The Labour and Nationalist parties bicker over a lot of things but are in silent agreement with regard to the Planning Authority and the protection of the natural environment.
Things have not changed or may be getting worse. Now, even the village cores are being torn down. It seems we have to protect our village cores and our natural environment from the PA with the approval of the PL and the PN. It should be vice versa. The PA should be the protector of our natural heritage and village cores. How can NGOs and common citizens compete with a multi-millionaire developer who has such huge resources?
Sustainable development would take care of our natural heritage. Sustainable development would try to ease the traffic problem by building an underground train system with a link to Gozo. Sustainable development would try to reduce nepotism and clientelism. Sustainable development would happen if we have a clear planning law on development with no loopholes.