“I don’t understand that there needs to be a vote of confidence simply because somebody is passing through a separation," embattled PN leader Adrian Delia said today.

Asked on TimesTalk whether he was willing to call a vote of confidence in himself within the Nationalist Party’s own parliamentary so to show that he has the backing of the party’s MPs, Delia replied that he doesn’t understand the need for one given that what he is going through is a personal matter.

When TimesTalk presenter Herman Grech notes that the calls for his resignation are not about the separation but about claims of domestic abuse, Delia said that in his mind, it is about the separation, before adding that he will not delve into it further due to an agreement reached in court between him and his wife which stipulated that the separation would not be discussed in public by either of them.

Asked whether he truly believes that he has the support of the majority of MPs within his party, Delia said that whilst he “never actually went to count” how many MPs supported him, he had never been confronted, challenged or questioned.

Speaking to The Malta Independent on Monday evening, Delia said that he had no intention of resigning from his post as PN and Opposition leader. 

That statement also came in the wake of a Whatsapp message which Delia sent at 5am on Monday morning, where he said that they were “at war”.  It was a message which some members of the PN administrative council took as a threat.  However, he told this newsroom that there was no absolutely no threat in his message.

“I have absolutely not sent any threatening message to the Administrative Council members. The only war I have waged is against injustice, corruption and poverty. My message was to the contrary a metaphoric and encouraging battle cry for everyone to focus on up-coming elections,” he told The Malta Independent.