Allura mhux x’inhi d-differenza kellek isaqsi, izda x’ghandhom l-istess Fenech Adami u Sant … imma nsomma. tfettiq nghidulu dan.

The only valid reason Dr. Gonzi went for a referendum was the fact that neither party had the divorce issue on their electoral programme in 2008.

People wrongly point at Dr. Gonzi as having created a mess. Actually it was JPO’s underhanded maneuvers in collaboration with his new found Labour Party ‘friends’. Everyone knows how the LP operates, they use you and once they get what they were after, they chuck you out and toss you in the trash can.

Dr. Gonzi did not pull a Sant because upon confirmation of the referendum result he immediately recognized the outcome and declared that he will make sure of a ‘yes’ majority in Parliament to enable the bill to go through. Sant insists to this day that the ‘no’ had won the EU referendum. Joseph, his successor, took five years to finally admit that the ‘yes’ had won!

Fenech Adami is a private citizen and one of the 44% who believe that divorce is alien to the Catholic faith and expressed himself as thousands have in the referendum. The fact that he is a former prime minister and president has nothing to do with what his conscience dictates. A true free vote in Parliament when MPs can let their conscience guide their vote and keeping in mind the will of the people should decide the issue.

I cannot believe some comments like ‘he is trying to influence’ the MPs. I wish to think that MPs of both sides are more mature than four year olds who do as daddy says, or else!

If by a fluke the divorce bill is rejected, EFA will be happy. If it goes through, EFA will not be the least affected and will continue to be faithful to his marriage.

My admiration for him stopped when he was made President.
From then on, it was downhill all the way. When are these people going to learn to let go?

Yes, Kev, a village lawyer, and an ex prime minister and an ex president.

And what about you, Kev? An ex policeman and a ‘lawyer’?

“I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.”

“However, he wanted the divorce law to pass through Parliament first”.

Already rewriting history?

I’ll confess that I am not particularly concerned about the fate of the Church in Malta. What does concern me greatly is that both main political parties appear to be determined to gut those very important democratic principles underlying the Constitution and the Referenda Act.

I am just offering an explanation, Harry. I’m totally in synch with what Daphne wrote in The Malta Independent.

Why waste everybody’s time by holding this referendum if Parliament can dismiss the wishes of the majority out of hand? It simply beggars belief!

If, and I really hope that it’s a huge IF, the wishes of the people are trampled upon, there can only be one eventual outcome – the utter destruction of the church in Malta as it has been known for centuries. What then?