Hope of a fair car tax regime

I hope that when the new car tax regime is announced it is fair and just for all.

I hope that those now taking the decisions have understood that, thanks to modern technology, new cars of fine quality pollute far less than older vehicles, even those with much smaller engines.

I hope that people who have worked hard all their lives and wish to finally own a car of quality at the same price as our EU partners in Western Europe will not be deprived of their dream again. I hope that, in an effort to reduce the number of cars on the road, using the excuse of pollution, fine quality cars will not be taxed to death as they still are today, reducing us again to the status of Communist in all but name, a country that we once were not all that long ago and that we thought was well and truly behind us.

I hope that the new tax regime will be thought out so well that within a few years, visitors to Malta will be able to make the same observation as I do when I travel to Western Europe, that the majority of cars on the road are relatively new and generally of very good quality, and therefore causing minimum pollution.

I hope that when all is said and done, and the new regulations are announced, I and the many thousands of Maltese citizens who have the same expectations will not have to say, once again, "some hope"!