Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ian Borg is currently in New York at the United Nations General Assembly accompanying the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, but is he really? Or are they actually accompanying him?
The Deputy Prime Minister is promoting his trip as a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (Minnesota) which is run by a Maltese doctor called Professor Gianrico Farrugia. The mainstream press in Malta is taking the bait and is publishing Ian Borg’s PR.
However, the Deputy Prime Minister did something more meaningful and valuable than his hospital visit. At the UNGA, Minister Borg toured many of his previous foreign counterparts to say hello, and it seems that he had more interactions with foreign dignitaries than the Prime Minister himself.
It is obvious what is going on for someone who understands the Labour Party. Ian Borg is making himself seen by foreign dignitaries not because he is preparing to take up a job outside Malta after politics, it is because he is seeking the Labour Party leadership and the Prime Minister has approved him as his successor.
This can’t be more clearer and more obvious.
Catching up indeed. The Health Minister has made a quick diplomatic run that has unofficially and very explicitly unmasked the future route of the Labour Party leadership.
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