The fallout of the transport strike (3)

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.