Parliament is set to open on Saturday but the solemnity accompanying this event will likely be coloured by the bag of records characterising the new legislature. Kurt Sansone takes a look at the new composition
Malta’s electoral commission is yet to decide on what would be the constitutional manner in which MPs elected to the House under the gender-corrective mechanism, are replaced should they step down from their seat in parliament
The increase of six seats to each side upsets the corrective mechanism made to ensure that, in a two-party House, the number of MPs in each party reflect the ratio of the votes obtained by the two parties
Rebecca Buttigieg and Alicia Bugeja Said were sworn in as parliamentary secretaries on Thursday morning, completing the formation of the new Cabinet.
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Rebecca Buttigieg and Alicia Bugeja Said are sworn in as parliamentary secretaries as Prime Minister lays down government's first priorities when parliament meets