New Opposition Leader Was An Hour Late To His Own Swearing-In Ceremony
Adrian Delia’s tenure as Malta’s Opposition leader started an hour later than anticipated as he appeared to lose track of time on his big day.
The swearing-in ceremony, presided over by President Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca, was originally scheduled for 5:30pm but ended up getting delayed by around an hour until Delia finally showed up at the Grandmaster’s Palace.
When asked by the press why he had arrived so late, Delia refused to give a straight answer
“Now is not the time for controversies, but rather for unity,” he said.
After he was sworn in, Delia pledged to give a voice to the weakest people in Maltese society, as well as minorities not represented by the Labour government.
He also pledged to adopt a constructive style of scrutinising the government and holding it to account.
“The PN should not assume we have some sort of right to be in government, and our job is not to put spokes in the wheels but to help people’s lives even while on the Opposition benches,” he said.
Labour Gives Wry Welcome To New Opposition Leader
Meanwhile, the Labour Party was also busy inaugurating its new political rival…in its own way.
In a brief video clip, Labour contrasted cuts of Delia’s speeches with those of his predecessor Simon Busuttil in an attempt to rubbish the new Opposition leader’s pledge for a “new way” of doing politics.
They include clips of both men claiming Malta isn’t a normal country, criticising the country’s institutions for not functioning and saying they aren’t scared of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
In his first comments as Opposition leader today, Delia pledged to give a voice to the weakest people in Maltese society, as well as minorities not represented by the Labour government.
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