Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis this afternoon accused Opposition leader Simon Busuttil of weak leadership in the wake of a controversy surrounding an Outside Development Zone application by PN MP Toni Bezzina.
Mr Bezzina was forced to withdraw a planning application for the restoration of derelict WWII structures and the construction of a three bedroom dwelling in an almond grove, in the outskirts of Rabat. The site is outside the development zone.
Mr Bezzina, who is also Agriculture shadow minister and co-author of the PN's environmental policy, only withdrew his application after a report about the application appeared in Labour Party media last Sunday.
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Addressing a news conference at PL headquarters, Dr Zammit Lewis accused Dr Busuttil of hypocrisy as well as weak leadership. He said that following the crusade against the American University campus, part of which is on ODZ land, it turned out that one of his own MPs was vying to build a "villa" in the countryside."Mr Bezzina only announced that he was withdrawing the application after being exposed, and not because he believed he was doing something wrong," he added.Asked...
