'I said nothing extraordinary': Jason Azzopardi insists there's no problem with Delia

Nationalist Party MP Jason Azzopardi has downplayed tensions between himself and party leader Adrian Delia, saying people were “making a fuss when I said nothing extraordinary”. Dr Delia spoke directly about the MP during an interview on Net TV on Thursday, saying that Dr Azzopardi had some soul-searching to do. “If he really thinks that, then he must see whether his position within the PN is tenable,” the party leader said when asked about a cryptic Facebook post Dr Azzopardi had uploaded on Wednesday. In that post, Dr Azzopardi had mused about the “advice” some “supposed opponents” were offering Dr Delia. “Have you ever heard in football, say, the Roma coach giving advice or defending his Lazio counterpart? Or the Manchester United coach defending/advising the Liverpool coach?” he asked his Facebook followers. “Of course not. Not unless they have a hidden agreement to safeguard their common interests...” Dr Azzopardi shared that post a few hours after government consultant and Dr Delia’s self-professed “friend” Robert Musumeci told Times Talk that the PN leader had to act quickly and be decisive if he was to stymie ongoing dissent within his own party. On Friday, Dr Azzopardi...