The government has started works on a civic centre in Triq il-Keffa, Swieqi without the necessary permits from the Malta Environment and Planning Authority and without having paid all expropriated owners the sums due.

To add insult to injury, the Swieqi council was summoned to court to answer for the above infractions, which were committed by the ministry.

It is about time that the government leads by example and does not act illegally itself.