The Maltese public has expressed concern over Labour officials like Glenn Bedingfield developing consciences seemingly overnight.
Writing in The Times yesterday, Bedingfield reiterated his opposition to the American University of Malta’s plans to build a new dormitory on public land in Bormla, arguing that the university would never be able to attract 4,000 students as initially estimated. This despite the outstanding work by AUM researcher and frequent Bis-Serjetà source, Professor Imona Jetski.
In recent weeks, other party officials like Cyrus Engerer, Randolph De Battista and Clayton Bartolo have also been outspoken on a number of issues, mostly related to lack of enforcement of the country’s laws.
Bis-Serjetà ventured to Valletta to find out what people think of this emerging trend.
“All these Labour people suddenly realising Malta is a Wild West free-for-all and also a bit of a shit hole makes me feel very uncomfortable. I’ve learned to expect them to be completely immoral and unsympathetic to the concerns of the general public. Seeing them suddenly growing a conscience is just creepy,” said Abigail Calleja, 31, from Qawra.
“When you start seeing Glenn Bedingfield stray from the party line, even if it’s only by a few millimetres, you start to worry that there’s some kind of brain-eating virus in the air,” worried Simon Mercieca, 22, from Sliema.
“Whatever it is, I hope it doesn’t spread to the higher echelons. I don’t think I’d be able to keep my grip on reality if I ever saw Ian Borg admit there are too many cars in Malta, or Konrad Mizzi coming out and saying the government needs to tackle systemic corruption,” agreed Thomas Cuschieri, 49, from Iklin.
“This seems like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Best shoot them all just to make sure,” argued John Aquilina, 67, from Fgura.
