Comments on: Nationalist Party leadership election today

By: Catsrbest

Catsrbest — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:19:00 +0000

… “Of one thing you can be certain: that the contender who doesn’t win will not spend the next decade doing a John Dalli about it”

Yes, how unfortunate was Dr Gonzi. I voted in that contest. From the look on Dalli’s face, I knew, back then, that he was going to create a great deal of trouble.

By: TinaB

TinaB — Sat, 04 May 2013 17:05:08 +0000

I am convinced that whoever wins will most definitely do an excellent job.

No amount of switchers bitching, especially about Simon Busuttil, will ever change that – they would better concentrate on how the government, which they have put in to power themselves, is running the country instead.

Good luck to all of them and may the best man win.

By: catharsis

catharsis — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:35:15 +0000

May the best one win. It’s a tough road ahead.

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:29:01 +0000

This contest is in stark contrast to that for MLP leader in 2008, described by Evarist Bartolo (and Coleiro Preca?) as the dirtiest on record.

The 1993 MLP leadership contest was also marred by an anonymous letter against Lino Spiteri.

By: GB_PN

GB_PN — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:21:07 +0000

http://siehbi.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/peppis-a-giver/

By: Dez

Dez — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:20:09 +0000

All four contenders are real gentlemen. However I do believe that we need a new face and a new style of politics. Raymond Bugeja with Francis Zammit Dimech as deputy Leader would be my best bet.

By: Village

Village — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:53:21 +0000

Bugeja approaching Labour first sounds like an opportunity investment exercise.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:47:21 +0000

They are all nice, articulate, decent men, and worthy to be in the PN but to me none of the quartet has the leadership qualities desperately needed to galvanize the people as Eddie Fenech Adami did so naturally.

Great democratic leaders like Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair had one thing in common – vision.

Sad to say, none of these contenders has the vision as to where they want to take the country.

By: Dissident

Dissident — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:01:08 +0000

Simon would have more chance if he wasn’t directly involved in the electoral campaign. Mario is more a man of the people and more of a traditional politician. Mario needs to look a bit less sombre though and sound more positive.

By: JB

JB — Sat, 04 May 2013 13:01:10 +0000

What a soft spot you had writing this article. Well chosen words and good manner of writing without incitement. I wished you could write all other articles like this while still maintaining whatever criticism that comes with it, then you would have a full house following your blog. I do not expect you to be politically inclined as your role in the society is well needed to check which ever party is governing.

[Daphne – 1. I already have a ‘full house’ following this blog. 2. I have a ‘full house’ following this blog because it is not like other blogs and I am not like other people/writers. 3. The minute I cease to be myself I will not have a ‘full house’ following this blog. 4. I have been successful as a columnist for 23 years precisely because this is the way most people want their political commentary written, even if many others do not. 5. Writers require readers, not votes. 6. There is no such thing as a political commentator who is not ‘politically inclined’; those who are not politically inclined by definition have little or no interest in or knowledge of politics, which is why they are the wrong people for the job and are unreadable. But thank you for your interest. I am not here to be nice to people or worry what they might think. There are enough people doing that already. Oh and incidentally, what incitement are you on about?]