PN’s Adrian Delia: ‘I’m proud not to be a politician’
Nationalist Party leader favourite Adrian Delia said he is “proud” not to be a politician, in a rousing and unscripted speech in which he ripped into the Labour government’s economic policies and the PN’s traditional “elitism”.
“Critics have told me I am not a politician, and I can tell you I’m proud not to be a politician, I’m proud to be a normal and humble Maltese person like the rest of you,” he told his supporters, who had gathered to listen to him in Marsaxlokk. “Under my leadership, the PN will be revolutionary because it won’t draft policies from the glass palace known as Dar Centrali but will be as close to the people as possible, particularly those who are suffering.”
“I had been warned not to run for this election because I might lose, but no matter the outcome, I cannot lose because I’ve learned so much in the past 11 weeks about Malta and the Maltese people, hard-working people with their own particular hobbies.”
“We hear a lot of numbers and statistics during parliamentary debates, but how often do we hear discussions about the small things – about whether our children are being given a good education and about whether we are leaving our country more beautiful than we left it?”
He pledged the PN will no longer be an “elitist” party which preaches to people, but will rather actively rope in the ideas of everyday people – from youths to the elderly.
Delia also hit out strongly at the Labour government, accusing it of taking people for a ride when harping on about how well the economy is doing.
“Don’t believe this illusion the Labour Party is feeding you. Some sectors and businesses are doing well, but many people are suffering in silence and are falling into poverty,” he said. “Labour is supposed to be the party of the workers and the poor, but its silence in the matter makes it an accomplice to the poverty of the Maltese people.”
Delia, a lawyer and former Birkirkara FC president sailed through the first round of the PN leadership race last weekend and will now face off against Gozitan MP Chris Said on 16 September in an election amongst the PN’s paid-up members.
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