Labour turns its back on Fgura Mayor
The Labour party has turned its back on Fgura Mayor Darren Marmara, as fellow Labour leaders have embarked on a vote of no confidence against him, to elect a new mayor.
12 July 2010, 12:00am
Matthew Vella
Matthew Vella
1 min read
Marmara is now the focus of a report lodged by Fgura’s executive secretary of the department of local government. The report concerns roadworks of €80,000, which were awarded to Asfaltar Ltd, without a call for tenders being issued.
Now a motion of no confidence in the mayor has been presented 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 concillors said in their motion they were unable to retain a serene relationship with the mayor and that it was necessary to force his resignation.
In a statement issued to the media, Marmara has declared himself to be “untainted by any form of corruption or other immoral acts” and that “nothing at law can nullify my function as mayor.”
He also contends the councillors’ vote of no confidence does not have Labour backing, and instead says he has been flooded by a wave of “continuous support through messages, phone-calls, correspondence and petitions.”
Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...
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Do you think the mayors or counsillers stay their for nothing in the counsil ? If they gain nothing they stay home so they stay their for their own GOOD not because they love the place where they live
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Do you the the counsillers or mayor gain nothing when they contest a place in the counsil if I gain nothing I stay home so they stay ther for their own GOOD
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The heading says "Labour turns its back on Mayor" while the Mayor himself contends that "the councillors' vote of no confidence does not have Labour's backing".......so who is right??
