Former Labour minister Konrad Mizzi’s announcement that he has discovered God has impressed a weekend of memes and deep fakes.
In a prolonged Fb submit on Saturday, Mizzi introduced that he wouldn’t be contesting the March 26 normal election.
In the identical assertion, he revealed that God had turn into “a central a part of his life”, saying this gave him peace and inspiring extra folks to have religion.
The assertion triggered widespread ridicule on social media, with many pointing to the previous power minister’s historical past of scandals.
Picture: FbSome memes mirrored on God’s potential judgement on Mizzi, with the usage of Renaissance painter Cima da Conegliano’s 1654 portray of God the Father wanting down from above and declaring: “Corrupt”.
Mizzi has been linked to a variety of scandals from the Electrogas provide deal to the Vitals hospital deal and the Montenegro windfarm scandal. He was expelled from Labour’s parliamentary group in 2020 and sat as an Impartial MP.
Different memes depicted Mizzi as a honored saint, with one picture giving him the stigmata of Padre Pio and one other which named him “protector in opposition to rats and mice”.
Picture: FbOthers linked Mizzi’s expression of religion to the upcoming papal go to in April, with some suggesting that Mizzi could be a contender for pope now that his time in Maltese politics has come to an obvious finish.
In the meantime, others instructed that Mizzi might maybe belong to the extra fringe Christian denominations, with caricatures displaying him talking with the voice of River of Love evangelical pastor Gordon John Manche.
Political Fb web page Malta-A New Actuality instructed that Mizzi could be impressed to observe what he’s preaching.
“Stunning phrases pricey Konrad. However it’s good to show it, not simply with phrases. When St Paul discovered God, he confessed all his wrongdoings and of these round him. We’re ready,” it mentioned.
In the meantime, neighborhood polling Fb group Malta Survey requested its respondents whether or not they thought Mizzi must be canonised as a saint.
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