An amnesty for illegalities in construction would set a dangerous precedent, Din l-Art Ħelwa fears.

Reacting to a suggestion in The Times (June 18) by architect Robert Musumeci, the NGO said if Mepa bowed to political pressure, it would sacrifice the credibility it earned since its reform.

It would also negate enforcement policies.

“Worse still,” Din l-Art Ħelwa said, “if such an amnesty took place, it would open the door to more irregularities and there would be a free-for-all extension to the law-breaking jamboree leaving our urban spaces without gardens, without views, with blocks of flats just facing blocks of flats, with broken valleys, with no light.”