Alfred Sant on Wikipedia

They say that Wikipedia should never be used as a quoted source and always treated with scepticism. And nothing proves this better than the entry for Alfred Sant. Here is a delightful quote, replete with original errors of grammar, meaning and punctuation (and accuracy, of course):

Dr Alfred Sant, post to his resignation as party leader was described as “…a fine, intelligent and honest politician”. To the latter he expressed himself as he has, and will have no regrets at all, albeit the fact that the Maltese electorate failed blatantly in seeing such qualities in him, and preferring the arrogance, incompetence and lack of integrity of the every-present P.N. Government. Dr Sant had to face unprecedented personal attacks, vilification and character assassination, which have certainly made their toll on his recent decision to resign irrevocably from the Malta Labour Party’s helm. The orchestrated hatred attacks stretched not only from the P.N. and its printed and broadcast media, but from the so called ‘independent’ English language newspapers in Malta, as well as from the State owned Television company Public Broadcasting Services – P.B.S. Such attacks were not limited to him or officials of the Malta Labour Party, but also to members of his family which have struggled to maintain a very discreet and low public profile.

This must surely have led him, Dr Sant, to rethink his political career vis-à-vis his personal life, and how this was being effected, mostly in the light of his recent health issues, and his resignation will surely serve as a long term holiday and as an opportunity to stretch his horizons and be at the service, not only to the Maltese citizens as in the past three decades, but also at the Service of Europe and the World. Surely, his supporters shall miss him greatly, and the Maltese islands have lost a true honest, visionary and progressive leader.

Amen to that, from all of us whom he has Served in Europe and the World.