If you take the Chinese investments piecemeal you will miss the grander picture which is now becoming clearer by the minute.

China is so willing to help out on these separate projects not because it is interested in each one but because when taken as a whole they will control Malta from various angles making us virtual slaves. Muscat is about to do what Mintoff wanted to do but never managed.

The Opposition is at risk as falling victim to Muscat’s deceitful and deviating tactics. it should come down hard on the PM on his on goings with China.

Today it’s Air Malta; tomorrow it might be the eradication of opposing parties. We have seen how Muscat hates it when he is opposed or criticised; he can actually can turn nasty at times.

And Malta is at risk at being turned into a one-political-movement state.

The police and the army are already under their thumb; the judiciary is gradually being brought into line; the G.W.U. has for long been no more than an extension of the Labour Party; all public offices have been filled by party members and sympathisers and moles have been planted everywhere.

Add to these the secretive nature of the deals with China and Henley, the amnesty to prisoners and to those guilty of tampering with smart meters, the protection given to John Dalli, and others suspected of corruption, the deafening silence of the scandals surfacing almost daily, the steam-rolling over or ignoring all opposition and criticism and the total disregard for any code of ethics.

These are all signs that Joseph Muscat’s mind is set on retaining power come what may.

Joseph Muscat himself spoke before the election that in a small island like ours we should be one people where there is no place for political divisions. The idea of cancelling the local elections was just testing the waters.

The real intention was to cancel the general elections and move Malta inexorably towards a one party state on the Chinese model.

The clouds are gathering and the future looks grim.

Especially if they are avid contributors to Timesofmalta.com comment boards and facebook page.

By Dion Borg: “mela tat tajjeb ghadu milli hall il PN…qas computer go ufficcju ma hallew..!! Buffu kollu…!!”

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Authentic.

In any case I disagree with such a sale. However I do not oppose in principle a partial privatisation. On can follow the MIA model ie 40 per cent of MIA is held by the government, 40 per cent given to a foreign or local investor and 20 per cent sold to small shareholders. A similar model was used by the Labour government for the former Telemalta. In any case as the only national airline, Air Malta’s majority shareholding should be held by the Maltese state or Maltese investors.

See my reply to A+ above.

What is important for Muscat is the headline.