In Fgura, Labour moves motion of no confidence against its own mayor

The motion, to be discussed on 16 July, was signed by former Labour mayors Anthony Degiovanni and Salvu Camilleri, Rita Cutajar, and Labour committee president Pierre Dalli. Byron Camilleri is being nominated for mayor.

The councillors said in their motion they were unable to retain a serene relationship with the mayor and that it was necessary to force his resignation. The motion has clear party backing, In-Nazzjon reported today, also noting that Marmara had not supported Joseph Muscat’s leadership bid in 2008. The newspaper added that PL local councils’ coordinator Frans Abela was unaware of the motion.

Labour councillors have not been attending council meetings with deputy mayor Anthony Degiovanni losing a case against Marmara before the board of local governance, over planned twinnings with towns in Bulgaria. Degiovanni had insisted that the motions proposed by the mayor went against the Permanent Orders which govern local council regulations.