Adrian Delia

Adrian Delia, MP (born 8 August 1969, in Sliema, Malta) is a Maltese politician, and lawyer by profession.

[11] After the match West Ham showed interest in Birkirkara's Mauricio Mazzetti, but Delia commented that no formal offers had been made.

In fact the team installed was no longer made up by a majority of lawyers, which was typical of the party, but instead included a sociologist, an economist, a banker and an engineer.

[21] He took a socially conservative stance in politics in general, flagging Malta as lacking traditional moral values and national soul, and has come out against the relaxation of drug laws and liberalisation of prostitution.

He also came out against vacation leave for homosexual women seeking IVF treatment abroad, a parliamentary motion which proved unpopular and was lost.

[21] On 3 February 2018, as Opposition Leader, Delia reshuffled spokespersons within the Parliamentary Group and took the shadowing of the Justice Ministry in hand.

The NGOs were also "shocked and disgusted", saying that by "using inflammatory language and calling for affirmation of the Maltese identity" he had "accused non-Maltese nationals of instilling feelings of fear and insecurity".

[34] A women's rights campaigner, Francesca Fenech Conti, has also urged Delia to resign after the domestic violence allegations.

[35] Democratic Party leader Godfrey Farrugia and former PN general secretary Rosette Thake also urged Delia to resign.

[36] January 2018, Dr Delia had reached an agreement with the Inland Revenue Department to start settling dues dating back more than a decade.