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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 27 MARCH 2022 OPINION 3 LETTERS & EDITORIAL maltatoday | SUNDAY • 24 SEPTEMBER 2023 Mikiel Galea Letters & Clarifications Whatever was Grech thinking? I would really like to know what was passing through Bernard Grech's mind when he came up with the names of Dolores Cristina, Magis- trate Joe Mifsud and Caritas PRO Marica Cassar for Malta's next pres- ident. Of the three, only Cristina would fit the bill and even so, Malta could do with a younger president, who can understand the more diverse society we are living in. As for the other two names, I'm not sure whether the Opposition leader's intention was simply to use them as props. What political experience does Cassar have? She would probably make a good fundraiser-in-chief but is the presidency just a large chari- table organisation? And as for Mag- istrate Mifsud, it simply makes no sense to me that a sitting member of the judiciary should be made presi- dent. What happens if as president he receives a request for a pardon on a case he would have presided? Grech's choices are weak, to say the least. But I also wonder why he would even want to come up with names now before even having a cordial meeting with the Prime Minister on the matter. Given that the next presi- dent has to be elected by a two-thirds majority, it is imperative that the two leaders meet in serenity without pre- conceived ideas. C. Cassar Paola Onus is on authorities I appreciate Archbishop Charles Sciclu- na preaching about the general lack of morality in Malta when dealing with the foreigners among us. He is right when he highlights the fact that many of these people live and work in Malta in slave- like conditions. Every worker, whoever they may be, should be treated with dignity, respect and in line with Malta's employment laws. But the onus of this lies on the authorities, who advocated a policy of rapid population growth when the country was not prepared for it, and not on us ordinary citizens as Scicluna tried to imply. Philip Muscat Mosta Ta' Xbiex-Msida road saga SCHOOLS are about to start and the coast road between Ta' Xbiex and Msida is still in a pitiful state. I commute through the area every- day on my way to work and for more than a year passing through the area has been a traffic nightmare. Whenever will this relatively short stretch of road be ready? T. Ellul Swieqi