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This is not the PN I knew – John Bencini
Following his resignation from the Forum confederation of unions, John Bencini speaks to Illum on his 35-year-old career in trade unionism and his take on the current political scene.
20 January 2013, 12:00am
Julia Farrugia
Julia Farrugia
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John Bencini
Former MUT president and FORUM president John Bencini has called it a day in trade unionism after serving for 35 years.
Speaking to Sunday newspaper Illum, Bencini insisted that his decision to resign from the post as president of the 11-union confederation had nothing to do with a political activity he attended in Qormi in which he spoke about education.
He adds that he had informed the secretary general of Forum last year that he would be resigning by the end of December 2012 and his decision had nothing to do with his presence at an activity organised by Labour MP Marie Louise Coleiro Preca.
Bencini also speaks on his militancy in the Nationalist Party and the decision to resign as a party member in 2010.
"The Nationalist Party is no longer the party I know. This is affirmed by myself, my family and my friends. This is no longer Gorg Borg Olivier's party," Bencini says.
Read the full interview in today's edition of Illum
Julia Farrugia is a former editor of Illum newspaper.
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Dr Franco Debono was right all the way,he sacrificed a lot to reform the party,because this is not the same PN that we all know.
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PN has been hijacked by the clique headed by Mr Know-it-all. Gonzi himself knows that he is a mere puppet of this clique. All true blue Nationalists will be voting for change so that the PN may return to its roots when the the hijackers will be routyed by the oncoming deluge.
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Gorg Borg Olivier's party got HIJACKED by EFA and steered this country into financal ruin....DEJN BISS.Benefiting from the ugly final years of Labour in the pre 1987. Pero li qed isir issa huwa ferm ikbar u raffinat.
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Mr John Bencini - Gorg Borg Olivier was a gentleman. Although I wasn't of the same oppinion I admired him and had the honor of talking to him for some 1 1/2 hours at his residence in Victoria Avenue just a few days before he died. One thing that he said that I still remember was "When you are in power everyone knows you but when you are nothing you are put aside and no one knows you"/ May he rest in Peace.
