Moviment Graffitti Stages Funeral Dressed As Grim Reapers Outside Malta Developers’ Association
Moviment Graffitti staged an action outside the Malta Developers’ Association offices in Pieta’ – wearing dark grim reapers’ robes in a symbolic show highlighting how “politicians, authorities and developers are burying our country under unbridled construction”.
Activists demanded that our environment be prioritised over the profits of the few, “by means of coffins representing our quality of life, nature and health, and grim reapers representing developers and the institutions”.
MG contends that “our country has planning policies designed to appease developers to build as much as they can without respect for anything or anyone”.
They referenced the construction of a so called “sheep farm” in a protected Bidnija valley, the development of commercial apartments in once quaint villages, and of “intensive commercial buildings in residential areas.
“These dysfunctional planning policies are administered by rotten authorities busy rolling out the red carpet for developers and ignoring the pleas of organisations and residents, as well as the laws of our country.”
Their protest was a symbolic show denouncing authorities such as the Planning Authority – which they described as “a permit-issuing machine bulldozing the needs of communities and the environment” – and the Planning Tribunal – which in their words, is a “farcical institution lacking any independence and competence”.
“There is no justice in losing our country to the rule of greed. We are facing an environmental situation that is rapidly getting worse and requires genuine action, not empty words and cosmetic changes” said MG in closing.
This action comes ahead of the national environmental protest which will take place on 27th May in Valletta.
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