I’ve been in business for quite a long time. What I had always strived to bring to my company is clarity. Every successful entrepreneur sets out very clearly the hopes regarding the organisation’s achievements and subsequently lays out plans in order to attain them. These skills are exactly the same requirements involved in running successfully any entity, whether it’s a non-profit organisation, whether it’s a business, whether it’s the country.

Business is more powerful than the government: it is a faster growing mechanism and it is far more creative. It is the lifeblood of any country in the modern world. From business derive all the benefits society needs, such as, employment, investment as well as the revenue for social programmes.

I’ve been closely following the Labour Party’s consultation process and their meetings with all stakeholders. It’s a phenomenal change from past years, and I have no doubt at all that the leadership has set out very clear objectives for Labour in government. One can easily compare this to the Nationalist government’s lack of strength and decisiveness along with their deficiency of vision.

Labour seems to be listening to the entrepreneurs and I think it will be a very exciting time for business in Malta once Labour is in government. What comes through its leadership is conviction, a sense that Labour does really mean business and will be definitely delivering what it is pledging. I like the way they are working and I am convinced that Labour is now a party that business can do business with.

The government is tired; it shows and it has been terribly showing it for the last three or four years. Lawrence Gonzi is not strong enough to run a Cabinet. On the other hand I am impressed by Alfred Sant’s dynamism. I am impressed by his understanding of the importance of business to the economy and to the quality of life in this country. What Labour wants to achieve is stability in terms of inflation because only then will there be the so essential confidence that is necessary for long-term investment, which this country is crying out for.

Frankly, I think, there’s only one party that can represent my country best, getting business right, and that’s Labour.

Malcolm Dimech

San Gwann