The Labour Government has tabled Constitutional Amendments in Parliament proposing new judicial reforms. The reforms include, removing the restriction from the Chief Justice to be nominated President, to allow members of the Judiciary to serve until 70 years of age, and the introduction of a new Commission for the Administration of Justice.
The legal amendments can be downloaded from the Parliament’s website here. The amendments need a two-thirds majority in Parliament to be approved.
NGO Repubblika issued a statement ion the reforms warning on the potential violation of the Judiciary’s independence with a newly established committee. The amendments propose that the Commissioner for Justice is appointed by the currently established Committee for the Administration of Justice. The Committee for the Administration of Justice is selected by the Judiciary but the Government and the Opposition appoint their own representative. Repubblika stated that only the Judiciary should be allowed to regulate its members.
The current government’s representative to the Committee for the Administration of Justice is Pawlu Lia. The representative of the Opposition is Vince Galea.
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