Divorce: PL says PM going back on his promises
Pullicino Orlando disappointed by PN decision
UPDATED - The Labour Party said this afternoon that the prime minister had gone back on his promise to let the people decide on divorce through a referendum.
In a statement, the party noted that up to a few weeks ago, Dr Gonzi had said that since no party in Parliament had a mandate on divorce, the people should express themselves on the issue.
Now Dr Gonzi was doing what he could to deny the people the opportunity to express themselves on this sensitive issue.
To further contradict himself, Dr Gonzi had said he would vote against the Bill on divorce in parliament, while wanting the people to believe that he wanted a referendum.
The PL noted that the Leader of the Opposition had been consistent, saying even before his appointment that he was in favour of responsible divorce and that any attempt at legislation on divorce should be backed by the popular mandate (hence he proposed to submit to the election before moving such a Bill). He had also said that MPs and the people should be able to vote according to their conscience.
PULLICINO ORLANDO DISAPPOINTED
Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando this afternoon expressed disappointment that the Nationalist Party had imposed a double hurdle for the introduction of divorce and the right to a referendum had been limited.
Speaking after the party executive committee decided that approval of a divorce bill in parliament would be subject to a referendum, Dr Pullicino Orlando said his disappointment lay in the fact that the people would be consulted only if MPs said 'yes' to the Bill.
The prime minister had consistently said that this issue was too important to be decided only by the MPs, Dr Pullicino Orlando said. But now MPs could say no, in which case the people could not say yes.
As a Nationalist MP, he felt the party would suffer if the people were now denied that right.
His personal view, Dr Pullicino Orlando said, was that if the referendum was held before the debate and the people said 'no' he would have respected their wishes and he would therefore have abstained.
With reference to the possibility pointed out by Dr Gonzi that divorce could still be introduced through a 'yes' vote in the House and without a referendum (if the relevant clause for the holding of a referendum is not approved) Dr Pullicino Orlando said one would have to be politically mad to deny the people the possibility of a referendum at that stage.
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No for Gonzi PN
Jun 5th 2011, 17:00
@Joe Zammit ... it is truly sad Sir that you have such a warped view of religion. Also the way you mash it up into an Iran type mullah deduction between state and government. THIS medieval concoction is the actual problem and not divorce.
Joe Zammit
Feb 14th 2011, 12:00
Divorce is a great social evil, condemned by Christ. It was evil yesterday, it is also today and it will remain so until the end of time.
No MP can vote in favour of divorce. To divorce is evil and condemned by God. God unites a couple in marriage for ever and no one, no State has the right to dissolve their marriage.
Divorce is a grave sin. Helping anyone to divorce is equally a grave sin. Voting in parliament in favour of divorce is grave sin that separates that MP from God and puts him on the way to hell. Divorce pleases only the devil and his followers.
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it's already guaranteed!
Joe Zammit
Feb 13th 2011, 16:31
A simple argument:
The end does not justify the means.
Divorce is evil condemned by God.
Therefore, no end can justify divorce.
Par. 1789 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
“… One may never do evil so that good may result from it; …”
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it's already guaranteed!
Joe Zammit
Feb 13th 2011, 16:28
Par. 2384 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
“Divorce is a grave offence against the natural law. It claims to break the contract, to which the spouses freely consented, to live with each other till death.
Divorce does injury to the covenant of salvation, of which sacramental marriage is the sign. Contracting a new union, even if it is recognized by civil law, adds to the gravity of the rupture: the remarried spouse is then in a situation of public and permanent adultery:
If a husband, separated from his wife, approaches another woman, he is an adulterer because he makes that woman commit adultery, and the woman who lives with him is an adulteress, because she has drawn another's husband to herself.”
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it's already guaranteed!
Joe Zammit
Feb 13th 2011, 08:53
Divorce is a step backward. Progressive people back the indissolubility of marriage. Divorce is a negative step. Progressive people back the indissolubility of marriage. Divorce is a big injustice. Progressive people back the indissolubility of marriage which is justice according to the word given in the celebration of marriage. Divorce is to the detriment of all people. Progressive people back the indissolubility of marriage which good for one and all. Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it's already guaranteed!
saviour falzon
Feb 13th 2011, 07:33
well, a referendum is always good, so the people will make their choice, like showing their opinion! BUT, a referendum is not enough, because you have many people, who don't know what does divorce law means! how can they know, when many people don't know the difference between a TRUNK and a TREE? So it must be introduced immediatley, because its a fundamental human right! I say this to those who oppose the divorce law," don't be afraid of a divorce law, you should not be since you have a strong relationship, and your man or wife loves you". i cannot understand why all this fear about just a law! "you think that your man or your woman, will leave you because of such LAW?". Incredible but true- it's only in the mind, just an emotion of fear! don't listen to the catholic church, the church only wants to decieve you, control you, laugh and smile to you , like a puppet just open your eyes of the malice and manipulating of the church. don't be afraid of GHOSTS! you are free to choose on your own will!live your life happily free or be controlled. RESIST OR SERVE!
saviour falzon
Feb 13th 2011, 06:33
Separation breaks the marriage. Marriage can be created again through divorce. In Malta this is not allowed. [...] It is a baffling and hypocritical situation, which is forcing people to live together without marrying. [...] If your marriage does not work the first time, you are relegated to second-class citizen status where you can never marry again [...] Now, if the Church does not want to allow divorce, that is its right. But why is the government mirroring the Church? [1] And now the scandal over the abuse of children by priests seems to have widened the discontent. The Church, says that it has received 84 allegations of abuse involving 45 Maltese priests, and that's just within the last 11 years [2] Yet the criminal court case brought by a group of former residents of a Catholic orphanage has been dragging on for 7 years, with all evidence being given behind closed doors. The strain weighs heavily on the orphans and they fear, as well, that if it drags on for much longer some of the elderly priests could escape judgment altogether. [3]
George Cremona
Feb 13th 2011, 00:35
JPO is having what he worked for, what he had sown, what he deserves. He worked for divorce and is being divorced by the party which he troubled so much since the general election, had sown dragon's teeth and is being bitten by the same teeth. He is being cornered by the same party he tried to corner and betray through his mischievous deeds, through his disloyalty. Does he or anyone of his ilk pretend the PN to discard its fundamental principles to accomodate his capricious pretensions? Does he pretend to be bigger than the Party? Does he pretend to dictate what the Party should do or decide? What about his democratic credentials? He is proving to all that he has none. He is proving that he is a bad loser. Perhaps in the coming days we shall see him crying for the second time on TV!!! Who knows? Wait and see.
Paul Montalto
Feb 12th 2011, 20:48
Fluff off Joe, you and your "guaranteed victory™ " and all !!
saviour falzon
Feb 13th 2011, 06:31
In a nutshell this concordat says that the Catholic Church sets the rules for marriage and that the state agrees. Even so, in accordance with Article 4.2 marriage partners must sign away their right to get the divorce that in Malta doesn't even exist! Presumably that's to bind people if civil divorce is ever introduced, or if they're thinking of getting divorced abroad. Agreement between the Apostolic Seat [Holy See] and the Republic of Malta on the Recognition of Civil Effects of Canonical Marriage and on the Judgments of Ecclesiastical Authorities and Tribunals Concerning the Marriage Bond Maltese Concordat on Marriage Signed: 3 February 1993 Published in Acta Apostolicae Sedis 89 (1997), pp. 679-694. This microstate off the coast of Sicily may well have more concordats per head than any other country in the world. During the pontificate of John Paul II alone, it acquired 8 more. Its history explains this close connection with the Catholic Church.
Ivan Scicluna
Feb 12th 2011, 19:42
We have now a new record-breaker as Mr. U-Turns. Never before our Prime Minister has showed he is so weak, a politician that can make a turn of 360 degrees in a few weeks time, first promising a referendum and then subjecting the same referendum to an approval from Parliament beforehand. We have a prime minister continuously succumbing to pressures, this time coming straight from the Church and its organisations. It seems the PN is back to the 60's succumbing to the church, as it did when the Church took over the party and imposed the mortal sin.
Jesmond Farrugia
Feb 13th 2011, 00:37
The Prime Minister and indeed most of the ecclesial authorities in Malta seem to be really behind the times. John Paul II's 1995 encyclical Orientale Lumen and more recently the Ravenna Statement of 2007 make for a much less rigid interpretation of the contentious issues that have divided and broken the Easter community for a 1,000 years. Honestly, some people never learn.
Joe Zammit
Feb 12th 2011, 19:15
The great majority of PN supporters are against divorce.
The great majority of PL supporters are against divorce.
The great majority of Maltese and Gozitans are against divorce.
All these majorities are positive people: in favour of the indissolubility of marriage.
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it's already guaranteed!
Jesmond Farrugia
Feb 12th 2011, 22:36
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27
Robert Gatt
Feb 12th 2011, 22:40
Can you tell us which statistics are you basic your claims on? I am against divorce myself, but I completely disagree with your approach. There is no battle between good and evil. That battle is only in your head! Christianity is based on understanding one's neighbour, not on battles!
Joe Zammit
Feb 13th 2011, 09:41
Read the first book of the Bible: after creation it starts with the battle between God and the devil.
Read the last book of the Bible: it refers to the battle between God and the devil that will continue until the end of time.
Let us be with God in this battle by denying ourselves, pray and do God's will, for our victory is already guaranteed.
God does not want divorce; the devil wants it. It's up to us with whom we want to side. A sure victory for us with God, a sure horrible loss for those siding with the devil.
Joe Zammit
Feb 12th 2011, 19:13
JPO only faithfulness to your marriage can bring you satisfaction. Divorce, of course, will bring you disappointment. Divorce will disappoint all people.
Wilfred Camilleri
Feb 12th 2011, 19:04
JPO should not be disappointed. He knew that this would be the outcome of his cowboy tactics. The PL has been consistent in sitting on the fence and not taking a stance oin this issue one way or the other. They just go depending on which way the wind is blowing. Their new logo is very appropriate - blowing in the wind!
carmel callus
Feb 12th 2011, 19:01
The PL's statement is northing but a load of hypocricy. The PL has so far not taken a stand on the divorce issue and it is only playing with words. The fact that Joseph Muscat declared himself in favour of divorce does not mean that the PN is in favour ...or against. Give us a break, and instead of criticising the PN, declare, as a Party, your stand. Tridu dejjem tinghogbu m'Alla u max-xitan!
Victor Farrugia
Feb 12th 2011, 18:47
Il-Memebri Parlamentari qegħdin hemm għaliex tajniehom il-madnat biex jirrappreżentawna, b'hekk m'hemmx għalfejn referendum.
Aħjar flok ninħlew fuq dawn l-affarijiet naraw bis-serjeta' kif se nsaħħu l-familji tagħna!!
Jesmond Farrugia
Feb 12th 2011, 18:28
Like many, I am against the introduction of divorce though this gives me absolutely no right to impose that will on others.
I find it reprehensible that such misapplied theology should continue to weigh in to the divorce argument.
Consider:
1. Labour will almost certainly introduce divorce legislation when in power (making all this quite a waste of energy).
2. Matthew Ch. 19 makes it plain that God through the facility of divine judgment, is the true arbiter of marriage.
3. The Church of Rome must continue ridding herself of her own demons before she can be effective in destroying evil in the world.
J.Tonna
Feb 12th 2011, 18:27
Since every law should be approved by the majority of the MP's in Parliament, would'nt it be money spent in vain if a referendum is held but the Law in favour of divorce is not approved in Parliament? In my opinion the PM did the right choice.
Marco Cremona
Feb 12th 2011, 18:21
I was not in favour of having a refendum decide whether we should introduce divorce in this country because I do not want our politicians to abdicate their responsibilities every time they are forced to take a tough decision that will cost them a significant number of votes.
But the PN's disgusting tactics are making me think twice.
If the PM had said that this was a matter to be decided in Parliament, like all other laws, I would have rested my case. But for the PM to FIRST promise a referendum, and then retract that promise and say that there will only be a referendum IF AND ONLY IF the draft law passes through Parliament is certainly not on.
It is clear that the population has again been taken for a ride. With these tactics the PN stands to not only lose the votes of those who are pro-divorce (a minority or a majority?) but also those who are divorce-neutral but can see through these slimy tactics.
Alas, our politicians' credibility continues to free-fall with each passing day.
J. Schembri
Feb 12th 2011, 17:59
JPO and Varist proposed a law which if parliament voted for , would have become law without a referendum. In other words referendum was not included in the drafted bill, version three.
No one better than Dr Gonzi can be in a better position to interpret our parliamentary procedures; he was Speaker of the house for nine whole years.
It seems that not even some established journalists can see that before there is a call for a referendum it has to be processed through parliament.If it weren’t so the opposition would have called for scores of referenda along the years our parliament has existed.
I would say that in the first reading this private member’s bill would be nipped in the bud by a simple call for a division by any MP.
ASpiteri
Feb 12th 2011, 17:42
this is actually a golden opportunity for Labour if the PM decides to call no referendum for divorce.
all they need to do is to promise introduction of divorce once they are in government and they can enjoy the liberals' votes that for these last 30years where happy voting for PN!
Franco Farrugia
Feb 12th 2011, 17:38
The PL, or rather, Joseph Muscat, have no right to speak about 'broken promises'.
Muscat, once, promised us all an 'earthquake'.
And where is this 'earthquake'?
I, for one, am still holding on to the walls to expect this 'earthquake' of his.
In other words, all our politicians are one and the same! And that is why this country is in the mess it is now.
A. Tabone
Feb 12th 2011, 17:37
This can be a massive coup for Dr. Muscat if he plays his cards well. As Dr. Gonzi is imposing his own views and his own beliefs on the country Dr. Muscat should, even against his better instincts, call the prime minister's bluff and use the Opposition Whip to force his MPs to vote both in favour of the proposed bill as well as in favour of a Referendum.
Personally I believe referenda on these issues are irrelevant, and it should be the MPs who pass minority right legislation.
a.micallef
Feb 12th 2011, 17:35
Sur Prim Ministru int u l-partit tieghek ippreswadha lil Maltin jivvutaw IVA ghal Ewropa.
Dan sabiex il-Maltin igawdu mill-istess drittijiet ugwali bhal tac - cittadini Ewropej, u
illum int u il-partit tieghek qieghed iccadhdu dawn lil Maltin l-istess drittijiet. JEKK
IL-POPLU MALTI JCEDI GHAL DIN L-ARROGANZA, ALLURA DAN IL PAJJIZ SER
JERGA JINTEFA GHAZ-ZMIEN TAS-SITTINIJIET LI KONNHA HLIEFNA LI MA
JERGAX JIGRI. Ghandha ripetizzjoni tal-istorja GONZI U GONZI.
J. Borg
Feb 12th 2011, 17:27
Divorce was not mentioned in neither the PN's nor PL's electorate programes, therefore this issue should have never been debated. Several people did not vote for JPO to give him the power to do all his utmost to introduce divorce in Malta. The two main parties should tell us their views in their respectives Electorate Program and then the people will decide which party and candidate they vote for.
Marriage is FOREVER. In order to avoid broken marriages everyone should be very well prepared for a healthy marriage.
A. Vassallo
Feb 12th 2011, 17:21
"A big majority of the members of the PN executive committee voted in favour of a motion moved by PN General Secretary Paul Borg Olivier declaring the party's position against the introduction of divorce."
The PN's official position has now been made public for all to know where it stands.
Will the PL go public and officially declare if it is Pro- Divorce or Anti-Divorce?
Or is the PL afarid to lose votes whichever way it's official position on divorce would be? Most probably this is the dilemma in which Joseph Muscat found himself in. PL please decide. The people want to know now.
john borg
Feb 12th 2011, 17:19
The Labour party and Joseph Muscat are constantly accusing Lawrence Gonzi of breaking his promises. Is Joseph Muscat aware that in marriage, couples declare before God that they will unite for better or for worse, etc etc? But maybe such promises, made before God, mean nothing for Joseph Muscat as he wants to introduce legislation to break them.
David Caruana
Feb 12th 2011, 22:59
john borg, we are talking about CIVIL MARRIAGE - bound by the STATE and not by any god!
Paul Buhagiar
Feb 12th 2011, 17:10
Prime Minister I strongly support JPO suggestion that the people have a right to be heard on such a delicate issue like divorce. Leaving such a decision entirely to the Parlamentarians is a highly short sighted decision to say the least. Consultation on such matter by the whole electorate is a yes vote to the value of family institution at large. I also strongly agree with Mr Mugliett suggestion for a positive message towards the family rather than stating a negative message against divorce.
J. J. Borg
Feb 12th 2011, 17:03
I don't know if the PM is going back on his promise or not (although politicians tend to do that often) but this issue should never be decided in a referendum. Let parliament legislate for divorce. Do not let the majority override the rights of a minority - if indeed there is only a minority in favour of divorce.
Dr Francis Saliba
Feb 12th 2011, 16:55
Proposed headline:
ACCORDING TO THE TIMES POLL
THE VAST MAJORITY OF POLLSTERS
ARE DISAPPONTED WITH PULLICINO ORLANDO'S STANCE
j gatt
Feb 12th 2011, 18:30
Do you think this is some kind of football game Dottore? Even minorities have rights you know, and a vote. These may be substantial in number Dottore, there are people out there who are suffering. Let them try to find a happy meduim and rebuild their lives,
Well done JPO, you have set the ball rolling and many individuals support you.
The victory (...oops...) will be yours and others, eventually.
MBorg
Feb 12th 2011, 18:32
Well said. The proposal of this bill by JPO took everybody by surprise. Why rush into something which will change Malta forever ?
Many who are in favour of divorce want it because of personal gain . They are blind to the fact that divorce creats more problems than it solves. We shold be proud that in Malta most of us still believe in marriage.
denis pace
Feb 12th 2011, 19:25
The PN has NO mandate to put forward a bill or hold a referendum on Divorce...........They can do so in the next legislature...not this one.
Even less so....JPO
David Caruana
Feb 12th 2011, 22:54
Dott, a POLLSTER conducts the poll, so his/her opinion is highly irrelevant. You might be interested in the opinion of those who have been interviewed for the POLL, not the pollster.
P.S. We are disappointed at your writing skills
tony fava
Feb 12th 2011, 16:53
QED TARA JPO. ILI NGHIDLEK BIEX IDDABBAR RASEK IL--FUQ MINN GIMGHA, ANZI INT QIEGHED FIL-PARLAMENT U TAF KEMM GONZIPN MHUX RELIABLE. TAF KEMM WIEGHED U MA ZAMMX KELMTU U SAHANSITRA GHAMEL IL-MAQLUB. VERA TRID TKUN GHAMA BIEX MA TARAX IL-FATTI. ARA GHAZ-ZIEDA TA' 500/600 EURO FIL-GIMGHA, GONZI PN MA SABX DIFFIKOLTAJIET. QABAD U ZIED LILHU NNIFSU DIK IZ-ZIEDA FENOMENALI WARA DAHAR KULHADD U LILL-POPLU TAH LOQMA. MINBARRA HEKK SUR JPO MA TARAX LI GONZIPN MHUX SE JEHODA KONTRA BIG DADDY IL-KNISJA U JITLEF SKOSS VOTI GARANTITI. X'JAQA U JQUM MINNEK, U MILL- MOVIMENT GHAD-DIVORZU U KULL MIN QED JBATI GHAX GHANDU IL-FAMILJA MKISSRA U SE JKOLLU JIBQA HEKK SA L-AHHAR TA' HAJTU.
John Micallef
Feb 12th 2011, 16:51
Ma ntikx tort habib tkun dizapuntat!!
Specjalement meta tara li- moviment iva, lanqas biss isemmi l-anulament bhala soluzjoni. Tghid ghax fil- verita jafu bir-rebus li hemm?? Coe qed jghidu hekk, ghax ghall grazzja t'Alla iz-zwieg taghom mexa sew sa issa, pero mhux l-istess ghal hafna ohrajn. In a way narah pjutost egoist min jahsiba hekk!!
Din hi l-ahhar min sensila ta provi, kemm il-PN bhala partit hu maqtugh mic- cittacdin.
Nahseb fuq li qed jigri f'din il-legislatura, il- votanati ha jarawhom il- manifesti eletorali qabel jitfghu il- vot taghom.
m vella
Feb 12th 2011, 16:50
Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando ,you are in the right,without divorce one has got to cohabit so a vote for divorce is a vote for marriage.
VICTOR VELLA
Feb 12th 2011, 16:43
PULLICINO ORLANDO DISAPPOINTED BY PN DECISION. THE BIG LAUGH OF THE CENTURUY.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
M. Fenech
Feb 12th 2011, 16:36
Soon we will start to see how much voice the people in Malta have!! I remember clearly in the 1980's, when the PN used to make those mass meetings to increase the pressure on the then MLP government. They used to tell us about freedom of speech and the rights of every individual human being!!!!!!! Gone are those days. Of course when it comes to deal with something in which the church is involved, we are very sure what stand the PN always take. They can do everything from behind in parliament, to avoid the referendum, but I'm sure that the PN will get the message clear in the next general elections, just like what happened to the MLP in 1987!!!! DIVORCE is a right to each and every individual and no party is bigger than the people!!!!!
Joseph M. Meli
Feb 12th 2011, 16:26
Jeffrey FREE Malta is behind you !!!
Joe Zammit
Feb 12th 2011, 16:26
The right to an abrogative referendum is always there.
wayne criggs
Feb 12th 2011, 16:25
Dear separated couples, ex-husbands, ex-wives,
please take note who is taking a stand in your favour and those who don't care about you. Please take note who are those in the PN who care about your every day life problems, which you will keep on facing for the rest of your lives, and who doesn't.
It is about time that Mr L. Gonzi and Mr A. Gatt give way to other more energetic, more progressive politicians, who care about the well-being of the people. The PN has a number of very good MPs... but not a good leadership.
What a pity that such a successful party that the Nationalist Party was, had to end up giving its back to suffering people, and just trying to take political advantage on the PL, instead of caring for the people who are really in need.
PN - please show us you still care and that you are in still in touch with people.
Mr Gonzi, you're still in time.
D. Galea
Feb 12th 2011, 17:37
Skont dak li qiegħed tgħid int il-pn mhux responsabbli u mhux iħoss għal dawk li għandhom diffikultajiet fir-relazzjoni għax ħareġ kontra d-divorzju.
Il-PN (seta kien min kien) iħoss għal dawn in-nies imma hu mhux dawn in-nies biss għandu. Kull Partit irid jaħseb fis-socjeta' maltija kollha.
Mela nkisser il-bqija tas-socjeta għax hawn koppji bi problema. Nibza ghas-soċjeta filwaqt li nghin lil dawn il-koppji.
Angus Black
Feb 12th 2011, 19:26
According to your comments it appears that you doubt the PN and PM's support for families including those with broken marriages. As if the LP's solution of being consistently undecided is a solution! By not taking a position but rather waiting until the result of a referendum is like having the cake and eating it too. No way Jose'.
The "more progressive and energetic politicians" you write about are the same ones who cannot decide which side of the issue they espouse and who in their hayday trampled on each and every citizen's most fundamental rights.
Energetic? Sixty going on seventy? Progressive, my foot!
Joe Zammit
Feb 12th 2011, 16:23
There is absolutely no compassion in divorce. Promoting divorce is promoting evil for the detriment of all people. What is harmful to all people is not compassion. Christ knows more than all of us what is good for us: he commanded us never to resort to divorce.
1. Divorce is a great injustice against God.
2. Divorce is a great injustice against the family
3. Divorce is a great injustice against the children
4. Divorce is a great injustice against society
5. Divorce is a great injustice against the spouses themselves.
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it’s already guaranteed!
m. borg(slm)
Feb 12th 2011, 17:30
What is cohabitation then in your opinion.?
gonziPN is more inclined towards cohabitation, at least it has been formulating legislature in that regard.
Reuben David Spiteri
Feb 13th 2011, 03:33
Mr Joe Zammit,
while I agree with you and I don't want divorce to be introduced, only a fool would think we already have a 'guaranteed win'. From what I've seen there are a lot of people who want it for their own reasons. Some are blinded that it's a right, others need it to get one underway as soon as (if) it lands.
This is not a holy war, this is an ignorance and selfishness issue, and I won't even start talking about the repercussions on the children...
Please choose the reason of your report below: