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An offer she refused

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Mark Camilleri
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ADPD leader Sandra Gauci refused an unsolicited donation that was offered to the Green Party by Michael Stivala through Sandro Chetcuti. Michael Stivala is a top Labour Party donor and in the past has also donated to the PN. He assumed he could do the same with ADPD and buy the Green Party’s influence. He has also often accused NGOs they are taking money from competing developers to attack his projects.

ADPD is fully funded by its members and small donors and its uncompromised existence is a breath of fresh air in the local political landscape. Sandra Gauci is also contesting the upcoming MEP elections and she surely deserves my vote.

Comments

  1. Sparky avatar
    Sparky

    Yes, well done. Set an example. However, question is why are such good people itching for work away from home? It is in Malta that we need you. If not what chance do we have of ever having upright leaders?

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    1. Banquo avatar
      Banquo

      It is not about wanting to work away from home. It is about being realistic about one’s electoral prospects. Members of the European Parliament are elected from all around Malta. No vote is lost because the country becomes a single electoral district. Also, because the election does not bring a change in government back home, people are more willing to take a chance and vote for someone different than the norm or cast a ‘protest vote’ if they are angry with the regular party they vote for.

      These factors give ADPD a realistic chance of one day electing an MEP. If that MEP is deemed successful, ADPD can then perhaps use that as a springboard to get candidates elected to the Maltese parliament, which is a much steeper hill to climb.

      For ADPD to establish itself in the Maltese parliament, it will have to gain immense popularity in at least one of the 13 electoral districts for general elections. Having lots of votes dispersed all across the 13 districts does them no good, and experimental or protest votes will be fewer to come by in a general election.

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      1. Sparky avatar
        Sparky

        One day? Malta needs persons of such quality now not in five or ten years. She needs to make herself heard more however. Knock on more doors. Advertise herself. She is on a motivational up I suspect which means she can make a difference to the country now not when she’s knackered after X years working in Brussels.

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  2. Wish avatar
    Wish

    Malta needs a change, one electoral district for general elections.

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  3. Chris avatar
    Chris

    Well done Sandra :). Tell us how much that $%$%$ offered you and we will try to raise the same amount and more. These kind of people think that everyone is full of $%$%$ – just like them.

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