Are these things time-barred, do you think?
I have a suggestion for Franco Debono and Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, and it’s not where to put a rather large carrot.
They can find out whether these matters are time-barred and then bring a motion before the house for the grilling by parliament’s foreign affairs committee, followed by a vote, on whether Alex Sceberras Trigona, currently Labour’s international secretary, committed high treason when, as foreign minister, he signed a very secret agreement with Kim Il Sung for weapons and North Korean training to be used against Maltese citizens.
Not only did he keep this concealed from parliament, but he and his cohorts in the cabinet kept it concealed from The People, because in those days, even those who voted for them were treated with utter contempt.
I’ll go one further and say that, perversely, Labour had more contempt (and still does) for those who voted Labour than it had for those who didn’t. It was and still is a variant on the Groucho Marx “I don’t want to belong to any club that will have me as a member” line of thinking.
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“I have a suggestion for Franco Debono and Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, and it’s not where to put a rather large carrot.”
This qualifies for “Quotes of the week” on The Times.
Perhaps they could present a PQ asking the leader of the opposition who he gave a last minute ticket on his plane to Benghazi.
It could be someone delayed from Rome, trying to sort out Libyan assets frozen by Mr. Monti until it’s clarified who they belong to.
Let’s see what the greatest Nationalist is made of.
I think we should not rely on either of these two unreliable guys but it should be the prime minister himself or the actual foreign minister who should present a motion calling for AST to appear before the house regarding this act of treason.
I am sure Dr. George Vella will volunteer to sign the motion.
They will do nothing of the sort. It does not prejudice the PM. Consequently, it does not interest them.
Please do not rub salt into the wound.
As I have already said in previous posts these people should have been prosecuted way back in 1987.
That is what happened in all opressed countries once they acheived democracy.
I fully agree with you. Since they were never brought to justice, the wounds remain open.
If those wounds serve to keep them in opposition, this could be a consolation. But what if they are returned to power?
You are quite right to say that ‘Labour had more contempt (and still does) for those who voted Labour than it had for those who didn’t’.
This contempt towards its own people is the downfall of all Labour governments in Malta. I do not believe that Joseph Muscat has really addressed this fundamental flaw that undermines the PL’s survival in goverment.
It may well be that the PL is elected to government but its survival will be shortlived.
The electoral swing that favours them will be lost within the first 2 months of government characterised by bad decisions and arrogance towards their own people.
The PN should be clever enough to embrace rather than reject (as it has been doing) those people that the turn of the tide brings to its shore.
May I ask who are the ambassadors who visit Joseph Muscat weekly? Since the meetings are not secret, can he tell us what is discussed?
“When asked by the PN media on his “secret” meeting with North Korean ambassador Han Tae Song, Muscat said it was not more secret than the courtesy calls he receives from ambassadors “three, four times a week”
.maltastar.com/…/20120414-updated-muscat-bac…