Comments on: Magistrate accuses police commissioner of “tampering with justice system”

By: gaetano pace

gaetano pace — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:52:59 +0000

There is no excuse for not delivering summonses in this modern age. This is all about inefficiency, irresponsibility, disrespect, nonchalance – or worse, collusion.

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:03:25 +0000

In reply to David. We stopped giving the benefit of the doubt to Labour stooges, David! A long, long time ago!

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:57:52 +0000

In reply to Stephen.

He’s only acting, remember?

Manwel will say that since his cousin is ‘acting’ what ensued in court was just a ‘farsa’, so no further action is necessary.

Are we supposed to laugh, Manwel?

By: Gee Dee

Gee Dee — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:16:45 +0000

This is surely the kind of high standards of discipline and responsibility that the police commisioner is setting for the police corps. Really leading by example.

By: David

David — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:58:31 +0000

In reply to David. If you read carefully the Times of Malta report, the case involved a former editor of Kulhadd who, I think, no longer works at the newspaper. Therefore this person could not be served at the newspaper office. Probably this is the reason or one of the reasons why the police failed to notify him. Now we know the magistrate was already informed that the prosecutor could not attend the last sitting. Therefore my question is still valid.

By: David

David — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:43:14 +0000

As those familiar with the law courts know, lack of service of court documents occurs daily in the law courts in both civil and criminal cases, for a whole variety of reasons. So is this judicial outburst justified?

[Daphne – Yes, it is justified. KullHadd has an office with a reception desk. The editor has working hours. It is impossible for a newspaper editor to avoid service unless the police are in collusion.]

By: anthony

anthony — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:23:07 +0000

What is all the fuss about?

This is deja vu.

I, for one, never expected anything better or different.

This is the MLP in government.

Those who believed otherwise are, or rather were, misguided imbeciles.

In Italian ‘poveri disgraziati’.

By: Claude

Claude — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:08:02 +0000

I used to think that all throughout the 25 years PN was in government that they were putting in place a whole network of checks and balances to ensure that certain things that happened in the past would not happen again.

And yet here we are two years after the MLP (not PL as nothing has changed) has taken over and we are back to talking about obstruction of justice, threats to democracy, friendships with dictatorships etc.

By: observer

observer — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:57:58 +0000

If the Acting Commissioner of Police cannot bring himself to respect the Law and the Courts, who will do so?

Certainly not the Interior Minister, responsible for the Police.

By: Alexander Ball

Alexander Ball — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:49:59 +0000

Burglars in those locales shall eagerly await your next summons.