Tha Labour Party usually commemorated revolutionary and visionary Manwel Dimech around his statue in Castille Square.

Now that the statue has been moved due to the refurbishment of Castille Square,, the Labour Party this evening commemorated Manwel Dimech in front of the house where he was born next to the Ta' Giezu church in Valletta.

Labour Deputy Leader Toni Abela said Dimech, who died 94 years ago, expounded ideas that in his time were ultra-progressive but which have become commonplace today.

It is ironic, Dr Abela continued, that Manwel Dimech died in the same year, 1921, when Malta was granted the Self-Government Constitution leading to the first election, which Labour took part in, in the march of the Maltese towards democracy.