In a statement to the media,
the MLP said that a joint meeting of the MLP parliamentary group and the
executive decided Tuesday night that the party general conference will meet on
June 5 to elect a new leader.
Dr Charles Mangion will be
acting leader until June. An election for deputy leaders will be held on June
12.
The executive and the
parliamentary group also expressed their appreciation to Alfred Sant who
resigned the leadersip following the general election defeat on March 8. They
stated that his 16 years of leadership were based on honesty, integrity and
truth.
The meeting of the
MLP parliamentary group and the executive also discussed which seats will be
ceded by candidates elected from two districts. It was decided that Dr Sant
will give up the 8th district, Michael Falzon the 2nd, Charles
Mangion the 6th, Helena Dalli the 3rd, George Vella the 5th
and Evarist Bartolo the 10th.
In these districts, the
candidates most likely to make it to Parliament are Joe Debono Grech (8), Owen
Bonnici or Rita Law (3), Silvio Chetcuti (6), Joe Sammut (5), Joe Vella Bonnici or Chris
Agius (2) and Joseph Cuschieri (10).
The meeting also decided to
commission an internal report to assess the result of the general election by a group of persons who
the party has not yet identified.
