“Divorce legislation should provide a good chance for the first marriage to succeed and not to speed up the procedures for a second marriage to begin.”
Joseph Muscat
“The State is abdicating its role when it came to providing marriage preparation courses, since it had left them in the hands of the Church. There has to be a synergy between the two if we want to strengthen the family”
“Although I am happily married, this did not mean others in a different situation had to bow their heads and accept their predicament; everybody should have a second chance.”
“Claiming that some matters are purely political while others are moral and that, therefore, they merit separate treatment by the legislator, is in my view a travesty of what Parliament is there for”
Alfred Sant
“Bad faith plastered, among others, in the vague arguments of postponement of the divorce Bill, should not be allowed to undermine further the confidence that the people need to have in our institutions, most of all the Constitution and Parliament”
“This can be done under existing parliamentary procedures with due respect for the beliefs and dignity of all sides: those who wish to abstain, vote no, vote yes, on both sides of the party divide,” he writes, stressing that the Prime Minister’s vote, as head of the executive and the person who wanted a referendum is “an unrelated issue”.”
“As much as it is easy for me to impose my decision on my party, I will not do so. I believe in tolerance and thus I believe this decision should be put up to a free vote leaving MPs in the liberty to vote according to their conscience”
