The Electoral Commission was granted a three-month extension by the President to verify signatures calling for an abrogative referendum on spring hunting.

Without the extension the commission would not have managed to meet the 15-day deadline imposed by law that expires today.

Chief Electoral Commissioner Joseph Church yesterday told Times of Malta that the process to verify more than 40,000 signatures calling for an end to spring hunting was “laborious” and coincided with the European Parliament election.

Read the full story in Times of Malta, the e-paper or timesofmalta.com premium here.

 

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