The Communist Party of Malta is closely following the ongoing parliamentary motion put forward by the Labour Party regarding Wikileaks reports involving Richard Cachia Caruana, Malta’s Permanent Representative in the EU. The reports allege that Malta’s decision to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP) was taken behind closed doors.

The Communist Party of Malta appeals to the political class so that the onus of this motion will be to withdraw Malta from PfP.

The party deplores the way the present administration re-activated Malta’s PfP membership, when this was not even tabled in Parliament. The Labour Party is right when stating that this was done behind everybody’s back.

The party considers Malta’s membership in PfP as a flagrant violation of the Constitution. As a neutral country, Malta must keep away from military blocs. The PfP forms part of a Nato programme which works independently from the UN peace-keeping operations. Nato uses PfP to safeguard its imperialistic strategy.

■ Victor Degiovanni

Secretary

Communist Party of Malta