Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant said he was not convinced that when the European Parliament seeks to censure the actions of governments of member states, it is following comparable methods of assessment and applying “principles” to situations in a transparent and fair manner. Dr Sant made an explanation of vote when he voted in favour of a resolution passed by 513 votes to 142 with 30 abstentions voicing concern that the paralysis of Poland’s Constitutional Court is endagering democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law.
Dr Sant said that in most situations of national crisis and controversy, especially in polarised democracies, the partisan clash of political formations can be huge and intimately influenced by the subterranean strategies being followed by vested interests.
“Assessing rights and wrongs in such situations can be extremely difficult even for objective observers within the national context (should they exist). Doing so from within this Parliament is even more complex and liable to error. Our deliberations here are also subject — though we may try to believe otherwise — to political calculations and manipulations, extraneous to the national situation about which we try to reach a judgement.”
Dr Sant said that frankly in the case of Poland, though ideologically he disagrees with the approaches and beliefs of its present government, he doubts whether sufficient weight has been given to the anti-democratic distortions of the previous government which have led to what one could call the “over” reactions of the present one.
Maltese Version – ALFRED SANT MHUX KONVINT LI L-PARLAMENT EWROPEW JUŻA L-ISTESS METODI MAL-ISTATI MEMBRI
Alfred Sant qal li mhux konvint li meta l-Parlament Ewropew jiċċensura stati membri, ikun qed juża l-istess metodi ma’ kullħadd. Sant qal dan meta vvota b’riserva favur riżoluzzjoni li tesprimi t-tħassib tal-Parlament Ewropew dwar l-iffriżar tat-Tribunal Kostituzzjonali fil-Polonja li qed tipperikola d-demokrazija, id-drittijiet fundamentali u l-osservanza tal-liġi. Ir-riżoluzzjoni għaddiet b’510 voti favur, 160 kontra u 29 astensjoni. Ftit xhur ilu l-Kummissjoni Ewropea qablet li tiftaħ inkjesta dwar ir-riformi fil-Qorti Kostituzzjonali Pollakka. Il-Polonja ntalbet twettaq, fi żmien tliet xhur, ir-rakkomandazzjonijiet tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea u ssib kompromess bejn il-partiti tal-parlament.
“F’bosta sitwazzjonijiet ta’ kriżijiet nazzjonali, il-konflitti partiġġjani ta’ formazzjonijiet politiċi jistgħu jkunu influwenzati minn strateġiji moħbija. L-analiżi ta’ dan il-Parlament tista’ tkun erratika u kumplessa għax id-deliberazzjonijiet huma influwenzati minn manipulazzjonijiet u kalkoli politiċi estranji għas-sitwazzjoni politika nazzjonali li nippruvaw naslu għal ġudizzju dwarhom. Fil-każ tal-Polonja – għalkemm ideoloġikament ma naqbilx mat-twemmin u l-metodi tal-gvern preżenti, niddubita kemm qed nagħtu piż l-atti anti-demokratiċi tal-gvern preċedenti li wasslu għar-reazzjonijiet sproporzjonati tal-gvern preżenti.”
Il-Parlament Ewropew esprima t-tħassib tiegħu dwar l-iżviluppi ġodda dwar l-imparzjalita` fil-qasam tax-xandir, id-dritt tal-liberta` tal-espressjoni, id-dritt tal-privatezza, id-dritt ta’ smigħ ġust waqt kawża l-qorti, l-imparzjalita` politika fl-amministrazzjoni tal-pajjiż u drittijiet fundamentali oħra li jinkludu d-drittijiet tan-nisa.
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