Libertas Malta

Libertas Malta
Leader	Mary Gauci
Founded	21 March 2009
Headquarters	Realco Buildings, Triq Imħallef Paolo Debono, Msida (University Roundabout), Malta[1]
Ideology	Anti-Lisbon Treaty Euroscepticism
European affiliation	Libertas Party Limited
European Parliament group	none
Colours	blue, gold
Website
www.libertas.eu/malta
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Libertas Malta was a political party in Malta set up to contest the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Libertas.eu. Its only candidate Mary Gauci failed to be elected and the party has been inactive since.

History

Plans of Libertas.eu's leader Declan Ganley to cooperate with the Maltese Azzjoni Nazzjonali (AN) on contesting the 2009 European Parliament elections[2] didn't realize. However, Mary Gauci, AN's former vice-president decided to run under the banner of Libertas.[3]

On 21 March 2009, Ganley announced the establishment of the party Libertas Malta. Mary Gauci, announced as party leader, advanced the issues of democracy, accountability, transparency, subsidiarity, a concise constitution passed by referendums, and illegal immigration.[4]

In the European Parliament election held that year Gauci got only 314 first-preference votes out of 248,169 valid votes cast (i.e. 0.1%).

See also

• Treaty of Lisbon
• List of Libertas list candidates at the 2009 European Parliament elections

References

1. "Jiktbu l-kandidati: 5 April 2009: Nr 126: Mary Gauci – Libertas Archived 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine", 5 April 2009, from http://www.illum.com.mt
2. "AN ponders contesting EP elections under Libertas banner". Malta Today. 31 December 2008.
3. "Former AN official to contest for Libertas MEP". Malta Today on Sunday. 8 February 2009.
4. Updated: New political group launched, Times of Malta, Saturday 21 March 2009

External links

• "Mary Gauci to lead Libertas Malta in EP elections", Malta Independent, 22 March 2009.