Former PN front-liner Carmel Cacopardo has confirmed that he has resigned his membership of the Nationalist Party and is being appointed to the Green Party as Alternattiva Demokratika’s spokesman for sustainable development.

Between 1990 and 1997, Mr Cacopardo occupied the posts of Information Secretary, Deputy Secretary General and even President of the party’s administrative council. At the time, the post of PN Secretary General was occupied by Investment, Industry and IT Minister Austin Gatt. He also formed part of the PN executive committee for 12 years.

Mr Cacopardo was also the former investigating officer at the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa).

Mr Cacopardo, 51, obtained a degree in architecture and civil engineering from the University of Malta in 1982 and another degree in sustainability and environmental management from the University of Staffordshire in 2006.

In November 2006, he published a book by the name of Time for Radical Change, presenting the results of his research about eco-contribution and environmental taxation in Malta.

AD chairman Harry Vassallo said: “Mr Cacopardo’s direct contribution will strengthen AD’s efforts to bring about change. We view politics as a service and we want to bring about change in the way policies are made.”

“We will continue to emphasise the importance of long-term planning by means of which economic development can go hand-in-hand with people’s health and quality of life.”

“Mr Cacopardo’s experience will complement the experience of AD’s other spokesmen, candidates, councillors and activists and certainly means a strengthening of Alternattiva Demokratika’s position as Malta and Gozo’s third party.”

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