The Qala Local Council has officially asked Prime Minister Robert Abela to make Hondoq Bay and the surrounding area to be expropriated and acquired by the Government to become a public area.

In a statement on Monday, the PN said that this has been requested on the proposal of the minority leader and Nationalist Party Local Councillor within the Qala Local Council Karl Buttigieg.

The Local Council also asked that once this land passes into the hands of the Government, it should be regenerated into a national park that everyone can enjoy.

This proposal also found the support of the other PN Local Councillor Valerie Cassar Mejlak.

The Qala Labour Local Council has now agreed with the proposal, long called for by the Nationalist Party for this land to be acquired by the Government and become a national park.

This is the proposal, the PN said, which Prime Minister Robert Abela and Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri had ridiculed several times, but has now also found the support of the Mayor and all the Local Councillors of Qala, including those of Labour itself.

However, the PN pointed out that Robert Abela, who visited Hondoq last week, committed to ensuring that the area is protected and not developed, but failed to to say that the Government would expropriate and acquire Hondoq ir-Rummien to make it a national park.

The PN highlighted the fact that “to this day, all the land of Hondoq, except for the sandy beach and the quay, is all private land. Therefore, so that there is never a risk of any other development application in this area, it is necessary for this land to pass into the hands of the Government and become public land.”

The PN concluded by insisting that “to ensure that this land is enjoyed by everyone, the Government should see that this area is regenerated into a public park.”

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