And here’s another Laburista who doesn’t understand the basic underpinnings of democracy
Like so many other Laburisti in public and private life, Marlene Mizzi seeks to use the tools of democracy for undemocratic means, primarily those of shutting people up when they say things that the Laburisti don’t like to hear, or which they think are not to their advantage.
Freedom of expression = your freedom to say things which Laburisti like Marlene Mizzi approve of.
Just listen to the lady go. Vroom vroom vroom. The Opposition are rallying people in protest against the gas storage unit in Marsaxlokk. How shocking. Can’t have that, can we?
Shame we can’t send out Peter Paul Zammit and his thug-police, backed up by an army of Labour thugs from civilian society, to break up the demonstration. But perhaps the European Commission will stop it? The European Union has a long and great history of declaring popular demonstrations illegal. Ask the French, who only last week flooded the Louvre with sheep.
The Malta Independent reports:
Labour MEP Marlene Mizzi has asked the European Commission whether it agrees that a “democratic Opposition has an obligation to be objective on important matters such as providing clean energy and reducing energy costs for residents, factories, hotels and businesses”.
“This scaremongering goes beyond fair democratic criticism and hinders government policy to clean energy at a lower cost,” Ms Mizzi said in her European Parliament Question (EPQ)
Ms Mizzi also asked the Commission if it is aware that the Opposition “is rallying residents around the port of Marsaxlokk in protest against the stationing of a gas storage tanker in the port”.
In another EPQ, Ms Mizzi asked the Commission if it is aware that the “Opposition in Malta is putting pressure on the government not to issue an amnesty to all those who have defrauded the Maltese energy supplier if they pay back what they owe, plus interest and a fine, and disclose crimes committed by energy officials”.
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http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-04-06/news/lng-terminal-pl-mep-asks-ec-if-pn-opposition-is-being-democratic-in-its-criticism-4517232641/
The EU is well versed in handling the less intelligent MEPs, largely by letting them have their democratic say and then ignoring them.
And in Australia:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/colleagues-told-dob-in-political-web-posts/story-fni0cx12-1226875635588
“Whether it’s being democratic in its criticism”. What? Is she implying therefore that democracy implies NO criticism? God help us.
I suppose she could always ask the European Commission if they still agree with the flogging of citizenship by the regime she represents, while she’s at it.
My wife commented that Marlene Mizzi might be better off going back to her toy shop and actually playing with some of the Early Learning Centre toys she sells, in the hope of developing better mental faculties.
Marlene Mizzi, oh dear. In one fell swoop she violates the mantra Laburista not to air our dirty linen outside Malta (“mal-barranin”) and all the while informing the whole of Europe that Malta under Labour is totalitarian. How incredibly stupid some people are.
Did she come up with all this by herself?
Look at the photo – she has not brought anything up in a long time
You wicked people, you.
A terribly vapid woman
Some intelligent person in the Labour movement should gently point out to this LP MEP that these wrong questions create a very poor impression about HER own democratic credentials not about the credentials of the Nationalist Party opposition. She gives the impression of a stage performance aimed at her local Malta audience not a European one.
An idiot is an idiot, with all that it entails, and no amount of book learning will ever rectify this, even if s/he holds 5 degrees. There is nothing that can be done about it, except, perhaps cringe with embarrassment.
If she paid more attention to her official duties she might not only know how many MEPs there are but also what subjects fall within the EU’s remit. With good fortune she will fail to be re-elected in May.
By her own questions (li huma tal-misthija) she is confirming that the Opposition believes in democracy, while she does not.
I say let her continue to make a fool of herself.
MEPs can’t imagine how ridiculous they look when they bring up petty partisan politics at a European level. New MEPs generally do it, eventually realising how foolish this appears.
So we’ve seen this happening with our new MEPs, particularly Metsola, who still hasn’t quite sussed out what she’s supposed to do apart from keeping her seat warm.
Didn’t realize unguided missles have a gender, can turn around and can bite the shooter in the ass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8LueeU4pzo