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MATTHEW VELLA THE Nationalist MP David Stellini has officially resigned his seat in the House of Representatives, to return to his posting with the European People's Party in Brussels. In an interview with MaltaToday, the Gozitan MP, who ran for MEP, expressed his dismay at the excessive partisanship of Maltese politics. "I came from Brussels to Malta in a bid to work for a politics of unity, that can give people results. But there is a group of people who want the politics of the arena... a battle between gladi- ators," he said. "I call it the politics of symbiosis, because the large gladiator needs to have a smaller gladiator to fight against, and the smaller gladiator needs to pick a fight with the large opponent to keep its fans alive: the PN must be careful not to fall into this battle because it will not win it," Stellini said. "The Maltese system is not conducive to the politics of unity I embrace." Stellini has previously said that his salary as an MP, which is a 'part- time' occupation in Malta, was in- substantial and that employers were either unwilling to take on an MP, or wanted an MP to do their bidding. "I don't like partisanship. Life as a part-time MP is hard: employ- ers who do not want to be associ- ated with politics will not employ MPs. Indeed, they told me they do not want to be tarnished by politics, something which to me is a noble pursuit. WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post WEDNESDAY • 29 MAY 2019 • ISSUE 640 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY EDITORIAL • PAGE 9 PN's only absolute majority was in the tenth district Viral video of man pursuing 'thief' pays off Angry votes? 64% of Lowell's votes were non- transferable EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ANALYSIS PAGE 6 PAGE 9 PAGES 4 & 5 PN MP RESIGNS Soldiers to be indicted for murder of Lassana Cisse Souleymane MATTHEW AGIUS THE true horror of the actions of two men accused of Malta's first racist murder emerged in court today as a court heard how a group of Maltese men had shot three immigrants - one in the groin, one in the buttocks and one in the head - for sport. The compilation of evidence against the two men accused of the cold-blooded murder of Lassana Cisse Souleymane in a drive-by shooting last month con- tinued today with the court hearing the testimony of inspector Keith Arnaud, as well as three other members of the police force. PAGE 3 PAGE 9 Nationalist MP David Stellini has resigned his seat in Parliament, saying the Maltese system is not conducive to the politics of unity he embraces David Stellini Lorin Scicluna and Francesco Fenech stand accused of having killed Lassana Cisse Souleymane last April