Maltese politics in limbo - Desmond Zammit Marmarà

The aftermath of the tragic assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has served to highlight the confusing situation Maltese politics finds itself in today.

At present, we have a very efficient government which is supported by an ever-increasing majority of Maltese citizens but which also has to face a barrage of criticism over issues of good governance, albeit most of it unfair and based on mere allegations.

On the other hand, we have the main party in Opposition splintered into two factions, the majority backing the Nationalist Party leader, Adrian Delia, and a totally disloyal minority who still seem to believe that the leader is Simon Busuttil.

To complicate things even further, we also have two Democratic Party representatives in Parliament who are treated as outsiders by the Nationalists despite the fact that they formed part of the same coalition at the June general election.

This splintering of the Opposition and the power vacuum it has created on a political level has meant that people are sometimes looking beyond the Nationalist Party for leadership in forcefully opposing the Labour government.

Some have put their hope in the Civil Society Network and its...