President's conference on dialogue – Fr Alfred Micallef

The president’s conference on national unity is on. Earlier this month, Ranier Fsadni wrote an article about it. His main point was: there’s nothing to lose, possibly there’s something to gain. This article provoked a barrage of criticism from a number of bloggers. Their objections are that George Vella would be biased because of his political past; that it is impossible to dialogue with crooks and perpetrators of corruption; that nothing would come out of it.
I find myself in agreement with Fsadni. Despite the fact that, probably, nothing would come out of it, let’s give this conference a chance. It would have a better chance of succeeding if it is done in the right way. Often, agreements are reached when talk is informal and relaxed. If I remember right, it had been reported that the end of the Vietnam War was brokered not during the official meetings but in the coffee breaks.

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