The national council of the Nationalist Party early this morning elected the following persons to form the party's national executive:
Jean Pierre Debono, Henri Darmanin Henri, Paula Mifsud Bonnici, Peter Darmanin, Paul Borg Olivier, Pierre Portelli, JamesCauchi, Malcolm Mifsud, Marthese Portelli, Trevor deGiorgio, Karol Aquilina, Caroline Galea and Janice Chetcuti.
One of the first tasks of the executive will be to elect a new general secretary to succeed Joe Saliba, who is stepping down.