Prime Minister Robert Abela has bowed to mounting internal pressure and is expected to appoint both Chris Fearne and Rosianne Cutajar to ministerial positions in his new government, despite concerns within Labour ranks that their return will further damage the party’s credibility. Sources close to the Office of the Prime Minister told The Shift that
Prime Minister Robert Abela has started contacting ministers as he begins the process of forming his new cabinet following the Labour Party’s victory in last Saturday’s general election. Abela was officially sworn in for another term on Monday after leading Labour to a fourth consecutive electoral victory, securing a fresh mandate to govern. Attention
Robert Abela has started summoning elected Labour candidates to Castille, as he prepares to appoint his new cabinet. The Prime Minister must decide who among Labour's 36 newly elected MPs will be assigned a portfolio as minister or parliamentary secretary. Follow events with our live blog. Refresh the page for the latest updates. 10.31am Clyde Caruana
Former Ministers Chris Fearne and Clyde Caruana were the first to be summoned to Castille by Prime Minister Robert Abela as he starts forming his ministerial Cabinet for the next five years. The Labour Party was elected for a fourth consecutive term with Abela now making his choices for his team, although other candidates still need to be elected through
Prime Minister Robert Abela is facing mounting pressure from within the Labour Party as he struggles to finalise his new cabinet, with competing demands from senior figures threatening to complicate what was expected to be a straightforward post-election reshuffle. Sources close to the Prime Minister told The Shift that, despite Labour’s electoral
Prime Minister Robert Abela is expected to meet Labour Party MPs at Castille as he officially begins the process of forming his Cabinet for Malta’s new legislature. Following the Labour Party’s victory in Sunday’s general election, attention is now shifting from the campaign trail to one of the most significant post-election decisions: selecting the
Now that the election has passed, MPs have been elected and Robert Abela has been sworn-in as the Prime Minister, attention now turns on the formation of the Cabinet of Ministers and parliamentary secretaries. In the coming hours Abela will be meeting with elected MPs to offer them the portfolios he has in mind for them. The appointment of the new
