The two major political parties are showing no urgency to debate changes to electoral law, shunning Alternattiva Demokratika's court protest earlier this week that claimed the electoral system was discriminatory.
The Labour Party was the more dismissive on the need to reform the electoral system insisting there were "even more fundamental issues" that were a priority.
"A case in point is the eligibility to vote, with government ministers admitting they cannot ascertain the Electoral Register is correct, and that only those who are entitled to a vote are issued with a vote," a spokesman for Labour leader Joseph Muscat said, pointing out the belated renewal of identity cards was a prerequisite.
While Labour failed to address the issues raised by AD, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said he could not understand why the Green party had filed a judicial protest.
"If a political party has a political argument to make, it should make it," he said when asked about the matter during a walkabout in Buġibba.
He also described as a "weak argument" the comparison made between the Nationalist Party's slim majority of just under 1,600 votes and the 3,810 votes obtained by AD.
"The Nationalist Party garnered thousands of votes in the general election while AD got an absolute minority of votes and this is not a result of the electoral system but the people's verdict, which AD should respect," Dr Gonzi said.
However, he insisted the PN was open to discuss changes to the electoral system and pointed his finger at Labour for having walked out of the Parliamentary Select Committee that was discussing a number of important matters including electoral reform.
"If anything, the judicial protest should have been addressed to the opposition. The Nationalist Party remains committed to changing the electoral system as long as it is by consensus,"
Dr Gonzi said, insisting his government was not willing to impose changes without cross-party agreement.
Labour insisted the impasse in the select committee developed after Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg "blatantly lied" about its MP Justyne Caruana. The reference was to the claim by Dr Borg that Dr Caruana had voted against an opposition motion on the Delimara power station extension.
The opposition had withdrawn from the committee in protest and insisted it would not return before Dr Borg apologised for his actions.
"This situation needs to be addressed," the spokesman said.
AD filed a judicial protest on Monday against the Prime Minister, the Opposition Leader, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Attorney General, claiming the electoral law gave no chance for small parties to elect a candidate and was therefore discriminatory.
AD chairman Michael Briguglio said the PN was awarded extra parliamentary seats in the last general election to secure its slim majority while no seats were awarded to AD, which polled more than double the difference in votes between the major parties. He called on the parties to take action to address the situation within 10 days, warning that it would otherwise resort to legal action.
AD said it met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Frendo to discuss its proposals. After the meeting, Mr Briguglio said: "The PN and the PL conveniently fail to recognise the fact that all countries in Europe, including micro-states such as Andorra and San Marino, have more than two parties in Parliament."