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Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando leading liberals by the nose?

Hot on the heels of JPO reacting because he was officially told what he really already knew about who can receive Holy Communion came his, according to PM Gonzi, surprise bombshell about a private members bill on divorce.
Is this man, JPO, really representing liberal thought in Malta, or is he doing his usual?
If he did represent liberal thought why did he never say he would utterly support Joseph Muscat's measure to present a private members' Bill once the Labour Party, is elected to serve? And suggest the same to his own party leader Lawrence Gonzi if JPO really is such a liberal?
Predictably the initial reaction from the liberal camp and bloggers was well done Jeffrey. The reaction from the spin bloggers was to try to discredit the PL leader whose stance in this area cannot be democratically discredited however much reward there is for those who spin otherwise.
Now the dust is settling liberals and all Maltese may wonder about true motives and whether they are being led by the nose.
Malta undoubtedly needs coherent well planned legislation in this area. Marriages are breaking down. People are marrying again in all but name and creating new families.The Church has its rules on this whole subject which it makes clear to all,such as the cohabiting and communion ones which JPO objected to.
So if JPO really belongs to the civil rights club how does he sit under a PM who says he can never introduce divorce?
How can liberals vote for or support JPO if his first allegiance is to a party and a leader who is utterly against legislation in this area?
The inconsistencies in the PN camp are manifold and manifest. The stresses and strains of trying to do a conservative progressive duo via Jeffrey and Lawrence are clearly telling on a strained looking Lawrence Gonzi.
What will Lawrence Gonzi put first? His true beliefs? His country? Or the political survival of the PN? He has the assistance of most the media and others to try to shift this dilemma elsewhere but as an elected P.M. he may this time have to choose.

source:-www.maltastar.com

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