Outgoing Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Toni Abela was the first to address the crowd attending the Freedom Day ceremonies in Vittoriosa.
Dr Tony Abela said he always believed that the absolute freedom was never reached. "Freedom is like perfection, it's a concept that can never be reached completely."
He said that in our society, there is always someone that needs to be freed.
"Commemorating Freedom Day does not necessarily mean we have reached complete freedom"
Compared to other countries, Malta has made huge progress as regards freedom and rights of minorities, he said.
He mentioned Dr Gorg Borg Olivier by saying that he was the one who never stopped fighting for more and more freedom.
"If it wasn't for the fact that the Labour Party won the last general election, led by Joseph Muscat, a lot of rights for minorities would not have been introduced, including the right for homosexual people to have a civil union or for couples to divorce."
"I am a catholic, but I don't go to church very often. But lately someone told me not to make the sign of the cross because it might be interpreted negatively. I feel that this should not be the case. We live in a time when everyone should be free to manifest one's beliefs."
The Prime Minister is expected to speak later.
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