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Lovin Malta Files Historic Case To Declare Propaganda By Political Party Stations Unconstitutional Share: Lovin Malta has officially filed its historic court case to determine whether propaganda on political party TV stations should be declared unconstitutional. The court case argues that a law approved by Parliament in 1991 to permit the stations to open went completely contrary to the demands of the Constitution. A proviso in Article 13 of the Broadcasting Act enables party stations to exist on the premise that they balance each other out, even though Malta’s Constitution, the highest law in the land, clearly states that all broadcast media should be as much as possible impartial. One and Net are the exact opposite of what the Constitution demands, Lovin Malta argues. ....
Lovin Malta has filed constitutional action aimed at annulling a Broadcasting Act provision that allows political party stations to bypass the principle of impartiality. That legislation, introduced in 1991, had been debated in Parliament and amended to allow the broadcasting watchdog to “close an eye” on the manner of operation of party-owned stations, whose sole purpose was to deliver a “partisan message” that essentially could not be impartial, according to the applicants. RELATED STORIES Although in terms of the Constitution, the BA is tasked with ensuring impartiality in matters of political or industrial controversy, or issues relating to current public policy, the proviso to Article 13 of the Broadcasting Act allowed the authority to consider the general output of programmes “together as a whole.” At the time, the government of the day had argued that party-owned transmissions would eventually balance each other out. ....
[ANALYSIS] 365 days of Abela: Leaving a mark in adverse times From his unorthodox way of expanding his talent, to forays in civil liberties, Robert Abela has so far avoided the curse of those overshadowed by larger-than-life predecessors. JAMES DEBONO identifies five traits that suggest the MP is becoming his own man 26 January 2021, 8:53am by James Debono Robert Abela is the third prime minister in Malta’s post-independence history to take the reins of power from a sitting PM – the others having been Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, who took over from Dom Mintoff after the constitutional crisis brought about by the 1981 election result; and Lawrence Gonzi, who took over from Eddie Fenech Adami after EU accession and left the PN deprived of a uniting battle-cry to keep liberals and conservatives together. ....
With elections due in 2022, this year will definitely see intensification in electoral campaigning. But will upping the electoral ante lead to an early election in June? James Debono maps out the Prime Minister’s options. ....
Anthony Manduca pays tribute to some of the prominent Maltese people who died this year. Cardinal Prospero Grech, died on December 30, 2019, aged 94. The Augustinian scholar who became the second cardinal in Maltese history was one of 22 cardinals appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in February 2012. Once described as “possibly the most intelligent man alive” by English priest Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith in an article in the Catholic Herald, Cardinal Grech served as a professor at the Augustine Institute in Rome. In 1970, he co-founded the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum attached to the Lateran University in Rome and served as its president from 1971 to 1979. In 2011, he was appointed a Companion of the National Order of Merit. ....