Talk:Parliament of Malta

Speaker as member of the House
For most intents and purposes the Speaker is considered as a member of the House. Here's section 52(2) of the

(2) If any person who is not a member of the House of Representatives is elected to be Speaker of the House he shall, by virtue of holding the office of Speaker, be a member of the House in addition to the other members: Provided that in any such case the Speaker shall not be treated as a member of the House for the purpose of establishing the number of votes required to support a bill for any of the purposes of article 66 of this Constitution.

Demdem (talk) 08:52, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Proper desgination of the House
The English version of the Constitution refers to the House as "House of Representatives" while the Maltese version refers to "Kamra tad-Deputati" (lit. "Chamber of Deputies"). The translation is obviously inaccurate so I think that the best way to explain it is to say that it's "rendered" in that particular way in Maltese.

Alternative ideas welcome.

Demdem (talk) 08:55, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

It's not a matter of translation but a matter of tradition that in Maltese it's written Chamber of Deputies and in English it's written House of Representatives.

--Gian (talk) 12:23, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Graphic showing party affiliation of MPs
Thanks for the graphic showing the party affiliation of MPs, I think it's a very good addition to the article. However, as the Maltese House of Representatives sits in "House of Commons style" (i.e. Government facing opposition as opposed to the "Continental" horseshoe style seating) wouldn't it be better to use the graphic template from the House of Commons infobox?

Thanks.

Demdem (talk) 05:57, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Sitting in semicircle ‘won’t change thing’
Sitting in semicircle ‘won’t change thing’. This is an interesting "old" development for the Maltest Parliament. Komitsuki (talk) 07:58, 20 July 2014 (UTC)