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[WATCH] Ninth and tenth districts hinge on new voters – Nationalist MP Arrigo
Nationalist Party MP Robert Arrigo says that ninth and tenth district results will hinge on new voters, however unable to predict result as these pose ‘question mark’, Minister Tonio Fenech says he will keep working for benefit of country irrespective of election result.
Nationalist Party MP Robert Arrigo.
Speaking to MaltaToday, Nationalist Party MP Robert Arrigo who contested the election on the ninth and tenth districts noted that there was a 1% and 2% drop in both districts respectively.
"2% means around 400 votes. We know who those 400 are," he however said, adding that "they did not go out to vote for specific reasons."
Asked whether the PN was conscious of whom or where those votes were, Arrigo said that while the party could not narrow down on a geographical location, "one would know who they are."
Commenting on his own analysis regarding his district he said that new voters represent "an unsolved question" in his mind.
"I don't know where they went. There was also a bit of cross voting, both ways between Labour and PN. This can also affect."
Asked about his constituency, and what message he had been receiving from them in the past days, Arrigo said that they had been communicating signs of "exactly what is happening," pointing to voting trends on both districts such as party cross crossing.
However, Arrigo said that he is unsure as to what result it would lead to, pointing to the "question mark" posed by new voters.
Asked about the PN's ever-present concern that it would lose votes to AD in these two districts, and whether it played a part in this election, Arrigo said that "I don't think so, this time."
Speaking to MaltaToday, Nationalist Minister Tonio Fenech welcomed the high turnout as "positive" and indicative that the people give the general election its due importance.
He went on to say that it is however "hard from what has emerged so far to predict what will happen."
"At 11 the ballots will be opened, and we will start seeing what the result will be," he said.
Asked about the prospect of giving up his government seat within as soon as a few hours, Fenech said that "I live these moments with serenity" and that "I did my duty for the past years and I will keep doing my part so that the country keeps moving forward."
