Malta should have a parliament with 69 elected representatives but in 2021 a new mechanism kicked in which allowed more women to be automatically added as unelected representatives of the people if the people elected less than 40% women to parliament.

This resulted in 12 extra unelected women to taint the perfectly balanced democratic system. One of the women put into power is just 18 years old.

Survey respondents believe women are too emotional to be good leaders.

https://timesofmalta.com/article/the-maltese-sceptical-eu-gender-quotas-politics.1102593