THE ROBESPIERRE STREAK AND THE BIRTH OF THE BILLBOARD MERITOCRACY (TAGHNA LKOLL) Appeared on a Labour Party billboard became the best thing you could have on your CV as more party loyalists were appointed to public posts. And while we may have been spared a Ministry for Silly Walks quite a few useless Government posts had to be created for the benefit of people who had lent their face to the campaign. The chairpersons of public entities and financial institutions with government interest as well as the high ranking officers of the police and the armed forces were replaced by ones known for their political leanings. The appointment of both the Police Commissioner and the Armed Forces Commander has attracted ample criticism. Four promotions for the same army officers in four weeks and the increase from one to three Deputy Police Commissioners along numerous other appointments of new Assistant Commissioners, making our number of officers exceed that of much larger cities and countries, could hardly mask the intention. And to top it all, the Ministry for the Family has truly become a family affair with the appointment of Ministers’ relatives and high ranking party officials as government entities board directors and consultants. A far cry from nominating a President from the other side of the political spectrum as Gonzi did when Malta was not Taghna Lkoll and did not belong to all of us. Before this travesty of meritocracy was born the ‘You may not vote for us but you can work with us’ Labour electoral campaign mantra had long been abandoned. The previous Permanent Secretaries were to become only the first victims of this Robespierre streak, and soon to be followed by the previous Army Commander, his Deputy, the Police Commissioner, the Director Generals of the Education Departments, and the transfer of countless other officials around the public sector.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 06:00:00 +0000
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