PN-PD coalition was based on an ill founded assumption – Francis Zammit Dimech

Newly elected Nationalist Party MEP Francis Zammit Dimech thinks that the PN coalition with Partit Demokratiku was based on an ill-founded assumption that the party would gain enough votes to narrow the gap or even win the last general election.

In an interview with The Malta Independent, Zammit Dimech said that he was one of those who believed the coalition would help the party gain some new votes.

“I was one of those who had better hopes for the election results, with or without the coalition,” he said. “But we have to keep in mind that at the time, the Nationalist Party had reason to believe that the result could have been a very close one. Now, with hindsight, we know that the decision was based on an illfounded assumption.”

Zammit Dimech, who is headed to the European Parliament to replace Therese Comodini Cachia, said that he would be willing to work under any new leader in the Nationalist Party after the election if over on the 17 September. He said he trusts the team leading the Ethics Committee and insisted that this challenging period for the PN might be turned into a good opportunity.

The MEP has already declared his intention to contest in the 2019 MEP elections and is positive that the PN has enough time to gain the necessary momentum for this uphill struggle and keep the three MEP seats. “This will also be one of the first challenges for the new PN leader,” he adds.