The judiciary should itself elect the Chief Justice from among its members, Momentum said Monday.

Today, Robert Abela will table an anti-deadlock mechanism in appointments concerning the Chief Justice.

Basically, this will mean that when government and opposition disagree on a post holder the government of the day will impose its choice. This is not democracy. This is autocratic imposition, the party said.

Momentum leader, Arnold Cassola, said: "Do we want to go back to the past, when the minister appointed his own brother as judge in Strasbourg? Malta does not need such autocratic behaviour. Momentum is putting forward a common sense proposal: It is time that judges and magistrates start electing the Chief Judge from amongst themselves".