Alternattiva Demokratika has noted that reports in some media are saying that the spring hunting season will be opened this coming Friday – on Good Friday.

AD Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo described the decision as “highly irresponsible.” In a statement he said, “all the good measures taken to control the Coronavirus pandemic in Malta are now being undermined by the Government itself.”

He added, “Police, usually about forty police officers, will now have to monitor hunters instead of doing vital public health duties such as monitoring those who are in quarantine.”

“While we are being told to stay at home as much as possible except for essential errands, the Government chooses to insult us all by opening the anachronistic spring hunting season for the favoured few,” said Cacopardo.

He concluded by asking, “does the Government now expect people to submit to the directives issued by the health authorities? Goodwill has been betrayed.”

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