Before Ian Borg become Deputy-Prime Minister, the face of the Labour Party rebellion was Chris Fearne, who had lost the leadership race against Prime Minister Robert Abela thanks to the backing and work of Joseph Muscat.
With the new Deputy-Prime Minister refusing to take on the role of a rebel alternative, there is no senior political figure inside the Labour Party right now that can provide vision, guidance and strength to a rebellion.
At the same time, Prime Minister Robert Abela is also failing to provide clear guidance and a strong leadership vision, resulting in a lack of inspiration among his MPs to support him enthusiastically.
Without a senior political figure inside the Labour cabinet that is inspiring Labour politicians, somehow, this void is currently being filled by President Myriam Spiteri Debono, and by now, the truth that the President and the Prime Minister are not on good terms with each other is a well-know public secret inside Labour Party factions.
Labour Party officials and politicians have particularly noticed the ongoing quarrel between the Premier and the President following the inauguration of the Fondazione Falcone’s international centre in Malta where the President gave a speech. Her speech was surprisingly very remarkable and unusual for a Maltese head of state as she declared her full of support for journalists and their work and mentioned a list of journalists by their name who have been murdered in Europe. She also praised the work of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
The speech came as a bombshell and a big surprise for Prime Minister Robert Abela which prompted him to argue with the President about her “loyalties to the State”. The Prime Minister’s quarrel was highly irregular and broached on the space and independence of the President. The President was of course unmoved by Prime Minister Robert Abela’s protests, and by now everyone in Labour knows that the President and the Premier are at loggerheads.
President Myriam Spiteri Debono is a previous Labour Party activist and ally of George Abela himself, and this is why she was after all chosen as the President. However, her politics and principles are rooted in a time when the Labour Party still had socialists in it, and till this day the President has not changed her fundamental moral principles.
To put it concisely, President Myriam Spiteri Debono is an old-time Labour Party socialist who believes that the Labour Party has been hijacked by opportunistic and greedy interests, Joseph Muscat and his friends must face justice, and it would be even better for the Labour Party to lose the elections so that it may rediscover its moral principles.
As one can imagine, Prime Minister Robert Abela is furious about the President’s positions and actual thoughts. His father, George Abela who actually proposed her for the role is not surprised by this situation.
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