Prime Minister Robert Abela has dismissed concerns that Gavin Gulia’s resignation seconds after being sworn in as an MP flew in the face of democratic norms.
Gulia was re-elected to parliament on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by former finance minister Edward Scicluna, now governor of the Central Bank. He was sworn in on Wednesday but immediately resigned, saying Abela had asked him to stay on as Malta Tourism Authority chairman.
There was fear that the seat which Gulia won could go to former Rabat mayor Charles Azzopardi, who fell out with the Labour Party and is now a lifelong PN member.