The Devil’s Pact between Robert Abela and Joseph Muscat as covered by this website

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5 responses to “The Devil’s Pact between Robert Abela and Joseph Muscat as covered by this website”

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   Franco Galea

   July 19, 2024

   …and what did Chris “the real deal” Fearne say and do? Nothing. He just kept voting to pump millions into Stewards.

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      Banquo

      July 19, 2024

      This is a problem which Mark chooses to ignore. There is no doubt that Chris Fearne was conspired against and would have made a far better prime minister than Robert Abela. However, there is no escaping the fact that he kept voting with and for the crooks, even after they had knifed them.

      The easiest vote in the history of voting was to stand with Isabelle Bonnici when the poor woman was begging MPs to vote in favour of a public inquiry into her son’s unnecessary and corruption-fuelled death while the prime minister was pushing against it. Yet Chris Fearne fell in line with the party and the prime minister, voting against the public inquiry. He could have rebelled. He could have made a statement, he could have told the makers of the Devil’s Pact “in?abbab”, but he didn’t. He just fell in line, either having too much to lose by sticking his neck out or being too cowardly.

      That’s not great MP material, let alone great prime ministerial material. Now that he has been bitten by the monster he helped create and sustain, we are supposed to feel sorry for him and valorise him. Sorry, but I am struggling to see why. Chris Fearne would have been a far more decent prime minister than Robert Abela or Joseph Muscat, but he made far too many bad decisions to climb back up from the hole he dug himself into. I think that dreams of him taking over the Labour Party and making a great comeback to put Labour’s ship right and become prime minister (no less) are delusional. The ship has sailed.

      As a general comment, I would say that Malta has a problem with MPs being too reverential to their political party leaders. Having backbenchers who are always rebelling and creating chaos is problematic but having MPs who never stand up to their leaders, even when they do or say stupid things, is perhaps worse. This culturally explains Chris Fearne’s behaviour but it does not excuse it. You cannot start being virtuous only when the devil you nonchalantly fed stabs you and expect people to take you seriously.

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   briffanilli

   July 19, 2024

   Banquo – That’s possibly the best comment I’ve ever read on a Maltese comments board. It’s perfect. Calm, composed, fair, balanced, logical. Completely spot on. Thank you.

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