A resignation should be announced formally BEFORE telling the press that his replacement is going to be sworn in
Ciao siehbi
The government has told the press informally that a new Police and Army minister is to be sworn in today at two o’clock. Meanwhile, that same government has not yet announced the incumbent’s resignation.
This is completely and utterly absurd – the Taghna Lkoll u ejja mhux xorta attitude that is one of the main reasons this government is in so much trouble right now, and we with them.
First a resignation is formalised with a letter to the prime minister (ministers tender their resignation to the prime minister; the prime minister tenders his resignation to the president). Then the prime minister makes a formal announcement to the nation either by means of a press conference – which allows journalists to ask questions on behalf of the public – or a press statement which is typically accompanied by a copy of the resignation letter.
The appointment of his replacement is either announced concurrently in the same press conference/statement – the cleanest way of doing things – or it is announced shortly afterwards in a separate statement (not another press conference).
Instead, what we have here is a Taghna Lkoll chaotic mess. The prime minister calls a night-time press conference and leaves journalists waiting for more than two hours, only to tell them that he has asked his police and army minister to resign but is leaving it up to him. Social media is immediately flooded with memes about his lack of family jewels, and how Mallia has lopped them off.
Then this morning we woke up to no news of a resignation but to news instead that the PM is forcing the issue by appointing a new police and army minister BEFORE the incumbent has resigned.
We can assume that there has been a lot of horsetrading going on. Somebody that squalid, who has brought the police corps and the army down to his sordid and corrupt level and revelled in the jackboots and power and octopus tentacles of criminality and cash, will not go easily or allow himself to be humiliated. Be assured that Mallia is going to get something that will serve to stitch up his wound and more besides.
Of course, if the new minister is Jose Herrera we are almost back in Manuel Mallia territory, so let’s not bring out the champagne just yet.
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As they say easy come, easy go.
Perhaps Mallia will do a Dalli and decide to tell us all that he did not actually resign. This seems to be the latest fashion doesn’t it.
Jose Herrera? Wink wink, nudge nudge. Say no more.
Please!
Another Dalli is made. F’mohhu (u fuq linkedin) ha jibqa ministru.
How can Malta survive without the services of Red Bull and Bull Frog ?
Zammit Lewis is being mentioned.
Maltarightnow is saying that Michael Falzon will be replacing him. I wonder if he’ll manage to control his hunting and Tan-Nar friends. That will be interesting to watch.
Kollha mhux qedin sew.
Kollha mifqughin.
Falzon? Veru Malta pajjiz brodu.
Muscat has no clue with respect to good governance and long term strategy contrary to Freeport CEO defining him a statesman (povra Malta Freeport) .
Muscat would have garnered more points across the electorate had he asked Mallia to resign immediately. Busuttil’s political victory lies in that he emphasises a very serious doubt on the moral authority and leadership of the PM. I am uncertain how well that would go down with many Labour supporters.
Secondly, Mallia’s shenanigans are only among the first to be played out over the next three years of legislature. Come 2018 we’ll be writing volumes about the MLPs cock-ups in government.
Although Labour voters are notoriously hard to convince otherwise, this and all the other scandals to come (there will be bigger ones) will have a deleterious effect on the likelihood of a second term.
Unfortunately, the perceived failures of the PN will still be fresh in people’s minds and “give MLP another chance” will be the chant that will win Labour the 2018 election. From then on the MLP power base will be consolidated and I doubt whether Malta 2023 will be any better. That is, if history is our guide.
What a bomb, what a mistake.
A new minister is being sworn in. I bet the old minister is doing a lot of swearing too.
I bet we’ll have a re-run of the John Dalli situation – Dalli still considers himself to be an EU Commissioner, and Mallia will consider himself to be Police Minister come what may.
Actually it’s worse in that Mallia may very well continue being the Police Minister in all but name.
“Justice” is just being seen to be done here, but it will be business as usual behind the scenes.
This is North Korea type politics.
Unless Mallia takes his boxers with him to Kastilja.
If we get rid of Mallia would we be getting rid of that scum Scerri too?
The bit about Cabinet, that is.
Franco Debono?
Caio siehbi, go join the frogs at Chadwick Lakes.
Joseph Muscat and his government, all pomp and no substance.
They are mocking everything that is of value in parliamentary and democratic practice. We have to vote these imbeciles out… that is, if they actually respect the system enough to permit a general election in three years time. By then it may be too late.
It seems that Mallia hasn’t yet resigned. So, will Malta be heading to a twin minister situation?
What I can say is that we have not heard to end of this. The next few days and weeks are going to be very interesting.
God only knows what damage Manuel Mallia is going to.
Make no mistake, Mallia would still be there if it was not for the Net News revelations. Joey bled and bled profusely over the past three days and he had to take the “tough option” to dump Mallia.
In hindsight, and ironically, if Mallia had resigned on day one, Muscat could have fudged the report and re-appointed him. Even the leakage might not have happened. But that’s what arrogance does to you – it blinds your judgement.
Mallia is going to the backbench and will not contest the next election. He is, in political terms, dead meat.
Must be the new way of doing politics.
The replacement of Mallia will also mean the replacement of Silvio Scerri; am I right?
The mere announcement of a resignation is a media failure in their eyes.
Reality is a perception.
This calls for a carcade to celebrate the political demise of this f*cking stupid crock of sh*t. Happy Christmas everybody.
Kastilja ma ghadiex tingharaf minn borma tal-kawlata, addio l-bacon tal-protocol, il-gidra tar-rizenji, il-qara hamra tal-kok u l-assistent tieghu, il-qara baghali, ir-ross Ciniz, il-gbejniet friski u l-bzar li raxx fuq il-kabinett u n-niskata melh li biha ipprova jitmellah bil-poplu u gharralu l-Head Chef.