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Nationalist Party treasurer David Camilleri has resigned with immediate effect, after finding himself embroiled in an internal power struggle within the party. In a lengthy social media post, Mr Camilleri said he was quitting the role to shoulder his burden oPN treasurer quits following co-option vote controversy
Nationalist Party treasurer David Camilleri has resigned with immediate effect, after finding himself embroiled in an internal power struggle within the party. In a lengthy social media post, Mr Camilleri said he was quitting the role to shoulder his burden of responsibility for the weekend’s tumultuous events, but raised the possibility that factions within the party had intentionally engineering the situation to cause the PN maximum damage. Mr Camilleri was one of the 82 PN executive committee members who voted on Saturday to decide whether Jean Pierre Debono or Kevin Cutajar should assume a seat in parliament vacated by David Stellini. Factions within the party, including outgoing executive president Mark Anthony Sammut, have since argued that Mr Camilleri should never have been given a vote during that ballot, as the PN statute precluded him from having one. Mr Sammut, PN MP Jason Azzopardi and others have suggested Mr Debono – one of the candidates for the vacated seat – was responsible for including Mr Camilleri on the list. Mr Debono has denied that claim but also announced that he will not take his oath of office, which was originally scheduled for Monday. 'Nobody... Read more
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