‘We still look down on people, and this has to change’ – Bernard Grech

The Nationalist Party still looks down on people and it must change that attitude if it wants to move forward and become an alternative government, PN leader Bernard Grech told party members on Sunday.

During a frank speech at the end of the PN’s annual General Council meeting at  party headquarters, Grech acknowledged the party faces tough challenges, but called on supporters to remain firm and not give in to discouraging poll numbers.  He however called for a change of attitudes, insisting that those within the party needed to work together and have confidence in each other if they were to take the party forward.

“We still look down on people. Nobody is better than anybody. We need to believe this – that nobody is worse than us and we are not better than anyone else,” he said, urging supporters to encourage each other.

“The challenges we face are but an opportunity that should motivate us to work together and move forward.”

Grech said people in the PN often reflected with too much nostalgia on the past or dreamt too much about the future.

“We need to focus on what we can do today for a better tomorrow,” he said. “We can only create a good future by acting together today.”

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