House of opera, not Parliament (2)

During the brief Sant administration in the 1990s, plans for the reconstruction of the entrance to Valletta, including the Opera House site, were drawn up and exhibited for public viewing at St James Cavalier. A visitors' book was also on hand and the public was invited to air its views in writing. That was a far cry from the present administration's diktat which arbitrarily informed the public of its intentions of building a parliament for its exclusive use.

The present government, which won the last election by the skin of its teeth, should realise that democracy is not so much the building of a nice parliament on Valletta's prime site as consulting the public.

As far as I am concerned, the public has already made its views known both in the press and on the net. More signatures and comments can be added to the petition online No To House of Parliament: petitiononline.com/ROHMalta/petition.html.