Labour deputy leader Toni Abela is standing by comments he made in a newspaper article lambasting the decision to allow development close to the Unesco-protected Ta’ Ħaġrat temples in Mġarr.

Earlier this month, the planning authority confirmed a permit for a villa to be built metres away from the site, saying it was not in breach of existing planning policies.

Meanwhile, heritage NGO Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar has already gathered some 750 signatures in support of an online petition calling on the government to halt this development.

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