News • October 12 2003

Labour Party Secretary General election contest moves up a gear

The contest for one of the Labour Party’s most powerful positions started heating up this week when the names of those contesting were announced. The names were made official yesterday but, they were first carried Wednesday in our sister paper, The Malta Financial and Business Times. The contest is not simply one between the contestants but between factions or even ‘godfathers’ within the party. Alfred Sant and the recently elected deputies Michael Falzon and Charles Mangion are both backing a different ‘horse,’ in what will probably prove to be a close cut competition. The three front runners appear to be Alfred Grixti, Wenzu Mintoff and Keith Grech, but anything can happen in politics. If this were a matter of popular vote you could have your say, but since it is not, you can only hope to influence the party delegates who number around 900. The candidate with the most votes is guaranteed a win. MaltaToday asked the contenders a set of questions, all contenders with the exception of Dr Wenzu Mintoff chose to answer the questions in some way or another.

Chris Agius

Alfred Grixti

Joe Chetcuti

Keith Grech

Jason Micallef

Lorna Vassallo

Wenzu Mintoff