Talk:Enrico Mizzi
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Unfortunately I cannot login to my Wikipedia account. I have an account, I use it for the Maltese language Wikipedia, should we have a different account for each language at Wikipedia?
I'm doing extensive research on this Maltese nationalist, in order to potentially write a book on the subject.
Responding to you, Enrico Mizzi was very important in Maltese political history, he was a protagonist throughout all of his career as an opponent of Imperialist and Socialist activities in Malta, although he was admired for his personal relationships with his adversaries and gentlemanly behaviour. The Maltese Nationalist, Dott. Victor Ragonesi (still alive), recounts that upon Enrico Mizzi's death as Prime Minister, he witnessed the Admiral of the British Navy in Malta come personally in full regalia in front of the exposed corpse of Enrico Mizzi, falling on his knees to the ground and burst into tears, then recomposing himself and turning to the mentioned Dott. Victor Ragonesi stating "I've lost the best friend I had in Malta". And the man was supposed to be anti-British, something that even British officials themselves implied he was not in confidential correspondence. He merely for the dignity of his nation under colonialist nad imperialist rule, and for its Latin national identity which included the Italian language established in Malta as an official language and language of culture since around the 1200AD, and which with a stroke of a pen the British deemed fit to remove in the 1930s on the false pretext of Fascism (infact the British wanted to do this at least since the 1880s, vide Keenan Report, when Fascism was nowhere to be found).
First arrest? Enrico Mizzi was Court Martialled by the British, albeit being a civilian, in 1917 when there was no Fascism in Italy. He was found guilty, but the British authorities in Malta changed the sentence to a severe reprimand fearing popular backlashes since the then young Enrico Mizzi was very popular.
His political beliefs were not in the least influenced by Fascism, he held his beliefs, which were a continuation of his father's, Fortunato Mizzi termed Padre della Patria / Pater Patriae who died in 1905 back when Fascism was not even thought of by Mussolini. Moreover in the 1920s, Enrico Mizzi named his party Partito Democratico Nazionalista (Democratic Nationalist Party) which pushed for numerous national and civil liberties, including the abolishment of the death penalty as an example. The motto of that party and of the subsequent Partito Nazionalista was "Pro Religio et Patria" (For Religion (Roman Catholic) and Fatherland). Basically, Enrico Mizzi posited a Nationalism having as its structure a liberal democratic constitutionalism (kindly note that here we are not referring either to social liberalism/progressivism or neoliberal capitalism).
Enrico Mizzi was termed "cavaliere senza macchia e senza paura" (Knight without blight or fear, he was a Knight of Malta by the way), and his socialist political adversary Dom Mintoff went as far as saying that "he died Maltese, the best amongst the Maltese" alluding to his sheer determination and him never changing his views even though he suffered Court Martial, vilification, illegal internment and deportation et cetera at the hands of the British and their local lackeys whom he termed paraventi di Downing Street, don't know how to translate paraventi sorry, it basically means someone that defends and supporters Imperialist actions against the national interest of the Maltese.
And I add, that terming internment and deportation as "understandable" is mere blatant propaganda, worthy of the greatest liars or misinformed people. The internment and deportations were declared illegal, they were based on never substantiated suspects, the supposed Fascist connections were NEVER proven by anyone, from the British Imperialists to their lackeys. The same man "understandably" deported, was appointed Prime Minister by the British after he was the leader of the most popular party in 1950. Plus, those actions were a blatant defiance of the same human rights which the British purported to be fighting for against the Nazis. The obscentiy of these acts was also made known by serious British historians. Plus, the deportations did not happen at the start of the war, the British Governor had given guarantees that deportations would not be carried on when the Archbishop of Malta intervened and the same deportations were pushed for by Maltese anglophiles in order to elimate their political adversaries. The latter even proposed the death penalty for the same people. Truth is, the same scoundrels were over as a political force after the war, while Enrico Mizzi moved on to become a Prime Minister in 1950, dying in office and having what was probably the most attended funeral till now in the history of Malta.
I have a some suggestions for improvements to this article:
- The first paragraph should give an overview of who he was and why he was important.
- The political background should be explained. Were the fascists in power at the time of his first arrest?
- The article should say something in general terms about his political beliefs, and where he falls on the political spectrum, both in the context of fascist Italy and in the post-war context.
--Bcrowell 20:18, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
Somthing to note is that according to some research I did, I think it was in Herbert Ganado "Rajt Malta Tinbidel", the list of suspects the supporters of the Progress Party brought to the Governor was so long that the governor office saw that these where all lies and hatered between Maltese people. You should not forget also the talk by Sir Ugo Mifsud in the Maltese parlament the night before the deportation was going to happen, when he was abused to the limit by the opposition till he suffered a hearth attack. To this day no British Goverment did an apology for what happened. Should also be remembered that altough the persons where cleared from the charges after the war, they where deprived from working with government agencies, which was the largest employer in Malta and also had that stigma on them so private enterpreteurs did not employ them. 195.158.122.244 11:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
