Magistrate Antonio Mizzi has been nominated judge and lawyers Aaron Bugeja and Charmaine Galea will become magistrates.

The Government said it felt the need to fill the vacancies that arose following the resignation of a judge in December and the retirement of a magistrate in February.

In nominating the new members of the judiciary, the Government focused on the values of quality, experience and integrity, which it said were essential to the proper functioning of rule of law.

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