AD: 'Transport minister should speak less and do more'

The Green Party today called on transport minister Joe Mizzi to speak less and do more to ensure that persons with mobility impairments have full access to public transport. 

AD Spokesperson on disability issues, Claire Azzopardi Lane said several buses in operation do not have support ramps and are not usable by commuters who require universal access.

"Wheelchair users have been required to wait on bus stops till the accessible bus comes along. Albeit flaunting accessibility on their web site portal, Transport Malta are currently in violation of both the Equal Opportunities Act (2000) and of Article 12 of  the United Nations Convention that Malta ratified in 2012. Without wasting time pointing fingers at previous administration, the current government administration should address these shortcomings and restore persons with disability their rights."

Alternattiva Demokratika chairperson Arnold Cassola added that Mizzi "should do away with his usual habit of talking a lot and delivering nothing. It is about time that he passed on from his empty words to concrete action."