1. FACT: Therese Comodini Cachia has been nominated to the post of Leader of the Opposition of the House.
2. FACT: She has been nominated because she enjoys the confidence of a majority from the largest group of members in the opposition. (read majority from among the PN MPs)
3. FACT: Adrian Delia is still Leader (Kap) of the Nationalist Party.
4. FACT: The constitution does allow for a Leader of the Opposition to be different from the Leader of the Party
5. FACT: If the newly paraded statute of the PN can be interpreted in a way that violates the constitutional provisions then it is the statute that is null, not the constitution.
6. OPINION: the mere fact that the PN statute was rewritten in this way provides ample evidence of the arrogant attitude that the main political parties have with regards to the constitution. They have always considered it their playground and their carpet.
7. OPINION: Therese Comodini Cachia’s nomination is most welcome and this not because she is a woman (which should not matter one bit, ever) but because she has proven her mettle time and again. I was one of those who harshly criticised her original decision to not take her seat in parliament when elected. I recognize her change of mind as an active conscious choice to take part in the struggle against corruption.
8. OPINION: the true test for the PN is not which faction wins the next steps but rather whether the old PN reflected in the clumsy statute changes will be left to die and a new PN that reneges the tribalist aspects of its past will replace it. There is a long way to go.
