Comments on: UPDATED YET AGAIN: Two weeks away from polling day and the ballot sheets have to be printed again for every electoral district

By: marianne

marianne — Sat, 10 May 2014 07:35:51 +0000

In reply to Giraffa. Cyrus Engerer should pay for the extra expenses incurred.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sat, 10 May 2014 07:28:54 +0000

In reply to Min Jaf. If he had been elected he would have stuck out his middle finger and rode the gravy train to Brussels like any other gentleman soldier of steel would.

By: Tabatha White

Tabatha White — Sat, 10 May 2014 00:55:58 +0000

In reply to Joe Fenech.

I totally agree with this line of reasoning.

Labour needs to face up to the fact that “foot loose and fancy free” irresponsibility has a cost in real terms.

Their behaviour is reckless all through.

They should foot the bill.

By: J Vella

J Vella — Sat, 10 May 2014 00:10:00 +0000

The Electoral Commission is falling over itself to accomodate the Labour Party. Just like the Police Corps, the AFM, the Civil Service, MEPA, PBS and most of the press, it has become thoroughly Taghna Lkoll.

The checks and balances of a normal democracy have been dismantled in just one year.

A single year of the Muscat administration has been almost as toxic to democracy as the first ten of Mintoffianism.

By: John Higgins

John Higgins — Fri, 09 May 2014 22:31:32 +0000

Mr. Loporto has the cheek to call the country Banana? Who brought it about? He and the other gullible and bare faced switchers who during the stable Nationalist government years were making a fortune from their respective businesses.

By: Min Jaf

Min Jaf — Fri, 09 May 2014 22:20:23 +0000

Media reports state that regulations prohibit candidates from withdrawing their candidature once the ballot papers are printed – which they were when Engerer withdrew, thus the inclusion of Engerer’s name on the ballot paper presents no problem.

Votes numbered against his name would be counted and transferred in the normal way.

In the, now unlikely event that Engerer is then elected, man of principle that he claims he is, Engerer would turn down the EP seat and the candidate with the most votes to his name would take over the seat in Engerer’s stead.

By: bob-a-job

bob-a-job — Fri, 09 May 2014 21:59:17 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

Ah, music night.

So that’s why some commenter referred to them as “ballad sheets” on timesofmalta.com today.

By: rjc

rjc — Fri, 09 May 2014 20:43:06 +0000

I suppose this has never happened before because of the provision disallowing those undergoing a criminal case in court or serving a prison sentence (effective or suspended) from contesting an election.

Thanks to the change in that law by this amateur government we have a situation which could not have happened before and now we pay the pay price.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Fri, 09 May 2014 20:41:58 +0000

And on Eurovision night too…

This is too much. Meet me at the Government Printing Press with two pitchforks, a miniature Green Room and a lynch mob, Ciccio.

By: Giraffa

Giraffa — Fri, 09 May 2014 20:41:45 +0000

I know I am a perfect idiot as regards printing, but isn’t it possible to overprint the current ballot papers such that the row with Engerer’s name is blacked out?

[Daphne – I believe it wouldn’t be valid anyway.]