Comments on: The right to vote

By: Django

Django — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:29:30 +0000

The way already exists. The publication of the electoral register is the only permissible publication that does not violate the Data Protection Act. However, since both major political parties have a vested interest, the Commissioner of Data Protection can only raise concern, but cannot act upon.

By: Claude Sciberras

Claude Sciberras — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:31:04 +0000

All those who buy their Maltese citizenship will automatically gain free access to schools, university, hospital. I think that when you start deducting the commissions and benefits very little will remain of those 650K.

By: Stephen Borg Fiteni

Stephen Borg Fiteni — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:35:46 +0000

Great, Labour have just gotten a few more thousand votes.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:25:14 +0000

Does anyone know if the people buying citizenship must do so under their own name or whether they can make up a name for their Maltese passport?

By: Daffid

Daffid — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:36:47 +0000

Yes, but they also have the right to access the education and health system too, and guess what , the tax payer will foot the bill

By: Daffid

Daffid — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:33:31 +0000

I can see this headline in our newspapers in 5 years time on the sale of Maltese citizenships!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2504398/A-spectacular-mistake-immigration-Straw-finally-admits-Labour-messed-letting-million-East-Europeans.html

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:46:42 +0000

In reply to L-ieħor. This has already been a Financial Services side business for years.

By: bahnan

bahnan — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:21:17 +0000

Will their names be on the electoral register. I thought that one has to be residing in Malta to have the right to vote ?

By: Taghna Lkoll

Taghna Lkoll — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:10:41 +0000

Does this mean that these people will have a right to vote without appearing on the electoral register, if their names are going to be kept secret? And secret from whom? Who will actually have access to these names?

[Daphne – No, you can’t vote unless you’re on the electoral roll. That’s why it’s called the electoral roll/register: it’s the full list of electors.]

By: ciccio

ciccio — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:05:02 +0000

In reply to La Redoute.

The residency requirement can be lifted by Labour calling the PN negative and jealous if they do not allow it. Easy.

And in practice, will it do any good to the PN if it takes the position against the granting of the voting rights to Maltese citizens living abroad?

Once again, I draw the attention to this paragraph in the Labour manifesto:

Page 173

“Maltin li jghixu barra

“Naggornaw il-ligi elettorali biex il-Maltin li jghixu barra u li huma eligibbli ghall-vot ikunu jistghu jivvutaw f’dawk il-pajjizi minghajr ma jigu Malta biex jaghmlu dan.”

– Chapter 20, promise number 23.

Can you detect an apparent contradiction between the following parts of the above sentence: “il-Maltin li jghixu barra” and “u li huma eligibbli ghall-vot”?

Based on existing rules, Maltese who live abroad are not eligible to vote.

But this electoral promise proposes to change that. And they will vote in their country of residence.