In the early months of 1987, prior to the then general election, I used to have frank talks with a learned doctor of law, a friend and at the time a work-colleague.

Although we held diverse political beliefs, we still had healthy discussions on the possible future of the country and what was best at the time. A phrase which my friend very frequently used to harp on, was that the Labour party had been too long in power and “needs to lose”.

The argument was that a country’s future would be more prosperous and could flourish more if it had different people with diverse ideologies at its helm.

This was a time when the Labour party had been administering to our country for nearly 16 years. Therefore, using this same argument, it’s about time that Malta is governed by a different political party, with different people, having different ideas.

This is the reason why after nearly 20 years in power the Nationalist party needs to lose.

Malta has had a Nationalist government for double the ‘normal’ alternate period, and therefore, no doubt, this country needs a radical change.

Joe Cristina

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