Communist Party of Malta
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Communist Party of Malta | |
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Founded | 1969 |
Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism |
International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) International Communist Seminar |
Communist Party of Malta (Maltese: Partit Komunista Malti) is a communist party in Malta. PKM was founded in 1969 at a secret congress in the town of Gwardamangia, following the departure from the Malta Labour Party of a group of left-wing militants that had been active in the struggle for national independence.[1] Anthony Vassallo was the founding general secretary of the party.[1] The party first contested the national general elections of 1987 when it obtained 0.1% of first preference votes and no parliamentary seats.[2] Since then it has not stood for any other election whether at a European, national or local level.[3]
The present secretary of the party is Victor Degiovanni who took over the post from Anthony Vassallo in 2004.
References[edit]
- ^ a b International Communist Affairs. Yearbook on international communist affairs: 1983. Stanford, Calif: Hoover Inst. Pr, 1983. p. 458
- ^ Malta: Political Parties Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2007-08-07.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
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