Dom Mintoff mobbed by well-wishers

Former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff makes a surprise visit during a Regional Committee dinner at the Tokk in Rabat, Gozo.

Former Labour leader Dom Mintoff surprised attendees during an activity organised by the Gozo Regional Committee, as he turned up at the event unannounced.

Sister newspaper Illum reports how after talking and taking photos with the attendees, Mintoff asked for eye surgeon Dr Franco Mercieca who had carried out a cataract operation both his eyes. Mercieca - who wasn't present at the time - made it to the gathering after several phone calls informing him that the former Prime Minister was insisting to see him.

Mintoff – who is currently in Gozo for a short break – reportedly took the opportunity to ask Mercieca for a medical appointment.

Read more in Illum’s digital edition

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U zgur u zgur, Mintoff kien imdawwar b'No men Kif damdmu EFA!
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Mela Mintoff holoq ‘personality cult’ qalilna wiehed cowboy (ghax dan il-gvern tieghu u ma jibzaghx li jigi diskriminat u vvitimizzat, ghalhekk juza ismu) f’dan il-blog. Mela min jibbaza kampanja elettorali shiha fuq GonziPN, x’kult tieghu innifsu ried johloq. Lill-ohrajn kien jahbihom warajh f’kull okkazzjoni quddiem in-nies u l-partit flok tal-PN sar GonziPN.. Mhux ta’ b’xejn li issa lment li ghandu ghazla limitata minn fejn jaghzel lin-nies tieghu biex tghaxxaqha dik l-ghazla issa aktar saret skarsa ghax dawwar lilu nnifsu b’kocc ‘yes men’,
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Bejn il-Linji ma tantx taf taqra bejn il-linji! Wiehed minn fuq siggu mar fuq iehor u l-iehor taparsi irrizenja ghax ma kienx lest jiehu t-tieni telfa bhalma ha fl-1981 Ta' l-ewwel sab siggu gdid u tat-tieni baqa' mexxi minn wara l-kwinti. Dan int biss ma tafux.
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Tajjeb li wiehed ikompli jghid li Mintoff ghazel li jirrizenja mit-tmexxija ghax ried. Sa fejn naf jin haddiehor ma ghamelx hekk u haddiehor kieb bravu u ghazel li minn fuq siggu imur fuq iehor!!
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Forsi l-qarrejja mas jemmnunix lili, imma hekk hu. Meta kont teenager kelli hafna grazzja ma Mintoff. L-istil tal-oratorija tieghu, dik li jsir dak li ghandu jsir kien joghgobni. Jidsdispjacini imma li wara li beda tajjeb u beda jigbed 'il-poplu lejh beda jiggieled ma kulhadd u jantagozizza lil kulhadd. Fl-ewwel xhur tal-gwerra l-Germanja kaxkret lil kulmin sabet quddiema, imma Hitler hekk ukoll beda jaghmel: jantagonizza lil kulhadd u flok ghajnuna beda jsib bsaten fir-roti. Hekk ezatt ghamel Mintoff. Iggieled ma kulhadd. Dejjem hu kellu ragun? Ma nahsibx. U l-PL ghadu jbati l-konsegwenzi.
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Hadt pjacir bir-risposta ta Demartino ghax jien nemmen li kulhadd ghandu dritt ghal opinjoni u cert li hadd ma hu 100% tajjeb/hazin. Naturalment ma naqbelx mal-bicca li qal li it-tajjeb li ghamel beda jassar lil poplu. Sa certu pon ghandek ragun ukoll, ghax kull pajjiz ikun iggwidat mill-mexxejja imm imexxi minn nies bhali u bhalek. Fi zmien il-gid li ghamel Mintoff kien hemm nies f'pozizjonitjiet manigerjali (bhal f'kull gvern) li jiddeciedu f'dak li jkun kompitu taghhom. Fil-fatt certu nies li jassru lil poplu kif inbidel il-gvern fil 1987 hadu promozzjoni jew fethu kumpaniji u negozju. Jien nghid X'KUMBINAZZJONI!!!
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Mintoff encouraged a personality cult and owned a flock of submissive worshippers. Some of these brainwahed sheep are still with us, even commenting on this page (anonymously - such cowards). Their selective memory keeps them from remembering that Mintoff's last political act was betraying his party.
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Mintoff nehha il FAQAR min Malta, jghid x'jghid kullhadd u bena mix-xejn il middle-class. Tmur fejn tmur meta issemmi lil Malta l-ewwel kelma li jghidulek hija 'Mintoff". Hobbu u ghobodu Mintoff kien l-akbar statista li qatt kellna.
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Le, mhux mizerja biss gab, imma kull gvern qieghed hemm mhux biex igib il-mizerja imma biex jaghmel il-gid. Sfortunatament, u difficli tifhem ghala, Mintoff inqeda bit-tajjeb li ghamel biex imbaghad jassar lill-istess poplu. Dawn fatti u unutli nippruvaw nahbuhom.
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Giv demartino nixtieq nistaqsik... mizerja biss gab Mintoff???
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Mur fehemha lil dik it-tifla x'mizerja gab fuq pajjizna dal-bniedem! Kemm ixxerred dmugh u demm ta' Maltin bhalna!
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Just because Dom Mintoff is old doesn't mean we have to forget he used to be a tinpot tyrant who felt comfortable only in the company of other tyrants such as Gaddafi and Kim il-Sung. . Shall we forget, for example, that he happily used physical and moral violence as a routine political tool to repress opposition?
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And yet Mintoff's involvement with Libya was to put food on the tables of Maltese faimilies. He did not sell the country to fill his pockets. Go tell that to Dalli who lives in the lap of luxury at Portomaso and has massive financial interests in Libya - because what he did was for his own personal enrichment - no one is complaining. I think when God was giving out intelligence - he got really mean with our nation. Even the Geddafi mintoff dealt with was someone who deserved more respect than the old farting fool dictator passing power to his sons who is now being disposed off. But hey - we don't want to be criticizing passing power within the family. The so called democracy that Gonzi runs is run by a cabinet that inhereted their positions - and then he complains he has a limited pool of talent!
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Sur Vella Antwan, mid-dehra inti xewka mhux hazin siehbi...tkebbes il-faham u tqabbad in-nar. Thallat il-hass mall-basal u tikwota barra mill-kuntest. Titfa t-tajn u tahbi idek. Tidher li ghalmuk sewwa shabek tal-Pieta' kif tiprovoka bil-gideb, invenzjonijiet, tghawwieg tal-fatti. 'Docuemtary proof' - min hu is-source taghhom u x'validita' u awtenticita' ghandhom dawn id-dokumenti li qieghed issemi. Ejja naraw l-ewwel qabel ma jsir paroli fil-vojt. Dik ta' traditur saret f'kuntest differenti meta kien qiehged jigi instigat b'hazen liema bhalu mill- forzi tan-naha taghkom. Mintoff ma kienx xi qaddis imma zgur li l-anqas EFA u issa Gonzi ma huma.
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The figure of Mintoff is forever tainted by his subservience to Gaddafi - of which there is now documentary proof - and his turning Malta into a virtual Libyan colony. . No wonder that he was labelled a traitor by his own party. This accusation has never been retracted.
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Agree, this is not suppose to be political. Period. Let's wish the man happy birthday and long live. He is a fellow maltese and shame on those who always have to think in terms of politics.
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Antoine Vella,You are drowning in vomit of your own making. Stop behaving like the clown you obviously are. If it wasn't for Mintoff,and Gadaffi who was a more than generous friend to Malta you would probably still be eating 'Gaxin'.
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@bejn il-linji Il verita tal-passat tal-vera regim tal mlp ser tibqa, jkun fredu jew joe.
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Godfrey Grech
This bit of news has absolutely no politics attached to it. Reading the comments below I realize how sad some people are.
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mikegold ghal informazzjoni tieghek f'dak iz-zmien ma kelli l-ebda problema u kull min kien f'dahru hadd ma kien jigi attakkat. l-uni9ka problema jekk trid tghidilha hekk kien meta ghamlu mass meeting tal-pn u ma bini minnhom kellhom jaghmlu tlett fillieri pulizija biex izommu l=boghod lil angli blu tal-pn. illum ghadda kollox pero ara ma tahsebx li l-pn jew il-pl kellhom angli biss maghhom u b'hekk nghid kien kmb li bighed kollox ghax bhala mexxej accetta kollox skond ma riedu l-pn.
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Sur Antoine Vella, kun ghaf li l-ligi tad-divorzju ghadha ma' dahlitx in vigore f'Malta. Issa tidhol fl-1 ta' Ottubru li gej. Ghalhekk Mintoff jaf li teknikament, Gaddafi ghadu mizzewweg lil Gonzi ghax hu l-ahhar mexxej li raqad mieghu taht it-tinda. That's why probably he didn't ask for Gaddafi, got it?
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Sur Antoine Vella , Ir-risposta ghall-mistoqsija tieghek hija semplici hafna . Dom Mintoff ma seta' qatt jistaqsi ghall - Gaddafi ghax kien jaf li Gaddafi l-ahhar li kien qed jithabbeb kien ma Lawrence Gonzi . Barra min hekk meta Mintoff kien kisirha ma Gaddafi , taf min kien mar il-Libya jikkonfoffa kontra Mintoff hux , dak li ghandu il-matrikola tal-gideb u li kien ha l-akbar certifikat taghha mil-qorti .
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@ Bejn il-linji bir ragunar tieghek dawk l-angli tal-pl li jesprimu kull xorta ta' deni kontra il-pn dawk xi qaddisin. L-uniku regim gewwa dan il-pajjiz ghamlu mintof u kmb. tghid ma kontx tohrog tghid kontra il-pl jew il-gvern laburista u ma kontx tispicca hazin.
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Mhux ta b'xejn ghandna gvern dittatur u kontra z-zghir b'rimarki bhal ta antoine u luco22. Mintoff bis-sahha ta' open cheque minghand gaddafi nehha l-imblokk ta l-inglizi u bis-sahha ta gaddafi kelly budget wara budget b'sahhtu minghajr ma kellu ghalfejn jghabbi lil-poplu bhal ma hu mghobbi issa. U mhux hekk biss, Mintoff kien kapaci jerfana bhalma jixtiequ jintrefghu l-pajjizi arab illum. jigifieri mintoff kien 40 sena qabel kulhadd. Mela fejn jidhlu dawn in-nies qishom ma ghamlu xejn posittiv!!!
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@Antoine Vella Really. Is that EFA and GONZI'S FRIEND TOO? YOU ARE SUCH HYPOCRITES YOU MAKE ME VOMIT!!
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well at least Dr Mercieca this time did not have to complain about waiting to cross with the Gozo Channel like all other underlings
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Mintoff will always be the greatest man that Malta ever had.
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Antoine Vella your shit stirring is only good to wash your face in it.
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Why didn't he ask for his best friend, Gaddafi?
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Raymond Falzon
Ragel Kbir ta veru.
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Mintoff will always be loved by all.