Call Society  in Paola, all of whom were fronts for Musa Kusa in Malta.</p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think I read somewhere that Mario Farrugia Borg is a Labour MEP candidate.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I read somewhere that Mario Farrugia Borg is a Labour MEP candidate.</p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399889&quot;&gt;Antoine Vella&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes, Antoine, the &#039;lack of consultation&#039; relates to the scheme, specifically the &quot;problematic&quot; aspect of the scheme that &quot;entitles new citizens to travel in the EU and get access to the rest of the Schengen area...&quot;

You deserve 783,000 slaps on the face for being so dim-witted.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399889">Antoine Vella</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, Antoine, the &#8216;lack of consultation&#8217; relates to the scheme, specifically the &#8220;problematic&#8221; aspect of the scheme that &#8220;entitles new citizens to travel in the EU and get access to the rest of the Schengen area&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>You deserve 783,000 slaps on the face for being so dim-witted.</p>
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		By: Antoine Vella		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Antoine Vella]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399370&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Kev,  the &quot;lack of consultation&quot; refers to the whole scheme - the &quot;Maltese decision&quot; - and not to each individual citizenship sold.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399370">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Kev,  the &#8220;lack of consultation&#8221; refers to the whole scheme &#8211; the &#8220;Maltese decision&#8221; &#8211; and not to each individual citizenship sold.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399326&quot;&gt;WhoamI?&lt;/a&gt;.

Why does Joseph seem to be in love with all his appointees? What&#039;s going on here?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399326">WhoamI?</a>.</p>
<p>Why does Joseph seem to be in love with all his appointees? What&#8217;s going on here?</p>
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		By: La Redoute		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How tall, er, short is Farrugia Borg? OPM meetings must look like dinnertime at Snow White&#039;s.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How tall, er, short is Farrugia Borg? OPM meetings must look like dinnertime at Snow White&#8217;s.</p>
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		By: La Redoute		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La Redoute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399602&quot;&gt;Edward Caruana Galizia&lt;/a&gt;.

No, the tourism campaign was meant to be during the Tunisian uprising.

During the Libyan campaign, Muscat said we should be careful because it wasn&#039;t certain that Gaddafi wouldn&#039;t remain in power.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/12/senior-official-at-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-admits-that-the-government-has-hinged-its-budget-on-selling-maltese-citizenship/#comment-1399602">Edward Caruana Galizia</a>.</p>
<p>No, the tourism campaign was meant to be during the Tunisian uprising.</p>
<p>During the Libyan campaign, Muscat said we should be careful because it wasn&#8217;t certain that Gaddafi wouldn&#8217;t remain in power.</p>
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		By: Edward Caruana Galizia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Caruana Galizia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The man blatantly lied in that article on more than one occasion too. 

&quot;The budget panicked them. It was a budget that surprised even those who do not traditionally support Labour. So when the IIP was announced, the Nationalists acted like a drowning man clutching at a straw.&quot;

It was the other way round. First we heard about the scheme and then we heard about the budget. 


&quot;But these are not the real issues for the Nationalists, so it looks like the many shenanigans which happened during the seventies and eighties are set to happen again. &quot;- That&#039;s quite an allegation.


&quot;On the other hand, Labour in Opposition supported the Nationalist Party in power &quot; 

Seriously? 


&quot;During the Libyan crisis, Joseph Muscat, as Leader of the Opposition, supported Prime Minister Gonzi and indeed helped him in the interest of Malta.&quot;

Wasn&#039;t Muscat&#039;s advice something to do with unleashing a tourism marketing campaign?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The man blatantly lied in that article on more than one occasion too. </p>
<p>&#8220;The budget panicked them. It was a budget that surprised even those who do not traditionally support Labour. So when the IIP was announced, the Nationalists acted like a drowning man clutching at a straw.&#8221;</p>
<p>It was the other way round. First we heard about the scheme and then we heard about the budget. </p>
<p>&#8220;But these are not the real issues for the Nationalists, so it looks like the many shenanigans which happened during the seventies and eighties are set to happen again. &#8220;- That&#8217;s quite an allegation.</p>
<p>&#8220;On the other hand, Labour in Opposition supported the Nationalist Party in power &#8221; </p>
<p>Seriously? </p>
<p>&#8220;During the Libyan crisis, Joseph Muscat, as Leader of the Opposition, supported Prime Minister Gonzi and indeed helped him in the interest of Malta.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wasn&#8217;t Muscat&#8217;s advice something to do with unleashing a tourism marketing campaign?</p>
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		By: A		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Which reminds me - what point are we at on the citizenship scheme? Have we all already forgotten that it is a law and citizenship is being sold?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Which reminds me &#8211; what point are we at on the citizenship scheme? Have we all already forgotten that it is a law and citizenship is being sold?</p>
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		By: Osservatore		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[His statement is not so much an admission that the budget hinges on the IIP as it is a veiled threat.

Should the IIP fall through, we will all be made to pay dearly in future budgets. Needless to say, government will be able to place the blame squarely on the PN&#039;s shoulders.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>His statement is not so much an admission that the budget hinges on the IIP as it is a veiled threat.</p>
<p>Should the IIP fall through, we will all be made to pay dearly in future budgets. Needless to say, government will be able to place the blame squarely on the PN&#8217;s shoulders.</p>
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