Contrasting reflections on the road to the divorce referendum (3)

The following news has been leaked to the press: the Nationalist Party executive has decided the divorce referendum will be held in midsummer. This is the period when a substantial amount of the Maltese population is abroad and never (apart from the...

The following news has been leaked to the press: the Nationalist Party executive has decided the divorce referendum will be held in midsummer.

This is the period when a substantial amount of the Maltese population is abroad and never (apart from the 1998 exceptional election caused by the Dom Mintoff-Alfred Sant showdown) have political consultations been held in this period in the past 47 years since Independence.

Is this a carefully planned ploy to ensure the divorce referendum obtains a negative result?

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