Former PN candidate Frank Psaila has been appointed chairman of the board for Periti warrants, for a period of three years.
The one-time Net TV pundit and PN information director was recently also appointed to sit on a government board for affordable housing.
Both Psaila and his wife, Alessia Psaila Zammit, also an unsuccessful PN election candidate, announced their resignation from the party in April 2022, weeks after its election defeat. Psaila Zammit had also resigned her role as a PN councillor in Siġġiewi.
Psaila had been gunning for the PN’s second seat, held by incumbent David Casa, and was widely seen as a favourite of then PN leader Adrian Delia.
An inquiry into whether Tumas magnate Yorgen Fenech had tried to prevent Casa’s re-election, was triggered in June 2020, ostensibly as part of a deal with the PN’s leadership at the time. The inquiry was launched after former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri claimed in court that Delia had received money from Fenech to sideline Casa. Both Delia and Fenech deny the claims.
