Kill the messenger and f*** the message

Hello, is there anyone out there?

Is there anyone who can figure out who is responsible and who is not?

If there is anyone who can understand what the hell is happening in this oil scandal - raise your hands now?

Now stop, blame me for the oil scandal, not the minister, not the chairman and not Frank Sammut and George Farrugia, the men who have so much to answer for.

Just for a moment remember that this scandal happened because the people who were entrusted to procure or to advise in oil purchase took advantage of their politically-appointed position and made themselves richer.

And I do mean richer, because greed really has no limits. In fact, I think greed itself has the power to make you even greedier.

Now, for a minute, remember that it was not me or my mother who appointed these men on the Enemalta boards, or as consultants. It was - just in case you have not yet realised - Austin Gatt.

Well, if you have the time, just read this little story.

Once upon time, someone contacted this newspaper and provided evidence of an earth-shattering story. Of course the PN's poodle has a job to do and has tried very hard to demolish this story. He has tried very hard to create the impression that the source is in fact the Labour Party.

My first reaction in a newsroom is that story is a story, and if we have the proof: let's got for it. I don't give a shit about what Mr Bootlicker thinks, and he can think whatever he likes.

If he knew who my source was, he wouldn't believe me.

He could argue (like so many others who are scared of seeing their government being replaced by another), that I should have waited. Mhux hekk. Waited for what?

My job is neither to elect political parties, nor to bring them down. I have little faith in political parties, much less in governments.

But I do have a belief that governments are not infinite - that democracy demands change, and that if change does not happen then we might as well embrace Pyongyang-styled democracy.

The way things are run by Joseph Mizzi at PBS and all other government boards, you would think that we are taking up Pyongyang democracy as a hobby.

For f***k's sake please switch off when TVM's prime apologist appears in his tweed jacket, like someone dying to create the impression that he's 38 years old, and not the ageing overweight guardian he really is.

As Mr Bootlicker continues to act as the prime PN propagandist, he not only defies the understanding of what a public broadcaster is all about, but more so he justifies the thinking behind the Broadcasting Authority's statement about PBS.

After months of biased reporting and one-sided journalism, the BA came out with a scathing declaration about Joseph Mizzi's TVM.

I have known Joseph Mizzi, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect him to preside over the most despicable and one-sided example of State TV since the days of Run Rabbit Run.

Before 1987, Mr Tweed Jacket was a Marxist, and of course cannot quite remember what State TV was like under Labour.

That statement had led the PBS - as the State broadcaster under Joseph Mizzi - to ask for Twanny Tabone's resignation as BA chairman.

Pity Joseph Mizzi, Anton Attard and Natalino Fenech cannot appreciate that Twanny Tabone - a former personal secretary of former Nationalist minister Alexander Cachia Zammit (pre-1971) is a man not easily manipulated.

He is also as deep blue as they come.

I wonder: did the PBS board sanction this statement? 

Did Josef N. Grech, Claire Azzopardi, Laurence Mizzi, Anson Azzopardi, Isabelle Gatt and Kenneth Pullicino (as directors of PBS) endorse this decision?

Well if they did, it's a great pity. They should be bloody ashamed of themselves.

Every time someone says or does something that does not quite sound nice to the powers that be, you are accused of being manipulated, possibly a manipulator or better still: standing in the way of the unshakeable and heavenly government.

The great explosion came, I suppose, on 20 January.

MaltaToday published a story that rocked the country. 

A week later, another followed. The two stories had different sources and different ramifications.

They continue to shoot the messenger, not the message.

The police did their work, but more needs to be done.

The oil scandal involves many people but it also brings to question political responsibility. Political responsibility that is completely absent from the lexicon of most politicians, but is slowly and surely seeping into this campaign.

But perhaps we should emphasise that the arraignment of the last two people -Cikku Portelli and Anthony Cassar - had nothing to do with kickbacks.

Now let me rewind for a little bit and emphasise that the arraignment of businessmen Portelli and Cassar could have waited... but I know things that I cannot say now. 

And perhaps Mr Bootlicker - who is that conceited State TV journalist crusading against anyone in the PN's way - will never stomach that our sources in the press originate from people who are simply sick and tired of the rampant corruption and nepotism.

Mr Bootlicker - as you have seen - is trying very hard to kill the messenger and not the message.

That tactic is so typical of those who still believe they have a divine right to rule the country and have a free ride on TVM.

In their frenzy to shoot down the messenger, they have hit out at anyone in their way.

The case of Martin Fenech, a former Nationalist candidate, is a case in point - someone who can't even believe how he has been dragged into this mud bank.

Many sources are also disgusted by the way things have degenerated thanks to those who believe they have a God-given right to govern this country forever.

They are also saddened by the fact that many people knew what was going on and did nothing about it. Yes - they know what's going on, and instead of tackling the message they kill the messenger.

The question I have often asked is: in a situation like this, should there be political responsibility?

Why not? What's the big deal?

Is it too far-fetched to ask the minister responsible for Enemalta to stand up and be made aware of his responsibilities?

But this is far too much to ask, it seems.

This newspaper has asked Toni Abela to consider resigning, among others. And Toni Abela, while not exactly a cousin, is a good friend of yours truly.

But as soon as we ask Austin Gatt to review his position, it's automatically assumed that we're sleeping with Joseph Muscat and that we're in league with the devil.

And of course, we have to listen to Mr Tweed Jacket repeating his pet hate talk about MaltaToday. 

You have a choice, of course.

No, not mychoice.pn. But you can always do what I do: switch to Disney Channel and watch the latest series of Jake and the Pirates!