
Alternattiva Demokratika is supporting the Coalition to Abolish Spring Hunting in its final push for more signatures to the referendum petition.
Alternattiva Demokratika Chairperson, Prof. Arnold Cassola, said: “The abrogative referendum is the only democratic tool available to civil society for direct participation in decisions. In the EU the right to a citizens’ initiative is entrenched and legally binding in the Lisbon Treaty which Malta has signed and ratified. In Malta, instead, the Hunters’ Federation now want to remove this only tool of direct democracy to suit their own egoistic needs. Let us respond to this threat to democratic expression by collecting even more signatures in favour of a referendum to abolish hunting in Spring.”
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Kaċċa fir-Rebbiegħa: Alternattiva Demokratika tappoġġa lill-Koalizzjoni fit-talba għal aktar firem
Alternattiva Demokratika qiegħda tappoġġa il-Koalizzjoni kontra l-kaċċa fir-Rebbiegħa fl-aħħar sforz tagħha biex jinġabru l-firem għar-referendum.
Iċ-Chairperson ta’ Alternattiva Demokratika, il-Prof. Arnold Cassola, qal: “Ir-referendum abrogattiv huwa l-unika għodda demokratika tas-soċjeta’ ċivili biex tipparteċipa b’mod dirett fid-deċiżjonijiet. Fl-Unjoni Ewropea d-dritt għall-inizjattiva taċ-ċittadini huwa sanċit fit-Trattat ta Lisbona u għandu rabta legali. Malta ffirmat u rratifikat it-Trattat ta’ Lisbona. F’Malta, minflok, il-Federazzjoni tal-Kaċċaturi issa trid tneħħi din l-unika għodda ta’ demokrazija diretta biex taqdi l-eżiġenzi egoistiċi tagħha. Ejja nwieġbu għal din it-theddida għall-espressjoni demokratika billi niġbru aktar firem favur referendum biex titneħħa l-kaċċa fir-rebbiegħa.”