Vicki Ann Cremona has been confirmed as President of Repubblika during a meeting organised for members on Friday.

Cremona, in her speech, said that in June, as it does every year, Repubblika began preparations for the 7th anniversary since the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia but this year, it invited prominent French TV journalist Francoise Laborde as well as a victim of Mafia who had the courage to say 'no' even though they burnt his shop and threatened his life, to speak. She said that Repubblika's activities around Daphne's anniversary are a primary part of its fight for truth and justice and for that reason, encouraged participation and support, even financially, so that it "may show the Mafia that Repubblika is still there, will stay there and is not afraid of it."

Cremona said that it is not easy to take the role of the President of Repubblika when there are so many scandals that crop up on the daily. She stressed the injustice suffered by those who only ask for their rights but don't know any "bigwigs" in government and are not rich.

Cremona said that one cannot but note that the greatest victims of corruption are the sick and defenceless, since these scandals show clearly that it is them who got the worst of it. She mentioned, for instance, the hospitals deal, and the disability racket.

She stressed that people's identity was also stolen and given to someone else.

Cremona said that this year, the theme she wishes to develop within Repubblika and its members is 'education and citizenship' since it is not always easy to understand the importance of the need to make big reforms in parliament or the law, such as that regarding whistleblowers.