PN remembers the violence of the 1980s…

But forgets who was involved. Commissioner of Police: ‘I was not involved in Peter Paul Busuttil case’.

25 years on... the PN rekindles memories of an unsavoury past under Labour administrations.
25 years on... the PN rekindles memories of an unsavoury past under Labour administrations.

Launching a series of events and activities aimed at 'commemorating' the political unrest of the 1980s, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this week claimed that remembering the past helps us 'appreciate what we have today'.

But while the PN media are currently going into overdrive to recreate the Tal-Barrani incident, Zejtun wedding shoot-out and the murder of Raymond Caruana - among other throw-backs to the so-called 'dark days' of Old Labour - pundits on both sides of the political divide question what appears to be a case of selective memory. 

Among the people to raise such questions are former Nationalist minister Michael Falzon, who pointed out that current Police Commissioner John Rizzo (appointed under a PN administration) was also the man who arraigned Peter Paul Busuttil for the murder of Raymond Caruana in 1986.

Busuttil is widely acknowledged to have been framed for that murder, in a police operation which involved the planting of the murder weapon - a sub-machine gun - on his property. Referring to the subsequent promotion of Rizzo to commissioner as 'one of the ironies of history', Falzon openly questions the wisdom of drawing attention to these incidents, when so much about them remains a mystery to this day.

"How can the PN reconcile their strategy with the fact that one of the protagonists of those events - not a major protagonist, perhaps, but a protagonist nonetheless - was later made Police Commissioner under a Nationalist administration?" he asks.

This fact alone today prompted a right of reply from Commissioner of Police John Rizzo, who dubs Falzon's implication as being 'totally devious': "The Commissioner of Police categorically denies that he himself was the officer who arraigned Peter Paul Busuttil in court. As he had expressed in many occasions, Mr Rizzo was never involved in the investigation, arraignment or in the prosecution of Mr Busuttil's case.  His only involvement was to escort and provide security, together with other police officers, to Mr Peter Paul Busuttil on his way from Police Headquarters to the Law Courts.

"This fact could easily be verified and confirmed by Mr Peter Paul Busuttil himself.

"It is also pertinent to point out to your readers that Police Commissioner John Rizzo climbed the various rungs of promotion in his policing career due to his meritorious achievements and this under both administrations."

Falzon is not alone in pinpointing this anomaly: Wenzu Mintoff, former Labour MP and the first chairman of Alternattiva Demokratika, likewise singles out the promotion of Rizzo, among others, as an indication that the raking up of 25-year-old incidents serves also to distort the history hidden behind them.  

"I have been foremost in the Labour Party to condemn violence during that time," Mintoff recalls. "I even paid the price for my stand as I was expelled from the Young Socialist League in 1985 and from the Labour Party in 1989. But I have always argued that the strategy of tension in the 1980s was also based on the provocation of those who always threw the first stone and were the first to hide their hands. And while some of those involved in acts of violence declared themselves as Labourites, there are various mysteries surrounding dubious figures like Inspector Joe Psaila. Significantly, after the 1987 general election people like Inspector Joe Psaila, who were involved in a number of frame ups including that of Pietru Pawl Busuttil, were not expelled from the police corps. The latter was promoted twice up to the rank of Assistant Commissioner. Significantly the person who arraigned Peter Paul Busuttil in court now occupies the rank of commissioner..."

Mintoff recalls how it was the Alfred Sant led government which actually expelled people like Joseph Psaila and Charles Cassar from the police force.

"On the other hand, people like Gianni Psaila (il-Pupa), who was involved in various acts of violence, changed sides and appeared next to Eddie Fenech Adami before the 1996 election after being rehabilitated and depicted as a superhero by party propagandists."

Echoing Deborah Schembri - formerly the IVA campaign manager in the divorce referendum, and now a Labour Party candidate - Mintoff argues that the PN's strategy says more about the party currently in government, than the one in opposition.

"It is nothing new that when the PN has its back against the wall, it inevitably tries to play this card. The fact that the PN is choosing to fight the next election by re-exhuming the past is a sign that Gonzi is not comfortable with the present."

Elsewhere, however, the PN initiative to re-examine political violence of the 1980s - by means of articles in In-Nazzjon, and a TV series hosted by Medialink journalist Dione Borg - has been welcomed as a fitting commemoration of an important historical period.

For Dr Frank Portelli, a PN delegate and former MP, remembering such events is as natural and meaningful as any other historical remembrance.

"These events, such as that of the killing of Raymond Caruana and the frame up of Pietru Pawl Busuttil, mark the abyss the Country had reached in 1986 and have left an indelible mark on the nation," he comments. "There is no doubt events like this should be remembered much as we commemorate remembrance day for those who died in the great wars."

Asked if he sees this as a political stratagem, Portelli is openly sceptical as to whether such initiatives will actually influence voters.

"It would be wrong to assume that remembering these events will influence the minds of young voters who do not share this collective memory directly," he said. "Keep an eye on the question in the polls - who do you trust most - the answer to this question is likely to reflect the voters' intention."

Michael Falzon agrees. "However, I doubt this initiative is aimed at the under-25 age bracket, which has no memory of these issues," he appoints out. "If so it is unlikely to succeed. Young people today are likely to react just as my generation did when we were young, and our parents told us about the hardships of the war. We didn't live through it ourselves, so we couldn't relate to it directly."

When it comes to an older audience, Falzon concedes that the effect may be considerably different. "I believe it is targeted towards middle-aged people, and the message is to remind them of what the alternative to a Nationalist government might be. I think they have a point, too. I for one believe that Labour has changed since those days; but they haven't made enough of an effort to prove it. Ideally a line should have been drawn at one point: Joseph Muscat should have apologized for those years, and promised that the Labour Party would never again resort to violence as a political tool..."

But neither Muscat nor the PL ever quite made that commitment, Falzon continues, so the wounds have never really healed.

Even so, it remains a fact that Joseph Muscat himself belongs to a generation which never really experienced those years directly. And among older generation which did, there is by no means a consensus on the historical interpretation of those events.

Professor Dominic Fenech, historian and a Labour activist in the 1970s, argues that the campaign is itself part of an ongoing approach which over-emphasises "the 'atrocities and iniquities' of past Labour governments.

"We are reaching a stage where it is automatically assumed that everyone agrees all that happened was wrong," he said. "Even if we accept this basic premise - and it is not widely accepted - the PL has already paid the price in full. Look at how many elections it has lost in the meantime. But to argue that Labour can never be considered a legitimate alternative because of things that happened 25 or 30 years ago... that is ludicrous."

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Micheal Bonanno
@mf. These wounds can never heal as long as the PN keep using those sad (yes sad) events for political mileage. Everybody in his right mind knows that in those events, there a hidden perpetrator(s). As for the cars, it's no puzzle. They were burnt by vindictive PN supporters. I'm talking about Tarxien and Sta. Lucia which are quite a distance from Zejtun. As for evidence, how can the evidence be found, when the same hidden hands, were still part of the police force,and in the higher echelons too! There was ample time to get rid of the evidence. Why was ND killed at the depot? Maybe he was ready to uncover who was using him to plant bombs on doorsteps! Too many questions, but it seems no answers will be forthcoming. After 1987-1996 of PN government, I'm sure, there was time enough for all evidence pointing to the culprits had been destroyed. It was Dr. Alfred Sant who threw the culprits out of the police corps, and none other!
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@salgister I believe in dialog and appreciate also what you are stating. as that is the only way that truth can ever be uncovered. the burning of cars is also quizzling,as it was a sign for the peacful partecipants, not to get any near to Zejtun. again we are all wiser afterwards.I am stating what i saw and have no intentions to state otherwise. I repeat i belive in Malta and the Maltese and I only want to see that these islands never fall back to that dark period again. no matter whoever is in government-of course it would be worthwhile knowing the whole truth.though i still wonder of that would heal any deep wounds.
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Micheal Bonanno
@maltabiss. What you just said, is a theory that has been floating around since then. Although hearsay, and lack of proof, and conflicting evidence points to just that.
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You are right salgister . ** Could the murder of Raymond Caruana have been a botched-up false flag operation to raise up PN support by appearing as an attack on a PN club but which went wrong? ** Think about ladies and gentlemen.
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Micheal Bonanno
@mf. Who said that persons weren't arrested? There were some who were arrested but had to be freed due to some technicalities. What I have written is public knowledge and not spinning. If you were there, then explain to me why cars where burnt and destroyed along the way stretching form Sta. Lucia? The Battleground was tal-Barrani near the entrance to Zejtun, how come cars far from this point then were destroyed? I mentioned initials because it's the most prudent thing to do, but I'm sure that most of the public knows who these initials belong to. If you don't know, than you're either too naive or else you don't want to face the truth! The Tal-Barrani case was the PN's coup de grace and nail the lid on the MLP's coffin in the coming elections. And to further condemn the MLP to political hell, the Raymond Caruana Case came up. I still don't believe that he was politically murdered. I believe that he was killed accidentally. Talking about democracy when you took part, was it the PN's way of democracy? Because the Tal-Barrani coup was the last straw EFA had in his hand. If the 1987 elections were lost, EFA would have become a has-been. But his ambitions were too great to let go that easily. As for you not given arms, who would give arms to a teenager? Have you forgotten the militant arm of the PN, Tal-Gakketta Blu? As for heroic acts, as a teenager, you were spoonfed to believe that, but you were only a pawn in a political game that ended with the death of an innocent person. Bombs, murders, vandalism that's what happened in the 80's, but who was the agent provocateur? That's the question.
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@salgister And others with the opinion that PN was behind the violence of the day. This is rather a pertinent statement that cannot be taken so lightly, especially where human lives were involved. Again history has its way of being distorted with time; I guess that is why there is Story in History. having said that, how come when in opposition the MLP didn’t take the matter further and confronted the PN with its so called spinning, when as some of you have stated that the perpetrators were eventually promoted under the PN administration? I am asking questions as one should stick to truth and not what we think is the truth. Passing statements with no sustainability is simply loose talk and it only dilutes further any argument erstwhile. back to your questions salgister, I was a teenager at that time and can assure you that I wasn’t provided with any arms and the reason that I took part in the event was for the sake of democracy and freedom of speech, believe you me, our intentions were very peaceful and definitely not intended to provoke any one. As for the rest of the information, you seem to know more and therefore you are bound with the responsibility to advise the competent authorities to rectify any misconduct no matter what that person status holds today. Some of us still carry those dark eventful scars. And we did it stoically because we believe in Malta first and foremost. We never and do not expect any compensations for our heroic acts.
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@I.Fenech. Il-user name tieghi small f fenech muhx capital. Jien m'ghandix x'naqsam ma Fenech capital F.
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I Fenech How come those police officers whom the PN used to accuse of perpetrating violence against PN supporters were promptly promoted and given more than one promotion as soon as the PN came to power? ** Doesn't it smell fishy to you? ** It does to me and others. ** It was only Dr Alfred Sant who kicked them out the moment he took office. ** Regarding the bombs, how come they stopped suddenly the moment the PN came to power? Again, doesn't it smell fishy to you? ** It does to me and others.
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Micheal Bonanno
@mf. I didn't say that there weren't abuses. There were as there are today. And like you, hope that someday the truth will come out. But one thing comes to mind. The PN has been in government for the past two decades. Why did it not open investigations to see what happened? Why did it not bring forward the culprits (after all even names were mentioned). Or is it possible that the PN likes the status quo, for without the PN's side history of the 80's, there won't be any platform to fight the PL during election times. It has been 25 years since those events mentioned. The PL did its part when Dr. Alfred Sant expulsed all those who were known as violent elements, while the PN welcomed them with open arms, even just to spite the PL. What did the PN do? Nothing, just talk, talk, talk. The PL can only ensure that those times won't happen again! After, in all these cases, the PL has now become the victim. History has been warped to suit the PN and not the country. There are many cases that suggest that events happened through provocation. One example comes to mind. How come a group of people from Zejtun, maybe a few hundred (exaggerated figure according to photographs) hold thousands of people from entering Zejtun. Another thing, how come EFA was wearing a bulletproof vest that day? During mass meetings, he was always seen wearing a suit. How come, there was a businessman, his surname begins with an S, who was distributing arms? How come several cars were burnt and totally destroyed on the road to Barrani, well in advance to the entrance to Zejtun? There are more questions that need answering. I hope you can answer some of these for me!
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Micheal Bonanno
@mf. I didn't say that there weren't abuses. There were as there are today. And like you, hope that someday the truth will come out. But one thing comes to mind. The PN has been in government for the past two decades. Why did it not open investigations to see what happened? Why did it not bring forward the culprits (after all even names were mentioned). Or is it possible that the PN likes the status quo, for without the PN's side history of the 80's, there won't be any platform to fight the PL during election times. It has been 25 years since those events mentioned. The PL did its part when Dr. Alfred Sant expulsed all those who were known as violent elements, while the PN welcomed them with open arms, even just to spite the PL. What did the PN do? Nothing, just talk, talk, talk. The PL can only ensure that those times won't happen again! After, in all these cases, the PL has now become the victim. History has been warped to suit the PN and not the country. There are many cases that suggest that events happened through provocation. One example comes to mind. How come a group of people from Zejtun, maybe a few hundred (exaggerated figure according to photographs) hold thousands of people from entering Zejtun. Another thing, how come EFA was wearing a bulletproof vest that day? During mass meetings, he was always seen wearing a suit. How come, there was a businessman, his surname begins with an S, who was distributing arms? How come several cars were burnt and totally destroyed on the road to Barrani, well in advance to the entrance to Zejtun? There are more questions that need answering. I hope you can answer some of these for me!
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@ salgister, this is all theory as there were families who suffered a lot under MLP and they were openly known for thier political inclinations even though they were law abiding citizens. I do hope that some day the whole truth comes to light. maybe not so soon. but I await for that day where the whole truth is uncovered. will the PL in government ensure that such is the case?
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Sur i tat tikka Fenech,int nahseb wiehed minn dawk li ghadek tghix fil passat hux pupu? wiehed minn dawk l aljeni mbecilli li kont tahseb li fit tmeninijiet il pl kien jaghmel il bombi hux vera?Ara hawnx xi hadd waqt li jkun fil gvern jaghmel il bombi? Imma grazzi ghal efa kien isib il fidili u jemmnuh! JEKK QED TGHID LI DAWK LI WADDBU L BALAVOSTRI KIENU EROJ MELA INT WIEHED ILLI TAQBEL MAL VJOLENZA!Mur isma quddiesa u mur ftit fil kampanja forsi tiftah mohhok mr rabbit.
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Micheal Bonanno
@I. Fenech. Jekk vera li qieghed tghid int, mela ghala certu ndividwu, li joqghod Haz-Zebbug, u li kellu xi jghid ma' tal-MEPA fuq xi kamra fuq il-bejt, u li kellhom imorru l-pulizija ghalih, sahansitra anke gabuh fuq l-ahbarijiet, beda jghajjat li lest li ghid kollox fuq li gara dakinhar li waqghu l-balavostri wehidhom? Jekk vera biex jiddefendu ruhhom, ghala kellhom l-acidu, u spirtu tal-melh ippreparat biex ikollhom xi jwaddbu. Importanti li tkunu tafu, li fil-kazin hadd ma seta' jidhol ghalihom dawn in-nies, ghax kien hemm ix-xarabank tal-pulizija taghlaq il-bieb. Dwar il-bombi, ghala dawn kienu jitpoggew biss ma' bibien ta' persuni li kienu jikkoperaw mal-Gvern tal-gurnata li kien Laburista dak iz-zmien? Jien ghandi nifhem, u r-raguni tghid hekk, li l-bombi jitpoggew wara bibien ta' attivisti Nazzjonalisti. F'pajjizi ohra, meta kien hemm rewwixti u komplotti, dejjem wara l-bibien jew karozzi ta' dawk li jkunu kontra l-awtorita' jitpoggew. Allura hawn Malta eccezzjoni? Halluna, lil min tridu tbellghuha??!!! U ghala wara li tela' l-PN dawn waqfu? Mhux bilfors, ghax ma kienx hemm ghalfejn. Il-mira ntlahqet! U bilhaqq, spjegali ghala dawk il-pulizija li kienu mdahhla fl-investigazzjonijiet ta' PP Busuttil, li kienu mdahhla fil-qtil ta' Nardu Debono, fl-attakk ta' l-SMU fuq in-Nazzjonalisti fir-Rabat, u hafna ohrajn, malli tela' l-PN fil-Gvern kollha hadu promowxin, sa kien hemm min lahaq assistent kummissarju! Xi haga tinten kien hemm zgur. U wiehed minnhom stess ftahar li hu kien li organizza l-tal-Gakketta Blu? Ejja sur Fenech spjegalna daqsxejn. Sahansitra dan hareg mix-xoghol ta' pulizija, u meta tela' l-PN fil-Gvern, dahal ghal gurnata fil-korp, biex ha l-promowxin u l-pensjoni full, u rega telaq il-barra. Nahseb taf ghal min qieghed inghid hux? CD ismu u kunjomu. U ta' l-SMU CC, lahquh Kurunell ta' l-SAG, u dan kien wiehed li ta l-ordni biex il-pulizija jattakkaw lill-partitarji nazzjonalisti fir-Rabat! Jekk trid izjed ghandi xi nghidlek!
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Micheal Bonanno
@I. Fenech. Jekk vera li qieghed tghid int, mela ghala certu ndividwu, li joqghod Haz-Zebbug, u li kellu xi jghid ma' tal-MEPA fuq xi kamra fuq il-bejt, u li kellhom imorru l-pulizija ghalih, sahansitra anke gabuh fuq l-ahbarijiet, beda jghajjat li lest li ghid kollox fuq li gara dakinhar li waqghu l-balavostri wehidhom? Jekk vera biex jiddefendu ruhhom, ghala kellhom l-acidu, u spirtu tal-melh ippreparat biex ikollhom xi jwaddbu. Importanti li tkunu tafu, li fil-kazin hadd ma seta' jidhol ghalihom dawn in-nies, ghax kien hemm ix-xarabank tal-pulizija taghlaq il-bieb. Dwar il-bombi, ghala dawn kienu jitpoggew biss ma' bibien ta' persuni li kienu jikkoperaw mal-Gvern tal-gurnata li kien Laburista dak iz-zmien? Jien ghandi nifhem, u r-raguni tghid hekk, li l-bombi jitpoggew wara bibien ta' attivisti Nazzjonalisti. F'pajjizi ohra, meta kien hemm rewwixti u komplotti, dejjem wara l-bibien jew karozzi ta' dawk li jkunu kontra l-awtorita' jitpoggew. Allura hawn Malta eccezzjoni? Halluna, lil min tridu tbellghuha??!!! U ghala wara li tela' l-PN dawn waqfu? Mhux bilfors, ghax ma kienx hemm ghalfejn. Il-mira ntlahqet! U bilhaqq, spjegali ghala dawk il-pulizija li kienu mdahhla fl-investigazzjonijiet ta' PP Busuttil, li kienu mdahhla fil-qtil ta' Nardu Debono, fl-attakk ta' l-SMU fuq in-Nazzjonalisti fir-Rabat, u hafna ohrajn, malli tela' l-PN fil-Gvern kollha hadu promowxin, sa kien hemm min lahaq assistent kummissarju! Xi haga tinten kien hemm zgur. U wiehed minnhom stess ftahar li hu kien li organizza l-tal-Gakketta Blu? Ejja sur Fenech spjegalna daqsxejn. Sahansitra dan hareg mix-xoghol ta' pulizija, u meta tela' l-PN fil-Gvern, dahal ghal gurnata fil-korp, biex ha l-promowxin u l-pensjoni full, u rega telaq il-barra. Nahseb taf ghal min qieghed inghid hux? CD ismu u kunjomu. U ta' l-SMU CC, lahquh Kurunell ta' l-SAG, u dan kien wiehed li ta l-ordni biex il-pulizija jattakkaw lill-partitarji nazzjonalisti fir-Rabat! Jekk trid izjed ghandi xi nghidlek!
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Micheal Bonanno
@mf. Il-bombi waqfu mhux ghax min kien qieghed jaghmilhom ma sabx hajt tal-kenn, imma ghax ma kienx hemm bzonnhom izjed, u ghax min kien qieghed jaghmilhom spicca mejjet! Ghallinqas hekk kienu s-suspetti! U galadarba l-Gvern inbidel x'kien ta' siewi li tkompli taghmel il-bombi wara l-bibien tal-Laburisti jew ta' min kien qieghed jikkopera mal-Labour fil-Gvern? Turija cara li l-bombi kienu mezz ta' terrorizmu biex ibezzghu lil dawk li kienu b'mod jew iehor kienu qeghdin jghinu lill-Gvern legittimu ta' dakinhar!
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Micheal Bonanno
@I. Fenech. Jekk vera li qieghed tghid int, mela ghala certu ndividwu, li joqghod Haz-Zebbug, u li kellu xi jghid ma' tal-MEPA fuq xi kamra fuq il-bejt, u li kellhom imorru l-pulizija ghalih, sahansitra anke gabuh fuq l-ahbarijiet, beda jghajjat li lest li ghid kollox fuq li gara dakinhar li waqghu l-balavostri wehidhom? Jekk vera biex jiddefendu ruhhom, ghala kellhom l-acidu, u spirtu tal-melh ippreparat biex ikollhom xi jwaddbu. Importanti li tkunu tafu, li fil-kazin hadd ma seta' jidhol ghalihom dawn in-nies, ghax kien hemm ix-xarabank tal-pulizija taghlaq il-bieb. Dwar il-bombi, ghala dawn kienu jitpoggew biss ma' bibien ta' persuni li kienu jikkoperaw mal-Gvern tal-gurnata li kien Laburista dak iz-zmien? Jien ghandi nifhem, u r-raguni tghid hekk, li l-bombi jitpoggew wara bibien ta' attivisti Nazzjonalisti. F'pajjizi ohra, meta kien hemm rewwixti u komplotti, dejjem wara l-bibien jew karozzi ta' dawk li jkunu kontra l-awtorita' jitpoggew. Allura hawn Malta eccezzjoni? Halluna, lil min tridu tbellghuha??!!! U ghala wara li tela' l-PN dawn waqfu? Mhux bilfors, ghax ma kienx hemm ghalfejn. Il-mira ntlahqet! U bilhaqq, spjegali ghala dawk il-pulizija li kienu mdahhla fl-investigazzjonijiet ta' PP Busuttil, li kienu mdahhla fil-qtil ta' Nardu Debono, fl-attakk ta' l-SMU fuq in-Nazzjonalisti fir-Rabat, u hafna ohrajn, malli tela' l-PN fil-Gvern kollha hadu promowxin, sa kien hemm min lahaq assistent kummissarju! Xi haga tinten kien hemm zgur. U wiehed minnhom stess ftahar li hu kien li organizza l-tal-Gakketta Blu? Ejja sur Fenech spjegalna daqsxejn. Sahansitra dan hareg mix-xoghol ta' pulizija, u meta tela' l-PN fil-Gvern, dahal ghal gurnata fil-korp, biex ha l-promowxin u l-pensjoni full, u rega telaq il-barra. Nahseb taf ghal min qieghed inghid hux? CD ismu u kunjomu. U ta' l-SMU CC, lahquh Kurunell ta' l-SAG, u dan kien wiehed li ta l-ordni biex il-pulizija jattakkaw lill-partitarji nazzjonalisti fir-Rabat! Jekk trid izjed ghandi xi nghidlek!
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Micheal Bonanno
@I. Fenech. Jekk vera li qieghed tghid int, mela ghala certu ndividwu, li joqghod Haz-Zebbug, u li kellu xi jghid ma' tal-MEPA fuq xi kamra fuq il-bejt, u li kellhom imorru l-pulizija ghalih, sahansitra anke gabuh fuq l-ahbarijiet, beda jghajjat li lest li ghid kollox fuq li gara dakinhar li waqghu l-balavostri wehidhom? Jekk vera biex jiddefendu ruhhom, ghala kellhom l-acidu, u spirtu tal-melh ippreparat biex ikollhom xi jwaddbu. Importanti li tkunu tafu, li fil-kazin hadd ma seta' jidhol ghalihom dawn in-nies, ghax kien hemm ix-xarabank tal-pulizija taghlaq il-bieb. Dwar il-bombi, ghala dawn kienu jitpoggew biss ma' bibien ta' persuni li kienu jikkoperaw mal-Gvern tal-gurnata li kien Laburista dak iz-zmien? Jien ghandi nifhem, u r-raguni tghid hekk, li l-bombi jitpoggew wara bibien ta' attivisti Nazzjonalisti. F'pajjizi ohra, meta kien hemm rewwixti u komplotti, dejjem wara l-bibien jew karozzi ta' dawk li jkunu kontra l-awtorita' jitpoggew. Allura hawn Malta eccezzjoni? Halluna, lil min tridu tbellghuha??!!! U ghala wara li tela' l-PN dawn waqfu? Mhux bilfors, ghax ma kienx hemm ghalfejn. Il-mira ntlahqet!
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the bombs stopped once the PN took office, for one reason. the perpetrators had no longer any protection and went into hiding. whoever comes with the idea that these were planned PN attempts is sick of mind ,to go this far with such thoughts. the PL of tomorrow cannot be held responsible for the past, only responsible that no such events will ever happen again on our precious isles.
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Priscilla Darmenia
What about the bombs placed behind doors that stopped abruptly when the PN took office? I still have my doubts if those bombs were placed by none other than PN activists
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I definetly condem all atrocities that were done . What amazes me is how Antoine Vella seems to have a selective memory,.Can`t he remember Karen Grech brutal murder as well . Well Antoine looks like your party has run out of steam and hasn`t got solutions for today`s problems that he created .What about those 500 euros per week that your boss took behind your back ??
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Kieku fiz-zmien dak l-inkwiet harriktu lil xi hadd u l-qrata ma ghamlux dmirhom, il-Pn kien ikollu ragun jibqa' jfakkarhom dawk iz-zminijiet. Imma le, taparsi kienu jafu l-mexxeja ta' dak iz-zmien bil-kolpevoli imma f'hamsa w ghoxrin sena ma resqu l-qorti lil hadd. Mhux talli hekk, talli ipremjaw nies li suppost kien mal-'bad guys'. Mhux ta' b'xejn EFA kien isemmijhom mill-anqas dawn iz-zminijiet!!!!
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@I Fenech I wonder what name you would give those who planted bombs in 1981 - 1987 era!
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To Tarcisio Mifsud It emerges from your comments that the people who assaulted you were arraigned in court. Clearly the sentence given was highly inappropriate, at least going by what you said. That never happened under Labour. Those socialist thugs (or LP thugs to use the liberal translation of modern day Labour scum) were never ever arraigned. And you come up with this fascinating (KMB-style) theory that the police were in cohorts with the PN? Pull the other one.
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To Tarcisio Mifsud It emerges from your comments that the people who assaulted you were arraigned in court. Clearly the sentence given was highly inappropriate, at least going by what you said. That never happened under Labour. Those socialist thugs (or LP thugs to use the liberal translation of modern day Labour scum) were never ever arraigned. And you come up with this fascinating (KMB-style) theory that the police were in cohorts with the PN? Pull the other one.
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Mark Fenech
Ara x-xebha li tagħawni 3 nazzjonalisti għal xejn b'xejn fil-lejl ta' bejn it-8 u 9 ta' Settembru, meta kienu qiegħdin jiċċelebraw ir-rebħa elettorali qatt ma jfakkruha. Mhux tgħalli ma jfakkruhiex, tgħalli dawk it-3 weħlu biss LM25 - 2 minnhom u LM15 l-ieħor. Jekk tmiss annimal iwaħħluk il-ħabs u multa kbira, imma jiena allura ġejt agħar minn annimal. U pattewili bl-aħrax. L-Ombudsman issuġerixxa li ningħata somma ta' LM1,500 bħal kumpens, li ma ġietx approvata mill-OPM, meta lil ħaddieħor li kienu għamlulu ftit ħsara għax sparaw fuq il-bieb tiegħu, imma ħadd ma kien jaf għalxiex, tagħawh somma akbar. Kont qiegħed fil-bord tal-MOBC u kont naqla LM600 fis-sena, li naturalment kont inħallas it-taxxa fuqhom, neħħewni minn fuqu wara li kont ili hemm sa minn mindu kienet twaqqfet il-kumpanija fl-1982. Dak kien il-grazzi tal-gvern nazzjonalista, u nista nibqa nsemmi u nsemmi affarijiet ohra li saru kontra tiegħi minkejja kemm ħdimt għall-Enemalta. Imma n-nazzjonalisti angli u ma jaslux. Ghax ma jiktbux li lil dawk l-uffiċċjali tal-pulizija wara li għamlu dawk il-ħniżrijiet kollha tagħawhom promotion waħda wara oħra kif telgħu, allura żgur li dawn il-ħnieżrijiet li qiegħdin jgħajjru lil LP bihom, kienu qiegħdin jorganizzawhom huma stess biex il-gvern laburista jidher ikrah. Ħalluna, mela tridu ddawru l-arloġġ lura, għax il-preżent iġallkom tistħu.
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Kemm qieghed titmashan I Fenech? Mela ma affetwawkx 25 sena ta' mhabba lima bhala u RIKONCILJAZZJONI NAZZJONALI bhal din that il-gvern tal-PN u li zgur l-ebda nazzjon iehor ma esperjenza bhalha? Jahasra hux, kemm huma qaddisin in-nazzjonalisti, rabbew il-kuragg u ghal darba waqfulhom lil laburisti f'Haz Zebbug. Raggiera ma' rashom kollha jonqoshom. Jew forsi ghal darba wadbu l-gebla proverbjali u ma kellhomx cans jahbu idhom?
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@Antoin Vella (Charlatans' Brigade) Do you know what stresses me out dear Antoine? It's the time that the postman brings me the W & E bills! And I get more stressed when I remember that Gonzi+ gave himself the insensitive and astronomical WEEKLY increase of €500 and did this behind the people's back! Then I relax when I think about the possibility that this PN government is nearing its end!
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to cborg55 Get your facts right you Labour stooge. It was not a labour mass meeting in Zebbug but some ridiculous protest organised by Labour youth in the morning during which they went for the PN club next to the church. A few brave guys inside there (who later paid dearly when in the hands of the police) thought they would put up a stand instead of running. It shocked Labour beyond belief that the PN, for the first time, stood up and met violence with violence. Ever since that day, the PN did not look back. Eat back your words cborg55. They threw the balustrades down in self defence. Yes, unheard of under labour to stand up to the socialist mob. But those heroic guys did it.
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TO ANTOINE VELLA.....Ma nafx kemm ghandek zmien,pero Jien niftakar waqt Mass Meeting tal Labour gewwa Haz Zebbug il partitarji tal PN telghu fuq il-bejt tal-kazin qalghu il-balavostri u tefawhom fuq in-nies,dan x`issejjahlu Mr.Vella....ATT TA KARITA ? Qabel ma tparla kun ghaf il-fatti mohh maghluq !!!!!
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Mintoffian Elves seem particularly nervous and touchy today. Is the commemoration of these historic events - this "unsavoury past under Labour administrations" (Raphael's own words) stressing them out?
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@Antoine Vella It's time to wake up and realise that your posts are exposing you to the ridicule!
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Igor P. Shuvalov
Il-hazin tafu x'inhu, li filwaqt li xi ncidenti bhal tal-barrani, il-qtil ta' wiehed jista' jigbed ir-ritratti taghhom, xi sentenza ta' guri tista' tigi rrapportata fil-gurnali u tigi minfuha u mzejjna; izda mbaghad il-vjolenza mentali, bhal dik ta' transfers bla waqfien,il-vjolenza psikologika fejn bl-azzjonijiet tieghek tkisser lil dak li jkun, theddid sottili, ecc. dak qajla wiehed jista jigbidlu ritratti jew jirraportah. U filwaqt li fil-Partit Laburista kien hemm min kien iblah, anke jekk hafna drabi minhabba provokazzjoni, uza l-vjolenza fizika u allura setgha jigi ffiljat, setgha jitella 'l qorti u jigi kkundannat, haddiehor kien aktar makkak u uza vjolenza mentali u psikologika.. u sintendi dak li ghamel baqa' mohbi.
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Ian George Walker
@ Antoine Vella If there ever was a Maltese PM who deserved to be arrested and put on trial, it was (is) Eddie Fenech Adami for the obscene way he conspired with his friend and ex-bodyguard Joseph Fenech (aka Żeppi l-Ħafi) to give him no less than three Presidential Pardons for major crimes - drug smuggling, armed robbery and attempted murder. This was compounded by another Presidential pardon to another drug smuggler - Queiroz - for no apparent reason whatsoever. On top of this was Fenech Adami’s refusal to investigate who was responsible for sending yet another drug kingpin - Azzabi - to hospital escorted just by one young police constable who had only been in the force for a few months (inevitably, Azzabi escaped, probably as planned). When all this is considered in the context where it was later revealed in Ciro del Negro’s diary that “Il-Pips” and his merry men (all involved in the drug scene) used to meet regularly in the office of a (at the time) PN Minister in Mosta, one gets a very good idea of what makes the PN tick.
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@a.vella. u minn faqana bid dejnu kisser pajjiz x'ghandu isir minnu?Kun ragel u jekk taf xi haga ghidha ghax int tigi komlici.
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Antoin FW vella why do you say Mintoff and KMB should have have been arrested? Do you know something no one else knows? How about going to the police with what you know? Both Mintoff and KMB thank God are still alive. But then I guess you are just another DCG elf a mud slinger and lilly livered piece of leech.
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@antoin FW vella......... guess who got disbanded?........Il-Partit Nazzjonalista, because it has been overrun by gonzi and his band of thugs and hoods. PN IS DEAD .......... Long Live gonziPN.If any party should have been disbanded it should have been the PN because it was and still is a FAXXIST Party with faxxists roots going back to the time of Mussolini. Your ancestors attended faxxist meeting in ROME and even had a represantitive at the Italian faxxist party.Even your present party hymn is based on La Giovinezza the hymn of the Mussolini's faxxist youth. Your emblem is faxxist the Balck background being a reminder of the faxxist black shirts who were a band of criminals, thugs and hoods. Guess what after the next election their will be two right wing parties one of which would have to disappera.
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@Antoine: Mela ma tafx, jew insejt, jew ma tridx tiftakar li fi zmien l-ahhar gwerra dinjija intom in-Nazzjonalist kontu haga wahda ma Mussolini u hafna mill-kapijiet taghkom inkluz Nerik Mizzi kienu gew deportati lejn il-Kenja biex, (nahseb jiena) ma jghaddux informazzjonijit lil FAXXISTI. Dakinhar messa ttiehedt il-mizur li l-Partit tieghek jigi ddikjerat illegali mela l-Labour Parti li tant ghamel gid lilna l-Maltin u lil Malta kollha u li tant hallielkom gid li ggennintu u bdejtu tonfqu fl-addocc u kull Istituzzjoni li bena l-Labour tajjartuha u tajthua lil barranin u issa ma ghax fadlilkom lil min tahilbu hlieb lina l-poplu gwejjed Malti u Ghawdxi. Tigi l-elezzjoni li jmiss Sur Antoine u l-PN jisparixxi mill-gvern u jitla l-partit tal-labour bl-arma tat-TORCA li turina d-dawl il fejn irridu nimxu u dan iz-zmien qieghed fil-qrib hafna. Il-gurnata t-tajb.
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Antoine how come you never write about Karen Grech,the weapons found at the PN HQ, the interdet ,the mizbla, the fiascoes of your faxxist government, the lies Fenech Adami lied about Alfred Sant,the 500 euros awarded in secrecy? Come on , are you a man or a mouse?The MLP is here to stay and no lies from spiru gonzales and his ass lickers going to change that.RIP PN.
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The more I read Antoine Vella comments the more he reminds me of Alf. Garnit. Mela minn ghamel il kolp ta stat Lill GBO huwa demokratiku? Il poplu se jivota fuq il kontijiet ta dawl w ilma, €500 zjieda,l'assi tal pajjiez li sparixxew etc etc etc mela fuq il YELLOW PAGES"!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In-NAZZJONALISTI MA JISTGHUX IKUNI IKTAR IPOKRETI MILLI HUMA. QISHOM IL-GUNTA TA' ZMIEN MUSSOLINI. Dawn iridu jfakkruna fiz-zminijiet il-koroh tal-passat ta' 25 ilu!!!!U tas-60's fejn huma? Id-dnub il-mejjet u l-interdett li tana Mons Isqof Sir Michael Gonzi fejn huma, dak passat sabih, jew ikrah. U ghax insemmu l-qtil tal-mibkki vittma Raymond Caruana? Dak kullhadd jaf li dakinhar gara xi haga li marret zmerc lil tal-PN li riedu lin-nies jaqbdu l-armi kontra l-Gvern tal-gurnata. Ara dawk l-Ufficjali kbar tal-pulizija li kienu nvoluti fl-affarijiet ta' Raymond Caruana u Nardu Debono KOLLHA spiccaw inghataw PROMOZZJONI JEW TNEJN wara l-87 meta tela' fil-Gvern il-PN. U halluna triduna nemmnu li l-borma kollha mhux intom hawwadtuha, ja qabda ipokreti.
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It's not just Commissioner Rizzo and other police officers who should have been punished. They were small fry. Why weren't Mintoff and KMB arrested? And Lorry Sant and Wistin Abela? I never agreed that this cupola should have got off scot-free. The MLP should have been disbanded and declared illegal, like the Nazi Party in Germany. A new opposition party would have taken its place of course but it's disgraceful that the MLP was allowed to exist after 1987.
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Mario Said
Il-vjolenza hija att li ghandu jkun ikkundanat min kullhadd izda ma tridx tfakar biss fejn jaqbel lilek sur Gonzipn. Lil Karen Grech mintkomx ser tfakruha? Fil-harga tan-Nazzjon mintkomx ser taghmlu xi ktieb specjali biex tfakkru dak il-qtil makabru ta' tifla bla htija? Mintkomx ser tfakkru is-sagrificju li ghamel missierha biex jigi jghin lil morda fl-isptarijiet taghna meta it-tobba li abbandunawhom u anke insew il-gurament li haddu li jaghmlu min kollox biex jghinu lil baghtu. Hemm nemmen jien li gonzipn ghandu kuxjenza u veru kattoliku.
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Paul Sammut
Two question linger on, "Who shot Reymond Caruana?" If one recalls correctly there was someone who said that he knew who was the perpetrator. "Where there any PN leaders who got hurt at Tal-Barrani or were they safely in the rear?"
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Ir raguni li Pn ifakkarna fiz zmien ta 31 sena ilu ghax fuq il passat biss ghandu xi jghid. Ara PL jista jiftakar kemm fuq il passat u present tal PN. Nispera li jkun hemm xi hadd minn dawn ghaccana ghad dnub il mejjet li jghidilna kemm il darba EFA instab hati ta ingustizzji. Minn qatel lill Carin Grech. Tal Gakketta Blu. Il Kaz "VERU" ta RCC. etc etc etc................Dan kollu jfisser li ma ghankomx assulutament xejn x tfakkru ful il present ahna fuq il kontijiet ta dawl w ilma, €500, iriedu niftakru mela ta 31 sen ilu!!!!!!!!!
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Gonzi voted against the divorce because he said that the stability of the family is sacrosanct to him,well Mr big time hypocrite how about the stability of the the whole Maltese nation.You are playing with fire, beware that you will not be the first one to suffer the consequences.Take a leaf from archbishop Mercciqa, he had the decency to apologize for all the suffering labourites suffered in the sixties.We shall forgive, but in your case we shall neither forgive or forget.Mother of all hypocrites.
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Where on earth is Toni "Antwà" Vella? Still getting his instructions from The Witch>
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Helenio Galea
Tajba Raphael, loved your " 'so called' dark days of labour ". They were dark days indeed, wonder where you got the ' so called' from.
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This is a divisive and regressive campaign not worthy of a party which preaches solidarity and is nothing more than a cynical strategic political move to instil fear in any voters thinking of crossing over to the other side. We should be aiming towards closure of unfortunate past events perpetrated in the past by sections of both parties and the church. This in the spirit of peace and reconciliation so selflessly initiated by Dr.Sant in 1996 and which we should all be emulating. Both parties and the church should have jointly organised national truth and fraternal meetings to throw light on some of the past still mysterious incidents.
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There is violence and violence; there can be physical violence and psychological violence. I am old enough to remember the physical and psychological violence inflicted against the Labour supporters in the 60s' I was abused by the Church when I took part as a boy of 8 to chant obscenities against Mintoff and anything to do with the labour Party on the fosos tal-Furjana.Whenever Mintoff had a mass meeting at our village, the Parish Priest-under the order of Archbishop Gonzi- gathered all the women and kids to 'migrate' to an other village. And what did the PN do? It took the opportunity to join the bandwagon and userp 2 consecutive political elections (1962 and 1966) with a little help from the 'dnub il-mejjet lil minn jivvota Labour'! Tal-Misthija! This is the worst violence Malta has ever seen! Tal-Misthija!
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The Italians say 'caspita'. In Malta we say 'Kaspitina!' Those who lived in the 1980s surely remember this high-ranking police officer and what he did before and after 1987. This is much more than selective memory.
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Ronnie Borg
zmien li bla dubju ta` xejn uliedna mhux ser jghixu bhalu, ahna li ghixna dawk zminjiet , ghalina hu passat li nipqaw niftakru. iz-zminjiet inbidlu , grazzi ghall eddie f,adami illum inharsu il-quddiem biex uliedna jkomplu jkollhom futur ahjar milli kellna ahna.awguri
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'geocut...... sorry did not notice your signature at the bottom, my apologies.
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@geocut.......... I hold no brief from Mr. John Rizzo however both Pietru Pawl Busuttil, on whose behalf I also write, and myself feel duty bound to set the record straight concerning Mr. Rizzo's alleged involvement in the infamous frame-up....... why should we believe you since you did not write in your own name? geocut is not a common one and I couldn't find it on the telephone book.Any Tom, Dick or Harry could have made the same post.
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Will the PN be also commemorating the conspiracy between it and the Church, the efforts to keep the MLP out of power, the role of the Church and the Gunta in obstructing meetings organised by the MLP, the meetings of PN politicians and church officials with mabel Strickland at the Times to udnermine Mintoff? Of course, not! WHile I do not condone violence, we have to udnerstand that it takes two to tanago and we must look at the causes that led to these alleged injustices.
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Are those people in the above photo by any chance going on their way to SMART CITY to help this incompetent government to dismantle a pumping station so that about 6000 of them would find an decent job???? Divisive tactics will only help to sow the seeds of division and this is shames the perpetrators. And this from a PM and a party in government who wants the people to tow the same rope when convenient for their administration!!!!
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I hold no brief from Mr. John Rizzo however both Pietru Pawl Busuttil, on whose behalf I also write, and myself feel duty bound to set the record straight concerning Mr. Rizzo's alleged involvement in the infamous frame-up. Mr. Rizzo only escorted Mr. Busuttil to the LAw Courts for the arraignment as a form of additional security. He was in no way involved in the investigation, arraignment or prosecution of the case so much so that the his name does not appear in any of the court records. On the night in question - 13th December, 1986 - i arrived at the law courts to assist Dr. G. Demarco in the defence of Mr. Busuttil and arrived a few minutes before Mr. Busuttil's arrival accompanied by Mr. Rizzo. I distinctly recall Mr. Rizzo politely asking me which way he was to take Mr. Busuttil and following my indications escorted Mr. Busuttil to the hall where the arraignment was to be held. On Dr. Demarco's arrival Mr. Rizzo left the court building as he was not even adequately attired to enter the Magistrate's Hall and this is evidenced by the famous photo of Mr. Rizzo escorting Mr. Busuttil in the Courts. The officers who effected the arraignment ( which did not even take place that night as Mr. Busuttil fell ill) were Inspectors Mula and Vella Gregory. We honestly hope that this matter is now closed and that no further baseless and unfounded allegations in respect of Mr. Rizzo's involvement in this case are made. George J. Cutajar LL.D
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Have we forgotten that three constabiles who gave witness in Nardu's Debono case changed their version after the PN got into power in 1987 and were later promoted, even though their first act meant that that they had committed perjury in the first instance.Go on Lawrence gonzi keep reminding us of the dirty hidden hands of your party.Like Jesus said "He who is without sin cast the first stone" . Apparently Lawrence gonzi is a modern day saint without any sin.
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Before the 1996 elections we had the murder attempt on RCC which was planned and carried out by a well know PN supporter who was also Eddie Fenech Adami's bodyguard and used to carry him on his shoulder in mass meetings. Why was RCC bundled off to Brussels with a lucrative job plus having more power and say than lawrence gonzi himself? gonziPN/PN cannot win elections without the aid of violence and everyone knows that to tango it takes two. What is gonzi's strategy this time. Apparently he is not happy with the present and no one blames him , he made a right mess of Malta and her finances, taking the maltese people back to the days when we had beggars at Bieb il-Belt, maybe that is why he wants a wider opening to accomodate more beggars.
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gonzipn is acting like a whore who picks up a fight calls the other a whore and forget the large number of privates she had handled in her life.But the cherry on the cake in the above article is Frank Portelli the same person who accused the PN of corruption in the building of Mater Dei and then went dumb when his private concern flourished.On the other hand we have Falzon who is famously remembered for his two finger salute to journalists as he was entering PBS at Gwardamangia, saw the Busietta Gardens as one floor when it actually has six he didn't bother to take a look from the valley, this guy wants apologies. Did his party ever apologise for winning elections with the help of the mortal sin, did they apologise to the thousands of maltese they herded onto ships and planes going to Australia nad Canada because they could not provide work. Did they apologise for the murder of Karen Grech which is now officially decreed by a maltese court of being a political assassination.Has Lawernce Gonzi apologised for his uncle's misdeeds towards the Labour Party organising tal-MUSEUM and the Azzjoni Kattolika to disrupt Labour public meetings, burying labour supporters at the Mizbla. Lawernce Gonzi was a president of the Azzjoni Kattolika. Like the good book says "Don't see the moot in your brother's eye and don't see the beam sticking out of yours"
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Dan l-ghageb kollu fuq x'gara 25 sena ilu ghalfejn? Wara hamsa w ghoxrin sena ta' RIKONCILJAZZJONI NAZZJONALI u ghaqda u mhabba bhal dik taht il-gvernijiet nazzjonalisti, hemm ghalfejn noqghodu nibzghu li l-partit laburista ma mbiddilx? Kif jista' jkun meta hlief imhabba minn nazzjonalisti ma rax? Ghalfejn nerghu ingeddu dawn il-wegghat meta issa kulhadd kuntent u l-pajjiz mixi fuq ir-rubini. Rikonciljazzjoni bhal dik u kollha ergajna sirna ahwa Maltin. Le Sur Prim, mhux sew ma nibqghux ahwa maltin, mhux hekk?
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Theory II: Raymond Caruana was shot by a PN mob which were following a plan to disseminate more panic and to motivate furthermore the PN supporters to take up arms against the Labour government to oust it out of power. An attempt that failed miserably and resulted in the death of an innocent.
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Theory: Peter Paul Busuttil was involved in the Caruana shooting, in that he was actually the one to whom the weapon was given to hide, and later get ride off. He was covering someone else by this act. That he later said that it was a frame up, was a way of trying to get away with it. Which in fact he did, due to capable hands of his lawyer.
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Theory: Peter Paul Busuttil was involved in the Caruana shooting, in that he was actually the one to whom the weapon was given to hide, and later get ride off. He was covering someone else by this act. That he later said that it was a frame up, was a way of trying to get away with it. Which in fact he did, due to capable hands of his lawyer.
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Mark Anthony Enriquez
ara vera ma jisthux dan nies, il bombi li kien ikun hemm fit tmeninijiet spiccaw wara 87,tas sliema u gzira 3 fil gimgha, all jbierek waqfu kif telghu fil gvern, ghad irrid jinkiteb xgara lil miskin ray caruana, li nafu zgur xgara lil miskina karen grech li nqatlet fil milied go darha,propabli din l-istorja ma tissemiex ghax hekk jaqbel, ja qatta ipokriti!
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B'din it-tattika irid igib il-voti GonziPN flok ihares il-quddiem u ihalli kulhadd jghix bil-kwiet irid jaqla l-awc bit-tifkiriet bhal dawn. Dejjem miexi il-quddiem b'rasu lura.
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PN again looking over it's shoulder. It's the only culture it has. Let's face it PN's present isn't a lot to shout about and it's future is debatable.
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Din l-istorja tal Barrani ghad trid tinkiteb b`ittri tad demm....Irrelevanti x`gara dak inhar. Illum il poplu serju jibqa jistaqsi mistoqsija wahda..." Waqt li nisa tfal u xjuh intbatu bhal tarka umana f`tal Barrani...MIN HUMA DAWK LI BAQAW FUQ IT TRAKK NAZZJONALISTA LI KIEN MGHOLA SULAR SABIEX MA JINTLAQTUX ? Min kienu dawn l- irresponsabbli ? Min huwa dak il missier kattiv li ikun jaf li hemm l-inkwiet u jibghat lil l-uliedu bhala tarka umana ?
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A drowning man clutches to the straw! The PN is doing likewise while their Titanic is sinking, Eventually they will have to say goodbye to the seat of power which is so dear to their heart! But as all good things in life all things must come to an end.
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Ara veru li kif jghejdu..." L-istorja terga tirrepeti ruhha "..Fis Sittinijiet kien ghawn persuna bil kunjom GONZI li kien Isqof ta nofs Malta. Tant kemm kien arroganti li ha il ligi t`Alla f`idejh, u beda jibaghat lil laburisti l-infern min din id dinja.Illum ghandha GONZI iehor li ukoll jikmanda ftit anqas min nofs il poplu. Dan ukoll qeghed jerga jibghat lil laburisti l-infern, ghax bid da...h li qeghed igallna nid...w, hemm ser jibghatna.Issa qeghed jaqla il passat, x`haseb li il poplu mazzun...mhux kullhadd jaf li iz zewg partiti ghandhom taht apthom jinten, fejn jirrigwardja il passat.
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by no means was the commisioner of police involved at that time.He was inspector GHQ and in no way he was part of the investigation.There are other people who are still in the corp and were promoted under the PN. But the motive of all this is to divert the bad situtation in Malta.I do not think we have to be sorry for this past ,because the past before this(the 60's)was worse,with another Gonzi.
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Dr Eddie Fenech Adami u Dr Lawrence Gonzi, jaqaw il-vjolenza hija dik biss fejn inqatlu nies innocenti, bhal Raymond Caruana u Karen Grech ? Li tkisser nies ghaliex ma jaqblux mieghek politikament u anki dawk li jahsbuha differenti minkom din xi tkun? Li tghid lil xi hadd "trid tbaghti ghaliex hmidt taht il-Labour, din xi tkun? Li post tax-xoghol minn 70 ruh xi hadd minghhom ma jinghatax overtime ghal 3 xhur ma ma inkun ghamel xejn hazin, imma ikun laburist, din x'issejhila? Ghaliex illum ma baqawx issiru dawk l-affarijiet. Tghid jekk jitla il-Partit Laburista ikun hawn xi affarijiet simili? Li ma inghatwx is-Sagrament u ir-rispett lejn il-mejtin lit-tfal ta' Laburisti, dawn x'issejhilhom?
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@rcasha.....and we do not forget that in those times...if you vote labour...and you are in the last rites before you die...the priest will not forgive you and sends you to hell. In the past..Karen Grech and Raymond Caruana...still running around o people. Shame on you Prime Minister...we know that this is your trade to try and win the next election, because you have nothing else to look at. Disastrous Gonzi.
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AQUA PASSATA......Better think of a better electoral strategy dear GonziPN because the present (under your administration) is no better than those episodes (under the labour) for a good number of maltese who are seeing their standard of living deteriorating by the seconds.
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Hey if we're doing a history program about the past, how about an episode about the Interdett? We can explore the angle of the familial relationship between the archbishop who decreed that it was a sin to vote for MLP, and the current prime minister, as well as how the words and actions of certain highly-placed individuals in the church in the recent divorce referendum were strongly reminiscent of that dark period. Unless, of course, PN is suffering from CSA (conveniently selective amnesia).
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Raymond Falzon
who pointed out that current Police Commissioner John Rizzo (appointed under a PN administration) was also the man who arraigned Peter Paul Busuttil for the murder of Raymond Caruana in 1986. TAJBA DIN. SURELY YOU HAVE A MISTAKE. Commissioner HOLIER THAN THOU ? NO IT CAN'T BE !!