PN approves 21 candidates for general election

The PN Executive has approved another 21 candidates for the next general election.  Some had previously served as MPs or contested other elections.

Another 13 candidates were approved late last year, bringing the total up to 34.

“The party is renewing itself, and in a year and a half since I took over as PN leader, many have been the changes,” Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said. “We will continue to present a better and more effective alternative.”

The candidates are Albert Buttigieg, Charles Selvaggi, Caroline Galea, Joseph Attard, Joanna Agius, Mark Anthony Sammut,

Graziella Galea, MEP candidate Kevin Cutajar, Swieqi deputy mayor Justin Fenech, David Vassallo, Evelyn Vella Brincat,  Giorgio Schembri, former MP Philip Mifsud, Josianne Cardona Gatt, Swieqi mayor Noel Muscat, Jacqueline Azzopardi, Balzan mayor John Zammit Montebello, Mario Rizzo Naudi and former MPs Karl Gouder, Edwin Vassallo and Michael Asciak.

Those approved last year were Alan Abela Wadge, Simone Aquilina, Dounia Borg, Roselyn Borg, Charlene Camilleri Zarb, Charlot Cassar, Ryan Mercieca, Aaron Micallef, Angelo Micallef, Alessia Psaila Zammit, Graziella Schembri, Justin Schembri and Hermann Schiavone.