Commenting about the results of Malta’s latest general election, local podcaster Jon Mallia said that what happened last Sunday gives us the opportunity to change everything.
In a Facebook post, Mallia highlighted how 69,000 voters decided to vote against the two main parties in one way or another.
8,300 voters corrupted their vote, meaning that this doubled from the previous election. ‘These are people who don’t want to break off ties from anyone, but deep down feel exhausted and as conflicted as us.’
Third parties and independent candidates also managed to double votes, standing at 9,000. Jon said that this came despite the narrative which sees votes for third parties as a waste. ‘This narrative will change soon. I have already abandoned it.’
51,500 people did not even go to vote, bringing up the total of votes not in favour of Labour or Nationalist up to 69,000. He acknowledged how not all of these voters are ‘moral heroes’ and some of them simply voted against PL/PN due to not having any favours done for them.
‘But not all of them’ he said, pointing to anecdotal evidence as indicating that these ‘egotistical’ voters are a minority. ‘They are done living under a political class which thinks lowly of us.’
Jon revealed that he and his team are preparing the data to pass it over to a group of scientists to give them a more accurate reading. ‘The genesis of the future which many of you are wishing for began last Sunday. Wake up. How we exploit this golden opportunity will define us forever.’
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