Commenting on Prime Minister Muscat’s statement on the report on the BWSC plant in Marsaxlokk, Alternattiva Demokratika Chairperson, Prof. Arnold Cassola, said, “The Prime Minister has stated that ‘the previous administration amended the legal notice to increase the thresholds, accommodating the BWSC plant.”

He added, “there’s no question that gas is the cleanest type of fuel that can be used.’ Muscat also added that one ‘should ask residents of Marsaxlokk what they think on the use of Heavy Fuel Oil.”

Carmel Cacopardo, AD Deputy Chairman pointed out that the fact that the Social Impact Assessment forming part of the EIA process has identified that “91% of the residents to Marsaxlokk as opposing the gas storage facility on a ship moored in Marsaxlokk harbour (as proposed by Enemalta) begs the question as to whether Joseph Muscat will take heed of what the residents are stating.”

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