Dr Lawrence Gonzi is to be sworn in as
Prime Minister at 1600 CET according to an official announcement. Following the
ceremony at the President’s Palace, he will go his office at Castille and, at
1800 CET address a Nationalist Party mass meeting.
Meanwhile, with the counting ending at 1230 CET on Tuesday, the Nationalist Party will be
given 4 extra seats to enable it to have a Parliamentary majority. These seats will be
awarded to the runners up on the Nationalist ticket.
The best runners up are the
following: Jean-Pierre Farrugia, with 3,426 votes in 1st district; Edwin
Vassallo, 3,301 votes in 11th district; Frans Agius, with 3,259
votes in the 2nd district and Francis Zammit-Dimech, with 3,197
votes in the 10th district.
