The State has the obligation to protect life from beginning to end, says the Leader of the PN in the NY message
The State has the obligation to protect life from beginning to end, said the Head of the Nationalist Party Bernard Grech.
In a message for the New Year, Grech said that life must be protected “at every stage and condition”, a clear reference to the ongoing debate in Parliament on the government’s push to legalize abortion when the mother’s health is in danger.
Grech did not mention the word abortion, but his message was clear: the dignity of the person must be respected from the first moment of its existence. This is more so for those who are the weakest and have no voice.
Grech said that what the Maltese people showed during the past year was that they approve of the value of solidarity in a master, not only through their financial contributions in activities such as L’Istrina.
We should work to sustain this value of generosity, which is seen in cultural, sporting and social activities that serve as a background for action towards the needy.
He said that families have always been the basis on which Maltese society has grown, and through which we have managed to overcome the toughest challenges on our way to create a sovereign Malta based on the values of democracy, freedom, work and justice.
He said that the employees in the health sector, education, social work and other sectors need to continue receiving the tools with which they carry out their important duties in an efficient manner.
While we have made great strides forward, we know much more needs to be done to improve everyone’s quality of life.
Life is the greatest value, and it is sad to note the number of deaths that are occurring on our roads and in the construction industry. Each of them is preventable, Grech said.
The PN Leader added that one should not remain passive in the face of growing poverty, with rising inflation that has made things more difficult during 2022.
We should not remain passive when the education and health sectors are losing programs that were previously organized by the State together with NGOs.
He said that we should not remain passive since young people keep saying that they prefer to leave Malta to live abroad. We want to find out what is leading them to make such a choice and be more committed to giving them better options in Malta.
Grech said that we should not remain passive when we see a lack of ethics at the highest levels. He said that during 2022 it was possible to reach an agreement regarding the appointment of persons to supervise the behavior of others, including MPs, but no such agreement was made. Grech was referring to the disagreement on the appointment of an ombudsman and a standards commissioner.