The PN's Executive committee has approved the nomination of Victor Vella to be co-opted as a local councillor in St Julian's.

The seat was vacated by mayor Albert Buttigieg, who was elected to Parliament.

Vella was nominated for the co-option after all other candidates to have contested the 2019 election for the Nationalist Party had already been elected to Parliament. ADPD's Carmel Cacopardo had contested the casual election but did not achieve the quota.

Vella was involved in the PN since 1974, and in 1995 was involved in the PN's sectional committee in St Julian's, where he has served as treasurer since 2003.

He works as a Senior Assistant Lecturer at MCAST, after having graduated in Library and Information Sicence services from the University of Malta.

He is also the Chairperson of the Malta Library and Information Association.