The negativity of the forces behind the throne at the PN locked it in a position in which it only bothered with attacking the Muscat government with corruption claims – some evidently true, others never proven
It was no surprise, therefore, that the party machine would do its utmost to trip Claudio Grech by plotting his ‘downfall’: his not being returned to Parliament. Luckily these efforts did not succeed
I could not hope that in his second term, Muscat would raise the ethical standards of his performance and suddenly become a paladin of good and transparent governance
The fact that many are still undecided does not reflect negatively about these individuals but speaks volumes about the two main political parties and the blind way people used to support them in the past
The incredible U-turn about this magistrate’s job that was made by the blogger who originally made the allegations, cannot be dismissed as just a fortuitous change of tactics
Calling an election and winning it will give Joseph Muscat some respite because the people’s approval of his performance will fly in the face of Simon Busuttil’s coalition against corruption
