'The PN needs to be refounded'

Anthony Manduca asked a number of former PN ministers, advisers and experts what they see as the immediate way forward for the Nationalist Party after the latest electoral drubbing.

‘Rethink, refound, rebuild and relaunch’
Louis GaleaFormer PN minister and general secretary
“There is no ‘immediate’ way forward. We cannot respond to the PN’s latest electoral defeat with the illusion that there is ‘quick fix’, something ‘out there’ that can instantly provide a solution. As I see it, the way forward for the PN consists of a ‘4 R’s’ process – rethink, refound, rebuild and relaunch. 
We are facing a complex society. We cannot exist only for the moment, unmindful of the past and uncaring of the future. There is the need for a political process, an integrated approach, to regain some balance, first to construct the necessary unity around a cohesive vision and strategy. I agree that a report analysing the defeat will not get us far. We need a much bigger conversation.
We need calm, patience, for a slow rebuilding process. Real change happens bit by bit. One cannot force one’s seed of potential to grow until it is ripe and ready. I heard it said that ‘in the soil of the quick fix, is...