Our country is made out of people of different kinds, who live their lives differently to one another. We have become a country in which aspirations differ, and it is because of this that the P.N. must remain a party for the people as Dr. Simon Busuttil is leaving it. The P.N. cannot become a party that represents only one kind of people, if being in government is to become a reality. The P.N. must be the party that everyone is comfortable with, because if it isn't people will just not vote for us. We cannot exclude people because of their sexuality, nor should we exclude conservatives who are an important part of our party. It is about allowing democracy to take its course, and not allowing anyone to create a homogeneous situation in within our party. It is all about reaching a right balance, and finding ways of making divergences in the P.N. our strength. This is why I have been suggesting all along that having a free vote on ethical issues should be the way forward for the P.N.
However, there is another aspect to politics that all politicians must be expected to respect i.e. living up to their promises. It must be said that being conservative out of conviction is fine, as M.P.s should feel free to express their ethical position without being hindered by their respective parties. What is wrong is when you get politicians who go along with the party stance, to go against what they seemed to be in favour of after the general election which is nothing other than deceit. If there were candidates in the P.N. who were against gay marriage, these should have said so before the general election not after. It is neither conservative, nor is it liberal to contest a general election with a promise to then break it, when the electorate had decided to vote for you. It is outright deceit to do so. There was nothing about a free vote on gay marriage in the P.N.'s electoral program, thus it is a must that all opposition M.P.s vote in favour of the bill if they are to be taken seriously.
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