PN to 'track' whether MPs go to enough feasts and house visits, Alex Borg says
The Opposition leader says he will be introducing 'standards' among his parliamentary group
The Nationalist Party will be "tracking" if their MPs are attending enough feasts and activities, Opposition leader Alex Borg said on Thursday.
Speaking during a sit-down interview, Borg praised his parliamentary group as having the “best mix ever” of youth and experience but said he will be introducing “standards”.
“I will be ensuring that the parliamentary group is in constant contact with people, not just on the eve of, or in the month before, the election but throughout the legislature,” he said.
“That is why we will be introducing certain standards that we will expect to be met so that we can track how much contact they have made with people, be it house visits, activities, feasts or their own activities, to ensure we are in constant contact with people,” Borg added.
The Opposition leader was speaking during a fundraising telethon - “Awguri Alex” - celebrating his 31st birthday. The event will see proceeds go to new equipment and studios for the Nationalist Party’s radio station.
The broadcast, on Net Television and Net FM, included interviews with some of Borg’s childhood friends and PN MPs.
“I used to play water polo with Alex, and I remember he would fight for every ball... he has the same energy in politics,” a friend-cum-canvasser said.
The telethon, on the eve of Borg’s birthday, also comes as the PN leader is seeking to be reconfirmed in his role.
The PN’s general council will hold the official vote on July 15, although the first of several early voting sessions was held on Wednesday.
Speaking at the telethon, Borg said he wanted a good showing in the vote.
“I want to make sure I have as high as possible a percentage of support,” he said.
He also called on people to “invest” in the PN and its new radio equipment, adding that some of the equipment being used to this day dates back to when Net FM, formerly Radio 101, began in 1991.
Borg also listed some of the changes he wanted to oversee in the near future, including maximising the PN’s assets, particularly its clubhouses.
He also said there were plans to reform the PN’s statute that will include dividing the deputy leadership into two: one responsible for party affairs and the other for parliamentary affairs.