A working group to study the role of political parties, especially the Labour Party, in Maltese society and make proposals which increase the party’s relevance now and in the future has been appointed by Labour leader Joseph Muscat
The group has been tasked with analysing the development of thought which has to date inspired the MLP’s political action and how this reflected the economic, social and cultural changes the country has been through in the past 50 years.
The group’s members are political scientist Isabel Calleja, psychologist Vince Cassar, sociologist Josann Cutajar, journalist Aleks Farrugia, former trade unionist Anġlu Fenech, student Michela Muscat, chemical scientist Alfred Vella and economist Denise Vella. It has been appointed for two years and will be led by political economist Mario Vella.