Rosianne Cutajar, who featured heavily in the Labour Party’s general election campaign, has been elected to Parliament. She was investigated over corruption and money laundering over her “gifts” from Yorgen Fenech and the fraudulent ITS contract she acquired.
Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà and the Attorney General vetoed her prosecution.
On the other hand, Ramona Attard, Robert Abela’s trusted associate, who had been co-opted into Parliament, has failed to get elected but will be elected through the gender corrective mechanism.
ADPD Leader Sandra Gauci, who got up to 950 votes from her home district, will probably not be elected to Parliament.
The gender corrective mechanism has effectively served as a tool for the two major political parties to elect additional MPs, with these MPs often serving simply as rubber stamps for their party’s policies and actions.
Below is a list of the women elected to Parliament and those likely to be elected through the gender corrective mechanism.
Women already elected
Labour Party
- Julia Farrugia
- Alison Zerafa Civelli
- Miriam Dalli
- Rosianne Cutajar
- Alicia Bugeja Said
Nationalist Party
- Graziella Galea
- Paula Mifsud Bonnici
- Rebekah Borg
- Eve Borg Bonello
- Janice Abela Chetcuti — elected through the proportionality mechanism
Women expected to be elected through the gender corrective mechanism
Nationalist Party
- Bernice Bonello
- Julie Zahra
- Graziella Attard Previ
- Norma Camilleri
- Annabelle Cilia
- Marilena Gauci
Labour Party
- Ramona Attard
- Cressida Galea
- Rebecca Buttigieg
- Fleur Abela
- Francesca Zarb
- Yana Borg Debono Grech
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