Pursuit for national social justice must be matched by international justice, says Picardo

Pursuit for national social justice must be matched by international justice, says Picardo

CEREMONIAL OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

Because it is clear that even as we celebrate 100 years since the end of the first world war, 75 years since Victory in Europe and 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the hard right is alive and kicking in Europe, said Chief Minister Fabian Picardo at the ceremonial opening at Parliament yesterday. 

He went on: And we will work in every available forum to ensure that we take on anyone who seeks to use innuendo or lies to misrepresent our people, our journey and our reality.

Because we are a Government that was elected to deliver social justice – and we have.

And that pursuit for national social justice must be matched by a crusade for international justice for our people.

And we will not hesitate to seek out such justice for our nation in every forum within our grasp.

We are fierce friends to those who want to work with us – but we will be fearless foes of those who seek to denigrate us.

For we will never give up our rights to our land.

We will not let down our ancestors who are buried here on our sacred ground.

We will not surrender the land of our children and our children’s children.

We will not be cowed by the cheap and empty rhetoric that insults us.

And if you stand in our way, history will sweep you away like any other one of the many hurdles we have already surmounted.

A footnote to the history of our common success as a people.

Our people have shown repeatedly that they are not going to swallow successive iterations of our opponents versions of project fear.

Our people would not have their electoral choice tainted by repeated, unimaginative arguments about stretched finances, im

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