ADPD-The Green Party has unreservedly condemned the permit that has just been approved to build a block of apartments near the UNESCO site of Ggantija temples.

In a statement it insisted that “the members of the Planning Authority board that voting in favour of this project should be dismissed on this decision alone and investigated because their behavior is ruining the buffer zone surrounding a world heritage site for the private and personal benefit of one person.”

ADPD argued that “this development permit further reinforces the notion that the Planning Authority is there simply as a rubber stamp, confirming the decisions taken by others, and that in reality it has no authority.”

“This lack of historical sense and respect for a world heritage site shows how much for certain people the Ggantija are simply considered as a worthless mound of stones, because for some the only important value is the monetary one,” it said.

ADPD-The Green Party Chairperson Sandra Gauci, said that “as if it were not bad enough that Valletta has been turned into another Paceville, now even this site of global importance is not being given its due appreciation.”

Gauci stressed that “this indifference not only towards UNESCO but also towards the people who protested and fought this project, shows how much money talks here in Malta and that the historical legacy of our forefathers will be sacrificed for the sake of one block of flats.”

“What use is there for the Malta Tourism Authority to spend our taxes on advertisements with football teams and influencers when with a decision like this we are revealing to the whole world what we have close to our hearts: money and power,” concluded Gauci.

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