Two candidates, one goal – George Vital Zammit
This PN’s leadership campaign is unlike any other. Its idiosyncrasies are too many to list, but if you add a campaign during a pandemic and an incumbent whose number one fan is the party in government, it makes this truly a unique cocktail.
I’ll focus on one issue that both are rallying on – unity. Adrian Delia is sporting għaqda b’lealtà (unity through loyalty) while Bernard Grech is branding ningħaqdu, niġġeddu, nirnexxu (reunite, renew, succeed). The candidates have more in common. They are almost the same age, both lawyers (almost an inescapable fixation for the PN), are relatively new to the political scene, and have the gift of the gab. But that’s about form.
This election needs to be about content and one important question beckons on the tesserati (party members) – how will unity be achieved?
Unity is what will enable the Nationalist Party to become an effective political party again, able to field valid candidates that can deliver with competence, diligence and integrity, if the party is ever elected to office again.
Unity is what will restore collegiality within a dysfunctional parliamentary group, a fragmented youth movement, and a disillusioned electorate that finds...