“Bazwar minn hawn, u bazwar minn hemm”. Forsi, ma tafx kif, ingibuha zewg.

This would be rich from the catalyst behind the setting up of the Planning Authority in the early 1990s (Michael Falzon).

Konrad Mizzi is pledging to ‘update the BWSC EIA’ (no mean feat, whatever that means, since a new powerstation will warrant its own EIA) in 4-5 weeks (Xarabank, last night).

If this is not butchering the EIA process, for which there is an ad hoc EU Directive governing such practices, then I dont know what is.

Back to the years when projects were shoved through, without an notion of EIA being conducted whatsoever.

The latest example which came to mind is the leader’s attitude of mocking the opposing party members on a personal level which the ‘Madonna vision’ incident demonstrates so clearly.

I just can’t see how the so-called ‘floaters’ can take the risk of, God forbid, voting for the return of the brutish and insult-laden politics of the Mintoffian regime.

It is our right to participate in a public process on matters that affect our environment and which ultimately affect us.

Like those families living around Delimara.

But Labour never showed any respect to human rights or to the principle of rule of law.

The good thing about this proposal is that Labour propose to reduce the tariffs within one year, and that the project will be ready within two years.

That gives us at least two opportunities to get rid of a Labour government within two years. 1996-1998, deja-vu.

MEPA’s drafting of the terms of reference ALONE would take at least two months and I am being optimistic.

MEPA will certainly ask for the assessment of alternative sites for the gas storage tanks and that will take at least another six months.

This is an infringement in the making with all the delays, costs and fines that this would bring with it. There is no way that the EU would allow such blatant messing around with the EIA Directive.