Alternattiva Demokratika is not interested in one-sided coalitions in which small political parties end up being gobbled up by their larger partners, AD chairman Arnold Cassola said today. 

Prof. Cassola said that while coalitions in more advanced democracies allowed parties to keep their identity intact, in Malta politicians were more interested in assimilation-style coalitions. AD's principles and identity were not for sale, he added.

The AD chairman was speaking during the party's Annual General Meeting, in the course of which AD members agreed to commit to pushing for a zero carbon society by 2050, with all new buildings being carbon neutral by that date and only electric vehicles up for sale by 2030.  

AD spokesman Ralph Cassar said that reaching the zero carbon target would not only improve the environment and help mitigate climate change, but would also mean more research and IT-related jobs and a stronger economy no longer dependent on fossil fuels. 

PN-PL, what's the difference?

Prof. Cassola argued that both the Labour and Nationalist parties had multiple skeletons in their closet, with little to choose between them. 

In pointed criticisms to MPs from either side of the House, the AD chairman slammed the inconsistency of those who spoke about the environment but then tried to build themselves a villa on ODZ land; of MPs who criticised the db Group's project on the former ITS site while being involved in the negotiation of the project's contract; of politicians with secret companies in Panama and of others who handed out positions of trust to their lackeys.

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