'Gozitans had a seat stolen through deception' - Mark Anthony Sammut

Updated at 10.40pm with Jean Pierre Debono reaction
Nationalist Party operative Jean Pierre Debono allowed two people to vote in an election he was contesting despite them not being eligible to do so, the party's outgoing executive committee president has implied. 
Mark Anthony Sammut said on Sunday evening that outgoing MP David Stellini and treasurer David Camilleri should both not have been allowed to vote in a Saturday ballot to decide who should replace Mr Stellini in parliament. 
The vote was won by Jean Pierre Debono, who beat Gozitan electoral candidate Kevin Cutajar by just two votes, 42 to 40. 
In a blistering Facebook post, Mr Sammut said that keeping track of executive committee member and attendance lists was Mr Debono's responsibility as PN political coordinator.  
Mr Camilleri had the right to attend the meeting but not to vote, Mr Sammut wrote.  Only one person could have added him to the voting list, he added. 
"Their conflict of interest is clear. The vote result is therefore invalid."

 
"It seems that not only did Gozitans have a parliamentary seat stolen from them," Mr Sammut wrote, "but it was stolen through deception". 
 
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