If ‘PD’ candidates contest the general election on the PN list, will the PD be considered as taking part in the election? If the answer is ‘Yes’, and if a ‘PD candidate is elected, will this be considered as having three political parties represented in Parliament and not just two. In which case, it is the party winning the majority of seats that will govern, and not the party which gets 50% + 1 vote but less seats, as happens when only two parties are represented in Parliament ? Can the Electoral Commission clarify this important point?

If the Electoral Commission does not consider the PD as taking part in the election, if PD candidates contest on the PN list, then it follows that the Broadcasting Authority should not allow the PD to take part in the election debates on TVM organised by the Broadcasting Authority. Otherwise, this would be disadvantaging not only the PL but other small parties as well.

I hope that the Broadcasting Authority takes note of this important point and make public its decision once the PD and PN sign the expected agreement.

 

Eddy Privitera

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