In response to Martin Spillane (January 12), I would reiterate that the Presidency is not part of the Executive (the government) and, as such, it has no executive (that is, governmental) powers.

As guardian of the Constitution, which specifically states that the Catholic faith is the religion of Malta, the President should, therefore, safeguard such religion.

Nobody suggested that the incumbent President condones or urges secularisation. That is Spillane’s own wrong conclusion.

Unfortunately, Spillane continued to lose the plot completely when he embarked on a personal attack, espousing in the process certain thoughts reminiscent of the dark days of the Mintoffian era. Since the passage of time has not, apparently, enlightened him, I will not enter into any further polemics with him.

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