In my letter ‘Trust chasm’ (January 2) I wrote that “[Adrian] Delia will not be allowed to steer the PN to a more responsible and constructive criticism of the government”. It took just three days for him and his deputy leader, David Agius, to prove me right, again. This time on the new Valletta local council premises at the former Cafè Premier.

During the inauguration of the new premises, Agius described the project as one that had been changed “from a controversial issue into a success story”. Only two hours later, Agius was forced to turn tail and issue a statement saying the former Cafè Premier project was a “scandal”.

The old establishment within the party still seems to be imposing its very negative political agenda on Delia and his team. Indeed, Agius was forced to write an article in this newspaper as a damage-limitation exercise.

Bear in mind that David Agius, Beppe Fenech Adami, Robert Arrigo and, particularly, Jason Azzopardi – who was the star of the show – were part of the team that regaled a property at Spinola Bay, St Julian’s, worth €2.4 million, according to the Auditor General, to someone who had already been ordered by the courts to remove the illegality he had constructed on government land.

What they got in return for the Maltese people was not such an imposing property, which will be used for the benefit mostly of Valletta residents, but a measly €35.

That is why, no matter what these people say and do to undermine the successes this government is having in so many sectors, their very recent past keeps coming back to haunt them.