Also, providing the evidence of the minimal residence requirement that would enable the mysterious applicants to claim a pseudo-citizenship. The Malta LP government would be providing the necessary evidence, utilizing its own secret service personnel, to prove to itself, and to its commercial agency, that someone aspiring to buy a Malta passport had actually resided in Malta but, in the interest of national security, that token residence needed to be kept hidden from the true citizens of Malta.

But from today onward he just can’t afford to be seen in public again, as that would be crucial for the government. So there are just two options, that of Ali Zeidan leaving the island unnoticed, or hibernating for the rest of his stay.

If the press creates an atmosphere where government officials feel comfortable giving journalists story direction on the subject of pig farms, then it’s hardly surprising that that same press bends over backwards when it comes to matters of ‘national interest’.

And if the government is caught lying brazenly, heads would roll.

But in these blessed islands the press and the Opposition are too busy being positive, because the government told them so.

[Daphne – He has indeed been ‘spotted around’.]