The Labour Party has launched the process for the re-design of the party emblem.

Party leader Joseph Muscat in a press conference today invited all interested persons to submit their designs and said that all submissions would be put on display and short-listed by a panel of experts.

The party members would then vote on the final design by sms.

Dr Muscat said the new emblem would have to retain the Maltese flag, the torch and the party name.

He said the party wanted the new design to represent an evolution to reflect the way the party was changing.

"If we do not change internally we cannot aspire to be the movers of change in society," Dr Muscat said.

He said the emblem had to represent the party's values. He agreed with former leader Paul Boffa that the torch was a symbol of progress, love and the illumination of minds.

A full briefing session for those interested in submitting designs will be held on June 1 and the final design will be selected by the end of this year.

Dr Muscat also announced that the party would hold a Congress of the party membership next year to discuss the guiding principles upon which the party would contest the next general election.

The current emblem is the fourth in the 90-year history of the Labour Party, but the current one has not been changed for 60 years.

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