During most of the ongoing debates about Malta’s defence and neutrality, Ukraine and Europe, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ian Borg has been conspicuously absent.
He is currently totally detached from ongoing and historic debates taking place right now in Malta on defence, and is living in a parallel world of peripheral issues and global fairs on tourism (he’s also the Minister for Tourism). Previously, Minister Ian Borg successfully avoided local controversies by being busy with his portfolio abroad, now he can excuse himself from matters relating to his foreign portfolio with the tourism economy.
It is obvious what Minister Borg has been doing for a long time, and everyone can see through his strategy of avoiding political controversies while building his influence as a successful broker within different factions of the Labour Party. This is a strategy pursued only by those with leadership ambitions. Anyone else as a Foreign Minister would have loved all the media attention they could get during these historic times.
The Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy-Leader of the Labour Party has often made statements that go contrary to the Labour Party’s propaganda. He has also spoken positively about the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. Having him round around in Malta and Brussels giving press statements would inevitably put him at risk of saying something divergent to the Prime Minister’s rhetoric. Although remaining quiet may be the right choice for his future career and prospects, his absence right now does not bode well for the country or the Labour Party which desperately needs someone to provoke some thought in it.
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