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Ann Fenech to announce any interest in PN leadership tomorrow
Anne Fenech ‘dumbstruck’ by endorsement for her to join PN leadership, says she will express intention tomorrow.
14 March 2013, 12:00am
Nestor Laiviera
Nestor Laiviera
1 min read
Lawyer Ann Fenech
Lawyer Ann Fenech, who is being touted as a potential Nationalist Party leader or deputy leader, took to Facebook on Thursday evening to respond directly to a Facebook group which is calling on her to take a more active role within the party leadership.
Since being created over the past couple of days, the group has gone on to attract over 2,000 likes, reflecting a growing desire for Fenech to join the PN ranks and play an active part in the party's leadership.
Indeed, her name is being touted alongside those of Mario de Marco, Chris Said, Beppe Fenech Adami, and Simon Busuttil, as a potential option for the next PN leadership line-up, which will be elected sometime within the next three months.
In what is described as "official correspondence" by the page's administrator, Fenech said that she was "overwhelmed firstly by the very fact that you have created this Facebook page inviting me to take a more active role in the Nationalist Party."
She goes on to say that she is "dumbstruck" by the endoresement.
"It is a huge compliment and I cannot quite figure out what I could have possibly done to attract and deserve this level of encouragement and support," she adds.
"To say it has taken me totally by surprise is an understatement. I will be expressing my intentions tomorrow," she concludes.
While so far there have been no open admissions of interest in the role of party leader, several leading PN exponents have been eyeing the post with interest, among them Mario de Marco, Simon Busuttil, and Beppe Fenech Adami.
Ann Fenech was an electoral commissioner for the PN during the deputy party leadership in December, but she took centre-stage as PBS's guest during the elections when the PN was trounced in the 2013 polls.
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WHO IS SHE?
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Ghaziza Dr Ann Fenech. Jekk m'intiex tal-klikka m'ghandekx cans.
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I think the best PN Leader will be Dr Franco Debono, a man who saw the futre and has BALLS.
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Ghaziza Dr Ann Fenech. Jekk m'intiex tal-klikka m'ghandekx cans.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Let's see who the fool will be. I believe that that two leaders will really be elected during the course of this year - one for the Gonzi-SimonPN clique, and one for the true PN.
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Nemmnuha?
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Din li darba qalet li biex tixtri cilindru gas trid tixtri it-trakk tal-gass? Jekk hu hekk, il-PN qieghed sew, u din sejra tirrinagah izjed. Welcome on board, all who are mediocre enough to want to lead the PN after its most humiliating defeat in history.
Emmanuel Mallia •
Yes Anne, its people like you we want !! But first, the PN must expel those two dictators at the backscene !
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Anne Fenech for Secretary General maybe but that's that ! Come let's go down to earth for goodness sake. A leader has to be a people's choice. Someone with charisma for all especially the man in the street ! To start off a person who already has a political background and who knows the political scene well not only from an angle. Some who has already passed the elections test in some way or another. Someone who has a 'fighting' political background and who has already labored and faced the electorate. Come on let's be objective and not play around with the role if leader especially. We are talking the likes of george borg Olivier, Eddie Fenech Adami and Lawrence Gonzi ...... All persons of 'great political stature' and this has to continue. I do not really know well dr Fenech but could be maybe ideal for general secretary !
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@ better future. Yes the same lady who said that there are only 2 gas vessels in the world. Pathetic.
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Wow! Is this just how disillusioned the PNisti are? Isn't this the same maritime expert that got it so wrong in her criticism of the PL's Energy proposals based on Gas? The Nats must really be running around like hens with their heads cut off! When she was put in the spotlight, she was as offensive to her TV audience as all the other "mangled ideas" rest.
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OMG OMG OMG
IMNIEHIRHA MXAMMAR!
AND TOO MUCH MAKE-UP
And how about the accent!
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The next PN leader must be a man/woman of the people, someone self made like Dr Muscat and a moderate. I am sure Dr Fenech is an excellent lawyer but this does not mean that she will appeal to ex-PN voters. I agree with the person that commented that she will be a great hit in the districts that are already blue but the average Maltese cannot identify with her. We definitely need someone who has made good from a working class background. Unfortunately, she looks and sounds too "elite" for most Maltese. Having said that if the choice is between De Marco, Fenech Adami, Simon Busuttil and Dr Ann Fenech - Yes, then I would most definitely support her! The PN need to think long and hard to find the right person - they mustn't rush. Listening to Eddie on television saddened me as I remembered the PN I voted for in 1981, 1987, 1992, 1998 and 2003. The wrong choice of leader would be the death blow for PN and also for our country. To be a democratic country we need a strong and credible opposition!
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@Sparku - way to indirectly insult the people from Zabbar or Gozo. I'm sure that if Dr. Fenech is a real person, she will have the ability to reach out and understand these people you speak of. Secondly, would the people of Zabbar really consider voting PN as a serious non-floating choice?
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Xi hlew ghandhom :) very nice.
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milli tidher int tifhem iktar Jerry !
Mux ahjar ma turix kemm int bravu b kumment bhal dak.
Jaqaw ghandek xi masters jew Phd f xi suggett ghax mill - kumment tieghek nahseb lanqas wasalt sal form 5 !!!!!
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Most of the comments below are remarkable. These people do not know who she is and they judge her on her appearance after the results were announced, or on how she speaks, or on her pearls. How trivial and utterly shallow.
Irrespective of whether or not I agree she should put her name forward, Ann Fenech is a woman of substance. Highly intelligent, probably Malta's brightest and most successfull maritime specialists, Ann made her name both here and abroad. She is an excellent listener, she has solid and unwaverable principles, and she is a huge asset. Political Parties wish they could get people like her and others involved at the highest levels.
Jeff Cassar •
Whilst she made a lot of valid points when invited on TVM right after the result, I find her resorting to English expressions every other sentence whilst talking very distracting. Like one comment below said "Sliema English". If this is put on it might be able to fixed easily but otherwise she won't be able to appeal to many voters.
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As an avid labour supporter I endorse Ann Fenech because the country needs a strong opposition and I believe that Ann is not in any way or at least remotely connected to the old clique that has ruined the PN. None of the other contenders have clean sheets and are all in some way responsible to the massive thrashing PN got at the polls. I do this endorsement in good faith.
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As an avid labour supporter I endorse Ann Fenech because the country needs a strong opposition and I believe that Ann is not in any way or at least remotely connected to the old clique that has ruined the PN. None of the other contenders have clean sheets and are all in some way responsible to the massive thrashing PN got at the polls. I do this endorsement in good faith.
Lino Camilleri •
Ghanda ragun tipprova ghal xi kariga ohra ghax lanqas f'xoghola ma tifhem. Iktar ma jkun hemm nies din il kwalita iktar ahjar ghal PL.
David Bongailas •
I can understand that some nationalists want to start from scratch. Wipe last Saturday's result away and pretend it never happened by doing away with all those that were involved in the campaign. But would someone like Dr.fenech really appeal to the masses ?? I can see her being a hit with the middle class voters from the 9th 10th and 11th districts but what about the working class family from Zabbar ? What about the Gozitan voters ? What about the voters in the fifth district who totally abandoned the Nationalist party ?
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If the PN wants real change, it has to look further out. Maybe ARGENTINA.
otherwise it's more of the same
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I do not like those pearls. Too many of them!
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Although she's a far better bet than Mario Demarco or even more, Beppe Fenech Adami, if this Ann Fenech is chosen to lead the party, it will be more of the same and this will guarantee at least 20 more years in opposition for the PN. Although she is fairly good-looking and presentable as a person, she puts you off the moment she opens her mouth as she speaks Sliema English, sounds snobbish to say the least, and, with her arguments following the election defeat, she has already given everybody the impression that she's just a female version of the Dr Gonzi. So she's good news for the PL but very bad news for the PN.
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Dear,your face attracted all this compliments,we are fed up of seeing the same old faces.All the best.
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She's a fenek,so what?
maria aquilina •
She is definitely unsuitable - why - in a discussion on TVM after the defeat she said that the PN has to understand how it crossed the 35000 votes it lost. She continued that the PN lost because it did not do enough favours to the PN supporters. My mother had a healthier view of politics. She still thinks of THEM RED and US BLUE. Cannot be a worse choice!!!
Paul Sammut •
OMG not another lawyer to lead the PN. We have just had enough of them. What the party needs is a leader with an innovative spirit.
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Are they out of their minds! do the party seriously believe they can send the right messages by proposing people whose connections spell only the word "Klikka".
Maureen Attard •
I hope there will be new faces for the leadership and deputy leader, including other positions such as general secretary. All admiistration must go and a new one will be created. And also change the statute so that all members (Tesserati) will vote for all positions. That will be a very democratic way of an election. 500 councilers aren't the whole party. When the party needs anything, especially finance, he calls the people outside, the truw nationalists. So if the Nationalist still is a democratic one, before going for an election of the leadership, change the statute so that every tesserat will have the chance to vote freely, without any block votes etc. Then, I will believe in the PN.
