Tag: planning reforms
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Environmental NGOs announce national protest against planning reforms
Most of the environmental groups and NGOs in Malta held a press conference earlier today in front of the Planning Authority building in Floriana to announce a national protest against the government’s proposed planning reforms. The organisations include the Ramblers Association, Din L-art Ħelwa, Moviment Graffitti, BirdLife Malta and Nature Trust Malta. The protest will…
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The Nationalist MPs that attended yesterday’s protest against the government’s planning reforms
Yesterday’s protest in front of parliament organised by environmental NGOs was very successful considering its short notice. Protesters also heckled the Prime Minister as he walked right outside the Parliament building and said that he will be consulting and meeting with NGOs soon. There was also a handful of PN MPs present, with Adrian Delia…
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Planning reform protest goes ahead despite government backtrack: ADPD demands public consultation
Despite a last-minute shift in government stance earlier this morning, ADPD-The Green Party joined, the Ramblers Association and Moviment Graffitti among other environmental NGOs outside Parliament this evening in protest against controversial planning reforms proposed in Bills 143 and 144. The protestors warned that the reforms threaten democratic oversight, sideline citizens, and favour developers over…
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A government that is fully backing environmental criminals – President of the Ramblers Association
In another message published this morning by the President of the Ramblers Association, Ingram Bondin continued to explain what he described as the most corrupt reform in the history of planning. The President of the Ramblers Association announced that according to a Times of Malta article, the government will be adding another reform in addition…
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The Nationalist Party condemns the government’s planning reforms: but stops short of describing its position
The Nationalist Party did indeed condemn the government’s surprise reforms in planning and construction, but the Nationalist Party has not yet delivered its position on the matter and still needs to come with a position of its own. The Nationalist Party is even demanding a planning reform but we don’t know what the PN wants…
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“Robert Abela is a backstabbing pseudo-socialist” – President of the Ramblers Association
The President of the Ramblers Association, Ingram Bondin, has published a scathing statement criticising Prime Minister Robert Abela and his surprise proposal for construction and planning reform. Bondin stated that the Prime Minister has refused to engage with the NGO in any meaningful consultation regarding the current planning reforms. He noted that the organisation met…