Extremists will always seek to destroy our monuments because they stand as a perpetual reminder of the accomplishments of greater men.
Extremists will always seek to destroy our national monuments because they stand as a perpetual reminder of the accomplishments of greater men. Yet the tragedy is that this destruction has not only come from activists but from those entrusted to protect justice itself.
Joe Zammit McKeon
Judge Joe Zammit McKeon, with one arrogant stroke of his pen, betrayed the nation. His ruling opened the door for our sacred Great Siege Monument to be sold out, desecrated, and turned into a battleground for political theatre. Instead of safeguarding a national shrine, he reduced it to a tool of chaos—robbing it of its dignity and transforming it into a dumping ground for division.
This was not just poor judgment—it was an act of betrayal. Joe Zammit McKeon placed himself in the dark company of those who undermine our history, empowering extremists who trample on the memory of our ancestors. While greater men shed their blood to defend Malta, McKeon’s ruling has stained their sacrifice with the ink of cowardice and irresponsibility.
The Siege Monument does not belong to judges, politicians, or extremists. It belongs to the Maltese people and to history. And those who undermine it, like Joe Zammit McKeon, will be remembered not as guardians of justice, but as destroyers of heritage.
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I agree with what you wrote in this article specially because I am a tourist guide. I feel heart when I have to explaine the monument with those picture on it. Sometimes I pass it over. Keep up your articles.