I would like to remark that Gozo still lacks public aquatic sports facilities and that the lack of development of sports facilities in Gozo is another sign that we Gozitans are not treated as equals to our Maltese counterparts.

The Green Party (Alternattiva Demokratika) is supporting the Gozitan Waterpolo Club Otters ASC in their plea for a fresh water pool in Gozo.

One national swimming pool already exists in Malta, together with another two covered and heated pools; hence we believe that Gozitans deserve, by right, an indoor heated pool.

AD has long been insisting that the government should invest in aquatic sports in Gozo. In our specific electoral manifesto for Gozo, Alternattiva Demokratika had proposed that a pool and aquatic sports facilities should form part of the existing sports complex in Victoria, where adjacent land is available.

I would also like to remind one and all that a swimming pool in Gozo was part of the Nationalist Party's manifesto in 1991.

But 18 years later, we are still waiting.

We urge elected parliamentarians to work on cross party cooperation in order to safeguard the interests of all Gozitans and Gozo's specific needs. The government should invest in sports in Gozo rather than encourage more land speculation on our island.

Give us Gozitans what is ours by right. Gozo deserves the construction and development of a common Olympic standard heated pool, to be used both in winter and summer for training.

Such pool should also be available to all clubs, schools and the general public.

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