20 Mar Alternattiva Demokratika u Schiavone
Fil-portal tat-Times, fi storja dwar partiti ohrajn apparti t-tnejn kbar, Herman Schiavone gie kwotat li qal hekk “As things stand today, I cannot see any small party making headway.”
L-ironija hija li filwaqt li l-Alternattiva Demokratika giet iffurmata bhala partit fl-1989, kif jirrizulta mill-istess storja, Schiavone ilu jikkontesta l-elezzjonijiet generali minghajr success u minghajr qatt ma gie elett sa mill-1987, sentejn qabel ma giet iffurmata l-Alternattiva Demokratika!
U allura jekk Schiavone ghadu ma qatax qalbu, ghaliex ghandhom jaqtghu qalbhom l-Alternattiva Demokratika? Jekk Schiavone m’ghamilx ‘headway’ mill-1987 ‘l hawn u ma qatax qalbu xi dritt ghandu jghaddi gudizzju dwar jekk partiti ohra jistghux jaghmlu ‘headway’ fl-elezzjoni li gejja?
Inoltre jien ghadni qed nipprova niffigura kif Schiavone jinkwadra fil-politika onesta u nadifa reklamata mil-P.N. meta ftit xhur ilu l-P.N. kien canfar u kkundanna lil istess persuna minhabba agir inaċċettabbli –
Times of Malta 28th December 2011-
”Hermann Schiavone is not a candidate of the PN and has been directed not to present himself as one, the Nationalist Party said. The PN was replying to The Times on claims by Nationalist MP Franco Debono’s that Herman Schiavone had accused him of sending an anonymous letter. “It is unacceptable for the Nationalist Party that a serious allegation is made against one of its MPs by a person who then fails to either substantiate the allegation when asked to do so or to withdraw the allegation,” it said
The PN added that notwithstanding the fact that Dr Schiavone was directed not to present himself as a candidate, he failed to adhere to these instructions.”
B’disubbidjenza totali lejn l-ordnijiet tal-partit Schiavone baqa’ jwebbes u jghaddas rasu tant li sentejn wara, u lejliet l-elezzjoni ġenerali, l-partit kellu jerga jirrepeti l-istess direttivi issa b’mod definittiv.
Schiavone ma thalliex jikkontesta l-elezzjoni ġenerali 2013 sahansitra meta l-Parlament kien diġà xolt u jien ma kontx ghadni deputat tal-P.N. Ben konxju mill-hsara kbira u inkwiet enormi li qajjem fil-P.N., l-istess parti ikkundanna l-aġir ta’ Schiavone u waqqfu milli jkun kandidat.
Times of Malta Saturday, January 5, 2013,
”PN says ‘no’ to Hermann Schiavone’s candidature
Hermann Schiavone has just been informed by the Nationalist Party he will not be allowed to contest the next election on its behalf.”
Ghal darb’ohra fit-Times tad-9 ta’ Jannar 2013 meta l-Parlament kien xolt u jien ma kontx ghadni deputat gie rappurtat dan –
”Lawrence Gonzi said: “I confirm all that he has said. I have nothing else to add. The situation is very clear.” The PN said it refused to field Dr Schiavone for the third consecutive general election after he continued to resist withdrawing an allegation made against rebel MP Franco Debono.”
#Adami
Posted at 15:02h, 21 Marchhttp://www.illum.com.mt/ahbarijiet/politika/44692/joseph_muscat_lil_beppe_trid_tkun_vera_ipokrita_#.Vu_iITFJnIU
Meta kien qed jitkellem f’Ħad Dingli dalgħodu Joseph Muscat qal li Beppe Fenech Adami vera jrid jkun ipokrita biex mar jipprotesta kontra iż-Żonqor meta,skontu, kellu art li ddaħħlet fiż-żona ta’ żvilupp. Joseph Muscat fakkar li dan kellu art ODZ, bi ġnien kbir darba u nofs daqs Pjazza San Ġorġ. Kompla jgħid li meta “xi ħadd kien qed ipinġi l-linji ta’ żvilupp “kumbinazzjoni l-art ta’ Beppe ddaħħlet għall-iżvilupp”. Muscat fakkar kif fil-Għargħur kollu ħadd ma jista jibni iktar minn żewġ sulari “ħlief għal Beppe Fenech Adami”.
Hobsons Choice
Posted at 14:25h, 21 MarchAccording to recent polls, a third of the electorate claim they feel disenfranchised and have no faith in Malta’s two big parties.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160319/timestalk/does-malta-need-a-third-party-in-parliament.606164
Not taking the Mikky
Posted at 09:52h, 21 MarchSunday, March 20, 2016, 00:01 by Michela Spiteri
In these troubled Times
My writing debut for this newspaper came with the ‘new broom’ at Strickland House in October 2007. Steve Mallia and Herman Grech were about to take over as editor and deputy editor of The Sunday Times of Malta, and there was a call for new columnists and fresh ideas. I was asked to join the team.
I was chuffed… I was anxious. Did I have it in me to write an article every week or fortnight? Would I be able to meet deadlines? Would I manage to say everything in a thousand words?
Which is why I find it so terribly unfair that these same editors have had to face unsubstantiated allegations, and justify themselves and their editorial polices, even to the extent of pointing out that the journalistic side of the Allied Group is quite separate from the commercial. It is also a lie to suggest that their decision to target the calamitous Arriva during the run-up to the 2013 election was political.
I find the effrontery of those who took this newspaper to task for doing its job very ominous. These are people of smoke and mirrors who are prepared to claim that this newspaper is tainted because something does not sit right with their own divinely ordained (Nationalist?) plan for Malta.
What I find most disturbing, however, is that we are living at a time when flippant allegations are taken as messianic certainties. If someone is brazen enough to claim something, then lo and behold, it must be true, even in the absence of proof. The burden of proof instead shifts to the accused, whose silence is interpreted as acquiescence, and failure to sue as guilt. And of course the accuser, shrouded by the smoke of deceit and flashing the mirror of distortion, counts on everyone’s gullibility and superficial judgement. Love of gossip, partisan prejudice and schadenfreude complete the picture.
If dodgy dealing exists, let’s investigate it properly. But I don’t think I’m being naive when I demand prudence and caution. We are dealing with people’s lives; people with families and children. If someone is guilty, let justice be done. But let’s not burn people at the stake.
On a far less serious level, this happened to me in 2013 when I was accused of ghostwriting for Franco Debono. Hardly a crime or a scandal, and yet, it still wasn’t true. My vehement denial was interpreted as ‘protesting too much’, my brushing aside as acquiescence. People still believe I wrote those articles because the internet said so.
People who traffic in accusations do so in the knowledge that people love nothing more than the spectacle of a public execution. And others who want to believe that the law of libel exists to address this malpractice are sorely mistaken.
Certain untruths may not be libellous, but they’re still untruths. And even if they are libellous, why should you be forced to protest your innocence in court? Court proceedings are a drain on money, time and emotion. Some people can’t afford to go down that road. Some can’t hack it. And there lies the calculating evil of the accusers, with the absolute power to ruin lives.
I am here reminded of the words of John Proctor in The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s riveting play about the 1692 Salem witch-hunts: “We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!”
To those witch-hunters among us (until one of their own is involved) I’ll pose William Golding’s crucial question… Which is better – to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill? Let’s stop this witch hunt, let the people be brought before the laws of justice, and let justice decide who the innocent and/or guilty are, not the incantations of the people, nor the ravenous crowd.
Nistaqsi
Posted at 00:39h, 21 MarchJista’ MP jew Ministru jkun silent partner f’xi negozju?
Huwa sewwa?
ExPn
Posted at 23:22h, 20 MarchL-ahhar elezzjoni ma vvuttajtx ghax ma stajtx intih l PL u zmien tani ragun. Jekk tohrog ghal elezzjoni lilek intih. M’hemmx dubju.
Turu Garfunkel
Posted at 23:12h, 20 MarchDr. Debono, ma jidhirlikx li qed tkun ftit u xejn meskin ( bl-Ingliż ”petty”) fuq Herman Schiavone? din il-kwistjoni bejnietkom ( proprjamnet iktar tiegħek miegħu) ilha għaddejja s-snin. Rajt kif għamilt u ġegħilt lill-PN jżommu lilli jikkontesta. Kollox sew, mill-punt di vista tiegħek kellek raġun għax deherlek li kien ikkulunjak b’akkuża (fuq xi ittra anonima li weħilħt biha int jekk niftakar sew). Imma se tibqa’ għaddej taqbad miegħu? Mhux billii tispiċa tawguralu; il-qarrejja mhumiex wieċu jafu jaraw l-ixxuttar wara l-ħasil.
Hu qatt ma jsemmik. M’initix matur biżżejjed biex taħfer? Jew fl-intelliġenza avvanzat ħafna, imma fil-maturità inqas?
Franco Debono
Posted at 23:20h, 20 March1.Ma jidhirlekx qed tkun insensittiv ghat-tbatija li Schiavone ghadda lili u lil-Partit Nazzjonalista ghal snin shah? Int jidhirlek li timmalafama n-nies ghax tkun trid s-siggu Parlamentari taghhom hija xi haga petty? L-istorja ghad trid tkompli turi kif Schiavone kien wiehed mill-aktar persuni li gab inkwiet fil-P.N. bl-agir tieghu.
2.Ma jidhirlekx li qed tghid l-hmerijiet meta tghid li jien geghilt lil PN sabiex izommuh? Meta qalulu ghall-ahhar darba biex ma jikontestax f’Jannar 2013, jien la kont ghadni deputat Nazzjonalista u l-Parlament kien xolt jiggifieri zgura ma stajtx gieghelt lil PN jaghmlu xejn!
3.Ghalija dan kapitlu maghluq pero ovvjament Ghandi dritt nikkummenta fuq dikjarazzjonijiet li jaghmel Schiavone hux hekk?
4.Inti ma tinkwetakx li persuna taghmel allegazzjoni falza u malafamanti fil-konfront ta’ deputat hu min hu? X’tip ta’ karattru turi? Narcissist? Egoist? Kilba ghal-poter? Giddieb? Dizonest? Ma nafx, ghidli int. . . .
5.Jekk hu jsemminix jew le ma nafx, pero jekk tara l-comment boards tal-gurnali lokali ssib li certu JSammut qisu l-avukat tieghu, jiddefendih
Turu Garfunkel
Posted at 02:31h, 21 MarchQed inkun insensittiv? Ħeq, nittama li le, imma ma nistax neskludi li, mingħajr ma rrid, qed nonqos. Imma għaddew is-snin u se tibqa’ għaddej biha? Batejt, imma, mamma mia, iż-żmien ma jfejjaqx? Immalafamak ( probabbli tassew, żbaljatement, ħaseb li int kellek x’taqsam) u l-Partit iċċensura. M tistax tispiċa hemm?
Sa fejn stajt nara jien – u kull min isegwi x-xena politika lokali – il-PN ħaduha kontrih meta int kont għaddej bil-kummiedji fil_Parlament li laħqu l-quċċata meta vvutajt kontra l-Gvern u waqa’ . Kienu qegħdin jagħmlu li jistgħu (mingħajr ma jċedulek 100% u jagħmluk Ministru) biex jissodisfawk. Issa xi jkun hemm eżatt wara l-kwinti xi ħadd bħali li jara l-affarijiet minn barra ma jkunx jaf bil-preċiż, imma kollox kien jidher li l-PN ħaduha bil-kbir kontra Schiavone ( li m’hemmx dubju kien żbaljat) proprju biex jippruvaw jikkwitawk.
Assolutament għandek kull dritt tgħid li trid fuq il-kummenti pubbliċi ta’ Schiavone – bħalma għandi jien li nikkumenta fuq tiegħek – imma l-mod kif anke kumment pjuttost innokwu jispirak biex tikkummenta fuq id-disfatti u n-nuqqas ta’ suċessi ta’ Schiavone ma tantx jri li ta’ bejnietkom huwa kapitlu magħluq.
Ma nafx il-”gidba” ta’ Schiavone tirriflettix patoloġija karatterjali jew kinitx sempliċiment żball (serju) ta’ ġudizzju. Ir-reazzjoni sproporzjonata tiegħek u l-fatt li għadek tirrisentixxi li ġara sal-lum x’jirrifletti?
Jien il-ġurnali nikolhom u niftakar ftit ilu rajt skambju bejnek u bejn J. Sammut li fih int semmejtlu li dejjem jiddefendi lil schiavone. Jekk jiddefendi lil Schaivomne . jagħmel hekk għax jattakkawh. U min hu li sal-lum għadu spiss jattakkah?
Franco Debono
Posted at 12:29h, 21 March1. Z-zmien ifejjaq sakemm ma jkunx hem min jibqa jitfa’ l-melh fuq l-ferita b’diversi modi varji u jerga’ jiftaha b’mod dirett jew indirett. L-gustizzja saret pero’ nixtieq nifhem kif wiehed jista’ jitkellem fuq politika nadifa u onesta’ meta dan bniedem li gab INKWIET enormi fil-P.N. tant li ma thalliex jikkontesta;
2. Tispicca hemm meta jien ma nibqax nbati konsegwenzi tal-inkwiet li gab Herman Schiavone fuqi u fuq l-P.N. ;
3. Bil-preciz u minn gewwa nassigurak li dik l-gidba ta’ Schiavone gabet inkwiet kbir fil-P.N. u gabet terremot shih meta baqa jinsisti ghal snin li jkun kandidat minghajr ma jissostanzja (haga li qatt ma jista’ jaghmel), jew jirtira l-istess allegazzjoni falza u malafamanti;
4. Qed tinjora l-fatt li jien fassalt Riforma tal-Gustizzja li Carm naqas li jfassal jew jimplimenta;
5. Mhux kwistjoni ta’ disfatti jew nuqqas ta’ successi izda kumment li jista jitfa dawl fuq l-karattru ta’ Schiavone u l-inkwiet kbir li ghadda u lili u lil P.N. minnu. Huwa fl-interess tal-istess P.N. li jifhem ezattament x’kienet u min kienet l-problema;
6.Jien dak li Ghandi nghid nghidu that izmi u ma niddejjaq minn hadd. L-fatti huma l-aqwa arma tieghi. M’ghandix ghafejn ninheba wara nomes de plume. Jattakka min jaghmel allegazzjonijiet malafamanti minn wara dahar n-niesmhux min jikkumenta taht ismu jidher
blue titanium soldier
Posted at 22:48h, 20 MarchMhux tieh riposta int dottore u ifforma partit. Jien inwedek il vot tieghi u nahseb mhux ha nkun wahdi. Tinsiex min 38,000 hemm hafna u hafna li kienu protest votes li jien nemmen li ghadom jiprotestaw ghax mhem xejn li jigbidom lura lejn il P.N u dak li ivvutaw ghalieh ma sehx.
Jien lil P.N. ivvutajt u nahseb had minkom mhu jiddubita u lest li natik il vot issa jien ma kontx wiehed min dawn it 38,000.
blue titanium soldier
Posted at 23:01h, 20 MarchU dottore jien cert li siggu ikollok zgur imma serrah rasek li kif tikbirlek rasek u titlef il valuri (bhal ma sfortunament jigrilhom hafna politikanti) inqaxtuk lhemm ukoll 🙂
ExPn
Posted at 23:26h, 20 MarchLil Franco nhobbu ghax nammira l kuragg tieghu, imma hijja, jekk jigrilu bhal dawk li hemm fil parlament bhalissa, ntih il genb ukoll ehhhhh!
Malta qabel kollox u kulhadd
Franco is the man
Posted at 22:43h, 20 MarchThajjar Franco ghax qed tissemma li INT missek tghamel partit.
Mhux int kont li tkellimt? Mhux int kont li ghamilt il-proposti? Mhux int kont il-katalist tal-bidla?
X’ha tghidilna?
Hobsons Choice
Posted at 22:37h, 20 MarchI’m for a new political party as I have lost trust in the two traditional big ones. Lets hear what they have to say. Feeling hopeful that the people will speak up this time. The power of the people is greater then the people in power.
Hobsons Choice
Posted at 23:38h, 20 MarchISSA WISQ HEJ
Tistghu tghiduli x hemm hazin f’dan il-kumment illi TOM jiddeciedi li jghamlu REMOVED?
malcolm seychell
Posted at 21:56h, 20 Marchsitwazzjoni tal biki hawn dot…. jien nemmen il pn ma saret l ebda riforma fih, u l pl qed jiddizappunta bil kbir…. pero ma rridtx l ad fil parlament. dan partit xellugi mhux tac-centru