The PN’s decision not to field enough candidates for elections in 21 localities could have been a tactic aimed at discouraging the people from going out to vote on May 25, even though the European Parliament elections were also being held on the day, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday the PL said the Nationalist Party had already lost a third of local councils since it fielded just enough candidates to fill the minority seats in 21 Labour-controlled localities. No elections would have been necessary had Labour not fielded a higher number of candidates than the remaining seats.
Addressing supporters during the opening of the Labour party’s annual general conference in Tarxien, Dr Muscat warned against the view that people did not need to vote because Labour had already won in their locality.
“Had Labour played the same political game as the PN, 117,000 people would have been left with no reason to vote in the local council elections. They would also have had less of an incentive to vote in the European Parliament elections”, he said.
European Parliament elections and local council elections will take place on the same day for the first…
