Nr 12 Marzu 2016 March 2016 PARLAMENT TA’ MALTA mill‑PARLAMENT Perjodiku maħruġ mill‑Uffiċċju tal‑Ispeaker Periodical issued by the Office of the Speaker mill-PARLAMENT - Marzu 2016 Mistiedna jżuru l-wirja fotografika Women‘ Refugees Guests visit the photgraphic exhibition ‘Women and Asylum Seekers’ li ġiet imtella’ fil-foyer tal- Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ which was organised in Parlament fil-bidu ta’ Marzu. the Parliament’s foyer in the beginning of May. Ħarġa Nru 12/Issue No. 12 3Daħla Marzu 2016/March 2016 Foreword Ippubblikat mill‑Uffiċċju tal‑Ispeaker 4 Xi Ġurnali F’Malta Mill-1798 sal-1964 Published by the Office of the Speaker Some Newspapers In Malta From 1798 to 1964 Bord Editorjali Editorial Board 10L-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali Tal-Verifika - L-Għassies Tal-Fondi Pubbliċi Ray Scicluna Josanne Paris National Audit Office – The Guardian Of The Public Purse Ancel Farrugia Migneco Eleanor Scerri 18Attivitajiet tal-Parlament Sarah Gauci Activities in Parliament Eric Frendo Indirizz Postali 34Attivitajiet Internazzjonali Postal Address International Activities House of Representatives Republic Street Valletta VLT 1115 Malta +356 2559 6000 Qoxra: Sessjoni speċjali fil-Kamra li mmarkat Jum il-Commonwealth www.parlament.mt Cover: Special session in the House [email protected] to mark Commonwealth Day. ISSN 2308‑538X ISSN (online) 2308‑6637 Ritratti/Photos: Parlament ta’ Malta/DOI 2 mill-PARLAMENT - Marzu 2016 Daħla Foreword F’din it‑12‑il ħarġa tal‑pubblikazzjoni mill‑Parlament insibu In this 12th issue of the publication mill‑Parlament one diversi artikli interessanti. Artiklu ferm interessanti huwa can find several interesting articles. One of these is the dak ta’ Dr. George Cassar, studjuż tal‑istorja u soċjologu, article penned by George Cassar, a history scholar and a fejn għamel analisi profonda tal‑ġurnali f’Malta bejn l‑1798 sociologist, wherein he makes a profound analysis of the u l‑1964 meta Malta kisbet l‑Indipendenza. Wieħed jinnota journals publishedin Malta between 1798 and 1964, when li, minkejja li dak iż‑żmien Malta kienet kolonja Ingliża, Malta gained its independence. It is interesting to note uħud mill‑gazzetti kienu jinkitbu bil‑lingwa Taljana, inkluż that, although at that time Malta was a British colony, some saħansitra l‑gazzetta tal‑Gvern, il‑Gazzetta del Governo di papers were written in the Italian language, including the Malta tal‑1813. government newspaper, Gazetta del Governo di Malta of 1813. Artiklu ieħor huwa dwar l‑Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal‑Verifika, miktub mill‑Awditur Ġenerali, is‑Sur Charles Deguara. Another article focuses on the National Audit Office and Hawnhekk nieħu din l‑okkażjoni biex nawguralu fil‑ is written by the Auditor General, Mr Charles Deguara. I ħatra kostituzzjonali reċenti tiegħu. Dan huwa artiklu hereby take this opportunity to congratulate him on his informattiv dwar il‑ħidma tal‑Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal‑Verifika recent constitutional appointment. This is an informative u r‑relevanza tiegħu għas‑soċjetà li fiha jrid jopera, biex article about the work carried out by the National Audit jitwettaq l‑iskrutinju neċessarju tal‑finanzi pubbliċi ħalli tiġi Office and its relevance to the society in which it must assigurata governanza serja. operate to carry out the necessary scrutiny of public finances to ensure good governance. Interessanti wkoll li f’din il‑ħarġa nsibu kif il‑Parlament iċċelebra Commonwealth Day fl‑14 ta’ Marzu. Għal In this issue we also find an interesting overview of how din l‑okkażjoni saret seduta speċjali fil‑Parlament, bil‑ Parliament celebrated Commonwealth Day on 14 March. parteċipazzjoni ta’ diversi Membri Parlamentari miż‑ On this occasion, Parliament held a special session with the żewġ naħat tal‑Kamra, li fiha saret dikussjoni dwar participation of several MPs from both sides of the House il‑Commonwealth Charter. Id‑diskussjoni ffokat fuq il‑ to discuss the Commonwealth Charter. The discussion ħtieġa li kulħadd għandu jingħata l‑istess trattament, focused on the fact that everyone must be given the same irrispettivament minn jekk hux fqir jew sinjur, mir‑razza, mill‑ treatment, regardless of whether they are poor or rich, età, mit‑twemmin u minn kull forma ta’ identità tal‑ġeneru. their race, age, beliefs and gender identity. It was very Kien tassew ta’ sodisfazzjon li kien hemm parteċipazzjoni gratifying to see how students from various colleges who sħiħa f’din id‑diskussjoni min‑naħa ta’ studenti minn diversi attended the hearing took part fully in the discussions. kulleġġi li attendew għal din is‑seduta. Dawn staqsew ukoll They also asked a number of questions to representatives għadd ta’ domandi lir‑rappreżentanti ta’ fora li pparteċipaw of forums that participated in the Commonwealth Heads fil‑Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting li sar of Government Meeting held in Malta last November, f’Malta f’Novembru li għadda, fosthom il‑Business Forum, including the Business Forum, the People’s Forum, the il‑People’s Forum, il‑Women’s Forum u l‑Youth Forum, kif Women’s Forum and the Youth Forum, as well as to MPs ukoll lill‑Membri Parlamentari involuti fil‑Commonwealth involved in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Parliamentary Association u uffiċjali mill‑Ministeru għall‑ and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Affarijiet Barranin. An important meeting mentioned in this issue is with the Laqgħa importanti li tissemma f’din il‑ħarġa hija dik li Director General for Communication of the European jien kelli mad‑Direttur Ġenerali għall‑Komunikazzjoni tal‑ Parliament, Juana Lahousse‑Juárez, where we talked about Parlament Ewropew, Juana Lahousse‑Juárez, li fiha tkellimna various subjects, including the possibility of EU funding for dwar diversi suġġetti. Fost oħrajn, iddiskutejna l‑possibbiltà a library and archive development project at Level ‑2 of ta’ fondi Ewropej għall‑proġett ta’ żvilupp ta’ librerija u the Parliament building. We also took the opportunity to arkivju tal‑Parlament fil‑Livell ‑2 tal‑bini tal‑Parlament, visit the proposed site and on the same day we opened filwaqt li ħadet l‑okkażjoni li żżur is‑sit propost. Dakinhar a photographic exhibition about women refugees and inawgurajna wkoll esibizzjoni fotografika dwar ir‑refuġjati asylum seekers, which was held in the foyer and was open nisa u asylum seekers, liema wirja nżammet fil‑foyer tal‑ to the public. Parlament u kienet miftuħa għall‑pubbliku. In March, about 80 people, including Parliamentary F’Marzu saret preżentazzjoni ta’ ċertifikati lil madwar 80 officers and members of the Police Force, were presented persuna, fosthom uffiċjali tal‑Parlament u membri tal‑Korp with certificates following basic training in fire‑fighting and tal‑Pulizija, li kisbu taħriġ bażiku fit‑tifi tan‑nar u fl‑użu tal‑ the use of lifts in an emergency. The presentation took lift f’każ ta’ emerġenza. Il‑preżentazzjoni saret fil‑preżenza place in the presence of the Commissioner of Police, Mr tal‑Kummissarju tal‑Pulizija, is‑Sur Michael Cassar, u tal‑Kap Michael Cassar, and the Director of the Civil Protection tal‑Protezzjoni Ċivili, is‑Sur John Rizzo. Department, Mr John Rizzo. Ta’ min jgħid li sal‑pubblikazzjoni ta’ dan il‑ġurnal il‑Parlament It is worth noting that by the time this journal is published, se jkun żamm 370 seduta u s‑Sedja se tkun tat aktar minn Parliament will have held 370 sittings and the Chair will 25 ruling, li wħud minnhom jittrattaw punti interessanti ta’ have given more than 25 rulings, some of which deal with proċedura li l‑Parlament qatt ma kien iffaċċja. interesting points of procedure that Parliament had never faced before. Bi pjaċir kbir ngħid li l‑Parlament beda jiddibatti l‑Abbozz ta’ Liġi dwar is‑Servizz Parlamentari, li jittratta l‑awtonomija It is with great pleasure that I mention the Parliamentary amministrattiva tal‑Parlament u li dwaru hemm qbil miż‑ Service Bill, which deals with the administrative autonomy żewġ naħat tal‑Kamra. Għalkemm dan l‑Abbozz ta’ Liġi of Parliament. Both sides of the House are in agreement jinsab fl‑istadju tat‑Tieni Qari, nista’ ngħid li d‑diskussjoni with this Bill and have started discussing it. Although li saret s’issa kienet waħda kostruttiva u nispera li ż‑żewġ the Bill is at the second reading stage, I can say that so gruppi parlamentari issa jkomplu bil‑ħidma tagħhom sabiex far, the discussion was constructive and I hope that both naraw din il‑liġi titwettaq mill‑aktar fis possibbli. parliamentary groups will continue their work in order to see this law come into effect as soon as possible. Anġlu Farrugia Anġlu Farrugia 3 mill-PARLAMENT - Marzu 2016 Xi ġurnali f’Malta mill‑1798 sal‑1964 Mill‑invenzjoni tal‑istampar ’l hawn, il‑kelma miktuba Meta l‑istatus ta’ Malta gradwalment sar aktar ċar saret mezz mill‑aktar b’saħħtu biex wieħed jinfluwenza u l‑Ingliżi stabbilew ruħhom fil‑gżira, l‑ewwel ġurnal u jinforma. Għalkemm għall‑ewwel il‑proċess tal‑ stampat li deher fil‑kolonja l‑ġdida appena miksuba istampar kien pjuttost lent u tedjanti, madankollu biż‑ kien il‑Gazzetta del Governo di Malta li tnieda fis‑27 żmien, it‑teknika u t‑teknoloġija gradwalment tjiebu. ta’ Ottubru 1813, u kien bit‑Taljan. Mal‑ħarġa nru 145 Il‑midja stampata bdiet tilħaq aktar u aktar nies li min‑ tas‑7 ta’ Awwissu 1816, dan bidel ismu għal Malta naħa tagħhom xerrdu l‑informazzjoni li kienu qraw fost Government Gazette. F’dan iż‑żmien f’Malta setgħu dawk anqas litterati u dawk illitterati. L‑edukazzjoni jiġu stampati biss ġurnali bil‑liċenzja tal‑gvern; ġurnal u l‑leġislazzjoni għenu sabiex jikkonsolidaw l‑effetti minn dawn kien Il Cartaginese (1804‑10). Madankollu, tal‑midja stampata u sabiex jirregolaw il‑funzjoni seta’ jiġi impurtat materjal stampat ġewwa pajjiżi tagħha. F’Malta, l‑ewwel stamperija kienet dik ta’ oħra, inkluż fl‑Ingilterra, anki dak li jitkellem dwar Pompeo del Fiore li twaqqfet fl‑1642. Huwa ngħata Malta.