It has come to that point - that so many scandals have been uncovered that the new one makes you forget the previous one.

Even to try and list them one risks forgetting one or the other.

We may remember the bigger ones, such as the three hospitals' heist.

But then there are many others, beginning with the mammoth promotions exercises in the army and the police force which followed the electoral victory back in 2013.

One can add the many promotions exercises in all areas controlled by the government.

Or the many building permits issued in defiance of the law and which have continued to damage this country's environment.

Or the myriad of infractions of the laws which were glossed over on the local level.

Or the scandal of social assistance given to those who absolutely were not entitled to them.

Or the many many direct orders given out to the party faithful without proper checks and which many times ended in shoddy work.

There ... I'm sure I have left other scandals out.

But the scandal uncovered these past few days takes the cake.

I am referring to entry permits allegedly given out to thousands of Third Country Nationals based on an elaborate scheme which involved people at Identita, the agency which issues residence permits etc.

It would seem this ruse involved taking the name of real Maltese citizens, many of them having had to be residing in hospital or in a home for the elderly. 

When these persons started receiving mail addressed to someone else but registered on that address, many, being sick or elderly did not check what was going on (and they many times were saddled with bills for electricity consumption etc).

And the non-Maltese quickly became citizens of Malta and could travel abroad anytime they wanted.

Now go back to this long list of scandals and try to remember what investigations have been carried out. The most I can remember are the hospitals heist and the social assistance scandal, and the first one was investigated by the courts rather than by the police.

Undoubtedly there are more scandals waiting to be discovered.

But, as I said last week, all this long list of scandals does not mean that people will be persuaded of the need to change the direction of the country.

For that to happen other changes must take place.