PL interim general secretary Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi said today that he will not be seeking election as general secretary in the January PL general conference but will seek re-election as president.

Speaking on Super One, the party’s radio station, he said that the promised new political season within the party was already flowering. It had started with a renewal of the party statute to be more relevant to modern times. Change was not easy but the sense of renewal within the PL had been reigning for a long time.

The January general conference, he said, would also give a signal that the PL was involving everyone and he would go to this conference requesting another mandate to serve as party president.

Dr Zrinzo Azzopardi was appointed interim general secretary last week, when Jason Micallef stepped down

Labour leader Joseph Muscat, who spoke earlier, thanked Dr Zrinzo Azzopardi for accepting the interim post and former general secretary Jason Micallef, who has now taken over the role of chairman of One Productions.

He said that there were no monopolies in politics.

A new progressive movement was being created and there would not be any no-go areas for the PL. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi was a disappointment and this new movement would lead to the required changein the country, Dr Muscat said.

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