Mark Anthony Sammut

In a letter I had written on the Times in June 2012 , I had expressed my concern at decisions giving up more pristine land for construction, in a country having more than 75,000 vacant dwellings. I had also lauded Mario de Marco for an article published in April 2012, in which he had expressed a political will to direct the construction industry away from the construction of further blocks of apartments, especially on pristine land, and towards the rehabilitation of old and vacant buildings to rehabilitate and give life to our village cores. Unfortunately, it seems that the very first decisions taken by the new government in this area seem to be directed in the opposite direction. First of all, starting from the new MEPA Board. Without going into the merits or de-merits of the appointed members, we do deserve some answers to some fundamental queries which have been raised by the media, especially since we were promised a new age of transparency and accountability. Two news it