Why do Malta’s two main political parties still retain such a hold on the electorate? Do both party administrations think people, especially the young, want to be their puppets? As usual, the parties warm up to voters in the months before a general election, but after that it’s back to square one.

I am surprised to hear Labour leader Joseph Muscat say he wants the country to be united while some of those who did most harm to the party in the past are still given leading positions in the party.

Dom Mintoff’ was right to vote the way he did in Parliament in 1998 because he knew the party’s image was going to be damaged once again, not because he was against Alfred Sant as claimed. I am not a Mintoffian but proud to be Maltese.

On the other hand, the Prime Minister knows he’s surrounded by a group of people that got him into a tight corner and so he cannot move. Unfortunately for him these same people are not only causing damage to his party but to the whole country. No, I’m not a Nationalist either.

So who can this country really trust?