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Eddie: Kap li quddiem l-isfida tal-vjolenza żamm dejjem il-prinċipji

President Emeritus Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici

Wara r-riżultat ‘pervers’ tal-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali tal-1981, żdiedet il-pressjoni tal-eletturi Nazzjonalisti, l-iktar fuq Eddie Fenech Adami bħala Kap, u b’xi mod anki fuqna d-deputati fis-sens li ladarba konna maġġoranza, ma kellniex nirrassenjaw rwieħna li nibqgħu fl-Oppożizzjoni. Ħafna kienu jgħidulna: “Ara kieku s-sitwazzjoni kienet bil-maqlub, huma kienu jwaqqgħu kull ma hawn.” Kien hemm min kien jissuġġerixxi s-sabotaġġi,…

Is-sewwa jirbah zgur

Austin Gatt

If ever there was a phrase that epitomises Eddie Fenech Adami it must be “Is-Sewwa Jirbah Zgur” – coined by him, repeated ‘ad nauseam’, ridiculed by opponents and hardly believed by friends, in three short words it encapsulated all that Eddie believed in. The phrase was coined at a time when the horizon seemed to…

Twemmin politiku imsejjes fuq principji Nsara

Tonio Borg

Hemm hafna akkwisti li ghamel Eddie Fenech Adami ghall-partit u ghall-pajjiz. Rebbieh ta` hames elezzjonijiet generali, id-dhul ta` Malta fl-Unjoni Ewropeja, il-bini ta` socjeta` moderna, mal-Punent, u ta` ekonomija hielsa izda b` direzzjoni socjali, il-modernisazzjoni tal-infrastruttura, b` progetti li ghadhom iservuna sal-lum. Izda ghalija l-akbar moment ta` Eddie Fenech Adami kien, meta quddiem il-kadavru ta`…

Transforming an island nation

Lawrence Gonzi

Henry Kissinger once said that the task of a leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. This statement is a perfect description of what has inspired all the leaders of the Nationalist Party throughout Malta’s journey to achieve independence, entrench democratic values and proclaim our European…

Eddie: the come what may politician

Steve Mallia

As I conducted the 48 interviews with Eddie Fenech Adami that gradually metamorphosed into Eddie-My Journey – the autobiography he was hugely reluctant to publish – there was one phrase he repeated that resonated, with me at least, more brightly than any other: ‘Come what may.’ So indelibly were these words imprinted on my mind…

Eddie through the lens

Darrin Zammit Lupi

Browsing through this collection of photographs documenting moments in the public life of Eddie Fenech Adami in the eighties is like stepping into a time hole. I remember those days vividly and am sure that I appear in some of the images, albeit as a little unrecognisable dot in the ones which show large crowds.…

Ma’ Eddie fis-snin tal-“missjoni”

Richard Muscat

Is-snin mill-1981 sal-1987, li fihom wettaqt il-missjoni politika tax-xandir tal-messagg politiku tal-Partit Nazzjonalista minn Ragusa, u s-snin ta’ wara li fihom kont imcahhad milli nirritorna f’pajjizi, kienu dawk li fihom personalment kont l-aktar vicin tieghu. Ser nikkoncentra, ghalhekk, il-hsibijiet tieghi dwar Eddie Fenech Adami fuq kif nafu f’dawk is-snin. Kien hu stess li fdali din…

Forging long-lasting European ties

Noel Buttigieg Scicluna

When Eddie became Leader of the Party he inherited few and rather loose relationships with other political Parties belonging to the same political family as the PN, namely following a Christian Democratic ideology. His predecessor, George Borg Olivier took a rather pragmatic approach to such Associations. However, considering the erratic behavior of Dom Mintoff and…

L-aktar elezzjoni kruċjali fi 52 sena ta’ sovranità

L-elezzjoni tal-1987 kienet, tista’ tgħid, l-aktar elezzjoni kruċjali għal pajjiżna f’dawn l-aħħar 52 sena ta’ sovranità. Elezzjonijiet importanti kien hemm, imma din l-elezzjoni fissret l-għażla kruċjali bejn, fuq naħa waħda, id-demokrazija, il-libertà u l-valuri Ewropej u, min-naħa l-oħra, stil ta’ Gvern awtokratiku dipendenti u mudellat fuq pajjiżi tat-Tielet Dinja. Il-programm ta’ Eddie Fenech Adami għall-Gvern…