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MP Silvio Parnis to hold ‘Parnis Summer Family Fest’
Labour MP Silvio Parnis to organise a summer festival which includes address by party leader, a host of Maltese singers and €8,000 worth of prizes.
19 August 2012, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
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MP Silvio Parnis
Labour MP Silvio Parnis will launch his electoral campaign during a self-styled summer festival in Paola this Friday.
Labour leader Joseph Muscat is expected to attend and address the 'Parnis Summer Family Fest,' in which a mishmash of 'local talent' will be on display.
In advertising the event, Parnis boasts that a number of prizes worth €8,000 can be won. Prizes include a mattress, a bedroom and €1,000 worth of tiles.
The MP is not new to controversy. Recently Parnis had declared on television that Labour leader Joseph Muscat would appoint him as minister for the south once in Government, a claim later denied by the Labour Party.
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Luke Camilleri •
All this free publicity for the event..... GonziPN do it every year and never get this much free publicity!
They call it it Indifest......
Maureen Attard •
The race in the 4th district has started.
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Where is the newsworthiness of this story? All candidates hold "political activities" like coffee mornings and BBQs. Are you trying to push a particular candidate over the many others contesting on the fourth district or just trying to scare the floating voters?
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so what?
