PN the 'underdog' in MEP elections - Puli

The Nationalist party was going for the MEP elections as the "underdog" and a work in progress, the party's general secretary said adding that "the tougher the conditions, the greater our determination to work hard".

Speaking during the opening of the PN general council, Clyde Puli encouraged people not to lose heart. 

The party faced tough challenges, working against a government that "used fake news" and was not afraid of character assassination, he said.

Mr Puli said that had it not been for the PN's media, only the governments voice would be heard.

"Our message is often distorted," he noted. The party spoke on things that affected the country, but the message was not reaching people, he warned.

We will not shut down the party's media, despite insistence to do so, he said.

Reflecting on his first year as secretary general, Mr Puli said 2018 was the year the party designed a future for itself. It reformed its finances to gain financial sustainability which would guarantee that the party could focus on its work.

The party saw the highest number of paid-up members in 13 years last year, raising €1.5 million in the process, Mr Puli said.

During 2018, it worked to defend workers,...