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editorial
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is always someone to blame and someone wiser
When it is all over, we are all wiser.
But let us not beat around the bush and pretend to have read the
writing on the wall.
We will, however, reiterate what we have said before in one of our
writings, and that is that we are not impressed with the Nationalist
party's PR machinery.
And we are worried, not because we owe anything to the Nationalist
party, but simply because this party has taken upon itself to lead
Malta into Europe. And that is a commitment that cannot be taken
lightly.
If it were the Labour party that had decided to take Malta across
the border, we would have gladly changed allegiances.
But this is not the case as we all know.
What has happened at Pietà, is that the men or shall we say
man who runs the show believes that he has all the answers.
He has not acted alone but has had the support of his predecessor.
When Alfred Sant moved into his new offices he did not shoot all
the men around him, but he slowly and steadily asked those characters
with a shady past to leave.
But in the case of the Nationalist party, there was a totally different
situation.
The Roger Degiorgios (NET TV head) and Kevin Drakes (Radio 101 head)
that were made uncomfortable and made to leave because they were
not seen to be part of the 'yes' team.
And in our view, the present Pietà line up is more in the
postulant stage. In fact, to go one step further, the only reason
that some people have risen to stardom is because of the unusual
events of 1998.
The Nationalist party still believes that it won the 1998 election,
when in fact it was the Labour party that lost it.
What happened, and this is said by all at Pietà, is that
the running of the show is suffering from a lack of direction and
charisma.
And all the talk of democratic structures in place at Pietà
is hogwash, to say the least.
The people who run the show have not come to terms with a very simple
fact: that if they lose an election, they will be shooting themselves
and Malta in the foot. If the Nationalists lose an election and
referendum or referendum/election, they would have relegated Malta's
to the third division.
The Labour party and its anti-Europe campaign can be beaten because
it heralds an ideology that is outdated and Mauritius in style.
It is based on bookworm socialism that encourages insularity, autarky
and nationalism.
It is badly wrong.
But to combat this, the Nationalist party needs a change.
And let us not be mistaken, we are not talking of Eddie Fenech Adami
here but of his entourage or immediate seconds.
To change Eddie Fenech Adami would be risky and faulty.
But the individuals that pretend to have the eminence, charisma
and political acumen have to be seriously reconsidered.
Let us not forget that the political parties of today need people
with vision, energy and direction.
And action rather than words is what today's electorate expects.
The worst thing that could happen now, is for us to have a Nationalist
party that changes its reform programme. And here we are talking
of the fiscal and economic programme.
The most puerile thing that could happen is for the Nationalist
party to promise the world as it did in 1998 and find itself in
a position where it cannot deliver.
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