The Divorce Movement said today that once the Nationalist Party had announced that it was drawing up a resolution on the issue of divorce it should also be clear on the issue of cohabitation.

In a statement, the movement noted that according to Austin Gatt, the nationwide discussion was ‘about the family not divorce’.

The movement said it agreed with that.

"It is a fact that with all the best of intentions some marriages break down irreversibly. New relationships are formed. These, too, are families. We assume that the aforementioned resolution, apart from indicating what stand the Nationalist Party is going to take with regards the Divorce Bill, will also indicate what stand it will take with regards to a law regulating co-habitation which is also going to be discussed in Parliament in the coming months .

"Divorce and re-marriage were not mentioned in the PN electoral programme for the last general elections. Cohabitation wasn’t mentioned either. These two forms of relationship are the two options available to couples wishing to form a new relationship after their frst marriage breaks down irrevocably. It’s about the family, not divorce," the movement said.