Tag: Annual general conference
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Prime Minister Robert Abela says energy and electricity subsidies to continue
Prime Minister Robert Abela has took the podium at the Labour Party Annual General Conference just right after Moviment Graffitti activists camped outside parliament ahead of yesterday’s protest against the government’s proposed planning reform. In his speech, the Prime Minister announced that energy and electricity subsidies will continue for the upcoming year. Energy and electricity…
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Labour Party President calls on party dissidents to return
Earlier today during the Labour Party’s Annual General Conference, the Labour Party President Alex Sciberras called on Jennifer Tabone and party dissidents to return to the party. He said that the Labour Party still upholds its fundamental values and that the party is still the natural home to all of those who have left. Jennifer…
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Alex Agius Saliba gives a divisive speech at the Labour Party Annual General Conference: more resignations within Labour
Yesterday, at the Labour Party’s Annual General Conference, Deputy Party Leader, Alex Agius Saliba, gave a very divisive speech, spending most of his discourse attacking the Opposition. After attacking the Nationalist Party, Alex Agius Saliba began referring to the environmental groups currently opposing Labour’s proposed planning bills without making a distinction from the former. He…
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Deputy-Prime Minister says military neutrality but with a disclaimer: security
In his closing speech at the Labour Party’s Annual General Conference, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ian Borg, stated that the Labour government is actively “upholding and strengthening Malta’s military neutrality while also ensuring Malta’s security”. He made the statement as an example to important and national issues which are actively being…
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Alex Agius Saliba congratulates the new Labour Party mayor of Għargħur
At the end of the Labour Party’s Annual General Conference, the Labour Party Deputy Party Leader, Alex Agius Saliba, congratulated Mariah Meli for becoming mayor of Għargħur despite garnering a minority of the votes. The Labour Party is clearly supporting this undemocratic anomaly and is effectively imposing a mayor on a locality which its residents…
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The Labour Party to introduce a Code of Ethics for its delegates and members: Premier pledges higher pensions and children’s allowances
The Labour Party has just concluded its Annual General Conference in which it passed several amendments to its Statute. There were many amendments, but three amendments are mostly significantly. You can watch the final day of the conference with the closing speeches here. This year’s Labour Party conference was more focused on internal party matters…
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Celebrating a century of Maltese language standardisation: The legacy of ‘Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija’
A landmark moment in Maltese linguistic history has been celebrated this Saturday with a conference marking the centenary of ‘Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija’. This pivotal 1924 publication by the ‘Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti’ (now ‘L-Akkademja tal-Malti’) laid the foundation for the standardisation of the Maltese language, transforming it from a sidelined dialect to an official language.…
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Chris Cardona was invited to the Labour Party Annual General Conference by Prime Minister Robert Abela
Many were those who have asked questions on Chris Cardona’s presence at the Labour Party’s Annual General Conference. Chris Cardona was actually invited to the Conference by Prime Minister Robert Abela. Why was he there? What are his plans? What does he intend to do? Is he making a comeback in politics? That won’t be…
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Alex Agius Saliba’s plans to elect his allies in the Labour Party’s executive have been foiled
Alex Agius Saliba campaigned for Norma Saliba to be elected as President of the Labour Party executive. He also campaigned for Georvin Bugeja to be elected as International Secretary. Both of them failed to get elected. Meanwhile, Alex Agius Saliba is already enjoying some fringe benefits as Deputy-Leader of the Labour Party. Here’s his car…
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Supreme Leader Robert Abela invokes some authoritarianism as he says that “There is a small clique spreading hate”
Whom was he referring to exactly? I’m sure that most of his Labour Party delegates interpreted him as referring to critics of the Labour Party and not to actual instigators of hate and violence like Neville Gafa. If he wanted to refer to Neville Gafa, he should have said so explicitly. Instead, he is too…
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Rosianne Cutajar attends the Labour Party Annual General Conference
It’s quite strange to see the disgraced Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar at the Labour Party Annual General Conference. She is supposedly no longer a Labour Party delegate since she was kicked out from Labour’s parliamentary group. In addition, the Labour Party does not intend to accept her nomination as an election candidate either, so this…
