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Arnold Cassola, Alternattiva Demokratika sokesperson on EU and international affairs, stated: “It is a good thing that finally the EU is acting on the blatant discrimination inherent in Maltese electoral laws and their application. AD had brought up the issue with the electoral commission of all the EU residents in Malta who had been struck off the electoral register. Even the EU Parliament representative in Malta did so. But the Electoral Commission, which is nominated 50 per cent by PN and 50 per cent by PL refused to do anything for three whole weeks.”
“The EU Commissioner should investigate the two party stronghold on institutions in our country as well as the servilism of the electoral commission, which only took action and obeyed immediately after it was ordered to do so within 72 hours by the Prime Minister. This is not the way democracy works in the EU,” concluded Prof. Cassola.
Michael Briguglio, Alternattiva Demokratika Chairperson, added: “AD congratulates the private citizens who took the trouble of raising the issue with the EU. The blatant discrimination carried in Malta against voters is unacceptable. We at AD will always be there to ensure that democracy is really at work in our country.”
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