In perfect harmony!
Contrary to the Labour Party`s confused foreign policy, the Nationalist Party has consistently held that membership in the European Union is the logical direction Malta should follow. Translating its words into action, in 1990, on behalf of the Maltese...
Contrary to the Labour Party`s confused foreign policy, the Nationalist Party has consistently held that membership in the European Union is the logical direction Malta should follow. Translating its words into action, in 1990, on behalf of the Maltese electorate, the Nationalist government formally applied for EU membership.
We all know that when Labour was elected in 1996 Malta`s application was `frozen` for 22 months. After Labour`s overwhelming defeat in 1998, the Nationalist government immediately reactivated the application for membership.
Desmond Zammit Marmarà, a staunch Labour activist, would now have us believe that the Nationalist Party in government does not have the mandate of the people to follow through Malta`s application for EU. Excuse me, why else did the Nationalist Party electoral manifesto provide for a pledge to call a referendum as soon as EU negotiations were finalised?
Referenda are called by the government of the day precisely to give the electorate the right to decide on a particular issue of national importance. Referenda advocate your columnist`s pertinent argument: What do the Maltese want?
If referenda are meaningless to Desmond Zammit Marmara, good for him, but for those of us who treasure our constitutional rights, the significance of referenda is of great importance. In a democratic world, we the people have the final say!
Our decisions are sovereign! Labour`s slogan: Rajna f`idejna says it all. Unless, of course, Labour`s rallying cry refers to Labour`s supremacy over that of the country!
Your columnist`s disturbing voice is not an isolated one. It resounds those of a string of other members of the Malta Labour Party who are obviously existing on different planes in a variety of distinct dimensions from the rest of us.
Alfred Sant is still insisting that he will not honour a `yes` vote in a referendum.
The general secretary of the Malta Labour Party has sheepishly seen it fit to echo his leader`s absurd and not-so-catchy tune.
But Alfred Mifsud whistles a different jingle. He proposes to `precede the EU referendum with a general election and for both parties to commit themselves to honour an eventual referendum.`
Confusion within the Labour camp reigns most confounded.