WATCH: Occupy Justice ‘pigging out’ in ‘Kulħadd Jitħanżer’ protest

Kulħadd Jitħanżer

This evening, #occupyjustice staged a protest outside parliament to highlight the fact that politicians and government appointees, elected and nominated, respectively, to serve the country are, instead, using their positions of privilege to pillage the country’s coffers for their personal gain.

It is evident that these individuals have no qualms about ‘feeding at the trough’ and lining their own pockets with undeserved wealth, while countless families are having to stretch themselves to make ends meet, living from month to month. 

This government has, for the past ten years, treated the population with utter contempt and has, unashamedly, used its position of power to reward its loyal supporters with undeserved lucrative positions. 

The recent revelations of the chats between the alleged mastermind of the assassination of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, and a sitting MP only proved, black on white, what we already knew – only, this time, it was coming from the horse’s mouth. 

Worse still is the fact that these same individuals seem to belong to a clique of untouchables, who are above the law, abetted and aided by crumbling institutions that have been weakened by lack of good governance and an absence of checks and balances. 

The disrespect with which voters are treated is disgraceful and, in some cases, criminal. Of course, our dormant Police Commissioner and Attorney General have done absolutely nothing to rectify the situation, and it is only thanks to the relentless work of courageous journalists and civil society activists that the acts of these disgraceful, greedy politicians have remained in the spotlight.

We demand respect. Our country deserves better.