JF 'IN' with 86%

Former MNA Jean-Francois Ferari has eased to victory in the Mont Fleuri by-election with a 529 majority and 86% of the vote.

He quit as an MP in June over the Speaker’s refusal to allow him to speak on the Public Officers’ Ethics Bill.

The SNP MP said voters had delivered a "clear message to the government about their representatives’ right to speak".

The turnout was 26%, with the Democratic Party coming second with only 83 votes. The ruling SPPF party did not stand.

Mr Ferrari said he would return to the National Assembly on Monday with a mandate “to fight for the freedom of speech and to protect the voters’ right to be heard”.

Election Day

The ruling SPPF party placed a few of its activists around the district to intimidate and scare the residents from going to vote.















Sharing a joke with the SPPF proportionally elected MNA, Clifford Andre who conveniently chose to tour Mont Fleuri on that day yet choosing not to exercise his right to vote.

Party activists and supporters gathered at Arpent Vert for a well deserved victory celebration.