MP warns only one police inspector currently assigned to Gozo

Only one police inspector is currently assigned to the entire island of Gozo, Opposition MP Chris Said warned.

“The island’s other inspector was transferred to the Sliema police station due to an emergency,” Said said during his parliamentary adjournment. “This is proof that the government considers Gozo to be second-class to Malta. In a parliamentary question, the government pinned the blame on the police commissioner.”

Citing another PQ, Said warned that a third of all the Gozitan police’s vehicles are non-functioning.

“Several others are damaged or barely functioning, and some police car doors cannot even open,” he said. “Gozo urgently requires new investment in its police force.”

He also hit out at the government for its plans to construct a new primary school on the football ground in Rabat.

“[Education minister] Evarist Bartolo announced the news on Facebook, without even bothering to consult the Rabat local council or the town’s football clubs,” he said. “Is the minister aware that the Rabat local plan will have to be changed for the school to be built? Moreover, the football ground is located close to the bus terminus and a car park, meaning that the students risk being harmed by smoke pollution”.

Said also questioned why the government plans has transferred land on which the disused Qortin landfill was located to Enemalta, for construction of a solar farm – plans that have been in the works since 2012.

“The previous PN government had started the process of converting it into a family park, but has now been transferred to a Chinese company,” he said. “Not only will it be an eyesore, but a place that originally designated for Gozitan families to enjoy has now been given to a foreign company.”