Over the weekend, Malta’s judiciary welcomed the appointment of three new magistrates and the promotion of a serving magistrate to the bench of the Superior Courts. Charmaine Galea was elevated from her role as a magistrate to that of a Judge while Patrick Valentino, Claudio Zammit and Franca Giordmaina were sworn in as magistrates of the Inferior Courts. The announcements were made by the Office of the President following the Judicial Appointments Committee’s recommendations and published without any detailed background information about the new judicial members....

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