Opposition leader Adrian Delia’s proposal to appoint Louis Galea to lead a reform which should lead the party back to power was approved unanimously by the PN executive committee.
Dr Delia also called a General Council, which will be held on 27 July, where the Nationalist Party leader is subjecting himself to a confidence vote.
Delia made the call on Thursday night during an executive committee meeting.
The voting process will be chaired by Francis Zammit Dimech.
In a statement, the party said the original request had been made under article 27 of the party statute but, seeing that a number of signatures on the petition were invalid, Delia had himself called for a general council to be held under article 30. The PN said Delia made the call so that the party can “move forward.”
Speaking to the press, Delia said he had called the General Council because this was in the best interest of the party and its future.
He went on to hint that, should he lose the confidence vote, the next step would be to ask the PN’s card-holding members (tesserati) whether they approve him as leader.
The PN’s executive committee on Thursday evening, also included an election for two of the party’s top roles.
Carm Mifsud Bonnici was elected president of the PN’s administrative council while leadership candidate Alex Perici Calascione was elected president of the executive council.
Via The Malta Independent, MaltaToday, Times of Malta, Net News, Newsbook, TVM
