PN MP calls on police to investigate homophobic slurs on social media
Opposition MP Ivan Bartolo said on Wednesday that he had asked police to investigate homophobic comments made by “trolls on social media”.
Speaking during the parliamentary briefing, Bartolo visibly moved said that he had received a number of hurtful comments, including homophobic slurs, under an article on the Labor Party’s ONE media platform.
The comments were made by people who appeared to be using fake social media profiles.
Bartolo said he would not let the comments stop him from speaking out against the abuse.
“How can I remain silent in the face of those who put people in precarious employment? Or against other forms of abuse? ” He asked.
Bartolo said that these “trolls” who were criticizing him had no interest in seeing the country improve.
“These people who tap on the back of their laptop screen, are the kind of people who have never done anything for our country,” he said.
Quoting the popular Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, Bartolo closed his speech by saying that these unfair critics were “haters”.
“The haters don’t hate us, they are themselves because we are a reflection of what they want to be,” he said.
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