Prime Minister Robert Abela has said that Jason Azzopardi's number plate is common knowledge, when asked whether he agreed that a well-known PL propagandist shared a reserved parking space bearing that number plate on social media.

Emmanuel Cuschieri posted Azzopardi's allegedly sensitive data on Facebook over a reserved parking space in Sliema.

The police had reportedly ordered Transport Malta to give Azzopardi a reserved parking spot after an assessment found he is a high-risk target. 

The Prime Minister said that painted parking space was "there to be seen by everyone" and that everyone knew whose space it was.

When asked about Cuschieri's annoyance that Azzopardi had a reserved parking in Sliema and subsequent sharing of it on social media, the Prime Minister answered that in the first place, anything that is painted on the ground is "there to be seen by everyone" and furthermore, in this case "everyone knows whose it is".

He said that it is the Police Commissioner's choice to give such privileged treatment at this time and refused to comment further.

Abela did question, however, if "analogous" cases were treated in the same "privileged" way. He questioned if those "screaming" at the Police Commissioner on social media and calling him corrupt are being treated differently. He added that if the Police Force deemed that there was a security risk and took action, it did well.

Abela concluded that society shouldn't be stopped from talking about this subject and hoped that no one received privileged treatment.