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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143560| Title: | The impending appointment of a Chief Justice |
| Authors: | Aquilina, Kevin |
| Keywords: | Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Malta Judicial independence -- Malta Separation of powers -- Malta Constitutional law -- Malta Political questions and judicial power -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2026-02 |
| Publisher: | Standard Publications Ltd. |
| Citation: | Aquilina, K. (2026, February 8). The impending appointment of a Chief Justice. The Malta Independent on Sunday, pp. 10, 15. |
| Abstract: | On 4 February 2026, the term of office of Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti came to an end after he attained the constitutionally imposed retirement age of 68 years. He will remain in office pending the selection of a new Chief Justice to replace him whenever that materialises. 2020 to provide that the new incumbent would have to be approved by at least a two-thirds majority vote of the members of the House of Representatives. In the case of Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti, he was approved by a unanimous resolution of the House even though at that time there was no such requirement for parliamentary approval. The position at law was that he could have been appointed by the executive with no parliamentary involvement as had been the position since 1964 till 2020. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143560 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacLawMCT |
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