Tag: rule of law
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The Progressive Left
Listen to what Malta’s left has to say. Listen to the political arguments on the systemic failure. The neoliberal experiment has failed. This is the answer to the assertion of the lackeys of the government who go on television to tell anyone who still has the patience to listen that “is-sistema ta’ Muscat hadmet”. 10…
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Il-Ħniżralja
Poezija ta’ Antonio Tufigno Kelb kien xamm riħa ta’ ħami,Beda jinbaħ bla waqfienBil-frakass u l-kjass li għamel Gozz widnejn qamu flimkien. B’dan l-allarm hekk tqajjmu l-ħnieżerĠo nofs raqda b’naħra fondaKontra qalbhom iċċaqalquĦarrku ftit is-sonza tonda, Għax kien hemm min qed josserva,Xi falkuni hekk frustieri.Ma setgħux fit-tajn jiċċaftruJew jinħbew fil-kantunieri. Konfrontati bl-għajnejn fissiTal-għasafar hekk attentiKellhom bla gost…
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Whispering a revolution
This article first appeared on the Shift news. In May 2017 I co-founded a group called the Advocates for the Rule of Law. We took out a full-page advert on The Times of Malta in which we announced vacancies for the proper functioning of democracy. That was the beginning of a brief campaign in which we raised…
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The People vs the Government of Malta
Last night, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted overwhelmingly to approve a report on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the state of the rule of law in Malta. The resolution listed a series of “serious concerns” over the investigation into the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, and demanded the setting…
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The Sale of Public Land
Citizens have a duty to ensure that their government is monitored whenever it manages their public land.
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BONĠU MALTA – MEMORIAL CLEARED (AGAIN)
The situation is not desperate. Thousands flock to Spinola Bay to drink and revel. The memorial has been cleared (again) because someone somewhere has decided that we have a collective need to forget and it is his duty to help us do so. Political appointees and apparatchiks everywhere will once again deem it necessary to…