Communist Party of Malta
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Communist Party of Malta , is a Communist political party
in Malta
. PKM was founded in 1969 at a secret congress in the town of Gwardamangia
, following the departure from the Malta Labour Party
of a group of left-wing militants that had been active in the struggle for national independence. Anthony Vassallo was the founding general secretary of the party. The party first contested the national general elections of 1987 when it obtained 0.1% of first preference votes and no parliamentary seats. Since then it has not stood for any other election whether at a European, national or local level.
The present secretary of the party is Victor Degiovanni who took over the post from Anthony Vassallo in 2004.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. PKM was founded in 1969 at a secret congress in the town of Gwardamangia
Gwardamangia
Gwardamanġa , is a hamlet in Tal-Pietà, Malta. In Gwardamanġa, one finds St. Luke's Hospital, Malta's former general public hospital....
, following the departure from the Malta Labour Party
Malta Labour Party
The Labour Party is, along with the Nationalist Party, one of two major contemporary political parties in Malta. It is the party of opposition in the Maltese House of Representatives where it has thirty-four of the sixty-nine seats.- Party Structure :...
of a group of left-wing militants that had been active in the struggle for national independence. Anthony Vassallo was the founding general secretary of the party. The party first contested the national general elections of 1987 when it obtained 0.1% of first preference votes and no parliamentary seats. Since then it has not stood for any other election whether at a European, national or local level.
The present secretary of the party is Victor Degiovanni who took over the post from Anthony Vassallo in 2004.