Muscat under increased guard after potential threats by Charles Muscat aka il-Pips

Labour Leader Joseph Muscat and family under increased police security after reports of potential threats from former Cordin inmate Charles Muscat, also known as il-Pips.

Weekly newspaper Illum reveals how the police guard was prompted by a report which was lodged only hours after Muscat questioned how the former prisoner was released from prison before the termination of his 25-year-old sentence.

Subsequently, the report says, police stepped up protection around the Labour leader and his family after what potentially could have been interpreted as threatening comments in his regard made by Muscat.

Illum cites source as having said that following Joseph Muscat’s statements, Il-Pips insisted on having a face to face meeting with the Labour leader.

When that meeting was not granted, the sources said that il-Pips was heard saying that he would seek out Muscathimself, Illum reports.

Read more in Illum’s digital edition

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Tibqax turi izjed stupitagni: Ahna s-suggett kien is-suppost theddida lill-Kap tal-Oppozizzjoni u min tkaza b'din 'it-theddida" jien fakkart f'meta l-marmalja laburista, bieb ma bieb mal'ghassa tal-pulizija, ghamlet dak li ghhamlet fid-dar tal-Kap tal-oppozizzjoni ta' dak iz-zmien. Biesx nitkellem fuq id-dejn irrid inkun professur tal-ekonomija bhalek, imma jien fil-finanzi ma nifhimx. Imma naf li meta nqatlet Karen Greck kien hemm GVERN LABURISTA u b'dankollu ma qabad lil hadd! Minm jaf ghala? U naf ukoll li l-istess regim laburista qabad lill-"qattiel" ta' Raymond Caruana. Ir-regim anqas il-qattiel ta' Nardu debono ma qabad imma l-gvern tal-PN qabdu u meta hareg mil;l-habs kienu marru jilqghuh nies imdeffsin sewwa fil-PL. Ma nafx hadulux fjuri! U zgur li niftahar bil-flus li haw fl-idejn. Dawn affarijiet li jidhru u ma tistax tichadhom. "
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Semmejtlek id-dejn ghax int xbajt tiftahar bix-xalar u nfiq ta flus, karozzi etc., meta ma jaqbillekx taqbes is-suggett. Ara xi Karen Grech mas-semmighix u go tikka Malta ma jinqabad hadd. Il-hazin jibqa hazin jghamlu min jghamlu. Bhal ma hu hazin id-dejn tal-wahx li ghamiltu. Nerga nghidlek li imsieken it-tfal tal-lum li minjaf x-hemm lest ghalihom il-quddiem, again iz-zaqq il-mimlijja tigi taqa u tqum mil-vojta sur Demo-Kristjan.
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U ma tarax, verament nemusa int, ara jien fejn naf u x'jimpurtani fejn marru dawn il-biljuni li qed issemmi int u li probabblli anqas tiktibhom ma taf. Jien x'jimpurtani. Jien ghedt li fi zmienkom il-Kap tal-oppozizzjoni bil-maggoranza assolura warajh dahlulu go daru, bieb ma bieb ma l-ghassa, farrkulu u serqulu kulma sabu u sawtulu lill-familja inkluza ommu ta' xi 80 sena...Dawk il-fatti u mela se tiskandalizzaw ruhkom issa ghax skond intom, xi hadd hedded lil si hadd? Ahna bghatnielu l-pulizija tipprotegih u intom kontu tibaghtu l-pulizija jghinu lill-kriminali sur verament nemusa.
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Giovann ghal darba ohra u ta l-ahhar, ghidilna fejn marru il 1.5 BILJUN Euro dejn li ghamiltulna u li msieken ahna u aktar uliedna, nirreferi ghal working class mhux ghal min ghandu zaqq hoxna u mimlijja daqs bajda. Gvern honest kien jibni Malta mil-gdid.
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Jien mhux lejn il-kabinett inhares, balalu. Jien inhares madwari u nara gid, prosperita, divertiment u liri, liri u liri....li hafna ma jafux x'se jaqbdu jaghmlu bihom. Kulhadd jixtri u kulhadd jahraq. Ridt tarha l-pjazza tal-Mosta dil-gimgha li ghaddiet. Dak xiri u negozju. KIF, kellek tmur lura SEBGHA U ERBGHIN SENA biex tfakkar f'rebha minima, mhux tkaxkira laburista? Ghaddejtuh Mela, lil Mose ghax dak 40 sena biss dam fid-dezert. Issa sejrin sal-bahar. Bhalma fl-ahhar mill-ahhar ghamiltu intom.
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@go van....'Zgur li ma nivvotax lejber darb'ohra' qal go van...........dak principju ta' pinnur u l-pinnuri fuq il-ponot tal-kampnari qedin. Tiftakar go van meta qlajtu kaxkira fi zmien Borg Olivier ftit wara li dan gab l-indipendenza meta l-gvern kien raqad raqda papali u issa hekk qedin...hares harsa lejn il-kabinet u irrifletti ftit lejn dan il-grupp ezatt kif kienu fis-sebajnijiet. Pulicin, Tonio1 u Tonio2, Go vanna, Gatt, Dolores. Vera li fil-festi jkun hemm lix-xalar imma ergajna gejna bhal passat li wiehed ghandu biss biex jonfoq fil-festa tar-rahal u Biex jidher li qieghed jonfoq ghal ghajn tan-nies....bhalek.
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Dak li tahseb ma jiswa xejn nemus! X'gara jghodd! Kemm ixxalajna l-bierah ghall-festa! Min jaf kemm flus nefqu l-Maltin ? Haw wisq hela ta' flus!
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Nahseb li jekk kien hemm wiehed li ma ridx jelimina lil dik il-persuna kien Pullicin, pero xi hadd kien haseb li setaw jinkixfu hafna hnizrijjiet u gara li gara. Din bhal ta Queiroz kien intbghat id-dar MISKIN ghax marid!!!!! jew again ghax xi hadd kien haseb li setaw jinkixfu hnizrijjiet tal-wahx.
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Saqsi 'l KMB Martin! Kemm bzieq qeghdin tahlu u HADD ma jwiegeb. Kemm kien wehel pulicin u kemm ghamel il-habs? U kulhadd jghid li ma jridx jahli bzieq! Ftit iehor ejjew sal-Mosta halli taraw il-faqar tal-poplum Zgur li ma nivvotax lejber darb'ohra.
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Has canabis been legalized? De martino gives me that impression.
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Lino Camilleri
Mhux diga ghid ma nahliex bzieq mieghek. Kelma ahda se nghidlek. Sinjal li int balalu bhali la gharaftni.
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Lino Camilleri
Mhux diga ghid ma nahliex bzieq mieghek. Kelma ahda se nghidlek. Sinjal li int balalu bhali la gharaftni.
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Tom and Jerry ghidilna INT kemm wehel Pullicin u kemm ghamel. Ghidilna int, balalu!
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Lino Camilleri
Ghalfejn qed tahlu il bzieq ma De Martino . Mela mhux kullhadd jaf x'inhu. Halluh bi kwietu naqra ikompli joghodhom hbieb.
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U jien rajthom iwaddbu l-hamsinijiet fuq il-bank u jixorbu, jieklu u jitlahalhu....u jsaqsu kemm kien wehel il-kummissarju u kemm effettivament ghamel il-habs. Mela m'intix imhabbat Tonin? Bilfors biex qed tiehu dil-pacenzja kollha bija u raqa' ghan-nnnnnnnnnnnn
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@demartino Hemm kont nara lin nies ixejru il kontijiet tad-dawl u ilma u gas, jirringrazzjaw lil gvern ghat taxxa fuq il fuel u jifirhu bil euro 500 zieda li hadu fil gimgha. Kulhadd kuntent kullhadd ferhan:)
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While giving the same advice expressed by Daniel to Charles Muscat , I will add that if you ever touch a single hair from Dr.Joseph Muscat or a member of his family , I assure you that you will be spending the eternity not in C.C.F. but a little bit further down the road in a most quite environment .
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Billi hadd ma cahad kelma wahda biss milli ktibt jien...la hadd qatt cahad u anqas qatt hadd se jichad..mistoqsija semplici ohra: Kemm kien wehel il-kummjissarju tal-Pulizija dwar Nardu Debono u kemm effettivament ghamel. Mistoqsija semplicissma. Il-bierah ridtu tarawhom il-Maltin kif bdew jaharquhom il-flus biex jieklu, jixorbu, ipejpu u jixxalaw. Avolja jixtru 33 karozza KULJUM, jibqaghlhom hafna flus ghall-kapricci. Kellu bzonn il-gvern jissikka naqra c-cintorin ghax se jibqghu jizdiedu l-hoxnin. Il-barranin imutu bil-guh, u ahna mmutu bl-ikel u xorb iz-zejjed.
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Halluh lill DeMartino ghax dak hekk ha jibqa' jikkumenta biex jaljena is-suggett.....u jekk taraw il-kummenti kwazi kollha fuq Go Vann u out of subject .is-suggett hu dwar dan Charles Muscat li serva sentenza mnaqqsa...hekk kienet id-decizzjoni ta' xi hadd.....skond l-news dan kien gie misjub 25 darba(barra l-ammont li ma nqabadtx posittiv li ha d-droga fil-habs waqt li kien jiskonta sentenza dwar qtil doppju b'ammont ta' snin f'Monte Carmeli fejn hemm sezzjoni b'hafna bazuzli li ghandom hafna privileggi fostom li l-familjari tahhom izuruom x'hinu irid u kemm iridu. Kull kumment iehor u superflu.
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Luke Camilleri
Joseph Muscat huwa aktar u ferm ta' klassi minn Prim Ministri Nazzjonalisti bhal Eddie li kien ikollhu ir-rendezvous mar-refiegha tieghu bi kwalitajiet tajbin u anqa tajbin ( saqsu il-RCC!) u ferm aktar ta' klassi Joseph li mhux ipatpat u jghid Kif qal il-Benjamin ta' DeGiovanni , jaf min qatel il-Ray Caruana , jew inkella bil-quddies kollhu li jisma QATT ma mar ghal quddiesa ghal Ruh Karen Grech f'kull anniversarju taghha u anki il-familja taghha ghadiha martirju bl-investigazzjoni bl-iskossi li taparsi ghamel ! Dawk huma zgur l'OXXENITAJIET!
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Allura Giovann tahseb li fil-festa kullhadd bill but mimli ser ikun, inkluz l-anzjani u familji bit-tfal bi kwazi paga minima, forsi qed titkellem dwar il-jobs for the boys li dawn vera jkollohom x-jonfqu. Mhux ahjar tghidilna fejn marru il-mijjiet ta miljuni dejn li ghandu l-pajjiz. Il-Grecja, Irlanda, Portugal u shabek it-Taljani kolla hekk kienu jghidu li finanzi fis-sod, money no problem etc etc, pero ara issa fix-gew, tiftakar x-kontu tghidu li id-dejn mhux dizunur, nahseb li ahna mhux il-boghod wisq biex nigu fl-istess ilma umbghad tara x-gost. Meta se inkunu nafu il-verita dwar il-finanzi tal-pajjiz ??? wara elezzjoni ohra mhux hekk.
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Giovann....Jien ghalek ghandi rispett ghalik, ghax ghanke meta ghajjart lil tal P.N. int kont. Meta qlajt id daqqa niftakara, u mhux haga sew. Pero xorta ser nibqa insus halli nara li dak li tikteb ikun korret ma l-istorja. Jien dejjem nghejd ..jekk kull hadd ikun nazzjonalist jew kullhadd laburist , dawn tal gazzetti jistaw jghalqu ghax nies bhalna inzommuhom hajjin. Jien ghalija "niggieled " l-argument u mhux lil persuna.........lil messagg u mhux lil messagier.
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I don't know the guy (pips) so i will not be commenting about him personally.... but if our justice system (courts, prison and all) can find it fit to release a man who committed 2 cold blooded murders and still has a pending drug case after 15 years then I smell something VERY FOUL coming from the system... and I do mean the prison and the courts (or laws)... I tell all politicians, bishops and Government big-heads... WE ARE NOT AS DUMB AS YOU ALL THINK!!!!!
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@ Guidocforte and all readers: YES I DID write that...which proves that I never hesitate to praise even a labour leader if he deserves it. And I can also say that only once, in my adult life, was I punched in my face. Guess why? Because I tried to defend the Mosta MLP club when a no of nationalist supporters who tried to damage it foll one of the several nationalist victories at the polls.
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Luke Camilleri
...iehor dan bi "kwalitajiet tajbin u anqas tajbin!" Ma hasibx illi Dr. Joseph Muscat ghax ried ikellmu ,jaghmel xi appuntament mieghu taht il-Pont ta' San Giljan....
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Isimaw din hbieb .." Today I am a proud man. I am really happy to admit that time has proved me wrong, and to Alfred Sant goes the honour of being the first Socialist leader since Dr.Boffa who seems to really respect all the rules of democracy. As for Alfred Sant; After the 1996 election I was the first one to praise him publicly for his part to get rid of the violent elements in the M.L.P." Tafu min qalu dan id diskors ? HADD HLIEF IL HABIB TAGHNA Giovann DeMartino.. Tichad Giovann....
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Joseph Sant
Mr DeMartino (an aristocrat I presume with the capital M) you feel ten feet tall because you think no one has a reply to your comments. Poor chap - no one replies to your comments because everyone has put you on ignore. Il-festa t-tajba eccellenza.
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Giovann De Martino most probably is suffering from some chronic form of dementia. He thinks, he remembers clearly what happened more then 25yrs ago, but fails to connect, in any way, with the present. He preaches hatred against a government that has long been gone and forgotten, failing miserably when it comes to what is happening nowadays to a government and party which are as disconnected as he is from reality. Give everyone a break Mr De Martino and if you cannot come up with something different, then it would be better for your party, if you say nothing.
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@demartino Kompli dahhakna waqt li qed tgawdi il pensjoni li tak dak il gvern tal passat oxxen.
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Govann, xi xrobt qabel baghtt dak il-kumment?
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Sewwa qal Toninu,,LILU ma nimmutahx, imma nimmuta lil-lejburisti KOLLHA. Mhux jien nimmuthom, imma l-passat oxxxxxxeeennnisssmu taghhom. Biex nippreciza: Qvern laburista tan-najek ghax HU ma qabad lil hadd hlief lil min qatel lil Ray Caruana. DAk INQABAD, IMMA MIN QATEL LIL kAREN, bi gvern Laburista b'kollox ma nqabad qatt. L-eroj talgakketta blu inqabdu u hargu liberati Dadattant il-lejla u ghada ejjew sal-pjazza tal-Mosta u taraw x'ghakx haw. Kulhadd jibla', kulhadd jixrob, ku;lhadd ipejjep, kulhadd jitlahlah kulhadd kuntent u kulhadd ferhan........grazzi ghal GonziPn. trid tara l-ewros hergin!!!!!!!!!
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To hear some one saying "that he will seek some one himself" is not a joke. That's a very serious statement, threat. What I would like to know from the Police is, apart from increasing security to Dr.Joseph Muscat and family, are they going to take any legal action according to Law ? And when? Or at what stage? Are we living with a peaceful mind ?
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Din hija tattika ta GONZIPN biex jingabru l-kriminali qabel l-elezzjoni.Se naraw aktar.Importanti li laburisti jisimghu mill mexxejja. Dawn se jipprovokaw u meta jsir hek tal Labour dejjem jitilfu. Hareg fuq good conduct meta min go l-habs ippjana importazzjoni ta droga u ghad irrir jersaq guri, jekk jersaq. Dik good conduct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hallina Carm, mohhok mistrieh.
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@ Solidarity. Kollu minnu li għedt sieħbi. Gvern tal-kriminali dan.
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@ DeMartino Jien ghandi il guts nghid li l-hazin u hazin, ghamlu min ghamlu, u sar meta sar. Ghal kuntrarju int ghandek ghamad li ma ihallikx tammetti dan. U BTW lili mhux timmutani, imma fid dinja magghla tal-lum ma ghandhiex hin x'nahli nirrispondi hafna mic-cucati li tikteb.U BTW, nikteb meta u x'hin irrid jien, u l-ebda demartino mhu ser jikkmandani. Capito?
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@ De Martino, Vera gvern tan nejk. 30 sena fi gvern u ma jaqbdax lill min kien dahal fid dar ta EFA, lill min qatel lill raymond caruana, ma jinstab hadd tal gakketta blu li werwru pajjiz, ma jinqabad hadd minn dawk li waqqghu il balavostri fuq il laburisti f'haz zebbug, Kif jista jkun gvern b'rekord f'kull qasam ma jirnexxilux jaqbadhom lil dal kriminali. Tiftakar De Martino lill Eddie f'meeting l-imqabba jaccetta haruf minghand gaffarena. Dak kien membru tal gakketta blu? Tghd hemm xi raguni ghaliex ma jinqabdux dawn il kriminali?
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Ergajt sibttni ma' wiccek Tonin: kien nhaw zmien meta l-kap ta' l-oppozizzjoni, avolja joqghod bieb ma' bieb ma' ghassa tal-pulizija, dahlulu go daru, farrkulu kollox u sawtulu lill-familja....u hadd ma arresta lil hadd. Timmutax Tonin bhalma taghmel normalment.
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Gejna tajjeb f'dan il pajjiz. Il-kap ta l-oppozzijoni ma jistax jiftah halqu ghax jigi mhedded. Minflokk ifittex li jitkellem ma Dr.Muscat dan l-individwu ghandu jiltaqa mal familji tal vittmi tieghu ha jara kif qed ihossuhom.
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daniel agreed 100%
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Din hemm bzonn li tinqata darba ghal dejjem, minn fejn sa fejn tehel 27 sena habs u taghmel 15 biss, lanqas jekk tghddi dawn il-15 il-sena fil-kappella tal-habs ahseb w ara tghaddihom qishek ir-re tal-habs. U dan qatt ma ha sehem fi xi nkwiet li kien hemm il-habs xi snin ilu? Il-gustizzja kemm tal-Qrati u iktar u iktar dik li tintalab mill-qraba tal-vittmi trid li jekk tehel 27 sena habs taghmel 27 gewwa Kordin u mhux fil-lukanda l-ohra Mount Carmel ghax Alla jbierek meta xi hadd jinqabad li jkun ghamel xi delitt, serq, qtil, drogi, klandestini dawn jimirdu bil-genn. u zgur ghax go Mount Carmel qishek qieghed f'lukanda. Il-Gvern irid jara li m'ghandux ikun hemm iktar tbazwir biex iz-zmien li tkun wehilt b'Sentenza jitnaqqas ghall-ebda raguni. Qalbel kien ikun hawn xi amnestija u issa amnestija pulita li hadd ma jinduna biha ghar meta tigri. Mela l-Gvern ghandu minn issa jiddeciedi u mhux joqghod jitlob l-baka tal-PL li kull min jehel Sentenza l-habs jaghmilha kollha kemm hi u jekk f'dak iz-zmien ma jgibx ruhu sew iz-zmien jitwal ghan-nuqqs ta' dixxipilna li jkun wera hu min hu Tom, Dick jew Harry. Jien li kieku xi hadd miz-zewg vittmi li nqatlu minn dan il-bniedem kien jigi minni kieku illum migdud u rrabjat ghax ma jkunx ghamel iz-zmien kollu li jkun wehel. Il-gustizzja trid issir kollha kemm hi u mhux bicca minnha.
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Puluzija bhal l-Ingilterra ghandna li waqt l-irvellijiet ta' dan l-ahhar jattakaw u kif jaslu hdejn 'it-tugs' jieqfu u jirtiraw u bhal dawk li kienu qed jaraw 'it-tugs' iqabbdu d-djar u l-karozzi u mitt haga ohra u jibqu passivi u ghamlu sew li l-awtoritajiet Inglizi li gabu Amerikan Famuz biex jattakka l-Gangs ta' l-Ingilterra....u hekk ghandna bzonn ghawn Malta jitmexxa minn Barrani.
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WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE LIVE IN HERE? WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THESE? THE GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE STEPS AGAINST THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR, OR IF THEY DO NOT WE ARE LIVING AT THE MERCY OF THUGS WHO JUST THREATEN YOUR LIFE IN THE NAME OF THAT SAME GOVERNMENT OR POLITICAL PARTY. TRULY UNBELIEVABLE...
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U mbaghad is-Sunday Times (sic Pravda maltija) artiklu shih tiddefendih. Hanzir taqtalu dembu hanzir jibqa. U 'l hemm rega sejjer il-Habs.
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Allura il-Gvern u il-Pulizija fejn huma ? Ma smajna xejn fuq in NET ghaliex? Li tkun Nazzjonalist jaqaw tfisser li tista taghmel dak li trid u il-Gvern ma jiehux passi? Naf xi tfisser meta ma taqbilx ma Gvern Nazzjonalista, illi minn 1987 nigi diskriminat, medhed u umiljat Nispera li jekk jitla l-labour tibda issir GUSTIZZJA
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Just a bit of an advice for Charles Muscat, don't even think of harming Joseph or his family cause we will be watching you.