From the contents of their letters it seems that both Franco Farrugia and S. Camilleri (TMID 21 April) did not read my letter completely or they misunderstood what I wrote.

In both cases I suggest to them to re-read it.

I wrote nothing which suggested to the government to heed the complaints listed in my letter, (Franco Farrugia’s letter) nor did I give a list of the reasons why people did not vote (S. Camilleri’s letter) Two attributes which these two correspondents wrongly ascribed to me in their letters.

I simply quoted the reasons confided to me by persons who did not vote in the local council elections. What is wrong with that? These individuals would have given the same replies if asked by someone conducting a national survey. What would have been their reactions then? Would they accuse the agency conducting the survey of putting pressure on the government to put aside the national interests in favour of political favours?

It is quite evident that your correspondents chose to ignore the major part of my letter and focused their attention on the reasons for low turn out at the polls in the local election. My letter had a different meaning.

How these two gentlemen arrived at their conclusion is beyond my imagination. The mind boggles.

Carmel Camilleri

Paola