Deepening resentment

Even the most vocal supporters of this government have turned against the Nationalist party. Marisa Micallef (Leyson), opinionist and current chairman of the Housing Authority, has just delivered a scathing attack against the "clique" running the governing Nationalist Party. From an article published today by the Malta Independent:

The decision to not contest two localities was yet another example of the Nationalist Party thinking they can fool people. You can’t. If you try to trick people, in any way, and the people notice, they will hate you all the more for it..

It’s not just a case of the middle classes feeling disillusioned right now. Incidents like this at Marsa and Zejtun have almost universally been condemned by anyone I have asked. But the worst is the sour taste it leaves. Equally, people do not like the PN or anyone else trying to fix an electoral result for them. So what if the Nationalists do badly in these elections? Many people may use these elections to send a message that they are heartily sick of being treated badly by their own party. It is their right to send that signal and the Nationalist Party should not be afraid of it..

Right now the Nationalist Party is like a closed metallic bubble of a room being thrown this way and that over very choppy waves. Occasionally they come up with a non-brainwave, like the local election withdrawal of candidates and then go back to their bubble thinking the world has been put right. It hasn’t. The Nationalist Party is a very broad church. Yet, right now at least, it all seems to be run and managed by a very small closed clique who are either out of touch because they don’t care or have just not realised what a serious credibility problem they have..

The PN is not going to win an election or the sympathy of this people with these aggressive 30 something men who are choking the party to death. The anger is growing, the resentment is deepening.

Public anger - from Wired Temples