I agree. Should also be asking if 25% reduction in electricity rates is enough. The oil price has dropped by more than 25% over the past few years.

Doesn’t seem to reflect Labour’s economic growth, does it?

I’m not too sure about this basis. As far as me ordinary Joe is concerned, the police is ALREADY part of the Executive: If that is their only basis then everything they say is a non sequitur.

That said, there is nothing new to ask – say – judges to give a performance report. In fact these reports are published on their website.

Thinking out of the box, I can see some good – not necessarily absolutely good – reasons for introducing performance agreements in regard to higher level officers.

In the first place, police-men and -women enjoy the 25-year guaranteed pension rule. Basically this means even the most hopeless member of the corps is assured of a reward for many years of “service”. So, imagine the pressures on the police force not to discipline someone who screws up on say his/her 17th year of service because “jahasra familtu/ha ser titlef il-pensjoni”.

In the second place, factor in the fact the police is ultimately a government department which has certain “seniority” and “promotions” by reason of years of “service”, then you have a ready recipe for the wrong people making the top positions. – I suppose some can argue we already have ready examples of what I mean, but that is irrelevant insofar as this argument is concerned.

Reading between the lines, the proposal appears to affect only those at the top of the police force and boils down to separating the wheat from whatever else.

Rethinking the proposal outside the usual red/blue scenario, this might actually be a good proposal given the bigger overview of the police force. Probably a bit of tweaking will prove necessary but it seems the desired purpose is good.

That will convince Interpol.

OK then, who can we trust? Because I think now I start to understand why people hang their leaders from lampposts.

You’re not, ciccio. I am. And Jewish too.

That’s what I was wondering too.

I tweeted @MaltaPolice on something related to this today, but there’s no answer yet.

I imagine they’re checking with Kurt and then needing to wait until Mr Invisible sleeps on it.

This President is not safe.

Citizens can’t afford to put their trust in any office that forms part of this system.

They”ll be screwed.

The President will turn whistleblower.

This sounds similar to the Darryl Luke Borg case, then. Even in that case, an examination of CCTV footage would have avoided the ordeal for Mr. Borg.

“In an appeal filed against the Attorney General, the Director of Criminal Courts and Tribunals, and the Police commissioner, Borg’s lawyers argued that the reasonable suspicion of the prosecution was not justified because CCTV footage clearly showed that it was not him. ”

“Moreover, the plaintiff’s lawyers held that the CCTV footage and stills do not correspond with Darryl Luke Borg’s Facebook profile. The police had used Borg’s Facebook photo to confirm a resemblance between himself and the CCTV. ”

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/printversion/41240/

Toni Abela has already commented. “Ma tantx ghandna appogg hawn il-lejla mid-dehra.”