Comments on: Former judges are by definition not members of the judiciary, Mr Prime Minister

By: Mila

Mila — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:01:39 +0000

The PM’s ‘hard’ decisions have come back to bite him. Tghid Ray Zammit ha parir min ghand il-kugin? If Zammit’s statement to the press is not showing the middle finger to Joseph Muscat, I don’t know what is, more so when no sane person listening to the audios would say that Zammit did nothing wrong. This just highlights how wrong the PM was to retain Zammit.

” ‘…I don’t feel it was just because I did nothing wrong, Mr Zammit said about his removal from acting police commissioner.” TOM

One must remember that the inquiry, touted by Muscat as the basis for his decisions, also found fault with Zammit.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141211/local/former-acting-commissioner-i-did-nothing-wrong-will-continue-to-serve-in-the-police-force.547705

By: Fred the Red

Fred the Red — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:49:22 +0000

Had the retired judges still been part of the judiciary, the PM would have been unable to assign them this task, precisely due to the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.

By: Tabatha White

Tabatha White — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 06:57:39 +0000

In reply to Alf.

Joseph Muscat should realise that with each life he he steals and consoles himself with, the probabilities change.

Internal settings will try to control damage in the future but it is his nature to lie and trip up.

It is not only his credibility (what credibility?) that has reached the pits, but the moral authority of the whole of his sham Government.

That’s why a resignation is in order the first time round.

That’s four lives stolen.

Four times he should have resigned.

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I bet you now that we’re back to “normal,” Marlene is back to voting for “Joseph.”

Their sleaze makes me sick.

By: Freedom5

Freedom5 — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 06:30:14 +0000

Oh so if one criticises the ex Chief Justice Noel Arrigo, it qualifies as an attakk fahxi fuq il-gudikatura.

By: Albert Bonnici

Albert Bonnici — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:03:33 +0000

In reply to Alf. Agreed Alf, and I believe that Mallia is going to go after him in a big way.

By: John B

John B — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:45:23 +0000

In his letter of the 22nd November to Simon Busuttil, the prime minister refers to the board of inquiry as being composed of “nies li kienu jservu lil pajjizna bhala membri tal-gudikarura”. Past tense. He knows that ex-judges are no longer members of the judiciary.

By: SB

SB — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:38:16 +0000

I’m not a lawyer, nor did I ever study or worked with jobs directly related to law. But I have what I consider ‘basic knowledge’.

Can the prime minister stop making a laughing stock of himself? Or bother to get proper adviser to his speech-writer?

The government lacks individuals who’ve got a basic idea of how to interpret the law. This includes those who actually are lawyers, like Owen Bonnici and Edward Zammit Lewis.

For instance, tonight in parliament Owen Bonnici was accusing Dr Busuttil of “attacking and undermining the judiciary”. Can somebody enlighten him that Dr Busuttil is not only the opposition leader, but also a member of the highest institution in Malta?

Also, he has EVERY right to have a political judgement just the same as every member of parliament?

By: Ghoxrin Punt

Ghoxrin Punt — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:22:51 +0000

It is also the reason why they should never have been appointed to prepare this report. They are retired.

They no longer represent the judiciary, they no longer have allegiance to justice, they are no longer bound by their oath.

Muscat goes on about transparency, accountability, etc. And then turns vicious when it is no longer a tool for him to use.

He is nothing but a sleazy hawker, who promises the earth to get the sale, but is then completely incapable of delivering the goods.

If he was the corporation he tries to project himself to be, we’d be suing his pants off for misrepresentation and gross negligence for the way he is running this country.

By: Ganni Borg

Ganni Borg — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:10:56 +0000

Can we have the report PRESENTED BY THE BOARD OF INQUIRY? Then we can check if it is identical to the one published. We cannot trust this lot anymore.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 22:53:05 +0000

In reply to Jozef. Yess! And on the 12th, it's showers again.