Nationalist Party Leader Bernard Grech, speaking at political event in Ghajnsielem on Saturday, promised that a new Nationalist government will increase the salary of Gozitan workers – soldiers, police, LSEs, teachers, clerks, and nurses among others, who work in Malta, so that they can cover the costs of their trip.
He explained that a new system would be introduced so that they would start being paid from the moment they board the ferry until they disembark, this works both ways – it would be regarded as paid working time.
Dr Grech, referring to the decision of the Planning Authority on Friday to grant permission for a huge block of apartments on the outskirts of Sannat close to the cliff edge, said that it “shows the hypocrisy of Labour on the environment and Gozo.”
He insisted that “Robert Abela has lost all credibility on the environment – no wonder that the only promise he did not copy from the PN is to add 50,000 square metres of land to ODZ and protect ODZ land with a majority of a two-thirds vote in Parliament.
Dr Grech said that a Nationalist Government would also be looking into the necessary studies to see if it is feasible to build underground tunnels so that traffic passing through Victoria from one side to the other, can do so underground.