Opposition MP Godfrey Farrugia said in Parliament today he was seriously considering retiring from politics and pointed out he did not wish to be represented either by the Prime Minister or the leader of the Opposition.

Speaking in Parliament, he expressed his disillusion at some members of the House, who he said did not deserve to be called honourables, adding Parliament had become dominated by an arena of gladiators, warriors who were not leaders.

These gladiators scandalised themselves with political tribes but used them at the same time.

A politician's sole objective, he stressed, should not be to gain power, to forget that the country belonged to all once this was gained.

But this was what was happening, and it had lowered standards and turned  politics into an object of disdain among the public.

The only thing that kept him in the House was the importance of maintaining a “third voice”, a task which was costing him his health and well-being, Dr Farrugia said.

The former Labour whip is now an MP for the Democratic Party, which stood alongside the Nationalist Party in the last election. 

He added that career politicians who had never worked outside of politics, and who became MPs when young without previously experiencing real life, were financially dependent on their parties, and their loyalty ran deep as a result.

They failed to realise that politics was about embarking on a mission to serve the community.

“The country has lost a generation.”