Are u so sure about that.. Maybe you should stay in china for a year and find out if they are ready or not.. Even the PRC are worried they can’t restore law n order to its ppl under its own government.

Just look at Iraq and Egypt. Two perfect examples where both countries were much much better off under a dictatorship especially in the case of Egypt. Dare I say, Libya was probably better off too.

Syria at least is somewhat managing to control the Islamist terrorist rebels.

The blight of island democracies.

When this particular island said yes to EU membership, it had to hold an election to confirm the result.

Now, the man who led the anti-EU campaign is running for membership of the EU parliament, his then sidekicks are now variously president, prime minister, minister of tourism (and European Commission nominee), and minister of foreign affairs, and four of his I-will-die-Labour supporters are currently MEPs and hoping to be re-elected.

What good came out of toppling dictators in Egypt, Libya, Iraq?

WE have to admit that some nations can’t live under a democratic government. They are simply not ready for it yet.

[Daphne – Malta still isn’t ready for democracy, Mr Loporto, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us have to live in a dictatorship just because we are outnumbered by people who reason as you do.]

You don’t risk being arrested for stating your opinion though.

When George W Bush was asked about Iraqis pouring into the streets of Baghdad calling for Americans to leave, he replied that was exactly what the US wanted in Iraq.

He’s going to embarrass Malta yet another time. Can some start some Facebook page opposing Karmenu Vella’s nomination?