Partit Demokratiku in a statement, has condemned what is said are “the attempts by developers across Malta and Gozo to destroy agricultural land inside, around and between our towns and villages for speculation purposes.”

PD argued that “there is now a new onslaught of such developments threatening to change the face of the country in a short time, and urgent action must be taken by the Government and Opposition to reverse this trend.”

Every legal means available must be explored to protect this land against speculation, said PD, “even at the expense of the developers – otherwise, this frenzy will come at the expense of residents, the general public and the environment instead.”

“The time has come for difficult choices and radical reform.” Partit Demokratiku added that it is “ringing the alarm bells on this total war being waged on our surroundings and our landscape, which is supposedly protected by our Constitution.”

PD concluded by saying that, “unless urgent action is taken immediately by the government, and corrupt figureheads in the Planning Authority replaced by responsible experts, then Malta and Gozo are doomed to becoming an unrecognisable concrete wasteland, of little value to tourists or residents alike.”

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