Thank you for the honour, stay true to your values says Gonzi

Lawrence Gonzi has urged the Maltese to remain true to the values that “have stood the test of time” as he bows out of Parliament today after a glittering political career spanning a quarter of a century. In a Talking Point published in Times of Malta, Dr Gonzi describes his nine years as Prime Minister as “an honour and truly positive experience”. “My years of service to this country, especially the nine years as Prime Minister, which were also Malta’s first nine years of EU membership, have strengthened my belief that our success finds its roots in our ability to believe in ourselves as a people and as a nation. “We have learnt that, more often than not, success is determined by the size of the idea and not by the size of one’s territory,” he wrote. “This is why, now that a new chapter of my life is about to begin, I wish to urge all those who have been called to serve our people, to remain loyal to these values that have stood the test of time and that have helped this country to succeed where others barely survived.” As revealed by Times of Malta in May, Dr Gonzi will resign his parliamentary seat this evening with a farewell speech, which will be followed by remarks by Prime...