Says somebody who is in it up to the neck and trying to persuade his wife to do just that

Published: November 29, 2014 at 7:45am

In Times of Malta’s print edition today (it was also on line last night):

owen bonnici




21 Comments Comment

  1. Jojo says:

    He is 34 and his personal life is a mess; difficult to be credible.

  2. Harry Worth says:

    Wishful thinking, Mr. Minister

    My impression is that lawyers (not all, I admit) encourage their clients to go to court rather than mediation? So he should start from them.

    Lack of space: make better use of the Law Courts throughout the day and not just in the morning. And how about doing away with slower periods during the year, like summer recess, Christmas recess and so on?

  3. Henry James says:

    Now I get it. When the PN were in office it was Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s fault. Today it’s our fault.

    And it bloody well is, but it has little to do with culture. Morons.

    • bob-a-job says:

      How can it ever be Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s fault?

      Carm did nothing wrong during his term as Minister.

      Honest.

      Carm did nothing at all.

      • Tabatha White says:

        Carm stuck to his values.

        Values are not a fad or a fashion.

        If the workings of the Police, through the years, and some of the Magistrates, and lawyers, have been made more apparent in this blog, that’s also because it was not so apparent before exposure but existent.

        Rather like Sarkozy wanting to go for drastic change and find that the Unions are blocking it at every level.

        Not to mention an internal faction working towards a design set by Joseph Muscat, and who got “rewarded” for their work, by Joseph Muscat.

        Why else, tell me, was Carm Labour’s first target, with Richard Cachia Caruana?

        To my reasoning, it’s because he represents the values that they have no space for, nor will to respect.

        Sometimes people, internally, want things to go very fast. Towards what? their own self promotion?

        In a climate like the internal one there was, self-promotion should have taken a back seat.

        Fast forward action, within that climate, would have been a time-bomb of its own making.

        This was coming to a head.
        The traitors within reporting to the traitors without.

  4. mila says:

    Why does he think that the Maltese saying goes ‘jekk ghandek tort idhol il-qorti’?

    If we were to erect a tombstone for law and order in Malta, a befitting quote would read ” … a lot has changed … because the magistrate has changed. Lawyer Edward Gatt”.

    Let us not be too quick to blame the people when many get their cues from those that are in the public eye.

    http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/46447/lesiure_clothing_case_urgent_application_for_bail_filed_this_morning#.VHl2bzHF98E

  5. Lupin says:

    He has lost weight and I’m sure it’s not because he’s hitting the gym. The Janice games are catching up.

  6. Pablo says:

    For years now taking someone to court, you’re doing him a favour.

    Court delays are the cause of further court delays. Owen Bonnici knows this but he is incapable, like many before him, of actually doing anything about it.

    Several judges and magistrates are of questionable repute. The Anton Depasquale and Farrugia Sacco impeachment failures have not helped. The appeals bottleneck is a major problem.

    No wonder he is mouthing banalities and seeking consolation elsewhere.

  7. etil says:

    One cannot concentrate properly on one’s job if one’s personal life is in a mess. Get your priorities right Minister Bonnici and Company.

  8. Persil says:

    I am sorry for his wife, Nadia. She is a very nice nurse who is very hard working.

  9. Angus Black says:

    Do as I preach, not as I do.

  10. observer says:

    When selfishness, greed and ambition are eradicated from human hearts, then the Law Courts’ workload will decrease.

    But, please, what will lawyers then be doing to earn their daily bread?

    Furthermore, how could someone, like you know who, end with 500 grand hidden under the mattress,a town house in our Capital (presumably stuffed with Faberges) and a villa in Sannat?

  11. rjc says:

    Considering the hike in court fees which the learned professor did not read out during his four-hour budget speech, many will probably be inclined to give up.

    Minimum fee from €2.35 has gone up to €25.

    Nippremjaw il-bzulija.

    • mila says:

      Actually, I still can’t figure out where bzulija comes into the budget. How is someone who is hard working getting anything more than someone who just turns up for work and does the bare minimum? He is not, so bzulija is just a gimmick, it would have been more honest and correct if they had used the word xoghol.

      But its all about smoke and mirrors with this government and this slogan is just more of the same. Of course they thought we would not notice.

  12. one of us says:

    Have a look at the article about David Mellor in today’s Daily Mail. He reminds me of a few of our Ministers.

  13. chukie says:

    Shame

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