A political statement in favour of an undersea tunnel between Malta and Gozo approved by parliament this week undermines the integrity of the decision-making process of the regulatory authorities, the Green Party lashed out on Saturday.
Parliament’s approval is a declaration of complicity to ruin Gozo, Alternattiva Demokratika Carmel Cacopardo told a news conference on Saturday.
The vote on the motion approved last Wednesday was described Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg as a “historic moment” from which there was no turning back.
But Mr Cacopardo accused parliament of trying to condition the authorities and institutions which have to weigh and analyse the project when the application is submitted.
It is useless for the Nationalist and Labour parties to “shed crocodile tears” about the need of public authorities to do their job with integrity and neutrality and then at a critical moment try to condition the way they act, Mr Cacopardo said.
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