Members of Malta's ruling Labour Party voted on Saturday to elect a new lea...
FILE PHOTO: Leadership contenders Robert Abela and Chris Fearne attend outgoing Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat's final speech at the party's Congress before the election of a new party leader at the Corradino Sports Pavilion in Paola, Malta January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Muscat is not directly implicated in the case but announced his resignation last month after testimony by the self-confessed middleman in the murder plot linked people in his inner circle to attempts at an alleged cover-up. During his tenure, he transformed Malta’s economy to make it the best performer in the European Union. He also ushered in radical social reforms including same-sex marriage, unthinkable in the Catholic country up to some years ago.
Saturday’s vote is between former paediatric surgeon Chris Fearne, 56, who serves as both deputy prime minister and minister of health, and lawyer Robert Abela, 42, who was appointed by Muscat as a consultant to the cabinet.
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