By now, it’s quite obvious that Adrian Delia, the new Shadow Minister for Finances, is taking a completely different position from his party leader about the salary increases granted to government ministers. Alex Borg renounced his increase and said that it was disproportionate with the public sector’s wages and the COLA increases.
The Opposition Leader is taking a very decent position towards these increases and his message resonates with private sector workers whose COLA increase will ultimately not be significant. Alex Borg is taking a very decent position because salary increases and is opposing a government measure to send a positive message: this is ultimately his job as Opposition Leader. In addition, politicians should also be very conditional. Politicians are not ordinary public sector workers and they have to uphold the high standards of office to set an example.
Instead of supporting the Opposition Leader’s message, Adrian Delia is publicly supporting the government’s salary increase, and as expected, the Labour Party is exploiting this unusual situation to its advantage by attacking Alex Borg’s position.
So, whose the Trojan horse now? Can Adrian Delia act a little bit more decently and support his Leader’s message instead of going on a tangent about his personal opinions?
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