Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (C) waves to supporters after delivering a speech in the Labour Party's rally in Floriana, a town near the capital Valletta, Malta, Feb. 20, 2022.
Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
VALLETTA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning.
He made the announcement while addressing a party rally in Floriana, a town near the capital Valletta. Abela also announced his Labour Party's election slogan -- "Malta Together. "
This will be the first time that Abela will lead the Labour Party into an election after replacing Joseph Muscat following the political crisis that unfolded at the end of 2019 and which finally led to Muscat's resignation.
The Labour Party is leading in the political surveys by a significant margin with the opposition Nationalist Party failing to make any remarkable inroads, according to some media reports.
The Nationalist Party is led by Bernard Grech who will also face his first general election at the helm of the party. Grech also announced on Sunday the party's election slogan: "With you, for Malta."
Malta uses the single transferable vote system whereby the electorate is split into 13 electoral districts, with candidates contesting every district on the party tickets. The party which gets the highest number of votes for its candidates governs. ■
Supporters of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela are seen in the Labour Party's rally in Floriana, a town near the capital Valletta, Malta, Feb. 20, 2022.
Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2022 shows an election poster for Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela in Floriana, a town near the capital Valletta, Malta.
Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
Supporters of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela are seen in the Labour Party's rally in Floriana, a town near the capital Valletta, Malta, Feb. 20, 2022.
Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela is seen after delivering a speech in the Labour Party's rally in Floriana, a town near the capital Valletta, Malta, Feb. 20, 2022.
Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela gives a speech in the Labour Party's rally in Floriana, a town near the capital Valletta, Malta, Feb. 20, 2022.
Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela (L) and Malta's Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech (R) attend a debate in Pieta, Malta, on March 23, 2022. Robert Abela and Bernard Grech held a televised debate, also the final debate on Wednesday night before the country goes to the polls for the general election on March 26. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
