The Periscope on the Constitution

The Periscope , companion weblog to Euro-correspondent.com journalist network quotes a report on MaltaToday about the MLP's position on the EU constitution. From the Periscope blog:

The EU Constitution should be ratified in Parliament by simple majority just like any other treaty and the Opposition should vote in favour according to the Labour Party’s international secretary Joe Mifsud. Talking to MaltaToday Mifsud believes the EU Constitution is of no threat to Malta’s neutrality and expects all Labour MPs to vote according to what the party’s general conference decides in June.

Taking umbrage at comments made by former Labour prime minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici that Labour MPs would be traitors if they voted in favour of the EU Constitution, Mifsud describes the former Labour leader’s ideas as fundamentalist. “Diversity of opinion in the MLP is important because it will lead to the best possible decision. Everybody has their own ideas, but we should respect each other. Just because ideas differ nobody has a right to call anybody a traitor,” Mifsud tells MaltaToday with reference to comments made by Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici in l-orizzont this week.