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Gender parity: the deal – Ranier Fsadni


A miserly democracy is a miserable one; robust democracies cost money. A representative democracy is living a lie if half its population only features as 15 per cent of its House of Representatives.
I like the aim of the gender parity bill, passed last week, and I’m unbothered by its expense. It introduces a mechanism that kicks into effect at the next general election. It’s expected to add a dozen women MPs (six Labour, six Nationalist) above the 65 MPs elected according to the usual procedure.
But I don’t think we’re being given the underlying story straight.
Ramona Attard, the president of the Labour Party, says that, had the bill not passed, we would have seen a repeat – in terms of women elected to parliament – of the 2017 general election. But the total proportion of women MPs is not the whole story of that election. ....

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Clint Camilleri urges caution over expected Gozo influx during carnival

Gozo minister Clint Camilleri on Tuesday urged all those planning to travel to Gozo for carnival to abide by health authority guidelines. 
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