The nephew of former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, Ivan Grech Mintoff, and Rebecca Dalli Gonzi, niece of former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, will be contesting the forthcoming MEP elections.
The pair will be contesting under the Alliance for Change banner, the re-brand for the former Alleanza Bidla Party of which Mr Grech Mintoff and Dr Dalli Gonzi are co-leaders.
“The Christian and political conflict of the 1960s divided our nation and that division is still being felt today. It changed Maltese identity and how we approach many national issues.
“As co-founders for a new Alliance for Change, we have chosen to erase the conflicts that have existed since Dom Mintoff and Michael Gonzi presented Christ’s teaching. We are replacing conflict with unity via a common belief,” they said in a statement.
“We are aware of our strong political legacies as nephew and niece to past prime ministers and are now ready to be personal with politics in our future.
“As the next political generation, united in a single force, we intend to use our common force to bring to the forefront Maltese identity, values and culture. To be the very point of the spear in a much needed political reform that unites rather than divides,” the statement said.