Malta : the only European country with just two parties in Parliament

If you believe we need to strenghten democracy and that the electoral laws need to be reformed before the next election write on this blog. When Lawrence Gonziu was addressing EPP meeting and he spoke about values did he tell them he suffoctaes dissent and destroys whoever does not agree with him? Did he tell [...]

When I was offered a parliamentary secretariat by another name I said : ‘NO’

The Times 1st June 2012  http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120601/local/-Offers-took-Debono-close-to-abstaining.422240  The Times 1st June 2012, story entitled : ‘Offers took Debono close to abstaining’ Meanwhile, Dr Gonzi yesterday confirmed that negotiations had taken place with Dr Debono before the vote. “My door was always open,” he said, admitting that he was not sure about Dr Debono’s voting intentions despite [...]

Proposti tieghi dwar l-insib (diskors parlament 27 ta marzu 2012)

Diskors Parlamentari tal-Onorevoli Franco Debono B.A., LL.D., M.P. dwar id-delizzju tal-Insib Diskors tal-Onorevoli Franco Debono B.A., LL.D., M.P. fil-Parlament nhar is-27 ta’ Marzu 2012 dwar proposti ghal-soluzzjoni vijabbli tal-kontroversja dwar l-insib ghall-ghasafar tal-ghana, fejn jindika illi l-interess suprem ghandu dejjem ikun ir-rispett lejn l-ambjent, u juri sistema vijabbli kif d-delizzju tal-insib u l-harsien ambjentali mhux [...]

Fuq min ghandu jiffaccja l-konsegwenzi ta ghemilu u fuq management politikament inaccettabli

Lawrence ‘DCG’ Gonzi qed jipprova jibni hajt bl-intenzjoni li  jibqa diehel go fih sabiex imbaghad iwahhal fil-hajt. Lawrence ‘DCG’ Gonzi irid iwahhal f’xi hadd ghall-isbalji tieghu u allura qed jibni hajt biex ikollu f’min iwahhal, meta hu stess ikun bnieh u hu stess ikun saq b’kemm ghandu sahha ghal go fih! Jekk qed jippretendi li l-hajt [...]

Updated : Il-poplu huwa akbar mill-partit

Thoss ghafsa ta’ qalb meta jkollok thallas ghall-isbalji ta’ Austin Gatt fl-Arriva u BWSC u Carm Mifsud Bonnici ghad-disastru fil-habs, fil-qrati, fil-pulizija u fl-imigrazzjoni. Pero’ thoss sodisfazzjon kbir meta tiftakar li ghaddejt minn sagrificcji kbar biex tkun fuq n-naha tal-poplu. Jien kburi li ddefendejt u kont it-tarka tad-drittijiet tal-poplu u kont kuragguz nieqaf u nirrezisti  l-arroganza [...]

Updated : On Prime Ministerial consistency : from 1st June to 29th August

Lawrence ’DCG’ Gonzi should note people are not interested in the new PN candidates but in the current GonziPN ministers!   Does Prime Minister Gonzi’s favourite declaration that everyone must face the consequences of his actions apply only to those who do not agree with him or does it also apply for consistency’s sake to RCC’ s Joe Cassar [...]

Ittra lill-Ezekuttiv PN illum 31.8.2012 (9.14am)

Political parties are not above the law. Every member of every club, be it  a band club, a football club or a politicla party has rights which the club must respect. What the PN executive committee is asked to decide at this stage is wheter the rules of Natural justice have been observed or not, without [...]

Mozzjoni tieghi dwar Riformi Gustizzja u Intern 8.11.2011

Minkejja li inkiteb hafna dwar x’nilbes, kif nimxi, ir-rizultati tal-Form IIC u materji trivjali ohra, dan ikun qed isir minn dawn il-persuni ghal skop ta propaganda u sabiex jiddevjawlek l-attenzjoni mill-kontribut vera tieghi lejn pajjizi f’dawn l-ahhar snin. Ovvjament din l-propaganda xi minn daqqiet ma tkunx qed issir ghax dik il-persuna tkun thobb il-Partit, minkejja [...]

Your life on hold for four and a half years

Stop and think. Does this government use the stick for four and  a half years and the carrot for the last six months? You are just a guinea pig? You have no rights, but just a vote, the vote. So that Edgar Galea Curmi can stay in Castille forever, having migrated there from Louis Galea’s [...]

The Party of Stupid (by Raphael Vassallo)

Unfortunately, as someone has told me these days : If Mintoff could in some ways be associated with physical violence, Lawrence ‘DCG’ Gonzi’s name could go down in history tainted with the systematic moral violence which was used to quash dissent against him Raphael Vassallo is one of  the first to write in the independent media [...]