Six environmental NGOs on Tuesday came out in support of a private member’s bill for a reform of the legal framework governing the Environment and Resources Authority.
Nationalist MP Robert Cutajar presented the bill to the clerk of the House on Friday.
It proposes to make ERA board meetings open to the public, that its minutes and agendas are public, and that the public and environmental organisations are given the opportunity to make their own representations to the board.
Those proposals mirror calls made by environmental NGOs in a statement earlier this month in which they asked the Environment Minister to sack ERA chairman Victor Axiak.
Environmental NGOs support Nationalist Bill on ERA reform
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4 May 2021, 9:04am
by Matthew Vella
Malta’s major environmental NGOs have come out in support of a private members’ bill tabled by the Opposition to reform part of the legal framework governing the Environment and Resources Authority.
The Ramblers’ Association of Malta, Friends of the Earth Malta, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Moviment Graffitti, Nature Trust Malta and The Archaeological Society Malta reiterated their stance on the need for greater transparency in the way ERA operates.