Despite dispute, PN chooses db Group hotel for Christmas fund-raiser

Nationalist Party activists are baffled by a decision to hold a fund-raising activity in a hotel owned by the db Group, with which the party had a fierce clash earlier this year. The dispute was sparked off by a government decision to sell a prime site in St George’s Bay to db Group, which the PN had described as “one of the biggest scandals of the Labour government”. Subsequently, the db Group said the PN had asked it for money to cover the salaries of its secretary general and CEO. The party then severed all links with the group, to the point that candidates were even strongly discouraged from holding any activities in any of their premises. Nine months down the line and under a new leadership team headed by Adrian Delia, the scenario appears to have changed completely. The PN is advertising a Christmas dinner at the db San Antonio in Buġibba on December 14 and Dr Delia is expected to be present. Party observers said the choice of venue took many by surprise not only at grassroots level but also within the PN parliamentary group. PN activists contacted the Times of Malta, expressing concern that such a decision seriously dented the party’s credibility in its struggle for...