Comments on: The prime minister: "We shall ensure that the will of the majority is respected." https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 30 May 2011 11:21:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Silvio Farrugia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83171 Mon, 30 May 2011 11:21:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83171 If parliament does not reflect the peoples’ wishes we will be the laughing stock of Europe but much worse we can never say that we are democratic

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83170 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:45:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83170 I think you had better wait a bit more. Parties are not recognised in our parliament and party leaders gave a free vote to their MP’s on this issue. The PM has promised that the bill would be moved in parliament, he cannot make it law. Parliament will make it a law if it votes in favour and the president has to approve it.

Voters from both sides of the divorce issue will be watching how their candidates would be voting. In our parliament the vote is not a secret vote. This is a double edged sword they would be handling.

A lot of MPs from both sides of the house would be abstaining from voting on this bill.

]]> By: Not Tonight https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83169 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:59:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83169 In reply to Alan.

Then it will be crass hypocrisy on their part, because the last referendum we had, the Labour Party refused to accept the will of the electorate. People have such short memories, it makes me want to scream.

]]> By: ciccio2011 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83168 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:28:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83168 In reply to Alan.

Alan, very well said. In fact, I expected the PM to be more concrete by saying something like “I will now make sure that this matter is brought with priority in front of Parliament and that legislation is completed as soon as possible…” and something like “I will do my utmost so that the Party and government that I lead will not stand in the way of the decision taken by the people in yesterday’s referendum…”.

As I suspect Daphne hints, those statements at the end of her piece above did not sound very much in place in the PM’s speech.

]]> By: A Grech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83167 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:27:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83167 It would be wise (but very risky) not to have a free vote when the divorce issue is presented for a vote in parliament.

Maybe there is some hope that we will have a change of government very soon.

]]> By: Informed Source https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83166 Sun, 29 May 2011 10:18:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83166 I think this chap needs to be brought back to the folds of the PN as the party sidelined him too quickly – especially when one looks well at how the vote on the 10th District went both in the Divorce Referendum and in the last MEP Elections:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110526/opinion/Politics-should-divorce-from-the-Church.367360

Unfortunately, the PN cannot continue to be dominated by the Azzjoni Kattolika and the personal interests of a bunch of people who have capitalised the Curia’s institutions and companies.

]]> By: The Prime Minister's Words https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83165 Sun, 29 May 2011 09:51:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83165 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110529/local/the-will-of-the-people-will-be-respected-pm-gonzi.367871

]]> By: Alan https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83164 Sun, 29 May 2011 09:48:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83164 The PM’s wisest political course of action now, is to make the divorce ‘issue’ a non-issue as FAST as possible.

If he doesn’t, the Labour Party will gain points faster than a bullet by screaming, and rightly so, ‘no respect for the people’s will’.

]]> By: me https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83163 Sun, 29 May 2011 09:41:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83163 They vote against the people and the people will vote against them.

]]> By: Kenneth Cassar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/05/the-prime-minister-we-shall-ensure-that-the-will-of-the-majority-is-respected/#comment-83162 Sun, 29 May 2011 09:40:57 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11594#comment-83162 “…but now we shall ensure that the will of the majority is respected and divorce legislation enacted…This won’t be an easy process, it is not an easy change… there will be MPs who will abstain or vote against.”

I can’t see how the will of the majority can be “ensured” if the parliament goes ahead with a “free vote”.

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