editorial
Ghostly advice
On Tuesday the Monty Python producers would have had a field day.

If there was a farcical episode this week, it was Mr Tony Coleiro's assertion that he was basing all his opposition to the La Salle contract on the outcome of a consultation with Edgar Mizzi, a controversial figure from our past.

The late Mr Mizzi would be unaware that he had apparently done much to please Mr Coleiro and irritate the Nationalists, since he has been dead for some months now.

Mr Coleiro, however, may be very much alive, but he is living in the past, both when it comes to political acumen and also when it comes to constitutional advice.

We are indeed living in a Monty Python setting, when the future of a Lm7.7 million contract depends heavily on what Edgar Mizzi has told Mr Coleiro, especially since we are in the unfortunate position of not being able to ask for clarifications from Dr Mizzi.

With all due respect to the deceased, Mr Coleiro, the dockyard sections strong man, should seek some advice from present day figures.

When and if the dockyard does sink, it will be the fault of individuals such as Mr Coleiro and Mr Sapiano, the two loud voices at the dockyard, who have chosen to place their egotistical political beliefs before the common good of the ‘Yard.

Leadership, dear Anglu

Mr Anglu Fenech, a former secretary general of the GWU, was interviewed this week in ‘Virtwali'.

Mr Fenech definitely made the best programme so far in the series in terms of content, being both lucid and direct. The far from humble unionist insists that all individuals should be sincere and direct - and this we will.

We could sense that Mr Fenech was very careful in the criticism he levelled at the present GWU leadership, but we all know what he thinks of certain members running the union today.

Probably because he thinks that he will be used by the media, he was not as forthcoming as he is reputed to be when it came to describing the leadership.

Mr Fenech said that when attacked by the press, he would lift the phone and utter a few expletives and urge the editor to retract his statement.

What we will not retract is our argument that the biggest problem the union faces today is in the leadership. And when Anglu Fenech was secretary general there was direction and decision making (emphasis here).

What we have today is a stalling leadership, or rather one giving in to every provocation.
What do you think, Ang?

A Hypogeum very well done
Those who have had the opportunity to visit the Hypogeum should have felt a shot of pride rush through their veins. This is a fine example of hard work and also proves that given the opportunity we too can provide first class sites for viewing.

The archaeological unknown wonders at the Hypogeum also point to the riches to be found in Malta and Gozo.

We have so much and yet so little is cared for.

Perhaps we should start encouraging the involvement of the private sector in managing such sites.

This argument is based on the premise that government does not have the necessary funds and sources to encourage the running of these national gems on profitable or viable grounds.