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Debono proposes two-thirds’ parliament approval for President’s appointment
Rebel MP Franco Debono gets interviewed on Where’s Everybody? production TVHemm.
17 December 2012, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
2 min read
Backbencher Franco Debono.
Nationalist MP Franco Debono today insisted that the first institutional reform that must come into place is that the President of the Republic should be appointed by a two-thirds majority in parliament.
Speaking to MaltaToday an hour before he is set to appear on the national TV station for an interview on TVHemm, Debono said that such a structure would not fuel controversy in the appointment of a president.
Reacting to statements by President Emeritus Eddie Fenech Adami who described the Commission for the Administration of Justice as "weak", Debono said that the first reform should start with the President.
"In which case it is very clear that Dr Fenech Adami would have never been appointed," the MP said. "At the time, his appointment not only lacked the support a two-thirds majority but it fuelled a very divisive controversy in the country."
According to Debono, Fenech Adami's appointment as President of Malta had failed to unite, "but managed to divide". He added that "even many Nationalists were against his nomination as president".
The MP added it was he who fought for the reforms in of the three pillars of the country - i.e. the judiciary.
"From the backbench I have pushed forward a systematic structure for institutional reforms, including the three pillars," he said.
Debono said that his proposal for the justice sector was "a detailed reform which Carm Mifsud Bonnici failed to implement during his tenure".
During TVHemm, Debono is expected to express his sentiment over the PN's "failure to sanction ministers who failed to deliver".
"The gross injustice is that Carm Mifsud Bonnici was not sanctioned by the party for failing to implement the much needed reforms. On the other hand, I was punished by the party for thinking ahead of my time and proposing the reforms," he said.
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To forevermalta - I forgot to mention the Mintoff poster with the pipe and the family photo of his priest brother with his nun sister. At least our poster was not hung and lit and mum was a paid member of the MLP. Thank God I was mature enough to notice what happenning to my my country and I am proud to say that I cast my first vote to the PN in 1976 (I am only sorry that my father took it so badly)
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To forevermalta - I see you are typical labour because to put an argument you havr to shout even in e-mails. It is only those who made it very good with the controls in business under labour governments who dream of the good old days when you needed a licence for everything even to fart and quotas for imported items. Sure these people would get these licemces and then trade them off at handsome profits. I still remember watching the olympic games in 1972 on colour TV in a shop window in Valletta but the Great Dom decided that a colour TV was luxery and banned them for over 10 years and then after that a TV mounted in Malta would cost you LM400 or 932 Euro plus LM50 commission to some minister or his cronies and this was when weekly wages were less than LM50 per week. I'd rather live under a PN government with all its defects than live under a socialist government. And by the way I was brought up at home with the il-Helsien and l_orizzont and it-Torca.
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fenea, the attitude expressed below clearly mimics the "head in the sand" attitude of your GonziPN. This attitude is certainly shunned by voters that are capable of making up their own minds. Of course with the proviso that even these, if having their pig's snout in the PN provided trough will reason things differently. To their chagrin though, GonziPN have excluded many of these free voters.
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DEAR FENEA BLUE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN BLUE BUT THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL!!GOD BLESS FRANCO DEBONO FOR BEING THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE THE CORAUGE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ALL THE DIRT WITHIN THE NATIONALIST PARTY.
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WELL JOMIC COULD IT BE YOU HAVE NO FACE BOOK OR MAYBE YOU ARE STILL LISTENING TO THE REDIFUSION!!BECAUSE ME PIERRE GAFFIERO ID 243861 M AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE STAND BEHIND FRANCO DEBONO BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MALTESE HISTORY A MALTESE PERSON DECIDED TO TALK THE TRUTH ABOUT A PARTY IN POWER THAT HAS NO SENSE OF DIRECTION. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BELIEVE GONZI TODAY IS BECAUSE THEIR EDUCATION TELLS THEM IF YOU ARE BLUE THAN VOTE BLUE!!! PROUD TO BE MALTESE
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WELL JOMIC COULD IT BE YOU HAVE NO FACE BOOK OR MAYBE YOU ARE STILL LISTENING TO THE REDIFUSION!!BECAUSE ME PIERRE GAFFIERO ID 243861 M AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE STAND BEHIND FRANCO DEBONO BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MALTESE HISTORY A MALTESE PERSON DECIDED TO TALK THE TRUTH ABOUT A PARTY IN POWER THAT HAS NO SENSE OF DIRECTION. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BELIEVE GONZI TODAY IS BECAUSE THEIR EDUCATION TELLS THEM IF YOU ARE BLUE THAN VOTE BLUE!!! PROUD TO BE MALTESE
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If there ever was a megalomanic (apologies to Dom Mintoff) it is FD apart from being a narcissist egocentric person who strongly believes he is the only one who can come up with ideas but does not have the slightest skill of how to make others get over to his side. All you have to do is notice his body language, his facial expression and his anger. Regarding Fenech Adami, again what he says is a bitter statement to get at Beppe FA. If there ever was a person who united the nation after what this country was made to go through in the 80's it was the P.M. and then the President of Malta E. F. A. Unfortunately bitter people who aspire forgrandeur because they are so above the rest should have a good look at F.D. to see how they will end up in the litter bin of history.
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Qed jigi kkonfermat li Fenech Adami qatt ma kien President tal-Maltin kollha bhal ma hu Gorg Abela. L-anqas ta' 50 fil-mija ghax kien hemm Nazzjonalisti li ma rieduhx.
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Dear Ms Miriam Dalli, please do not insult my intelligence! I am a D.O.K. Nationalist and Franco Debono, DOES NOT REPRESENT ME! Thus correct this line: Nationalist MP Franco Debono !!
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In my opinion what Debono says makes sense ie Malta needs these reforms. However, as is generally the case, a zealot reformer like Debono CANNOT succeed. Not because he's wrong or what he suggests shouldn't be done. It's because the world doesn't work that way and zealots never understand this. Consequently they look like spoilt brats and ultimately everyone ignores them. You need more than ideas alone to implement the changes Debono suggests. Malta needs them but it also needs people with not just courage but brains to make them reality!! In the end he is just as effective as Carm Mifsud Bonnici was. The tragedy is that people like Debono won't accept there is more than one way to skin a cat!
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I agree 100% with Dr. Debono's pproposal on the way the president should be chosen.Dr. Fenech Adami was the most divisive President we have had.
Eddy Privitera
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If the President is for the Maltese Nation then the Maltese Nation should elect the Next President. I honest think that all president except that of Sir Anthony Mamo were chosen as "scratch my Back and I'll scratch yours". The President shouldn't remain just a Figure Head but should be given certain powers, and should be chosen by the Maltese for the Maltese and not by those parlamentiarians who has some kind of interest at heart.
Stop taking us for funny rides. We are here to be c ounted and NOT used!
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And what kind of majority does dr debono propose to get the job of court legal procurator?
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And what kind of majority does dr debono propose to get the job of court legal procurator?
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Iddizapuntat hafna bil-kwalita ta gurnalizmu modern jekk huwa hekk tas-Sur Norman Vella. Nixtieq naf minn kien qieghed jaghmel il-mistoqsijiet. Fejn hija d-DEMOKRAZIJA. Nahseb li b'hekk morna lura minkejja fin-numru ta skejjel godda. X'tghalliemt jekk kont l-UNIVERSITA sur Vella. Bhala ex-Referee suppost tafx'inhuma r-regolamenti. Imma grallek bhal dak ir-referee li ixaqleb lejn wiehed mit-teams. Sthajiltni qieghed nara Net T.V. imma wara indunajt li qieghed inhallas mill-butt ghal dak l-istobju minnek SUR VELLA. nahseb li vera WE ARE EVERYBODY uu haddiehor ........
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I was punished by the party for thinking ahead of my time and proposing the reforms," he said......franco you was punished because you voted with the PL. you was punished because you offended several times your leader and prime minister. you also offended carm mifsud bonnici, austin gatt, tonio fenech, tonio borg, rcc, fenech adami etc etc etc. WHAT DO YOU ASPECT AFTER ALL THIS?
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issa johrog ghal elezzjoni bhala indipendenti u jekk jitla irressaqa fil parlament. hallina franco. il hajja politika tieghek spiccat fl 10 ta dicembru 2012.
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This evening I got to know why GonziPN tried at all cost to hide Simon' more of the same' from Dr Franco Debono! Moreover, Debono with the help of Mr Vella showed how the PBS with 'Where is Every body' are biased and simply the fifth broadcasting column of GonziPN. Tal-misthija dak Norman Vella jinterrompi l-hin kollu lil Franco: mal-kelliema ta GonziPn inngwanti tal- belluz ma dawk kontra ingwanti tal-hadid! We can see through you!
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Rather than the stupid stuff you report about above, the most important subject, Norman(WE)Vella managed to ask Franco Debono in 45 minutes of verbal interruptions, hitherto unseen in a journalist/parliamentarian interview/confrontation/debate was about the quality of Joseph Calleja's dentist dental work, as exposed to ridicule in an embarrassing TV show clip. Although, most Maltese of goodwill were embarrassed with the lows reached by their tax paid National Broadcasting station, which reminded many of the Communist ways so often spoken against by today's perpetrators, it went down well with the many honoured guests who were shown sniggering, with some even holding their heads in shame.
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Hereeeeeeers Franco. You have to admit Franco Debono is a very persistent person. He does not give up that easy and the odd thing is that most of the time he is right and he makes a lot of sense. Maybe he is a bit rough around the edges but then so are a lot of our politicians. Maybe instead of fighting him, the PM should embrace him instead of rejecting him. It would make more sense to me. But alas two arrogant heads cannot get along, one pulling right and the other pulling left. These two hard headed persons managed to dismantle this whole government. Neither one of them wanted to give in and history was made at the expense of Malta and the Maltese people. Franco Debono is not all bad, far from it.
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A man truly ahead of the game, and the times he lives in. May Malta produce many more of his ilk.
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Will we ever get to see Franco Debono in a debate with his ex-fellow Nationalist MPS on the NATIONAL STATION , Peppi's PBS?
Will anyone of them take the challenge- the challenge is open to all including Prime Minister Gonzi, Beppe Fenech Adami, Dr. Austin Gatt etc., etc. , etc.....and last but not least Dr Simon Busutillotti!
