PN general council scheduled for 24 June

The Nationalist Party has moved its general council to Wednesday 24 June.

The PN’s spokesperson confirmed that the party’s first general council after the 30 May election will be moved.

The event was meant to take place on Saturday, however it had to be moved due to parliament’s opening session on the same day.

The PN’s general council will see leader Alex Borg confirmed or contested in a process that kicks off, in line with statute rules, after every general election.

The PN statute states that after a general election, if the party is in Opposition, the executive must convene the general council to initiate the process for the election of a leader. The general council must be convened within three months of the official publication of the general election result to discuss the electoral result.

Borg has already indicated that he would like to stay on as leader and it’s very unlikely he will be contested. Nonetheless, he would still require a vote of confirmation.

In the event of a one-horse race, a secret vote would take place among party councillors only and not members. In the aftermath of the 2022 general election, then leader Bernard Grech had decided to stay on as leader and was uncontested. He went on to obtain 81% support among party councillors.