Toni Abela, former president of the Labour Party, has confirmed he will be a candidate for the post of deputy leader (party affairs) of the Malta Labour Party.
"I will endeavour to carry out this important task with the same enthusiasm and energy that I have shown up to now, and every time a task was entrusted to me," the well known lawyer and broadcaster said.
Dr Abela has been active in the MLP for most of his adult life but was forced out of the party for some years after proceedings were started against him and Wenzu Mintoff before the party's disciplinary board. The two had then worked within Alternattiva Demokratika before they both rejoined the MLP.