Busuttil admires de Marco for conceding early

PN leader-elect Simon Busuttil has admitted that he was not expecting such a swift election outcome on Saturday and he said he admired Mario de Marco for conceding immediately. He hoped that Dr de Marco and the other contestants, Francis Zammit Dimech and Raymond Bugeja, would remain actively and deeply involved in the party “in whatever position” – and he would be discussing their areas of interest with them. Asked whether he hoped Dr de Marco would re-think his stand on not contesting the deputy leadership he said: “It is first and foremost a personal decision that he has to take. I’m not taking any sides but someone like Mario would be eminently qualified for the job,” he said. Full story in The Times of Malta.