The head of the government is the President himself. There are two courts in Malta known as the Constitutional Court and the Court of Appeal where judges are selected by the president. The political parties in Malta are Alternativa Demokratika or Alliance for Social Justice, Malta Labor Party (Alfred Sant) Nationalist Party or PN (Lawrence Gonzi).
The members of the Parliament are selected through votes. The party which gains maximum number of votes forms the government and t serves the nation for a five year term.