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‘I don’t want a Maltese fool’ – Fenech on Air Malta CEO appointment
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech told the Air Malta Steering Committee that he is not interested in employing “xi ċuċ Malti” to the post of CEO after this was vacated by former Easyjet director Cor Vrieswijk.
17 March 2011, 12:00am
Nestor Laiviera
Nestor Laiviera
2 min read
According to sources, Fenech was adamant in his position that he did not want to employ a “ċuċ Malti” to the airline’s CEO post – a position vital to the national airline company at a time when it is undergoing a restructuring that could save it from collapse.
Last week MaltaToday revealed how the former designate CEO Cor Vrieswijk, appointed to the position only last December 2010, had already resigned from his post. He was formerly EasyJet’s director of operations, who resigning after a summer of delayed flights and cancelled services at the budget airline.
But in an interview with the Sunday Times (March 13), Fenech contested the fact. “I’m not aware he left,” he said during the interview. “Nobody said Mr Vrieswijk left… Mr Vrieswijk is still involved in his consulting role, nobody advised me otherwise.”
Fenech however went on to say during that same interview that “we have three options for the next CEO of Air Malta.” He also said that “we need a person who has already restructured a company effectively.”
Last Sunday, MaltaToday also revealed that Air Malta has been paying Malta International Airport €21 on each passenger it brings to the islands. But no mention is made of the millions Air Malta has been paying in the restructuring programme that has now been taken back to the drawing board.
MaltaToday also revealed that criticism being levied at Finance Minister Tonio Fenech by airline employees and industry observers is that the government has ignored “disadvantageous conditions” Air Malta suffers at the hands of MIA – owned by Vienna International Airport, the Canadian engineering group SNC-Lavalin, and the Bianchi Group.
Contacted by MaltaToday, the Finance Ministry however denied the criticism as “completely unfounded and speculative.” A spokesperson for the ministry declined to say whether the ministry deems these tariffs acceptable, or what would be an acceptable tariff for the national airline.
Asked whether it would consider or plans to re-negotiate the airport’s tariff, the spokesperson said that “the restructuring process is looking at all aspects of Air Malta's operations, including tariff rates charged by MIA.”
On Sunday 6 March, MaltaToday also revealed how Air Malta pilots are up in arms over the proposed restructuring programme for the national airline presented to them, as they were made to sign a non-disclosure agreement not to divulge its details.
Chris Attard •
Bniedem bla sens bhalek u bhall partit tijek Ministru Fenek qatt ma rajt!!Ic cuc huwa l elettorat li vvota lilek u lil Gonzi PN !!!
Kumbinazzjoni Cuc MALTI qed imexxija lil Malta ghalhekk qeghdin minghajr deficit!!Buffu~~~!!!
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Onorevoli Ministru Tonio Demel, ups sorry, Fenech. Ara veru trid tkun missier ic-cwiec, biex ma tindunax li b'dak li ghidt int aktar ikkonfermajt kemm il-gvern tieghek, kemm ilu jmexxi dan il-pajjiz hatar nies li ma kinux kapaci jmexxu din l-azjenda. Qabel l-Air Malta dejjem ghamlet il-qlieh u ikkontibwixxiet ghall gid tal-pajjiz. Sakemm tlajtu inthom fil-gvern u irvinajtuha. Dak li jmissek tghid sur- CUC Immatrikolat.
Veru ghad hawn cwiec f'dan il-pajjiz biex jivvutaw lilek u lill-partit tieghek.
Luke Camilleri •
I don’t want a Maltese fool’ – Fenech on Air Malta CEO appointment
"maltese Fool" -Maybe from the same Electorate that Elected your party into power?
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Dr Tonio Fenech IC CWIEC HUMA DAWK LI SER JERGAW JIVVUTAWLEK ghax il VERU SIBTHOM CWIEC xghamilt INT biex gibt dan l-GHERF kollu li ghandek (1) Ma Hallastx il Bolla lis servjenta ta martek (2) xhin kienet ghaddejja il ligi tal Games and Gambling siefirt ma 2 min nies li huma imdahhlin fuq dan ix xoghol (Gasan u Fenech ) (3) Gejt tghid lin nies biex ikollna inhallsu il kontijiet ta dawl u l-Ilma u ghidt ukoll li jekk ikun hemm Bzonn terga izzididu da zgur ahna mhux INTHOM hadtu 600 ewro zieda fil gimgha u wara naqqastuwa ghal 500 ewro fil gimgha SOMMA TA BARRA MIN HAWN 500 Ewro imbarra is salarju taghko MINTHOMX CWIEC INTHOM DR TONIO FENECH
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ic-Cuc Malti u GonziPN. That's what they think of you.
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Ghal min qed tirreferi Sur Ministru?
Forsi ghal minn falla l-Airmalta?
Forsi ghal minn impjega xi 600 ruh zejda?
Forsi ghaliek innifsekk?
Tajjeb inkunu nafu!
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Cuc vera il-Malti ghax tellghu lilek Toni biex tkun ministru, u cuc jerga' jkun il-malti jekk jerga itellek fl-elezzjoni li jmiss. Mela ghati hobz il-Malti lil barrani erga ja buffu.
Ara tergghux iccapculu f'xi meeting halli jajarkhom cwiec!! Hemm ikollu ragun eh!!
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This admission by Mr T. Fenech stands diametrically opposite to those of trust in the Maltese worker by Dr L. Gonzi. Unless the prime minister desires his expressions of trust in the Maltese workers to be rendered nothing more than lip service, one expects him to ask Mr T Fenech for a clarification.
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Imma inti mhux cuc Mr. Tonio ghax il 500 ewro fil gimgha zieda qieghed tehodhom.
Min jaf kemm se jkun hemm cwiec f'elezzjoni li jmiss li jivvutawlek?
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Perhaps, he was referring to himself. Because after all the gaffes he made he realised that that he needs to mature more as he is too big for his boots!
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A comment that is to be expected from a pompous, ambitious Maltese Cuc of a boy who has been grossly overrated by some other M C who made him a minister to play monopoly with our country's money.
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TO ALL MALTA TODAY BLOGGERS. DO YOU ALL BY ANY CHANCE KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF ANTOINE VELLA ?? HE IS IN HIDING AND DOES NOT DARE SHOW UP UNDOUBTEDLY. SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS A CUC LIKE ALL OF US. THAT IS AS HIS TONIO GONZI PN WOULD HAVE US RATED.
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Peres li Fenech hu God's gift to Malta, jista ghalfejn jiftah halqu! Being arrogant is the fool's idea of glory!
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What I meant to say was that Gonzi @ Co are not really bad men. They are simply incompetent. Well, with one remarkable exception: Austin Gatt. He is both bad and incompetent.
Pauline Moran •
Toninu...x'jaqlawlek hawn taht siehbi...imsomma ha nghidu kif inhi...ghandhom ragun. Mela persuna fil pozzizjoni tieghek tmur tghid dawn l-affarijiet fuq Maltin bhalek stess?! u ISMA...Int ghadek Malti hux? Ma bdiltx ic-cittadinanza ghal tat Taliban hux? Heee ghax jekk ghamilt hekk allura ghandek punt li tghajjar lilna Maltin cwiec izda jekk ma ghamiltx hekk allura int cuc bhalna...inkulzi il familja kollha tieghek. Tonin il kliem tghallem iznhu...Int ma ghandek dritt titkellem hekk fuq hutek Maltin...tinsiex li ahna fil mument tal verita ser ninaqdu biex infajjru nies arroganti, injoranti u insensittivi bhalek min hemm fuq...jigifieri int ser tispicca CUC!!!!
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@ Chris Z
Minister Fenech himself confirmed he used those words - and claimed he was taken out of context.
Read here:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110227/local/minister-clarifies-idiot
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RESIGN NOW, PIG!
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Onorevoli, you just started digging your own grave for the next election!
Can't you recall what your boss said when he became Prime Minister?
Can't you recall what your boss said on the Maltese people?
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Jista l awtur ta dan l artiklu jikkwota min huma s sorsi li wasslulu dawn il kummenti?
Jekk huwa minnu dak li qieghed jintqal hawn fuq, fl opinjoni tieghi, il ministru ghandu jirrizenja immedjatament ghax bhala maltin m'ghandna xejn x'nghiru ghal persuni barranin fejn jidhol management, bhalma ittiehdu decizjonijiet tajbin min managers maltin f'oqsma ohra ma nafx ghal liema raguni m'ghandux ikun hekk fil kaz tal airmalta... imma jekk dan li qieghed jintqal m'huwiex minnu, fl opinjoni tieghi, dan huwa kaz serju ta diffamazjon
Chris Z i
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Sewwa qal Tonio, tafux? Il-magguranza tal-Maltin CWIEC biex regghu ivvotaw ghall-inkompetenza grassa ta' Gonzi & Co.
Keith Goodlip •
calling someone a "cuc" is somewhat ironic from this source(I was going to say incompetent, arrogant idiot, but every one else seems to have beaent me to the punch!)
Isabelle Borg •
Hui mhux cucc imma, ghax mar ma negozjanti jara il futbol kollox imhallas. Veru missu jisthi.
chris caruana turner •
I'm really offended by his comments, and I have more of my own: "Jaqaw il ministru kibritlu tant rasu li issa qed jara lil kulhadd cuc?" "Jaqaw il ministru ilu ma jhares wahda sew fil mera?"
"Irrezenja Illum Qabel Ghada"
Wiehed mill ghar ministri li qatt kellna, calling his fellow citizens "cwiec", veru pastaz w injurant.
chris caruana turner •
Forgot to add: BAHNAN
chris caruana turner •
Coming from a person who is supposed to represent us Maltese, both locally and abroad, this is a grievous insult to us. As a Maltese citizen I pretend that minister Fenech resigns immediately, but before he should make a public apology. I do not want a person that thinks and publicly claims that Maltese ppl are "cwiec" to represent me or my country.
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Why not write a petition and present it to Gonzi for calling us MALTESE
CWIEC. Mr Cuc Fenech is an insult to us and should be kicked out of politics once and for all as he has done more damage to the PN .
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We all know how this CLOWN became a member of GONZI'S cabinet.
His resume for the post of Finance Minister states that he spent two years with his nose up Gonzi's ass.
Unfortunately the smell had infected his brains and is now effectively brain damaged.
The MALTESE CWIC with hardly any experience in running an airline in the 1970's established AIR MALTA as a very profitable entity that contributed immensely to the growth of the Maltese economy.
What this Maltese CUC who pretends to be a Minister of Finance ought to be doing, is taking a long hard look at his mirror because so far his resume over the last few years accumulated nothing but dishonesty, corruption and incompetence.
Is it any wonder that this administration that shelters such geniuses is in disarray and the financial statements of this Island continually hemorrhaging red ink while transferring government deficits to state entities and putting the blame on their workers.
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Totally agreed. We do not want another blue-eyed boy in that post.
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He means 'cwiec' like JN Tabone and Lawrence Zammit who were specifically chosen to lead Airmalta because of their strong alliance to the PN.
The result is there for all to see. A strong company which used to generate million of euro every year to a bankrupt one.
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'HE is not interested in employing “xi ċuċ Malti” to the post of CEO' - Taf xi jrid wiehed li jghajdlu IVA, 'yes sir' jew 'si capo' biex imexxi l-agenda tieghu ghax l-agenda diga mohmija u lesta. Ic-cwiec huma dawk li jtellawh fil-Parliament ghax kieku ma kienx minn B'Kara ma kienx jara' l-ghatba tal-Parliament kieku ma kienux il-voti t'Eddie u kunjomu jibda bl-'F'. Issa minghajru x'ser jghamel --------------eh x'tahseb Ton.
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Cwiec huma dawk li tawk il-vot biex inti tkun tista tiehu zieda ta 500 euro u lilhom tajtghom 1-16 cents.
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Dr Tonio Fenech INT mintiex CUC MALTI ghax TAF xghandek taghmel ara lis seftura tal mara tieghek skond kliemek stess inti ma kontx CUC MALTI ghax il BOLLA MA KONTX THALLASILA Ara biex mort tara lil Arseanal jilghabu ma kontx CUC MALTA GHAX TAF MA MIN KELLEK TMUR MA ZEWG NEKOZJANTI IS SUR JOE GASAN U IT TIFEL TA TUMAS FENECH TAF FEJN KONT CUC MALTI Dr Tonio FENECH mal EX HADDIEMA TAX XATT FEJN L_EWWEL WEDTHOM LI SER ISSOLVILHOM IL PROBLEMA LI GHANDHOM TAL FONDI LI BNEW U WARA HRABT MIN DMIREK META GHADT LI GHID SER TGHINHOM
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“I’m not aware he left,” he said during the interview.
This means that he does not know what is happening to entities in his own portfolio. So who is the ĊUĊ Tonio?
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Minister Tonio Fenech, the 'effetivament' Minister (I hate that word and how he says it) is suffering from the god syndrome. This person is so insulting, pompous, degenerate and offensive. Shame to him and his party he represents. What a fall they succumb when they will lose the next general election and hope I will live to see it.
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I don’t want a Maltese fool’ – Fenech on Air Malta CEO appointment
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I heard you speaking yesterday- was pathetic. no substance in what you said- No reality.
after a sattement like this, *above* and others you said, This shows that some people are elected on *klinjentismu* Proset komplu ivvotawlu persuna bhal dan.
Saviour Balzan •
b l istess argument ghalfejn ikun hemm malti imexxi il pajjiz, ghallura anqas il ministri ma ghandhom ikunu hemm. spara ghal saqajh u din mhix l ewwel darba u zgur mhux l ahhar
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Cuc Malti huwa min jaghzel Cuc Barrani...
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CUC HU U KULL MIN JIVVOTA LILHU U LILL GONZIPN. DAQSHEKK TAHRAQHOM QALBHOM GHAL MALTIN. MELA DAWN HASBUNA MIGHAJR BOCCI TAL-LAHAM BHALHOM. ARA HUMA GHAL INGANN HADD MA JLAHHAQ MAGHHOM BHAL META ZIEDU LILHOM NFUSHOM 500/600 EURO FIL-GIMGHA GHAL SENTEJN SHAH MINN WARA DAHAR IL-POPLU KOLLU. ARA GHAL DAQSHEKK HUMA MHUMIEX CWIEC. JMISSHOM JISTHU GHAX MHUX GHAND IL-MALTIN CWIEC JRIDU JMORRU JITKARBU GHAL-VOTI ERBA TIJIEM OHRA.
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Arrogance at it's best !
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Not very patriotic this Mr Fenech> If he thinks that Maltese are all idiots or as he stated in maltese Cuwiec, then he should put this quesstion to his constituents on the next election campaign> as far as i am concerned if he considers me as a cuc, likewise i consider him. MR CUC would be a more fitting name for fenech. Sorry i show no respect to people who dont repect me.
Priscilla Darmenia •
I think that most Maltese are fools for trusting the PN under Gonzi in government.
I think the biggest fool is our Prime Minister for choosing such a “cuc” as his minister of finance.
Luke Camilleri •
There seem to be quite a few of them - Maltese fools sitting on Government Boards and government entities where the Government has a share.... and also very well paid for their feeble efforts running departments with deficits ...and even getting performance bonuses! ( Arms Ltd., MEPA, ADT, ENEMALTA....)
I don't know who is the BIGGER fools, them or who ever appointed them only on the basis of their Blue -Eyed connections and not byan open call , public and international call, so the Best Man gets the job!
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Tonio Fenech not only you are the biggest cuc that ever walked on this island, you are also the biggest liar, the most incompetent and your intelligence is minus zero.
