Roles of the prosecutor-general and attorney-general to be separated
newsare.net
The government is to launch a constitutional amendment so that the functions of Prosecutor-General will be hived off from those of the Attorney General. The changes appear to be similar to what had been proposed by a Nationalist government in May 2002, and reRoles of the prosecutor-general and attorney-general to be separated
The government is to launch a constitutional amendment so that the functions of Prosecutor-General will be hived off from those of the Attorney General. The changes appear to be similar to what had been proposed by a Nationalist government in May 2002, and rejected by the Labour Opposition of the time. Justice Minister Owen Bonnici said on Thursday that the proposal for a constitutional amendment had been made by the Venice Commission on the rule of law in Malta. He said the government hoped to see legislation through by the summer. The first reading will be moved on Monday. In terms of the change, the person responsible for prosecutions will be separate from the attorney general, who is the government's legal counsel. He noted that once in place, the selection for the persons for the two roles would be based on the existing mechanism of choosing the AG, on which he said, the commission had no issues. READ: What rule of law experts said about Malta - and why it matters Apart from the AG’s dual role, the commission had flagged the excessive powers held by the Prime Minister, the mechanism used to appoint members of the judiciary saying it did not guarantee full independence from... Read more