Prime Minister Joseph Muscat paid homage to Lord Gerald Strickland who was born 156 years ago on this day

Lord Strickland served as Prime Minister of Malta between August 1927 and June 1930. During his administration, Lord Strickland clashed with the Senate leading to the issue of Letters Patent which curtailed its powers. Concurrently, he clashed with the ecclesiastical authorities which led to the suspension of the Constitution in 1930. Between July 1932 and November 1933 he was once again Leader of the Opposition, and in 1939, after the granting of the new Constitution, he became the leader of the elected majority in the Council of Government.