The Labour Party’s MEPs Alex Agius Saliba and Daniel Attard have abstained from voting for the European Parliament President earlier today. They made this decision against the directive of their leader and Prime Minister to vote in her favour. The other Labour Party MEP, Thomas Bajada, voted in favour.
Alex Agius Saliba had recently made a statement saying that he would never do anything against the interest of his “leaders”. He’s actually doing just that by steering the Labour Party into the hands of Joseph Muscat and away from his current leader.
There is nothing principled or meaningful in the actions of Alex Agius Saliba. Alex Agius Saliba’s theatre in the European Parliament is intended for the Labour voters. There is no reasonable or valid reason to oppose the vote for Roberta Metsola, especially if you are Maltese. Her statutre and position in Europe is one of the things that today gives us soft power and even greater status in the international field. Refusing to vote in her favour as a Maltese is not an act of heroism and defiance, it’s an act of selfish and self-interested betrayal.
That’s exactly what Alex Agius Saliba is doing. He is projecting his opposition to Roberta Metsola to local Labour Party voters so as to remain the “authentic” Labourite, and the one who publicly wants to rehabilitate Joseph Muscat. This has got nothing to do with European politics. You are watching Joseph Muscat taking over the Labour Party in real time and a weak Prime Minister who can not resist him.
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