Lija council objecting to sanctioning of development

Frank Muscat

Sep 4th 2009, 20:22

Instead of press conferences to gain political mileage, the Lija Mayor should pick up the phone and tell his good friend Dr Gonzi to sort out MEPA once and for all. So far we've heard a lot of blah blah blah on the MEPA reforms but hardly anything has changed.

Jimmy Magro

Sep 4th 2009, 18:02

Quote:
" The law allows for sanctioning of illegal development as long as it is in line with current policy. "

@Dr. Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister

This is the first thing you need to change in the MEPA law. Unless you change this mockery against sustainable development you will allow the sanctioning of illegal development and this can only be done through corruption and the payment of corruption money. He who does not fight corruption is corrupt, your previous leader stated.

Illegal development must = expropriation of property. punto. As soon as a developer makes an application to sanction any development, that same property will become government property. This is the way the law should be worded. punto.

michael fenech

Sep 4th 2009, 17:12

@ B. Cutajar.
Are you talking about the same MEPA we all know????
And one more thing, Do you live in Malta ????

C.Aquilina

Sep 4th 2009, 17:05

@ Sinjuri. Qed taraw kemm hemm bżonn li r-riforma tal MEPA ma tippermettix iżjed it-"THAKE A CHANCE APPLICATIONS" sistema li jużaw il-periti bla skruplu mal-klienti, "nieħdu ċans jgħidulhom!" Sistema li tintuża mir-rgħib lu l-egoista li ma għandu l-ebda l-iċken rispett lejn l-ambjent u l-ġenerazzjonijiet futuri! Qed taraw kemm bir-riforma tal-MEPA għandu jispiċċa darba għall dejjem it-tqaddis ta' dak li sar u hu ħażin "SANCTIONING" ! Sistema li tintuża minn dak l-opportunist tat-"THAKE A CHANCE APPLICTION" Sinjuri, dawn huma iż-żewġ mikrobi ta' l-abbuż qerriedi fil-MEPA, u l-bżonn li r-riforma trid teqred darba għall dejjem jekk verament ilkoll nemmnu li irridu insalvaw il-ħolqien sabiħ li tana Alla. Jekk ma nieħdux passi issa lill uliedna ma ser inħallulhom xejn! Minn mhux ser jagħmel dmiru sewwa huwa kompliċi! Mela allura kuraġġ Sinjuri Mexxejja ta' Malta, ejjew nagħmlu dak li lkoll aħna obbligati li nagħmlu,xieraq u sewwa !

Astrid Vella

Sep 4th 2009, 16:44

@ B Cutajar: it is MEPA who is making a mockery of regulations,not Mayor Castaldi Paris, one of the few who has the guts to stick his neck out,certainly not in order to'suck up to parrucjani and put on a show"as you so crudely put it,as the Mayor's stand caused as many ruffled feathers as it met with approval.

If you had bothered to do your homework before bandying spurious allegations,you would have read in the Case Officer's Report and the permit conditions specifically precluding pools on those sites,so the DCC is not sanctioning something that is allowed by current policy.What happens is that when certain developers are refused parts of their plans,they go ahead in any case,confident that they can get them sanctioned.

A case in point is that of the owners of sites at Wied il-Qlejja on the Mosta-Mgarr road,before the roundabout, facing the chapel.Having gained permits to build reservoirs,the developers went on to build bungalows complete with terraces andlawns!Now one has been sanctioned through misuse of a loophole!

The NGOs have long been insisting that sanctioning encourages more abuse:in spite of politicians' promises to drop sanctioning,its continued existence is tacit condoning of abuse.

B.Cutajar

Sep 4th 2009, 15:13

Dear Mayor,

This is not a flea market or the jungle rule of law. It is not a question of whether you can accept it or not - there is a planning regime governing the process. If the policy framework allows for such development (pools within ODZ areas) then the permit should and has to be issued. The law allows for sanctioning of illegal development as long as it is in line with curent policy.

Please desist in making a mockery of the legal systems just for the sake of sucking up to your parrucjani and putting on a show when you know that everyone has to abide by the rules and regulations. Your stand and comments can only be interpreted as undue pressure on MEPA and its chairman.

In your current position as mayor you must have experienced numerous situations where your hands were tied due to legal constraints and you would not like your political opponents to take advantage of these situations by making it look as if it is your fault that things couldn't be arranged according to the wishes of the residents.

Sean Sant Fournier

Sep 4th 2009, 14:22

I do not understand what the mayor means by MEPA deciding the case. I know it that MEPA decides permits throught the DCA who always recommend a refusal, then it goes to DCC to be decided.

Mario K Mifsud

Sep 4th 2009, 14:13

wonders never cease do they ?

Iva, par idejn sodi tabilhaqq,
u r-riforma spiccat go sqaq
l-appell jibqa dritt sagrosant
tajt kellu ragun dottor Sant?