'Prime Minister going back on his word to hold referendum' - Labour
Labour accuses Lawrence Gonzi of breaking promise to hold referendum on divorce.
12 February 2011, 12:00am
Matthew Vella
Matthew Vella
1 min read
Labour has accused Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi of going back on his word to hold a referendum on divorce.
Gonzi had claimed he felt divorce was not a matter to be legislated “by 65 MPs” without the people’s say in a referendum, when backbenchers Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando had tabled his private bill without consulting the prime minister beforehand.
“Only a few weeks ago the prime minister was arguing that without an electoral mandate for divorce, a referendum had to take place. Today he is doing all he can to deny people that right on such a sensitive issue,” Labour said in a statement, reacting to the PN's motion against divorce today.
The PL accused Gonzi of contradicting himself and of showing inconsistency on the matter by declaring he would vote against the bill while hoping the people would have “the opportunity to vote in a referendum.”
Labour said Opposition leader Joseph Muscat’s position is in favour of a divorce law that would be backed by a popular electoral mandate, and to give his MPs a free vote.
Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...
Luke Camilleri •
Not the frst promise broken by Prime Minister Gonzi.... and at this rate will not certainly be his last!
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zmien karmenu mifsud bonnici rajna dawn il kumidji.
issa il qaddis dr.gonzi ghax mux qijad jahseb li ha namluh qaddis ux fuq li qijad jadjd u jamel ? bzar flghanejen qijad titfa gonzi u mellh fuq il feritta tijak stess.
issa qabel kont nemmen bil bulshit tijak u tal pn.. imma tista tibda tilab il loba tal biza ta zmien iswat u terur tal labour ax lilom nivota hali taqta izejza min ma halqek u ta shabek.
issa min jibza min dawn listejer tal passat ghandu izom fmohhu li il present u mit darba ta biza ax geja modija ta nies bla mohh.
kont titkaza li alfred sant uwa bla principju u bla raguni vera ek kien sant.
imma int ksiert il box office ta kulhadd.
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The PN lost my vote on this issue. The PN is a confesional party
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If there was the slightest need for proof regarding Gonzi's hypocrisy such need has evaporated under the eyes of the electorate. It will take a greater dose of hypocrisy on his part to present himself before the same electorate come elections time. The Gonz is fast digging his own political grave, and a good thing too.
Luke Camilleri •
Bhal taz-zieda din, hu jaf xi jrid ghalih u jiptretendi li jaf ukol xinhu tajjeb ghal poplu..... u hekk qatt jigi bzonnu xi hadd minn tieghu dejjem hemm l'annulament bhal ma ghamel l_emiritus ta' qablu !
