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Il-Prezz tal-Fuel

Dan l-artiklu ġie ippublikat fil-ħarġa tal-Mument tal-Ħadd 11 ta' Jannar 2015 “Fl-inqas livell minn Mejju 2009 ‘l hawn.” Hekk ni żel il-prezz taż-żejt fil-bidu ta’ din is-sena, hekk kif kompla nieżel kif ilu jagħmel min-nofs is-sena l-oħra. Il-prezz taż-żejt din il-ġimgħa kien qed jilgħab mal-$51-il barmil, inqas min-nofs il-$115-il barmil li kien qed jintalab għaż-żejt f’Ġunju li għadda. L-ironija hija li waqt li l-Ewropa kollha qed tiċċelebra tnaqqis sostanzjali fil-prezz tal-fuels li dan ġab, b’medja ta’ tnaqqis ta’ 32ċ fil-litru, f’Malta lanqas biss indunajna, u qed inħallsu fost l-ogħla rati għal petrol u diesel fl-Ewropa. Ejja għal mument ninsew il-prezzijiet fl-Ewropa, u nħarsu lejn il-prezzijiet tal-fuel f’pajjiżna matul is-snin. F’Ottubru 2009, meta l-prezz taż-żejt kien ogħla mil-lum u kien jilgħab mas-$70-il barmil, f’Malta konna nħallsu €0.96 għal litru diesel u €1.11 għal litru petrol. Illum, li l-prezz taż-żejt hu irħas u qiegħed $51-il barmil, f’Malta

The President's abrogated duty

Due to the highly ceremonial role it occupies, we tend to see the President as simply a figurehead with no functional duties except for fund-raising, and forget that there are a few but very important responsibilities assigned by our Constitution and our Laws on the officeholder. One of which is the leading role the President as Head of State occupies when an abrogative referendum is called by the people. Our Parliament in 1996 included a major civil right by allowing the people themselves to ask for a particular legislation to be put to vote through a referendum, a referendum which bypasses both Parliament and Government and which has the power to abrogate that particular law through a majority vote, given that 50% of the electorate cast a valid vote. The whole point of this right is that it allows the people to take matters into their own hands when they feel that Parliament and Government have not acted according to what they want. The law makes it clear that since polit

Riżoluzzjonijiet għas-sena l-ġdida

And l-artiklu deher fin-Nazzjon tal-Ħamis 1 ta' Jannar 2015 F’dawn iz-zminijiet hafna drabi inharsu lura lejn is-sena li tkun ghadha kemm ghaddiet, u naghmlu evalwazzjoni personali ta’ xi jkun mar tajjeb u xi jkun mar hazing. Fid-dawl ta’ dan imbaghad, hafna minna jaghmlu rizoluzzjonijiet ghas-sena li tkun ha tibda. F’dan l-ispazju ha naghzel tliet rizoluzzjonijiet li nemmen li kulmin hu attiv fil-qafas politiku ta’ pajjizna ghandu jiehu. L-ewwel u qabel kollox, li inkunu onesti. In-nies jistennew li min qed imexxi, min qed jiehu d-decizjonijiet, ikun onest u car maghhom. M’ghandniex niddejqu insejhu dak li hu abjad abjad, u dak li hu iswed iswed. M’ghandniex niddejqu nfahhru dak li jsir tajjeb, u nikkritikaw dak li jsir hazin. Min qieghed imexxi mill-banda l-ohra, ghandu jkun onest fl-istqarrijiet li jaghmel. Ghandu jitratta l-poplu bid-dinjita’ li jisthoqqlu, jaghti raguni ghalfejn l-affarijiet isiru mod u mhux iehor, jispjega ghala jkun qed jiehu d-decizjonijiet li j