EFA: referendum was consultative, MPs must vote according to conscience

The ‘father of European Malta’ whose hallmark was putting Malta in the EU after passing a historic referendum, said the divorce referendum was “nothing else but consultative” and that MPs should abide by their consciences when they vote on the divorce bill.

President emeritus Eddie Fenech Adami said on Radju Malta’s Ghandi Xi Nghid that the difference between the referendum on accession to the EU and the divorce referendum – both of which were consultative and not binding on MPs – was that EU accession was “political, not moral”.

“Moral principles should not be decided by democracy. Moral principles are good in themselves, you choose them even if you are the only one believing in them. You choose them because you believe they are good. That’s why I was against divorce being passed by referendum.

“Now they say MPs should respect the decision of the people. I don’t agree. The matter is a moral one, and MPs must vote yes, no or abstain according to their conscience.

Fenech Adami says he is not suggesting that the result of the referendum – in which 53% voted in favour of a divorce bill tabled in parliament – should be ignored. “But the referendum is consultative and doesn’t oblige MPs.”

Asked by presenter Andrew Azzopardi if his opinion was at loggerheads with the public perception of Fenech Adami as someone who believed the people should be heard, the former prime minister pointed out that the EU referendum was “nothing else but political”.

“It was consultative and so I wanted to confirm that decision in a general election so that the government would have a popular mandate through its MPs, to go into Europe,” Fenech Adami said.

The party grandee reiterated his warnings of Malta taking “the downhill” to secularism, in which he conjured up the fears of abortion and gay marriages as next steps for Malta.

“Once you take that route downwards and throw away principles… there’s no stopping it. I have no doubt gay marriages should not be allowed.”

Fenech Adami, a staunch Catholic who often quotes Pope John Paul II’s Memory and Identity, says his beliefs are “objectively true” and consistent, and that this line of thought cannot be overruled by other beliefs. “You cannot impose upon my consistent and objectively true beliefs your ideas,” he said of criticism that his morality is only founded on the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine.

He also said that the party’s soul could be imperiled by some “loose language” from liberals who could drag the party away with a current of moral relativism.

Fenech Adami said he agreed with the PN executive committee’s official position against divorce, and that there was nothing wrong in giving MPs a free vote and voice to speak as they wished on divorce, as Lawrence Gonzi did for Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, the divorce bill promoter.

“I always said that the electorate will size you up come election time. Every MP will be gauged by the electorate, which will ask if they can trust MPs or not,” Fenech Adami.

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JEKK TOQGHOD KWIET U TAGHLAQ HALQEK, FORSI AKTAR IKOLLOK CANS GHAL GENNA DWARD L-ISKADUT 100%
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Luke Camilleri
B'kuxjenza Nazzjonalista jew kuxjenza socjali?????? Bejn dawn iz-zewg kuxjenzi hemm Ocean jaqsam !
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In International law, the current status fo the Knights of Malta is that of an independent sovereign principality. The Grand Master is recognised as a head of state, wtih a secular rank eqivalent to a prince and an ecclesiastical rank equivalent to a cardinal. In Malta, just like in any other state, the upper grades of the Order- the aristocratic 'Knights'- belong to a powerful , but relatively low profile international network, that often intervenes, overtly or covertly, in the interest of its controlling master in Rome.
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Halluh ha jparla!!!! Forsi jrid jigbor giehu u jaghmel paci M'Alla tal-firda, l-hsara ul-vendikazzjonijiet li ghamel fi zmienu! Il-poplu forsi jinsa Dward imma Alla ma jinsiex!!! Billi tkkwotal-Papa Gwanni Pawlu II m'intix se tirbah il-genna!! Jekk qatt ma fhimt il-frazi "OQBRA MBAJDA" li kien juza Kristu, f'dal-granet fhimtha sew ghax l-oqbra mbajda li hawn f'dan il-pajjiz inkredibbli!
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Jurgen Cachia
Instead of putting him out to pasture they should have put him out of his misery.
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Halliena dwardu il fenek,,,insejt li int kont li bdejt tifred lil poplu malti bi kliemek u ghemilek,,,issa int ma int xejn xlief xih bazwi ma tiswa ghalxejn,,,issa qed tipprova tilghabha tal- qaddis,,,Insejtu zmienek ta tkeskis... gided ecc ecc biex ilhaqt l-ghan tieghek Ghall hafna maltin int tibqa tissemma ghall mibgheda li hawn fost il poplu malti, ghoqod bi kwietek u gawdi il familja !!!! li ghandek.
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"The party grandee reiterated his warnings of Malta taking “the downhill” to secularism, in which he conjured up the fears of abortion and gay marriages as next steps for Malta. “Once you take that route downwards and throw away principles… there’s no stopping it. I have no doubt gay marriages should not be allowed.” So now he's also a homophobe. When a sad end for l'avukat tar-rahal!!
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" Kliem ix xih, insieh"..........hekk kont tejd fiz zmien Mintof........Hallina Dward, ahjar toqoghod tistenna il mewt tigi ghalik bil kwiet.
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Iz-zejt beda tiela f'wicc l-ilma, nies. Qed ghid li Alfred Sant kellhu ragun. L-elezzjoni tghodd mhux ir-referendum.
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l-ahhar kumment fuqhek Dward , tinsiex li inti issa m`inti xejn , u kif jghid il-Malti , hanqa ta` hmar qatt ma telghet is-sema , ikun ahjar ghalik li taghlaq halqek, taqta` figura isbah.
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Meta nara diskors bhal dan minn EFA jiena nghid imma dan il-pampalun ta demokrazija kif jitkellem hekk ? Dan ghaliex meta il-partit laburista kien kontra eu , accetta la darba ghada referendum u anke intilfet l-elezjoni ta 2003. Imma dan le issa qed ighid li membru tal-gvern biex iwaqfu rieda tal-poplu u jivotaw le. Dik ipokrezija?? Fejn hi d -demokrazjia u rieda tal-maggoranza allura??
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Sur Fenech Adami, immisshom ipoggu lillhek fuq it tribunal ta l-annulamenti. ghax nahseb taf sew kif taghddi u iggib l-annulamenti , ta dan hemm il prova ta Uliedek.Ma nafx kif ma tisthix titkellem .imma tibzax ghad trid taghti kont l-alla int ukoll tafx? hemm mhux se tkun bil-pozi u nejk li ghandek, quddiem alla kollha l-istess.
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How can anyone abtaining 3 annnulments for his family object to divorce. hypocrit, hypocrit. You have fallen from very high to the very botom to the pits of Hell. I have been an Nationilist all my like but Because of your interpretation of this referendum I Confirm to one and all that I will be voting Labour, at lease they beleive inn democrecy.
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Fenech Adami who do you think you are telling mps to vote no?You pretend and believe you are above the law?The horrible time when you were the pm is long gone,you are just a fainting voice in the wilderness ,nobody takes any notice of you.How are you copping with your conscience regarding the lies about Alfred Sant?Take a trip , one way ticket out.
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Dr E. Fenech Adami..inti zmienek ghadda u lil Malta tfajtha fi djun kbar. Issa inti xoghol, jekk fadallek zmien, kellem lil Vatican biex jinvalenaw lil Papa u tilhaq inti minn floku wkoll...knisja mahmuga............u mbghad wara ara tinvalenax lil San Pietru ha tilhaq flok Alla wkoll.
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Dr Fenech Adami insejt kemm hambaqt fuq ir-rieda tal-Maggoranza ? jew meta qabel lilek BISS ?
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So, this pathetic old fool is still around! . When is he going to understand that Malta belongs to its people and not the church? Do not worry, if you shut your big mouth no one will miss you 100%.
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Luke Camilleri
Isserrah il-“kuxjenza” ghax jaf , dak li jrid isservi, huwa u uliedu moqdijin bl-Annulamenti! Il-Kuxjenza dejjem u kulimkien Dr. Edward sive Eddie( ta’zmien Zeppi l-Hafi mhux fuq dan ir-referendum biss, imam fuq kif zbankajt pajjiz, il- vjolenza li nsigajt sakhemm htaft il-poter, il-gideb li tigdeb li gew ppruvati fil-qorti ta’ qabel kull elezzjoni , u l-hatriet li tajt lillek innifsekk u il- ta’ madwarek li tefghu il-pajjiz f’abbiss ta’ deficits.! Hallejt pajjiz warjk fqir u sallabt generazzjonijiet future bid decizjonijiet li int hadt fi zmienek! Ma tghidlekk xejn il-kuxjenza jew Int u l-partit tieghu ghandkom KUXJENZI DAQS KEMM GHANDKHOM UCUH???!!
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As I said before , all was and still is visible, many still think that the majority of the maltese people are fools, how wrong you are. I think we all eat our foods with our mouth. These are all tactics, to manouevre, this divorce issue. A person was was PM and than POM, was from the beginning and is even now , trying all to pressure the MPs. So who is in command of the PN? Lawrence Gonzi or EFA? If Lawrence Gonzi, than , I htink he must speak, is this not a direct attack on you? lawrence Gonzi said"the people's will must be respected". EFA said" he hopes MPs block the divorce in parlament". So Mr.PM, I think it's time you must make things clearly, who really commands in the PN, and who really commands the country as a PM. resist or serve.
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Ahjar intfajt tara min ghamel il-bombi fl 80s.... min qatel lil Karen Grech u lil Raymond Caruana forsi........ FORSI..... tmut b'kuxjenza safja!!!! 'fejn huma il-lajburistiiiii????? '....... hawn qedin ikelmuk!!!!
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Ahjar intfajt tara min ghamel il-bombi fl 80s.... min qatel lil Karen Grech u lil Raymond Caruana forsi........ FORSI..... tmut b'kuxjenza safja!!!! 'fejn huma il-lajburistiiiii????? '....... hawn qedin ikelmuk!!!!
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Quote: Fenech Adami, a staunch Catholic who often quotes Pope John Paul II’s Memory and Identity Anke fuq din il-frazi ghandi dubji serji , meta dan is-suppost kattoliku ferventi nstab hati aktar min darba li immalafama , gideb etc etc , u aghar min hekk meta kien bhala prim ministru ta` Malta
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EFA IT LOOK LIKE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB(THAT OF BECAMEING A POPE)PLEASE DO SIT DOWN AND REST.
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Let’s not mince words. What EFA is saying is sedition to the highest order. If the House of Representatives doesn’t represent the people, than what need do we have of the House of Representatives. Revolutions in this world have come into being for much less than this. Even free speech has a limit when you try to undermine the constitution.
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Your Mighty President emeritus Edward Fenech Adami . Do you remember the Christmas family get together dinner that you used to host at your residence ? Have you done it last year ? You didn't have the balls to resolve your children marriage problems and went "baxx baxx" and got them an annulment in an unusual time frame manor,not like the many others that they have to keep waiting for years to receive theirs, and not just once, but twice. You forgot to abide by your conscience to save their marriage their? Your morality, honesty, responsibility, integrity and accountability, as a father, didn't come to your mind there? You and your successor have ruined this country. For most of the families that they have to work both of them, some times they wouldn't have time to see each others, spent some time with their children and so on. The pensioners , the unemployed and the young generation. Why don't you close your mouth and thank God that your days have passed and over not like others abroad , like Mubbarak, Gadaffi and others. Good Sunday to all.
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EFA and ANNULMENTS have become synonumus. Wonder why? Dear EFA, what annulments are to yours, divorce is to the less priviliged than yours. Get it? 2 faces representing 3 failed marriages within one family are more than enough to reflect today's reality which cannot be ignored.
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Man this beast have the balls to keep coming back he do not realise that he did enough damage to this little poor Island just bugger off you stupid cow.
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The PN and the Church has ended up with eggs on their faces.
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@ Homepixxi - Mahna qed nghagglu xejn. Tahsibx li int ahjar minn hadd iehor. Il-kuxjenza ta' membru parlamentari ghandha tkun infurmata MINN principji demokratici, pricipji liberali, pricipji ewropew u MHUX minn kuxjenza kattolika tal-imgienen. Il-poplu Malti wera bic-car li mghandux iktar bzonn ir-religjon kif hi mghallma minn Cremona u Grech. Finito. Idhol patri jew soru jekk trid imma timponix il-kuxjenza tieghek fuq Malta.
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Dan ghadu ma qatax qalbu!! Hallina bi kwietna Dr Fenech Adami. Mhux bizzejjed fridt il-poplu, gdibt bil-provi fuq Alfed Sant u jidher li facli li familtek jirrangaw ghall-annullamneti ekklesjastici? Hallina u ghamlilna pjacir. X'min ghalik int biex tilghabha tal-gwardjan tal-moralita' tal-pajjiz? Dr Fenech Adami, il-moralita tieghek m'hiex il-moralita' tal-maggoranza. Mela issa iskot u oqghod ghar-rieda tal-maggoranza.
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EFA is furious that the Divorce bill is going to pass under the PN government . Well done for all those open minded that voted YES and took no notice of EFA
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namlu gabra ha nihduh sant anglu psaila ghax telaq min mohu.
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Ma ngħmlux mod illi qed jitħajjar jieħu annullament hu sabiex ikun jista' jilħaq Isqof, Kardinal jew Papa hux?
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.ALL political decisions are MORAL decisions. . Equating morality with religion is NOT a good idea, Eddie. Not a good idea at all. . If you want to talk morality, try honesty, responsibility, integrity and accountability. See where that takes you ... . Maybe it's time to close down the curtains on this theorcratic charade.
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Ian George Walker
Just in case people have forgotten, this man who would teach us morals is the same man who gave three presidential pardons (armed robbery, drug-smuggling and attempted murder) to his ex-bodyguard (I almost wrote Bodyguard Emeritus) when it was politically expedient to do so.
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[1} “You cannot impose upon my consistent and objectively true beliefs your ideas,” Ditto EFA ... you cannot impose your ideas upon the way other people conceive their truth. . Mr Fenech Adami your so-called “consistent and objectively true beliefs” only belong to you and your RC cult. A claim to objectivity stems from a diminished understanding of the fact that each and every person holds his or her own truth. Your beliefs stem from a theology which places man as superior to women, to animals, to fish, to insects and EVERYTHING else in the manifest world. Not only is your stance NOT objective but it is inconsistent with the diversity of the realities around you. Supposing ‘man is made in the image of GOD ‘, it does not follow that GOD is made in the image of man let alone man with male reproductive organs. Everything around you (not just man) is a manifestation of the image of God. Even your broken RC catechism says so. It is an idolatrous theology which places the male reproductive organ at its centre and which incorporates this sad theology into the marriage contract. [2] He also said that the party’s soul could be imperiled by some “loose language” from liberals who could drag the party away with a current of moral relativism' . Does the PN have a soul? Or has it already been sold to the ecclesiastical manipulators? I think there’s a confusion of several things, here. Divorce, homosexuality and abortion are part and parcel of the human condition. (a)Homosexuality is a natural state no less than heterosexuality. (b) Divorce legislation is a legal tool which takes place well after separation has taken place. To call it the cause of marital breakdown is incredibly inane. (c) Abortion is a deeply personal matter and is never, ever, done lightly. Men and women who would take such a step find them themselves facing a multiplicity of dilemmas. Did you get rid of the armed forces when you were PM because you’re against killing? . Whilst abortion and broken marital relationships are undesirable, they do happen because we do not live in a perfect world. Homosexuality, on the other hand, is a natural state for some people. It is as desirabe or undesirable as heterosexuality. . The separation and eventual divorce of a previously married couple is part of their personal evolutionary process – what is called ‘moving on’. This is what people who follow the RC cult refuse to do... move on ... grow up, face realities. . The state regulates marriages and is, therefore, obliged to provide a legal tool to assist people who have ended their marriage contract as well. . And what has that got to do with you, I ask? I don’t think what you say can be taken seriously unless it is meant as a profane advertisement for routine Roman Catholic heresies.
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u dan ajjar lil fredu ax qal li rebah ir referendum!!!! hallina edward
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Dward, mhux ahjar tmur tiehu parir minghand zeppi l-hafi dwar din?
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Edwardo,Tkompli tindahal u taqa ghaz zufjett....Sirt Qiesek Il GANNETT U IX-XEWKA ,,,bic-cucati li qed tighd,,,
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I hope the Divorce Bill will not go through. The NP has shown its spots now and has put democracy aside. EFA is still pulling the strings of LG just like DM tried to do to AS. The difference is that AS was stupid to call an election whilst LG is clinging to power like Spider man. The electorate is much wiser now and will know what to do when election time comes round.
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Am sure that EFA has good intentions on his statement, and even if his children obtained annullment, i am sure he is no happy father about that too. again the issue here is not if Divorce will be legalised or not. It will be legalised as that was the reason why the ball was tossed at the Citizens' feet. the issue here is that all Catholics that are entering into marriage need to have their prepartion and responsibiliites intensified. also on a social level, a sound family is based not only on sound values, but on a guarantee of earning your living and the security of sustaining a family in its basic needs. so one has to look into all perspectives of the social stratagem. it is euphoric to preach Utopian philosphy that one has to sustain fortidude, self sacrifice, abstinance and divine providence. but are we allowing such morals to be present also in our authoritative organisation?
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dward spjegalna kif ibnek gab zewg annullamenti, u issa trid iccahhad il-poplu min dak li ivvota b`maggoranza assoluta , zmienek ghadda , issa xjaht ,hallina bi kwietna
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Krista Sullivan
EDDIE FENECH ADAMI GHAMEL PJACIR LILL POPLU MALTI U LILEK INNIFSEK GHALAQ HALQEK U TINDAHALX MA GBAJTX TAGHMEL HSARA IZIEDX AKTAR GHEDEWWA MILLI GHANDEK................ZATAT
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When will Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami realise that he is no longer in a position to dictate what the Maltese people should do or not do with their lives ? He is the last person to give lectures on divorce having seen his own family get THREE ANNULLMENTS which is the Catholic Church's way of getting a divorce !
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Seeing that Edoardo (1965) alias Eddie (1977) alias Edward (2003) alias Eddie (2008) puts morals before democracy, i would like to ask him some questions: 1. You once said you knew who killed Raymond Caruana. Are you ready to speak up now please? There's not much more time left. 2. What happened to the rest of the investigation on the attempted murder of RCC? What happened to the main witness, an Englishman? RCC was your most trusted friend, was he? And he had a lot of power. May i ask if this power was, perhaps, too excessive for your comfort? 3. Do you think it is moral that one of your sons should obtain TWO annulments in the space of some years, and you are denying the right of divorce to others? 4. Do you believe that the Maltese people became more united under your premiership? Now you are clamouring for morality. I voted for the right of divorce. But i would very much be amused if all the PN MPs (except JPO, i presume) vote against it. Then the motion would not pass and it becomes an election issue. So back to the polls in two years' time and let's see what happens. You do know what will happen, EFA, don't you? Gonzi will lose, his leadership be challenged and your son will have the opportunity of contesting the PN leadership. Perhaps a night-time conspiratorial session in Frederick Street Valletta would do the trick this time round, too, 34 years later.
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Forsi qed jghid dawn il-hmerijiet biex forsi jaqa' l-gvern u forsi jkollu cans jilhaq it-tifel? Min jaf?
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Qijed sew dan il president ukoll!!! Ara il-wicc doppju ta bniedem bla sens!! Uliedu ha jhawdu fir-relazzjonijiet u jiehdu l-annullamenti bl-addocc, imma il-poplu ma jistax. Jekk id-divorzju ghadda mir-referendum u ma jaddix mill-parlament, il-gvern suppost jaqa, skond il-kostutuzzjoni. Nahseb gej xi elezzjoni kmieni mela!!
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http://www.vaticanassassins.org/
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Tista' tghidilna ghal liema raguni hadu tlett annulamenti t-tfal tieghek?
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Everyone witnessed where the PN PMs conscience is with this afternoon's vote on the PL's motion about the infamous €500 weekly salary increase. So, please Dr Eddie, don't talk to us about conscience, it's just another buzz word in the PN's dictionary.
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Missier id demokrazija. Meta irrid nidhaq naqra l kummenta ta Eddie Feench Adami li minnm meta sar president sar EDWARD. Forsi issa johrog ghal isqof forsi isir papa
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Il-King tad-demokrazija irid li jarmi rizultat tar-referendum favur id-dhul tal-ligi tad-divorzju fil-landa taz-zibel. Kemm hambaq u ta fuq sidru meta Alfred Sant ta interpretazzjoni differenti mir-rizultat propju tar-referendum dwar l-EU. Dak rispett lejn il maggoranza! Hallina nghixu u kompli gawdi l-penzjoni bil kwiet kif wara kollox jixraqlek.
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hompesch int ilhek fil-qabar iktar minn mitejn sena. Erġa' lura.
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Dr. EFA, defender of democracy, cannot stomach to see you open your mouth and say more foolish things. . Sirt il-BUFFU ta Malta.
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HAFNA MINNKOM QED TGHAGGLU META TARGUMENTAW. GHAL DARBA NAQBEL MA EFA. DAN IR REFERENDUM KIEN DIFFERENTI MINN TA L-EU. HAWNHEKK NAQBEL LI HUWA KAZ TAL MORALI TA DAK LI JKUN. MHUX SEW LI WIEHED JIVVOTA KONTRA L-KUXXENZA F'KULL KAZ AHSEB U ARA FUQ MATERJA BHAD DIVORZJU. GHALDAQSTNAT - JEKK DR GONZI GHANDU L-KUXXENZA IDDEJQU U NIFHEM GHALIEX - BEJN LI MA JIXTIEQX IMUR KONTRA T-TWEMMIN KATTOLIKU TIEGHU, BEJN LI MA JIXTIEQX IMUR KONTRA L-PRINCIPJI TAL PARTIT LI JMEXXI U BEJN LI MA JIXTIEQX IMUR KONTRA R-RIEDA TAL-MAGGORANZA TAL-POPLU LI TKELLEM FIR-REFERENDUM, GHANDU JSERRAH IL-KUXXENZA BILLI JAGHMEL BHAL EFA U JSEJJAH ELEZZJONI BIKRIJA U JWIEGHED LI JEKK JERGA JKUN ELETT PM NA JDAHHALX ID-DIVORZJU. HEKK JEVITA LI JKUN HU LI BHALA PM JDAHHAL ID-DIVORZJU. KIEN HEMM MIN TA HAJTU GHAL TWEMMINU, NISTAQSI JIEN X'FIHA BILLI DR GONZI JIRRISKJA L-POTER GHAL TWEMMINU?
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Eddie never does anything for nothing. If he is speaking in this manner he knows there might be a chance for him to be appointed as a BIshop (after PM and President)....... How sad and pathetic from his calls to respect the will of themajority in the 1980's. I hope that the PN executive are not really mulling replacing Gonzi with Beppe. Nothing personal but the people are so fed up with Fenech Adami's in their lives that it could translate into years and years of opposition.
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This man is behaving like a politician, not a statesman. No surprises! And he had the audacity to criticise Dom Mintoff for being autocratic. The pot calling the kettle black. EFA, Go to hell with all your relatives who got church annulments. Under your watch and your successor's pedophile priests simply got away with it. Yes, you are a great defender of the family.
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EFA keeps pressing the self disctruct button for the PN! Who knows, reforms may come sooner than one expected.
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Dinosawru viljakk, mur lura fi żmien il-ħaġar. Għax ma tgħidilniex kif irnexxilek iġġib thiet annullamenti għal uliedek u lil wieħed minnhom irnexxilek iġġiblu żewġ annullamenti fi żmien tlier snin. Ara veru li wiċċek u fejn ma jarax xemx xorta waħda.
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Ara veru dan il bniedem, jekk ghadek tista ssejahlu bniedem wiccu u il-qiegh ta'fossa tad-dranagg xorta wahda,biex issa qed jissuggerixxi li il-parlament ghandu jimblokka il-ligi tad-divorzju. Daqshekk temmen fid-demokrazijja Dr.Fenech Adami,jew taghmel dak li irrid jien, jew inkella nigi naqa' u nqum min dak li jrid il-poplu? Mhux ahjar tmur tinheba x'imkien fejn ma ddejjaq lill hadd aktar,wara li kont l-aktar mexxej li gibt firda fost il-poplu malti bil-hdura li kellek ghal-laburisti u li dan urejtu matul iz-zmien li int domt Prim Ministru,fejn gejt misjub hati ta' diversi ingustizzji u gideb fost affarijiet ohra. Wara htart lilek innifsek bhala President ta' Malta sabiex tkompli tmexmixha sa l-ahhar naqra. Issa iskot,mur inheba u tkomplix tindahal u tipprova timponi ir-rieda tieghek fuq il-poplu.
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dan lizmagat ghadu sejjer bija, ghalaq halqek ghax tamel figura isbah.
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U għax ma jagħlaqx ħalqu u jmur jindifen l-Imgieret dan? Qażżes kull m'hawn! Ħa jkompli jlablab! Qas jistħi! Mur l'hemm EFA qażżist pajjiż! JA IPOKRITA KORROTT U KRIMINAL!!!
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min naha jaqbadni d-dahq jiena:) tarah personalment miexi ghadhu l-istess mixja:) pero speci ta pozizjoni fadallu biss, ghax kollox spiccalu. taf ghalfejn jitkelmu hell dawn hux , u vera ta. sa mil bidu nett kient li jomblokkaw d-divorzju f'Malta, ghax jafu lil l-polu malta forsi ghadhom jahsbuh gifa??? Ma nemminx li l-maggoranza tal-poplu Maltu ghadhu gifa. Nixtieq nara x`reazzjoni jkun hawn fil-pajjiz jekk il-maggoranza ta MPs jimblokkaw id-divorzju. EFA x'ejn ma hu ghal dejjem, int ilek li skadejt, u anke mizz-zmien ta kwazi skadilek, u min titli li kellek u il-poppa kolla fix-xejn jispccaw. Ghax fl-ahhar trab konna u trab nergaw insiru. Tarak mil-vicin il-vera jaqq . Kemm fadallu biex iqum il-maggoranza tal- poplu Malti-
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Hallina Dr Edddie Fenech Adami INT ma tantx THABBEL rasek fuq il KUXJENZA li ghandek ghax dawk il FLUS li HALLILEK MINTOFF kollha SPARPALJAjTHOM Kif ma tisthiex titkellem kontra id divorzju meta ghandek 3 min uliedek HADU l-ANNULLAMENTIJIET mil knisja u ma nafx REGAWX IZZEWGU hekk SEWWAghallura mela it tfal tieghek SPECJALI ghax ma tmurx THAFFER HOFRA U TINDIFEN GO FIJA Insejt kemm kont tghajru lil Mintoff li kien SMAKA issa INT SMAKAJT Dr Fenech Adami
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Eccelenza...........Jekk ghalik ir referendum kien konsultativ ( jigifieri ma jorbotx )ghalfejn intefqu 4,000,000.00 euros min fuq il poplu sabiex isir ?
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It's unbelievable that an elder statesman should argue the way he does. First, in the case of the EU referendum individuals had no option to remain outside Europe; with the divorce referendum individuals do not have to divorce if they don't want to do so. Second, why hold a referendum if you are only consulting, you simply carry out a survey to find out people's views. Third, there is such as thing as political morality and when two or more individuals agree to do something they have an obligation to keep their promises. Fourth, it is very dangerous in political society to allow individuals to be guided by religious morality and other values. What if I don't approve of the way my government is using public money, does it making it morally right for me not to pay my taxes?
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Dward int qieghed tikkummenta fuq il-kuxjenza , fejn kienet il-kuzjenza tieghek meta f nofs ta lejl ittradejt lil kap tieghek ? , jew meta gdibt fuq A. Sant lejliet l-elezzjoni li anke il-qorti sabitek hati , jekk jghogbok ghamlilna pjacir , issa xjaht u zmienek ghadda , oqghod gawdi il-pensjonijiet kollha li irnexxielek takkwista.
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Paul Sammut
Mhux ahjar jirrakontalna l-hrafa ta`kief mela il-hofra u zvojta il-kaxxa ta` Malta. L-aqwa li hu dejjem jerdgha u jahseb ghall rasu. Veru bniedem bla`morali.
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Tidher li inti moqdi sew Eddie.................minn kull parti tal-koxxa!! Kemm int u, sintendi, ulied!! Min jaf hux se tiktiblek xi 4 paragrafi siehbitek, DCG?! Tiddelitta "tikxef" awwar in-nies habibtek. Tghid ghandha guts tikxef tieghek? Mhux hekk nibqghu tghid? Ghandha aptit!!
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Yes! it was a consultative referendum.......may I suggest to EFA that he advises his successor to call an election now.......so that the matter would be resolved by the electorate? After all even the EU referendum was consultative! .....and was followed by an election immediately which was mainly fought on the EU issue! Isa, advise Gonzi to do the same.......he he!!
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Meta bniedem jibda' jizmaga - emeritus jew mhux - il-gurnali ghandhom joqghodu lura milli jirrapurtawh kull meta jiftah halqu. Kelli l-akbar rispett lejh imma issa jidher li s-senilita' u l-arci-Kristjanezmu tieghu hadu pussess ta' mohhu a skapitu tas-sens komun, tolleranza u d-demokrazija fil-pajjiz.
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Yes! it was a consultative referendum.......may I suggest to EFA that he advises his successor to call an election now.......so that the matter would be resolved by the electorate? After all even the EU referendum was consultative! .....and was followed by an election immediately which was mainly fought on the EU issue! Isa, advise Gonzi to do the same.......he he!!
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What does EFA care about others' problems when members of his family have had them solved by the Church? I cannot understand how, in five years as President of the Republic EFA remained in total hibernation, silent as if we had a dumb President, and now that he is emeritus he has decided to open his mouth. I believe he should now shut up, enjoy his lucrative pension and quietly await what fate has reserved for him.
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PRESIDENT EDWARD FENECH ADAMI SPEAKING ABOUT A CONSCIENCE. A CRUSADER WITH A CONSCIENCE:- (A) THAT FORGOT TO REMIND HIM ABOUT THE BURDEN OF 5 BILLION EUROS OF NATIONAL DEBT HE SADDLED THIS LITTLE ISLAND. (B) THAT FORGOT TO REMIND HIM OF THE 3 ANNULMENTS HIS FAMILY OBTAINED, DECLARING THAT THEIR MARRIAGES NEVER EXISTED AND WERE ABSOLVED OF ANY MARITAL OBLIGATIONS. (C) THAT FORGOT TO REMIND HIM ABOUT MEETINGS AND PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS WITH CONVICTED CRIMINALS. ONE WOULD HOPE THAT NOW HIS CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR, HE WILL ONCE AGAIN REFLECT UPON THE RELIGIOUS ORDER HE IS SO GALLANTLY DEFENDING. President Fenech Adami ! Here is an extract from a book entitled THE CHURCH THAT FORGOT CHRIST by JIMMY BRESLIN. PAGE 229. The main speaker was the Reverend Thomas Doyle who was a canon lawyer at the Vatican embassy in Wahington at the first trial of pedophiles anybody heard in Lafayette Louisiana diocese of the Revenrend Gilbert Gauthe , who started by molesting a 9 year old altar boy and then assaulted at least 36 others.The lafayette diocese paid 20 million dollars to the families. Revenrend Doyle wrote a report saying pedophilia ia a'a lifetime disease with no hope at this point in time for a cure" He called out now,"What we have experienced in our lifetime is a disaster the horror of which is perhaps equaled by the bloodshed of the Inquisition but which certainly makes the Indulgence scam of the reformation pale by comparison. I submit that the sexual abuse has been a symptom of a deeper and much more destructive malady the failure of clericalism. The delusion that the clergy are above the rest , deserving unquestioned privilege and stature, the keepers of our salvation, the guarantors of our favour with the Lord. But the deadliest sympton is the unbridled addiction to power. No policy statements, no widespread purges will come close to repairing the immeasurable damage done to the emotions and souls of the victims and survivors and all those in the neighbourhoods they came from." "WE ALL NEED TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR OWN SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND NOT DEPEND ON A MAGICAL NOTION OF SACRAMENTS AND THE PRIESTS AND BISHOPS WHO ADMINISTER THEM." So President Fenech Adami how does your conscience feel, while defending the undefensible. While the victims in Lafayette Liousiana and their families had some sort of relief and compensations, the victims in Malta abused by this same religious institution that your conscience is defending have so far been totally ignored? Or have you had any review with your conscience about the 250,000 euros spent by this religious order, from the gullible and devoted faithful donations to try and deny this nation to progress in a wordly society that is demanding fairness and accountability?
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EFA believes that Church Annulments are easily obtained..... unfortunately, at best, let us just say he has been mislead BIG TIME!
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Shouldn't he placed in an old people's home?
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Do dinosaurs still have their place in society? Perfectly yes. Mummified in some museums somewhere. If EFA wants to keep the respect that he has earned, he has either understand and accept that this is 2011 and that society has change for good or for bad. Frankly you don't have to look far. Or else keep barking uselessly in the desert and become only an insignificant nuisance.
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Is soltu storja ta EFA...ipokrita bil pedigree!! Mhux ta b'xejn it teledramm malti tad disghajnijiet kien popolari.
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Imma kif Dr. Fenech Adami, l-ex President ma jistax jieqaf jindahla fil-politka, dan kien jghid ghal Mintoff li kien kompla jmexxi l-partit anka wara li kien spicca minn leader, mela inti x'qed taghmel. Qabel fis-60's kien hawn Sir Michael Gonzi l-Arcisqof ta' Malta li kien jindahal hafna fil-politika ta' Malta, issa mur gibu ghadu haj u jara lin-nepputi l-ex President tal-Legion of Mary, illum Prim Ministru jghaddi l-ligi tad-Divorzju. Ajam hej kieku x'jaghmel!!!!!
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Why do I always read the word "annullments" when I try to read "Fenech Adami"? http://bit.ly/k9tRYv
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Once EDDIE FENECH ADAMI believed that all Maltese are equal. So how dare you speak against GAY MARRIAGE? If you really believe in equality, therefore gay marriage is a basic right. You will have to eat your words one day, and that's a promise.
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“I was always said that the electorate will size you up. Every MP will be gauged by the electorate, which will ask if they can trust MPs or not,” Fenech Adami. Exactly ,Ilqat il-musmar fuq rasu! People want to gauge all the MP's who will vote NO or abstain...we the people , will for sure remember them in next election...we will say NO to them too ! AND WE MEAN IT!
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Prosit EFA. Dawn huma l-politiċi ta' stoffa.
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Shut up for once! Where was your moral principle and conscience when you lied about an opposition member of parliament on TV in front of all of Malta. Have you no shame left, or is it that now that you're approaching your judgment day you want to look more saintly than the pope?