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Democracy, Gonzi Style

Monday, 30 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

One can easily say that the country is debating the current political impasse and that the crisis has become even worse....

Aren’t Three warnings enough?

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Here we are, still hooked on last Thursday’s vote, still in conflict whether there should be an election immediately or later, still engaged ...

Franco’s Last dance

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The vote of no confidence debated and decided in Parliament this week produced the exact opposite of what was intended. Instead of stability it ...

On No-confidence motions and electricity meters

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A somewhat worried friend of mine had already started imagining the usual post-election celebrations, except that this time around he imagined people waving water and electricity meters rather ...

Replacing The umbrella

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

These last four years have been characterised by a number of crises, some the result of international occurrences, others self-made by...

Election Fever: a charter of principles

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The dramatic events of the last three weeks, which saw a breakdown in Nationalist Party discipline by one of its Members of Parliament, has now culminated ...

Time To split the MFSA

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

At a time when a mania for sweeping reforms are hitting our political agenda, it may be opportune to look deeper into how our consumer protection unit within the MFSA ...

To Walk the walk

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Politics is a team game. One cannot walk alone. To play the political game with any measure of success, it is important for all to play as a...

On Hold? Not for long

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

And so, when it came to the crunch, Franco Debono chickened out....

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