Muscat promises to 'heal and unite' MLP

Labour leadership candidate Joseph Muscat promised MLP delegates in Gozo this evening that as leader he would unite the party and give it a leadership that was firm, dynamic and visionary.

He said he was confident that as leader he would be able to “heal and unite” the Labour Party.

“I will sit around a table with my colleagues, hear their views, and ensure that everyone has a role in the MLP. Then I will lead the creation of a movement for progressives and moderates,” he said.

Referring to an opinion survey, he welcomed the fact that he was shown as being the preferred candidate among Labourites, floating votes, those who had voted for the small parties and those who had not voted at all, as well as young people, saying it appeared his message was getting through.

Dr Muscat said the MLP needed a strategy for Gozo, especially in view of its unemployment rate, which was consistently higher than Malta’s.