However, Gonzi should take heed, because there is a big vacuum in the 5th district. We do not have much choice, and that is dangerous. I do not like Noel (is-sindku tal-Imqabba) or Toni Bezzina l-perit. And I know what I am saying.

The PN cannot afford to keep Debono.

That is a sine qua non.

What happens to his votes is completely beside the point.

Don’t kid yourself. The PN cannot afford to lose those votes. Most of them are disgruntled voters who see Debono as Sir Galahad and they will either give him their votes, not vote, or vote PL.

[Daphne – As if. The PN hasn’t lost Jeffrey’s votes. They’ll go to somebody else, more deserving, in the same party. Same with Franco.]

All the PN has to do is offer alternative candidates, who are already doing what he should be doing anyway. Which is why he also expects to decide who the party should field. He just won’t play fair.

The PN should immediately restart the selection process making it clear where it stands. L-Orizzont hasn’t stopped the mudslinging on potential candidates, and as long as the PN procrastinates, these are being damaged. The vacuum in the fifth district is untenable.

When he does the right thing, he goes about it the wrong way.

Less than a year left before being consigned to the dustbin of history.

[Daphne – Oh come on. Do you think any of us who voted for Jeffrey are going to do so again? He certainly doesn’t control our vote, and hasn’t for the last three to four years. Same difference with Debono.]