PN Leader nominates Bernard Grech for the role of Deputy Speaker of Parliament

The Leader of the Opposition and of the Partit Nazzjonalista, Alex Borg will be nominating Nationalist MP Bernard Grech for the role of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Bernard Grech’s election to the role of Deputy Speaker will take place tomorrow in the House of Representatives during the first Parliamentary sitting of this legislature. It will follow the election of Carmelo Abela as Speaker, before Members of Parliament take the oath of office.

As promised by PN Leader Alex Borg during the first meeting of the PN Parliamentary Group following the election, which was held earlier this week, two Assistant Whips of the Parliamentary Group are also being appointed to assist Whip Ivan Castillo. The PN Leader has appointed MPs Toni Bezzina and Annabelle Cilia to these roles.

While congratulating Bernard Grech, as well as Toni Bezzina and Annabelle Cilia, on these appointments, the Partit Nazzjonalista looks forward to continuing, as from tomorrow, after the State Opening of the 15th Parliament, to fulfil its role as a responsible, constructive and determined Opposition that makes the voice of the Maltese and Gozitan people heard in the country’s highest institution.

The PN also takes this opportunity to wish all elected Members of Parliament every success in their work during this new legislature, as they take the Oath of Allegiance in the House of Representatives during the ceremony that will be held tomorrow morning.

Both the Mass at St John’s Co-Cathedral, which begins at 9am, and the ceremony for the opening of Parliament will be broadcast live on NET Television.

19.06.2026