In the Press: Dean slams magisterial nominations as a ‘double gaffe’

Times of Malta

The dean of the Faculty of Laws, Kevin Aquilina, has hit out at the recent nominations of two magistrates as a “double constitutional gaffe”. Aquilina said that the controversy did not need to be referred to the Commission for the Administration of Justice for advice because the Constitution was “crystal” clear on the matter.

L-Orizzont

Alessandro Cristina, the son of former minister Dolores Cristina, lost a libel case against the GWU-owned newspaper after a court ruled that the suspension of EU educational programmes was “an embarrassing situation” for Malta.

In-Nazzjon

The Opposition called on the Prime Minister to retract the nominations of Ingrid Zammit Young and Caroline Farrugia Frendo.

The Malta Independent

Caroline Farrugia Frendo will be sworn in as magistrate after 23 February, by which time she would have satisfied the constitutional requirement of having practiced law for over seven years.