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The government yesterday published a Bill to amend the Constitution so that Gozo may not be divided when electoral districts are drawn up.
Ghajnsielem was hived off the island last year and placed with the 12th district after the sister island’s population exceeded the electoral quota by more than five per cent.
The new Bill provides, however, that Gozo and the islands of the Maltese archipelago other than Malta itself shall together be treated as one electoral division and may not be divided between two or more electoral divisions.
Therefore, in drawing up the electoral boundaries, the Electoral Commission is to exclude Gozo in its calculations of the population in the various localities.
PN general secretary Joe Saliba said that the Bill was the fruit of common sense and he was hopeful that it would find the necessary two-thirds support in Parliament.
MLP deputy leader Michael Falzon said it was too early to comment at this stage.
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