The Nationalist Party’s leadership race is exposing brutal realities — none harsher than those facing Adrian Delia.
Delia may be stubbornly insisting on contesting, clinging to dreams of a comeback after his humiliating ousting in 2020. But let’s cut through the illusions: his leadership bid is a non-starter.
Sources from within the party’s delegate corps are crystal clear: Alex Borg will crush Adrian Delia with an astronomical majority if this contest goes to a vote. And it’s not hard to see why.
Borg represents youth, energy, and momentum — everything Delia once claimed to embody but lost through scandal, internal revolt, and utter electoral irrelevance. Where Borg commands overwhelming support among the younger delegates and regional councillors, Delia carries only the baggage of defeat and betrayal.
The numbers being discussed internally are devastating for Delia. Some sources predict a result as brutal as 80-20 or even worse, should he persist in running against Borg. It would not only destroy what remains of Delia’s credibility but cement his status as the man who divided and weakened the PN twice — first when he lost the trust of his own MPs, and now by insisting on a hopeless return.
If Delia truly cared about the Nationalist Party’s future, he would step aside. But as always, personal ambition seems to come first.
And yet the real question is not whether Delia loses — that’s almost guaranteed. The real question is how badly he will lose, and how much more chaos his stubbornness will inflict on a party already teetering on irrelevance.
The writing is on the wall. The numbers are stacked against him. And the delegates have already made up their minds.
This race is over before it starts.
