Nor have they shrunk from constitutional tinkering in order to lock in their power. Indeed, they have changed the constitution three times since 1987 to ensure that every vote for the Nationalist Party and the Labor Party is given a higher weighting than votes received by any of the country’s other political parties when it comes to translating votes into parliamentary seats.
为了牢牢把持住权力，这两党不但回避去修订完善宪法，事实上，自 1987 年开始两党已经把宪法修改了三次，好确保在选票转化为议会席位时，马耳他国民党和工党所获的每一张选票都能比其它党派的得票获得更大的权重。