Forget going to ETC to find a job.

Enrol yourself in the Labour government’s new employment agencies:

Super One Studios
PL General HQ.

Gremlins intervened there; it should read:

The one I really can’t get over is the Principal Permanent Secretary. This is a man even the GWU found too divisive and ill-suited to leadership. He is partisan beyond any description. His appointment was a spit in the face of the public service which despite everything, possesses a very capable cadre of professionals.

During the previous administration, top people were drawn to work in the public sector. They’re abandoning it in droves again, just as happened in the 70s and 80s.

http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/11/03/ritratti-dubji-dwar-il-kredenzjali-ta-eks-kunsillier-u-kanvaser-laburista-bhala-l-kap-ezekuttiv-il-gdid-ta-mater-dei/

From clerk with Air Malta to CEO of Mater Dei Hospital in a few months. That’s what Taghna Lkoll means. The sky’s the limit.

Add to that list:

Most ambassadors
Police Commissioner
Commander Armed Forces

(and more)

The one I really can’t get over is the Principal Permanent Secretary. This is a man even the GWU found too divisive and ill-suited to leadership. He is partisan beyond any description. His appointment was a spit in everything, possesses a very capable cadre of professionals.

During the previous administration, top people were drawn to work in the public sector. They’re abandoning it in droves again, just as happened in the 70s and 80s.

Here are some political appointments that come to mind but there are certainly many more:

Enemalta CEO
Transport Malta CEO
Mater Dei CEO
Mount Carmel CEO
The principal permanent secretary
Most permanent secretaries

In many cases, very competent people who were selected with due process were removed to make way for incompetent political appointees.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140417/local/PN-wants-mental-health-chief-reinstated.515282

Note that it is acceptable for government to appoint political appointees as Chairpersons of boards and board members (although obviously it would be in everyone’s interest if these are also competent). The mistake that the PN is doing is that, in its criticism of government, it is not distinguishing between political appointments in the civil service and government agencies (which is wrong) and political appointments on boards (which is acceptable).

The recent appointment of a CEO who has no idea about health and medical issues; appointments at Air Malta as Chair and CEO as well as board secretary for people without knowledge or skills in the airline or travel business.

The list is endless. We should have access to the CVs for these people and it is the people who were promised by this scam of a government that they will be able to choose those persons in such positions.

Yet another lie.