Earlier this year, the Court of Criminal Appeal confirmed a sentence given by the Courts of Magistrates on the case of the two driving examiners on licensing bribery. The accused men had admitted to accepting bribes to pass students from their driving tests and were conditionally discharged for three years.

The two former ADT employees, 33-year old Jason Buttigieg from Birkirkara and 30-year old Roderick Galea from Marsascala, were also generally interdicted, meaning that they were supposedly not able to work in any government-owned company.

Minister Mugliett had however asked to suspend the decision pending their request for a Presidential pardon. Galea and Buttigieg were in fact only suspended on half pay.

When the issue then emerged in the press, Transport Minister Mugliett stated that the decison had followed collective discussions with ADT chariman Joe Gerada. The latter however denied that both he and the ADT board were involved in the suspension of the ADT employees's sacking.

The two employess were then eventually sacked.