I have to admit that here I made a mistake. Going through the referenda act, article 18 (1) states quite clearly that it should have been the President of Malta who should have been calling the shots and not the Prime Minister. And article 18(2) states that it should have been the President of Malta who should have fixed a date.
Whether the PM consulted the President or vice versa, I do not know. But that is what the Referenda Act states. Sorry for not reading the law correctly and apologies for having misguided your readers. http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&itemid=8737

“u ghal mod ta’ kif ihallu l-barranin jigu f’pajjizna jispijjaw fil-kampanja taghna”.

Il-brainwashing hadem nghid, imma mhux tal-Birdlife.

The PM does not do anything without calculations. He has just given the pro hunting lobby a get out of jail card to continue with spring hunting regardless.

Should the pro hunting fail to get enough votes, then surely they just need to prove that the referendum was not legal as the letter of the law was not followed as the PM and not the President announced the date.

[Daphne – The matter of who announces the referendum date does not have bearing on the validity of the referendum and its result.]

U l-brainswashing mill-kaccaturi ma jdejqekx?

Xi nghidu ghal dak il-poster ridikolu mal-faccata tal-ufficju taghhom l-Imsida? Bhallikieku l-kacca hija bhall-ganutell u l-armar tal-festi, ghax skond il-kaccaturi, it-tnejn huma “delizzju”?

Xi nghidu ghan-numru ta’ suicidji fost il-kaccaturi li jhobbu jikkwotaw, minhabba (jahasra) li ma jistghux johorgu bis-senter meta u kif iridu? Bhallikieku l-unika raguni ghall-hajja hija l-hobby tal-kacca.

Xi nghidu ghall-brainwashing dwar l-imhabba kbira lejn in-natura li ghandhom il-kaccaturi, ghax hawwlu xi sigar? Bhallikieku s-sigar ma hawwluhomx biex jigu iktar ghasafar, biex ikollhom iktar targets fuqhiex jisparaw.

Imma l-iktar bicca brainwashing li tinsultani hija meta jghidu li l-kacca hija parti essenzjali mill-identità Maltija.

Min huma biex jghidu x’inhi l-identità Maltija? Allura jien li ma nikkacjax, second-class citizen? Jien li ma nikkacjawx minhiex Malti awtentiku?

Eve, jien se nivvota kontra l-kacca biex niehu lura pajjizi, dak kollox.

dejjem hekk kienet. tghidux iktar hmerijiet. The president is just the figurehead of the nation. that’s all. read our constitution and be informed.

what’s this about the President of Malta? She’s the Head of state. so what. It’s the PM who calls the shots and she has to follow suit. Simon Busuttil needs some lessons on our Constitution. How stupid can he be, stating that it is the President who chooses the day. NO. It’s the Government (PM) which decides on the date and the President just approves and issues the Writ and the wheels start working.

Din Eve ghalija hija mara bla raguni ghax jekk il-principju taghha huwa li hi MA TAQBILX MAL-KACCA FIR-REBBIEGHA, allura id-domanda tar-Referendum ser tkun: inti taqbel jew ma taqbilx u tivvota li ma taqbilx. Full stop.

U ddahhalx argumenti bazwija fejn m’hemmx lok ghalihom. Li l-Birdlife hija antipatika ghalik ghax arroganti nista’ naqbel mieghek imma mhux l-argument.

Li l-Kaccaturi huma arroganti, uhud minnhom kriminali u bullijiet tarahom lebsin qishom il-commandoes, naqbel mieghek ukoll.

Jigifieri it-tnejn huma tal-istess drapp imma wahda (l-FKNK immexxija mill-ikbar imbecilli li hawn f’pajjizna) hija aghar mill-ohra (Birdlife).

U hemm inti trid tiddeciedi fuq il-principji tieghek. Issa jekk inti trid turi l-ipokrisija tieghek, allura ivvota kontra dak li temmen fih int.

[Daphne – Neither the PN nor the MLP had or have anything to do with either. This is a referendum vote. That’s the whole point.]

So far she has shown us that she is little more than a fundraiser.