One sandwich short of a picnic
The police’s decision to question two protesters because they took part in a ‘picnic protest’ on Sunday to try to highlight the destruction of our environment epitomises all that is wrong with Malta’s authorities.
Fine, the police might be sticking to procedure to question somebody doing something out of the norm. But just think about it for a minute - it’s the equivalent of insisting on giving your home a fresh coat of paint when the roof is about to cave in! It’s one of the most blatant examples of the authorities having their priorities upside down.
I don’t intend to go off on a rant to highlight the dozens of disgusting/illegal/misguided things happening around us, but I will highlight just a few:
It is wrong for Mepa, any ‘enforcement’ authorities to go after the small fry, when the big fish continue swimming in a sea of indifference... because they know nobody would touch them. Just look at the hundreds of illegal billboards/marquees/restaurant tables littering our streets.
It is wrong for the Labour Party to expect the media/public to believe the case of the size of a swimming pool belonging to a PN deputy leader is as scandalous as the case of hidden companies in Panama...