One of the biggest issues facing the people of Qala is that of the proposed development at Ħondoq ir-Rummien.

I specifically asked the mayor, who has now qualified as an architect, back in June about Labour’s 2012 election programme for Qala, which says: “the Labour Party remain consistent against the development as proposed” and what this actually meant. Did it mean that if the developers were to change the proposal a bit they would no longer be against the project?

He refused to be drawn into this – saying only that he was against the proposal as it stood – but was not able to comment on his position were any changes to be made.

Surely, as the elected representative of the Qala people, he should take note of the fact that 85 per cent of the residents voted against the development at Ħondoq. Therefore his stance, as mayor, should also be clearly against it (whether or not the proposal is modified)?

The subject of where the Labour Party stands on Ħondoq was also raised in my letter to The Times (June 16) and came up in the comments following October’s article in Gozo News concerning the Ħondoq appeal.

So, can the Labour Party, on a local or national level, state clearly where it stands on the proposed development at Ħondoq (whether or not the developers make modifications to their proposal)?