Labour leader Joseph Muscat laid a wreath at the foot of former Prime Minister Gerald Strickland’s monument in Valletta, ahead of the 71 st anniversary of his death today.

Lord Strickland, founder of Allied Newspapers, the publishers of The Times and The Sunday Times, had been Prime Minister of a coalition government of the Constitutional Party and Labour Party in 1927. This was the first government to promote a progressive agenda in the country, the Labour Party said.

The party said it felt it should pay tribute to Lord Strickland as a sign of recognition of his commitment in favour of social and progressive legislation in the country.

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