Communist Party of Malta

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Communist Party of Malta
Partit Komunista Malti
General SecretaryVictor Degiovanni
Founded1969 (1969)
Split fromMalta Labour Party
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationINITIATIVE
International affiliationIMCWP
Website
communistpartymalta.blogspot.com

Communist Party of Malta (

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 current general secretary of the party is Victor Degiovanni, who took over the post from Anthony Vassallo in 2004.[4]

Creation

In the 1920s secret communist cells existed; however they have always been small in number. After the 1933 sedition trials

Gwardamangia
in 1969.

Post-independence Activities

After George Borg Olivier's administration was defeated the PKM officially went into the open. The PKM organised protests and meetings as well as commemorations to Maltese Working class figures in support of emancipation such as Manwel Dimech. According to the US intelligence department by 1970 PKM's membership was around 100[6] members. The PKM also takes part in international seminars. It has positive relations with the Workers Party of Korea and a Juche study group called The Juche Philosophy and Songun Policy Study Group.[7]

The party has collaborated with the left-wing non-governmental organisation (NGO) Moviment Graffitti, who used to hold meetings at the Communist Party headquarters in Valletta. In 2016, the two groups published a joint statement appealing for a reformation of the neutrality clause in the Constitution of Malta to ban warships from all countries from docking in Maltese ports.[8]

Political organisation in the Post-Soviet Era

PKM participates in Maltese politics by campaigning in joint-solidarity with international issues and talk about local issues.

Electoral performance

Election Leader Seats

contested

Votes % Seats Rank Status
1987[9] Anthony Vassallo
0 / 69
 ? 0.1
0 / 69
 4th Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ^
    Google books
    .
  2. ^ "Malta: Minor Parties". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007.
  3. ^ "-Political Parties: Acronyms, Names and Election Years". Archived from the original on 5 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  4. The Times of Malta
    . 15 March 2010.
  5. ^ "The sedition case and George Bernard Shaw". Times of Malta. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ United States Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1973). World Strength of the Communist Party Organizations – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Juche Philosophy Study Group (Malta)". Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  8. ^ "No to harbouring of Military Vessels – Communist Party & Moviment Graffitti". Gozo.News. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  9. ^ Schiavone, Michael J. (1992). Elezzjonijiet f'Malta 1849 - 1992 - Storja, Fatti, Ċifri [Elections in Malta 1849 - 1992, History, Facts, Figures] (in Maltese) (1st ed.). Pietà, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza (Independence Publications). p. 437.

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