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Breach of the Constitution – CNI
The Chairperson of the Campaign for National Independence, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici this morning organized a press conference during which he explained how the Maltese Government was breaching the Constitution with its decision to become a member in the PfP.
Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici said that the British High Commissioner said that with this decision the Government will be participating fully in the European Defence and Security Policy.
Dr
Mifsud Bonnici also insisted that from the United States Embassy in Malta, it
was said that it welcomes Malta’s decision to become a member in NATO’s PfP
and that it is to start taking part in the Euro Atlantic Partnership Council.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said that it is not true that this is participation in some
issue of training and salvage, but is participation in a military alliance, so
much so that one of the purposes is the military protection of the European
Union.
He emphasized that,
"what the Government was doing goes against the Constitution of Malta. This is because the PfP is a military alliance. The Government declaration that this is not a military alliance is false.”
He distributed to the present journalists a copy of the part of the Constitution of Malta that states that Malta is an active neutral country and that our country should not take part in any military alliance.
Is
this not an opportunity for AFM training ?
To this question Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici said that,
“yes
this is true. But training in what? Training will be in fighting and modern
armaments. These are things that we do not need and should not touch. Even our
Constitution tells us so”.
The
people did not express themselves on the PfP
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici insisted that the Maltese peole did not express themselves on the PfP and said that according to what was stated by the Government itself, Malta found itself shackled by the European Union because it was not a PfP member.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said that because Malta was not a PfP member, there were documents that Malta did not have a right to see.
He insisted that these documents there were matters concerned with foreign policy, where for Malta to see certain documents it had to be bound to be a member of this military alliance.
The CNI Chairperson said that today the Government does not enjoy the support of the absolute majority of the people but it is now deciding to breach the Constitution of Malta.
He emphasized that a Government that breaches the Maltese Constitution will be an illegitimate Government.
“This
is very grave and we think that what has been done, if it was not done with
pressure from the European Union, was done with its blessing. That is why the
European Union is to blame in all this. This step is a threat for the protection
of our country”, said Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici.
But
Switzerland is neutral and is in the PfP
On this question, Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici explained without any hesitation.
“Our neutrality concept is explained in our Constitution. Switzerland is a neutral country but it does not have this written in its Constitution. Apart from this our Constitution speaks about active neutrality, while Switzerland has passive neutrality. I reiterate that the Government's decision to apply for PfP membership is an arbitrary decision, illegitimate and anti-constitutional”,
said Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici.
Can
the Government be challenged in Court?
The CNI Chairperson spoke about whether the Government can be challenged in Court about its decision to become a PfP member.
He said that,
“this
is a definitive and dubious issue. The article on Malta’s neutrality is found
in a part of the Constitution which is not included in the section where a
remedy can be requested. Therefore the whole point is if someone files a case,
this can be contested in the sense that there was no basis for the case.”
Can
the soldiers challenge the Government?
Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici also spoke about the soldiers who can be ordered go and take part in PfP operations against their will.
He said that,
“Here
we have individuals that are directly concerned and have personal interest. They
can try to contest that it is against the Constitution to take part in a PfP
operation. To file legal procedures about this, there should be someone who has
personal interest”.
Asked by l-Orizzont about how North African countries like Libya will look at Malta with its application for PfP membership, he said that,
“here we are speaking about what appears and what does not appear. Publicly and openly these countries are not going to say that they do not agree with some line taken by Malta. But internally and not in public they are certain to react.”
He
said that he hoped that the Mediterranean Union proposed by France will reduce
the damage caused by Malta’s participation in the PfP where relations with
neighbouring African countries are concerned.
Wednesday 26 March, 2008
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