Ranier Fsadni’s career is a perfect case study in how a mediocre career can be propped up. Despite holding advisory positions within the Nationalist administrations, Fsadni’s career was nothing more than smoke and mirrors. Once touted as a “foreign policy expert,” those who worked closely with him in the Foreign Ministry now describe him as a non-entity—someone who contributed little. Even Nationalist ministers reportedly treated him as a waste of time.
In an era where results matter, Fsadni managed to produce absolutely nothing. Yet, instead of fading into obscurity, he continued to freeride on the hard working taxpayer.
Ranier Fsadni
His reward for a career of inaction? A cushy position at the University of Malta, where he was appointed Assistant Lecturer in the Anthropology Department. A position that, over the years, has failed to elevate him to anything more than a permanent underachiever.
Let’s be clear: Assistant Lecturer is a transitional role for budding academics who are on track to complete their doctoral research and publish. Yet, Fsadni has remained in this limbo for years. His academic output? Nonexistent. Publications? He has none to speak of. Even in a department of six, Fsadni stands out as the only one who hasn’t moved up the ranks. He is the only Assistant in Professor Daniela Debono’s department.
Is this really the kind of person who should be receiving taxpayer-funded wages while contributing nothing of value to academia? Fsadni’s failure to publish a single academic paper and his inability to earn a promotion to Lecturer leaves many questioning whether he even belongs in the classroom.
Could his ability to write political attacks against the government be the only thing keeping him employed with the University of Malta?
Because let us not forget what drives Fsadni’s sudden bursts of indignation. When he attacks Labourites, that is somehow treated as “analysis,” but when we respond, we are accused of partisanship. Enough of that. The era of sacred cows is over. Public figures who have profited from politics while pretending to float above it are no longer beyond scrutiny. If Fsadni can dish it out, he can take it. Nationalists are fair game too.
