Muscat eyeing Gozo

Muscat eyeing Gozo as PN positions Simon Busuttil to take on PL leader – maltatoday.com.mt.

It’s a strange concept indeed for those of us used to the (near) sanctity of geographic representation to understand the way candidates are chosen in other countries.

Now from Malta Today, the suggestion that Muscat, the Labour leader, might run in the 13th district, Gozo – in effect to bravely declare the PL’s intention to win a 3rd seat in Gozo, which hasn’t happened since the 1950s.

Where it gets odd for an observer from away is that, first, leading candidates always run (Read more…)