‘Patriots’ chief Pisani can’t sing national anthem

The chief of Malta’s self-styled patriotic front has admitted to being ignorant of the words in L-Innu Malti, the Maltese national anthem.

The anthem penned by national poet Dun Karm Psaila would have been ideal for Alex Pisani, a former army-man who has also dabbled in the film servicing industry, to prove his patriotic credentials.

But on Xarabank, Pisani was unable on PBS to show the world what a true patriot he was. “I admit with the greatest sorrow that I do not know the words by heart. I think it’s been over 50 years since I last sang it, but I guarantee you that 70% of the people don’t know it by heart,” he claimed.

Undeterred, Pisani said Xarabank’s idea of having each of its panel members sing the anthem was a charade to downplay his otherwise positive showing. “I have my doubts about that supposedly Muslim guest, if she was an actress.”

The Ghaqda Patriotti Maltin is a Pegida-styled movement demanding a referendum “against integration” of foreign nationals, which uses social media for its defamatory posts on refugees, asylum seekers and religions other than Catholicism.