Internal division contributed to electoral failure by PN – Louis Galea
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The Independent on Sunday publishes an interview with Louis Galea who has been appointed to lead a political reform within the PN. The party veteran said that internal division has contributed to electoral failure.
Louis Galea said the there is no doubt the present state of divisiveness in the PN played a good part in its massive electoral failure As matters stand, the PN has no chance of winning any election, but things could possibly change if everyone pulls the same rope PN needs to come together fast and wake up, we are simply missing the wood for the trees. The party’s problem over the past years was both the message and its communication PN MPs venting on social media creates a toxic atmosphere and a toxic brand.
Louis Galea added that the causes of the crisis are multiple. Essentially, during the long period of government we gradually lost touch with ourselves. Internal debate diminished, so that General Councils became media events and not processes for policies to be owned by the activists. The capillary organisation of the party atrophied, which meant that not only could we mobilise less well than before but also that we went from being a party that was a cultural leader to one lagging behind the rest of society.
Being in government for such a long time meant that the impact of these failures was hidden. It became exposed in Opposition. The massiveness of the defeat in 2013 destroyed the confidence of many party activists. The years of little internal debate made it difficult to properly conduct the debate that was needed. The financial crisis has also obviously made addressing all the problems much more difficult.
In such an environment, a vicious circle of recrimination and misunderstanding – leading to a deepening of the crisis – is not unusual. It happened to Labour in the past and it has happened to other political parties elsewhere.
In another story the newspaper covers the report by the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life and says that the practice gives MPs on the government side an ‘unacceptable advantage’ over Opposition MPs.
Be Informed Media Monitoring Service by Ci Consulta
