Tag: Opposition
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Turkish riot police storm CHP headquarters as Erdogan’s crackdown on opposition escalates
Turkish riot police yesterday stormed the headquarters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, the CHP, in Ankara, using tear gas and rubber bullets to remove supporters and officials loyal to ousted party leader Özgür Özel. The police intervention followed a court ruling that annulled the CHP’s 2023 leadership congress, which had brought Özel to…
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Alex Borg disavows dissent and reiterates he is doing “a positive campaign”
Yesterday, Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg reiterated his mantra that he wants to conduct “a positive campaign”, emphasising that he wants to avoid delving into issues of corruption and organised crime, which have become major issues in Maltese politics since Joseph Muscat’s time in government. During the election campaign, he also skirted away from questions…
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Prime Minister to bulldoze with Chief Justice nomination in Parliament despite no support by the Opposition
Interviewed earlier today by Net News, Prime Minister Robert Abela confirmed that he will be pushing ahead with a parliamentary motion, nominating Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera for Chief Justice. The Prime Minister is pushing ahead with the nomination despite no support by the Opposition: the appointment needs a two-thirds majority support of Members of Parliament.…
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A political party affair
Following his inauguration as Leader of the Opposition, Alex Borg has accepted the Prime Minister’s offer to hold his first meeting with him as Opposition Leader at the Labour Party’s Headquarters. In turn, Alex Borg also invited the Prime Minister to the Nationalist Party’s HQ. How appropriate. Politics with the new Opposition Leader has kicked…
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Adrian Delia continues to evolve into an Opposition politician
Adrian Delia has entered into his Opposition-politician arc after years of conflict with his own colleagues and journalists. I am following this development with great interest as Adrian Delia hones his political skills. This is the way an Opposition politician should react: by going on the offensive instead of remaining a sitting duck while squabbling…
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Syrians in Malta won’t be repatriated
Answering to a parliamentary question by Opposition MP Beppe Fenech Adami, Prime Minister Robert Abela said that Syrians in Malta with asylum status won’t be forcefully repatriated to Syria. The Prime Minister also reiterated that the government is in principle against giving financial incentives for foreigners to leave. The Prime Minister said the government does…
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Malta receives 100 diesel buses instead of promised electric fleet after government withdraws EU funds
Malta received 100 new diesel buses, short of a 2023 government promise to introduce the same number of electric buses for public transportation. The shift away from electrification is attributed to the Government’s withdrawal from a previously committed pool of EU funds designated for sustainable transport initiatives. According to opposition transport spokespersons, the move has…
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Bernard Grech to stay on as Nationalist Party Leader
Bernard Grech has reiterated that he will be staying on as Leader of the Nationalist Party following claims by Prime Minister Robert Abela that the Nationalist Party could potentially change its leader before the next general election in 2027. The Opposition Leader reaffirmed his position in responses to various journalists who questioned him on the…
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More Supreme Leader talk by the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Robert Abela is threatening the Nationalist Party with a snap election in case they change their party leader. The premier is saying that he would do this to ensure the stability of parliament, but the Labour Party has a seven-seat majority over the Opposition which out of 67 MPs is basically 55.22% of…
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“Discussing” Karol Aquilina while the world is on fire
The Labour government is currently making a mockery of parliament and democracy by insisting on focusing its parliamentary debates on censoring Karol Aquilina. You can read the motion here. Labour MPs spent the rest of the evening speaking to each other and attacking the Opposition after the Opposition left Parliament. The Labour government is monopolising…
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Condemnations, condemnations and the disruption of Parliament by Labour
While Europe is engaged in one of its most important debates since the end of the Cold War, our Prime Minister and the Labour Party MPs were very busy this week issuing more condemnations and disrupting Parliament. These condemnations have reached a point that there is now confusion in Parliament with the Speaker, Anġlu Farrugia,…
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More on the collapsing Opposition
Fortunately, the Opposition and the Nationalist Party are holding a protest in Valletta later today, making this article seem less bleak than it reads. Opposition and PN MP Claudette Buttigieg was singing the praises for Labour MP Carmelo Abela, yesterday, apparently for winning a libel case against Jason Azzopardi. She even said that the imbecile…
