Apology due for attack on single parents

Żminijietna - Voice of the Left agrees with Alternattiva Demokratika and the Labour Party in their condemnation of Finance Minister Tonio Fenech's populist and disparaging discourse with regard to single parents. The Nationalist government should...

Żminijietna - Voice of the Left agrees with Alternattiva Demokratika and the Labour Party in their condemnation of Finance Minister Tonio Fenech's populist and disparaging discourse with regard to single parents. The Nationalist government should apologise for such rhetoric. The government's national report, Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008-2010, identifies single parents as a minority group at risk of poverty.

We believe that, rather than attacking single parents, it would have been more useful if Minister Fenech came out with solutions on how to collect money awarded in fines to various construction companies over VAT payments and income tax.

We appeal also to women's associations and others who work in favour of equality and social justice to condemn the anti-social rhetoric of Mr Fenech.

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