Georg Sapiano’s Fake Alliance: Expired Faces, Empty Rhetoric

When the Establishment Cries “Democracy!”, Expect an Attack on Labour

Georg Sapiano, now moonlighting as a political communicator for Adrian Delia and recycling expired rhetoric with his sidekick Peppi Azzopardi, has emerged as the latest frontman in a coordinated attack on the Labour Government’s long-overdue planning reform.

Disguised as a noble call for “civil society unity,” Sapiano’s post reads like a desperate manifesto from a clique of washed-up has-beens trying to preserve the very system that benefited them — not the people.

Let’s be clear: what Sapiano is defending is not democracy. It’s the crumbling shadow state of influence, privilege, and selective outrage that his circle controlled for decades.

The Usual Faces, the Usual Lies

Sapiano’s public love letter to Manwel Delia and Adrian Delia reeks of the usual PN establishment spin. Together with Repubblika, Graffitti, and Din l-Art Ħelwa, they form a tired echo chamber of self-appointed guardians of democracy — conveniently silent when Nationalist Governments trampled over communities, ignored public outrage, and gutted public trust.

Now that the Labour Government is actually delivering structural reform — removing political influence from planning boards, enforcing transparency, and ending backroom discretion — Sapiano cries foul.

Why? Because the days when people like him could whisper into the ears of decision-makers are over. The game has changed — and they’re no longer holding the dice.

Hypocrisy on Full Display

Let’s unpack Sapiano’s empty claims:

He accuses the Government of “disabling fire alarms” — conveniently forgetting that under the PN, there were no alarms, no accountability, and no reform.

He claims that new laws “deform democracy” — when in reality, they are the first serious attempt in decades to fix a broken planning system.

He glorifies Delia’s “contribution” to the hospitals case — while conveniently ignoring that Delia’s political resurrection is being engineered by the same establishment that once crushed him.

And what exactly is this “Alliance” he’s trying to sell us?

It’s not civil society. It’s a coalition of the bitter, the rejected, and the irrelevant — hoping to ride on fear and misinformation to derail progress.

Real Reform Terrifies the Old Guard

Sapiano’s problem isn’t the planning reform. His problem is that Labour is actually delivering it — without asking for his permission or his tired commentary.

The reforms proposed in Bills 143 and 144 are:

– Separating planning decisions from appeals

– Removing political discretion from key appointments

– Restoring the primacy of local plans

– Enforcing timely, law-based decision-making

– Strengthening fairness, public trust, and the rule of law

That’s not deformation. That’s restoration — and it’s exactly what Sapiano and his clique fear most.

Georg Sapiano

A Final Word to Georg Sapiano

Georg, your nostalgia for the days when you and your friends pulled the strings behind closed doors is clear. But Malta has moved on.

The people want clean reform, not curated outrage. They want fairness, not elite protection. And they’ve seen through the charade of your so-called “Alliance.”

Your time — and your influence — is over.