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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/144726| Title: | Judge Wenzu Mintoff’s earth-shattering tremor : part 2 |
| Authors: | Aquilina, Kevin |
| Keywords: | Judicial ethics -- Malta Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Malta Judicial independence -- Malta Justice, Administration of -- Malta Constitutional amendments -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2026-03 |
| Publisher: | Standard Publications Limited |
| Citation: | Aquilina, K. (2026, March 8). Judge Wenzu Mintoff’s earth-shattering tremor: part 2. The Malta Independent on Sunday, p. 11. |
| Abstract: | What must be kept in mind is that the whole appointment procedure is a political one, not an administrative one. This episode shows how inept the Judiciary’s Code of Ethics is when it states that: “Nor shall members of the Judiciary individually accept any advantage or benefit from the Executive except when such advantages or benefits are addressed to the Judiciary collectively.” This sentence means that no judge can ever be appointed Chief Justice (CJ) as the CJ appointment bestows an advantage or benefit upon the judge to be so appointed; but this Code of Ethics rule offends the constitutional provision. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/144726 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacLawMCT |
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