An advocate for change

Contesting the eighth and eleventh electoral districts on the Labour ticket for the first time ever, Edward Zammit Lewis is one of the fresher faces of the Labour Party.

Often pigeonholed as appearing to be a typical 'PN' candidate, Zammit-Lewis firmly believes that these political mentalities of old have no place in New Labour.

"This is a case of outdated mentalities based on superficial judgements that we need to move away from. Politics should be about concrete issues, positions have been taken. The Labour Party has been working on concrete policies long before the elections were even announced. Politics is all about content."

Zammit-Lewis is a lawyer by profession, specialising primarily in litigation in the civil, commercial and human rights sphere.

A former local councillor, Zammit-Lewis was chosen by the Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat to represent and assist the Opposition in the rent law reform amendments in 2009, and is now part of the legal team in the case regarding VAT registration on cars.

Read the full interview in tomorrow's edition of MaltaToday on Sunday