Applications for the post of Nationalist Party leader will be received until Monday, 10 August, at 3pm, it was announced today.

In a post on Facebook, the PN said that any member who is interested in contesting the post must declare their intention in writing to the chairman of the electoral commission on [email protected] by Monday at 3pm.

Last Saturday, the party's general council voted to have an election for the leadership.

Councillors had to decide whether the party paid-up members were to vote to reject or confirm incumbent Adrian Delia, or go straight to an election for the leadership.

Around 56 per cent of the councillors voted for a leadership election.