Giovanna Debono will respect MEPA’s refusal recommendation on Hondoq By NESTOR LAIVIERA
Minister for Gozo Giovanna Debono.
“I definitely respect their recommendations,” Gozo MinisterGiovanna Debono tells GozoToday, referring to the dismissal of the Hondoq EIA by MEPA’s Environment Protection Directorate.
Debono was speaking during an interview that appeared on GozoToday – MaltaToday’s special Gozo-themed issue, which is out today.
During the interview, Debono was asked about how before the 2008 election, she went on record describing the Hondoq Ir-Rummien Project as a positive thing for Gozo.
Only days ago however, MEPA’s Environment Protection Directorate dismissed an Environmental Impact Assessment as “unduly biased”, and recommended the project for refusal.
How did she react to this?
“I have always declared that I respect the decisions taken by those entities that have been specifically set up to guide Government with respect to specific areas such as sustainable development, transparency and environmental issues,” Debono said..
“These entities were appropriately set up to avoid decisions being taken on personal perceptions, and I definitely respect their recommendations,” she added.
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