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Outsider Robert Abela elected to become Malta PM
VALLETTA, Jan 12, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Outsider Robert Abela was elected
leader of the Labour Party on Sunday, becoming Malta’s new premier after
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s downfall over the murder of an investigative
journalist.
Abela, son of a former Maltese president, is seen as representing
continuity and in the election run-up did not criticise Muscat, who announced
he would quit following widespread anger over his perceived efforts to
protect friends and allies from a probe into the 2017 slaying of blogger
Daphne Caruana Galizia.
BSS/AFP/MSY/0824 hrs