Hekk progressiv?

PROGRESSIV U MODERN IFISSER LI JKOLLOK IL-BAJD TGHID LI MISSIER CYRUS ENGERER MA GHANDUX JITRESSAQ IL-QORTI.

Il-Kap ta’ l-Opozizzjoni jitkaza kif illejkjat li Cyrus Engerer se jitressaq il-Qorti. U jrid investigazzjoni. Ipokrezija ghax l-istess One TV  f’kazijiet ohra gabu stejjer ta’ nies li kienu ghadhom l-anqas tressqu l-Qorti. Anzi naf nies li saru jafu li se jitressqu l-Qorti mill-One TV. U gabuhom bir-ritratti b’kollox fuq it-tv qabel ma biss tressqu.

Ipokrezija ghax kieku Cyrus Engerer kien kontra d-divorzju u kien ghadu mal-Partit Nazzjonalista bhalissa qed issir xalata bih u b’missieru fuq ONE TV.

Ipokrezija ghax l-istess ONE TV qed jikser l-etika kontinwament meta jgib ismijiet ta’ nies li jitressqu l-Qorti u jkunu ghadhom akkuzati u ma nstabux hatja. Skont l-etika li suppost jimxi biha il-ONE, u jiena hawn naf  sew x'qed nghid, dawn l-ismijiet suppost ma jidhrux ta’ l-anqas sakemm il-persuna ma tkunx instabet hatja.

Kieku hawn Malta inhaddnu il-politika gusta li HADD ma jisemma sakemm jinstab hati kieku la l-istorja tal-missier u lanqas ta’ l-iben ma kienet tissemma.

Progressiv  u modern tfisser li jkollok il-bajd  tghid li persuni vittmi tad-drogi ma ghandhomx jittressqu l-Qorti u jispiccaw il-Habs. Kif kellu l-kuragg jghid il-President ta’ Malta George Abela. Kif kellu l-kuragg jghid qablu l-President Guido Demarco. Dak tfisser li tkun progressiv u modern u mela li fl-2011 tkun favur id-divorzju.

Progressiv tfisser li jkollok kurragg tipproponi li storja bhal ta' Cyrus Engerer taqa jekk min irraporta qed jaghmilha cara li ma jridtx ikompliha. Din, m'ghandiex dubbju kienet storja ta ugiegh bejn koppja. Sakemm il-vittma, f’dan il-kaz l-ex mahbub ta’ Cyrus kien qed jinsisti mal-pulizija li jkompli bil-kaz, nifhimha izda issa li dawn regghu hbieb u dik issa storja tal-passat, ghala jergghu jaqilghuha? Ghala trid tibqa ghaddejja qisha is-socjeta trid tiehu l-bicca taghha meta is-socjeta ma gralha xejn f’dan il-kaz?

Naf. Se tghiduli din ex uffccio. Hekk tghid il-ligi. Imma skuzi il-ligijiet min jaghmilhom? Min jipproponihom? Ghalfejn qeghdin hemm il-partiti politici? Il-PN u l-MLP u l-Alternattiva ghandu jkollhom il-bajd li jipproponu tibdil fil-ligi.

Censura

“NIGGILEDU L-ARGUEMNTI IMMA MHUX LIL XULXIN”

Ic-censura ma niflahiex. Din li xi hadd jigi jghidli x nista u ma nistax nara ittini gewwa wisq. U bhat-tfal naghmel jien, kif jghiduli li haga ma nistax naraha, iktar nithajjar, jekk xejn biex nara ghala mhux ihalluni naraha.

Imma dan ma jfissirx li jien u haddiehor nistghu naraw jew niktbu dak li jfettlilna f isem il-liberta ta’ l-espressjoni. Il-kummenti li qrajt illum f’gazzetti li ntqalu fuq l Internet dwar Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando u Jesmond Mughliette mhux accettabbli. Oxxenitajiet li jmissna nisthu li biss xi hadd jahsbihom ahseb u ara li jiktibhom. L-istess jista jinghad ghal  kummenti li saru fuq Cyrus Engerer. F’gieh Alla nistghhu ma naqblux, nistghu inkunu agressivi fl-argumenti izda li nheddu, li nwegghu lil persuni, lil familji taghhom, dik le.

F’Xarabank kellna persuna li ghax iccajtat bil-Papa fuq l Internet spiccat wehlet il-habs. Issa hdejn il-kummenti li qrajt f’dawn l ahhar gimghat, il kummenti fuq il-Papa kienu frivoli. Alura ma nistax nifhem kif il-Puliziija ma tiehux passi biex dawn jiefqu. Ma naqbilx li nies bhal dawn jispiccaw il-habs izda naqbel li jitwaqfqu u li jinghataw l-attenzzjoni biex jgharfu ir-rabbja li ghandhom tbaqbaq go fihom.

Jien ma nafx jekk il-persuni pubblici li semmejt hawn fuq ghamlux rapport lil Pulizija. Imma anke jekk ma ghamlux, dawn il-kummenti u theddid huma pubblici, u ma narax ghala ma jittiehdux passi dwarhom. Biex jiefqu. Ma nahsibx li l-Papa mar jaghmel rapport l-ghassa tal-Furjana biex iz-zaghzugh spicca wehel il-habs….

Cyrus Engerer simbolu ta' progressiv

CYRUS ENGERER jitlaq minn partit li l-Kap tieghu jivvota kontra d-divorzju u jinghaqad ma’ partit li l-kap tieghu ma jaqbilx maz-zwieg bejn l-omosseswali u ma jaccetax li koppji gays jaddotaw it-tfal.

Cyrus Enegerer  huwa telfa ghall-PN. Kont tkellimt fit-tul mieghu u sibtu bhala persuna intelligenti,  sinciera, u jbaqbaq biex ma jhallix lid-dinja kif hallewha ta’ qablu. Fejn jidhlu dritijiet civili naqbel ma’ Cyrus kwazi f’kollox. Cyrus telfa ghall-PN ghax il-PN ma jistax jghix u jibqa’ l-Partit tal-bidla jekk jibqa’ jitlef persuni validi bhal Cyrus.

Li ma nistax nifhem hu kif Cyrus Engerer hassu skomdu f’partit li l-Kap tieghu jivvota kontra d-divorzju u jhossu komdu f’partit li l-kap tieghu jiddikjara li:

a. Ma jaqbilx maz-zwieg bejn l-omosseswali;

b. Ma jaqbilx li l-gays ikunu jistghu jaddotaw it-tfal.

Dawn dikjarazzjonijiet progressivi? 

Ma tistax tkun favur id-divorzju, tiftahar li int liberali u progressiv u tkun kontra iz-zwieg bejn l-omosseswali. L-argument tal-kap tal-Opozizzjoni huwa li z-zwieg ghandu jibqa’ bejn ragel u mara. Ghala? Mela sewwa, biex indahhlu d-divorzju ghazilna li nbiddlu l-kuncett taz-zwieg u ma jibqax ghal dejjem.  Allura kif mhux lesti nkomplu nbiddlu l-kuncett taz-zwieg u nghidu li z-zwieg ma jibqax bejn mara u ragel, izda jsir bejn zewg persuni li jinhabbu?

U m’intix liberali jekk tghid li fil-ligi tal-koabitazzjoni se naraw li jkollhom id-drittijiet civili. Dan ghal gays bhal Cyrus Engerer huwa insult. U bir-ragun.

Lill-persuni li ma rnexxiex l-ewwel zwieg taghhom m’ghidnielhomx ha noffrulkom civil partnership  jew se nirrangawlkom bil-ligi tal-koabitazzjoni. Ghidnilhom, u bir-ragun, intom ghandkom id-dritt li tergghu tizzewgu. U li jekk ikun hemm bzonn  tizzewgu t-tieni u t-tielet u r-raba darba.  Allura bl-istess argument ghala lill-koppji gay m’aniex lesti li intuhom imqar l-ewwel cans li jizzewgu?

Li tghid li l-koppji gays m’ghandhomx jithallew jaddotaw it-tfal huwa insult ikbar. Ghaliex ma jistghux jaddotaw tfal?  Jien naf tfal li trabbew minn  koppji gays. Huma tfal li trabbew b’imhabba u b’ghozza kbira. Uhud minnhom kibru, huma etrosesswali , u illum qeghdin f’pozizzjonijiet ta’ rispett. Huwa il-paroli li l-gays m’ghandhomx jaddotaw it-tfal li jaghmel hsara lil dawn l-istess tfal. Huma dawn l-istess tfal li hekk kif jisimghu diskors bhal dan jibdew jistaqsu jekk huma hux suppost ghandhom problema. U hemm tinbet il-problema.

Li tkun progressiv ifisser li tinsisti fil-Parlament biex fl-iskejjel, minn eta’ zghira, it-tfal jibdew jitghallmu li l-imhabba mhux bilfors tkun bejn mara u ragel imma anke bejn zewgt irgiel jew zewg nisa. Li fl-iskejjel jinbiddlu l-kotba u fihom jinkludu stampi u stejjer ta’  koppji gay, persuni transesswali etc. B’hekk it-tfal jifhmu li hemm orjentazzjonijiet sesswali differenti. Biex hekk meta jhossu gibdiet differenti minn ta’ shabhom ma jghaddux minn trawmi bla bzonn.

L-idea li inti progressiv ghax favur id-divorzju tifqani bid-dahk. Evarist Bartolo mhux progressiv ghax ressaq il-ligi tad-divorzju. Dik kienet tkun progressiva kieku ghamilha 15-il sena ilu. Evarist Bartolo huwa progressiv ghax qed jipproponi ligi dwar il-persuni transesswali li tbiddel radikalment il-mod kif ikunu trattati f’pajjizna. Hija ligi li bil-pozizzjoni tal-mexxej tal-PL dwar il-gays, ghandha ssib rezistenza qawwija ghax hija radikali wisq.

Nittama li Cyrus Engerer ma jkunx biss simbolu komdu fil-vetrina ta’ Partit li, almenu sa issa, il-libsa ta’ progressiv ma tigihx, ma tixraqlux u mhux lest jippruvaha jekk is-surveys jibqghu jiddettawlu li tal-gays ghadha mhix ‘popolari’ bhal tad-divorzju. 

Mary Fenech Adami

I had the honour of working closely with Mary Fenech Adami during various editions of L-Istrina (the annual marathon TV charity show).

I clearly remember travelling with her to the United Kingdom to visit a number of sick Maltese people at various hospitals. Some time before the first visit, she asked if there were patients who were not permanently hospitalised but nonetheless had to stay abroad for treatment. She told me: “Joe, if there are Maltese living in homes in the UK while awaiting treatment, we should visit them as well. All of them could have been one of my children.” And that’s exactly what she did. We travelled to the UK and on her insistence we visited all the homes where Maltese patients were living. I cannot forget a particular person who was residing in the UK awaiting a transplant. He lived quite far away from where we were staying but she insisted we should visit him, notwithstanding anything. And that is what we did.

While travelling in the UK, we did our best to keep expenses at a minimum not to burden L-Istrina with unnecessary costs. While in London, she insisted we go to a supermarket to buy bread, ham, cheese and disposable cutlery. It was a scene to remember: Mrs Fenech Adami sitting on a bench in the centre of London, making sandwiches for us to eat. When I saw passers-by looking at us, I said to myself: “They would never believe that she is Malta’s First Lady!”

Joe Saliba used to recount how, at the beginning of his times at the Nationalist Party, he was assigned the task of escorting her behind the stage at the end of each mass meeting, so that she and her husband could be taken to the next activity. As many of you might know, Eddie Fenech Adami is very punctual. However Mr Saliba remembers it was virtually impossible to manage to take her away from the people. She used to stop and chat with everyone. She had a special secret. She listened, absorbed and became part of the pain and happiness of the people.

She was not a simple woman but, rather, a woman who lived simply. One day we were filming at their home and at the end of the filming she asked us to stay for lunch.

At that time, Dr Fenech Adami was Prime Minister. I was impressed listening to her, throughout the meal, recounting to all of us her experiences with the people. She was telling her husband details such as who had recently died, births in families and things the people were complaining about or praising while at the greengrocer. It was then that I realised that she was the voice of the people.

Without even knowing, in her we, the people of Malta, had an unelected representative who was our voice with her husband, the leader of the country.

She was really and truly the president of the Kitchen Cabinet of Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami.

While working with her on L-Istrina, I could see the pain of the people who were suffering written all over her eyes and heart. Her love was unconditional.

Sometimes I really wanted to hug her to let her know how much I appreciated the positive values she was transmitting. However, I was too shy to do so. Notwithstanding this, through her I learnt not to shy away from portraying the values of solidarity, which were the basis of her daily life.

Il-gazzetta li tikxef sorm kulhadd spiccat b’sorma barra

Kieku gimgha biss ilu xi hadd kien jghid, imqar minn taht l-ilsien, li n-‘News of The World’ se taghlaq, kienu jghidu li ghandu bzonn kura immedjata. Ma titwemminx. Wahda mill-iktar gazzetti popolari fid-dinja, il-gazetta li kienet tikxef sorm kulhadd, issa spiccat b’sorma barra quddiem id-dinja kollha u se jkollha taghlaq. Qed jinghad li din il-gazzetta kienet tissemma telefonati ta’ personalitajiet, ta’ politici, ta’ persuni involuti fi tragedji u anke ta’ qraba ta’ persuni li tilfu hajjithom fil-gwerra.

Illum hafna qed imorru lura u jiflu l-istejjer tan-‘News of the World’ u jintebhu li l-istejjer il-kbar, uhud verament personali, kienu gejjin minn recordings bil-mohbi ta’ telefonati tan-nies. Invazjoni totali fil-hajja privata li wasslet lin-‘News of the World’ biex taghlaq. Gazzetta li ilha ghaddejja 168 sena se taghlaq f’jumejn. Minn din l-istorja, ahna l-gurnalisti ghadna xi lezzjoni jew tnejn x’nitghallmu…

Kbar kemm nahsbu li ahna kbar, popolari kemm nahsbu li ahna popolari, nikxfu kemm nikxfu srum, fl-ahhar se ssib lil xi hadd li jikxiflek sormok. Allura l-qziez zejjed, id-dandin bil-poter li jaf jecitana bhala gurnalisti ghandu jkollu l-limitu tal-etika.

Veru li ahna fil-media ghadna certu poter imma finalment l-ikbar poter jibqa’ f’idejn in-nies. U mn’alla. Ghax ahna l-gurnalisti ma vvutalna u m’ghazilna hadd. Ghazilna lilna infusna u kkomunikajna. Imma l-poter tan-nies jibqa’ ikbar minn taghna, nahsbu x’nahsbu. La n-nies iddecidew li jibbojkotjaw lin-‘News of the World’, min jirreklama kellu jirtira r-reklami kollha, u l-gazzetta kellha taghlaq.

Sewwa qalu l-politici Inglizi. Xebghu tan-News of the World jistaqsuna u jgibulna li ghandna u li m’ghandniex. Xebghu jiehdu ritratti bil-mohbi u jirrekordjawna bla ma nkunu nafu. Issa jmiss lilhom li jwiegbu l-mistoqsijiet. Kif kienu jihhakjaw it-telefonati privati? Veru li kienu jxahhmu lil-pulizija Ingliza biex jghaddulhom l-istejjer?

Ahna il-gurnaisti kultant nilghabuha tal-vergni. Meta nikxfu xi storja nkunu qed nghidu li ahna ‘l fuq minn dawn l-istejjer. Kultant nahsbu li dak li jghodd ghal xi Ministru ma jghoddx ghalina. Nimmanginaw li kulhadd se jibza jgib xi haga fuqna ma mmorrux ahna ngibu fuqu.

Lili n-‘News of the World’ kienet tqazzizni ghax kienet gazzetta oxxena li taghmel monstri min-nies li jkunu wettqu xi att kriminali. Din il-gazzetta kienet tiggudika u tikkundanna lil kull min ikun akkuzat b’xi delitt. Tiddikjarah il-monstru tad-dinja. Iddendlu fil-pjazza ta’ gurnalizmu mahmug. Allura fraht li ghalqet u nifrah aktar li jaghlqu l-media KOLLHA fid-dinja li jimitawha.

Meta immut ghamlu li tridu bija…

“Min imut ghandu jitkellem f ismu il-haj li ghandu bzonnu biex jibqa jghix”

Ghaddejja diskussjoni fil-pajjiz dwar x ghandu jigri mill-organi ta xi hadd imut. Jien nahseb li gisem mejjet ghandu jkun propjeta ta l –istat , li skond ligijiet u regoli maghrufa, ikollu dritt li juzah kemm biex jaghti l-organi tieghu lil haddiehor biex jghix u kemm biex issir ricerka fuqu. Stenna ftit qabel tghid li ma taqbilx….

Nassumi tkun ghaddej fit-triq dizabitat u taht  il-bankina tara mara minxura fl-art tokrob bl ugiegh. Tista tibqa ghaddej jew ghaddejja? Immaginak tibqa ghaddej u thalli lil din il-povra mara tokrob bl-ugiegh. Tmur id-dar tiehu kafe u qisu ma gara xejn. Jien nghid li ma jirnexxilekx. Ma jtikx li mqar, bil-mohbi, ma ccempilx ambulanza. Jien nghidlek tersaq lejha u tara xi gralha….u ha nghidlek jekk tibqa sejjer inti komplici f’dak li jkun gralha il-mara ma’ l-art.

Allura jekk tmut u hemm xi hadd iehor  li jista jiehu l-organi tieghek biex jghix, ghandek dritt, tibqa mejjet hemm stendut thares? Mhux ovvja li l-persuna hajja ghandha d-dritt ghall-organi tieghek mejjet? Inti anyway, x tambihom?  Ghax jekk int, bhali temmen, li ma tistax tibqa’ ghaddej jekk hemm mara tokrob ma’ l-art, kif allura tista  thalli lil xi hadd imut ghax mejjet iddecidejt li ma taghtihx l organi?

Nemmen li wasal iz-zmien li niefqu nitkellmu dwar il card ta l-organ donations. Kulhadd ghandu jkun obbligat li jsalva hajja. Specjalment meta jkun mejjet.

Ta hdejja gay

Qalulna l bierah fl-ahbarijiet li skond il-Kunsill ta’ l-Ewropa il-Maltin ma jiddequx li jkollhom xi hadd mill-girien li jkun gay. X’inhu? What? Hello. Din bis-serjeta? Din il-mistoqsija hija oxxena. X'jigifieri nistaqsu jekk hdejk taccetax li joqghod gay? X'jigifieri niftahru kemm ahna, madonfi, tolleranti li hdejna, iwa sinjuri hdejna, bieb ma bieb, jaf ikun hemm gay. X'kull wahda wkoll. Din id-domanda fiha riha ta kif certu istituzzjonijiet iharsu lejn il-gays. Ghax b’xi mod nifhmimha li xi hadd jistaqsi jekk jiddejjaqx li hdejh ikollu serial killer imma gay? Immagina kieku l mistoqsija kienet ‘Inti tiddejjaq jekk hdejk ikun joqghod xi hadd b' ghajnejh blu?’  Madonakollu anke jekk tiddejjaq, ahjar ghalik, itlaq, biddel id-dar. Imma oqghod attent ghal zewg affarijiet:

1. Aktarx jekk tiddejjaq int gay u ghadek jew ma ndunajtx jew ma tridtx tammetti mieghek innifsek
2. Attent ghax jaf il-gay ma jkunx hdejk imma jkun fid-dar tieghek. Kemm naf genituri li jitkellmu fuq l inkwiet taghhom li binhom qed jaghmilha ma wiehed gay bla ma jintebhu li binhom gay u dak il-boyfriend.

Interessanti illum Obama fahhar l-istat ta’ New York li qed jidibatti biex jillegizla biex idahhal IZ-ZWIEG bejn l-omosseswali. Hawn Malta hafna nies progressivi li jitkazaw bil-Knsija jew b'Eddie Fenech Adami ghax tkellmu kontra d-divorzju issa huma stess ma jaqblux maz-zwieg tal-gays. Min ma jaqbilx maz-zwieg tal-gays huwa konservattiv u konfessjonali daqs min ma jaqbikx mad-divorzju. Anzi huwa wkoll diskriminatorju u inkonistenti.

Mela sewwa lil min ghandu c-cans jizzewweg darba issa se naghtuh ic-cans jizzewweg anke 10 darbiet u lil min ihobb ragel jew mara ta’ l-istess sess l-anqas darba m' ahna lesti nhalluh jizzewweg.

Sewwa ghamel siehbi gay li vvota kontra d-divorzju.