The Government’s digital infrastructure cannot be allowed to remain so weak

Opposition calls for the Standing Committee on Information Technology, Technology and Artificial Intelligence to convene to discuss what happened and ensure that it is not repeated

The Partit Nazzjonalista expresses its concern over the serious disruption that occurred yesterday across the Government’s digital systems. It appears that, because a large number of students logged in to check their MATSEC results, the eID digital system collapsed, affecting access to several other essential public services, including MyHealth, eCourts, eApps, MyTax and the Malta Business Registry system.

The Partit Nazzjonalista expresses its solidarity with the students who, on such an important day, were left even more frustrated and stressed as a result of a system that appears not to have been prepared for the entirely foreseeable surge in traffic on the day the results were due to be published.

This incident raises serious questions about the resilience, capacity and reliability of the Government’s digital infrastructure.

The public has a right to a clear explanation of what caused the eID digital platform to collapse, particularly since this incompetence affected not only students, but also patients and doctors seeking access to medical results, lawyers who could not access the court website, architects and anyone needing to use the Planning Authority’s website, as well as the financial sector, which was unable to access the tax and company registry websites, among others.

In view of the seriousness of what occurred, Opposition MPs Michael Piccinino and George Vital Zammit, as members of the Standing Committee on Information Technology, Technology and Artificial Intelligence, have submitted a formal request for the incident to be discussed by the same Parliamentary Committee.

The Partit Nazzjonalista expects the Government to provide a full account of what happened during this discussion, explain what preventive and contingency measures were in place, and outline the concrete steps that will be taken to ensure that a similar situation does not arise again.

Digital transformation cannot be credible unless the systems on which citizens, businesses and professionals depend are secure, reliable and capable of coping with demand. The Government must shoulder responsibility and provide the answers to which the public is entitled.

Darren Carabott
Shadow Minister for the Economy, Technology and Strategic Projects

15.07.2026

• See the message by Shadow Ministers Darren Carabott and Michael Piccinino here