The way forward is actually not so difficult - Michael Gonzi

Nationalist MP Michael Gonzi has attributed 'micro factors' as the cause of the PN's heavy electoral defeat, and says the way forward for the PN is actually not so difficult. Writing in his blog, he said that major factors which affected the country as a whole and which ensured the nation's progress were discarded from the electorate's line of thought. "It was useless promoting the fact that Malta fared better than other European countries in terms of economic strength or that unemployment was at a fair percentage or that tourism had another successfully year, four years in a row. It was also useless promoting major projects especially parks, restoration works  Valleta and Mdina rehabilitation and numerous other projects, EU funds and what was done with those funds for the road, renewable energy grants ,agriculture and fisheries grants."  What led the people to give the PN government the boot was the perception of an incompetent government. "It was useless doing house visits and pointing all of the above because the perception was of a failing, tired, corrupt group of people who were only interested in statistics and not the basic needs of the family. The continuous perception was...