Politics

Harvesting the dormant electorate

Although greatly expected, the Labour Movement scored a resounding and overwhelming electoral victory on the 26th of March, a significant historical date that will go down in the annals of Malta’s political history. This notwithstanding, it transpires that there is a...

Dr Mark Said | 24/04/2022

Politics

A youthful recap of 26.03

The 2022 General Election provided us with many firsts. The first time that electronic counting was ever used in a general election. The first time the gender-balance mechanism was introduced into the electoral system. Most notably, the first time youths between the...

Mario Fenech | 20/04/2022

Politics

Nobody expected the Nationalist inquisition

After 12 long days of radio silence, Bernard Grech decided to reappear on the airwaves and boost the morale of Nationalist Party supporters following the recent General Election… Or so I thought. The 25-minute-long interview was given a lot of prominence on...

Adrian Dominic Ellul | 18/04/2022

Politics

[ANALYSIS] How Labour achieved a 9-seat advantage

This is the largest seat advantage since Independence. On Tuesday 12th April, the electoral process was concluded and as a result it was confirmed that the Labour Party had achieved a 9-seat advantage in the House of Representatives. This exceeds by two seats the gap...

theJoural.mt | 18/04/2022

Politics

How to turn the gender balancing mechanism on its head

Few know that many who formed the Nationalist Party in 1926 had been members of the Anti-Reform Party, a party meant to resist legislative changes that were meant to modernise the country. Many others also do not realise that back in the 1940s the Nationalist Party...

theJournal.mt | 16/04/2022

Politics

Partit Nazzjona-… who?

Another year, another legislature which has seen its end, and a promised new chapter for the people of Malta. On Sunday 27th of March, we woke up to the news that the Labour Party had once again managed to achieve another landslide victory and will steer us into the...

theJournal.mt | 11/04/2022

Politics

Deputy leaders: the two unlikely scapegoats

On the day of atonement, the Biblical Jews used to go through a ritual. They would select a pair of kid goats. One of them was sacrificed. The other was designated as the “azazel”, the living scapegoat which was released into the wilderness, taking with it all the...

theJournal.mt | 09/04/2022

Politics

Continuing the renewal, based on what the electorate told us

The celebrations are now over and the country is sobering back into normality after all the hype that elections bring with them. The Prime Minister and his executive team are now sworn in and settling in their roles in order to hit the ground running with one of the...

Brian Scicluna | 06/04/2022

Politics

Silly attempts to redefine the validity of an electoral mandate

The commentariat is visibly irked with the size of Robert Abela’s electoral victory. After having failed miserably in their target of ensuring a smaller gap between Labour and Nationalist parties, these independent writers are all out trying to minimise Labour’s third...

theJournal.mt | 05/04/2022

Politics

And now… let’s party. Or, let’s do the Party

The 2022 general elections are now a thing of the past. The election results, although totally foreseen and anticipated, catapulted yet again the Labour Party into the annals of history. Never before in the history of these islands did the same political party muster...

Massimo J Ellul | 04/04/2022

Politics

The PN needs a lot of soul-searching

Soul-searching often arises from an inquiry, whether it is a broad question around your overall purpose or something more focused, such as a difficult situation you find yourself in. Feeling lost, stuck, or simply uninspired, it can be hard for the Nationalist Party...

Dr Mark Said | 02/04/2022

Politics

Labour’s majority: the strongest since Malta’s Independence

Labour’s majority is the strongest electoral victory since independence. In terms of vote difference, it beats the 2017 victory which was its previous record. The Nationalist Party’s best victory in terms of vote difference was in 1992 but was less than a third of the...

theJournal.mt | 01/04/2022

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