"The experts will decide in the best interest of the child"

Minister Helena Dalli has repeatedly assured the Maltese public that in processing adoption applications, it will be experts who'll decide whether the prospective parents are fit for adoption and whether the adoption will be in the best interests of the child.

One would have assumed this board of experts to be made up of social workers, family and social researchers, psychologists...people qualified to assess children and prospective parents.

But if we have a look at the Taghna Lkoll photo album, look who we've got deciding whether a person is fit to adopt or no:

A 22-year old law students who's only qualification is being the daughter of Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera and the niece of Parliamentary Secretary Jose Herrera.

Guess that is enough to merit you the title of adoption expert in the new meritocratic, taghna-lkoll Malta.

Now Hon Helena Dalli, say it again with a straight face:
"It ... will ... be ... experts ... who ... will ... decide ... in ... the ... best ... interest ... of ... the ... child"

Maybe I just need to update my definition of the word "experts".

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