Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party reiterated its call for a reassessment of Malta’s Church-State agreement.

Michael Briguglio, AD Chairperson said, “AD welcomes the statement of Labour MP Luciano Busuttil regarding the 1993 Church-State agreement which was ratified two years later. Through this agreement, Church annulment tribunals are privileged over civil tribunals and this is uncalled for in a secular state. The divorce referendum result should lead to a reassessment of the Church-State agreement, in order that Malta may move closer to pluralistic, progressive and liberal societies.”

Yvonne Arqueros Ebejer, AD Deputy Chairperson and Spokesperson for Civil Rights, said, “AD has been speaking on the fact that a non-state tribunal has precedence over state courts since 1995. We therefore reiterate that this anomaly should be reassessed.”

Prof Arnold Cassola, AD spokesperson for EU and International Affairs, said, “Malta’s 2004 membership of the EU, endorsed by the majority of the population, is a declaration of a membership in a political community of a secular nature, that respects all religious sentiments with great tolerance, but insists that the separation between politics and religion is a fundamental principle. The situation in Malta today betrays the spirit on which the EU is founded.”

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