So that change may continue
The human rights lawyer Therese Comodini Cachia has had this piece published in The Times today. She is one of the Nationalist Party’s new candidates, and let’s face it, why would a human rights lawyer stand for election on the Labour ticket?
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SO THAT CHANGE MAY CONTINUE
Therese Comodini Cachia
Over the years, the Nationalist Party has proved itself to be the catalyst of change for the Maltese society. It was the party that brought about the Independence for Malta. It was the party that led us into the European Union.
The present Administration has continued with this tradition of reform. It has brought about the euro changeover after we were able to pass the harsh economic tests imposed by Brussels. Reforms have been made in a number of areas such as public transport, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority, education, social policy, privatisation of public companies.
Lawrence Gonzi as Prime Minister has delivered.
If you want change, the only alternative is the PN.
The party’s core principles and values remain valid. It is those core principles that attract me to offer my service to the public on the PN ticket. There is no better time to give your input than when there is a will to embrace a process of regeneration.
This is the main reason why I chose to accept the invitation of the PN to be a candidate.
There is no better time to return to our party’s core values, consider and analyse how these are still applicable to our party and, ultimately, how these can be put to the service of our citizens.
It is worth standing for the party now to participate in such analysis and to design how our families, our youths, our elderly, our workforce, our businesses can be better served.
This is the time when armchair politicians ought to ask themselves whether they too can play a more solid role. We have all at times been engulfed with political apathy, thinking that the “ordinary Joe” has no role to play. But this is where we fail the general interest most. Politics is not only for the politicians but also for the “ordinary Joe”. Mutual respect is therefore a must.
Not everybody would be happy when these reforms have taken effect: they have also brought about disgruntled people, even within the party. What others may consider as infighting is to me a stage in the process of rejuvenation of the PN. The squabbling that has been going on clearly shows that established rules of procedure and ethics have been entirely forgotten.
Internal wrangling was initiated without any thought of how this could affect us and the nation as a whole.
The voter who wants change cannot vote Labour. The Labour Party, under Joseph Muscat, unlike under Alfred Sant, has managed to resurrect the dinosaurs that stifled Malta in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the “new” faces of Labour are persons who were ministers when some of our present Cabinet members were not even born.
The protest vote cannot be one of abstention. By not voting, one is leaving the decision in the hands of others. It would be useless to state that “I did not vote” and, later on, that “nothing has changed” or that “we are worse off than before”.
The protest vote should only be in favour of new blood within the PN. A person can only bring change for Malta and for the PN if he votes for new ideas within the party.
Maltese society is changing rapidly. We can no longer refuse to recognise that we have different types of family structures.
Education is not something that belongs to youths and restricted to traditional subjects in formal structures but it must provide educational avenues to persons of all ages.
Our workforce does not only want a job but a job that reflects one’s capabilities. Consequently, it is no longer only about creating jobs but also about empowering the workforce.
Politics needs to address the demand for opportunities. It is no longer valid to compartmentalise or stereotype. It is a time to provide those who have a sound business plan, those who dream of a project, those who want to reach a goal with structures that do not suffocate them but actually allow them to grow. Most of all, it is about being with people, understanding their ails and their aspirations and shaping policies that address real situations.
Let change continue! This is the only way forward for the PN. It is this challenge that has really determined my candidacy.
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So eloquently said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqJ9O76M2lI&feature=plcp
As bold at they get. Truly inspiring piece after the rubbish and shallowness we’ve become accustomed to for the last year or so.
Thank you Therese for raising the bar.
You may be interested in this Daphne, about hunting in Malta:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l7sff
A valid person indeed for the PN. I am sure she will make it to parliament.
“The Labour Party, under Joseph Muscat, unlike under Alfred Sant, has managed to resurrect the dinosaurs that stifled Malta in the 1970s and 1980s.”
For the first time, in this blog, albeit indirectly, Alfred Sant has been given credit. Well done, especially following RCC’s admission about Sant being right in his summing up of JPO. Little by little it is emerging that Sant was on the right side of history after all. TCC’s clever observation should be noted.
[Daphne – Oh my, Sant was right about Jeffrey, was he? Well, in that case, we can conclude that he is also unprincipled and immoral – but we knew that already. Despite believing that Jeffrey is politically and morally corrupt, he voted with him and for his motion on 18 June. That was the time for him to take a proper stand, and he failed.]
I’m afraid the last sentence in a very interesting article ruined it all.
Let change continue! etc.
Doesn’t Dr. Comodini Cachia know what happened to those who tried to bring change in the P.N ?
They were shown the door and by whom?
By those who don’t want to lose any of the grip they have on the party.
Have we already forgotten J.Dalli,Pullicino Orlando,Franco Debono,, Mugliette, and most of all the thousands and thousands,like me,who don’t feel we belong anymore in the P.N.
[Daphne – And thank God for that. Imagine a Nationalist Party made in the image of J Dalli BA, Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando Smith, Franco Debono, Jesmond Mugliett and Silvio. Tal-biki. Do you truly imagine that this is what people want? Look at how people react to them, biss biss.]
Of course the P.N. needs change but from the top not from the bottom.
One small point you got wrong. I wasn’t shown the door. I resigned.
Kemm hi kerha hanina!
[Daphne – She’s not. She’s actually rather attractive. It’s fascinating, however, the way you Laburisti prize looks over brains in women. Speaks volumes. Let’s start doing the same to the men, too, shall we? Ghax il-parlament mimli rgiel sbieh, God bless.]
As usual, judging books by their cover. LP past females members were definitely not the sexiest.
For these Labour people a woman has to be the Nuxellina type to be considered attractive (or the Jason Micallef type, if you have those tastes). They don’t understand how a woman of class should look. After all they don’t even know what class is.
Yes, if Cicciolina is what you consider attractive.
As for me I’d rather have someone who looks like Meryl Streep representing us.
[Daphne – How odd, yes, she does remind me lots of Meryl Streep. I hadn’t registered that before you brought it up. She speaks in a similar way, too.]
didn’t know where else to post this – have you seen the print version of this article – there’s a dot on the g of grazzi!
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120803/arts-entertainment/I-love-you-Malta-razzi-says-Laura.431293
And what on earth is “inhobbokom”?
Couldnt agree more!
Real words of wisdom. The picture shows the good lawyer stressing a what-if situation. “Jekk jitla l-Labour, nibilghu wiehed daqs dan”
She is sooo good. Thumbs up to her …..
She is an excellent lawyer with very sound judgement. God bless her.
I will go one step further. She could one day lead the PN.
Words of wisdom. Can we have more candidates like this please?
The PN really is the only way forward and I hope those thinking of “change for the sake of change” come to their senses in time for the election.
Very well written and good luck, Therese.
I hope she is a candidate on my district. She definitely gets my vote.
She’ll be a candidate for the 6th district. Come on Siggiewi, Qormi and Luqa.
Well I’m not so sure that another electoral win would ensure change. If anything the religious fundamentalists who have hijacked the PN will feel vindicated and fossilize their leadership.
[Daphne – How little you know. And based on the on-going evidence, I would say that it’s the nutjobs posing as ‘liberal’ who have in fact done the hijacking, or attempted to. They’re the scary ones.]
Ronnie is right though. No one with more than two brain cells wants a Labour victory.
But a PN victory, with our wonky electoral system, will mean the re-election of many of today’s ministers and front-runners. With Lawrence Gonzi as PM again. How does one vote, say, for Simon Busuttil when he’s not on one’s ballot sheet? And how does one vote for Daphne, if she’s shunned by all politicians.
All we ever get in parliament is goddamn lawyers with fossilised brains.
Bang on as usual . If the choice comes to fossils or tripe I might as well sift through the fossils and eliminate the whackos. At least the PN has policies.
My exact feelings, H.P. Baxxter. I’m not sure any more what is the scariest, having a bunch of amateurs running the country or having this present bunch of religious fundamentalists on for another term.
The argument that the PN has better economic policies does not stick.
Running a country is not only about the economy, otherwise Hitler and Pinochet’s dictatorships could be justified on those grounds.
Running a country is about managing your resources to achieve your aims.
It is very much about logic and reason and acumen and analysis, and all those anti-Xarabank qualities which are almost extinct in Malta.
To these I would add sincerity. Notice that I do not include “the common touch” or “jaf imur man-nies” or “dhuli” and all that bollocks.
I’ll vote for the party that includes people with these qualities. I look at Labour and see no one. I look at PN and see just Simon Busuttil and Albert Fenech. Two against zero. Enough to tip the balance.
Comic relief:
New link to the glieda ohra tal-mittlekless…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rro1vqE5N4&feature=player_embedded
Kemm hu sabih dal-gens.
@ mandango70 says:
Kemm hi kerha hanina!
I agree with Daphne, though.
Therese Comodini Cachia is attractive; the word meaning what it says..she attracts you. And what’s more, she captivates with her eloquent reasoning.
I said so to myself the first time I saw her…and I’m a man. I would certainly vote for her.