In a statement, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said that the Gender Corrective Mechanism in Malta has failed.
Despite having noble aims, she said, the way it has been implemented means that it is a tool to ‘actively work against women candidates.’
She argued that this was a smokescreen used to ‘manipulate statistics at the expense of women. There are different things we can discuss to improve the situation (gender balanced ballot lists is one idea), but ultimately you should be in Parliament because people voted for you to be there.’
The EP President said that if real difference needs to be made, a mature discussion is needed.
A mature discussion that would tackle why Malta is the only EU Member State without a full-time Parliament, on allowing MPs to have access tor researchers, and on fixing political party financing models ‘in a way that stops Parties competing with charities to raise funds.’
‘If we really want to raise the level of politics in this country, we need to move this discussion away from the point-scoring, tribalism and hyper-partisanship we see at every level.’
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