Ta' Cenc as blackmail

So, Mr Victor J. Borg shows his true colours again: he is trying to bully Din L-Art Helwa and its president over its brave petition to try to save Ta' Cenc from his development plans. (The Sunday Times, November 5)

He then tries to bully everyone else by stating there is no public right of way at Ta' Cenc with his statement: "There is no legal right to any kind of public access to the Ta' Cenc area and any entry is solely at the discretion, and with the permission of the owners". So what about the road running through Ta' Cenc, with the villas at Kantra at the end - is he denying the public access to visit friends living there? What about the right to access the shoreline, enshrined in law? What about the rights of all to visit Ta' Cenc, which have been in existence for generations?

As for his statement: "The privately owned property of Ta' Cenc would remain a 'no-go area' and access at the discretion of the owners, only if the proposed project does not go through" - that's blackmail, pure and simple - give me what I want, or else.

It's time for Government to take Ta' Cenc into public hands and have a proper national park, as laid out by law, in the Structure Plan. Otherwise, what is to stop the owner blackmailing us all, time and time again?