The last general election came and went without changing our country's financial situation to the better. It is now much easier for anyone to express his or her own views as to why the result of the last general election turned out to be the way it did. After all, once a result is celebrated anyone can claim to be a prophet. Nonetheless, we may easily conclude that the last election gave no stable winners and, to that end, no dejected losers.

More than that, the PN is as much uncomfortable in their seat in power as much as the PL is with their third consecutive defeat.

But the reality is far bitterer than that. The idea that none of the two major players achieved the 50 plus mark hammered hard on both parties.

Today's scenario is looking slightly different though. It looks as if only the PL understood the people's message and is therefore making the necessary alterations in order to defeat the half-hearted result achieved in the last election.

Perverse as much as the result might have been, it still gave us a relative winner, which will govern us, yet again, for some more time. How sad it feels that we cannot truly appreciate the real meaning of a working democracy.

After 20 years of the same tricks, does the PN still believe that the citizen is so gullible?

It is not just about the mechanics or tricks of how a party gets elected but it is all about how we use our divine right to vote to keep our balance of power unharmed now that it is harmed.

All those who during last general election did not exercise their right to vote or just did not vote for the party in power were left truly disappointed how this result has turned out.

Of course, those who in the last two or so decades have had their feet deeply rooted within the ministerial marble floors were more than happy to keep their suits spotless and their leather shoes polished for another term. For them this "surprise victory" was absorbed far sweeter than any honey produced on the isle of Calypso.

Negative propaganda apart, the reality is that today's Labour Party is looking much healthier than that of yesteryear. With Joseph Muscat at the helm, the future is looker much brighter and is plainly paving a comfortable way for pale blue voters wishing to cross the political divide.

The nightmarish ideology of having the same party re-elected in government (even after 20 years) is an insanity that accommodates only those selfish individuals who have been sucking out whatever rained down on Malta over the mentioned period.

As the situation stands today, the government is walking on broken glass and has lost a high percentage of its former lustre. Governing with a wavering one-seat majority, a group of sore backbenchers, a doubtful SmartCity project and a shaky parliamentary vote on the way is surely not the best of scenarios. To add insult to injury, it seems that for the Gonzi Administration a number of weighty issues should remain as they are, therefore keeping an agonizing status quo.

Now you tell me: How's that for a responsible and caring government? I humbly ask: Are you still convinced that, today, our country's finances are sound in the hands of a PN Administration? Are you still certain that this Administration has the much needed vigour to fix the profuse problems that are eating away our sensitive economy? Are you still influenced by the tons of promises the PN made before each election?

And let's be frank for a moment, if there are still some good people out there who still believe that Malta saw the light when the PN came to power in 1987, think again.

The facts are much more different than what one might have heard or seen in some book written by some former politician or diehard supporter.

Apart from a well know fact that advancement comes round due to an unremitting global progress, it was well before that year that Malta stood on its feet.

If it weren't for the will power of one man who had to pass through limbo in order to save his country from the chains of ignorance, foreign occupation and stiff poverty and win over the spearheaded villainy that came his way from every possible angle, especially during the 1960s, these islands would have never been raised from the pitiful conditions they were in. That man was Dominic Mintoff.

Were it not for his determination and grand social heart, Malta would have never developed a middle class sector and all those who, as kids, grew up in the lower-middle class family know precisely what I am yawning about, don't they?

I am not saying that the man was perfect, far from it, but what he achieved is still much alive in today's social sector. So one should not allow oneself to be followed or accept division any longer.

One should be wary of illusive stories and fake promises but be strong in principle and think about who is really telling the truth.

No party and no man is divine; ultimately we are all members of the same "original sin" club. Fiddling with an ideology that only brings about division of the populace falls nothing short of madness.

We are just one nation seeking the same national interest. One must read through the lines which the Nationalist media tries to feed the people on a daily basis. The middle ages are over. Today, we are a skilled and well-informed nation. We can read, write and, most importantly, think and decide on whatever anyone wishes to persuade us on. We are living in a new millennium; new set goals are in front of us and the time has come for change in order to confront them and grasp the best opportunities for all of us, individually and as one nation.