The cracks are showing – Kevin Cassar
“Whoever is responsible must stop ignoring the people.” That damning accusation did not come from the opposition. This was former cabinet minister and sitting Labour MP Joe Mizzi speaking in parliament. Labour’s pristine image of unity has started to crack. The lyrics of Jamie Winchester’s song The Cracks are Showing are spot on: “Wake up, wake up, the cracks are showing; there’s a fire in the bush but you keep going; you pushed a dream and created some hell, your leaders lie so you did it as well.” It does not require many words to speak the truth. And Mizzi’s parliamentary intervention was brief but razor sharp. Mizzi’s conscience seems to have dawned and, though belated, it was still bewitching. The former minister, once obsequious in his loyalty to the leader, is now issuing rueful denunciations. The thousands of Maltese who understood this government as a national emergency, a threat to democracy and a menace to journalists, find it curious that hardly anyone from within its ranks takes the exit ramp for the road to Damascus. Even after the most disgusting, reprehensible and shameless deeds, party loyalty stifles integrity. So Mizzi’s speech was as mind-blowing as it was...