Like most people I know, I’ve long given up trying to figure out our politician’s hidden agendas. Unlike other ‘normal’ people, most politicians will look straight into your eyes and say anything that they think you want to hear.
Even after a long winded debate such as the one held between Anglu Farrugia and Simon Busutill last Saturday, it is still very hard to figure out which one of them is genuine, which one of them means what he says, and more importantly which one will execute his promises as planned.
This means, that if we are really and truly unbiased, and if we are really and truly trying to figure out whom to vote for during the electoral campaign, all we’re going to end up having to go on is an individual’s debating skills and how they fare compared to their opposition.
What worries me is that in Malta, most politicians who are better at public speaking and debating are not better because of some professional intense training. On the contrary, most of those who are better at getting to their point eloquently and effectively are naturals. But, when you are a natural in persuading people about things that you yourself are not convinced of, of things you know depend so...
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