"I didn't agree with the coalition that the Nationalist Party entered into with the Democratic Party (PD)," PN leadership contender Adrian Delia said. Interviewed by The Malta Independent news editor Rachel Attard on INDEPTH, Delia said he believed the PN should have led the campaign on its own.
Last Saturday, Adrian Delia, a lawyer and an outsider to the political sphere, confirmed that he will be contesting the PN leadership race in September. He was the first contender to have confirmed his interest in the position to be vacated by Simon Busuttil in the wake of the party's defeat at the 3 June polls.
Delia said that it would have been a better move if the PN had formed a type of coalition after the elections if the need arose. Asked if he feels that the PN lost two seats in Parliament as a result of the coalition, he said: "I do not think that the PD took the seats from the PN because ultimately it was the electorate who voted for them.
If I am not mistaken, the coalition was set up within the parameters of the electoral law but it seems to me that there are three parties in Parliament."Last April, the PD had announced that it would be contesting the general election under the PN's name and banner, with PD candidates to have 'Tal-Oranġjo' added after their name.
The coalition agreement gave birth to Forza Nazzjonali, which was the slogan used during the electoral campaign.
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