Going back to 'business as usual’ hurts those who are suffering - Bernard Grech

Opposition leader Bernard Grech has called on the nation to re-evaluate the way of life people were used to before the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the country should not go back to being “business as usual”. 

In a telephone interview on the Nationalist Party’s radio station, NETFM, Grech said that saying that things will go back to the way they were before the pandemic hurts those who have been suffering. 

“When the Prime Minister says we’re soon going back to 'business as usual', what does he mean? Are we going to once again start ignoring those who are suffering? 

“No, we don’t want to be 'business as usual' because we need to re-evaluate the basics,” Grech said. 

In his end-of-year message, Prime Minister Robert Abela delivered an upbeat message, insisting he wanted the country to be “business as usual” by May. 

Looking back at 2020, the year he became Opposition leader, Grech said the nation had learnt a lot of important things and prompted many to look at the way they were doing things and change their behaviour. 

“We need to look back at 2020 as the year that we analysed the way we do things. The truth is there are people who suffered because of what has happened while...