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“It’s not just Karol Aquilina, Labour MPs have also shown a lack of respect to the Speaker. He is the President of the House, regardless whether you agree with him or not, and there are diplomatic channels that MPs can take if we disagree with his decisions.”

“However, the channel that Parliament took recently was to attack the Speaker and I don’t think this is the kind of politics people out there expect.”

Borg said that while this confrontational style might appease parties’ core voters, it is unlikely to do much to sway floaters or people who are completely disinterested in politics.   

“Rather than discussing the issues that people want us to talk about and the problems they are facing, such as the cost of living, traffic and overpopulation, we are discussing the Speaker. Will this issue attract the 100,000 people who don’t identify with either party and don’t want to vote? I don’t think it will.”

He said that youths form a large chunk of these disinterested voters.

“I speak to youths, and I can tell you that they feel disgruntled and don’t care about politics. There are many young MPs like myself who got into politics to empower youths, but at the same time youths feel like political orphans, and this concerns me. We aren’t taking that next step to attract these youths and disgruntled voters to the PN.”

Borg’s comments come ahead of Monday’s Parliament discussion on a PL motion condemning the Opposition’s stance toward the Speaker.