Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Carmelo Mifsud bonnici of Malta
Following the swearing-in of Lawrence Gonzi as Prime Minister and the subsequent Cabinet reshuffle in March 2004, Mifsud Bonnici was re-confirmed as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs.
After the March 2008 general election, Mifsud Bonnici was appointed as Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.
Mifsud Bonnici is the author of three publications ‘Żewg Minuti Flimkien’ (1998), ‘Il-Prinċipji Hemm Jibqgħu’ (2003) and “Sens u Sustanza” (2008.
Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs.
Things climaxed in 1984 when a demonstration by some of the workers of the Malta Drydocks at which Mifsud Bonnici was present ransacked the offices of the Maltese Curia after the demonstration was over.
Industrial and Fiscal Law at the University of Malta.
appointed local consultant of the General Workers' Union.
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs.
The parents of a man who died in a car crash after the car he was in burst into flames are suing the drivers of both cars involved for responsibility and damages.
Since May 1968, Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici has been a lecturer in Industrial and Fiscal Law at the University of Malta.
In 1969, Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici was appointed local consultant of the General Workers' Union.
On 2nd May, 1982, Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici was co-opted to Parliament after the resignation of Labour M.
Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici was sworn in as Prime Minister on 22nd December, 1984, following the announcement of Mr Dom Mintoff's resignation on the same day in Parliament.
As Prime Minister Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici was responsible for Citizenship, Establishments, Electoral Office, Oil Exploration, Wireless Telegraphy, Broadcasting, Civil Aviation, Ports and Shipping.
Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici is to resign.
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In 1987 the Nationalist Party was elected to government and Mifsud Bonnici was appointed to the cabinet as minister of education.
Following the 1992 elections Mifsud Bonnici was appointed minister of Education and Human Resources.
Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici has filed a libel suit against Malta Labour Party (MLP) and Opposition leader Dr.
Malta's Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici praises France's EU Council presidency in the Times of Malta, writing that France has put the topic of illegal immigration firmly on the EU agenda: "December will mark an end to a European Union presidency that has had significant importance for Malta and the other Mediterranean countries facing, like ourselves, challenges on the illegal immigration front.
Youth, Broadcasting as well as all levels of schools and the University.
Mifsud Bonnici was elected President of Malta on the 4th.
in 1995 and from the University of the Sorbonne (Paris IV) in 1996.
MALTA SAYS LIBYA GOT A TIP ON RAIDBy JUDITH MILLER, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMESPrime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici said today that Malta had given Libya advance notice of the American air attack in April and would do so again if it had similar information.
Mifsud Bonnici said Maltese air controllers had not been able to identify the planes that were picked up on their radar screens about 30 to 45 minutes before the raid.
In an interview on Tuesday, Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici denied widespread reports in the region that Malta had become disenchanted with its Arab neighbor.
In the 1960s, at the height of the dispute between the Maltese Church and the Malta Labour Party Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici was an official of a number of lay organisations connected to the Church and supported the diocesan junta of Church organisations opposing Dom Mintoff and his Party.
In fact, Mifsud Bonnici was later to claim that he was a Nationalist by birth, but a Labourite through free choice and conviction: in 1980 he was appointed Deputy Leader of the Malta Labour Party and in 1982 he was appointed Designate Leader, co-opted into Parliament and assigned the Ministry of Employment and Social Services.
Things climaxed in 1984 when a demonstration by the workers of the Malta Drydocks at which Mifsud Bonnici was present ransacked the offices of the Maltese Curia.
Coming form a family of politicians and himself having been a junior minister in the same ministry he now finds himself heading, Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici knows exactly what needs to be changed, and what is likely and less likely to change.
Another landmark change Mifsud Bonnici is introducing is to open access to journalists into detention centres – a policy his predecessor stubbornly refused to adopt against everyone’s advice – from the European Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini to human rights NGOs and the absolute majority of Malta’s editors and journalists clamouring for transparency.
Mifsud Bonnici is clearly uncomfortable to have such inquiries of direct public interest still not concluded.
As to the rights of people under police interrogation, Mifsud Bonnici is also impatiently awaiting the results of the Nicholas Azzopardi inquiry which he expects to shed light on the situation within the interrogation room.
Mifsud Bonnici is also direct about the disservice citizens are getting from the law courts, where their cases keep being deferred without notice and piling up on long lists of pending cases stretching over long years.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici had the audacity this week to publicly scorn his profession by saying that many deferments were often unnecessary and happened because the legal profession was dragging its feet.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici knows that the judge or magistrate is the king during the sitting and cases move or stall according to the wishes of that judge or magistrate: if he or she wants a case to make progress he or she has the power to do so, if they want a case to lag behind they can do that to.
Why Dr Mifsud Bonnici has called a jihad against lawyers is something I cannot understand: we always respected him and he never had to face the humiliations that he expects US to face.
On the contrary, Mifsud Bonnici says other countries in Europe are more likely to move away from social liberalism, citing the Italian governments increasingly conservative stance on abortion and the likelihood that Spains gay marriage law would be repealed by a future centre-right government.
The choice of Special Cleaners Ltd to clean the private offices of Parliamentary Secretary Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici came about because the staff at the secretariat wanted one particular cleaner to do the job, and she happened to be employed with Special Cleaners.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said that more than cases involving domestic violence, adultery and other problems, lack of communication is the main reason for the breaking down of marriages.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said that in 2004, there were 56 couples who reconciled after the mediation process while in 2005, this figure climbed to 196 couples.
When asked, Dr Mifsud Bonnici said he believed this process was not making it too simple for couples to separate.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said another problem which had to be solved was what he termed as a modern-day problem involving grandparents.
Asked about security in court, Dr Mifsud Bonnici said the government has recently issued a tender for the provision of security services at the law courts.
In his concluding remarks, Dr Mifsud Bonnici said the Family Court is being used intelligently by couples facing problems in their marriage.
Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said in reply to a Parliamentary question.
22nd May 2008 - A total of 443 foreigners reported a theft to the police in the first four months of this year, Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said in reply to a parliamentary question.
Thirteen are under 30, Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said in reply to a parliamentary question.
Between January and April this year, 210 tickets were issued, Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said while answering a parliamentary question.
29th May 2008 - Government income from court fines in the first four months of this year amounted to €450,279, Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said in reply to a parliamentary question.
Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici was born in Floriana, Malta on 17 th February, 1960.
law would be repealed by a future center-right government.