I find it very hard to believe that the section of the article which is wrongly titled “National Paranoia versus National Crisis” was actually written by Saviour Balzan.
I enjoy reading your articles because most of the time you point out facts, but in this section of your article you skipped the facts.
Quoting from your article: “No one coloured is taking our jobs”.
Are you sure about this? Do you mean that the coloured people I see hanging behind a refuse truck, using the jackhammer with the Water Services Corp., delivering bathroom tiles, cleaning restaurant kitchens, etc, are actually Maltese people who decided to paint themselves black?
“None of them are taking our money”.
Then whose money is the government using to pay for their meals, clothes, medical checkups, logistics, housing, security, and “pocket money”. Please, Mr Balzan, don’t tell me it’s EU money. You should know better. Why not ask the government what actually made the Social Security expenditure rise so much? Do you believe it was the collective agreements and children’s allowance?
“Most of them are doing jobs that most Maltese do not want.”
True, most Maltese do not want those jobs, but some do. In your lifetime, wasn’t it always a Maltese picking up your garbage? Wasn’t it always a Maltese working in the construction industry? Since when do these minority of Maltese no longer want this kind of job? It is since coloured people starting taking their jobs for half the pay, without leave or sick leave, without bonuses or any benefits. Obviously, if I was the owner of a construction company I would find it very tempting to employ these people, saving thousands of euros. But on the other hand, if I was a construction employee, and my boss told me that I have to work overtime at an hourly rate, or otherwise he will employ an immigrant instead of me, I wouldn’t be very happy, and might probably quit anyway.
“None of them is taking up crucial Maltese jobs. No one is sucking up lucrative tenders from the blue-eyed boys. Unlike France and England and other European countries, I do not see black police officers or black public officials...”
Come on, Mr Balzan, don’t be impatient. Just wait a little bit.
“And if I did, I would not cringe...”
Neither would I, as long as that black police officer or black public official is residing legally, employed legally, paying his dues, and is self sufficient.
Contrary to what you might think, I am not racist. I used to date a black girl, and I used to host Kenyans (from the Maltese mission in Kenya) at my house.

Ivan Abela
Luqa