A spent force!

To say that I am highly sceptical of Marlene Farrugia and her Partit Demokratiku would be an understatement. The way events unfolded following the General Election in June 2017 have more than amply demonstrated that joining forces with a Partit Demokratiku that was, and remains, largely dominated by Marlene Farrugia was a mistake. I have made no secret of my political disagreement with Farrugia and a number of decisions she has made since June 2017, so much so that I stated so point blank in an article published on The Times on August 22nd 2017.

I must thus highly welcome the decision taken tonight by the PN to formally dissolve the alliance with the Partit Demokratiku. In fairness it would be wrong to point fingers as to whether it was initially a good idea or not to join forces with the Partit Demokratiku. It would be easy to point fingers when one enjoys the benefit of hindsight; its an altogether different reality when one is deciding on a step never before tried and tested. Alas time has provided hindsight and the PN did the right move of taking correctionary measures.

Marlene Farrugia’s PD proved to be an unreliable ally; an unsteady ally, an ally that was never quite fully accepted by the electorate, an ally that was weakening PN rather than strengthening it. To cut ties was not an easy decision I’m sure. It took courage and a sense of leadership to come to such a decision. PN leader Adrian Delia must thus be applauded for having grabbed the bull by the horns and taking this difficult, but all be it, very much needed, decision.

PN needs to re-organise and focus on being a positive opposition. An opposition that that offers constructive criticism; an opposition that strives to make a difference even from the opposition benches; an opposition that is determined to be effective. It cannot possibly afford to waste any time with the childish games of Partit Demokratiku.

In reacting to the news of the dissolution of the Forza Nazzjonali PD issued a Press Release. Their Press Release goes a long way in proving just how irrelevant PD is fast becoming. PD stated that, “PD continues to welcome the disillusioned political refugees who have been failed by the parties forming the status quo and who, like the Partit Demokratiku and its MPs, do not recognise Adrian Delia as the Leader of the Opposition. The ideals of Forza Nazzjonali shall live on in PD, as they have since Delia's election”. No party can hope to have a very long future when its sole purpose seems to be that of rejecting the democratically elected leader of another political party.

Good move PN! Let’s focus and work for Malta. There is much work to be done and we can’t waste any more time on the antics of Farrugia and her party.
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