The Nationalist Party is set to nominate former leader Bernard Grech as parliament’s next deputy speaker when the new legislature officially opens on Saturday. The move will see Grech succeed David Agius in the role, with the deputy speaker traditionally coming from the Opposition benches. The PN is also expected to back the government’s nomination
Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg will be nominating his predecessor Bernard Grech for the role of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the PN said Friday. If accepted by the government, Bernard Grech's election to the role of Deputy Speaker will take place tomorrow in the House of Representatives during the first Parliamentary sitting
PN will propose its former leader Bernard Grech as parliament’s new deputy speaker when parliament reconvenes on Saturday, Times of Malta is informed. The party intends to back the government’s choice of Carmelo Abela as speaker. The government announced Abela’s nomination earlier this week, with the former minister set to resign his parliamentary
A casual election to fill the seat on the third district vacated by Carmelo Abela will be held on Friday June 26. Abela gave up his seat after being appointed as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is due to be sworn in on Saturday at the state opening of Parliament. He could have retained his parliamentary seat while still serving as Speaker
The Opposition was not consulted on the forthcoming state opening of parliament or the nomination of Labour MP Carmelo Abela to serve as Speaker, the Nationalist Party confirmed on Wednesday. The opening of parliament, this Saturday, was announced at a Labour event by Prime Minister Robert Abela on Sunday. At the time the PN had already announced
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Malta reports that a laptop was seized by the prison authorities from a cell used by Adrian Agius, known as Tal-Maksar. There is a suspicion that it was used to connect to the internet. The newspaper also reports that 13 policemen charged for abusive overtime claims are
The decision to appoint former minister Carmelo Abela as Speaker of the House was designed to permanently remove him from any prospect of returning to Cabinet while offering him a prestigious but largely powerless constitutional role, government insiders have told The Shift. Sources said Prime Minister Robert Abela made it clear during consultations