Shooting the so called warning shots into the air in a densely populated place would still have been a serious crime.

Instead, Enemalta’s incursion into the electricity supply of illegal buildings in Armier, St Thomas Bay and I don’t remember where else, was the main item for a good part of today’s news bulletins.

Possibly or probably, they knew ‘in their subconscious’ that this arraignment would not take place today (and therefore not newsworthy) because it wasn’t supported by a DOI statement.

You see, the DOI issued a statement last Wednesday stating that a number of warning gun shots were expended by minister Mallia’s (hero) driver-cum-security guard who gave chase to a hit-and-run foreigner, after the latter was involved in a collision with the ministerial car.

On the strength of that statement PBS expounded the myth of the warning shots until the minister himself ‘corrected’ his ministry’s statement to admit that these shots effectively landed (sic) on the foreigner’s car.

This time, it seems PBS took a step back from reporting that P Sheehan was to be arraigned and charged, preferring perhaps to wait for that DOI statement again. Meanwhile, we learn that Sheehan, somehow is now in hospital.

There goes Malta ‘taghna lkoll’ under Lejber.

Panem et circenses or circenses only seeing that the budget did not produce any panem?

[Daphne – Simon Busuttil shouldn’t be talking about the budget. There are far more important matters.]

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141124/local/updated-constable-sheehan-hospitalised-after-flying-into-a-rage-during-magisterial-inquiry.545568

a. Police Commissioner declares there is not enough evidence (as in Dalli’s case);

b. Case is dismissed because of a technicality;

c. Sheehan is cleared bacause prosecution did not prove its case;

d. Fresh (false) evidence is given in favour of Sheehan;

e. Judge Wen Zhou Mintoff is appointed to hear the case;

f. Paul Sheehan goes AWOL and winds up in China;

g. Sheehan goes away and then produces certificates signed by an obscure doctor in Germany to say that he cannot return because of psycho-social issues.

As we have seen in this incident, the Labour government is prepared to cover up something, glossing over details and twisting facts it thinks it can get away with.

Therefore, it is fair to assume that they do the same with other situations when the press isn’t able to film and uncover the extent of the lies told to the public.

Muscat’s and Mallia’s actions show how far they are willing to go, and their style of lying. Can’t we then apply this to other situations, like the power station?