I am sure he was about to say, “Il-mara tieghi kienet qeda hemm bhala “FIRST LADY”.

You nailed it: he has no idea of the difference between representing the government and representing his family and children.

His status as “Office” (Prime Minister) and a “layman” (husband to Mrs Michelle Muscat)
A deputy Prime Minister (another officer) as his “proxy” and any other civil person (such as the Prime Minister’s wife)

With this logic, it seems Dr Muscat as Prime Minister can dare to ask anyone (perhaps even his parents) to represent him in Public functions or possibly delegate to his wife to attend to sign official documents. Correct?

This is the logic, I understand.

More than half of Malta. Is that enough to make quite a number of people taken for a ride at one go ?

I guess it would have to do.

He treats his wife as an extension of himself, and that is a tell-tale sign.

Tell us more about that Anthony? I’m curious.

I can understand you saying you’re battle-hardened, when previously I was tempted to think it was a softening.

I held back because your presence and comments point to something else, although my tolerance level is lower than yours.

I thought there was something more raw in the process. A process of forgiveness preceding the fact that even Louis Grech had a choice. He still is meant to have one.

I’d ask Louis Grech whether he now thinks that this result has produced the “greater than the sum” that he was after, whether he now feels “appreciated?”

Starting points are always so widely, or snidely, different.

Then as you should fight corruption, sleaze and incompetence wherever it occurs, and whoever it concerns, including dying ministers. Sickness does not absolve anyone of guilt.