Councillors have to look beyond partisan politics so as not to discourage young people from participating, a nine-panel debate agreed this afternoon.
The poorly attended debate, on Youth in Politics, was organised by Insite and TDM2000 as part of the Organisations Day on Campus.
All panellists are candidates in the upcoming local elections.
Young people, they agreed, were disillusioned with the current state of affairs and kept away from politics, in fear that they would be tarnished.
PL Mosta candidate Alex Muscat said that the time of tribal politics was over and young people wanted a breath of fresh air.
Another Mosta candidate, Robert Callus, for Alternattiva Demokratika, said there still existed many people who were partisan. Councillors, he said, needed to listen to residents.
AD Sliema candidate Michael Briguglio agreed. He criticised the two major parties for not encouraging cross party voting. "This is treating voters like idiots," he said.
PN Swieqi candidate Justin Fenech said cross party voting had to be earned. If councillors delivered they would earn the electorate's trust.
James Cassar, a PN candidate in...
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