Comments on: Joe Zammit Maempel: “Wenzu Mintoff once tried to kick me in court while he was testifying.”

By: AE

AE — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:26:43 +0000

Wonderful just as we are going to be rid of one scum with Farrugia Sacco retiring instead of being impeached, as he should have been, we are landed with even worse scum. It always amazes me how just when you think that Labour have really hit rock bottom that they manage to find a new depth to sink to.

By: curious

curious — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 10:34:18 +0000

In reply to mc. It is not strange to get two or more promotions at one go under this government. Just look at the AFM.

By: mc

mc — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:02:01 +0000

In reply to Mister. More than that, could it be that he had access to sensitive information with which he could blackmail? He suffered at the hands of a blackmailer and, in any case, this seems the way so many people in the PL camp operate. As an aside, it seems very strange that he was made a judge rather than a magistrate. It is like getting two promotions at one go (or more precisely, a promotion concurrent with an appointment).

By: curious

curious — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 00:33:33 +0000

In reply to Arturo Mercieca. You mentioned Paul Lia. Do you really work at the lawcourts?

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:11:48 +0000

In reply to Arturo Mercieca. Paul Lia? Please.

By: Mister

Mister — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:20:37 +0000

Could it be that from his position inside Malta Enterprise he also realised that Mrs Mizzi’s post is a scam and he wanted his cake too?

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:31:59 +0000

In reply to Wilson. Don't be silly - the Prime Minister has reassured everyone on the front page of the Times of Malta that Judge Lawrence (not Wenzu!) Mintoff is up to the job and will be impartial and fair. So there you have it.

By: Aunt Hetty

Aunt Hetty — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:21:16 +0000

Jaqaw ma hallilu xejn fil -wirt il -papa’?

By: Silvio

Silvio — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:33:03 +0000

In reply to Silvio.

May I suggest you take it easy Mrs Daphne . At this rate you will soon run out of judges to hear any cases you might have.

No it’s not a case of misunderstanding, he clearly meant those cases where he is representing a client. who of course has a right to ask for his case to be assigned to another judge for valid reasons but surely not because the judge kicked his lawyer, in that case he should change his lawyer not the judge.

[Daphne – ‘He should change his lawyer not the judge’. Wrong. We have a right to choose our lawyer, so much so that if our lawyer is indisposed over a long period, the case has to be postponed for the duration. Your understanding of basic rights is very feeble: you cannot tell a person ‘change your lawyer because this lawyer can’t appear before this judge’. What you do is reassign the case to a different judge.]

By: buslighajni

buslighajni — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:16:01 +0000

In reply to mc.

You’re right of course. As a matter of fact, before (i.e. 2008-2013) we had an army whose loyalty rested solely with the NP core’s whims and fancies and those of the select few who were promoted to its top ranks on the basis of such “merit”. Feel free to expand further.

Finally, you may change name on different posts, I’m sure you’re so sly to count that as an added merit. Try some lemon tea, it helps with indigestion.

Once more; a buon rendere.