Zammit Dimech says government could have avoided minister’s resignation

Foreign and European Affairs Committee chairman Francis Zammit Dimech says motion by backbencher Franco Debono could have been seen sooner and chaos avoided.

Francis Zammit Dimech says Opposition is making some risky promises.
Francis Zammit Dimech says Opposition is making some risky promises.

In an interview with Sunday newspaper Illum, Nationalist MP Francis Zammit Dimech says that Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s resignation could have been avoided.

“I believe it would have been a completely different story had Franco Debono’s motion been put forward for discussion in Parliament prior to the motion submitted by the Opposition,” Zammit Dimech says.

However, Zammit Dimech says government is confident in light of the vote of confidence to be taken on Monday evening.

Read the full interview in tomorrow’s edition of Illum.

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Luke Camilleri
Zammit Dimech says government could have avoided minister’s resignation- BUT HE DIDN'T! No collective responsability in Minister Carm's case, like in SMART Asstin Gatt's vote of confidence!
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Dak li jigri min jiehu kollox bil mod. Mela mhux tort tal oppozizzjoi li mozzjoni ghaddiet. Ghax ma issuggerejtilux lil siehbek Gonzi? U wara kollox Mifsud Bonnici ma kienx leader of the house? Ghax ma gabx il mozzjoni ta Franco Debono qabel tal PL. gRAZZI talli f dan il kaz zammejt mal PL
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@ HalfEUCitizen I feel a full citizen since I am at university, reading an excellent course provided at free cost, where before I am graduating I am being presented with excellent opportunities in my field. We are surely not living in an Utopia, but surely its not the mess you are describing. Think about duties not rights only!
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@HalfEUCitizen... If I am not mistaken, Francis Zammit Dimech is not a minister but an MP. I doubt that he is paid as much as a minister!!!
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@Kmag003 ... I would say a quarter Maltese citizen - if that. Its a measure of how I am treated as a citizen, what rights I am given and not a measure of the total rights - i am not counting the rights denied and stolen. I think you die hard PN apologist have kept the rest of us hostage for long enough. We want a country run on merit by people elected to represent us and serving at our pleasure. Those who need to substitute blind obedience and even blinder loyalty for their lack of talent ... i think you should take this just-out-of-the-egg chicken pictured above, and your standards, and go build your GonziPN utopia in Fifla. P.S. You will be charged RENT!
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In an interview with Saviour Balzan earlier this year , Dr.Frances Zammit Dimech said that he cannot immagine himself without his Smartphone . I don't blame him , because it is the only thing that can makes him look a bit smart. On the other hand , he didn't looked at all smart , when the Prime Minister looked at what material was available to compose the cabinet .
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HalfEUCitizen you seem to be also a HalfMalteseCitizen...Francis Zammit Dimech is not a minister first of all, and he surely served his positions up to standard always.
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partit li jajd li imbidel, zammit dimech wiehed mil imsimer imsadin ta gonzipn.
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Another old rusted cannon firing blanks.
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Dottor Francis Zammit Dimech irid jilghabha tal-helu mid-dehra !!!!! Tghid hu ma kienx imdahhal fil-kuntatti li saru biex lil franco debono jaghtuh li ried biex jikkwitawh u ma jkomplix jaqlaghlhom aktar problemi biex gonzipn tkompli tarda' sal-ahhar hin? Tghid hu lil franco debono bghatlu xi teddy bear forsi joqghod jilghab bih minflok joqghod jilghab b'gonzipn u jdawwru fuq subghjajh iz-zghir kif ilu jaghmel quddiem malta kollha f'dawn l-ahhar seba' xhur?
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Konferma ta' kemm il Wikileaks huma veritieri dwar kif Gonzi iddeskriva il-ministri tieghu. L-ghar haga hi li Gonzi & co baqghu jaqbzu ghal inefficjenzi. Il-poplu niex kapaci jrid imexxieh, ghalhekk se jaghzel lit-team ta' Joseph Muscat. Aktar ma Gonzi se jibqa jwebbes rasu bhal kaz tad-divorzju, tal-forum, tal-IVF ecc. aktar se jkompli niezel l-isfel.
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We also could have avoided re electing the Nationalist Government for another term Hon Dr Francis Zammit Dimech.
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Another time waster living off a minister's salary!