Tag: Guido de Marco

Leading the PN to victory in 1987: Eddie’s style of leadership

Louis Galea

In the late 1960s, I was very active in student politics and thinking seriously about pursuing a vocation in national politics. Within the Nationalist Party, three men of the younger generation stood out. Guido De Marco was, nationally, the more visible. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici was someone I much admired from afar. Then there was Eddie,…

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Eddie: Kap li quddiem l-isfida tal-vjolenza żamm dejjem il-prinċipji

President Emeritus Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici

Wara r-riżultat ‘pervers’ tal-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali tal-1981, żdiedet il-pressjoni tal-eletturi Nazzjonalisti, l-iktar fuq Eddie Fenech Adami bħala Kap, u b’xi mod anki fuqna d-deputati fis-sens li ladarba konna maġġoranza, ma kellniex nirrassenjaw rwieħna li nibqgħu fl-Oppożizzjoni. Ħafna kienu jgħidulna: “Ara kieku s-sitwazzjoni kienet bil-maqlub, huma kienu jwaqqgħu kull ma hawn.” Kien hemm min kien jissuġġerixxi s-sabotaġġi,…

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