Comments on: The prime minister’s car

By: David

David — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 00:04:55 +0000

Why should former PMs have a free car?

[Daphne – I have no idea. I, for one, think they should buy their own cars.]

By: silly

silly — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:35:07 +0000

Jien ma nistax nifhem kif ir-regoli jaghmilhom hu dal-imbarazz ta’ bniedem?

U jhalluh.

By: Claude

Claude — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:23:39 +0000

How does the leasing work exactly? Does the PM have a company which leases its car to government?

Does he hold the necessary licence to lease cars? Does he have a VAT number to lease his car and invoice for its leasing?

Is he issuing his government with a VAT receipt? I have a feeling that there is none of this and this is very unfair on all those businesses who have to do everything by the book.

By: anthony

anthony — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:52:00 +0000

In reply to Salvu. Dona Michaela is representing La Familia Real.

By: Salvu

Salvu — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:26:28 +0000

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-04-25/news/president-cancels-trip-for-popes-canonisation-no-government-representative-to-attend-4748673024/

Why would someone first announce then cancel such a trip ? No money left from president’s budget for such trips ?

Who is Mrs.Muscat representing?

By: Osservatore

Osservatore — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:40:35 +0000

In reply to Min Jaf.

“the state could have….to the prime minister”

Has it not already been said and done before? – “L’etat c’est moi.”

By: Min Jaf

Min Jaf — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:13:35 +0000

And for Euro 35,000 the state could have bought a brand-new official car and told the prime minister to keep his at home.

By: cuc malti

cuc malti — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:59:22 +0000

If Dr Fenech Adami and Lawrence Gonzi were entitled to have a car after they ended their term at the office, why is Joseph Muscat not entitled?

[Daphne – Nobody is saying he isn’t. But given his age, this does mean that the state will be furnishing the Muscat family/couple with one car after another for a good 50 years or so, which strikes me as absurd.]

By: The Economist

The Economist — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:43:16 +0000

Joseph Muscat had better explain the current downward trend in bank dividend distributions. Bank of Valletta has just announced a 22% decrease in interim dividend payout.

HSBC and Lombard also reduced their dividend declarations earlier this year.

The dividend movements reflect the profitability of the sector.

This is going to have an impact on the incomes of savers and investors, especially older people, who are going to have significantly less cash in their pockets (“flus fil-but”) this year. So much for the lower utility bills.

By: Neo

Neo — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:35:30 +0000

Using the Transport Malta motor vehicle valuation page (even using different permutations for that model) the car in question cannot be worth more than EUR 8000 (and this is if it has only 10,000 miles on the clock).

Most probably it is only worth a little less than EUR 5.000 at present, which means that it will be worth less than EUR 3000 in four year’s time.

I think it is a pretty good deal for him.

Try it here:
http://www.valuation.vehicleregistration.gov.mt/motorVehicle.aspx