It’s time you showed up
We are currently witnessing one of the most tempestuous and turbulent periods in Malta’s recent history, and the manner in which we are responding to it (or not responding to it) is defining our political and economic future for many years to come.
The country is in the throes of a constitutional crisis and administered by a government which is the epitome and personification of blatant, shameless corruption.
Parliament and the institutions are rubber stamps for the whims of a corrupt Prime Minister and his corrupt collaborators.
The police are led by a commissioner who refuses to do his job and to allow his reports to do theirs. Thanks to his failure to fulfill his oath of office, lawlessness and impunity have become the norm.
The attorney general unashamedly goes out of his way to hinder the course of justice.
Magistrates and judges are appointed on the basis of political allegiance and connections. It is impossible for justice to be done and to be seen to be done.
Patronage, clientelism, nepotism and cronyism have become the order of the day.
Freedom of speech and expression are in free fall.
There’s never been a time before when it was so urgent for people to stop believing lies manufactured by politicians rather than indisputable facts.
There’s never been a time before when it was so urgent that people who have the values of justice and integrity at heart stand up to be counted and make their voice heard.
There’s never been a time before when it was so urgent to stop justifying all that is wrong with feeble excuses.
There’s never been a time before when it was so urgent that people stop taking decisions and acting on the basis of tribal politics, personal interests, fear or indifference.
We are fast approaching a time where the only semblance of democracy is an election every five years.
The decimation of democracy, rule of law, and human rights, does not happen in an apocalyptic fashion. It happens unnoticed, while people go about their daily business, oblivious or indifferent to what is going on around them.
Until it’s too late.
It’s time to show up and to make your voice heard.
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