MALTA’S CONSTITUTION
THE NOMINATED COUNCIL
LONDON, May 28
The Prime Minister of Alalta, Lord Strickland, tabled, in Parliament a statement by the Minister of Education and Migration, Professor A. Bartolo, protesting against “the British authorities’ attempted encroachments on Malta’s self-government,” says the Alalta correspondent of the Times. Professor Bartolo says that under Alalta’s constitution certain Imperial subjects were reserved for the nominated council, but local affairs were wholly entrusted to the Maliese Legislature. There has been no friction since 1927 until the Expropriation Bill wliicii is now before Parliament. The nominated Council claims powers which the Ministers refuse to recognise, and the Government contends that the nominated Council’s powers should remain in abeyance so long as the Government is willing to meet the British Government’s requirements, and should only he exercised if local Government fails to act or passes laws detrimental to Imperial interests. The Minister adds that if the views of the British Government’s legal advisers are upheld it would lie far better to withdraw self-government and place Alalta on the basis of a Crown colony.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1929, Page 7
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177MALTA’S CONSTITUTION Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1929, Page 7
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