Updated | Lou Bondi appointed on national festivities foundation
TV presenter and former PN official Lou Bondì appointed on national festivities foundation board.
15 June 2013, 12:00am
Jurgen Balzan
Jurgen Balzan
2 min read
Bondiplus presenter and Where's Everybody? director Lou Bondì was today appointed on the board of a new foundation responsible for the organisation and coordination of national festivities.
The Foundation for Maltese National Festivities members were handpicked by the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and falls under his remit.
Bondì, who was also touted for the V18 board, was ostensibly appointed for his involvement in the organisation of past large events, including his memorable performance playing the guitar at the 2005 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
The government justified his appointment by describing him as "a television presenter and the person responsible for the celebrations marking Malta's EU accession in 2004."
Next year Malta will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Independence, the 40th anniversary of the Republic, the 35th anniversary of Freedom Day and 10 years of EU accession.
In a statement issued this afternoon, the government confirmed that the board will be chaired by author, poet and academic Oliver Friggieri.
The government said it was fitting to celebrate these feasts as one nation and explained that the board would draw up a dignified programme of events.
During a meeting held this afternoon with the foundation board members, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat thanked them and said their presence confirmed his government's commitment to ensure that the whole country has a sense of ownership in all national feasts.
He added that the biggest challenge was that of overcoming the partisan attitude in which political parties snub particular feasts because they belong to the other party. He said that time had come for the whole country to "embrace" the forthcoming festivities.
The other board members include Maltese Council for Culture and Arts chairman and PBS deputy chairperson Albert Marshall, Din l-Art Helwa president Simone Mizzi, lawyer and art historian Philip Farrugia Randon, financial expert and Price Waterhouse Coopers senior partner John Zarb, carnival enthusiast and ONE Television director Jason Busuttil, playwright Lino Farrugia, TV personality Andrea Cassar, musician and radio personality Gianni Zammit, academic and researcher Ray Mangion and OPM official Mario Farrugia Borg.
Jurgen Balzan was a MaltaToday reported from 2011 to 2017.
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Proset sur Prim ministru....dawn l'affarijiet qatt ma semmejtom fil meetings ghax kieku kont semmejt xi haga bhal din li ghandek f'mohhok li tapponta lil Bondi f'xi kumitat ma kienx ikollok daqs hekk success. Jien ghadni ma nistax nemmen li tradejtna hekk. Sewwa jijdu "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't". Ghajma hej x'bomba dik.
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I see no reason for appointing Bondi on any commission whatsoever execept maybe that having lived for some years abroad may have given him some insight which we stupid Maltese lack. I have never ever watched a Bondi programme or Whereseverbody programme on TVM or anywhere else because I knew what the contents would be. Likewise in 42 years in the Civil Service I have never read much less purchased the Times of Malta and its affiliates because these always were for the foreigner and money and always wholeheartedly against the worker in general and the civil servant in particular. I deriede my colleagues for their affiliation to such a rag on the mistaken aperceptin tha ti rendered tehm somehow superior. Come summer they always wrote editorials against the half day work of public employees. They also allowed such filthy persons as Andrew Borg Cardona who in University during his lectures on Labour Law always vomited the greatest hatred against the Labour Law. In his opinion the salaried worker was nothing but the wage slave depicted by Karl Marx and not fit for any consideration except to do as he was told for a pittance and nothing else.
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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Fil politika qatt ma ghandek tghin lil ta kontrik......il principji ghandom jibqaw hemm,jekk il partit jitlef il principji tijaw li jigri is socjeta ha intuwa x tifem li dan huwa gvern left minded imma xi kultant ikun right,fejn listess socjeta tibda tifhem li dan huwa gvern tal fqir imma ha jibqa jghin li sinjur,li ma ikunx ta sahha la ghal ekonomija u wisq inqas ghal pajiz.Jien ghalija dan huwa zball zghir mi nahha ta Joseph Muscat daqs kemm irid juri li huwa mexxej genwin u ma ghandux ghal fejn ihossu hati hdejn il massakru li ghamel il partit nazzjonalista fi zminijiet li ghadew, Fejn il gvern nazzjonalista il koruzzjoni kienet ta prijorita, inqata min ma socjeta u mi realta........ Good luck Joseph u keep it up
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@Accountability, your idea of a national boycott of all festivities that fall under Bondi's pervue is a great one. Circuses should not distract us from the fact that a person such as Bondi is involved. By all accounts he should have been given a kick-in-the-pants he so richly deserves not a reward.
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Three days later and I still feel like throwing up at the thought that Lou will be representing all of us Maltese at National Festivities. They should be boycotted by all people of good will.
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Kif tista taqdi l-Alla u lix-xitan fl-istess hin?
Partit Laburista ma ghadux l-istess ghalirx illumsar jissejjah “Moviment tal-Progressivi u Moderati”
Hafna Suldati tal-azzar iridu li ikun hemm Partit Laburista ta’ VERU, Partit Laburista kif nafuh ahna, dak li ihenn ghal batut, muguh u dak li huwa mormi fiz-zibel bhal ma gara f=dawn l-ahhar 25 sena. Dak il-Partit li jaghmel Gustizzja ma min baghta. Dak il Partit li huwa maghmul mil Laburisti u mhux l-akbar percentage tieghu huma Nazzjonalsiti.
Il-Partit Nazzjonalista kien ilu 25 sena fil Gvern u lil Laburisti genwini ramijhom fil-veru sens tal kelma fiz-zibel. Illum ghandna moviment progressive u morderat li il-parti kbira tieghu huma Nazzjonalisti mormija mill l-istess Partit Nazzjonalista.
Jien ma ghandi xejn kontra in-Nazzjonalisti Genwini, imma kontra dawk in-Nazzjonalisti li ghamlu hsara lil Laburisti jew lil ohra li ma humiex tal fehma taghhom, dawk iva. Jien, qiehed min dawn li qed nistenna li dawn it-talin jigumghallma lezzjoni, jigu gustizzjati fliemkin ma dawk li kien suppost laburisti imam fil-fatt huma opportunisti. Nies li iduru ma kull rih, nies ittesserati mal-partit Laburista imma huma jakbini fl-istess him u li ghamlu il-hsara lil Laburisti, u li gelu lin-Nazzjonalisti jaghmlulhom il-hsara.
Hemm bzonn li jerga iqum il-Partit Laburista, il-Partit li kien maghmul mill-haddiem u ftit prosesjonisti. Illum, il –Partit huma maghmula min Professjonisti li dawn ghaliex ikunu marru l-universita jahsbu li lehqu is-sema b’idejhom. Nies li ma jaghtux kaz dak l’irid il fqir, il- batut, il-muguh u il minsi. Iridu persuna bhal ma kelna - “IBEN IL-MAGHTUBA” iehor halli mjerga jerfana mill-fondoq li ninsabu fih. Iridu IBEN IL-MAGHTUBA halli Malta taghna timxi il-quddiem fil-Paci u il-Progress.
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Jien m’ghandix problema bil hatriet ta’ nazzjonalisti f’bordijiet tal-gvern. Jien ivvutajt ghal Malta taghna lkoll, ghall-ghaqda nazzjonali u biex wiehed jiehu dak li haqqu, bil kapacitajiet u l-INTERGRITA tieghu u mhux ghat-twemmin tieghu jew ghal min jaf. Jiddispjacini imma Lou Bondi ma jikwalifikax ghal posizzjoni bhal din. Dan ghaliex f’l-elezzjoni ghamel show u iddefenda lil persuna li hlief mibgheda lejn nies ta twemmin laburista ma xandrietx. Dan biex taparsi jaghmilha ta paladin tad-demokrazija, meta kullhadd jaf li dan hadem bla heda biex Malta ma tkunx taghna lkoll imam tkun tan-nazzjonalisti biss. Hemm min allega li semghu jghid li l-labusisti huma scum (hmieg). Dan juza l-kelma mintuffjan biex minghalih jinsulta. Dan wara li fil-programmi li jtellgha hu qatt ma man-nies ta twemmin nazzjonalista kif mexa ma nies ta twemmin laburista. Onorevoli Prim Ministru, ghandek ragun tghid li jekk hawn xi hadd li ghandu jissuppervja huwa int, wara l-attakki li rcievejt personali, u int ghandek id-dritt tahfer li min attakkak personali. Pero f’l-opinjoni tieghi m’ghandekx id-dritt li tahfer f’isem in-nies li tellghuk. Ahna vvutajnielek biex taghqqadna u mhux biex tahtar f’karigi nies li hadmu biex din l-ghaqda ma ssehx. Nispera li jien qed nizbalja u mhux int.
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jiena hriegt dizzapuntat ghax stejjnet il joseph muscat jahtar lill l bondin il president ta malta dan il genju ta bniedem.
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Three questions one should ask are:
1. Was Lou Bondi a double agent in which case the Nationalist party should be truly worried
2. Is there a ruling political clique which transcends and overarches both political parties. In which case citizens should worry that they are being taken for a political ride
3. Is the PM out of touch with the feelings of true and long suffering Laborites. In which case the pl should worry about its long term prospects and continuing popular support.
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Sur Prim Ministru ta Malta Taghna Lkoll, it terrimot li qed tohlom li trid taghmel diga pprova jaghmlu qablek Fredu Sant u kullhadd jaf x kien ir rizultat, tilef il maggoranza f inqas min sena u ghaxar xhur. Jekk ser issabbat saqajk u mhux ser tisma minna l laburisti li tajnik il vot, ir risposta taghna tehodha hames ohra. Bhal ma gralu Fredu Sant, jigrilek inti.
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City naqbel mijghak mija fil mija.Dan hlief hsara lil laburisti m'ghamilx. Hawn Malta jibqghu jgawdu l-istess nies ikun hemm min ikun hemm fil-gvern. Jien ghalija nazzjonalist jibqa' u qed nafdaw iz-zijjed. Is-serp serp jibqa. Il-lupu jbiddel sufu ma l-vizzju ma jbiddlu QATT!!!
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Stranger than the nomination is the fact that Lou Bondi accepted, which is a reflection on HIS character. He fell for the trap laid out by Joseph. Another smart move by JM.
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This is one bad ass decision and one which have made a lot of damage. The PM should change his decision or his credibility will be hard hit. By Malta taghna lkoll ppl understood and were accepting the idea of having ppl of different political beliefs work together based on meritocracy but Lou Bondi definitely didn't deserve this appointment. This is what the majority of ppl on the streets think from all political camps.
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LOL is the PM implying that he now places his FAITH in LOU BONDI? Yesssss chessboard moves place bondi there and he can squirm in the spotlight. But seriously I think the backlash was underestimated. Is this why WE reorganized in the hope of contracts to come ?
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I still feel absolutely disgusted by this appointment. It is a slap in the face to all honest journalists, and to all honest citizens of Malta. If Joseph Muscat thinks that by giving this post to Bondi he will win more Nationalists he is totally mistaken. He will lose both Nationalists and Labour as all honest citizens on both sides of the spectrum feel disgust and shame at the way the Country was and, I suppose will now still be, run by such persons who arrogantly and disdainly abrogated the right to independent broadcasting from PBS.
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Prosit Prim ghaxaqta
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Good morning! In one of the papers it said Muscat has lost a good percentage of the voters. Sorry, I did not managed to hear what paper. But I believe it. This is not delivering. So on the panel we have a Muslim, Bondi, Randon, and other interesting characters, one atheist, one kavalier,one Muslim all trying to agree what party to have, will it be the birth of Mohamed, the birth of Darwin or the birth of the Grand Master.Halliena Dr. Muscat we the people are still not being served, and you worry on your increased salaries, carnival and national days only good for you lot to pump up your chest. Who will be paying for all this non sense?
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I like this game. Think deep and you will realize that this eventually will make loo licking his own words in his own shows. Wait and see. The Prime Minister is wise enough to play their game. Don't let this move upset you. This is like a chess game :) Labour was patient enough to wait for such a historical victory. Now it's time to use the method to confuse the klikka and their few supporters by making them lick not just their wounds but their own dust.
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jien wara gimgha ghid li bhal alfred sant se jamlinna u hekk hu.jien lanqas l-ahbarijiet ta one u lanqas il breakfast news ma ghadni nara..ma jinteresaniex izjed.ir risposta johoda f'tal MEPS
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jien wara gimgha ghid li bhal alfred sant se jamlinna u hekk hu.jien lanqas l-ahbarijiet ta one u lanqas il breakfast news ma ghadni nara..ma jinteresaniex izjed.ir risposta johoda f'tal MEPS
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Dear Mr Prime Minister
Do not forget to put up a sign "BEWARE OF THE DOG" each time this commission meets. You shall regret this idea. Only time will tell WHY you should have not taken this action.
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Amateurs!!!!
I am livid as a person who's family is fanatic PL. This is the real start of the using of the term NOT VOTING in Malta. The political system does not work and the post Mintoff PL are a disaster. Something is very seriously wrong with Joseph Muscat' head. His dreams are not shared buy the PL supporters, the public in general but again what can one expect from someone who did not experience the 60's? He thinks he can create it in Politics in Malta 60 years later. If you want a love-in with LOO, then have it yourself but to drag us all with you is the work of DICTATORSHIP or ASS LICKING and NOT DEMOCRACY, which in it's self is a joke. I AM NWVER VOTING AGAIN.
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Meanwhile we are still waiting
After 25 years waiting and dreaming of PL will be in office the dream came true.
But we voted for a change.. not to see these people again
Meanwhile I am still waiting on my help to come over but there is no time for us now. all of a sudden all mobiles and emails are not working anymore.
Im sorry to say but now this really hurts.
Its a shame that we are being treated this way, especially gozo. Meanwhile all the PN entities that where always taking the whole pie for the past 25 years they are not eating pie only now.. but Champaign too. a PN supporter will never change. PN voted and PN will vote again no matter what you give him in these 5 years to come.. on the other hand leave your true soldiers aside.. they ones that gave power to this gov.
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Every organized festivity needs to hire a portable loo, in this this case they will always have one at hand.
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Never mind Malta Taghna Ikoll, its getting more like Malta Taghna Nationalisti, Enough said,
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I hope this is not the continuation of the last 5 years. I changed my vote to see change and all I am seeing is MORE OF THE SAME!
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I hope this is not the continuation of the last 5 years. I changed my vote to see change and all I am seeing is MORE OF THE SAME!
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@the labour party, I just want to tell you that from my family you lost 11 votes.
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Pathetic! who is next Daphne? Can this government show some spine and not waste 100 days just appointing people and proposing silly projects. What happended to the clean energy and the reorganisation of ARMS? are they doing something about it?
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Hemm hafna aktar persuni nazzjonalisti ahjar minnu, why him.
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Oh, So many thought they were voting for change!!
What next?
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The biggest naive mistake Joseph made in his first 100 days. If the invitation of Bondi on a government commission is not suicidal, it is at least masochistic and definitely hurts all the Laburisti. Change this decision which makes much more harm than good. By the time there is the MEP election in May 2014, you will see how the 36 000 votes will dwindle down to a dangerously low figure!
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JPO chairman of Malta science Council.
Judge Giovanni Bonello heading the Justice reform.
A proposal to have ex-Minister Tonio Fenech giving consultancy to this government.
And now using the services of Lou Bondi for the upcoming National commemorations.
By any chance, when is Labour going to hire the services of Daphne Caruana Galizia ?
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Sur Prim Ministru dawn s'issa huma 48 kumment, b'tieghi se jkunu 49. Naturalment ahna hassejna li ghandna niktbu u ghamilna hekk. Pero ibqa cert li bhalna hemm hafna ohra li mhux se jiktbu ghax jiddejjqu jew ghax ihossuha bi tqila biex jiktbu.Imma zgur li ghandhom opinjoni li taf tkun simili ghal dawn ta hawn taht.
Li nixtieq nghidlek hu isma u gharbel sew x'qed jghidu n-nies. Dawn il-kummenti gejjin mill-qalb tan-nies fit-triq u jiswew iktar mil-laqghat li qedin taghmlu ghal pubbliku f'Kastilja.In-nies mhux se toqghod tigi Kastilja imma kapaci minn jedda taghmel forma ohra ta laqghat b'mod spontanju fis-social media. Attent ghalihom. Widnejk ma l-art.
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Alfred Sant in his reign as PM had used exactly the same views as our new PM with disastrous effect. In 18 months he lost 20000 votes. Maltese PL who suffered constantly under the PN aided and abetted by Lou Bondi and his girl friend, will not stand idle and see the same sad mistake being repeated time and time again. The PM should note that if 20 000 votes were lost in 18 months, 36000 votes will equally be lost in equivalent months by the ire of us Maltese people of good will who have been promised justice to those who perpetrated the most horrible crimes against the people if these Islands that is US. It seems obvious that Malta kienet u baqghet TAGHHOM ILKOLL.
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Nispera li qed nohlom u mux vera di li storja. Wara li xeba ihamigna LU isa nahtruh f kariga bhal di. Sorry Prim, qed tizbalja u sa hansitra najt li qed timbotta il bod il partitarji tal PL issa.
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Meta Alfred Sant sar Prim Mionistru lill Lou Bondi hallieh fejn kien. Lou skanta u qal li qatt ma basar li mhux se jigi xkupat (kif kien jixraqlu). Velenu kellu ghal Partit L:aburusta u velenu baqa jwaddab allavolja sab gentlom f'Alfred Sant.Issa ergajna koppi anzi ghar ghax mhux biss hallejnieh fejn kien imma poggejnieh fuq board qisu ma hawnx lill minn maghmlu. Jekk il-Prim Ministru jahseb li dan il bniedem se jinbidel zbaljat. Jobghod lill Partit Laburtista kien u jobghodu jibqa. Taf x'jonqos naraw jekk isibux xi post ghal Daphne halli naqdu l-Bubun.
Se jigri bhall-istorja ta dak li henn ghal lifa maghxa u dahalla f'hobbu, kif hadet ir-ruh il grazzi kienet gidma u qatlitu. Hekk irtid jaqaw J.M.
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I am totally totally against such an appointment. Lou Bondi was the personification of what was absolutely wrong with our National Broadcaster, the person who should have been arrested on the spot when he interferred with Police Investigations ordered by the Court, when his political bias was one of the main reason for the downfall of the PN. Now the PL is taking him on board. This is disgusting and will not be accepted by any decent honest Maltese.
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La ghandek il-poter hemm bzonn li bhal ma lahaqtu terga tnehhieh minn hemm. Int prim ministru tal-poplu u l-poplu qieghed jaghdlek ma jridux. Kullhadd human u kullhadd jaghmel zball imma l-importanti li l-zball jitranga. Nispera li ma tlahhaqx lil Daphne issa....
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Issa qed nifhem liema gurnata ghandha tkun dik nazzjonali!!! l-ewwel ta april ghax bhalma kellna 5 din tista tkun spiss!! HEQ,,, Ma Ta LKOLL!
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Issa qed nifhem liema gurnata ghandha tkun dik nazzjonali!!! l-ewwel ta april ghax bhalma kellna 5 din tista tkun spiss!! HEQ,,, Ma Ta LKOLL!
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???? Is this some sort of joke???
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Ftit li xejn ghadu jinteressani xi jghid Joseph. Biex tiskarta laburisti suldati tal-azzar ma persuna bhal L. Bondi, ma nahfirilu qatt.
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Bhala laburist ma nista qatt naccetta din decizzjoni fazzula. Bhala haddiem Malti insaqsi mela verament il-cake se jibqa jitiekol minn nies bhal dawn, Weggana diversi drabi u dan dejjem hares lejn il-laburist bhala dawk li ghalih jekk jitla labour se jigi bla impjieg mill-ghada. Mhux hekk gara izda issa ghandu iktar income ukoll.
Ahna laburisti urtati ferm.
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Malta Taghna Lkoll .... Halliena sur Prim Ministru ... il hames snin jghaddu, u jekk tibqa sejjer hekk l-akbar rebha tinbidel fl-akbar telfa.
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Issa ghaxaqna l-bubbun.
Jew forsi Joseph irrid imexxi b`vizjoni
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Malta Taghna Lkoll .... Halliena sur Prim Ministru ... il hames snin jghaddu, u jekk tibqa sejjer hekk l-akbar rebha tinbidel fl-akbar telfa.
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Ghaliex ma qalilniex bl-intenzjoni tieghu Joseph Muscat, qabel l-elezzjoni ta' Marzu? Jien zgur ma kontx nivvotalu wara din id-decizjoni moqzieza, pero l-popitici kollha tal-istess pezza! Apparti milli BondiPN messu jitfawh go cella flok ikomplu jzoqquh il-flus u l-poter, pero anke l-kumplament tal-ismijiet f'dan il-club gdid, kollha paladini li xebghu ipappu u joqghodu fuq is-sufan tad-damask. Hadd gdid, li jista' jghati kontribut iehor u frisk ghax dejjem l-istess persuni jieklu l-cake. Fejn huma l-opportunitajiet ghal kulhadd!!?
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U Lou Bondi accetta? Lanqas hu pulcinell u laghqi wkoll!
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Prosit hafna eee, mela 25 sena taht il pn naqilaw fuq rasna u persuna bhal bondi ghamel min kollox biex ikisser lill PL ghal 15 il sena shah fuq ix xandir nazzjonali u issa nipremjawh. Din aghar min daqqa ta sikkina ghal min hu laburist genwien!!! ibqaw sejrin hekk u tibzawx ghan nies tghakhom halli jkunu l ahhar 5 snin tal PL fil gvern ghax nipreferi ma nivutax milli nivvota ghal gvern li irid jghogob akkost ta kollox lil tal kamp oppost biex ma jigix attakat!!! Din m hu ha ninsija qatt!!!
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Malta Taghna Lkoll .... Halliena sur Prim Ministru ... il hames snin jghaddu, u jekk tibqa sejjer hekk l-akbar rebha tinbidel fl-akbar telfa.
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Muscat has totally lost his credibility. Don't come looking for my vote, next time round.
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Ara kemm ha jiehdu aktar kuntratti tal-We? issa ghandhom "Partner ", fuq il-Bord tal Festi nazzjonali!
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Lanqas l-artikli ta' DCG qatt ma hassejthom jinsulentawni daqs dan l-appointment. M'ghandi assolutament xejn kontra l-ebda membru iehor tal-Bord, ghax jiena iva nemmen li kull min ghandu r-rieda li jahdem mal-PL ghal-gid tal-pajjiz ghandu jinghata din l-opportunita. Imma li l-PM jaghzel u jpoggi lil dan l-individwu partikolari f'kariga mportanti, iva nhossha tweggani hafna. Mela bniedem li prova jaghmel tant hsara lil PL naraw kif naghmlu u ntuh kariga mportanti mill-ewwel, u lilna z-zghar tibqghu tghidulna stennew, stennew, stennew. Fejn hu l-Partit Laburista li konna nemmnu fih??? Ahna l-Laburisti genwini spiccajna qisna klieb bla sid, hadd m'ghadu jaghti kasna jew tal-bzonnijiet taghna.
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Prosit, Dr Muscat ghax lill Gonzi ma titfawx prim ministru? tagha lkoll, ghall min kien diga em hux prim?
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I fail to understand how Mr. Bondi's appointment to this board instills credibility in the Prime Minister...how can you lambaste someone only a few months ago to appoint them to a board only a few months later. Malta Taghna Lkoll - but really, at all costs? Incredulous to say the least.
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Let us not rush. There were many things during the election campain that i doubted Joseph Muscat, but when the election result was announced we were stunned with the great result and bowed our neads. There must be a reason for this madness.
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Pack him in a cardboard box and send him back to Canada. Very poisonous and dangerous.
Priscilla Darmenia •
Giving such a prestigious appointment to this gentleman who made his utmost to eradicate the PL from the face of the earth my give a signal that under the Muscat government Malta is “taghna ilkoll” after all
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Insejna x ghamel gurnata qabel l elezzjoni.Insejna li dan Bondi u S Sahhara ivvintaw bicca teatrin .Insejna kemm ghajret lil old labour dak in nhar.Insejna kemm kien ihobb jizbilancja il programm favur n nazzjonalisti,insejna kemm konna nghidu li fil programm tieghu il labour dejjem kien zvantaggjat.Hekk sewwwwwwwww.Veru li Malta taghna ilkoll imma skond minn.Jien naqbel li dawk n nazzjonalisti ta rieda tajba ghandna nghuzawhom pero qatt u qatt ma nasal li inhares lejn dan l individju.JAQAW IL PRIM MINISTRU MA JAQRAHOMX DAWN????
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Dr . Muscat nahseb li ghandhom ragun dawn in nies li qed jiktbu li ma jaqblux li jinhatar Bondi. Dan mhux ghax najjonalist imma hadem kemm felah kontra il PL dak in nhar tal elezzjoni ipprova ukoll johloq paniku li ser jattakowhlom l istudio. Jekk joqghbok ahsiba sew.
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With all due respect to Dr. Muscat, but the look of things are either people are afraid to tell him or he is hanging with the wrong company. In my case I had enough negative remarks that it is not fair those fat cats who gambled for the P.N. before election, are riding high again under Dr. Muscat. What happened to the promise for the little guy Mr. Muscat? Those promotions of the bill board faces and old PN faces are making mockery of your promise. One every suggested next we will see Austin in some new appointment.
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Sur PM
Ivvutajnielek ghax tidna l bidla u nnehhu l arditizmu u arroganza li kien hawn. B din il hatra qed iggieghlna nahsbu hazin u jiddispjacina ta li ghamilna b idejna. Possibli ma sibt il hadd ahjar biex jrganizza avvenimenti. uhud minnhom Lanqas idea m ghandhom, pero l aktar sfaccata ta bondi... Veru prosit.. X DELUZJONI
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Imbaghad jigu n-Nazzjonalisti u jghidu li dan gvern tal-qalba!
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I'm sorry I totally don't agree with this!!
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Good, another PN hardcore involved in Government. I AM SO DISGUSTED. This is the same person who on the eve of the election mounted a screenplay for the Queen...
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Ajma hey eeee,rega irxoxta dal lifa,Dan huwa zgur il bniedem li missom anqas biss semmew l ewwel itra ta ismu u inhallih b xejn daqs kemm indahal fejn ma jasahx u daqs kemm harget hdura Mit toqba ta halqu Kontra il labour fi snin li addew u qabel l ellezjoni
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Why not give the National festivities foundation board a whole restroom instead of just a LOO?
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Ajma hey eeee,rega irxoxta dal lifa,Dan huwa zgur il bniedem li missom anqas biss semmew l ewwel itra ta ismu u inhallih b xejn daqs kemm indahal fejn ma jasahx u daqs kemm harget hdura Mit toqba ta halqu Kontra il labour fi snin li addew u qabel l ellezjoni
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hafna maltin ma jifmux il lingwa maltija sewwa ghax joseph muscat qal qabel lellezzjoni li dan ha jkun gvern ta kullhadd u l bondin u john dalli etc etc huma parti minn ta kullhadd.
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Lucky Loo , what's in a name?
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------"for his involvement in the organisation of past large events". Sorry, but if one looks around one can find hundreds if not thousands who are as capable and even better than Lou Bondi and who even already organised large events on a national level. Why Lou Bondi of all the Nationalists leaning individuals. Lou Bondi is not just a hard core Nationalist but he is soul, heart and body out to annihilate the PL.
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Someone once told me that Joseph Muscat is too young to be a Pm. I contradicted them almost savagely. Today I realize that he was right, JM is not only young , he is naïve. To appoint one of the most ferocious persons against the PL and Muscat himself, good friend and collaborator of Madam Spite and Venom, to a board is naïve, and masochistic. It is also an insult to those who supported the PL and got angry at these Bondi and Co's venom against our party. ' Malta taghana ilkoll' is not true , sur Prime Minister. Malta was theirs and has remained theirs. This is going beyond decency. How about engaging Madam Bile as the Prime Minister's speech writer, and Andrew Borg Cardona as his personal legal advisor? Does Joseph enjoy kicking the labourites in the teeth or what? Ftakar Joseph, ahna tellajnik u ahna innizluk!
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lewwel hafna kirba biex ikun hawn gvern laburista issa hafna tgergir u kundanna.il veru maltese gemgem.
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This is absolutely disgusting...I have always supported PL but decisions like this really disappoint me and make me think if I have truly made the right choice. I hope the Prime Minister reconsiders this decision. I'm sure he won't have a problem finding a replacement........we also voted for justice to be done with PBS employees and this is what we're getting, gloryfying these people who seem to do well either way while the workers are still suffering. Dr. Muscat kindly note.
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Can someone understand what's happening? Because I cannot understand.!!!!!!!!
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il hatra ta Lou Bondi kienet lakbar xokk ta hajti
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Tajjeb U prosit Sur Gvern...tajjeb hafna ,,,,,,ahna ridna bidla mhux kollox ha jibqa kif kien,,,,,Tinsiex Dr,Muscat li in-nies imdejqa b'dan attagament,,,u meta jigu ghllvot ta l'ewropa tkun taf ghaliex in nies jastjenu jew jivvutaw kontra....U Il-Laburisti ha jibqaw jittewbu u huma ikantaw il-Gloria....Qu Min hemm Joseph 36000 maggoranza misek ilek li hadt ilpassi necessarji,,il PN 1500 u ghalem 5 snin jghmelli irid,,,,,melavejja qumu min hemm
David Bongailas •
Ghandhek tghid kulhadd xortih. Is-Sur Bondi gawda taht il-gvern tieghu, u wara li ghamel minn kollox biex izomm il-partit laburista il-bod mill-gvern issa ser jigi ippremjat ukoll. Nifhem it-tatttika tal-Prim Mnistru li qieghed jipprova jaghllaq halq il-pcilaq nazzjonalisti li ghax ma ghandhomx fuq hiex jaqbdu joqghodu jeqirdu fuq min hemm fuq il-bordijiet imma Lou Bondi le hej. nerga nghid dan ghamel snin u snin jaghmel l-almu kollu tieghu biex jiddemonizza lil-partit laburista biex izomm ir-renju tieghu fil-pbs u decizjoni bhal din zgur li ser twegga lil hafna laburisti.
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prosit he .. ivvutajt PL biex naqdi lil dan!!
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Qatt ma iddejjaqt nirrispondi lil kumentaturi tal Pn , IMMA IL -LUM SER IKOLLI nikteb li ma naqbel xejn ma minn ha din id -decizjoni jista jkun JM . Li indahlu il lifa go komtna ma naqbel xejn u nahseb li kienet hatra li weggat hafna Laburisti !!! Noqodu ATTENTI ghax il poplu ma ghadux CUC .
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TISTGHU TGHIDULI X'QED JIGRI HAWNHEKK?
Abdullah alhrbi •
For Goodness sake I appeal to whoever is responsible for drawing up these boards to seriously reconsider. If anyone should be on this board it should be Prof. Henry Frendo and NOT Lou Bondi!!!!???????? Where is the dignity here please do explain to the electorate how biased lou Bondi can fuction on this board better than a historian like Henry Frendo ?
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Keep your friends close ... and your enemies CLOSER!!!
Lino Camilleri •
What a disgrace by the Labour Govt. The majority of labourites and others are shocked.
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Sur Xprun , hu gost li Joseph Muscat qieghed isegwi l ghajta ta malta taghna Lkoll !!!
Nies bhal Lou Bondi li minghalikom ha tkaxkruhom minn fejn qeghdin , tak risposta J Muscat gbin.
Il knis u it tindif tal hmieg qieghed ghal dawk li minghalihom ghax hemm il labour fil gvern ha jtajjar li kull min ma jaqbilx mal labour ...imma sejjer zball ta ghax int stess tidher x harqa mahruq....issa hu gost ghax qeghdin fil gvern pero it tsunami darba jigi ta....toqodx tparla fil vojt ghax tidher li tifhem hafna !!!
Grazzi Joseph Muscat pero naddaf naqra il mentalita tas supporters tieghek ghax down under qeghdin b din id decizjoni ...
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Mela se jkollom bzonn ta xi Brutus f'dan il-kumitat?
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GHALHEKK Malta Taghna Lkoll?????? U meta se ssir taghna UKOLL? Ahna l-Laburist minsijin u mwarrbin minn kulhadd! Nahseb li issa too much is too much!!!!
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Kull Laburist ghandu jibghat e-mail lil Joseph u juri id-dizapprovazzjoni tieghu ghal hatra ta Lou Bondi. Hemm Nazzjonalisti ohra fil-bord li huma accettabli imma Bondi LE.
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Jien mghandi l-ebda diffikulta li membri ta' bord jew awtorita' jkollhom opinjonijiet politici differenti, imma ma nistax nifhem kif nies li vilment, kontinwament u pubblikament hadmu kontra l-interessi tal-PL u wara li haxnu bwiethom mal-gvern ta' qalbhom se jkompli jmaxtru u jippozaw issa wkoll. Jekk JM qed jahseb li b'daqshekk se jghogob lin-Nazzjonalisti sejjer imqarraq. Anzi b'hekk anke l-Laburisti qed jurta.
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@ Alchemist - il-mard, difetti, frustrazzjoni u dwejjaq tan-nazzjonalisti (inkluz tieghek) qed tipprova tghaddih lill-PL. Ma tahsibx li kitbitek tixhed dan?! Niggarantilek li meta jigi Mejju tghaddi mewga ohra taz-Tsunami u tyerga' tiknes u tnaddaf il-kumplament tal-hmieg li fadal fil-pajjiz.
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Didn't you think to send a photographer to DCG's house to capture the expression on her face when told of this appointment?
Abdullah alhrbi •
Which festivity will be meriting another carnival ? Good lord spare us the embarrassment Why isn't Prof Henry Frendo on it mela Lou Bondi!!! Won't Lou Bondi have a conflict of interest should his organisation want to bid for covering any of the events?
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Taghna Lkoll.
Or so said Joseph.
Meanwhile the Laburisti who have been in the wilderness for 25 whole years cannot fantom what has hit their Party.
This will no doubt continue to add to the grumbling and rumbling being felt by the bewildered party supporters to the merriment of Xmun.
Next May Joseph stands to have his wings heavily clipped if he continues like this.
The writing is clearly already visible on the Wall.
But 'ahna ma nifhmu xejn salt cwiec' OR so they think.
Who would ever listen to us?
We, no matter what , would still queue meekly to vote to anoint the King.
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These people get away with murder.
Disappointed.
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Bi hlas jew bla hlas?
Nisperaw issa li ma nibdghux narawh U JKOLLNA NISIMGHU bil kitarra f'kull attivita Nazzjonali.....
Bizzejjed u zzejjed kellna nissaprtuh darbtrjen f'gimgha ghax xi erbgha darbiet kulljum fuq l'Istazzjon nazzjonali AD NAUSEUM!
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Issa qed tinduna xi tfisser "Malta Taghna Ilkoll?"
