The Delia is no longer Leader of the Opposition de facto post.
1. FACT: Delia no longer enjoys the confidence of the majority of opposition MPs in parliament.
2. FACT: Delia himself made this information public right after the vote in his press conference.
3. FACT: President George Vella knows of the two facts above, so much so he has declared himself to be on “standby”.
4. FACT: Under the Constitution with these facts in hand the President is OBLIGED to revoke the appointment of Adrian Delia to the Office of Leader of the Opposition.
5. FACT: The revocation can occur without any person replacing Delia immediately. The Office of the Leader of the Opposition could be vacant until when a new one is appointed.
6. FACT: A law abiding and constitution respecting Delia would have gone HIMSELF to the President to inform him of the fact that he no longer enjoys the confidence of the majority.
7. FACT: The Office of the Leader of the Opposition in the House and the position of Party Leader are mutually exclusive.
8. FACT: The ‘rebel’ MPs can agree on one among them who can replace Delia as Leader of the Opposition in the House. Then and only then should they present themselves to the Office of the President with such a new nomination.
9. OPINION: the shambles we are in continues to confirm the blatant disregard that our traditionally strong political parties have for the constitution. They have hitherto only used it as a means to their end. It will be hard to shift from this mentality.
