Watch: ‘Substance Over Gloss’ – Ex PN Think Tank Head Says Delia Can Attract Disillusioned Voters

Lawyer David Griscti urged tesserati to vote for Adrian Delia as PN leader on the grounds that he is proposing more concrete policies than Alex Borg.
Griscti, a former head of the PN’s AŻAD think tank who used to be a harsh critic of Delia, argued that the party should stop targeting Labour voters and focus instead on making itself appealing to the several thousands of voters who don’t intend to vote for either party.
“We are still living in this illusion that the PN must win PL voters over if it is to become relevant,” he said. “However, this is, was, and will remain an illusion and we have already fallen on our faces as a result of this mistaken strategy.”
“We will become relevant when we realise that the electorate includes an ever-growing number of people, now over 100,000, who don’t intend to vote at all. They have lost heart in the PL but they don’t see the PN as a credible and creative alternative.”
Griscti claimed that Delia’s policy-focused campaign, which includes proposals such as a massive afforestation project and a national human rights agency that will rule on discrimination complaints within a year, could attract a significant portion of these non-voters.
Meanwhile, he argued that while Borg is running a polished campaign, it is bereft of substance.
“Do you think that the 100,000 people who don’t want to vote will be convinced by all the gloss in Borg’s campaign when the PL are the kings of buzzwords, slogans and packaging?” he questioned.
“They will either vote for PL as the devil they know or they won’t vote at all.”
Griscti concluded by urging tesserati to use “common sense” when casting their votes on 6th September.
“We can’t act on emotion as though we were playing bingo or going to a casino,” he said. “We must use common sense and logic and see how the PN can become relevant. It can certainly become relevant so through Delia’s substantial proposals that can make a difference and attract the interest of some of those 100,000 non-voters.”
Do you agree with David Griscti’s logic?