Letters to the editor - March 21, 2022

The gentleman politician

I wish to end my own personal campaign in support of the Labour Movement by again quoting what our hard-working Minister for European and Foreign Affairs, Evarist Bartolo,  wrote at 5am on February 21:

“Good morning. Less than half of citizens (44 per cent) have trust in us politicians who are in parliament. Less than a third of citizens (29 per cent) trust political parties. What are we going to do? Console ourselves that, in many other countries, citizens have even less trust in their own politicians and political parties? Console ourselves that our citizens also do not trust the courts (33 per cent) and journalists (28 per cent)? I do not think we should console ourselves that others enjoy even less trust than us.

“A public opinion survey conducted among our citizens shows clearly what citizens expect from us: they expect us not to be corrupt. That we do not dupe people. That we do not sow division and hatred. And that we respect and appreciate citizens.

“They expect us to love our country of birth and the Maltese people. And that we place them before our own personal interest [this is what Evarist Bartolo is mostly doing during the election campaign,...