Michael Briguglio has lashed out against the Partit Demokratiku for choosing to contest a casual election to replace Jean Pierre Debono on the seventh district.
Debono resigned his parliamentary seat in an obvious move to allow for the election of new Natiomalist Party leader Adrian Delia to the House of Representatives. PN candidates who will contest said that, if elected, they will relinquish the seat to Delia.
But, apart from the six PN candidates who submitted their nomination of Tuesday's casual election, a PD candidate, Lee Bugeja, will also contest.
PD leader Marlene Farrugia had said that PD candidates should contest to respect the will of the people through their vote.
But Bugeja's candidacy did not go down well with Briguglio, who has joined the PN ranks after serving as Alternattiva Demokratika leader for several years.
In a post on Facebook, Briguglio said Farrugia decided to stand in the way and "disrespect the democratic will of its coalition partner, the PN. Marlene fielded a 45-vote candidate in 7th district casual election. This has damaged trust in role of 3rd parties in future coalitions and has spread the butter on PD's toast. Kudos to candidate Monique Agius who did not follow Marlene's obstinacy and did not submit nomination. Let us now finish what was started through a strong, reflective and forward looking PN opposition against the corrupt Labour government."
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