Nationalist leader Adrian Delia has blamed the PN “establishment” for putting spokes in the wheels and issued a stern warning to his most vociferous internal critics.
“I tried to extend the hand of friendship once, twice, three times, but we cannot move on like this,” he said.
“Whoever does not want to help, who wants to stay on the fence can do so, but we have no more time to lose tolerating those who will be pulling in the opposite direction. We have to be open but strong,” Dr Delia remarked.
The PN leader was speaking on the party’s radio station on the party’s future following the disastrous defeat suffered in the European and council elections.
Dr Delia said there was no single reason for this outcome. The electorate’s message was clear. The party had not changed enough to be seen as an alternative government, he said.
The PN leader attributed the huge vote swings to the fact that politics were less polarised nowadays, and consequently voters were less reluctant to switch sides.
Swipe at party ‘establishment’
However, he took a dig at the party’s old guard, which he descried as the “establishment”, saying they still thought “they have a divine right to govern” and to…