Gozitan eye-specialist Franco Mercieca approached to run on Labour ticket
Gozitan eye-specialist doctor Franco Mercieca confirms that he was approached by Labour Leader Joseph Muscat to contest the general election on the PL ticket.
13 March 2011, 12:00am
Julia Farrugia
Julia Farrugia
1 min read
During an interview with Sunday weekly paper Illum Mercieca, one of the leading eye doctors of the country also backed by robust experience gleaned from working abroad, maintains he is headed into politics – and expects to ventually emerge from it - as a “man of integrity.”
Two years ago, Illum reports, it had revealed how Muscat already had a list of candidates that would eventually be approached to run on the party ticket. Illum had said that for the district of Gozo, Muscat would turn to the one whom many had already dubbed “the super hero of the Labour Party.”
Julia Farrugia is a former editor of Illum newspaper.
