The Labour Party shall be meeting next Friday to modernise its structure and allow MPs to contest for the post of deputy leader for party affairs, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning. Speaking in Lija, Dr Muscat spoke Toni Abela's nomination for the Court of Auditors saying he was "a man of integrity" who, he said, would make Malta proud. The nomination, he said, would open another chapter in the manner the party operated. "We need all hands on deck in the second part this legislature, but at the same time we have to modernise our party structures," he said. An extraordinary general conference is being held on Friday to make the necessary changes, he said. Earlier, Dr Muscat said that the Labour Government would strive to remain the agent of change. "We cannot rest on our laurels," he said. He said that the Labour administration has reversed the negative trend in unemployment with the lowest drop in 25 years, eased the taxation burden and introduced free childcare services. So far, 350 persons had benefitted from incentives through which the government covered the travelling expenses of both parents when their sick children needed treatment abroad. He also referred to...
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