The people of Malta should be grateful for MaltaToday (especially the Sunday edition) for exposing the dirty business perpetrated in Malta with the sanction – nay, the blessing even – of the Prime Minister. Both the present and previous Prime Ministers gave their blessing to all the Armier illegal squatters to build a shantytown right on the beach.
Prime sites such as Armier, White Rocks and Ta’ Macca would have cost a great deal of money to develop legally, but these thieves just took the land and held a private auction with Dr Gonzi, who got a handful of votes in the 2008 election. If Dr Gonzi thinks he has earned their respect, he is very wrong and I am sure most of them still voted against his party. These people held him to ransom and he stooped low enough to be guilty of breaking the law. Where was Jason Azzopardi when this was happening?
What kind of oath does Dr Gonzi take when he kisses the cross for the TV camera upon taking office? I am very much offended when Dr Gonzi takes a front seat at St John’s Cathedral on special occasions. How can a person who has vowed to safeguard justice allow such dirt in this country?
We have had one scandal after another. The most recent being the Mistra Scandal, the Bahrija Scandal, and the Armier Scandal. How can people such as Austin Walker remain in direct control of such a corrupt organisation that has been under the responsibility of the Office of the Prime Minister for the last 15 months?
When Dr Gonzi was ‘made’ prime minister he made the grave mistake of not exercising any control of the ministers under his command. That was a direct indication that ministers could do whatever they pleased and that he would grant them his blessing.
Now it may be too late – no complicated legal jargon is going to correct the mess MEPA has mired itself in. Everybody knows that the members of the several boards are compromised beyond redemption.
Would such dirt be tolerated in any other European country? We are a country worse off than the bad old 1980s. Two Customs’ officers have been given a suspended sentence, 17 years after committing a crime. What kind of justice is this? Who is responsible for this, the police, the judges, the minister of justice? In this country no one takes responsibility for anything. If one has money one can get away with murder.
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