Cospicua mayor resigns from Labour, hangs on to mayorship pending appeal

Cospicua mayor Joe Scerri has resigned from the Labour party, saying the PL had explained to him that his position was no longer tenable.

But Scerri will retain his post as an independent mayor, pending his appeal of a sentence that found guilty of nepotism and banned from serving as a councillor for five years.

“After the appeal is decided, I will definitively decide whether I will remain in this role,” Scerri said in a statement Monday evening.

Scerri was found guilty of failing to withdraw from a council meeting that discussed the appointment of his nephew’s wife, who had applied for the post of executive secretary.

Magistrate Antonio Mizzi banned him from being a councillor for five years, the maximum, and fined him €500.