Robert Abela elected as ninth leader of the Labour Party

The election for ninth leader of the Labour Party and next Prime Minister has been won by Roberta Abela who achieved 57.9% of the votes.

Saturday’s election was between Dr Robert Abela and Dr Chris Fearne, with Abela winning 9,342 votes and Fearne 6,798 votes.

It is expected that Dr Abela, who is the son of former President George Abela, will will take the oath as Prime Minister at the Presidential Palace during a ceremony on Monday.

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