since 2005: blogging about law & politics
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No flowers in Panama (II – fertile soil)
So the national protest against corruption is at three o’clock. That gives me ample time to feed you a few more thoughts and even to stop for a pasta al ragu’ half way through. Much has been said about what the protest is for. Much more about whether the nationalist party should really have the gall…
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No flowers in Panama (I – the seeds)
It’s Sunday morning and the nationalist party is gearing up for what it dubs a national protest against corruption. The Sunday papers are full to the brim with opinion articles, spin and (if you look really hard) factual reports about the issue that has a name: Panamagate. Over the week the men in Castille shifted…
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Untrustworthy. Unfit for purpose.
Matthew Vella did a good job grilling Konrad Mizzi about his “financial structure” based in New Zealand and Panama. ‘It’s a free world. Everyone can choose whatever they wish and should seek advice on what is best for them’ – that is the clip that Matthew Vella chose to put in the headline (at…
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Ignorance of the Law
Muscat and his Panama collective are not getting on too well with the press right now. Unless you ask the right questions you will be faced with a barrage of childish word play and incosequential “answers” that are anything but. When none of the stonewalling and feigned misunderstandings works, Muscat shifts to aggressive gear and,…
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Stifling Debate
‘The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum….’ Noam Chomsky, The Common Good Marelene Farrugia posted this quote on Facebook last week and I find it very apt to describe what is going on in Malta right now.…
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The Conversion Conversation
This weekend’s controversy is all about “conversion”. It must have been the proximity of the feast of Saint Paul. Just to put you in the bigger picture the government published on the 15th of December a draft law that aims “to prohibit conversion therapy as a deceptive act or practice against a person’s sexual orientation,…
servis legis summus ut liberi esse possimus