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Maltese living abroad should vote in embassies - AD
Alternattiva Demokratika says Maltese living abroad should be given opportunity to vote at embassies instead of flying to Malta.
10 January 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
Alternattiva Demokratika reiterated its call for Maltese living abroad to have the right to vote in embassies instead of coming to Malta. Notwithstanding the various amendments to electoral legislation, the Nationalist and Labour parties never agreed on the matter.
According to the AD's spokesman on international affairs Arnold Cassola, statements made by the Prime Minister that it was the Opposition that never agreed to such amendments, "are symptomatic to a democratic stagnation within a two-party system".
"It is a basic right of every Maltese to vote. Maltese living abroad should be given a reasonable amount of time, for example until 15 February, to register at their nearest Maltese Embassy or Consulate," Cassola said.
He said that these persons could cast their vote at their nearest embassies over a span of three days in early March, in the presence of official delegated Maltese diplomats stationed in the embassy.
"This would give ample time for the ballot boxes to be flown over to Malta for the counting," Cassola said.
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SUR AD WHAT ABOUT THE MALTESE IN SOUTH AFRICA...WE HAVE 500 VOTES HERE...THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE NOT DECIDED WHO TO GIVE THEM TOO .... PIERRE GAFFIERO 243861M
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The headline says it all. It is common sense. Stop this ridiculous circus of flying people to Malta to vote. Why have PN and PL been dragging their feet on this?
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Elections in Malta are decided on the slimmest number of votes, it would be tragic if the absolute majority living in Malta end up with a government they did not vote for.
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Briguglio qed jghid dan minkejja li jaf li dan zgur ma jistax isir f'din l-elezzjoni, ghax tkun trid issir emenda fil-ligi elettorali . U l-parlament maghluq !
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It should be noted that there are actually a lot of discrepancies here and, it is NOT CLEAR who is entitled to vote or not. ... It is said that for the 2008 election some 3,800 Maltese were flown to Malta to enable them to vote. ... Why are some Maltese citizens working or studying abroad allowed to vote and others not??? ... I know some Maltese living abroad for just 5 years who are not allowed to vote whereas others living abroad for 30 years and are still voting in Malta! ... What is the criteria, apart from having a Maltese passport, allowing a Maltese citizen to vote??? ... The PM as usual is cryptic (apart from blaming the PL), saying only that those 'allowed' vote should be able to vote in an Embassy, whereas AD is saying that 'ALL' Maltese should be allowed to vote! ... Who can shed some authority on this matter??? I would wish for some journalists to take this matter up and find some proper facts please! Thank you in advance!
