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I wholeheartedly concur with the contents of the feature ‘The Party of Non-Voters’ (30 July, 2006). I sincerely think that Malta never experienced such a situation of indifference and untrustworthiness towards the two main political parties. As a moderate Labourite I can never acquiesce to the policy of the Malta Labour Party in adopting such a strategy of “non-policy” or worse, of old and expired proposals.
This so-called New Labour, which in my modest opinion is more packed with political opportunists who want to secure their parliamentary seat rather than genuine Labourites who really care about the situation which most of the middle/lower families are suffering, is disappointing most of the Maltese electorate, especially those Labourites who had always placed their hopes in the Malta Labour Party. Gone are the days of genuine Labour candidates, such as Manwel Dimech (although he was not in the party, his principles were surely socialist), Guze Ellul Mercer, Paul Xuereb and other candidates who had genuinely believed in enhancing the working class’s social status.
The electorate awaits a party that can offer a real and serious alternative to the present government. The latter, after a twenty-year interregnum, is facing its epilogue. The present situation can be compared with that of other EU countries such as Italy and the United Kingdom. These two EU countries experienced a vacuum after long-term legislatures. Thatcher’s Conservative Party in England and Democrazia Cristiana in Italy can be taken by analogy to our present situation.
Many Maltese are convinced that the replacement of the government will not change the present situation of instability, but to the contrary, as many deem, certain obscenities that resulted in the past would repeat themselves. These obscenities consisted in rampant corruption, favouritism, arrogance, etc. These situations have been recently experienced by many citizens. As a moderate Labourite, who presently belongs to the Non-Voters Party, I truly desire, like many others who share the same view, that the Malta Labour Party adopts a serious policy, and furthermore, control those elements that are in the party for their personal and exclusive interest. Only with such approach the Malta Labour Party would gain the reliance of the Maltese electorate.
Geoffrey Vella
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