Nearly one divorce a week granted last year
The public registry last year acknowledged 47 divorces obtained abroad, almost one a week, former Nationalist minister Michael Falzon said yesterday.
In a press conference organised by the pro-divorce movement outside the registry building in Valletta, Mr Falzon said the figure showed that demand for divorce was going up.
Fellow campaigner Labour MP Evarist Bartolo said that by voting yes in the divorce referendum, people would simply be extending a civil right which, when granted abroad, was already recognised in Malta. Right now, he argued, people wishing to get divorced in Malta were being discriminated against.
In its reaction, Moviment Żwieġ bla Divorzju said the “Divorce without Reason” movement was being dishonest by failing to say how many divorces registered locally were between foreign nationals residing in Malta. Neither was it saying that Maltese courts were obliged to recognise court decisions taken overseas, as courts abroad were obliged to recognise Maltese court decisions.
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Mr M Vella***
May 11th 2011, 10:56
People who have money can get divorce in Sicily or the EU: those who can't afford it, have to accept to remain (POGGUTI) all their life.Maltese living in Malta deserve better than this,why two weights and two measures,it's either all or none.Remember unfortunately , None is excluded from these social problems, Don't fool yourself, It can be your kids or your grandchildren who might needed it in the future!
It's time to vote Yes again.
Mr Joe Zammit
May 11th 2011, 10:39
Strictly speaking, divorce does not exist in Malta. What our law says is that our courts can, not always (!) recognize, not divorce (!) but judgments given by foreign courts. So what our law says refers more to judgments of foreign courts regarding the legal status of a person rather than recognizing divorce.
Our law does not recognize all foreign courts, but some of them. That is the role of the Minister of Justice which courts are recognized. Besides, to get a divorce abroad one must be either a resident or domicile. Both residence and domicile are not things that one can get overnight!
Finally I say that two wrongs do not make a right. If divorce is to the detriment of all people, it will remain so both abroad and in our Catholic islands.
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it's already guaranteed!
Ms S Micallef
May 11th 2011, 11:58
Oh look Mr. Joe Zammit is an expert on the law now too.
Mela f'kollox tifhem?
Mr Joe Zammit
May 11th 2011, 09:30
Christ was clear on the evil of adultery and said that, if one divorces his spouse and enters another marriage, one lives in adultery. (Mk 10, 2-12; Mt 19, 2-9). In the first letter to the Corinthians, St Paul says: “Do not be deceived; neither … nor adulterers… will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor.6, 9-10).
Divorce is a grave sin. Par. 1789 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church runs: “One may never do evil so that good may result from it”
On July 13, 1917 the Virgin Mary told the three children of Fatima that “many go to hell on account of the sins of the flesh”. Among the sins of the flesh there is adultery. Padre Pio had regular mystical contacts with God, saints, angels and devils, and used to say that "divorce is a passport to hell".
Divorce leads to hell because it transgresses God’s categorical law on marriage, namely indissolubility. Divorce purports to do what it cannot do, namely to dissolve a valid marriage.
Let no one try to deceive God by planning to live in sin and die in grace. Such a plan will be the devil’s snare. You die as you live!
Ms S Micallef
May 11th 2011, 12:33
Christ was also clear on not judging others
Mr Joe Zammit
May 11th 2011, 09:29
Strictly speaking, divorce does not exist in Malta. What our law says is that our courts can, not always (!) recognize, not divorce (!) but judgments given by foreign courts. So what our law says refers more to judgments of foreign courts regarding the legal status of a person rather than recognizing divorce.
Our law does not recognize all foreign courts, but some of them. That is the role of the Minister of Justice which courts are recognized. Besides, to get a divorce abroad one must be either a resident or domicile. Both residence and domicile are not things that one can get overnight!
Finally I say that two wrongs do not make a right. If divorce is to the detriment of all people, it will remain so both abroad and in our Catholic islands.
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it's already guaranteed!
Mr Joe Borg
May 11th 2011, 12:27
Those campaigning in favour of divorce are unknowingly doing a huge disservice to our society.
Indeed divorce may look fair at first sight, but the experience of other countries shows that divorce makes matters much worse, and in so many aspects. Some might object that separated people still have the right to re-marry. Statistics (and common sense) predict that the MAJORITY of those cohabiting would keep on cohabiting.
Ask the separated (men in particular) you know. Maybe the Yes movement can answer this from their survey, or impact assessment.
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