Grixti intends to remain active in MLP

Alfred Grixti, the runner-up in the election for the post of MLP general secretary, said today that he wishes to remain involved in political activity within the Labour Party.

Asked to comment on the outcome of the election, Mr Grixti told timesofmalta.com: “the delegates have spoken and that’s it - end of story”.

Although disappointed at the outcome, - which saw incumbent Jason Micallef win with a 141 vote advantage over him - Mr Grixti said that as he had declared from the very beginning, he would respect the will of delegates.

"When one contests such elections, one has to have an open mind, knowing that things can go wrong."

He said that feedback and information he received during the campaign had not indicated the sort of result produced yesterday.

There were people who were arguing, for example, that the blanket "anti-Jason coverage" in all media worked in Mr Micallef's favour, Mr Grixti said.

Asked whether that was also his opinion, he said that he was at the moment only collecting data for analysis.

Asked about his future in the party he said he was a Labour deputy mayor and a member of a local committee. He wanted to remain involved as long as the party and the people kept him in his positions.

All election candidates, he said, had to put the election behind them and get down to business.

This was the second time that Mr Grixti had lost the election to the MLP general secretary post to Mr Micallef.