Wied Għomor, Villa Frere should be expropriated, PN MP says
Properties in Wied Għomor and Villa Frere should be expropriated and kept for public use, the shadow minister for the environment, Jason Azzopardi said on Wednesday.
Speaking in Parliament during a debate on the estimates of the Environmental Resources Authority, Dr Azzopardi said the government should use its surplus "for the common good".
Wied Għomor, a scheduled site of ecological and scientific importance between Swieqi and San Ġwann, has been threatened by a number of development applications in recent years.
Giardino Zamitello, adjacent to Villa Frere, was also threatened by a planning application to transform the area into a giant hotel earlier this year.
Dr Azzopardi also referred to an article in The Shift News that reported a developer had written to the Lands Authority to inform it that it was delaying plans to develop Villa Frere gardens.
The Prime Minister had "promised his full cooperation" to the developer, according to the leaked documents, the report said. The developer went on to deny any untoward cooperation.
Dr Azzopardi said "heads should have rolled" over the revelation, however, the country had become numb and deaf to allegations of wrongdoing.
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