Has anybody rung the prime minister for his views on what happened today? Or isn’t it in the interest of national security?
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July 7, 2014 at 11:50pm
Meanwhile, be sure to watch Barroso interviewed in this video.
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John Dalli must be delusional at this point. Perhaps, he expects the European Court of Justice to be a sort of local banana court with a panel made up of Miriam Hayman, Consuelo (Scerri) Herrera, Patrick Vella, Noel Arrigo and Lino Farrugia Sacco, with Dennis Montebello and Carol Peralta on reserve.
Essentially the one question that keeps rolling in my head is:
Why would John Dalli call Joseph Muscat?
Daphne, help!
[Daphne – That’s exactly the question that we should be asking. That’s where the ‘money trail’ lies. They were working on something together. But we’re not going to be able to get any answers on that because it’s definitely not ‘in the interest of national security’.]
I have been harping on this episode since John Dalli’s resignation. I have posed that question on numerous postings.
Strange that John Dalli never referred to his phoning Joseph Muscat. Not even yesterday. Because in a courtroom, it is not only was is said that is noted, but also what is not said.
Sometimes I wonder if this is true at all. Maybe Muscat wanted to feel important and was bluffing.
Will one, but just one journalist ask Muscat why Dalli chose to call him and inform him of his resignation?
Dalli and Muscat would have discussed the subject before. If not, why would Dalli phone Muscat about something he knew nothing of?
This in itself confirms Barroso’s belief that Dalli knew why he was being called for the meeting in spite of the fact that there was no agenda.
To Curious below:
I had once referred to this phone call as ‘that mysterious phone call Brussels – Mile End’. Because there may be more than one interpretation for it. And your assumption may well be one of them. Who knows what was really being cooked.
I am sure that the ex Health Commissioner reads these comments. Maybe he will be tempted to explain to us what lies behind all this.
Which begs the next question:
At what stage (and for what reason) did Dalli and Muscat become so pally prior to that phone call?
It’s clearly obvious that this new-found friendship (sworn enemies they once were) was initiated while Muscat was still in Opposition.
Dalli minn bicca accountant ta’ sold u nofs u b’xoghol medjokri, dahal fil-politika u ghamel imperu finanzjarju.
Stejjer ta’ haxi wahda wara l-ohra.
What a shame – he’s in the shit and the first thing that worried him was his pension. Money money money – I honestly feel sorry for the likes of him, if only you know Mr Dalli what it’s like to wake up in the morning with no worries on your mind.
Buy yourself a fishing rod and just relax remember life is too short and that nobody lives forever with or without money.
Dr. Gonzi had predicted that Muscat Joseph will one day regret the fact that he employed Dalli John.
[Daphne – What I’d like from Lawrence Gonzi right now is an answer as to whether he regrets dispatching Dalli to Brussels. His views on whether Muscat will live to regret engaging Dalli are irrelevant.]
Dr. Lawrence Gonzi was right. However, with Muscat Joseph people like Dalli John are at home. Muscat seems to have made it his personal endeavour to be surrounded by people of the like of DJ and if they are found guilty of a criminal act, the better. Take Engerer Cyrus for example.
Incidentally, Muscat Joseph is not realising one important element in this Dalligate saga. Besides shaming himself, Dalli is also shaming the whole nation (about which the PM does not give a f*ck, to be honest) and indirectly he is shaming the Labour party and its leader. The PM should at least be concerned about this.
But then again, Muscat Joseph knew well what he was doing when he made J Dalli BA his de facto minister of health.
Labour: once a skip, always a skip.
I agree.
Times of Malta chooses to remind its readers that Dalli used to be a PN minister but chooses to forget that he is NOW the PM’s special consultant –
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140708/local/final-pleas-in-dalli-court-case-today-follow-sitting-on-timesofmaltacom.526871
John Dalli keeps referring to his legal rights. It tells us everything we need to know about him that he does not concern himself with what is right but only with what is legal.