Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this evening that the next big challenge facing Maltese society is to ensure that there is equality among all people. Speaking at the foot of the Freedom Monument in a Labour Party event to mark March 31, Dr Muscat said Dom Mintoff's primary aim was not freedom, but equality for all. It was for that reason that he first sought integration (with the UK) and when he was not assured parity, he sought freedom. March 31, 1979 was a crucial step towards the ultimate goal of equality, following on other steps such as Independence and the Republic. Much progress had been made towards equality, but total equality still did not exist. He doubted that it existed anywhere. In Malta, more needed to be done for persons with disability and for equal treatment for men and women. Women had equal rights as men on paper, but the same was not true in real life. There was also no proper equality for people with different sexual orientation and Malta also had too much racism, Dr Muscat said. The freedom achieved by Dom Mintoff meant the Maltese were not anything less than any other people. But every day people needed to challenge what needed to be challenged for...
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