In the heat of battle, when the fog of war descends, politicians resort to soundbites and slogans. This is an ubiquitous phenomenon, at least where democracy rules, because "we, the people" are well known to have the attention span of particularly flighty gnats (or so they think) but that's not really a good excuse.
Given that your average punter, however, is not always in possession of the faculties needed to make erudite statements, not necessarily through his fault, in the comments sections online this may be forgiven, for all that the inanities and stupidities are sometimes wondrous to behold. In people who seek to lead, however, wooly thinking is not excusable, whatever the field the non-thinker ploughs.
Aspirant leaders of the country, therefore, should not go around blithely spouting slogans that are as full of wisdom as the nearest empty vessel.
A "whistleblower act" would not necessarily have made investigating the oil and commissions affair any easier, whatever Joseph Muscat says.
To start with, there is already protection for some whistleblowers in Chapter 452 of the Laws of Malta. This is the Employment & Industrial Relations Act and, obviously, it protects employees:...
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