The Malta Independent 9 December 2019, Monday

From thanks to betrayal – how Labour’s discourse surrounding Keith Schembri has changed

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s former chief of staff, Keith Schembri, has been at the centre of the political crisis which has engulfed Malta over the past few weeks. Once held as a key...

latest comment from R. Ellul, 08/12/2019 20:00: Four went to Azerbaijan. No permanent secretary went with them. This shows that they are all in it together. After they fed all the others very well to keep their mouth shut. Now, with JM & KM interfering in investigations for some months now, they must be at least charged with obstruction of justice, interference of investigations.
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‘Not off the hook yet’ - Law enforcement entities join forces in Keith Schembri investigation

A number of law enforcement units and financial crime investigative entities have joined forces and are still “actively investigating” Keith Schembri, the Prime Minister’s former...

latest comment from Spiderman, 08/12/2019 20:07: Amazing how quickly loyalties can change. Until a few days ago, Schembri was fiercly defended by PL supporters. When anybody dared critisized him (mostly Daphne) there was a barrage of insults - mainly it was all lies and people were jealous of his sucess. After this week's revelations, people are distancing themselves from him and say they feel "betrayed". The signs were quite obvious and feeling betrayed is a way to cover their stupidity. I imagine a proper apology is asking too much but not clearing her makeshift memorial does not involve anything - in fact it involves NOT doing anything. Also, the new leader should look into the Cardona/Acapulco story the public deserves the truth, especially since Cardona froze Daphne's bank accounts.
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PL leadership: It is Fearne vs Abela

Robert Abela has defied suggestions of a one-horse-race for the leadership of the Labour Party and said he is throwing in his hat, challenging the current deputy leader Chris Fearne for the top place...

latest comment from Christopher Grech, 08/12/2019 15:56: Why do we have a Deputy Prime Minister in Malta? In the interim Fearne should assume the Prime Minister role, until a proper Prime Minister would be chosen by voting or whatever. In most countries, as continuity is key, we seem to forget seemless transition periods. We fail on this important procedural transition of power.
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Will he go? Questions surround Joseph Muscat’s presence at European Council this week

As political pressure mounts for Joseph Muscat to resign immediately, rather than in January, questions have been raised about his presence at the next European Council meeting in Brussels later this...

latest comment from Evarist Saliba, 08/12/2019 14:23: When Dom Mintoff became unpopular in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), especially in the concluding days of agreeing on its Final Act in August 1975, that was the culmination of negotiations which had started in November 1972, both in Helsinki, he was spared the awkwardness of facing the leaders of the other participating States due to a sore throat. Anton Buttigieg deputised for him.
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TMIS Editorial Part 1: New PM must clean house

We now have two contenders for the Labour leadership election – Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and MP Robert Abela.  Whoever wins the contest on 12 January and makes it to the...

latest comment from Holiday99, 08/12/2019 15:55: The two contenders for the Leadership have backed Muscat for too long. Even this morning they showed 100% support for Muscat. It is therefore unrealistic that either of them will clean house. They will want to show that there was a minor problem with a few cockroaches but otherwise, everything’s fine.
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Watch: Muscat launches farewell tour: 'Movement will only get stronger after leadership election'

Muscat launched his farewell tour, visiting localities around the island this morning. While in Naxxar, he said that the movement will only get stronger after the PL's leadership election. ...

latest comment from Emanuel Borg, 08/12/2019 18:49: Lanqas jisthi! Iridha ta xi rock star. Kemm hu pulcinell. Zul minn nofs buffu. Issa ghoqod itkessah. Issa naraw meta isiru investigazzjonijiet serji hu indipendi jekk ghandekx bies tkompli iddardar lill Maltin serji li jhobbu lil pajjizhom
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TMIS Editorial: Part 2: A million unanswered questions… Muscat, Schembri cannot keep hiding

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his former chief of staff, Keith Schembri, are nowhere to be seen in the unfolding drama.  The press has a million questions to ask, especially after this...

latest comment from Donal Kelly, 08/12/2019 12:51: What did Muscat & Schembri discuss during their meeting at JMs house the night before Schembri's first visit to police headquarters?
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How the unions and constituted bodies reacted to Malta’s current political crisis

Over the course of the last week, unions and associations across all sectors and industries in Malta have issued statements about the political crisis that the country is currently...

latest comment from mario mifsud, 08/12/2019 10:37: We are living the crisis of the 2-party system. In 2017 prior the election of that year, this crisis was already evident to the leadership of the PN led by Simon Busuttil , so much so that Busuttil forged an alliance with the Democratic Party - that for the first time in 50 years permitted the election to Parliament of 2 deputies Godfrey and Marlene Farrugia from the Democratic Party. However such a step was not welcomed by the mainstream of the PN , so much so that in the election following the PN's defeat in the polls in that year , the candidate favoured by Simon Busuttil- Chris Said was beaten by Adrian Delia , a newcomer to politics. Now with the revelations taking place in Court on the investigation of corruption that took place during the past 6 and a half years under Muscat, the situation is fluid and the PL is preparing itself for a debate on the way forward. The choice should be clear, -whether the electorate prefers to reinforce the 2-party system with the result that we continue adopting a third-worldist preference for unplanned economic growth, coupled with an oligarchy of the political class governing with big business (the Muscat model) -or choose to reinforce the neo-liberal model, anchored in western values that respects our cultural and religious traditions - by introducing a multi-party electoral system and planned economic growth. (the EU model)
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Malta under the microscope: International scrutiny and local testimony

The past week has seen a number of developments in relation to the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the ensuing investigation, and the political situation.  Family members of...

latest comment from Ehmk, 08/12/2019 14:16: Had he sacked those 2, it would have never come to this! I don't only hold him accountable for this. I also hold those that when put to the test in a no confidence vote, they shut their mouth. For them it is better to betray the country and the decent citizens that put you where you are today, than to betray the party! Sad but true!
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PN lists proposals for better governance, cleaner administration

Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia this afternoon listed measures which, he said, will lead to better governance and a cleaner administration. In a message on the PN’s media, Delia said...

latest comment from My opinion, 08/12/2019 08:54: As a politician, you, like the rest, are never to be trusted. So speak, preach, pontificate all you will, but my trust for you or anyone else contesting a green seat, NEVER AGAIN .
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Journalist receives letter containing threats, report filed with police

A journalist has received a threatening letter at her private residence and a report has been filed with the police, the Maltese Institute of Journalists aid. In a statement, the IGM condemned...

latest comment from Percy Pace, 08/12/2019 00:58: Cant figure out who would want to threaten that little girl anyway. Its not that she's a Christiane Amanpour anyway.Definitely a crazie in search of some attention of the sort he does not get in real life.
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Robert Abela to contest PL leadership election

PL MP Robert Abela has announced that he will be contesting the Labour Party leadership election. He is the second person to announce his nomination, after Deputy Prime Minister Chris...

latest comment from Neo, 08/12/2019 10:13: And meanwhile, prolonging the leadership contest so Muscat and his Mafia buddies, can continue dipping their fingers for a little bit more. What a pathetic piece of s#it. And you wonder why the PN under Gonzi lost with such a margin, when this P. O. S. Was basking in the palaces gardens and planting trees and plaques honoring the birth of his daughter like some bloody royal. Yes, ROYAL CLOWN.
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Muscat family in private meeting with Pope Francis

The family of outgoing Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning met Pope Francis at the Vatican in a private visit. The Department of Information described it as “a last private...

latest comment from Francis Saliba, 08/12/2019 03:54: It is irrelevant whether Muscat genuinely begged forgiveness or not. The publicity was out of place political propaganda from someone who had done his level best to downgrade Christian doctrine.
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