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By
Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
A
few weeks have passed since the Labour Party published the reports it
commissioned about the Treaty that establishes a Constitution for Europe.
In these few weeks, instead of things being cleared up, they became more
confounded.
From my side, I do not have any intention to confound.
It interests me to be clear and to be clearly understood.
That
is why I am again going to explain how I think about this issue.
On 29 October 2004, in Rome, the Maltese Prime Minister signed the “Treaty
that establishes a Constitution for Europe”.
Later
on this year, the Maltese Parliament is going to be asked to ratify the Treaty
that establishes a Constitution for Europe.
If the 25 European Union member countries ratify the Treaty that establishes a
Constitution for Europe, the European Union will be established and would have
its own Constitution, according to that Treaty signed on 29 October 2004, in
Rome.
The subject of the Treaty of Rome of 29 October 2004 is the Constitution of the
new European Union that is going to be established according to that
Constitution.
The Maltese Parliament is going to be asked to discuss that subject, and it is that subject that the Labour Party is discussing to decide how the parliamentary Opposition should act about that Treaty that establishes a Constitution for Europe, that is, whether it should vote in its favour, or against it, or abstain about it.
I have always insisted that the Labour Oposition should not vote in favour of the Treaty that establishes a Constitution for Europe.
I
am explaining why it should not vote in favour and why it should abstain (and
therefore it is not going to vote against).
It is a known fact that the Nationalist Members of Parliament are going to vote
in favour of the motion of ratification.
With
their 35 votes, the Maltese Parliament would be ensuring that it is going to
ratify the Treaty that establishes a Constitution for Europe.
If the Labour Opposition abstains, a qualified majority in Parliament will not
be achieved, which has to be two thirds (2/3) of all the Members of Parliament
who vote in favour.
If the ratification is not made by a majority, no one can argue that the
ratification of the Treaty that establishes a Constitution for Europe prevails
over those articles of the Constitution of Malta that can only be changed by
two-thirds (2/3) or more of all the Members of Parliament that vote for their
changes.
Among
those articles of the Constitution of Malta that can only be changed by a two
thirds majority or more is Article 6 that states that the Constitution of Malta
is supreme and prevails on all laws in Malta.
As long as Article 6 of the Constitution of Malta is not considered as having
been overcome by the ratification by qualified majority of the Treaty that
establishes a Constitution for Europe (that can for convenience be called
“European Constitution”), any law that the European Union can make that will
be inconsistent with the Constitution of Malta will be useless and with no
effect in Malta.
For
the Constitution of Malta to remain supreme over any law that can be made by the
European Union, it is therefore essential that the Labour Opposition abstains
and not come to an agreement with the Government to vote in favour of the motion
for ratification presented by the Nationalist Government.
Apart from the question of the supremacy of the Constitution of Malta on the
laws of the European Union, there are many other reasons why the Labour
Opposition should abstain about the European Constitution. I shall discuss these
reasons later on.
Tuesday
3 May 2005
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