Bernard Grech has once again been re-elected to lead the Nationalist Party, securing 81% of the vote during the internal party election.
Grech was running the race solo, seeing a 90% turnout of the 1,564 eligible party candidates. The leader received 1,124 votes in his favour and 266 against. 12 votes were invalid.
Grech had previously pointed to internal fractures within the party to be part of the reason why the Opposition could not be elected into government.
According to PN rules, the vote was only taken by party councillors and not members since Grech ran uncontested. He only needed a simply majority of 50% plus one vote to be reelected.
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