During the last few days I’m sure that you would have heard more about bdsm, red room of pain, lingerie and an over rated movie than you would have normally heard before. However I’m not going to discuss the subject of under the sheets action. I’m going to focus more on the different shades of red that Joseph Muscat seems to utilize to run our beloved Malta.
Unfortunately local politics for the Labour party have become like illegal fishing, with the only difference being that the fish are a metaphor for votes. As long as they get the vote it doesn’t matter what they get it with.
In the beginning of the legislation we saw a Labour that was turning a dark shade of maroon when Joseph Muscat and his now dethroned henchman Manuel Mallia threatening the irregular immigrants that he’ll push them back to their death. Only for Joseph Muscat to now soften his approach and turning a lighter shade of pink and accepting the fact that humans are humans and they can’t be sent to their death.
It was a known fact that Muscat was flirting with the darkest of red and the lightest of pinks prior to the last general election. He had agreements with the developers and with the NGO’s that protect the environment. He had agreements with the hunters and also with environmentalists. These are only two examples of many more which I’m sure you’ve all heard about. These illicit, polar opposite deals unfortunately upset the balance of peace and ripple effected to many variables.
Politics is the art of balance, the art of balancing two opposite ideas and come out with a win-win situation for all. You can’t promise everything to everyone otherwise you will be held at ransom. Unfortunately the Prime Minister was too shortsighted when he was promising everything to everyone and was only interested in their vote and today we’re suffering those decisions.
The reason why the abolition of spring hunting referendum was first raised was due to some hunter’s behavior (or lack of). These hunters that ignored the rules and continuously shot at anything that flew over the country resulted in the referendum. If we had to go back one step, the reason why these hunters felt above the law was because of the government’s lack of action and lack of control on their mishaps.
It’s evident now that the government didn’t want to take any serious action because Muscat felt that he will upset too many voters thus he had more to lose than to gain. Once again, a decision based on popularity and not on morals. Due to this mismanagement we ended up in a situation where the electorate is being asked to abolition spring hunting. If Muscat knew how to keep the balance, we wouldn’t have ended up in this situation in the first place.
We need politicians that start thinking about the election and start focusing on the issue. Politicians that their goal isn’t to extend their time in office but to make sure that they make the most of their time IN office. I urge Joseph Muscat to stop promising everything to everyone, to stop worrying about the votes but instead start focusing on doing what’s right for our country and what’s morally correct. I trust that the Maltese electorate is wise enough to recognize when a government is being morally correct and come election time they will ensure that the government will have to answer for its actions rather than its words.
Once again, if I had to give one advice to the prime minister it’s this. Keep the balance!
