Messagg qabel tivvota - ara u isma l-vidjow

Kampanja ta' gideb u biza', issa f'Ghawdex ukoll

Mhux biss fid-djar tan-nies li jghixu fl-10 u d-9 distrett izda issa wkoll fit-13-il distrett, voldieri f'Ghawdex.

Marru fuqu l-familjari ta' wiehed mill-kandidati tal-PN u tghidx xi priedka ghamlulu biex ma jmurx jaghti xi vot lili.

Qalli: "Gabuni tifel zghir. Qaluli biex lanqas it-2 jew it-3 jew il-4 ma naghti lill-Kandidat ta' l-Alternattiva"

Jien: "Veru jew?"

Qalli: "Xejn... anzi qaluli biex jekk jien imdejjaq bin-Nazzjonalisti, ahjar nivvota lil xi hadd minn tal-Lejber milli naghti xi vot lil ta' l-Alternattiva"

Jien: "U x'ghidtilhom"

Qalli: "Ghidtilhom li int tigi minni u kont qed nahseb li almenu jhalluni bi kwieti"

Jien: "Nahseb li nhasdu x'hin ghidtilhom li tigi minni"

Qalli: "Lanqas xejn ma nhasdu. Kienu qed jistennewni nghidilhom hekk anzi, ghamluli priedka biex nivvota lejber basta mhux lil ta' l-Alternattiva."

X'tahsbu eh? arroganza jew perswazzjoni?

Stejjer bhal dawn jaghmlu l-politika mahmuga. Minn servizz igibu l-politika hmieg. Minn banda tajjeb tohrog il-verita' minn qalb certu nies li jilghabuha tal-martri quddiem l-interess ta' Ghawdex.


Isma d-diskors taghna kemm hu differenti. Il-Vot tieghek mhux ta' l-AD jew il-PN jew l-AN jew l-MLP. Il-vot tieghek m'hu ta' ebda partit, lanqas m'hu tan-nanna jew tal-buznanna.

Int taf li jekk tivvota lili, jien ser nahdem ghall-interess ta' Ghawdex u mhux ghal tal-qalba. Jekk trid hekk, nirringrazzjak tal-vot.

Jekk tahseb li hrigt ghonqi niddefendi lill-diversi residenti u setturi f'Ghawdex matul dawn l-ahhar snin, ghamilt dan ghal xi gwadann personali; allura tivvotalix.

Ivvota u gib bidla fil-mentalita'. Grazzi hafna tal-vot tieghek.

Why vote AD?

They say that people vote AD to teach the PN a lesson. Is this true?

Voters vote the way they do for a variety of reasons. They vote for a party such as AD which has been consistent and honest regarding a number of issues such as its pro-EU stance, need for a culture change, environmental and economical improvements, civil rights and integrity in public dealings. If another party has not been consistent or credible about these issue it is natural that voters will not be inclined to vote for it. After all votes have to be earned and no party is automatically entitled to votes regardless of its performance in the 5 years between elections.

Watch just but one example:

Please check if your Vote belongs to you. (2)

They say that a vote for AD is a wasted vote.

This is yet again a false statement. Our voting system allows voters to ensure that their vote is not lost or wasted. By voting for AD and then continuing to vote for other candidates from other parties, one ensures that if the AD candidate is not elected, the second preference candidate will “inherit” his vote and has a chance of being elected. AD welcomes cross-party voting and encourages voters to give their 2^nd or any subsequent preference to other favoured political parties. This would ensure that no vote is wasted.

Tahlix il-Vot. Ara kif:

Please check if your Vote belongs to you. (1)

They say that a vote for AD is a vote for the MLP. Is this true?

Incorrect. This statement is based on the assumption that all the people who vote for AD have previously voted for PN. This is very far from the truth. AD’s potential voting pool comes from a wide variety of sources. There is a core Green vote consisting of people who have always voted for the Greens, new voters (over 17,000), people who have voted for the MLP and people who would not cast their vote if the Green Party was not contesting. By no stretch of the imagination can it be stated that every person who votes for AD intended to vote for the Nationalist party. In any case votes do not “belong” to any political party but to the voter who may use it as s/he pleases at different times.

Don't allow yourself to be a puppet on a string:

Ninu tad-Dudej

Fir-ritratt: It-Tullu bil-kitarra, jien bl-argunett u hdejja ic-Catt. Dak ta' rasu fuq geddumu Grezzju qed jghammex lin-nisa.


Hawn min ighid li l-Karnival is-sena kollha. U veru hekk...ghax skond x'tifhem b'karnival hux.

Wahda mill-ghaxqiet tieghi hu meta naqbad l-argunett f'idejja u nibda ndoqq 'tad-dudej' jew 'taxi Mary' jew 'hafna xoghol ma jghoddx ghalina' jew qabda kanzunetti ohra tal-widna.

Imma l-isbah meta ma nkunx wahdi. L-isbah meta ma' l-argunett ikolli lil Pietru bir-rabbaba u l-Zeppi bit-tamburlin. Anke it-Tulli fih gennata. Tajba tkun meta tigi Tessie.

Pietru prima ghar-rabbaba. Mhux biex idoqqha biss imma anke biex jaghmilhom. Kien ilni niprova naghmel rabbabi. Ipprovajt nuza l-glud tal-fniek imma kull ma servieni kienu biss ftit gimghat. Ir-raguni kienet ghax peress li waqt li tkun qed iggerri l-isponza bl-ilma mal-qazba hierga mill-gilda; il-qtar ta' l-ilma jdghajjef il-gilda u allura facli tittaqqab. Garadarba tittaqqab il-gilda daqshekk hoss. Darb'ohra iddubajt gild ta' haruf. Din kienet ferm ahjar, anke il-hoss tieghu isbah mill-gild tal-fniek. Li grali pero, tnawwar. Pietru jghidli li kien messni ppreservajt il-gild fil-melh ghall-gimgha. Jien kemm nixxiftu ma' hajt fix-xemx. Sew ighidu li kollox fih is-sengha tieghu. Pietru pero' tax-xehta. Tax-xehta mhux biss biex jaghmel rabbaba prima imma anke biex izomm ir-ritmu mad-daqq. Ir-rabbaba li ghandu bhalissa jghid li mill-gild ta` qattus. Jien ma nemmnux. Imma ghandu widna tajba. Issa qed jigi l-Gharb ghand Dun Achille (hu l-isqof Cauchi) biex jitghallem l-argunett ukoll. Hasra li ma jkunx jista' jiehu l-argunett mieghu fuq ix-xoghol. Pietru bahri mall-Gozo Channel u sikwit nghidlu li kieku jkollu l-argunett naghmlu karnival fuq il-fliegu.

Zeppi ta' Kurun mbaghad jinqala ghat-tamburlini. Ghandu sahha f'subajh daqs kemm ghandi jien f'idi. Ghalhekk is-swaba wiehed wara l-iehor b'heffa liema bhala tassew jaghmlu r-ritmu sabih. M'hemmx bzonn ikollu l-qatra biex jaghmel burdel, imma jekk ikollu bela' mbid tghidx kemm jghaqqad. Imma dan jiddependi jekk martu Marjanna tkunx fil-kumpanija taghna jew le, ghax ma kull tazza nbid li jixtrob, xuftejn Marjanna jibdew jiddendlu l-isfel bhal wahda tal-Bazutu, u tghidx kemm tfaKKalu bil-K. It-tnejn mix-Xewkija, sewwa sew minn naha ta' Hanzira u allura l-'Q' ighiduha 'K'.

Tessi tax-Xaghra mara twajba hafna. Fiha ghaxqa meta tinghaqqad maghna. Tinqala' wkoll ghat-tamburlini. L-ghaxqa taghha meta tidhol tant fir-ritmu li t-tamburlin tibda ddoqqu wkoll b'kuxtejjha u b'sormha. Ma nafx hix parti mill-karatteristici tad-daqqaqa li nsib jien, imma Tessi wkoll thobbha il-bela' u allahares ikun hemm l-imbid ghaddej u ma jnewlulhiex il-flixkun.

It-Tullu Xewki iehor prima ghall-kitarra. Tassew naqblu jien u hu. Nghidlu li ha ndoqq fuq id-DO u naqblu perfettament. M'ghandniex ghalxiex le, ghax jien kollox fuq id-DO indoqq u kultant naghfas is-SOL u xi drabi fuq il-FA. Kollox magguri u xejn minuri. L-unika diska li nibqa bil-minuri hi 'hafna xoghol ma jghoddx ghalina'.

Dan il-karnival naghmluh meta jfettlilna. Ma noqghodux nistennew Frar. Xi darba niltaqa ma' Pietru fuq il-vapur u nifthiemu niltaqghu fil-week-end. Fis-sajf nerhula ghand Koli fir-Ramla. Jew inkella meta jkolli xi turisti ghand Zeppi ta' Kurun biex jahilbu n-naghag u jaghmlu l-gbejniet, arana naqbdu l-argunett u t-tamburlin u doqqulhom tad-Dudej. U ha nghidilkom, jekk ikolli naqra mbid go rasi anke jien nibda nghanni, waqt li s-swaba tax-xellug ifittxu l-buttuni suwed u s-swaba tal-lemin fuq il-keyboard ifittxu ghall-melodija u nibda sejjer:

Ninu Ninu Ninu gej
Bin il-mara tad-Dudej.
Id-Dudej ghandiw haniwt
b'idiw w jdejh gewwe l-biwt

Ghalina dan hu l-karnival. Imma fil-karnival propja, voldieri daz-zmien, il-briju jkun akbar. Toni tat-Triq ta' l-Ghajn jerfa' l-aqwa imbid ghal daz-zmien. Jghaqqdu maghna erba' rgiel ohra. Wiehed minn Ta' Kercem isuq it-Taxi igib mieghu l-argunett tal-halq, Gorg ix-Xemx bil-kastanjoli u Pawlu l-Kuskus inemmes xi nisa li jghaqqdu biz-zfin. L-iprem meta jkollna l-maskarati kollha saqqajhom suf u sider liema bhalu! Heq kollox hemm hinu u waqtu.

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