It was close, but now the only remaining country that refuses to accept divorce is the Philippines. (The Vatican as well but does that really count?)
This deeply religious island nation has shaken the Roman Catholic Church by voting in favour of legalizing divorce.
Sunday’s referendum count found 52.6 per cent want a law that would allow married couples to divorce after they’ve been separated for at least four years.
“I am absolutely elated,” Deborah Schembri, chair of the Yes campaign, said in an interview. “The Maltese have voted to give themselves more civil rights.”
Schembri, a family lawyer, called on the ruling Nationalist Party to quickly pass legislation that would take Malta off the list of only three countries in the world — along with the Vatican and the Philippines — that do not allow divorce.
