Former head of school and Labour councillor Pauline Miceli is expected to become the new Commissioner for Children.
Ms Miceli resigned from Naxxar council two weeks before the Parliamentary Social Affairs Committee was even informed of her nomination, sources said.
The committee will be meeting this evening to have a second discussion about her nomination. Due to Labour enjoying a majority on the committee, she is expected to be approved.
Ms Miceli is also deputy chairwoman of the Employment and Training Corporation, a post from which she has not resigned. She has published two collections of children’s stories and one on women.
Ms Miceli will succeed former Nationalist Parliamentary Secretary Helen D'Amato.