A number of billboards belonging to the Nationalist and Labour Parties were sprayed over last night with the phrase "PLPN Qażżistu 'l Alla".

The "sprayers", describing themselves as Billboard Guerillas, said in a statement this morning that the way every inch of the country had been filled with stupid and hollow slogans was emblematic of the PL and PN's total occupation of the political, mental and social spaces.

Since the June 3 election date was announced, the Labour and Nationalist parties have covered miles of roads, railings and walls with political slogans and messages.

This, they said, was "a symbolic attack on this occupation amidst a suffocating electoral campaign which is posing a challenge to the sanity of many".

The Billboard Guerillas said the two main parties had taken over all of Malta's institutions so that they, together with their unelected friends in high positions, continued exercising unchecked power.

"Whilst every so often the colour of those in government changes, power remains in the hands of the same people who carry out the same kind of policies - they feed the fat cats and cheat on the rest.

"Clearly, they like to put on a show and accuse each other of corruption, but none of them is willing to change a system based on greed and ties between big business and politicians."

Most people, they said, continued to vote for PL or PN, many out of resignation rather than conviction, choosing what they deemed to be a “lesser evil” in a hopelessly corrupt system.

"This is not what democracy is about. In a real democracy, those who have the power are the people, not an elite that changes colour but not substance," the Guerillas said.

 

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.