Stop treating ministers 'like demi-gods', ADPD urges police

Police must stop treating ministers and their entourage as “untouchable demi-gods”, the Green party has said, following revelations that an unnamed minister was implicated in a driving test corruption racket.

“From what we have been hearing over the past years it seems that some consider it acceptable to cheat and feel that they are out of the reach of the law when dishing out driving licences as political favours,” ADPD public relations officer Brian Decelis said during a press conference in Valletta on Saturday.

The ADPD spokesperson was referring to court testimony by prosecutors leading the case against three Transport Malta officials who stand accused of helping certain learner-drivers cheat on their driving licence theory test.

Prosecutors told the court that the most senior official accused, Transport Malta director Clint Mansueto, told the police that he felt pressured to favour certain applicants because they worked at a minister’s villa.

Messages found on Mansueto’s phone also indicated that he was in communication with officials of a political party about tests for certain people.

Prosecutors, however, did not name the minister or political party implicated. Prime...