Nationalist Party deputy leader Mario de Marco said this morning that anyone trying to cast doubt on his loyalty and commitment to the party should "forget it". Speaking at the Mqabba party club in an event also addressed by party leader Simon Busuttil, Dr de Marco said "there may be some who are casting doubt" over his involvement in the party's electoral endeavours, however, this could not be further from the truth. Dr de Marco has been cast in the national spotlight in recent days after online speculation over his absence from party matters. "It is no secret for those who know and those who want to know, that these past two years haven't been easy for me for personal reasons. The easiest thing would have been to pass on my responsibility to bow out. But I felt a sense of duty, of loyalty to my party, loyalty to my country, to the Maltese people," he said. Dr de Marco, who underwent surgery last year after doctors discovered a tumour, referred to his late father President Emeritus Guido de Marco, whom he said had always taught him the value of serving one's country. It was not long before former party leader, prime minister and president Eddie Fenech Adami featured in Dr de...
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