The National Audit Office’s first report for this year, published last January, was themed ‘Is LESA suitably geared to perform its traffic enforcement function adequately?’ The auditor general concluded that if the concerns raised in the performance audit were to be duly addressed by the Local Enforcement Systems Agency, its image “will inevitably be enhanced and the provision of a higher quality and more comprehensive service can be secured”. When a new chief executive officer was appointed at LESA in the final quarter of 2020 he had spoken of plans to carry out “the necessary reforms to make the agency one that better serves the needs of the community”. However, none of the above seems to be happening. On the contrary, the indications are that LESA is failing in its duties, whether because of inertia, incompetence or collusion. Hundreds of contraventions issued to politicians, their aides, business people and even former top LESA officials over the past five years have been deleted from the system, Times of Malta has reported. One particular vehicle, which, no doubt, must belong to or is used by someone who is or was very influential – or, perhaps, is close to somebody who...