My campaign can be distilled in just one word – change. I have set my sights on effecting change from within a major political force in this country and I shall not be deterred in any way. My inspiration are words by James Gordon – It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.
Whilst my campaign is being conducted literally on a shoestring budget, the well-oiled and well-financed machinery of other MEP hopefuls is trundling along at full throttle. Newspaper ads, printed material of all sorts, including business cards, flyers and the lot, websites, coffee mornings and other social gatherings, and even improvised hired article writers – you name it, some hopefuls are throwing in all resources they have, as if fearful that their arguments are not convincing enough. Do we believe in meritocracy? Do we dissect MEPs rigorously enough rather than stop to gaze at their profile in newspapers?
What happened to the financial limits imposed on candidates during their campaigns? Is anyone actually scrutinizing that these are being adhered to? Are the MEP elections simply a contest of who speaks and shouts loudest? Is the electorate being given the chance to see through the rhetoric being thrown at them? I trust in the discerning abilities of the Maltese electorate who, come June the 6th, will let arguments put forward to prevail, rather than the hollow posturing and vote-raking publicity stunts. Needless to say, the next few months will see so many of these stunts.
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