Plans to postpone administrative council elections to a later date are being opposed by the Nationalist Party. 

According to a legal notice published last month, elections for administrative councils scheduled for next month "shall be postponed and held on any other date as published by regulations issued by the minister". 

There are currently 16 hamlets, including Swatar, Madliena and Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, which are run by administrative councils. 

Voters will go to the polls to elect their local councils in May. 

The Nationalist Party on Wednesday criticised the legal notice. PN MPs Robert Cutajar, Karol Aquilina and David Agius presented a motion to the Speaker calling for a debate on the decision. 

The date for the administrative council elections has not yet been announced or determined, the PN MPs noted in their motion.

A draft white paper into reforming local councils could do away with administrative councils altogether, with their powers moving to larger neighbouring local councils. 

 

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