Managing a fiasco
The Nationalist Party cannot revive itself if it is to build its next programme on ageing and tested men and women who cannot make way for new blood, or even respect the plan of their newly-elected leader
Saviour Balzan
25 January 2021, 7:00am
Nationalist Party Secretary General Francis Zammit Dimech
This week’s shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a fiasco in the making that put the Nationalist Party in reverse gear.
Everyone with an inkling in leadership and management will explain that when it comes to implementing reforms, changes or transformations, the biggest hurdle and decisions to make is not the plan in itself or the new project, but confronting the individuals and informing them that change is in the air and transformation has to take effect.
Obituary
CORDINA. On Wednesday, January 13, CARMEL of Ħamrun residing in Valletta, ex-Royal Navy, member of the British Legion, RNA and George Cross Movement, aged 81, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his irreparable loss his wife Antida, his children Alan and his wife Antoinette, Andreina and her husband Mro Paul Borg, and Arist and his partner Patricia, his grandchildren Gabrielle and her fiancé Ian, Zak, Martina and Ben, his great-granddaughter Carla, his brother Joe and his wife Connie, Pauline, widow of his late brother George, brothers and sisters-in-law, their respective families, cousins, relatives and friends. The funeral leaves Mater Dei Hospital tomorrow Friday, January 15, at 9am for St Augustine parish church, Valletta, were Mass praesente cadavere will be celebrated at 9.30am, followed by interment in the grave of the Lay Carmelites, Valletta, at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery. Lord, grant him eternal rest.
With almost 70 general election candidates already approved and more in the pipeline, the Nationalist Party’s renewal process is moving at a very fast pace, according to general secretary Francis Zammit Dimech.
“We are gearing the party for the forthcoming general election where we will be presenting a refreshed image of the party, giving the electorate a wider choice and a healthy mix of people to choose from,” he said.
The party’s executive committee has been steadily approving general election candidates for months. Apart from the sitting MPs, who have an automatic right to contest the next general election, the committee has approved a list of around 40 individuals, half of whom will be contesting the election for the first time. The list includes people serving as local councillors and others who are entering the political arena for the first time.