Cabinet Secretary Ryan Spagnol who is a young socialist and activist with the Labour should be feeling really awkward right now. I wonder why he didn’t resign. Ryan Spagnol would be the last person in Labour to appreciate his boss sailing the Mediterranean on his boat after causing various crises back home. Ryan Spagnol is in a constant state of frustration about many different things.
Above all, the astonishingly ridiculous position of Labour’s socialists is marred by the fact that this government is as close to the construction industry as it can be. Apart from witnessing and experiencing the result of this relationship visually and materially with an ever-decreasing quality of life as a result of a jungle rules construction boom, the corruption of this relationship is also blatantly evident and in our faces.
Miriam Dalli who is leading an unofficial leadership campaign to replace Robert Abela does not inspire any hope to many socialist delegates in the Labour Party. Apart from being a previous member of Joseph Muscat’s cabal and currently part of his cover-up, Miriam Dalli can’t be considered a prospective Prime Minister after being responsible for Malta’s blackouts. The result of this situation is very demoralising to many Labour Party delegates and also as a consequence, there are informal talks between Labour Party delegates and Nationalist Party Councillors about uniting and forming a new political party. On the other hand, Miriam Dalli’s caucus plans to put a challenge to Robert Abela by turning the MEP elections into a referendum against him. If the Labour Party gets a trashing at the MEP elections, Miriam Dalli plans to have this issue of the leadership raised in the cabinet.
Basically, the Labour Party is split and has been cut into a thousand pieces. Here is a basic rundown of the factions:
1 – Robert Abela’s Real-Estate Mafia. The inner circle includes Roderick Galdes, Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, Silvio Schembri, Jonathan Attard, Andy Ellul, and supporters include Clayton Bartolo, Clint Camilleri, Joe Etienne Abela, Julia Farrugia, Anton Refalo and Chris Bonett.
2 – Miriam Dalli’s caucus. Kurt Farrugia, Daniel Micallef, Byron Camilleri, Rebecca Butti?ie? and of course Ryan Spagnol.
3 – The disillusioned socialists. Clyde Caruana, Chris Fearne and Randolph Debattista. They are not big fans of either Robert Abela or Miriam Dalli.
4 – The dissociate. Ian Borg is staying on the sidelines, dissociating as best as he can from the Labour Party parliamentary group by spending his time abroad on official trips. Ian Borg is not playing the dissociation game to remain on the political sidelines, he also has ambitions for the Labour Party leadership, and dissociating himself from the current government will give him an advantage over his competitors.
The fractures are much wider and also transversal to each other in various ways. This is a party in tatters and its fractures will grow the longer Robert Abela remains in power. Historically, the Labour Party was as never divided as it is today. Even Mintoff’s split with Boffa was clearly demarcated – here we have a cacophony.
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