UPDATED/Some people don’t know that one of a mayor’s roles is to marry people under the law

UPDATED WITH NEW PICTURE

So when people elect unfit-for-purpose individuals to the post of mayor, you have tragic farces in which marriage ceremonies are conducted by the likes of Natius Farrugia and Nuxellina.

Just as a side note, because you are almost certainly wondering about it, Jairzinho was the nickname of the Brazilian footballer Jair Ventura Filho, who was part of the Brazilian national team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

It is the equivalent of calling your newborn baby son Pele, except for the fact that most people would know how to spell and pronounce that.

There’s another Malta out there.