[9] In the resulting leadership race, Timothy Alden contested the post against Anthony Buttigieg, believing the Democratic Party to be the vehicle for the greatest positive change in Maltese political history.
[16] These stands in favour of the environment and good governance led to Alden declaring that the Democratic Party was dictating the agenda in Parliament.
[17] The Democratic Party would also blow the whistle and raise resistance against an MP pensions reform bill, claiming that Parliamentarians should not be entitled to more public money until the country's other problems were taken care of.
[18] Alden was part of the Democratic Party's first delegation to San Anton Palace to discuss Constitutional reform with President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, a process kickstarted by a visit to Malta by the Venice Commission.
The second meeting took place on 7 January 2019, and the Democratic Party argued that the process of Constitutional reform should not be limited to the remit of the Steering Committee, but should instead transform into a full convention with broad participation and decision-making powers delegated to representatives of the general public.
On 28 December, the anniversary of the murder of Karin Grech, Timothy Alden and Carmel Cacopardo announced that talks for the two parties to merge were at an advanced stage.
[23] On the lead up to the merger, Timothy Alden helped set up the new Executive Committee of ADŻ (Alternattiva Demokratika Żgħażagħ), nominating Giosue Agius to the role of co-chairperson.
[24] In April 2018, Alden would be one of the first to take an open and direct public stand against the system of clientelism which reigns in Malta, whereby each Ministry has a "customer care department".
[25] Alden received a phone call at his household in which a Ministry offered favours to the family, implying an attempt to buy their vote.
[28] He has been a strong advocate for the government to buy the remaining gardens, fields and other green enclaves in Malta's towns and villages, so as to convert them into public spaces.
[34] Alden accompanied Godfrey Farrugia in a meeting with the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, an hour before the two major parties, to discuss the potential roadmap to Constitutional reform.