Comments on: President Coleiro is “bored” by school visits

By: michael seychell

michael seychell — Sat, 17 May 2014 16:31:33 +0000

This President was the General Secretary of the Malta Labour Party under the Leadership of Dom Mintoff and of Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, at a time when the Labour Party was harbouring a number of violent persons who were used each time their string was pulled to create trouble or to attack individuals whenever this was necessary for Labour.

I was attacked by M.L.P. thugs during that time, despite the fact that I was a General Workers Union Section Secretary, because I was totally against the fusion of the M.L.P. and the G.W.U.

By: grigalata

grigalata — Sat, 17 May 2014 14:40:45 +0000

Simple to actuate. Just when the head of schools invites us to go to San Anton just fall sick and that’s all. Show that you are also bored with her if she is bored with us.

By: Matthew S

Matthew S — Sat, 17 May 2014 03:06:56 +0000

Daphne, you were so right when you said that Coleiro Preca is going to be the worst president Malta has ever had.

What Coleiro Preca fails to realise is that a president doesn’t visit schools on a whim. The president visits schools because she is invited to do so (it can be an invitation with a set date or an open invitation).

When someone invites you to their house, you don’t refuse the invitation by saying that it will be boring. That is appalling manners. If you really can’t go, you come up with a good excuse, and you write a respectful letter explaining your situation.

Coleiro Preca doesn’t realise that it is not Marie Louise who is being invited but THE PRESIDENT. The invitations are not hers to decline. She should have been at the Vatican and she should go to the schools which invite her. Presidents visiting schools is a long tradition. People expect it. Schools prepare for it and children get all excited about it. How dare she refuse to go on the grounds that she gets bored?

Does she think that Eddie Fenech Adami enjoyed going from class to class hearing pupils say the same things (he probably did because such was his belief in the upcoming generation that young people always seemed to brighten up his day, but that’s beside the point)? No, he did it because it was his duty to do so. His mantra was always “inservi”. He did what was expected of him in his position to the best of his abilities. Period.

To make matters worse, Coleiro Preca is inviting children to her make-believe Hyde Park as if to say “I can’t be bothered coming to your boring place but you are invited to come to my much cooler place.” If I were one of those pupils, I would tell her where to get off. If she can’t be fagged to accept my invitation – humble, simple and boring as my event might be – neither can I be bothered to accept hers.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 16 May 2014 23:38:38 +0000

In reply to ZORRO. That's my exact impression too. She's trying too hard to 'stand out'.

By: Augustus

Augustus — Fri, 16 May 2014 22:37:29 +0000

In reply to simon stock. simon stock, you should read some Labour Party history.

By: ZORRO

ZORRO — Fri, 16 May 2014 18:44:52 +0000

I get the feeling that the attitude this new President has is to change everything just to oppose and go against the system, just to show her assertiveness and that she doesn’t not follow all that has happened before with previous presidents.

Change not because it is necessary but to leave a mark of being strong and an individual person.Very often this kind of behaviour reflects an opposite kind of personality.

By: simon stock

simon stock — Fri, 16 May 2014 17:45:08 +0000

In reply to Augustus. Augustus, you need to read some Augustine.

By: Charly

Charly — Fri, 16 May 2014 17:44:36 +0000

Santa Maria Goretti ta’ San Anton Hyde Park.

By: Clueless

Clueless — Fri, 16 May 2014 17:13:52 +0000

She should go back to checking showers for soap dishes.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Fri, 16 May 2014 16:33:38 +0000

Maybe the pupils are bored by her.

The nerve of this woman.