Xi dwejjaq ta’ bniedem

Published: April 23, 2012 at 7:49pm

Oh dear. Franco Debono’s mother has let him out of his cage again for another round of squawking in the farmyard.

timesofmalta.com reports:

Nationalist MP Franco Debono has warned the prime minister that he will not accept a parliamentary vote on the Budget Measures Implementation Bill before a private motion on justice and home affairs is debated in the House.

“I think I gave them enough time and holidays to remedy the situation and I will not accept to have a vote on the Budget Measures Implementation Bill before the motion,” Dr Debono told timesofmalta.com

What arrogance. How tiresome, tiring and irritating.

The comments beneath the story express my feelings, and probably those of the country in general at this stage. Two examples:

K. Vella
Bring the Goverment down and end your political career…..u nistriehu minnek….

Peter Bonnici
How about jumping off the bloody bridge?




66 Comments Comment

  1. Miss O'Brien says:

    Not him again!

  2. Amanda Cortis says:

    Here we go again!

  3. Jozef says:

    He’s not happy with the way justice and home affairs have been split now.

    Hadn’t he said Lawrence Gonzi proved him right when he did so?

  4. FP says:

    Daqqlu l-iżveljarin!

    The proposition of a Labour government without this nauseating bore being anywhere near parliament is becoming ever more attractive every time his alarm clock goes off.

    • Not Tonight says:

      I beg to differ. This idiot may be as tiresome and annoying as hell, but the prospect of a Labour government, which is becoming increasingly Mintoffian in spirit, is far more nauseating and cringe-worthy than a couple of clowns with no real power over our lives (except to hurry the inevitable).

  5. e-ros says:

    This cheap blackmailing twerp has to be got rid of, even if it costs the country an early election.

    It will be worth it just to see him disappear from the front pages forever, never to torment his mentors again.

    The PM should call his bluff now and call for the budgetary vote at the earliest chance and let’s see if Debono has the arrogance and ignorance to bring down the government.

  6. TinaB says:

    Last week it was Botox Jeff – this week Franco l-Baggio.

    They seem to be taking it in turns to throw tantrums.

    Comedians.

  7. Mark says:

    Have you noticed that they are no longer referring to him as a top criminal lawyer!

  8. TROY says:

    I had a different sort of cock in mind.

  9. Albert Farrugia says:

    “The solution should be one that allows government to implement its electoral programme. However, if a solution is not found this week, the government will seek the people’s confidence in an election even though it is not in the country’s best interest,”

    This was the Prime Minister speaking on January 22nd, a few days before the no-confidence vote which was “defeated” by means of the Speaker’s casting vote. Those words were taken to mean that Dr Gonzi was determined that the moment of truth had come.

    Yet, the following Thursday, the same Dr Gonzi proclaimed victory inspite of the fact that one of his MPs abstained. The Prime Minister showed a serious lack of leadership at that stage.

    Dr Debono’s latest declarations have shown that Dr Gonzi did, infact, accept a solution which was not the one he wanted, that is, one which would allow him to see the legislature through.

    Governments which lose the confidence of the MPs on whose vote they rest in Parliament simply cannot continue governing. It is the time for the people to have their say.

  10. Anthony says:

    “Xi dwejjaq ta’ bniedem” is a gross understatement.

    Debono is a national menace and threat.

    There are three ways to deal with him, as I have said before.

    The easiest is the Diana, Princess of Wales, approach.

    This will never be implemented in Debono’s regard because MI 5 tactics never had a place in PN philosophy and never will, I hope.

    Then comes the Neville Chamberlain technique.

    Appeasement.

    Appoint Debono justice minister.

    Thirdly and finally, call his bluff.

    Expel him from the PN.

    What the PN government is currently doing in this Debono saga is postponing the issue.

    In the meantime it is ploughing the sands.

    • Qegħdin Sew says:

      “This will never be implemented in Debono’s regard because MI5 tactics never had a place in PN philosophy and never will, I hope.”

      Save for a few trikki trakki here and here.

      • Anthony says:

        MI 5 only use trikki trakki on the night of the 5th November.

        During the rest of the year they use failproof techniques.

  11. ciccio says:

    “As to how he would vote, Dr Debono said one would cross the bridges when one came to them.” – Franco Debono, Timesofmaltaonline.

    “How about jumping off the bloody bridge?” – Peter Bonnici, Timesofmaltaonline.

    Cock who jumps of the bloody bridge, is going to bang-cock. – Confucius.

    • Dee says:

      The bloody fraud was simply quoting his idol Napoleon Bonaparte;
      “We will think of the Vistula when we cross the Rhine”

  12. ciccio says:

    Monday, 23.20pm. 59 comments beneath the Debono news item, and not a single line in his defence by (Dr.) Mary Mifsud. Did she emigrate to Italy?

  13. Joe Vella says:

    So…. Oligarchy…… Tyranny……. WTF…… D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F…..

    Leave us alone, because a parliament without you is a better parliament, whoever is in power.

  14. H.P. Baxxter says:

    Whatever happened to the ancient tradition of pelting MPs with rotten eggs on their way to parliament?

  15. DICKENS says:

    “Tutto fumo e niente arrosto “.

    In-nies li jinteresshom bhalissa hu li jghaddi il-budget vote halli jserrhu rashom mil-budget measures u mhux dawn it-tejatrini ta’ Debono li ‘qazzu u qallaw lil kullhadd!

  16. Hibernating from Malta says:

    Previously on Desperate Housewives….

  17. A Grech says:

    I looked up the phrase “paroli fil-vojt” and they show Franco’s photo.

  18. Angus Black says:

    Here we go again. This is getting tiresome and Debono keeps stretching the rubber band to the point of snapping, although in my opinion he has snapped a long time ago.

    Time for the PM and NP to call his bluff and if it means an election in a few weeks or months down the road, so be it. Let it happen in early fall so that the Summer activities will not be disrupted by all the nonsense which though it has been going without interruption for the last four years, will intensify for one whole month before voting day.

    Franco Debono rubs his hands with glee every time a criminal is given more ‘rights’ with regard to bail and release from preventive custody because he stands to line his pockets and is guaranteed a good income once he waves good-bye to his political career.

    The NP stands to lose more by letting this errant MP continue with his uninterrupted rant than booting him out, whether it will precipitate an early election or not. Get him out of there, PM!

  19. Matt says:

    The Prime Minister is a smart fox and he is handling Franco’s arrogance properly.

    A Prime Minister doesn’t have the luxury on picking a fist fight with anyone. By putting the country first and ignoring Franco’s shenanigans the Prime Minister is enhancing his stature as a leader and a statesman.

    Franco is looking more and more like a secondary school bully. Nobody likes a bully. Regardless what happens the people will cheer when he is ousted from parliament permanently.

  20. Kenneth Cassar says:

    If an election will rid us of the mental equivalents of 5-year-olds from our parliament, bring it on.

  21. David Thake says:

    Clearly the PM has reached the conclusion that a government with just a couple of idiots is better than one with 35.

  22. Johann Camilleri says:

    I wish PM Gonzi would call this twerp’s bluff. Come elections and it’s bye-bye Franco.

    I am sick and tired of the country being held hostage every time this brat’s mummy runs out of his suppositories.

  23. No Problem says:

    “After finishing his conversation with the Prime Minister, Debono crossed the chamber of the House to speak to Opposition leader Joseph Muscat.”

    How the hell can he do that? This sh!t has gone too far now.

    http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Debono-will-do-everything-to-see-justice-motion-discussed-before-Budget-Bill-vote-20120423

  24. cikku l-poplu says:

    Jekk tirrikata lil xi hadd tkun qed tikser il ligi izda jekk tirrikata pajjiz ghax ma taghdiex tieghek ikun hemm min jinqeda bik u jsejjahlek eroj.MISKIN X’MOHH TA’ TIGGIEGA.

  25. Johann Camilleri says:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

    Tell me it doesn’t describe this twerp and the tooth fairy to a T.

  26. silvio says:

    While we are always ready to condemn Dr. Debono for his sometimes unorthodox methods, even though his proposals found the approval of practically everyone, we should try putting ourselves in his position and ask whether we would have used his same tactics if we found ourselves being treated in the same way that he is.

    [Daphne – “No.” But then sensible people without personality problems wouldn’t have found themselves in that position to begin with.]

    I do not mean just the way he is being insulted and made to look like a mental case, we now have even somebody telling him to go jump from a bridge.

    When this whole saga started, months ago, I was one of the first to condemn his actions, but now I think that he is right both with his proposals and to a certain extent the tactics he is using.

    Knowing the way the prime minister reacts, I am sure that at the end of the day, Franco will have his way.


    [Daphne – The correct thing to do in that situation is RESIGN, Silvio, not stay on and make a total ass of yourself while creating trouble for the country.]

    • silvio says:

      Where would we all be if persons whose mission in life is to be reformers are made to shut their mouths and resign?

      These people have been with us through the ages, we all need them.

      Politicians have the habit of not moving anything if not pushed, or even more if not in their interest.

      You can be sure the government will not fall but some reforms are inevitable. This we have to admit is thanks to Dr. Debono.

  27. Dunstan says:

    Cock a doodle dooooo.. now he has help from his friend.

    Never in a thousand years would I have dreamt of this scenario. Surely not after all we went through in the 1980s.

  28. Matt says:

    Franco Debono is throwing the kitchen sink at the Prime Minister. In the final analysis the PM can’t yield to blackmail. He must stay strong.

    Forcing Carm Mifsud Bornici to resign so that Franco can have his pound of flesh will set a bad precedent, encourage future blackmail and solves nothing.

    Although the people gave a mandate to the PN to govern for five years, calling an election a few months earlier than scheduled is always better than succumbing to a bully.

    The PN must make an exemplary stand and kick Franco Debono out of the party permanently.

  29. Manuel Camilleri says:

    And JPO is at it again on his fejsbuk

  30. Lomax says:

    Daphne, if you allow me: qazziztna Franco!

  31. JMifsud says:

    Quote of the Day: ‘Operation Kitchens’

  32. John Schembri says:

    The car has a slow puncture , we need to re-inflate the tyre because we don’t have a spare wheel.

  33. Fifth district misrepresented PN voter says:

    When the Lord made man, all parts of the body argued over who would be the boss.

    The brain explain that since he controlled all parts of the body, he should be the boss.

    The legs argued that since they carry the whole body around they should be boss.

    The stomach countered that since it digestd all that is eaten, it should be boss.

    The eyes said without them the man would be helpless,so they should be boss.

    Then the ARSE HOLE applied for the job: the other parts of the body laughed so hard that the ass hole got mad and closed up.

    After some few days the brain got foggy, the legs went wobbly, the stomach got ill, the eyes could not see.

    Parliament conceded and made FD boss.

    This proves that you don’t have to be all brain to be a boss just an ARSE HOLE. Do we have a choice?

  34. LID-DARDIRA says:

    GHAZIZ “HIGH ACHIEVER”

    QAZZIZTNA

    DEJJAQTNA

    XEBBAJTNA

    DARDARTNA

    QALLAJTNA

    STURDEJTNA

    FXILTNA

    TELLIFTNA

    HARBATNA

    Ghax m’intix tajjeb u ma jixraqlekx tkun ministru.

    Issa jmissek

    TITLAQ

    THALLINA

    ISSIEFER

    TIRRIZENJA

    TGHIB

    TIZVINTA

    TEVAPORA

    u

    TIZZEWWEG.

    JEKK TKUN GHADDEJ MINN NAHA TAGHNA…IBQA’ GHADDEJ.

    QAS HADD MA JRIDEK HABBATA MA BIEBU.

    XI DWEJJAQ TA’ BNIEDEM.

    JA

    EGOIST

    SKIFUZ

    NARCISIST

    PRETENZJUZ

    AMBIZZJUZ

    IMPRUDENTI

    PASTAZ

    ORDINARJU

    ARROGANTI

    MALEDUKAT

    IMFISSED

    IMHAWWAD

    U FUQ KOLLOX

    KIESAH U QZIEZ

  35. Sokrate says:

    Some are born idiots, some achieve idiocy, others have idiocy trust upon them – oh dear, dear, our monotonous and disenchanting Mr SEFD (Super Ego Franco Debono) has once more decided to annoy us with his idiotic statements.

    Let go your folly and bring down Dr Gonzi and his team, and then please leave this country for good and settle down in Timbuktu so that you will have ample time to jot down all your ‘cucati’ in a book which will be only read (if ever) by your bright self.

    Your unprofessional conduct is really reaching its climax: you are offending ‘your’ party, your voters, your country, and yourself. U tal-lejber jghadduk passata fuq il-media taghhom, waqt li int toqghod iccarrat halqek donnok buffu f’nofs ta’ cirku.

  36. Village says:

    The prime minister should not give in to this concerted and diabolic attack to bring down the government.

    The conspirators should pluck up courage and own up. Show us your leadership and do the job yourselves.

    Surely you are not afraid that your political career would be over sooner rather than later.

  37. Lola says:

    Dr.Franco Debono is at it again. He was not made minister, that is the problem. He is a top criminal lawyer, yes, but a bad politician.

    He is not mature yet.

    No one in the country approves his actions. On the other hand Dr.Gonzi is ignoring him. I think that is what is irritating Dr. Debono so much. We cannot carry on like this.

    • H.P. Baxxter says:

      Why the “Dr”? Half the problem with these people is that this blasted country is straitjacketed by social conventions which dilute any censure to nothing. A lawyer behaving like a c*nt automatically forfeits his title.

    • Neil Dent says:

      The over-used ‘top criminal lawyer’ to describe Dr. Debono has perplexed me for some time now. The cases he defends, which are frequently reported in The Times, absolutely belie that grandiose title.

      I imagine he coined the phrase himself, just as he did with ‘(very) high achiever’. The man’s conceit appears to be boundless.

      • H.P. Baxxter says:

        I’m not bloody surprised. It’s all over the place. Several people appear to have had an ostentatious adjective surgically spliced to their name in the media. Inspire CEO. Everest climber. Marathon des Sables finisher. Economist. University lecturer. Freelance writer moonlighting as an actor.

        ‘Biografiji’ has the infamous “studjuz”. A catch-all if ever there was one. Xarabank has “Doktor” (pronounced and understood the Maltese way). Higher up the rarefied heights of Maltese small-town idiocy lies “President Emeritus”.

  38. A Grech says:

    Lid-Dardira u lil Josef – prosit tat-tribut sabih u misthoqq li tajtu lil Franco. He’s all that and more.

    • LID-DARDIRA says:

      @ A Grech:nizzik hajr tal-kompliment tieghek lejja tal-kontribut lettererarju lil wiehed li mhux den li jissejjah b’ismu-b’hekk nifrankaw xi libell lis-sinjura li qiegheda thallina naqilghu kull ma ilna ngemmghu fuq l-istonku ghal dawn l-ahhar erba snin minhabba dan l-IMBRULJUN ! (hekk zidtlu titlu iehor li jixraqlu).

  39. A Grech says:

    Il-prim ministru qed jehodha bl-akbar kalma u b’pacenzja kbira. Xtaqt nara lil Franco jilghab din il-loghba kieku kien hemm Mintoff fil-power.

  40. Ron says:

    If it drags on a little bit longer he will start believing he has created the earth. Kollox jaf miskin – hu biss tajjeb; hu biss jahseb. Hu biss jaf bir-rispett kollu.

  41. Joe says:

    I didn’t want to offend female genitalia but since you’ve said it yourself, I totally agree with you.

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