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Updated | Only one nomination submitted for PL deputy leader election
Nominations to fill the vacant post of deputy leader closed at midday, only one nomination submitted.
22 December 2012, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
1 min read
A former Air Malta chairman, Louis Grech is seen to be business-friendly.
Labour MEP Louis Grech is the only contender for the election to fill the vacant post of deputy leader following the resignation of Anglu Farrugia.
Grech, who enjoys the support of the highest echelons within Labour, submitted his nomination yesterday evening at around 6pm.
In a statement, Labour said the election will be held on Thursday 27 December, with voting taking place between 11am and 7pm in its headquarters in Hamrun and between 11am and 5pm in its club in Rabat, Gozo.
Grech will need 50% +1 of all votes casts to clinch the deputy leader post.
Messages of support quickly made the rounds on Facebook, including posts from Labour MPs Chris Cardona and Owen Bonnici.
Chris Cardona went on to post on Facebook that he nominated Grech while Labour MP Karmenu Vella seconded the nomination.
On the other hand, Bonnici said that he believed that "Louis Grech is the best choice in the current circumstances to complement Joseph Muscat's responsible work".
"Louis Grech enjoys my full respect," Bonnici added.
Potential candidates started to shy away from submitting their nomination after it was clear that Grech enjoyed widespread support of the Labour HQ. His choice is being perceived as an attempt to woo the floating voter and disgruntled Nationalists.
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joseph muscat ma nafx kemm qallu xorti lil gonzi u ipprova jiddiehak bih ghax tellaq wahdu. ISSA JOSEPH MINHABBA LI IC-CIRKUSTANZI JITOLBU HEKK WERA IX XEWQA (JEW ORDNA) LI LILL LOUIS GRECH MA JIKKONTESTAH HADD. IPOKRESIJA U ARROGANZA FL-AQWA TAGHHA.
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Kemm tifilhu tkunu IPOKRITI!! Hadd ma jara hotobtu ghax jaqa u jmut zoptu. !!!
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Simple Simon says simple things and we must respect him for his simplicity.
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Mela wara li damu jeqirdu ghax Gonzi gera wahdu, issa l-Ewropew l-iehor ser jigri wahdu. Mela anki mal-MLP isir giri bi hmar wiehed? Jew ghal li jista' jkun kollox premeditat? Qacctu l-Anglu biex jidhol Louis . Kollox immexxi mil-mexxej u ta' madwaru. Mur gibhom fil-gvern daw'…B'min iridu jidhqu??
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mela wahdu???? basta tghiru lil haddiehor. f daqqa wahda il laburisti malajr insweh lil anglu, issa qed iffahru lil louis grech. ibqa cert li 70% tal laburisti lanqas biss jafu min hu
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Imbaghad ikkritikaw l-elezjoni ta' Lawrence Gonzi. Almenu dak ried igib zewg terzi tal-voti, imma dan irid igib biss 50 fil-mija u wiehed biss. Ara sewwa jghidu ta' li l-ispizjar milli jkollu jtik.
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il-lajburisti l-paladini ta l-ipokrezija! dan OK li itelaq wahdu ghal-deputat kapo? LOL. Halluna !!! @ Firillu kbir........inti nispera li qied ticcajta ux ghax jekk le fil-kaz please spjega naqra ezatt ghaliex il PN mghandux ragel tajjeb daqs id deputat il gdied tal-lejber. Ghax ma fhemtx ezatt xi trid tfisser...forsi tista tghidilna xi ftit rizultati tieghu please
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tigrija wahdu?????? ara vera min jitkaza jaqa fil kaza.
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So simple Simon sad that JM should resign, and what about Tonio Fenech the finance minister that declared that he had a cleaner working with him without the work book. Is that right Simon or the rules are made for us only
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To all those who are complaining about the resignation of Dr.Farrugia,it was the best responsible move that could be done. Dr.Farrugia himself should have resigned without even being asked to do so just after his performance with Dr.Busutill! I am sorry to say this but he was like a law student during his first months at university. Too much gaffes! He was like afraid and unsure of himself...engulfed in fear. Dr.Muscat did what had to be done and am sure Mr.Grech will be a great deputy.
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A great team - the tandem Joseph Muscat and Louis Grech. Well done. What a difference from the mediocre and pathetic GonziPN and Simon!
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So St. Simon thinks JM should resign, what about Gonzi, He should have resigned a long time ago for all his minister fiasco's and also for trying to pay FD off with all his gifts, Only FD didnt want to know. And what about the other one who went on a private plane to watch football, he should have resigned but St. Simon says thats ok because he said he was sorry. Look at your own party and see what liabilities they are before you sling the mud Simon.
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No surprise!!
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Anyone remember the double murder from last year - all we got to show for the effort to bring the responsible to justice is a fictional biography packed with fantasy and lies.
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Franco Debono - please contest the election as an independent. Labour has just struck themselves off as a viable alternative.
Franco - we need you in parliament - so that you can whip some democracy, whip some decency and whip some competence on the ass of a government we will be getting - be it labour or gonzo!
BTW - i love how the PL supporters have all come up extolling the virtues of someone they know nothing about. Its this attitude which turns the mediocre politicians we start with into they scum bags they eventually become.
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Kellu bzonn GonziPN kellu bniedem wiehed biss kapaci daqs Louis Grech. Kieku kien ikellimha differenti li ex ambaxxatrici dwar il-hiliet ta' madwaru. Dalwaqt jibda hiereg il-lanzit.
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Not one single comment on this story!!! Can you imagine if it was a race for the PN vici Kap!! Says a lot about the readership base of this newspaper! Prosit Saviour - qisek kazin socjalista mit tieni distrett!!
