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Il-{add, 22 ta’ Lulju, 2012<br />
A[barijiet Lokali 3<br />
Illum tid[ol fis-se[[<br />
<strong>il</strong>-li;i dwar <strong>il</strong>-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l<br />
<strong>tal</strong>-Maltin li Jg[ixu Barra<br />
minn Matthew Bonnett<br />
G[all-ewwel darba, grazzi<br />
g[al-li;i li tid[ol fis-se[[<br />
<strong>il</strong>lum, se jitwaqqaf Kuns<strong>il</strong>l<br />
ta’ Maltin li Jg[ixu Barra<br />
mag[mul minn<br />
rappre]entanti ta’<br />
komunitajiet Maltin f’pajji]i<br />
barranin. B’hekk se titwettaq<br />
weg[da o[ra <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Gvern</strong> f<strong>il</strong>-<br />
Konvenzjoni <strong>tal</strong>-Maltin li<br />
Jg[ixu Barra, li saret fl-2010.<br />
Dan <strong>il</strong>-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l, li se jkun<br />
presedut minn Tonio Borg,<br />
<strong>il</strong>-Vi/i Prim Ministru u<br />
Ministru <strong>tal</strong>-Affarijiet<br />
Barranin, jikkonsisti f’g[axar<br />
rappre]entanti ma[tura wara<br />
konsultazzjoni malkomunitajiet<br />
Maltin m<strong>il</strong>listati<br />
ta’ Victoria u New<br />
South Wales fl-Awstralja,<br />
stati o[ra fl-Awstralja, l-Istati<br />
Uniti <strong>tal</strong>-Amerika, <strong>il</strong>-Kanada,<br />
l-Ewropa u r-Renju Unit.<br />
Barra minn dan, <strong>il</strong>-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l<br />
jinkludi wkoll [ames persuni<br />
b’esperjenza f<strong>il</strong>-qasam <strong>tal</strong>-<br />
?idma <strong>tal</strong>-komunitajiet<br />
Maltin barra minn Malta.<br />
F’kummenti l<strong>il</strong> din <strong>il</strong>gazzetta,<br />
Tonio Borg, <strong>il</strong>-Vi/i<br />
Prim Ministru u Ministru <strong>tal</strong>-<br />
Affarijiet Barranin, fakkar li<br />
bid-d[ul fis-se[[ ta’ din <strong>il</strong>li;i,<br />
se tkun qed titwettaq<br />
weg[da o[ra favur <strong>il</strong>-Maltin<br />
ta’ barra.<br />
Fakkar ukoll li qabel ma<br />
tela’ l-PN f<strong>il</strong>-<strong>Gvern</strong>, ma<br />
kinitx te]isti /ittadinanza<br />
doppja, ji;ifieri malli persuna<br />
sar /ittadin Awstraljan, kien<br />
jitlef i/-/ittadinanza Maltija.<br />
Bis-sa[[a ta’ gvernijiet<br />
nazzjonalisti, kull Malti li<br />
jakkwista /ittadinanza ta’<br />
pajji] ie[or, ma jitlifx i/-<br />
/ittadinanza tieg[u. L-a[[ar<br />
emenda li saret kienet fl-<br />
2007 u li permezz tag[ha,<br />
kull persuna li jkollha xi<br />
antenat imwieled Malta,<br />
awtomatikament jikkwalifika<br />
g[a/-/ittadinanza Maltija.<br />
Il-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l <strong>tal</strong>-Maltin li<br />
Jg[ixu Barraa g[andu l-<br />
funzjoni li jirrappre]enta<br />
dawn <strong>il</strong>-komunitajiet<br />
quddiem <strong>il</strong>-<strong>Gvern</strong> ta’ Malta<br />
u kull awtorità pubblika,<br />
waqt li g[andu jissorvelja l-<br />
kwalità <strong>tal</strong>-[ajja ta’ dawn <strong>il</strong>komunitajiet<br />
u jsa[[a[ irrabtiet<br />
bejniethom u l-[ajja<br />
politika, kulturali,<br />
ekonomika u so/jali ta’<br />
Malta.<br />
Funzjoni o[ra <strong>tal</strong>-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l<br />
hi l-[arsien tad-drittijiet ta’<br />
dawn <strong>il</strong>-komunitajiet u ]-<br />
]amma <strong>tal</strong>-identità kulturali<br />
u lingwistika tag[hom.<br />
Il-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l g[andu wkoll<br />
jippromwovi l-istorja <strong>tal</strong>emigrazzjoni<br />
u l-kultura<br />
Maltija barra minn Malta<br />
b’mod partikulari t-tag[lim<br />
<strong>tal</strong>-lingwa Maltija.<br />
Il-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l g[andu jag[ti<br />
pariri l<strong>il</strong>l-<strong>Gvern</strong> dwar kull<br />
abbozz ta’ li;i li jolqot l-<br />
interessi <strong>tal</strong>-Maltin li jg[ixu<br />
barra minn Malta kif ukoll<br />
dwar kull mi]ura<br />
amministrattiva li tkun ta’<br />
interess g[all-komunitajiet<br />
Maltin.<br />
Hu ma[sub li tul din issena<br />
ssir l-ewwel laqg[a<br />
f’Malta ta’ dan <strong>il</strong>-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l.<br />
Il-li;i tirrikjedi li dan <strong>il</strong>-<br />
Kuns<strong>il</strong>l j<strong>il</strong>taqa’ m<strong>il</strong>l-inqas<br />
darba fis-sena f’Malta, waqt<br />
li jistg[u jsiru laqg[at o[ra<br />
permezz ta’ video jew audio<br />
teleconferencing.<br />
Tonio Borg semma wkoll<br />
li l-<strong>Gvern</strong> sab koperazzjoni<br />
m<strong>il</strong>l-Oppo]izzjoni kemm<br />
biex din <strong>il</strong>-li;i g[addiet<br />
b’[effa u b’mod unanimu<br />
m<strong>il</strong>l-Parlament u wkoll biex<br />
jin[atar <strong>il</strong>-Kuns<strong>il</strong>l kif<br />
kompost.<br />
L-‘OHIO’ li da[al f’Malta f<strong>il</strong>-15 ta’ Awwissu 1942 fost <strong>il</strong>-fer[ u l-ammirazzjoni <strong>tal</strong>-poplu<br />
Il-Maltapost se tfakkar<br />
is-70 anniversarju<br />
<strong>tal</strong>-Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija<br />
...se to[ro; l-akbar sett ta’ bolol<br />
fl-istorja f<strong>il</strong>atelika ta’ Malta<br />
Il-Maltapost se tkun qed tfakkar is-70 anniversarju<br />
m<strong>il</strong>l-Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija b<strong>il</strong>-[ru; ta’<br />
sett ta’ 88 bolla li kull wa[da hi tpin;ija <strong>tal</strong>vapuri<br />
kollha li [adu sehem f’dan <strong>il</strong>-konvoj<br />
storiku u li hu kunsidrat li kien is-salvazzjoni ta’<br />
Malta f’dak i]-]mien kru/jali.<br />
Dan in-numru daqstant kbir ta’ bolol f’[ar;a<br />
wa[da /ertament li hu rekord g[all-qasam lokali<br />
u esperti f’dan <strong>il</strong>-qasam qalu l<strong>il</strong> din <strong>il</strong>-gazzetta li<br />
x’aktarx li hu wkoll rekord dinji.<br />
Il-bolli se jkunu <strong>tal</strong>-valur ta’ 26/ ta’ ewro<br />
-<strong>il</strong> wa[da u, b’hekk, is-sett s[i[ se jkun jiswa<br />
22.88 ewro.<br />
Hu mistenni li dan is-sett ji;;enera interess<br />
kbir kemm f’pajji]na kif ukoll l<strong>il</strong> hemm minn<br />
pajji]na, kemm g[all-kwantità tieg[u kif ukoll<br />
g[as-su;;ett mag[]ul.<br />
Operation Pedes<strong>tal</strong>, kif kien mag[ruf<br />
teknikament <strong>il</strong>-Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija, kien l-<br />
a[[ar sforz <strong>tal</strong>-alleati biex iwasslu l-[ti;iet g[al<br />
Malta f’dawk i]-]mien kemm f’termini ta’ ikel<br />
kif ukoll, u l-aktar importanti, fuel.<br />
Wara bat<strong>tal</strong>ja qal<strong>il</strong>a <strong>fuq</strong> <strong>il</strong>-ba[ar, f<strong>il</strong>-15 ta’<br />
Awwissu, 1942 da[al f’Malta l-vapur Amerikan<br />
OHIO, li wassal tag[bija kbira bi]]ejjed biex<br />
i]]omm l<strong>il</strong> Malta u l<strong>il</strong>l-Maltin g[addejjin sa ma<br />
l-gwerra, finalment, bdiet tbatti.<br />
Barra t-telf ta’ numru ta’ vapuri, l-alleati kienu<br />
t<strong>il</strong>fu wkoll madwar 400 ru[ f<strong>il</strong>-;lied qal<strong>il</strong> flib[ra<br />
<strong>tal</strong>-Mediterran.<br />
Kienu erbg[a biss minn erbatax-<strong>il</strong> vapur<br />
merkant<strong>il</strong>i li rnexxielhom jaslu sal-Port <strong>il</strong>-Kbir<br />
ta’ Malta.<br />
Il-flotta kollha <strong>tal</strong>-konvoj kienet mag[mula<br />
minn erba’ aircraft carriers, ]ew; vapuri <strong>tal</strong>gwerra,<br />
g[axar light cruisers, 33 destroyer,<br />
erbatax-<strong>il</strong> vapur merkant<strong>il</strong>i, tliet heavy cruisers,<br />
erbatax-<strong>il</strong> torpedo boat u tmien sottomarini.<br />
L-operazzjoni kollha bdiet fid-9 ta’ Awwissu<br />
1942 meta l-konvoj g[adda m<strong>il</strong>l-Istrett ta’<br />
:ib<strong>il</strong>tà u ntemmet f’Malta f<strong>il</strong>-festa ta’ Santa<br />
Marija <strong>tal</strong>-istess sena bid-d[ul <strong>tal</strong>-Ohio f<strong>il</strong>-Port<br />
<strong>il</strong>-Kbir fost <strong>il</strong>-fer[ u l-ammirazzjoni <strong>tal</strong>-Maltin.<br />
Hu ma[sub li barra l-[ru; ta’ dan is-sett<br />
e//ezzjonali <strong>tal</strong>-bolol ikun pubblikat,<br />
separatament, ktieb li jirrakkonta din <strong>il</strong>-;rajja<br />
waqt li jag[ti wkoll tag[rif dwar kull wie[ed<br />
m<strong>il</strong>l-vapuri ta’ dak <strong>il</strong>-konvoj.