So…when and where is the execution, then?

Published: May 13, 2013 at 4:18pm

Marie Louise Coleiro Preca and her assembled throng of grim and ugly Madames and Monsieurs Defarge have apparently just announced an execution by firing squad.

Those faces are enough to send the economy into recession. Does anybody ever smile in this government, apart from its leader, who only does so sardonically anyway?

Kemm huma depressing, jahasra. Qabda nies tad-dwejjaq – imbasta bil-pozitiff tinkink.

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40 Comments Comment

  1. Augustus says:

    The glum family

  2. Galian says:

    Has anyone checked whether all mobile phones were left at reception?

  3. george grech says:

    The man at the minister’s right shoulder looks overtired. Maybe he should give up his part-time job.

  4. canon says:

    The worst is still to come.

  5. maryanne says:

    One ugly monsieur, who would have added to the grim faces, could not attend as he is not in Malta.

    And why the change in names? Anglu has become Angelo and Gejtu is now Gaetano.

    “This portal later confirmed that the Gaetano Mercieca on the list of appointees is the GWU’s former official, who is known as Geitu Mercieca.

    When contacted, the former GWU deputy secretary general refused to speak to The Malta Independent online since he said he is abroad, while asking this portal to call another time as “you are wasting my phone credit”.

    (The Malta Independent)

  6. selit says:

    You got me cracking! They look so depressed, poor souls.

    And what sort of photos is the DOI releasing, with the photographers jamming up the front?

  7. Joseph X. Borg says:

    I agree with you, dear Daphne! A lawyer to chair a huge care unit like St.Vincent de Paul Residence! Helped by a Medical Superintendent who has been occupying this post since 1998! he succeeded to eradicate Parliamentary Secretaries for the Care of the Elderly in this order: Dr A Mifsud Bonnici, Dr. Francis Agius, Ms Helen D’Amato and Mr Mario Galea….beware…who’s next!

  8. Gorg Borg says:

    Hilarious, having that printer/photo copier behind them at a press conference. Typical injoranza bazwijja tal-Labour.

  9. Jack says:

    Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, Joe Mizzi and Evarist Bartolo – the three ravens, harbingers of doom.

  10. P Sant says:

    Look into the pains into which this article (which seems to be a quote from an official press release) got into to try to justify the new chairman’s appointment. Seems they’re trying hard to conceal the real issue here: conflict of interest.

    How can a consultant to gaming companies be engaged as chairman of the regulatory body? Will he divest himself of his private practice?

    http://www.inewsmalta.com/dart/20130513-ma-tur-il-bord-tal-lga-chairman-ta-esperjenza

  11. Majsi says:

    There’s the architect Chris Grech, an ex-PL councillor from Mosta.

  12. ciccio says:

    Gvern Gdid mimli entuzjazmu.

  13. Snoopy says:

    Love the hairstyles (of both genders).

  14. worried says:

    Is Dr Ali Wenzu Mintoff’s sister?

  15. wenzu says:

    Forsi l-fotografu tad-DOI mhux tal-affari tieghu ghax messu qalilhom “Smile, hi.”

  16. Jozef says:

    L-aqwa l-hgiega fuq il-wicc tal-mejda.

    X’imhatra l-kafe’ lest biz-zokkor ggibuhulek. Bil-Morning Coffee.

  17. Min Jaf says:

    Imdejqin huma, u jdejqu lil kull min hemm ma dwarhom.

  18. C Falzon says:

    The photograph itself is also awful. Somehow those other two photographers (I wonder who they are) were given priority and the DOI photographer had to shoot over their heads and still didn’t manage to get them out of the picture and getting an awful angle.

  19. Lomax says:

    You’re aces. That sentence about sending the economy into recession has just made my evening. Il-veru kaz.

  20. helen says:

    Talk about grim faces, you should have seen George Abela during Simon Busuttil’s swearing-in as Leader of the Opposition. Dak geddum.

  21. WhoamI? says:

    Jien iz-zarbun tal-ministru veru narah faqa. Specjalment ghax jurina li l-ministru ghandha bunion.

    Imma ta l-inqas, ghandu naqa wedge irpuzata, ghax mara ta l-eta taghha ma tiflahx toqghod fuq takkuna il-gurnata kollha.

    Gvern zaghzugh. L-average age go dik il-kamra hija xi 60.

    Xi dwejjaq ta’ wcuh. Dejjem ghidt li l-maggoranza tal-Laburisti huma nies koroh, u jekk ma jkunux, issib li huma hamalli. U gieli ssib li persuna tkun kemm Laburista, kerha u anki hamalla. L-aghar variant.

  22. Snoopy says:

    Real Meritocracy.

    Marcon Ali nee Mintoff – niece to Dom
    Philip Sciberras – Labour dinosaur from the Dom era
    Josianne Cutajar nee Tanti – staunch Mintoffian Rabtija family background
    Gaetano Mercieca – geriatric ex sec-general of GWU
    Chris Grech – ex Labour candidate

    The rest of the group might have the right credentials, but when one sees this lot, one starts to wonder whether they were chosen for their ability or for their party affiliations.

  23. Gahan says:

    In the background an oil painting on canvas : “The death of Saint Joseph”

  24. Gahan says:

    The Last Supper..

  25. U Le! says:

    It’s like that sitcom, Waiting for God, without the wit. What did we do to deserve this?

  26. pale blue my foot! says:

    What a sad, sorry-looking bunch! Minister Coleiro Preca has this perpetual “I`m carrying the world`s problems on my shoulders” look.

    I don`t blame her given the wrong figolla ingredients, cracked soap dishes and other tragedies of life in government.

  27. Victor says:

    Imbasta bil-positiff tinkink… Brilliant!

    Thank you for the good laugh. With your post and the comments ensuing, you brightened up my evening. Cannot add anything as everyone seems to have noticed all the things I did, even down to the Minister’s shoes.

    Although I feel I have to add that while it’s funny to see these people at work, it is also so very sad for Malta to be run by these same people.

  28. Finding Nemo says:

    Just by looking at their grumpy faces, the elderly residents will pray harder to meet their Creator.

  29. ciccio says:

    Is that a picture of Our Lady of Sorrows above the Minister’s head?

  30. Lestrade says:

    Which one is Sydney Carton ?

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