The fallout of the transport strike (3)

Ed Turner, Washington, US

And a great good morning to you! We had the same problem in Seattle, Washington (USA) in the late 1960s and 1970s.

The way it was handled was to photograph or videotape the leaders and then pick them up later and charge them with "inciting a riot". The others that destroyed property were also picked up after they separated themselves from their friends. They were also booked into jail and charged; in most cases they had the highest bail applied to them.

The problem is, most jurisdictions are nervous about getting in and knocking heads. If you let such individuals get away with it this time they will resort to it again and again, every time they want something.

The ones that do the most to further the disruptions should be the first to be made "unemployed" and the others given a chance to go back to work while the problems are resolved. If Malta is like most of the world there are people who would be very happy to go to work driving a bus.

Comments

George Curmi (on 19/7/08)

Police Commissioner and civilian authorities of Malta please take note.

Mr. Turner has provided a template on how to handle the thugs who held Malta hostage and did incalculable damage to the economy with their crime wave.

Charge them (including Mr. Victor Spiteri as an accessory) for every illegal act that they committed, then jail them while imposing strict and heavy bail conditions; and when they are tried and found guilty, levy the highest possible fines and mete out the highest possible prison terms.

Failure to do so would only encourage them to resort to the same sort of hooliganism in the future.

Lawrence Mifsud (on 19/7/08)

I must say that i the drivers managed to threaten many people who were trying to get on with their disrupted lives, as best they could.
These persons, in particular, and the rest of the law-abiding citizens, are eagerly awaiting the arraignment of the bus drivers who did such horrible acts, and punished accordingly.
Convicted drivers should be banned from ever holding a license in any public service.