Tag: Simon Busuttil
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The end of an era for Simon Busuttil as he moves from political to civil role in the European Parliament
It’s the end of an era for Simon Busuttil as his term as Secretary-General of the European People’s Party comes to an end. According to The Times of Malta, Simon Busuttil has now moved to a new post in the administration of the European Parliament as Director-General for Logistics and Interpretation Conferences (DG LINC). With…
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Simon Busuttil warns against government move to restrict citizen-initiated inquiries
Former Nationalist Party and Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has warned strongly against a “proposed government initiative that is going to rob people of the right to request a magisterial inquiry”. Outside the Valletta law courts during yesterday’s monthly vigil marking the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, he branded the move as dangerous to…
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The Justice Minister Jonathan Attard spent three hours in court waiting to testify against Jason Azzopardi
In order to to put some perspective to the obsession by the Labour government to fight Jason Azzopardi, it’s good to know that the Justice Minister, Jonathan Attard spent around three hours in court waiting to testify against Jason Azzopardi for allegedly filming the Prime Minister inside the Court building. The testimony lasted a couple…
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Simon Busuttil’s thoughts on his 2017 PN-Third-Party-Coalition
Yesterday, I’ve managed to get the comments of previous Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil about his coalition with Marlene Farrugia’s Parit Demokratiku in 2017. Today Simon Busuttil occupies the role of Secretary-General of the European People’s Party. This is what he said about the coalition that he lead as the Nationalist Party leader, with Marlene…
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A third-party which actually got elected to Parliament
Further to my opinion piece about the formation of new third parties, I’d like to add a reference to Marlene Farrugia’s success in getting Partit Demokratiku elected to Parliament in 2017. Both Marlene Farrugia and Godfrey Farrugia were elected on the list of the Nationalist Party, but Marlene and Godfrey Farrugia remained outside of the…
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“Inability to perform your functions in office” includes your function to deliver your job on a daily basis
Going by a Central Bank book there are various technical details of the Central Bank Act, apart from other laws and regulations that make Edward Scicluna’s position as Governor of the Central Bank incongruent with the Act. A prerequisite for the Governor’s ability to perform his functions in office includes focusing exclusively on Central Bank…
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Joseph Muscat reiterates his support for Adrian Delia’s and Alex Borg’s faction in the PN
Ever since Adrian Delia became Nationalist Party leader, supported by the Labour Party machinery, Labour always promoted the narrative that Adrian Delia is the better alternative as Opposition Leader to Simon Busuttil and his supporters. This was because Adrian Delia was more tolerant of corruption and some dubious figures in PN blamed PN’s subsequent defeat…
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Is lying about corrupt practices a criminal offense?
The Prime Minister is lying and shooting himself in the foot if he is excusing the cheques on the eve of the election with the Russian war on Ukraine since they were planned many weeks in advance and there is also a paper trail to prove this. I can’t understand how the Nationalist Party is…
