Editorial TMID – PN: Unsubstantiated revenge and claims
It seems that the wounds of the Nationalist Party will never be allowed to heal.
Not only has the party suffered another shortage in voting, but now, one of its former top deputies has declared open war against its leader, Bernard Grech. And it seems, again, that this is because of personal revenge.
While it is very normal for there to be unrest and turmoil after an electoral defeat, one might not expect that this time the unrest will be caused by a deputy who has fought so hard to oust Adrian Delia and be replaced by the Chief.
Azzopardi’s demands appear to have been sparked by comments made by Grech in a recent interview, in which he was asked about Azzopardi’s failure to be elected and said that MPs would eventually meet the ‘deadline’. their.
What Grech said was true. After all, the people spoke with their votes and chose to keep Azzopardi out of Parliament.
Azzopardi may feel that the party has not supported him, or that he has even worked against him, but the fact remains that he has enjoyed a lot of attention over the last five years, after he was the family lawyer Daphne. Caruana Galizia and other heights. -profile cases.
In recent years, he has been appointed shadow minister for justice, the economy and later for the environment – three key portfolios – so he certainly cannot be ruled out.
He also often made headlines with his bomb allegations on social media, always portraying himself as the spotless politician who was willing to fight corruption alone, if need be. But, in the end, he failed to be elected.
Maybe the people chose to vote Jason out because of his failure to walk the party line, and because of his negativity and his extreme hatred towards anything Labor.
He now claims that Bernard Grech received donations from a couple of Yorgen Fenech’s relatives after discussing a presidential pardon with them.
The request is rich, coming from someone who had stayed at the Hilton in Tel Aviv for free, courtesy of the Thomas family.
The party ran its structures and gave Azzopardi 24 hours to substantiate his demands. Instead, he chose to resign, avoiding such a process.
It’s so embarrassing that people like Azzopardi keep trying to undermine the party on all sides, violating ethics and instructions to get a little media attention.
If Azzopardi is really out of politics, and if he really respects the choice the electorate has made, then he should gracefully bow his head and sit back in private as a lawyer.
If he has proof of wrongdoing, he must either go to the police with the information or publish it himself. If he doesn’t, then he should let it lie. There is no point in throwing mud and then failing to support the allegations.
Such actions only show that he is losing his throat. There were other former MPs who failed to get elected, but none of them tried to tarnish the name of the party leader as Azzopardi did.
If he really loves the party, he should bow down to the will of the people and help the PN in other ways, instead of trying to destroy the little that is left.