Nature Trust (Malta) and Din L-Art Helwa this evening expressed concern over a political party due to be held on Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando's fields at Mistra on May 30.

"Mistra is today a Natura 2000 site and so it deserves all the protection it can get from the national authorities, mainly MEPA. This planned event will cause noise and light pollution affecting negatively the biodiversity of this rich ecological site."

The NGOs said they were also concerned that agricultural land was being flattened by means of heavy machinery, "thus causing irreversible damage to an area close to the Natura 2000 site."

They said that various NGOs had lodged reports to MEPA as the responsible authority, to investigate and take immediate action.

"NTM and DLH call on the Prime Minister to intervene on this issue and stop this event, since from fliers being distributed it is evident that this is an event being done as part of the MEP elections by the PN. Mistra has already been the saga in another pre-election event," the NGOs said.

"It is inconceivable that in spite of the furore caused by the application for turning the site into an open air disco it appears that through events of this sort the same objective is trying to be achieved. This is unacceptable," DLH and Nature Trust said.

Dr Pullicino Orlando said last week that the party would be held subject to the necessary permits.