European Affairs Minister Helena Dalli and Finance Minister Edward Scicluna today submitted their nominations for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.

Their nominations follow that of Health Minister Chris Fearne submitted yesterday.

The post, vacated by Louis Grech after he quit politics on turning 70, could present a route to becoming Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s eventual successor.

After being re-elected earlier this month, Dr Muscat declared that the Labour Party will contest the next election with a new leader.

Voting will take place during the party’s extraordinary general conference on July 13 and 14.

If there are more than two candidates and no one candidate receives 50 per cent +1 of the votes, a run-off election will he held between the top two candidates on July 15.

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