New procedure for appointment of President
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 09:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
The fact that the main political parties might disagree on the appointment of a new President of Malta in a year’s time or so as a two-thirds MP majority vote might not be achieved in the House...
Labour’s leading liability
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 08:36
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“First you defended Rosianne Cutajar, now she’s gone. What changed?”, Robert Abela was asked. “It was a consistent message”, he replied, “my position in her regard...
Without transparency, accountability is hampered
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 08:01
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Earlier this week I was called by the Auditor General to his office in order to discuss the request for an investigation which I had submitted to his office some 15 days ago on behalf of ADPD. My...
It’s still up to us
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 06:38
Last update: about 4 years ago
Noel Grima
On most days these Easter holidays, the rumble of planes taking off from the nearby airport is a constant during the day. And that’s not counting the landings. After the dreadful silence of...
A successful reform
Friday, 14 April 2023, 10:42
Last update: about 4 years ago
Owen Bonnici
The change that Parliamentary Secretary Alison Zerafa Civelli and myself, with the help of the main stakeholders in the world of Local Government, managed to bring about and achieve in the field of...
Human rights
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
I am one who was trained as a former diplomat in a doctrine that I still think of as “Gaullist” for it was most proclaimed by France’s General de Gaulle: that states should not...
Spring hunting and the misrule of law
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 08:27
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
Non-governmental voluntary environmental organization Birdlife has, in the beginning of this month, applied for the issue of a warrant of prohibitory injunction against the government so that the...
Travel
Monday, 10 April 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
With the onset of the Covid pandemic, travel in Europe collapsed. When the pandemic eased, travel exploded in volume. People apparently wanted to compensate for the months during which they had been...
Termination benefits for persons in public office
Sunday, 9 April 2023, 09:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
It is within the absolute discretion of government to determine termination and other benefits and privileges for persons in public office that are not prescribed by law. First, it is Cabinet...
The logistics of pre-trial arrest
Sunday, 9 April 2023, 08:42
Last update: about 4 years ago
Mary Muscat
Much has been said and written about Bill 49 that seeks to increase pre-trial arrest from 48 to a total of 96 hours with possibly another 24 hours added for offences carrying 12 or more years of...