Tag: Authoritarianism
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Labour is moving ahead with a fascist media law that Robert Abela said he had repealed
Robert Abela pledged to change his proposed fascist media law before presenting it in parliament again, but today, the Minister for Justice, and the previous ONE hack, Jonathan Attard has just presented Labour’s fascist media bill for a second reading in parliament. This means that the bill will now go to a committee stage. Robert…
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Authoritarianism rising
The Justice Minister, Jonathan Attard has just declared in Parliament that if the “Opposition wants to arrest the Prime Minister, they have to go through us, first”. This follows a recent accusation by Robert Abela that the Nationalist Party is engaging in “political terrorism”. I hope that by now, given that the Labour Party is…
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The press reform fraud continues
This is a gentle reminder that the consultation committee appointed by Prime Minister Robert Abela is not an actual consultation committee, consultation with the press is not ongoing, journalists are not being consulted and this process is being shoved down our throats by the Prime Minister to enforce an authoritarian law of his making which…
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RIP Labour Party
The term of the European Commission ends next year and nation-states are already negotiating behind closed doors on their nominees. Robert Abela’s nominee is Chris Fearne. It is not clear whether Fearne accepted the nomination or is being forced to accept it. Fearne’s original intention was to stay the whole course of this term and…
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No, she didn’t
There are many things that the press can trivialise for the sake of views and clicks, but trivialising Malta’s road to authoritarianism shouldn’t be it, especially when this trivialisation comes from the press itself. Lovin Malta ran an article misquoting the young PN MP, Eve Borg Bonnello over her speech in parliament where she clearly…
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Kremlin-style behaviour by the Prime Minister
At the end of the year, Robert Abela made a very inconspicuous political stunt that fits perfectly well in the Kremlin’s book of authoritarianism through political deception. At the end of 2022, Robert Abela visited the monument to Karin Grech, the young girl murdered by a letter bomb in 1977, and called for “peace and…
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Authoritarianism loading
The first major reform that Robert Abela attempted to do last year when he got elected was a direct attack on the press. He failed to get his authoritarian reforms passed after all of the independent press rejected the proposed reform. So far, Robert’s plan to divide the press has also failed although he will…
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An authoritarian in the making
Malta’s 2022 was characterised by the general election and Robert Abela’s first election victory as the Labour Party’s leader. If you would have asked me whether Robert Abela would ever have become the leader of the Labour Party in 2017 I would have told you that you were mad, but clearly, Joseph Muscat had other…
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Only the government is moderate – everyone else is an extremist
We remember very well how Joseph Muscat and his friends, including his asinine and vacuous consultant, Robert Abela used to accuse Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil of extremism for his fight against corruption. Well, today, Robert Abela doesn’t have any regrets about accusing others of “extremism” when Joseph Muscat went to historical extremes with corruption and…
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How the Labour Party is turning far-right
It doesn’t take a great effort to notice the authoritarian characteristics of the government when the government itself unashamedly and willing practices authoritarianism. Soon after Robert Abela won the general election earlier this year, he said he would govern in a humble manner, address the concerns of those who are mostly aggrieved by the government,…
