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The President must abide by the advice of the justice minister, her office insisted on Friday when asked why she had decided to sign the warrants of two law students involved in a controversy. Both the former chief justice and the Chamber of Advocates declarePresident ‘must abide’ by minister’s advice
The President must abide by the advice of the justice minister, her office insisted on Friday when asked why she had decided to sign the warrants of two law students involved in a controversy. Both the former chief justice and the Chamber of Advocates declared earlier this year that the two students did not qualify to obtain a warrant to practise law because they had been found guilty of theft. The President’s Office said earlier this week the President had noted “the unanimous backing from the judiciary” on the matter. It also pointed out that in the performance of her duties the President had to act on the advice of Cabinet or a minister. The General Workers’ Union’s daily, L-Orizzont, on Thursday reported Justice Minister Owen Bonnici telling Parliament that all members of the judiciary were in favour of the two students being granted a warrant to practise law. But in a statement in reply to an article that appeared on The Malta Independent on Wednesday and titled ‘Minister to sign warrants of two lawyers with criminal record, backed by all judges, magistrates’, the Association of Maltese Judges and Magistrates made it clear no unanimous consent existed among the... Read more