MDA president Sandro Chetcuti not considering Labour ticket

Malta Developers Association president Sandro Chetcuti has ruled out a future in politics, dispelling rumours in The Times that he would run on the Labour Party ticket in the next election.

Chetcuti told developers to “make hay while the sun shines” during a fifth anniversary celebration for the MDA.

“I am not arrogant. I am being constructive,” he was quoted in The Times as saying. “We have learnt how to lobby and negotiate with the government. Without being partisan, I must admit that this administration understood clearly the need and the importance of the building industry,” he said.

“Our members do not want to build in the countryside. On the contrary, stopping speculation in Outside Development Zones strengthens the investments our members made in developed areas,” he insisted.