And then he had the nerve to speak about arrogance

Franco Debono raised shoulder high by Labour supporters on March 10.

Outgoing Nationalist Party secretary-general, Paul Borg Olivier, in an interview with The Sunday Times, today:

Franco Debono capitalised on issues of popular sentiment for personal gain, Nationalist general secretary Paul Borg Olivier tells The Sunday Times in an interview today.

“How can you put such a divisive person in a position where they must seek consensus and unite?” Dr Borg Olivier says about the former Nationalist MP who brought down his government and who was recently tasked by the Labour Government with organising a convention on constitutional reform.

It’s not only that Franco Debono is divisive. As with the appointment of Anglu Farrugia as Speaker of the House, divisiveness is not the main issue, though it certainly is an important one.

Blatant lack of fitness for purpose because of sheer ineptitude is the real problem here. Anglu Farrugia does not have what it takes to be Speaker of the House, and he proved it again on TVM’s Dissett last night.

Franco Debono does not have what it takes to review the entire body of legislation and oversee constitutional reform or the writing of a new Constitution (which I strongly suspect is written already, in any case).

When we say that individuals like these are not fit for purpose, that they are not qualified or able to undertake the roles they have been given, we are not being ‘personal’. This is legitimate criticism and it is factual.

It is important, therefore, that the Nationalist Party stops being squeamish about saying that these two are patently unqualified for their roles and behaving as though it’s all about lack of consultation. That too, but their ineptitude is of greater concern.