Letters to the editor - April 5, 2022

A shining light for Maltese politicians

Allow me to express publicly my heartfelt gratitude to the gentleman of Maltese politics, Evarist Bartolo, for all he has done throughout his 30-year political life, both for the Labour Party as well as for our country. I am certain that countless thousands agree with me when I say that Bartolo was a shining light and a role model for politicians in our parliament.

Although Bartolo could be a strong critical voice towards his political adversaries, he would never attack the messenger but the message. Bartolo was not known as one who often stood up in parliament to speak. But whenever he spoke, he made a lot of sense.

In my pre-election contributions to the Times of Malta and L-Orizzont, I lauded Bartolo as a politician who made us all proud wherever he visited as Malta’s minister for foreign and European affairs. I have chosen a few quotes from messages sent by important foreign politicians to Evarist soon after they received word that our ‘Varist’ was not elected to parliament.

Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth: “You have been a brilliant foreign minister, full of heart, integrity, wisdom and generosity. Malta has...