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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 7 JULY 2024 4 INTERVIEW Alex Borg: 'The PN won back Gozo because the PL failed Gozitans' THE Nationalist Party has regained the trust of the majority of Gozitans due to Labour's failures to improve their quality of life, PN Gozo spokesperson Alex Borg believes. This is Borg's assessment of the success the PN had in Gozo in European and local elections last month. Borg is one of the PN's greatest assets in Gozo and in this interview, he says that despite the PL flipping the island in 2017, Gozitans feel forgotten by the current ad- ministration. Borg says he is "someone who knows the challenges young Gozitans are facing" and which have been neglected by the government. The MEP and local council election re- sults have reignited hope within party structures, he tells me, resulting in more people contributing to the PN. Despite this, Borg admits the PN still needs time to position itself as a governing party. He outlines how the party is holding meetings with various stakeholders from all walks of life so that they can build the PN's vision for the islands. The road is not one bereft of pitfalls. I challenge Borg on the construction and business lobbies that remain dominating players in Malta's political ecosystem, as he defends his vote of approval for a 2005 concession on Fort Chambray to be trans- ferred to another private party which aims to build a five-star hotel, apartments and shops within the historic Għajnsielem fort. The PN's spokesperson for Gozo is a rising star in politics and buoyed by recent success for his party in European and local elections, Alex Borg tells MATTHEW FARRUGIA that more people are now willing to join the bandwagon. Imagine a government that incentivises companies in Malta to open ancillary companies in Gozo. Imagine the Gozo Innovation Hub having various government departments so that Gozitan workers who work in Malta can work from Gozo.