People should decide, not politicians
Joseph Muscat's treatment of the hunting referendum has politicised the debate, in what is a betrayal of the democratic principle that the referendum...
Joseph Muscat's treatment of the hunting referendum has...
A farewell to meritocracy
Engerer’s European credentials are not under discussion here but rather the inescapable whiff of political nepotism that raises eyebrows
Engerer’s European credentials are not under...
Ministerial discretion is the issue
The National Audit Office report observed that a direct order on six months’ hedging on unleaded gas and diesel was “detracting from the...
The National Audit Office report observed that a direct...
Whistleblowers still unprotected
Already the scope of application of this law is limited (and would de facto exclude the oil scandal, or any comparable scenario).
Already the scope of application of this law is limited...
A recipe for scandal
As long ago as 2004, Minister Debono had been questioned regarding her husband’s position within the public service: a position that would be considered...
As long ago as 2004, Minister Debono had been questioned...
Two years: our assessment
Two years ago the electorate proved again that no one is forever, and that democracy always, somehow, prevails.
Two years ago the electorate proved again that no one is...
This is not war
The launch of the slick hunters’ campaign led to a swift and angry rebuke by the No campaign calling on real hunters to take charge and debate the issues...
The launch of the slick hunters’ campaign led to a...
Government is not a business
Had the government allowed matters to proceed in court it would have rightfully taken back a property valued at €500 per square metre.
Had the government allowed matters to proceed in court it...
In praise of the principle
Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that the accounts in question were located in Switzerland, we can only say that it is a singular act...
Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that...
Taxation and morality
There is no doubt that the political class has to be transparent and assure their constituencies that they adhered with Malta’s tax laws.
There is no doubt that the political class has to be...
Missing the wood for the trees
Every ‘scandal’ is grist to the electoral mill for politicians, and Gonzi knows this perhaps more than any other politician.
Every ‘scandal’ is grist to the electoral mill...
Shooting the messenger is not an option
In January 2013, MaltaToday published a cache of emails which revealed how former MOBC chief Frank Sammut had received a bribe from oil giant Trafigura in 2003...
In January 2013, MaltaToday published a cache of emails...
It’s about more than two seats
The way the discussion has since developed indicates that we are very far from solving the underlying systemic problems that make our cumbersome electoral...
The way the discussion has since developed indicates that...
Partners in crime
Under the scheme on offer, people are invited to pay hefty fines running into the hundreds of thousands of euros in order to ‘regularise’ the...
Under the scheme on offer, people are invited to pay hefty...
Isolated in more than one sense
The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as a major disruption of the economic direction in which the eurozone – of which Malta forms...
The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as...
Transparency is a commitment, not a choice
Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour government to remind...
Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour...
A warning shot across the bows
The rise of Syriza in Greece also reflects the failure of the aforementioned policy to reverse the slowdown which has strangled the Greek economy
The rise of Syriza in Greece also reflects the failure of...
Stopping the rot
At this point, we must either resign ourselves to powerlessness in the face of an unsavoury culture that infects various strata of society… or we must...
At this point, we must either resign ourselves to...