Lawyers representing humanitarian NGO Sea-Watch e.V, have filed a constitutional application, claiming that the decision to deny one of its rescue ships permission to set sail from Malta for 4 months violated its right to enjoyment of property and was a brazen abuse of power.
This emerges from an application filed today, asking the First Hall of the Civil Court in its Constitutional jurisdiction to declare the company’s right to enjoyment of property was infringed by Transport Malta’s prolonged detention of the vessel, despite it being in conformity with all applicable laws and regulations.
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