‘Constructive debate’ on PN reforms

Nationalist Party executive committee president Alex Perici Calascione on Friday welcomed a “constructive debate” about how to go about reforming the party.
The PN said in a statement on Thursday after a meeting of the executive committee that the party would be embarking on the second phase of its reforms, aimed at renewing and strengthening it.
Speaking to Times of Malta, Dr Perici Calascione said the meeting did not delve into the actual reforms, but rather centred on whether it made sense to hold elections for key roles such as the secretary general prior to implementing these reforms. 
Dr Perici Calascione said Louis Galea, who was brought in to spearhead these reforms, gave a rundown about the work he had carried out since being appointed in July.

Dr Galea told the committee that he had met whoever he needed to meet, from the bottom of the PN’s structures upwards.
The PN will now analyse all the feedback and come up with a concrete set of proposals by the end of the year.
Dr Perici Calascione said these proposals would then by thrashed out and adopted by March, so that elections could then take place under the PN’s reformed statute.
Meetings of the PN’s executive have in...