SOS Qala
Published on The Sunday Times of Malta on 17th September, 2006
The residents of Qala, disgusted and disillusioned, are looking for fresh blood to lead them against the proposed and imposed project at Hondoq ir-Rummien.
This project was rejected a few years ago by an absolute majority vote of 85 per cent in a referendum held by the local council. Rumour has it that the council was under pressure from Castille to accept all that is laid down in the project throughout.
On the other hand, contrary to what happened at the time of the outspoken Mgr Karm Refalo, now archpriest of Xaghra, we are witnessing a thundering silence on the church's part.
There are indications that the local ecclesiastical authorities have been gagged. In this matter, neutrality can only be seen as serving business interests and is very damaging to the Church.
In this state of affairs, urgent and immediate resignations are called for in both fora to pave the way for a new leadership and save Qala from total destruction and irreversible environmental disaster.
Father Lawrence Theuma
The residents of Qala, disgusted and disillusioned, are looking for fresh blood to lead them against the proposed and imposed project at Hondoq ir-Rummien.
This project was rejected a few years ago by an absolute majority vote of 85 per cent in a referendum held by the local council. Rumour has it that the council was under pressure from Castille to accept all that is laid down in the project throughout.
On the other hand, contrary to what happened at the time of the outspoken Mgr Karm Refalo, now archpriest of Xaghra, we are witnessing a thundering silence on the church's part.
There are indications that the local ecclesiastical authorities have been gagged. In this matter, neutrality can only be seen as serving business interests and is very damaging to the Church.
In this state of affairs, urgent and immediate resignations are called for in both fora to pave the way for a new leadership and save Qala from total destruction and irreversible environmental disaster.
Father Lawrence Theuma
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