A Right to Secrecy Denied

In this episode, I share my concerns about voting in the general elections due on March 9 to be held over here in Malta. The situation is that, as a disabled person having a visual impairment, I can't vote in the election in secret. While I remain anxious with the prospect of voting in front of third parties representing the Electoral Commission,I express a hope that with Malta's ratification of the UN Convention Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), other disabled people who have been denied the right to a secret vote for soap long will finally be able to vote in secret. However, there has to be enough political trust to implement in full Article 29 of the UNCRPD. While I argue that the recommendations of Article 29 will definitely help in guaranteeing us a right to a secret vote, it would also benefit people whom, for other reasons, don't find the voting system accessible in its present form.

I end this episode by playing an audio version of a post entry I recently published on my blog at Gordon's D-Zone. This entry can be read at: http://gdzone.gordongd.com/2013/02/a-right-to-secrecy-denied-disabled_21.html

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