All five people contesting for the post of Malta Labour Party leader are doing their best to promote themselves as being the ideal candidate.

What, so far, all of them have failed to do is convince the people that they are the best choice “in the country’s interests”, not “in the MLP’s interests”.

All of them have said over and over again that they are the best option for the MLP, but none of them is appealing to the so-called floating voters, those who will decide who wins the next election.

If George Abela, Joseph Muscat, Michael Falzon, Evarist Bartolo or Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca turn out to be another Mintoff, Mifsud Bonnici or Sant then the MLP will be doomed to lose the next election.

If, on the other hand, the winner changes the party from top to bottom, starting with the removal of some members of the administration who have failed to deliver, then there could be light at the end of the MLP tunnel.

But none of them has shown such an inclination as yet.

Paul Sammut

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