Public land and sea are being administered as if Malta were governed as a fiefdom, with no laws to limit government, the Democratic Party (PD) has lamented.

“Public assets are being misused and our natural heritage is being squandered. The latest mega-project by Corinthia Group has all these hallmarks,” secretary general and MEP candidate Martin Cauchi Inglott said in a statement.

Environmental activist and MEP candidate Camilla Appelgren added that coastal shores and seas rightfully belonged to the people, and the concessions for land reclamation therefore indicated that this government "is steamrolling on our natural public domain assets”.

The party highlighted a “megalomaniac frenzy” of ongoing development projects at Tigné Point, the Fortina in Sliema, Manoel Island and St George’s Bay, all of which it said had been executed through undervalued deals that went against the public interest.

This, it said, had become the hallmark of a “senseless government” that did not support Malta’s sustainability.

The party said the situation was made worse as people had no access to government-held information, with no sign of the “open government” promised by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat before his election.

“These mega projects are increasing the supply of up-market apartments and not coming anywhere near to solving the housing crisis,” Mr Cauchi Inglott said.
“Such developers, who are privileged with concessions, should be made to pay social tax, even in the form of affordable housing elsewhere on the island.”

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