MLP urged to move divorce law now

Although the Prime Minister has publicly promised a vague "discussion on divorce" without giving any time frame on when this should start, Malta still decided to sit on the fence in recent EU meetings on "enhanced-cooperation" about the issue,...

Although the Prime Minister has publicly promised a vague "discussion on divorce" without giving any time frame on when this should start, Malta still decided to sit on the fence in recent EU meetings on "enhanced-cooperation" about the issue, Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Arnold Cassola said yesterday.

As a party, AD believes that adults should be treated as such and, if they so wish, they should have recourse to divorce in our country.

The Nationalist Party is in a state of confusion on the issue with different branches of the party and government ministers contradicting each other, Prof. Cassola added. The Labour Party cannot keep sitting on the fence either: it has the power to immediately propose a divorce Bill in Parliament, he said.

It does not need to wait to be in government to do it. AD will support any such move, Prof. Cassola said.

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