Alternattiva Demokratija has filed a judicial protest against the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Speaker of the House and the Attorney General, calling on them to amend the Constitution and the Electoral Law because they were discriminatory against parties which did not have any of their candidates elected to Parliament.

AD explained that in terms of current provisions, article 52 of the Constitution provided for corrective action to be taken to ensure that when two parties were elected to Parliament, the number of seats was proportional to the votes they would have won on the first count.

This clause, AD said, was discriminatory because it could only kick in if candidates from just two political parties had candidates elected to the House.

AS said it had long been complaining about this anomaly.

Following the last General Election, Parliament had set up a select committee to discuss constitutional changes. The party had presented its proposals to the Speaker, and earlier this year then Speaker Louis Galea had said that although he was leaving the post, he had drawn up a plan for this situation to be addressed.

However, recently the PL representatives on the Select Committee recently walked out because of a quarrel with the government on incidents in the House.

AD said this meant that Malta could return to a situation where the current discriminatory situation was not addressed.

It called on the parties to take action to address the situation within 10 days, warning that it would otherwise resort to legal action.

Dr Claire Bonello signed the protest.