Be the first to comment!BLM calls for political parties to support motion on Majjistral Park
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BirdLife Malta has called on all political parties to support the Majjistral Park Parliamentary Motion.
In a statement this afternoon the NGO said that, “extending hunting and trapping hours goes against the very concept of a national park for nature and should be revoked.”
On Monday Malta’s Parliament will debate and vote on the motion tabled by Partit Demokratiku’s MP Godfrey Farrugia against the extended Majjistral Park hunting and trapping hours.
BLM pointed out that The Majjistral Heritage Parks Federation, which is made up of the three NGOs Din l-Art Helwa, Gaia Foundation and Nature Trust Malta, objected to this unilateral decision which was taken by the Government and also questioned the legality of the Legal Notice which extended the hunting and trapping hours, “since it was issued without the mandatory period of public consultation.”
BirdLife Malta remarked that, “it is disturbing to note that according to some media reports, the PN Opposition is putting in doubt this motion and could even declare a position against it. More so when it is a known fact that the Majjistral Nature & History Park was created by a PN Government back in 2007 as a project with the aim to protect the landscape and biodiversity in the area.”
BirdLife Malta concluded by saying that “today more than ever before Malta’s members of parliament must prove that they have the courage to put the national interest before that of their party.”
