Pullicino plants trees to compensate for electoral campaign paper

Most propably the minister involved himself in this GIMMICK to compensate for the trees that were chopped infront of the Office of The Prime Minister last week.

I bet that the remaining trees on the left hand side will take a permanent holiday by the end of this year.

Can the mentioned auditors please check the circus in Floriana ? They are using the trees to anchor the circus tent ! possibly nobody noticed ?

Why is it that people seem to take personal umbrage when anyone criticises a politician they might support? Dont they understand that the more they act that way the more we will go on picking on their blue(or red) eyed boys and showing them off for the arrogant, conceited egocentred lot they truly are.

The best Christmas present this government can give us is to stop insulting our intelligence.

Yippeeee! Gosh! Golly! Isnt that noble of him? Who said humour is dead.

Grow up George, we're neither idiots nor gullible blinkered voters.

I have just recieved a birthday greetings letter from the MLP leader. I hope that the mlp will find time like Pullicino to plant some trees for the wasted papers that the mlp is wasting on these gimmicks. Everyone lives in glass house.

Remember that this is the man who sent his constituents three sunflower seeds during the election whilst helping to destroy what little greenery we have.

That pic wold make a nice Christmas Card:)

Is the minister taking us for a ride?

It will take more than 15 trees to compensate for the irreplaceable damage done to Malta under his very own eyes when he was the minister responsible for MEPA.

The minister should be stressing the 3R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (of which as a nation we're only starting on the last and least important), not 'compensating' for damage after it is done.

I really cannot take any more green gimmicks. This Minister has been responsible for Malta's environment for the greater part of the last decade but successive State-of-the-Environment reports continue to show that our environment is in freefall. No renewable-energy to speak of; a complete lack of awareness on energy-efficiency; we have the worst air quality in the EU; freshwater-reserves are deteriorating; MEPA is in disarray; hectares of agricultural land has been sacrificed for buildings which nobody will buy... the list is endless.

Oh well, plant a few trees and all is forgiven-and-forgotten.

It is pathetic how the Minister continues to propogate this tree growing culture as a means of redeeming oneself environmentally.

And by the way, planting trees to reduce one's carbon footprint is a myth propogated by the same Ministry. Various companies have already been tricked into putting their money in trees - believing that they are reducing their carbon footprint and therefore not contributing to global warming. Somebody should have told them that replacing their fleet of vehicles with more efficient ones would have done more good to the world than planting a million trees. And one would expect this kind of guidance to come from the Ministry.

Pathetic George, to say the least, especially for many Sliema residents. Do you really believe that a mere 15 trees will wash your conscience clear of the urban jungle which MEPA (falling under your previous Ministerial responsibilities), has for years and years authorized to prevail in Sliema without the necessary holistic EIAs.

Regrettably many Sliema residents residents are suffering from the severe adverse consequencies of the Sliema's over-development duly authorised by MEPA. As some previous blogger suggested "wheeping willows" would have been much more in order.

atonement for his marshalling of the extension of the ODZ zones perhaps?

Keep it up Minister.......... for the good job you are doing in our Ministry....Hope that other's will follow this....

I wonder did Mr Pullicino actually buy the trees or where they Donated ?

No wonder what politicians do to get attention from us!!!!!!

What a gimmick, 15 trees to do good for election papers.

I think they should not send any papers at all..........they all go to the rubbish straight from letter box.

@ Charles J Buttigieg - I thought you were having a break, to celebrate Christmas!

As green as green can be.

Not impressed at all. As the minister responsible for MEPA in the past it would take a whole forest of trees to compensate for the damage you have done to the environment, not just 20!

Good example, hope others will do the same!

15 trees used for the Minister’s electoral campaign? He should have planted 15,000 weeping willows to compensate.

This must be the end of year joke! Anything for a photoshoot!