News • October 12 2003

Toni Abela claims to have withdrawn candidature for MLP Executive

Four days after the closure of nominations for the various administration and national executive posts in the Labour Party, the official list of candidates was published yesterday, only that it contained one slight quirk.
Lawyer cum TV presenter Toni Abela was listed as a candidate for a member of the national executive despite him having withdrawn the application earlier in the week.
Dr Abela told MaltaToday that he had submitted his nomination, but later withdrew it.
The official list was only published yesterday after the MLP electoral commission vetted all nominations.
Meanwhile, in a meeting of the MLP national executive it was decided that party candidates, who had a right to sit on national executive meetings, will not be allowed to do so anymore. This decision was taken to try and curb leaks to the media, MaltaToday was told.
See interviews with the seven candidates for the post of Secretary General on pages 8 & 9.