New Democratic Party registers with Electoral Commission

The newly-formed Democratic Party has submitted its registration form to the Electoral Commission.

The application was submitted this morning by its secretary general Marco Cremona.

This is the first time that political parties and movements are being registered with the Commission, following the enactment of the party financing law, that came into force earlier this year.

The Democratic Party was launched last month by independent MP and former Labour MP Marlene Farrugia. It has described itself as a “group of people who are answering the country’s call against tribalism and the traditional parties”.

“A new political force is required, led by people whose success is the result of their own work and sacrifices and not by jumping on some political bandwagon, which opened for them one door after the other whilst other people had to be disciplined and work hard to achieve similar results,” the PD said in its opening public statement.