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I decided to send the letter that appears hereunder to the Editor of the Daily Edition of the Malta Independent because, in the run-up to the election, I had grown tired of the one-sidedness of their articles and editorials, which I judged to be inconsistent with the scope and purpose of the ‘free’ press whose first responsibility lies in passing on to the public accurate, unbiased reporting, as well as representing a crucial link between the public (for whom they should show their prime concern) and the established order. I thought that biased reporting to the public in favour of one side against another or others, in an effort to tarnish political programmes belonging to those quarters that the paper does not wish to see elected, is veering more towards dictatorships than democracies.

I no longer buy The Times and Sunday Times because, last year, they both blacklisted me for having remitted letters to them for publication, which criticized our local parish priest for his considerable lack of respect for his church’s neighbours through the excessive and very loud infernal noise created at all times of day on his orders; which, in reality, ridicules the Curia’s new-found concern for the environment. Is it possible that the latter have not heard that ‘deeds speak louder than words’: nor are they possibly aware any longer of “By their deeds ye shall know them”? I would think it is impossible that they have forgotten who spake so! In the end, their deeds make a mockery of their words!

So, as I no longer buy the Times publications, I don’t know (except from hearsay) whose trumpet they were blowing. Going on their level of concern for the discomfort the public has to endure because of the established church in, at least, my particular instance, it does not take much intelligence to deduce the status quo attitude they must have taken in the last election.

The Malta Independent, and, dare I say so, most likely The Times too, fostered division amongst a nation already very polarized by political factions, cliques, clubs, sycophants and the general streak of primitive tribalism evident among the population. To crown it all, right after the election and even before the results were known, they were then preaching their “one country” faith! Vide – Independent/Editorial/ 08.03.08/last paragraph! Is this not a monumental contradiction; well past the ridiculous? The preceding three paragraphs make equally interesting reading too in this context!

I repeat I was not concerned with who would win the last election, except for, perhaps, a human innate sympathy for the underdogs. My avowed concern was and continues to be for our Environment and so I wished for a Parliament that would not continue to decimate fast-dwindling natural resources, but instead treat God’s creation with the undoubted respect it deserves.

With the great wisdom of hindsight and in light of the current situation, can they honestly and truly say they have served the public well? Can they truly and honestly say they have served Malta well?

Alex

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