‘I’ve always been keen on politics’

PN candidate Claudette Buttigieg is better known by her stage name Pace, but has always liked politics. She tells Christian Peregin she’s now ready to give up everything to embark on a new career path. Profile Name: Claudette ButtigiegAge: 44Profession: TV host and singerDistrict: 12Residence: Naxxar What made you get involved in politics? (Nationalist MEP) Simon Busuttil recently said he’s more surprised that I’ve been singing and doing TV for so long because he knows me in politics. When we were at University together I was very active in politics. I was general secretary and equal rights officer of the students’ council (KSU). I was first asked to contest the elections when I was at University, in 1992. By the Nationalist Party? Actually I think it was Alternattiva Demokratika. Arnold Cassola had approached me. But you refused. Yes. Since then I have been approached before each general election, local council election and MEP election. So why get involved now? Isn’t this the worst time, considering the Nationalist Party is 12 points behind according to the polls? If you believe in something and are worried your principles will be tampered with, now is the time... Was it...