Delia: Malta follows ‘law of the jungle’, Casa demands data probe

PN transport spokesperson Adrian Delia said that the Labour government has created a culture of impunity.

The country was “advancing backwards” and now followed the “law of the jungle”, Delia said on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, PN MEP David Casa asked Data Protection Commissioner Ian Deguara to probe the driving tests racket.

Casa said the leaked Whatsapp chats showed widespread institutionalised discrimination based on perceived political allegiance.

This was based on data held by the Labour Party and its “corrupt taxpayer-funded operators within government entities”, he said.

Casa’s letter to the Data Protection Commissioner

To the Data Protection Commissioner,
Dear Mr Ian Deguara,

I am writing to bring to your attention a disturbing aspect of the scandals that have rocked Malta in the past weeks.

The leaked WhatsApp chats exposed by investigative journalist Jacob Borg in the Times of Malta in relation to the driving license racket clearly show widespread institutional discrimination. This discrimination is based on perceived political allegiance, the knowledge of which must necessarily result from data being held by the Labour Party and its corrupt taxpayer-funded operators within government entities.

We know that this kind of personal data exists after the C-Planet case exposed it, and we have an on the record confirmation not only that this kind of sensitive data is collected and stored but also weaponised by discriminating against people based on their political beliefs.

If you’re not Labour enough you will be treated differently. Nowhere is this better captured than by an OPM customer care official writing, “Fuck him…only his mother is with us!” The quoted OPM official Ray Mizzi continues to be on the public payroll today as a member of private secretariat of Minister Michael Falzon.

It is egregious that private data is being used by government for the purpose of systemic discrimination against its own people. The gravity of the case no doubts warrants thorough and prompt action to ensure that citizens’ data is not being collected, stored and used contrary to law.

Suffice it to say that such a widespread and systemised breach of the fundamental right to privacy and data protection has severe implications on the democratic credentials of Malta and on the rule of law.

In light of the above I am officially requesting you to investigate with all the powers at your disposal in accordance with law the gross breach of data protection legislation, if need be through the appointment of the relevant IT experts in order to assist you in your investigation to arrive at the truth.

Sincerely,
David Casa
Member of the European Parliament