Comments on: What did you expect? With Labour in power, rabid Laburist Carol Peralta is on a high. That’s why he felt he could throw party in his courtroom.

By: Silvio farrugia

Silvio farrugia — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 23:17:00 +0000

I am happy that maybe it can be done. One of my reasons for voting for E.U. entry was because of abuse of power in this country and that it will be great to cut these kind of people down to size.

There are many examples of past arrogance and abuse of power. A ‘little’ incident I remember was when a news photographer was in a private home (with the consent of the owner) taking photos of the old St Luke’s chimney giving out black smoke. The police went in and stopped him.

It seems to me that in Malta we never really had a sense of what real democracy is, like saying “attack fuq” when somebody is criticized.

Then there is the crass ignorance that if one criticizes one side one is automatically labelled as being with the opposite side. Do you believe that we still have a long way to go, Daphne?

[Daphne – Of course I do. The problem is socio-cultural and it takes a long, long time to change that. People actually think that Malta should be different, that the real democracy in other countries is somehow unsuited to our purposes.]

By: Silvio farrugia

Silvio farrugia — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:33:48 +0000

May I ask you, Daphne, please, if is it possible for the journalist who was arrested to take his case to the European Court?

[Daphne – Yes, I believe so, though there are others more qualified to explain who might be reading this. The thing is that he would first have to exhaust his options in Malta and that means the Constitutional Court here.]

By: Jozef

Jozef — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:27:43 +0000

In reply to Gahan.

http://www.maltarightnow.com/?module=news&at=L%2DOppo%26%23380%3Bizzjoni+lesta+tag%26%23295%3Bti+l%2Dappo%26%23289%3B%26%23289%3B+tag%26%23295%3Bha+fil%2DParlament+biex+Dr+Carol+Peralta+jitne%26%23295%3B%26%23295%3Ba+minn+Ma%26%23289%3Bistrat&t=a&aid=99853045&cid=19

By: janeff

janeff — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:31:28 +0000

I had thought that circuses were banned in Malta. I was wrong.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:10:50 +0000

In reply to Paul. No, this time it was the Gozo Ministry.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:43:43 +0000

Was the catering for the party provided by the police, perhaps?

By: Gahan

Gahan — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:01:35 +0000

What would the PN do if it were in government?

It would try to impeach Peralta.

If it does not do so in Opposition, it would be an accomplice in this whole sordid affair.

By: John Abela

John Abela — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:56:44 +0000

If I am not mistaken, a motion to impeach a member of the judiciary can only be tabled in Parliament by the Prime Minister on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Commission on the Administration of Justice, typically the President of the Republic.

You will surely recall that Lawrence Gonzi was in this same uncomfortable position when the case of Ray Pace broke. He could not proceed with the impeachment motion straight away. Ray Pace had resigned.

By: edgar

edgar — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:15:31 +0000

If the Opposition does not bring a motion for the magistrate’s impeachment they shall lose all the good work that they did in the last months..

People expect so much from the PN and there is absolutely no reason whey they should not take action this time.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:44:27 +0000

Yes, but why should we expect the Opposition to bring a motion for a magistrate’s impeachment?

These legal professionals stick together like hyenas, and the Nationalist Party is chock-a-block with lawyers. Besides, in true Maltese Catholic tradition, the Law is suspended to give way to good cheer and that ghastly l-Istrina during the Christmas season.

Ho ho ho, and the screw the ordinary citizen.