I have followed with attention to the Nationalist Party’s ongoing leadership race and what is primarily very evident outcome of this race is that the Nationalist Party has been rejuvenated with a renewed sense of hope for electoral victory. The leadership race brought a realignment of political factions in PN yet the party looks even more united and outward looking. Alex Borg started out as a trojan horse, but is now backed by party heavyweights and veterans and is ending his political campaign with promises that he is determined to defeat the Labour Party. Adrian Delia, on the other hand, seems to have learnt from experience and is acting more like an opposition politician.
The Nationalist Party appears to be stronger and more untied. It seems to be digging itself out of its hole as the party regains its disruptive potential. The worst seems to be over but old problems and challenges still remain.ย Labour will increasingly be challenging PN on abortion so as to remind the electorate that PN is the conservative party. Alex Borg’s position and policies on planning and construction are very similar to the Labour government, effectively projecting himself as an establishment candidate. Adrian Delia, despite his newfound tone and rhetoric, still needs to prove his reconciliatory messages and failing to mention Jason Azzopardi when referring to PN’s Court case on the public hospital doesn’t help him.
PN still needs a lot of work to do to build itself as an alternative government. However, the immense progress PN did in such a short span of time with a leadership race shows the great potential in party renewal and change.
The Labour Party is currently a bit overtaken by events and I don’t think that the Labour heavyweights predicted that the Nationalist Party would recover in the polls during a leadership race. The Labour Party is still leading but the prospect of an Opposition winning the elections has become more likely, and hence why the Prime Minister is pondering an early election. Yet, the Labour Party can also look at this situation as a lessonย reminder which it can adopt to its own.
The Labour Party was supposed to change and renew itself after 2019. Instead, of getting rid of its maledictions to build on renewed foundations, the Labour Party consolidated them. Now, the political trends have begun turning and as the Nationalist Party hits its bottom, it is the Labour Party that begins to decline. We’ve already seen the start of this trend during the elections for the European parliament, but now this trend seems to have also started with regard to the general election. The Nationalist Party has picked up momentum.
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