A Declaration For The Issues Of Malta

To start, I write this from an outsider perspective. I am not born in Malta. I do not speak Maltese fluently, and if I did speak the bit of Maltese I know, it would be a weird for of Gozitan dialect that even someone from Gozo would look twice at. I grew up in New York, as did my father. But I am every bit Maltese in my blood as anyone found on Malta.

My surname of Portelli is one of the oldest in Malta. We have fought, bled and died for Malta over the course of 600+ years. The first Portelli (Leonardo Portelli) landed in Malta from Italy in Medieval times. At least in the 1400s. Maybe earlier.

Since then, Malta has had a unique privilege of surviving. We suffered for hundreds of years as a human farm for the Berbers, specifically the North African slave harvester, Dragut. We lost thousands of Maltese to slavery, famine, disease, impressment, and indentured servitude. We are a small people as is; there’s less than half a million actual ethnic Maltese in Malta. Less than 1 million on earth. Because of this, our way of life must be preserved. Our survival depends on it.

In many southeast asian countries, the governments saw the threat of exploitation as a poor country with rich resources and tourist appeal. Almost universally in Asia, the nations of that continent have passed laws that both appeal to tourists as visitors, who bring wealth to visit, and to the ethnic native populations to prevent exploitation. The results have been spectacular.

Other countries though have not taken these measures, and saw their culture and people almost wiped out. The Venetians, Catalonians, and people of Santorini all face extinction from excess tourism and loss of culture.

Malta has unique modern problems to most of the world and even these mentioned places, but they are not new for Malta itself. After all, Malta once spoke phonetician and carthaginian punic, before allowing the island to be overun.

To protect Malta, the country must take understandable but drastic solutions that look to both the north, the south, and the east. Here is my declaratory solution to the Maltese issue:

The Declaratory Solution For The Issues Of Malta:

1. Malta must ban the sale or gift of any land or property to anyone not a citizen. Leasing of property cannot exceed 20 year terms.
2. Maltese citizenship cannot be purchased or obtained through application based on time living in the country.
3. Anyone who illegal enters or is found in the country illegally will be either deported within 72 hours, or charged with breaking immigration laws and serve out their sentence before being deported within 72 hours of completion of sentence. This applies to past illegals.
4. All non Maltese citizens, European Union or not, must apply for a visa to remain in the country beyond tourism purposes.
5. People from all countries can enter the country visa free as a tourist.
6. To rent a property, a residence visa is required.

6 proposals. It is not complicated. And it is straight to the point. But these 6 proposals would solve all of the issues plaguing Malta today. I will break down each one by one.

1. Malta must ban the sale or gift of any land or property to anyone not a citizen. Leasing of property cannot exceed 20 year terms.

Enacting the first declaration would solve Malta’s housing crisis almost overnight. If this is not enacting, then before long we can expect the entire island to be owned by brits or germans or italians for their vacation homes. There will be no property left for the Maltese. Since it only bans the sale or gifting of property, current foreign owners can keep their property or land. Malta is a country that respects rule of law after all, and to confiscate land already purchased would be unfair and unjust.

2. Maltese citizenship cannot be purchased or obtained through application based on time living in the country.

This is self explanatory. The passport scheme has made a mockery of Malta, and is exploitative of what it means to be a Maltese. The money made from it is dirty, and tarnishes the Maltese people. There are better ways for a country to generate revenue. The selling of passports must end.

3. Anyone who illegal enters or is found in the country illegally will be either deported within 72 hours, or charged with breaking immigration laws and serve out their sentence before being deported within 72 hours of completion of sentence. This applies to past illegals.

This is something that the Maltese politicians are so afraid to tackle. But it is the biggest outrage Maltese almost universally have right now. Malta is too small to accept illegals. Before long, the entire island would become Nigerian or Somali. it is the elephant in the room that must finally be addressed and solved.

4. All non Maltese citizens, European Union or not, must apply for a visa to remain in the country beyond tourism purposes.

Being in the EU is not bad, with the free trade and travel, but Malta is not Germany or Italy. Malta is small. And with the country being the southern most country in Europe, it is always going to be a top tourist destination. Schengen rules are not sustainable for Malta if our people wish to survive.

5. People from all countries can enter the country visa free as a tourist.

This is to invite prosperity and money to come to the island. Tourism is great. Let the Maltese people grow prosperous with every tourist dollar, but be protected from the exploitation of the tourist themselves. Anyone can come, spend money, and have fun. But then at some point, they must go home.

6. To rent a property, a residence visa is required.

It helps solidify the guarantee that people are not renting property meant for Maltese, unless they are actually able to live on the island.

By doing these steps, Malta can have a chance. But think to yourself, what if Malta does not take these steps? What if Malta opts to ignore this declaration? What will become of the Maltese if Europeans can continue buying our property, african migrants can continue landing on our shores, russians and saudis can continue buying our passports, and serbs and bosnians can continue working our jobs? What will be left of the Maltese people when the milennials of Maltese are old men and women? Will there even be a Malta left? After all, my dialect of gozitan is all but extinct.

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