Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia on Tuesday refused to say whether he had asked members of the parliamentary group if they would contest the next general election under the PN ticket, saying he “was not under cross-examination” by journalists.

The parliamentary group meeting was “ not a public meeting”, he told the press prior to the group meeting.

The PN's parliamentary group met once again on Tuesday to continue discussing the party's electoral losses and ongoing parliamentary affairs.

The meeting was a continuation of Monday’s meeting, which was the first in months. It came during a time of political turmoil for the PN, as with Dr Delia and his team facing calls to "shoulder responsibility" for the electoral defeats.

'You question everything after a defeat'

Dr Delia said Tuesday’s discussions were intended to bring the party together.

“You question everything after an electoral loss. It’s in everyone’s interest to get consensus,” he said.

He also refused to confirm who the key minds behind the political strategy of the last campaign were, saying the party had several strategists.

“I don’t describe myself as a strategist, my role is as party leader,” he said.

He also did not confirm reports, put out by the party's own youth wing, that PN general secretary Clyde Puli and chief political coordinator Jean Pierre Debono had cordoned themselves off from the rest of the party by closing off their offices behind a gypsum wall.

“When you’re talking about an organisation where there are accessibility codes, it’s normal there are offices which are like that,” Dr Delia said.

In its report, the party’s youth-branch MŻPN said the party’s secretariat had locked themselves up in a room with finger-print access.

“What I can tell you is our front door is open, and my office is always open,” he said.

No big membership losses

He said there had been no substantial number of paid-up members who left the party following the electoral losses.

Dr Delia also said he would be meeting paid-up members of the party in the coming weeks to discuss the way forward.

The more paid-up members agree with us, the more they become our ambassadors, he said.

"My intention is to meet paid-up members each week to see if they are on the same wavelength and make them part of the process," he said.