Tag: Democracy
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Calls for justice and democracy in fight against corruption
This evening’s vigil for truth and justice commemorating 87 months since Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination, was accompanied by a protest against what is seen as threats to democracy. Repubblika’s President, Vicki Ann Cremona, attacked the changes to the law allowing citizens to request a magisterial inquiry brought by Prime Minister Robert Abela and insisted such…
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Watch this BBC Documentary about the erosion of democracy in Tunisia
Kais Saied was elected President of Tunisia of 2019 with the promises of anti-corruption and economic stability but five years later, Kais Saied has built a centralised and authoritarian government with an economy still stagnating and people facing ever more challenges. The European Union has propped up President Kais Saeid with a €100 million deal…
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It is no coincidence that the same people who want Russia to win, also hate democracy and the rule of law
There is a common trait among all of those who want Ukraine to lose and Russia to win with “peace talks” and “negotiations”. They all resent democracy, the rule of law, free speech, and Western values. Their most powerful and inspiring source, Donald Trump didn’t even recognise the result of the last Presidential election and…
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We deserve this
This photo, taken on the 3rd December 2019 by Ben Borg Cardona will forever remain a symbol of one of the most significant political events in Maltese political history: the disowning of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his eventual resignation. It was the only time in Maltese history that a Prime Minister had to resign…
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A group of Bangladeshis in Malta held a protest demanding freedom for Khaleda Zia
Here’s something interesting that the Maltese press didn’t cover. I had to do some crash reading to understand what it was all about since I have zero knowledge of Bangladeshi politics. Last week on the 4th of December, a group of Bangladeshi residents in Malta held a protest in front of the Maltese parliament to…
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The world is as it is and not how we would like it to be
The excessive posturing by Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz as world diplomats demanding peace, dialogue, and constructive engagement with authoritarian powers such as China and Russia at a time when Russia is waging a war in Europe and threatens to nuke us while China threatens to start a war against Taiwan stems from their naivety…
